Page 1 of 5 123 ... LastLast
Results 1 to 15 of 65

Thread: Classic Australian Muscle Cars Specs & Pics

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Feb 2004
    Location
    Haberfield, Sydney
    Posts
    1,759

    Classic Australian Muscle Cars Specs & Pics

    Most UCP users will know a bit about American muscle cars, so I thought I'd start a thread introducing UCP users to the less well known Australian Muscle Cars.

    First up, 1967 Ford Falcon XT GT.
    Introduced in May 1967. Available in gold body colour only.
    Number built: 596.
    Engine:289 cubic inch (4.7 litre), 168kW (225bhp)@4800 rpm; 414 Nm (305ft/lb)@3200 rpm.
    Suspension: Front coil springs, rear leaf springs.
    Brakes: front discs, rear drums.
    Transmission: Toploader 4 speed. Wheels 14 x 5.5". Tires:Olympic GT 185 x 14in radials.
    Performance: 0-60 mph 9.7 secs, standing quarter 16.5 secs, top speed 195km/h (121mph).
    Won 1967 Bathurst 500
    Attached Images Attached Images

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Feb 2004
    Location
    Haberfield, Sydney
    Posts
    1,759

    No 2. 1968 Holden Monaro HK 327 GTS

    Second installment.
    1968 Holden Monaro HK GTS 327.
    Introduced: July 1968
    Engine: Chevrolet 327 V8, pushrod overhead valves, four barrel Rochester carburettor.
    Power: 186kW (250 bhp)@4800 rpm.
    Torque: 412Nm (325 lb/ft)@3200 rpm.
    Supension: Front:Independent by unequal length wishbones, coil springs, telescopic dampers, anti-roll bar. Rear (with axle type):Salisbury hypoid bevel with limited slip diff rigid axle with semi elliptic springs, telescopic dampers, radius rods.
    Brakes: front discs/rear drums.
    Transmission: 4-speed Saginaw manual.
    Wheels: Steel 6 x 14in. Tyres: D70H14.
    Performance: 0-60mp/h 7.8 secs, standing quarter 16.4 secs, maximum speed 184 km/h (115 mph).
    Finished 1st, 2nd & 3rd in 1968 Bathurst 500.


    Note: Australian muscle cars are generally referred as belonging to time period from the 1967 to 1978. Thus, this thread will run from the 1967 Falcon GT to the 1978 Falcon Cobra. I may look at later Australian performance cars in another thread.
    Attached Images Attached Images

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Apr 2003
    Location
    St Marys Western Sydney
    Posts
    20,953
    Car: Ford Falcon XW GTHO Phase 1

    Engine: 351 Windsor, 600cfm Holley 4 barrel carburettor,
    Power: 224kw@5400rpm
    Torque: 515nm@3400rpm
    Drivetrain: 4 speed toploader with LSD
    Suspension: front: coil springs with strut type dampers, anti roll bar
    rear: leaf springs with dampers, anti roll bar
    Brakes: front: 286mm vented discs with single piston calipers
    rear: 254mm drums, servo assist.
    Tyres and wheels: 14x6" rims with ER70H14 radials

    Performance: 0-100km/h - 6.7 seconds, 400m - 14.4 seconds
    Attached Images Attached Images
    Last edited by fpv_gtho; 04-15-2004 at 06:28 AM.
    I am the Stig

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Apr 2003
    Location
    St Marys Western Sydney
    Posts
    20,953
    Car: Ford Falcon XT GT

    Engine: 302 Windsor V8
    Power: 172kw@4800rpm
    Torque: 420nm@3200rpm
    Drivetrain: 4 speed Toploader or 3 speed C4
    Suspension: Front: Wishbones w/Spring over Strut-Type Dampers, Anti Roll Bar
    rear: Live Axle w/Semi-Elliptic Springs, Telescopic Shock Absorbers
    Brakes: front: 270mm discs, rear: 254mm drums
    Wheels/tyres: 14 x 6 in, 185SR14 radial
    Numbers built: 1415
    Performance: Top Speed: 124mph, Accelleration: 0-100km/h - 8.4 seconds



