Aussie muscle - Torana SS

[Kostas]

Just wanted to show you guys , America was not the only country with muscle cars ;

Cousin just picked this up recently woo woo!

Just helping him flash his fast data logger using a windows 10 laptop , such a pain in the ass configuring the serial to USB adapter



but in the end was successful :)

[Kostas]

Wow haven't felt this rush in a while , legit high 9s street car

[BNA/LION]

Wow! 9 sec is fast. w/out Nitros that is awesome. No NOS right?

[Kostas]

No nitrous , naturally aspirated

Some Holden trivia-

Holden added a fuel "drop tank" -less pit stops at Bathurst meant a greater chance at victory ;)



the bolt on flares where also a factory option so Holden could bypass the rubber width problem , the inner wheel arches where cut to accomodate taller wider rubber

[Kostas]

The biggest engine the factory ever put in these was the Holden 308, that was ditched in favour of a worked small block chev 350 ;)

A ford 9" diff with 31 splined axles was fitted

[Chewbacca]

i love that car.

[dualcarb]

Wow...that looks awesome...I only wish I can hear what it sounds like...

[Canook]

i had a A9X over 20 years ago... should have kept it .. would be worth a fortune now

[Kostas]

Originally Posted by Canook

i had a A9X over 20 years ago... should have kept it .. would be worth a fortune now

Yup , had the smaller Torana xu1 , engineered with a v8 , reason for selling ? Wife ! :|

Originally Posted by dualcarb

Wow...that looks awesome...I only wish I can hear what it sounds like...

at idle the only way I can describe it is cackling pipes , at full throttle just cover your ears lol

Ive got a few vids of it if anyone is interested ;)

[Canook]

Originally Posted by Kostas

Yup , had the smaller Torana xu1 , engineered with a v8 , reason for selling ? Wife ! :|



at idle the only way I can describe it is cackling pipes , at full throttle just cover your ears lol

Ive got a few vids of it if anyone is interested ;)

yeah a mate of mine had a XU1 with a 327 in it... full sleeper.... ahhh i remember the days before all the japanese import thing happened when it was all about the biggest carby and cam you could run before your car would lane change at idle lol!

[1st amg]

Videos would be great, those pushrod engines make the best sound

[droptopman]

Love it. Bet that is a rush to drive. Hard to beat the sound of a full roller, high compression rat engine.

[1William]

Nice car.

[Kostas]

We are going to take it out tomorrow night , I'll post a small vid :)

Oh and it's only got a 2 speed gearbox - a powerglide

[Lol-x]

If you're in Melbourne there is a pristine purple XU1 on display in the RACV Club (Bourke Street) in the foyer, man it is drop dead gorgeous.

[Danny83]

Nice ride

[Kostas]

We are in Sydney Steve , but this is a vic car originally

I go to Melb in a fortnight , I should check it out

[c41006]

Nice!

[Kostas]

Ok went out again with the Torana yesterday afternoon , caught up with a few other mates along the way

Check out this immaculate ford falcon XW 351 phase 2 HO , you guys stateside never continued the falcon name like we did





Aussies don't care so much about cars being coupes , some of our most revered cars a sedans , as long as they looked the part and were fast

Oh and here is something a little more familiar For our US friends

70 chevelle SS 454 LS6

[Porter]

Love that one!! Reminds me the Chevy Vega! Is very similar!

"If you're not having fun you're doing something wrong". Groucho Marx.

[Lol-x]

Originally Posted by Kostas

We are in Sydney Steve , but this is a vic car originally

I go to Melb in a fortnight , I should check it out

Yes, if you are in town, its worth checking out. Let me know if you want to have lunch at the club

[BBL]

Kostas... you have a lot of heads spinning about these fab speedster autos.... awesome thread !
DM

[toxicavenger]

Super cool Holdens!

[Kostas]

Originally Posted by Lol-x

Yes, if you are in town, its worth checking out. Let me know if you want to have lunch at the club

Sounds like a plan I'll pm you , maybe I can add some pics of that Torana in this thread too

[superdog]

Wow. That's a sick set of wheels you got there.

[Psmith]

Nice to see these rides Kostas. Not many of that type to been seen up here in Australia's far North territories, although modern supercars aplenty recently - sat next to a McLaren 720S at the lights last week

[drm20]

That is sweet! Bet it sounds amazing.

[m j b]

Holy smokes!

Hey, if it counts for anything, I just bought a Chevrolet SS (USA) which is really a Holden Commodore. Ultimate sleeper in this country...


I don't know what the camera did (or how) but the rear wheel isn't really tucked-in like that.

[kulak]

Originally Posted by m j b

Holy smokes!

Hey, if it counts for anything, I just bought a Chevrolet SS (USA) which is really a Holden Commodore. Ultimate sleeper in this country...


I don't know what the camera did (or how) but the rear wheel isn't really tucked-in like that.

Everyone I know that has one chickened out and got it with an automatic.

[Kostas]

I like the us converted holdens , and yours looks great.

The mistake that Holden / GM made when first launching the Monaro in the states is calling it a "GTO" , arguably the most revered muscle car name in the states.

No matter how good the car was it brushed a lot of old timers the wrong way , and justifiably so.

That's like them importing an impala / Grand Prix and calling it a Torana or Monaro - there would be outrage , and guess what those older people that revered those cars are exactly the same people that could afford to buy it .

"Overgrown cavalier" where some of the comments bandied back then .

Then they introduced the Pontiac G8 but only limited to auto

And finally the Chevy ss , this is the last of the breed , and a very nice example ! Congrats!