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[GTRXU1]

I am trying to piece together all the brochures that were produced by Holden in marketing the HB Torana. I would really like to know if a separate brochure was produced for the introduction of the Series 'II' Brabham. These are the ones I have collected so far;

• HB Series I Brochure printed May 1967
• HB Series I Brabham Brochure printed Nov 1967
• HB Series I Brochure printed Feb 1968
• HB Series II 69 Torana large Brochure printed Sept 1968
• HB Series II 69 Torana small printed Sept 1968

Any help would be appreciated.

thanks

[GTRXU1]

•HB Series I Brochure printed May 1967



�HB Series I Brabham Brochure printed Nov 1967



�HB Series I Brochure printed Feb 1968



�HB Series II 69 Torana large Brochure printed Sept 1968



�HB Series II 69 Torana small printed Sept 1968

Edited by GTRXU1, 22 August 2010 - 08:40 PM.

[GTRXU1]

Two other adverts showing series II Brabham interior;

[GTRXU1]

For anyone who is interested here is a little more information on the, accessories brochure printed April 1967, mechanics guide printed in July 1967, owners manuals, protection plan, printed in Feb 1968 I would say for Series 'I' HB and Aug 1968 for Series 'II' HB.

Accessories brochure;



Mechanics Guide;







HB Torana Owners Manual and Protection Plan printed Feb 1968





HB Torana Owners Manual and Protection Plan printed Aug 1968

Edited by GTRXU1, 22 August 2010 - 09:42 PM.

[Collo]

Cheers for posting that mate. Nice pics/info.
Lol at the one with the horses, I reckon they'd beat the HB.

[rodomo]

There's one with horses?
I'm still looking at the one with the chick advertising a 69.

[Collo]

Might be a bit of a squeeze in a HB.

[Dr Terry]

Hi Guys.

My collection of HB sales brochures are as follows:

HB A4 Brochure The Great Escape A522 May-67
HB Mailer The Great Escape C630 May-67
HB A4 Brochure Holden Torana M557 Feb-68
HB Med. Folder Holden Torana G504 Aug-67
HB A4 Folder Brabham Torana H562 Nov-67
HB A5 Folder Accessories 7448491/Y801 Apr-67
HB II Lge Brochure 69 Torana ST01 Sep-68
HB II Sm. Brochure 69 Torana ST02 Sep-68

Dr Terry

[Pop's-SS]

Great collection on these much mal-aligned forgotten Toranas

Not many like the HB's but it's good to see someone collecting these pieces of memorabilia as once they are gone, they are hard to replace and the info from them is like gold to the restorer of these tiny Toranas

Regards .... Barry

[GTRXU1]

Are you able to scan the other items you have and post them to this thread please as I would love to see them. cheers

[yel327]

I have 2 x sets of NOS factory headers/engine pipes off a HB Brabham at home, if anyone ever wishes to restore one!

Funily enough the series/type II Brabham is the only "performance" GMH product outside the HK GTS327 and HQ GTS 350 coupe to have a separate model for the performance package ie HK and HQ GTS327 model code was 1837, whereas all the others like XU-1, L34, HQ GTS350 sedan, HDT Commodores etc were option packages on lesser models. (I didn't include HT and HG GTS350 as there was an auto version with much less engine performance with the same model code).

[GTRXU1]

I will scan all pages in the brochures I have and post, I find it all fascinating

[S pack]

Hey Yel327

So does that mean the Series II Brabham was model code 82811 and 82869 whereas the Series I Brabham was model code was 82611 as it was an option on the SL model?

Edited by S pack, 28 August 2010 - 03:34 PM.

[Collo]

Excellent stuff Graham.

[yel327]

Hey Yel327

So does that mean the Series II Brabham was model code 82811 and 82869 whereas the Series I Brabham was model code was 82611 as it was an option on the SL model?

I'm pretty sure that is right. I'm away from any documents at the moment to check.

[GTRXU1]

Hey, if its worth while why not create threads for HB, LC, LJ, LH, LX and UC brochures and not forgetting the GTR-X