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[Balfizar]

What was the address of "Toranaland"  (East Gosford) Noble's Holden.

Thanks

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[N/A-PWR]

To find Toranaland here somewhere:

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[yel327]

Have a look in one of the Owner Guides or Manuals from the 70's, it should have an address. If you don't have one I'll look in one later. It'll almost certainly be on the same premises as the Holden dealer, they would have just separated it so the nuns that went there didn't get offended by the crude Holden salesmen!  

[Balfizar]

Country 2 NSW GOSFORD EAST

NOBLE'S EASTSIDE HOLDEN - (Toranaland)  GMH

01/01/1971 - 01/01/1975 4 Years, 0 Months, 0 Days

Cnr York & Webb Street 2250 David W Noble

[N/A-PWR]

Top Job:        

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Edited by N/A-PWR, 12 October 2024 - 07:08 PM.

[N/A-PWR]

TORANALAND 70's to 2022:

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Edited by N/A-PWR, 12 October 2024 - 08:41 PM.

[meanmachine72]

before it was lifeline it used to be a furniture store for about 20 years

[N/A-PWR]

before it was lifeline it used to be a furniture store for about 20 years

2010 Knots Pine:

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Edited by N/A-PWR, 14 October 2024 - 11:24 PM.

[meanmachine72]

good work dave..before that i was various car yards back to when it was torana land

little bit further up central coast highway was another car yard as well.

now a world burger Joint.

[Shiney005]

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[yel327]

So was the Holden dealership on the far left, then the yard for the nuns on the right?

[N/A-PWR]

Toranaland owned by Cullens.jpg

Did a close up shot:

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and are those vacuum cleaners on left or fuel pumps?

Edited by N/A-PWR, 15 October 2024 - 06:49 PM.

[Shiney005]

Old glass top bowsers I'd reckon.

[Balfizar]

I am guessing, Car yard left, showroom/office right, shed behind yard- workshop.

[yel327]

Did they have 2 x dealerships with different dealer codes? There was 2 x Gosford dealers with consecutive cost centre codes: 522-523. I was wondering if one was a Holden dealership and the other Torana?

[v6 torana]

I found another picture.................

 

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[N/A-PWR]

I found another picture.................

 

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That's the real TORANALAND Peter,

 that has Torana's in the picture.

 

Now to call all the colours from left to right.   

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Edited by N/A-PWR, 17 October 2024 - 06:09 PM.

[Shiney005]

I think there are a couple of HJ's in there, but... Chamois, Salamanca, Chrome Yellow, (or maybe Sunburst??) Jade, Jade, Salamanca, 

[N/A-PWR]

Old glass top bowsers I'd reckon.

Looked for something close,

 and remembered Pat Cullens did off-road racing,

and the sponcer was AMPOL.

The close-up shot of the bowser image shows writing across the middle of the bowser hat,

 just like AMPOL, and the front is white:

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[Indy Orange]

A bit before Toranaland ,but interesting all the same.https://www.youtube....h?v=wYijU7qS9ow

[RallyRed]

A bit before Toranaland ,but interesting all the same.https://www.youtube....h?v=wYijU7qS9ow

Very interesting  old pics there.

 

The dealers have always had nice big buildings, financial wizards really....considering  ..."we'll be lucky to break even on this car at the price you are getting it for mate.." and the other usual B.S.

[Indy Orange]

I remember the used car lot at North City Holden ,all the individual offices looking over the car lot .The salesman would all come out at once and pounce on prospective buyers .”This car won’t last long mate! I’ve had other people interested “😏

[Shiney005]

North City had nothing on Brian Gardiner's. In the 1980's, one of their salesman had my sister in law sign a form before she could test drive a car. She found out when she got back that she had already bought it.

[Balfizar]

Did they have 2 x dealerships with different dealer codes? There was 2 x Gosford dealers with consecutive cost centre codes: 522-523. I was wondering if one was a Holden dealership and the other Torana?

522 Gosford Motors (Retail) Pty Ltd  

523 NOBLE MOTORS (Most likely all Noble dealerships/locations were under the D/CD 523)

 

There were 21 GM/GMA/GMH dealers in Gosford from 1921 to the end