    After the success of the XR GT, the decision was made to make the GT a permanent model for the following year. The cars durability was put to the test during the 1968 London to Sydney rally where it won the Teams prize with a 3rd, 5th and 8th placing. The car came with optional black-outs and side striping
    Attached Images Attached Images
    Last edited by fpv_gtho; 04-15-2004 at 05:16 AM.
    I am the Stig

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Jun 2003
    Location
    UK
    Posts
    7,272
    Needs more pictures. (I am on dial up at the moment and can't be bothered to go hunting for pictures myself.)
    Thanks for all the fish

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Feb 2004
    Location
    Haberfield, Sydney
    Posts
    1,759
    OK, heres some pics of the XW Phase 1 GTHO in race trim. This was the car driven by 4 times Bathurst 500/1000 winner Alan Moffat in the 1969 Bathurst 1000. Moffat finished 4th in this car at the 69 Bathurst 500. Another Phase 1 was second in the hands of Bruce McPhee/Barry Mulholland.
    Attached Images Attached Images

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Jun 2003
    Location
    UK
    Posts
    7,272
    Cheers guys
    Thanks for all the fish

  8. #8
    Join Date
    Feb 2004
    Location
    Haberfield, Sydney
    Posts
    1,759

    No 5. 1969 Holden Monaro HT 350 GTS

    Ok, heres the next installment. This is the car that gave Australia's 9 time Bathurst winner, Peter Brock, his first start in the Bathurst 500/1000. He finished 3rd first time out in the 1969 Bathurst 500 sharing with Des West. The Colin Bond/Tony Roberts Monaro won the race.

    Car: 1969 Holden Monaro HT 350 GTS
    Introduced: May 1969.
    Engine: Chevrolet 350 cu inch (5740 cc) V8
    Power: 225kW (350 bhp)@4800 rpm
    Torque: 380lb/ft
    Performance: 0-100km/h 7.7 secs;standing quarter 14.7 sec; top speed 217km/h
    Attached Images Attached Images

  9. #9
    Join Date
    Feb 2004
    Location
    Haberfield, Sydney
    Posts
    1,759

    No 6. 1970 Chrysler Valiant Pacer VG sedan & coupe.

    Here's something a little different. The first of the Australian Chrysler to use the famous "hemi" 6 cylinder engine. The Pacer was available as either a sedan or a coupe and in standard, E31 and E34 versions. The E34 was the most powerful of the three.

    Introduced: 1970
    Engine: 245 Hemi 6 cylinder. The VG Pacer sedans were available as the standard Pacer (245 Hemi, 185 hp with 2 bbl), E31 Pacer (High Performance 250 version of the 245, with a 2 bbl carb, about 195 hp)and the E34 Pacer (Even higher ouput version of the 250 E31 engine with a 4 bbl carb, wilder camshaft, etc, around 235 hp).
    Transmission: 3-speed manual.
    Suspension: Front - torsion bars, non-parallel control arms, anti-sway bar and tele shock absorbers. Rear - rigid axle with semi elliptics and tele shock absorbers.
    Brakes: front discs/rear drums.
    Performance: Pacer: standing quarter 16.4 secs.
    Pacer E34: 0-60mph 8.8 secs; standing quarter 19.9 secs.
    Top speed was about 179 km/h.
    Attached Images Attached Images

  10. #10
    Join Date
    Apr 2003
    Location
    St Marys Western Sydney
    Posts
    20,953
    Car: 1969 XW Falcon GT

    Engine: 351 Windsor V8
    Power: 216kw@4800rpm
    Torque: 522nm@3200rpm
    Driveline: 4 speed toploader or 3 speed C4 with LSD
    Suspension: wishbones with spring over strut type dampers and anti roll bar, live axle with leaf springs and telescopic dampers
    Wheels: 14 x 6.0 in with ER70H14 radials
    Weight: 1500kg approx
    Attached Images Attached Images
    Last edited by fpv_gtho; 04-19-2004 at 05:52 AM.
    I am the Stig

  11. #11
    Join Date
    Feb 2004
    Location
    Haberfield, Sydney
    Posts
    1,759

    No 8: Chrysler Charger E38 R/T

    Unlike in the US, there are several Australian cars with six clyinder engines which are considered by Australian enthusiasts to be muscle cars. These include the Holden Torana XU1 and Chrysler Charger R/T series.

