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[rexy]

So today is the traditionally quiet set up Thursday.



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Toranas everywhere!

I thought my yellow one had escaped and made its own way here.


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Seem to be more little ones than square ones so far.
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It’s day one, I’ve been out at the Nats for about three hours and I have already seen:

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Farmtrucks return to compete start without glory. Stuffed it into the concrete during the burnouts. Twice,!
Bad enough that it required retrieving.



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One Fat Rat starting well,



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And then catching fire! Good times.

The whine of blowers, LOUD LOUD open pipes and methanol mixed with tyre smoke in the air.

Good times indeed.

[Redslur]

Yes I made it out there too Rexy. Was the busiest I have seen a Thursday too. Off there early tomorrow as will be there all weekend too.

[DMLC71]

Love the Torana pics.
Keep them coming.
Cheers

[Holdenbn74]

Was there last year as an entrant, so missing it already haha enjoy the weekend guys 👍

[rexy]

So here are a few of the early starters.

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Mmm, mustard.

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Current front runner for oddest bonnet scoop.

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Very green! Really nice engine bay too.
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Nicest looking “no gap” glassed on flares I think I have ever seen.

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Monster motors everywhere...


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I think the hatches are waiting for the weekend? I thought this might be grant from afar. Ripper colour.

[rexy]

Plenty of nice non torana gems as usual.

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Simply spectacular.


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Something for Heath.
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Put the hatch to one side and do this!


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It took quite some time to put this out once he stopped. Didn’t slow him down though and I saw him cruising back along the ring road a little while later with a singed and blackened arse.

A special thank you to the likely lads who helped me make it over the spiked wire fence with my dignity semi intact. Getting too old for such shenanigans! Bastard light rail project has mucked up my usual sneaky park and walk to the entrance.
I am always impressed by how polite and helpful everybody is when I visit.

On another pleasing note the new practical car returned an average of 11 L/100 Km on the trip up. Quite acceptable for a heavy beast with the supercharged donk.

[Shiney005]

And no displacement on demand anymore either. It would certainly be using a lot less than some of the monsters starring at the Summernats. 

[rexy]

I swear all the remaining VL commodores and XD falcons in the world are here.

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Cortinas are thin on the ground.


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Not sure that it makes me sad. Not pretty in my eyes.


You don’t have to be crazy to drive something like this but I am sure it helps.

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The hatches seem further reduced in number this year...

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This shiny one made about 340 hp at the tyres on the dyno this morning.

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[rexy]

This land yacht was a big suprise.
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550 at the tyres from a Barra turbo ford motor. And he’s a Victorian!

[Shiney005]

I like the look of the old truck behind it.

[rexy]

Plenty of that sort of stuff about.
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My favourite so far.
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[rexy]

And as I sit here finishing dinner, watching the passing crowd, what starts up and rumbles it’s way out of the parking lot?

LC 454, the Mark Hayes Torana. Once Australia’s fastest street reg car.

Speaking of registration. If the cars here are any guide, it’s really not that hard to get on the plate schemes in vic OR nsw.

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Now back to Torana stuff!

[rexy]

Nice.

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Yellow. Very popular this year.
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Like I said. Yellow very popular this year.

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But this one had the distinction of being the only L31 plated car I could find this year.



More square ones.

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[rexy]

Seen before and still looks amazing! Very pretty six still in the bay.

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Photos do not effectively convey how tough this car looks.
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Yet another LS so probably goes well too.

HATCHES BITCHES!

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Well the two that I could find...

[rexy]

Back to the locust like plague of small Toranas.

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This one had a few scars.

Well strike me!

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Pigeon pairs.

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Blue. Popular as always..
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[LXCHEV]

Great photos, thanks rexy. I really do need to get myself back to Summernats again one of these years.

[Swarbs]

Thanks for the share

[rexy]

Cheers Doug for the pics. Farmtrucks car doesn't look like their one from the U.S to me. I bet that's a replica that's been pieced together here.

Yes Wayne, it’s a local build with help from the TAFE I think. They got it straightened out overnight and yesterday arvo was better for them on the burnout pad.
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[rexy]

Yes that’s right. Fresh off the dyno.

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Actually made 845 on the middle of three runs.

Turbo LS, the new kings of cheap power.

[rexy]

For perspective.
Nice sounding NA LS.
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[rexy]

Never seen them run one of the dedicated burnout cars before.

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How much HP?
Not as much as you would think.
638 hp smoking the tyres on the dyno!

[Shiney005]

Awesome pics Rexy. I'll have to get there one day.