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[Indy Orange]

My first car was a LJ Torana S 138 column shift .in 1982 .Puchased from Naughty Don Rogers in Perth .What was yours?17 years old at the time.The boot used to leak badly ,so did the heater box.

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[royalplumss]

Before I had even 'earned' y P-Plates (So easy back then) I bought a 2 Door LJ with a 186 with a cam and a 4 speed.

Someone had taped up the windows and sprayed it dark jade green. You could still see the old XU1 sticker imprint beneath it, it was that rough.

Flogged it, crashed it twice, loved it, sold it for the same amount as I bought it for later ($1500). Sadly no photo....

[Redslur]

This thread has been done before but was fun.  My first car was a burnt orange RX2 in 1986.

[gazzas]

Morris Major in about 1975,no pics because why would you lol

[rodomo]

Normy?

[Ice]

Cool pic Rod

[v6 torana]

My first LC Torana S in 1978...........was a familiar car in Mount Pritchard (western suburb of Sydney).

Started life as a 161, 3 on the tree, drum front brakes.

Ended up with:

192
head ported / upgraded valves & springs
balanced rods / pistons / crank
lumpy cam / alloy gears & solid lifters
electronic ignition
holley 500
extractors
Opel 4 speed (never blew it up just kept wearing out cluster shaft & bearings)
big brake booster / front discs
GTR dash
front & rear sway bars

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[Indy Orange]

Haven't seen that colour before ,on an LC .

[rodomo]

Opel 4 speed (never blew it up just kept wearing out cluster shaft & bearings)

You weren't trying hard enough.

[Statler]

The first car i bought ( beside the hand-me-downs ) was a XA hardtop. 

 

I must have liked it because i had 5 of them.  

[Rockoz]

First car was a 1970 LC 2 door.

Bought in 1978 a few months before I got my licence.

186 3 on the tree.

Then 3 on the floor.

Then 192 triple dellortos big cam V8 4 speed.

Then attacked with gas axe and welder to turn into a sports sedan. Project never finished.

If I knew back then what I know today...............................................

[Ice]

White 4 Door LX Torana 173 Big block coloum auto, chromies, twin system , twin sunroof yes it was the 80s 12 months later 308 4speed thats when the obsession started
and still going stong today

[Indy Orange]

White 4 Door LX Torana 173 Big block coloum auto, chromies, twin system , twin sunroof yes it was the 80s 12 months later 308 4speed thats when the obsession started
and still going stong today

Did you used to head down to Scarborough Beach on a Friday night and chuck laps through Perth Gene?

[Indy Orange]

Shame ,Very repairable now ,spot ties behind the grill ,very 80s.

[Ice]

Did you used to head down to Scarborough Beach on a Friday night and chuck laps through Perth Gene?

Guilty as charged

[Indy Orange]

Yep ,me too.

[Ice]

1994 Cloverdale Perth WA, 173, 3 on the tree.
 
Had licence for a week, 80+ year old pulled out in front of me wrote it off.
 
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Probably seen you a few times im still in the area

[Indy Orange]

Can't kill the 202 Kinga Ian,my mates father had one ,Silver with electric tailgate and the chrome roof rack,I thought it looked really flash.

[Ice]

Shame ,Very repairable now ,spot ties behind the grill ,very 80s.

There actually in front of the grill Paul

Proir bingle lol