    The Chrysler Charger R/T E38 was designed as an homologation special for Australia's series production touring car rules of the late 60s and early 70s. Each of Australia's Big 3 (Ford, Holden and Chrysler) produced special homologation cars for the catagory, the jewel in the crown of which was the Bathurst 500 at the Mount Panorama racetrack. Probably the ultimate "homologation special" was Ford's Falcon XY GTHO Phase 111 (of which more on later in the thread), but the Charger R/T also epitomises these homologation specials.
    Two weeks before the 1971 Bathurst 500, a Charger R/T E38 in the hands of Doug Chivas won a mini-enduro race at Sydney's Oran Park. For the 1971 Bathurst 500 there were three semi-official Charger R/T E38s entered. These were for Leo Geohagen/Peter Brown, Norm Beechey/Jim McKeown and Doug Chivas/Graham Moore. There were four other privateer Chargers. The best of the Chargers in qualifing was the Geohagen/Brown car in 8th.
    In the race itself, the Chargers couldn't match the Falcon GTHO Phase 111s, and the Geohagen/Brown entry was the first Charger home in 7th place.
    The E38 might not have been a success at Bathurst, but it remains a much loved and popular classic. It was the fastest six clyinder car in the world at the time it was released. Even today its acceleration times can be favourably compared to modern 6-clyinders cars from BMW (M3), Porsche (911), Nissan (Skyline) and Ford (Falcon XR6T).

    Specs:
    Introduced in September 1971.
    Engine: HEMI 4.3 litre 6-clyinder with triple Weber carburetors. Power 210kW@5000rpm. Torque 433Nm@4100.
    Suspension: Front - independent torsion bars, upper and lower control arms and antiroll bar. Rear - semi-elliptic leaf springs, and a Hotchkiss type live axle.
    Brakes: front discs, rear drums.
    Transmission: 3-speed manual.
    Performance: 0-60 mph 6.1 secs, standing quarter 14.8 secs, top speed 203 km/h.
    Weight: 1,400kg.
    4570 mm long, 1880 mm wide and 1370 mm high.
    Attached Images Attached Images
    Last edited by motorsportnerd; 05-15-2004 at 04:31 AM.

  12. #12
    Join Date
    Feb 2004
    Location
    QLD AUSTRALIA
    Posts
    189
    HQ gts monaro 1973
    Attached Images Attached Images

  13. #13
    Join Date
    Feb 2004
    Location
    QLD AUSTRALIA
    Posts
    189
    1970s torana's
    Attached Images Attached Images

  14. #14
    Join Date
    Apr 2003
    Location
    Adelaide
    Posts
    6,153
    Quote Originally Posted by ace
    HQ gts monaro 1973
    What sweet memories. I love the style of these. Forget that they handled like shit and in standard form had less power than a 4cyl Camry. They looked cool. Great back seats too.
    "A string is approximately nine long."
    Egg Nogg 02-04-2005, 05:07 AM

  15. #15
    Join Date
    Apr 2003
    Location
    St Marys Western Sydney
    Posts
    20,953
    well the power never stopped people buying V8 Commodores during the 80's when ford dropped their V8 Falcon, despite the 308 having about the same power as a 4.1 EFI X-flow
    I am the Stig

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. Sultan of Brunei!!
    By lfb666 in forum Miscellaneous
    Replies: 131
    Last Post: 12-11-2006, 05:58 AM
  2. Australian Cars
    By lfb666 in forum Multimedia
    Replies: 23
    Last Post: 05-22-2004, 03:45 AM
  3. Australian cars
    By Batmobile_Turbo in forum General Automotive
    Replies: 293
    Last Post: 04-13-2004, 05:32 AM
  4. muscle cars
    By challenger in forum Multimedia
    Replies: 68
    Last Post: 03-03-2004, 07:08 AM
  5. Firsts for Australian Built Family Cars (4 doors)
    By ernysp76 in forum Trivia and quizzes
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 02-01-2004, 10:34 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •