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[kerm74]

wouldnt disagree with you there Pantah - two very different but equally beautiful - both fell in the shadow of their 'bigger' brother, thus contributing to the fact that there are very few of these still around, making them very desirable

[frash da bucket]

One genuine xu1 strike me pink and one gtr,cheers.

[LX2DR]

Any Torana you can afford!

Desirability has a habit of putting things out of the reach of the average punter.

[76lxhatch]

That's the great thing about Toranas, with a bit of TLC and a few tasteful mods even the base models are desirable!

[kerm74]

Not a Torana but closely related - HX (I think) Monaro, light blue in colour (maybe opaline) - L34 engine with twin turbos - Leo Prunuea had this car as his driver at the time - some young guy had it a few years back with a view to doing a resto - how good would that be - I think it was in Melbourne - anyone know what has happened to this car??

[TerrA LX]

A race hatch or If I REALLY had to choose a GTR then it could ONLY be a Hurricane for me.

[Collo]

A race hatch or If I REALLY had to choose a GTR then it could ONLY be a Hurricane for me.

That link took me to the gtr-x...which i assume is what you meant.

[Litre8]

The one you own or are contemplating buying.

[Neils LX]

Not a Torana but closely related - HX (I think) Monaro, light blue in colour (maybe opaline) - L34 engine with twin turbos - Leo Prunuea had this car as his driver at the time - some young guy had it a few years back with a view to doing a resto - how good would that be - I think it was in Melbourne - anyone know what has happened to this car??

That car was in amc a 4 or5 years ago now with lpg and turbos long gone, i hope theres going to be a update on it.
Chears Neil

[Heath]

Anything from a twin turbo V8 HB 2-door to a mildly 'tinkered' four speed six cylinder UC sedan.

I have no problem with people who think that a genuine 'rare' Torana model has a little something special over a garden variety model, but it does not make sense to me that somebody can find an SL/R to be a desirable car, but claim that a mechanically and visually identical 'mockup' is "not desirable". Maybe I'm reading it wrong but that's the impression I'm getting from a couple of posts here

I love all Toranas, big and small, as long as they don't have coloured lighting underneath, big stupid spoilers or matte black paint I think everyone here should be able to appreciate the whole range

[Heath]

haha I've seen too many people try and 'rat rod' cars that should not be 'rat rodded', so I'm very biased against matte black.

[TerrA LX]

That link took me to the gtr-x...which i assume is what you meant.

Ur right, would much prefer a hurricane but a GTR-X for a GTR.

[Heath]

and i wouldn't be seen dead in a kermit green car either.. or a stock SLR5000 with hubcups and 30hp.

I didn't call you a dickhead. I just said I don't like matte black. Am I not entitled to that opinion? I like shiny paint. I didn't know I was being an arsehole by saying that.

And no, I'm not hugely keen on Kermit Green either; that's why I painted my car in another colour.