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#1 Shiney005

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Posted 17 April 2014 - 10:28 AM

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HA ha ha ha ha ha. Club rego and all.

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Posted 17 April 2014 - 10:44 AM

the poor mans vl commodore


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Posted 17 April 2014 - 11:33 AM

Wow, lower on the food chain than a VL!


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Posted 17 April 2014 - 02:54 PM

Not proud, but I had one myself.

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Posted 17 April 2014 - 03:07 PM

The old saying, never buy a Holden ending in the letter "a". (Except torana of course)


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Posted 17 April 2014 - 04:08 PM

Bit sad all the same for someone whos looked after a car so well. If it was a 2 door Torana in same condition everyone would be climbing over one another to get it.

Original owner should have just driven it into the ground like all the others.


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Posted 17 April 2014 - 04:20 PM

The last camira I saw was about 15 years ago and it had a cracked firewall

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Posted 17 April 2014 - 05:28 PM

The old saying, never buy a Holden ending in the letter "a". (Except torana of course)

 

Some of them you wouldn't want either (like 4cyl Toranas)!

 

Agree though:

 

Frontera

Camira

Viva

Barina

Astra

Balibra

Epica

Piazza

Nova

Vectra

Zafira

Captiva


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Posted 17 April 2014 - 06:53 PM

you forgot the commodora.     :stirpot:


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Posted 17 April 2014 - 08:18 PM

Were they really that bad? I doubt they were any more unreliable then any other overhead cam engined car of the era and if looked after were probably a good car. If there was a mint one at a car show I would walk past a row of 65 model Mustangs to check it out before them, cheers Aaron

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Posted 17 April 2014 - 11:48 PM

Were They Really That Bad ??? I remember all too well doing pre delivery inspections & driving tests on brand spanking new Camira & VB Commy, There was many new camira's that were rejected & returned to manufacturer for safety issues before leaving the dealership, 1 was just delivered off the truck, next thing there's an all mighty bang with motor / gearbox lying on the road due to zero engine mounting bolts holding the sauna with 2 fat guys aboard...


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Posted 18 April 2014 - 12:01 AM

Guy down the road from me bought a camira brand new only sold it a couple of years ago he serviced it regularly never had a problem with it at all
lucky maybe

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Posted 18 April 2014 - 12:21 AM

Might be a forum members car? :ph34r:


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Posted 18 April 2014 - 12:23 AM

I'm sure there was atleast 1 orange in that HUGE basket of lemons Rob...


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Posted 18 April 2014 - 12:40 AM

Were they really that bad? I doubt they were any more unreliable then any other overhead cam engined car of the era and if looked after were probably a good car. If there was a mint one at a car show I would walk past a row of 65 model Mustangs to check it out before them, cheers Aaron


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Posted 18 April 2014 - 01:52 AM

Might be this bloke? http://www.gmh-toran...starter-motors/

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Posted 18 April 2014 - 07:03 AM

the piazza was a rear wheel drive turbo luxury car...I owned one in auto form was a little rocket ship


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Posted 18 April 2014 - 07:13 AM

I remember one young bloke I worked with had one and caned the shit out of it,it never missed a beat only ever needing service items and tyres,and yet a bloke used to bring one into work almost weekly treated it with kid gloves and it cost him a fortune,it ended up going up in smoke...........I always wondered how it "accidentally" caught fire parked out in the middle of the yard lol

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Posted 18 April 2014 - 07:36 AM

the piazza was a rear wheel drive turbo luxury car...I owned one in auto form was a little rocket ship

 

Alfa Romeo GTV's were quick too. So were V12 Jaguars. Doesn't mean they were quality cars! Quality doesn't break down and fall apart on you.


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Posted 18 April 2014 - 08:59 AM

Might be this bloke? http://www.gmh-toran...starter-motors/

he he he - thats me.

 

Yep have two JB Sl/e sedans in a shed. Both go well and everything works. (and a 11/78 VB base model of which I am documented scond owner).


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Posted 18 April 2014 - 09:00 AM

Some of them you wouldn't want either (like 4cyl Toranas)!

 

Agree though:

 

Frontera

Camira

Viva

Barina

Astra

Balibra

Epica

Piazza

Nova

Vectra

Zafira

Captiva

Nova's were fine. Just a rebadged corolla. The others on the list are real turkeys though.


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Posted 18 April 2014 - 02:17 PM

I cannot understand why even these days they replaced the torana's with these pieces of crap what was holden thinking in the early 80's.

Regards John.

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Posted 18 April 2014 - 03:50 PM

Vectra were the worst out of all of them i remember after 5 years you couldnt buy internal dash parts for them POS

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Posted 19 April 2014 - 10:02 AM

Id buy one, and give it the rwd gmh treatment..


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Posted 19 April 2014 - 12:03 PM

I drove a Gemini across Australia,

and on the way back, it blew a piston through the block,

I looked into the rear view mirror at 110kph, and seen an atom bomb of grey smoke, before coming to a bang bang halt. Dave I


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