IIRC the stock Torana SS wore 205x13 on tiddly 6" steel rimsOriginally Posted by 2ndclasscitizen
Those old Holden V8 engines sounded magnificent with their really distinctive & barky exhaust note
IIRC the stock Torana SS wore 205x13 on tiddly 6" steel rimsOriginally Posted by 2ndclasscitizen
Those old Holden V8 engines sounded magnificent with their really distinctive & barky exhaust note
Last edited by nota; 08-29-2006 at 09:09 AM.
why the photos nș 3 and 4 don't permit "save a copy"? is a so nice car...Originally Posted by nota
"I don't take any photo, just collect in all the web and share"
sorry... number 2 and 3...Originally Posted by ribatejo69
"I don't take any photo, just collect in all the web and share"
When I was an apprentice diesel mechanic many years ago, one of the older mechanics has a genuine A9X white hatchback complete with drop tank and 14X10rear and 14X8 front Aunger Hotwires. It was truley sex on wheels. it also has the 2.6:1 moonshot diff. As our gogomobile mate says "it would be worth a pretty penny" now.Originally Posted by nota
SA IPRA cars 15, 25, 51 & 77
Sharperto Racing IP Corollas
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Likewise, it was a pleasure meeting you Nota. We'll have to do it again next year. This event will hopefully be an annual excursion for me. Hopefully more of the NSW/ACT (and of course anyone who wants to travel from further afield) members of UCP will be able to join us next year.Originally Posted by nota
Last edited by motorsportnerd; 08-30-2006 at 06:01 AM.
UCP's biggest Ford Sierra RS500 and BMW M3 E30 fan. My two favourite cars of all time.
From both of you I learnt a lot, lots I would have walked past and not even noticed eg P76 Force 7 V.
Thanks for the great day.
Chief of Secret Police and CFO - Brotherhood of Jelly
No Mr. Craig, I expect you to die! On the inside. Of heartbreak. You emo bitch
wish i was there...
Andreas Preuninger, Manager of Porsche High Performance Cars: "Grandmas can use paddles. They aren't challenging."
I am the proud owner of the SS Hatchback pictured. It's certainly torquey, and great fun to drive (except in the wet!). The steering's a bit heavy though, but I'm told that replacing the steering box with one from a UC is the way to go.
I'm glad that someone thought to photograph it and put it onto this site.
Davo
Huge power and rear wheel drive is never fun in the wet, unless you're a masochist...
Some of the Sierra Cosworths pictured had the same problems, causing some very nasty surprises for would-be ram-raiders nicking the cars and trying to be rally drivers.
Welcome to the site, that's one clean muscle car just watched Mad Max, I'm very jealous of some of the muscle cars you have out there... Chris, please can you send me a Mustang in RHD?
Hi Davo, welcome to UCP and glad you didn't mind my photo of your beastie And that you might agree with my drive-sentiments?Originally Posted by dhealy
From memory your car looked to be a tidy & well-loved unit, congratulations & btw I envy you. Even 30 years later I still recall how heavy the tiller was on that dealer-car I had use of. Parking it was OMG, so to paraphrase Maggie Thatcher: 'this car's not for turning'
Power steering was a rare factory option on certain Toranas and could be the way to go imho, even if you had to adapt it from a Commodore
I remember 'my' LX SS (the Mango dealer car mentioned) was one of the transitional-model LXs and unusually equipped with a stalk-mounted headlight flasher, but not the HX/UC multi-function wiper stalk as it still had the usual wiper-switch on the dash. I also remember doing a right-hand turn in that SS from one busy divided hwy onto another (Burwood rd to North rd, Melbourne) and flooring the throttle from a mere rolling-idle, with clutch already engaged. This instantly resulted in major LSD wheelspin and screaming 180+ spinout, virtually within a cars length & blocking the intersection, then being stared down by a bevy of frowning motorists
Gee those cars have balls, and BIG ones. I was literally doing under 10mph at the time No one can dislike a car that'll do that!
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I purchased the vehicle just last Easter, from the original owner. It had always been garaged, so was in excellent nick.
And it does have one of the transitional dipper switch/headlight flasher stalks on the steering column.
Maybe you might consider sharing some pics and description of your very cool Torana SS in the Users Rides section? Or perhaps in Classics, with a model history?
It'd be great for UCP to see some genuine Aussie Muscle on show and I'm sure you'd drop a few jaws on this international forum
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