So what were they called outside of Australia, were they still marketed as Toranas, or did they have another name?
Seems they were called Torana everywhere except South Korea.
Edited by S pack, 11 November 2016 - 09:30 PM.
Posted 11 November 2016 - 09:28 PM
So what were they called outside of Australia, were they still marketed as Toranas, or did they have another name?
Seems they were called Torana everywhere except South Korea.
Edited by S pack, 11 November 2016 - 09:30 PM.
Posted 12 November 2016 - 08:54 AM
An old mate of mine used to build sports sedans.
He made them left hand drive.
There were a couple of benefits.
He used 9 inch diffs.
He offset the motor slightly to the right, this gave a bit more driver room which is a benefit when the extractors are beside your leg.
By modifying the 9 inch diff to suit the offset, he only needed the same size axles, so less spares.
To do the conversion he took the rack and turned it over and mounted it on the back of the crossmember instead of the front.
Posted 12 November 2016 - 04:49 PM
I wonder how well received the LC would have been in the States?
I'm guessing very poorly. lol
Posted 14 November 2016 - 10:53 PM
The Yanks would have ordered them from factory with Chev V8s, that would have saved us changing parts , they would have been factory options.
Posted 15 November 2016 - 09:08 AM
Posted 15 November 2016 - 09:52 AM
HR as well. There is an original LHD HR Special in Adelaide that came back from Hawaii. White over pale blue.
EH as well. It is believed this EH ute was originally exported to either Phillipines or Hawaii.
Posted 14 December 2016 - 12:21 PM
Yes, LH continued LHD but HQ didn't, which was an odd decision as the car was a LHD design when GMH were given the design to finish as a Holden.
HQ's were also made in LHD
Posted 16 December 2016 - 02:25 PM
HQ's were also made in LHD
I beg to differ !!
HQ-WB were NEVER built in LHD form.
They were only built LHD, from FB to HG & LC to LX. Not 100 % sure about UC. Then 2000 ish onwards Commodores etc.
Dr Terry
Posted 16 December 2016 - 04:58 PM
HQ's were also made in LHD
I agree with Dr Terry. The HQ's design origins were a LHD vehicle, but the HQ we got here was never Engineered and tooled for LHD. Many of the surviving GMH design staff reckon it was a big mistake not making it LHD.
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