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Torana Radio Indentification

Started by wot179 , Apr 02 2014 02:24 PM

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#1 wot179

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Posted 02 April 2014 - 02:24 PM

Im wondering on which of these is LH and which is LX.

Also if they are the same as HJ, HX and HZ.

Thanks in advance, Craig.

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#2 Kirk

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Posted 02 April 2014 - 02:32 PM

LX is yellow

LH is white

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#3 hanra

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Posted 02 April 2014 - 03:05 PM

LX is yellow
LH is white

Bit more to it Kirk.

Here is a LH radio I cant remember if its 9 or 11 transistor.

71FFA770-074C-4DE9-8B13-155C52E14ABC_zps

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#4 LJGTR6

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Posted 02 April 2014 - 05:16 PM

^^^ that dash looks brand new.

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#5 Dr Terry

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Posted 02 April 2014 - 06:39 PM

I believe that the bottom one is HX.

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#6 wot179

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Posted 02 April 2014 - 08:37 PM

Thanks for the input guys.

Does anybody have anything else to add?

Like, could I swap the knobs off the dodgy looking yellow facia'ed one and put them on the white one and then it becomes an LX unit?

They have the same part number.

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#7 dattoman

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Posted 02 April 2014 - 09:18 PM

Check the date codes

Oh no... thats only little Torana guys that care about that.... carry on

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#8 _Red One_

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Posted 02 April 2014 - 10:12 PM

I reckon if you did what you want to do wot no one would notice as it would look the part.

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#9 hanra

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Posted 02 April 2014 - 10:46 PM

Thanks for the input guys.

Does anybody have anything else to add?

Like, could I swap the knobs off the dodgy looking yellow facia'ed one and put them on the white one and then it becomes an LX unit?

They have the same part number.

LX is yellow not white.

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#10 Dr Terry

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Posted 03 April 2014 - 11:56 AM

That's correct. AFAIK the top one is LX, including the knobs.

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#11 hanra

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Posted 03 April 2014 - 01:01 PM

This is LX

700F038C-2E5B-4B11-8AA9-B88024AC1C3A_zps

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#12 _Red One_

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Posted 03 April 2014 - 02:20 PM

LX is yellow not white.

Yes of course, sorry guys I read it as LH for some reason. Even went back over wot's post to see if he had edited it but no.

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#13 _Red One_

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Posted 03 April 2014 - 02:23 PM

Yellow and white facias would be easily swapped out if radios the same part number.

Just pulled mine to pieces to clean and is easy to do.

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Posted 03 April 2014 - 03:51 PM

You could put the knobs off the yellow LX radio and put it on the white HX radio and then it would be correct for a LH.

Wouldn't it?

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#15 AbsynthHatch

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Posted 03 April 2014 - 03:56 PM

For the LH (and presumably other model holdens) range weren't there optional 9, 11 & 13 transistor radios

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#16 wot179

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Posted 03 April 2014 - 09:20 PM

Carn, guys.

More opinions wanted.

Lets fill this thread with info.

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#17 _victor_

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Posted 28 April 2014 - 08:49 PM

Hi guys this is a pic of the owner's manual 1977 from my slr 5000 and the radio is yellow
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#18 Dr Terry

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Posted 02 May 2014 - 02:35 PM

You could put the knobs off the yellow LX radio and put it on the white HX radio and then it would be correct for a LH.

Wouldn't it?

Not quite, it would look OK, but it's not correct.

As can be in post #3 (above) the LH Toranas use an HJ type radio which has a taller facia. The HJ/LH radios were the last ones made in Australia. The HX/LX with the more compact facia are the first of those imported from Japan.

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