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[RallyRed]

the one in the second last pic have a vinyl top??...or just the pic

[crabba67]

hey col,yes look up ebay holden torana L34-collectable framed picture.
cheers

[Torananut]

Hi A9XONE, issue 15 of Australian Muscle Car had a large article on L34s and at the back in the M.I.A. section they listed about six L34 race cars that they were trying to find, the Bob Jane car was one of them.

In issue 17 of AMC at the back of the mag they had some details of the two Team Brock/Patterson L34s as well as the section that i scaned on the Bob Jane car. Cheers, Grant

[RallyRed]

Hi crabba67..thanks, ....never seen one in real life with a BVR. Not sure its my cup of tea, but certainly stands out from the crowd...back in the day when there WAS a crowd of L34s..

[Torananut]

Here is a picture of the same car with a vinyl roof. Not my sort of thing either. Just another way to make a car rust.

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[Dr Terry]

Not only a vinyl roof, but a sunroof as well. Yuk !!

Dr Terry

[RallyRed]

hey Dr Terry....you just spoilt it for me....ha ha I was just looking at that pic and saying to myself ...'it could grow on you , that BV roof'.....then you pointed out that sunroof, and it was all over!!!

[REDA9X]

Here is a picture of the same car with a vinyl roof. Not my sort of thing either. Just another way to make a car rust.

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Thats very ugly

My car is the A9X in that post card series

[Torananut]

Here is the other two postcards in the series.

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[arrimar]

This car is in SE Sa minus vinyl roof these days but still has sunroof and non original engine block

An old ad for that car is in the latest unique cars. They estimate its current value as 60 to 70k and make some nasty jibes about the bvr and sunroof. I don't agree with them.

[mungo]

G'day Grant. Look from the 28 minute mark of this video. It shows PB's car at the '74 Bathurst. The tank looks the same set up as the one you show except it has both vertical and horizontal handles.   

[Shiney005]

Good pick up Robbie. The one in Grant's photo looks the same apart from it missing the top handle and the spillage shroud. I have always been of the opinion that there were more than the 2 Group C cars and the rally car. HDT were allocated at least eight L34s from GMH. We just don't know how many of these spent their whole life as promo cars. There certainly didn't seem to be any shortage of cars during '76 when Walker had one based in SA, which had a big rear ender and ended up in the fence, around the same time as Gricey and Bond tangled destroying a car, and yet they still turned up at Bathurst with two racers and a T car. Busy year for the workshop.

[mungo]

Yeah Laurie, if you have a look at the 29:13 mark you get a real good look at Bondy's tank. Same set up. Obviously HDT used the one manufacturer for the tanks. As an aside I always thought the reviews on the L34 were a bit harsh. Much ado about how they weren't as legendary, performance wise, as the A9X. Heck they won the Manchamp in their first year. Bondy was called into pits at Bathurst because of two loose sump bolts causing oil to leak onto the exhaust and subsequent smoke out the back. Probably cost him the race. Then the L34 went on to win the '75 and '76 Bathurst. Somehow they got the reputation they weren't reliable when compared to the A9X. Could never understand it.

[rodomo]

Interesting footage/commentary/recovery method from 34.00 - 35.00 mins too!

Edited by rodomo, 21 November 2018 - 10:09 PM.

[Shiney005]

I would assume that maybe Colin himself was building the tanks? He was fabricating the alloy roll cages after all.

[eyepeeler]

Yeah Laurie, if you have a look at the 29:13 mark you get a real good look at Bondy's tank. Same set up. Obviously HDT used the one manufacturer for the tanks. As an aside I always thought the reviews on the L34 were a bit harsh. Much ado about how they weren't as legendary, performance wise, as the A9X. Heck they won the Manchamp in their first year. Bondy was called into pits at Bathurst because of two loose sump bolts causing oil to leak onto the exhaust and subsequent smoke out the back. Probably cost him the race. Then the L34 went on to win the '75 and '76 Bathurst. Somehow they got the reputation they weren't reliable when compared to the A9X. Could never understand it.

Couldn't agree more, the L34 gets treated a bit harsh in history even though it's results show a pretty damn good car for it's time in Motorsport.

[Shiney005]

I wonder if the front wheel well modification (for tyre clearance at back) was legal?

 

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[hanra]

Whats that cray cray link off the chassis rail there? 

[arrimar]

That's the sway bar link for a k-mac swaybar. Period correct with the rose jointed ends. The modern version is agricultural.

[mugginz]

That brake line looks awfully tight

[hanra]

Apparently the Bob Jane L34 that was sold at Lloyd’s recently is in Cairns?

[hanra]

I’m guessing it’s this one?

https://mulsanneclas...na-l34-slr5000/

Pretty cray there is just 1 digit difference in the re-shell body number and this one.