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[hungus76]

Wouldn't your Paint Number on your I.D Plate tell you the colour

 

 It does. The car is Glacier White from the factory. I just didn't know what colour it currently is.

Edited by hungus76, 19 June 2014 - 03:07 PM.

[xu2308]

No worries, it looks like Mandarin Red, Mandarin Red was on the HJ Monaro's and LX SS Hatchbacks, not sure if it was a LH Torana Colour at all.

 

AL

[Mort]

I have an '74 LH 4.2 SL/R that is original Mandarin Red.

[SP5000]

Only 68,000km back then, what does it have now Adrian? great story, a friend of mine had a chrome yellow L34 back around 1983-84, he has had all different types of Holdens since then, Brock Commodores, HSV's but if he should have kept one he says it would have been the L34, his had had the HO kit fitted at the dealer, Dwyers in Wollongong from memory, the car was stolen from his driveway in 1984 and never seen again

[hungus76]

after reading this thread, and you paying, wot was, way back then a pretty decent price for your car? you must pinch yourself now every time u read any more comments, or find out any more details and history of it??? congrats on winning the torana lottery! I know it's pretty precious and could never be replaced, but it would great to see it over at the shannons  show one day. PS go buy a tatts ticket

 

I do consider myself to be a lucky man, never ever did I think I would be able to learn the true history of this car but this website was the best discovery I ever made!

 

No point buying a Tatts ticket, I'm sure I've used up all my good luck for this lifetime....

 

 

 

I remember the car also from the all holden day in which it was shown, from memory you had only just bought it at this stage. I had a car entered in the same show and I remember you saying how much fuel it used getting to Hobart, it certainly shook the old shed when you left the show.
Cheers.

 

The All Holden Day at Princess Wharf is the 1 and only car show I ever entered the car in, that must have been in the first 12 months I owned the car.

 

It's without a doubt the thirstiest car I've ever owned, you can watch that fuel gauge drop before your eyes! I clearly remember driving out of that shed and the rumbling and shaking it was causing, I had a smile on my face a mile wide 

 

Only 68,000km back then, what does it have now Adrian?

 

 

The car now has a grand total of 70,179 k's..... So it's seen very little road use in the last 20 years.

[hungus76]

I sent a reply to your PM Pallbag, thanks for contacting me!

[hungus76]

Hi there Deane,

 

Thanks for the info, I was unaware of this. Will grab a copy.

 

I do indeed still own the car, no one has offered me an obscene amount of cash for it at this stage!

[hanra]

I think I have that mag at home, will have to have a squiz.

[hungus76]

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[V-SLR5000-P]

Looks like your car had a run in the 1976 Sports Sedan feature at Sandown. You can see it running into the old Peters corner on the first lap.

 

[rexy]

As above ....
Is there anyone here who might be able to put some light on what the significance is of the 399 and 401 on the rims?

It's just the number of the rim to tell which is which as well as the name of the owner. Have seen a few over the years. Will try to dig up some pictures.

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[hungus76]

That's very cool to see, thank you for sharing that!

 

Looks like your car had a run in the 1976 Sports Sedan feature at Sandown. You can see it running into the old Peters corner on the first lap.

 

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[hungus76]

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[V-SLR5000-P]

[308 Sunbird]

Ripper photo

[Shiney005]

And the owner of the O'Brien car hadn't seen it before either.