What got you into Torana's
#1 _ChiaLX_
Posted 28 May 2006 - 12:33 PM
Got me thinking to how i got into Torana's in the first place.
As an impressionable 13 year old my older sister started going out with a guy that had just bought a very tidy one owner LH SLR5000.
Well after driving with them in it one time it was love. I had never been in a V8 before as Dad always owned 6 cyl ford crap that didnt impress me at all.
I had been converted from following in Dads footsteps and owning a ford one day, to instantly abandoning that idea and wanting a Holden Torana.
The rest is history. I still have my first torana which i bought at 17, that was 18 years ago and I still love driving it more than my 2001 SS.
Tell us how YOU got into Torana's
Mick
#2
Posted 28 May 2006 - 12:43 PM
CHEERS Chris
#3
Posted 28 May 2006 - 12:49 PM
OOOPS! The missus has just read this and now my arse is black and blue and my ears have been chewed off.
Edited by rodomo, 28 May 2006 - 12:52 PM.
#4 _rorym_
Posted 28 May 2006 - 12:54 PM
R
#5 _draglc_
Posted 28 May 2006 - 01:20 PM
Wish i coulda seen that.
A1
#6 _rorym_
Posted 28 May 2006 - 01:44 PM
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#7 _Herne_
Posted 28 May 2006 - 01:45 PM
In the good ole days of Bathurst I was a Moffat fan and hated Brock - not because of his skills but because he opposed and often beat Allan. You know the Ford V's GMH thing....
Today it appears so many Torana owners own one because Brocky did but I personally think that is the wrong reason, engineeringly speaking the cars we drive barely resemble what he raced but the shape is the same and that includes the 500 or so A9X's built for homologation reasons IMHO....
I enjoy driving my modified LX and look forward to it being back on the road within the next couple of months. So am I a dedicated Torana man - no I don't think so as I enjoy many types and makes of cars and I doubt if the car I currently own will be my last.
Cheers
Herne
#8 _torana_
Posted 28 May 2006 - 02:25 PM
cheers julian
#9 _Pete_
Posted 28 May 2006 - 04:17 PM
#10 _Duck05_
Posted 28 May 2006 - 04:41 PM
I think my Bathurst obsession has something to do with too.
So I suppose I have always had a soft spot for Toranas but all in all I am a HOLDEN man.
I currently have a VX (which my wife drives mostly) a HJ Statesman Deville 308(my every dayer) and my LX SLR5000 TORANA......
Regards
Duck05
#11
Posted 28 May 2006 - 06:19 PM
#12
Posted 28 May 2006 - 06:30 PM
I thought I would love EH's forever but eventually the boat like handling gets to you.
I currently have an EH Special that I drive down to Sydney every day...but that will only continue until my UC 234 Turbo is done....It only time and money holding me back.
#13
Posted 28 May 2006 - 06:40 PM
It was great.. I had the most powerful car at school and even though it was one of the oldest.. it still hammered
I got stuck into playing pantball so the old torry got a hell of a work out going to the fields and stuff, but no matter what i threw at it.. it keept on going!
Did a few basic mods to it and loved it till the day i sold it.. Unfortunately tinworm got the bet of it, and it needed some TLC ( bushses etc etc etc) and at the time i knew SFA about cars and had even less money! Sad Sad day when that drove away....
But hey.. i couldnt live without a torana so Simmo an i Bought the SLR we now have in the garage ( probably in worse nick than my old car LOL! ) but it'll be returned to its former glory! One day!
#14 _Oldn64_
Posted 28 May 2006 - 06:40 PM
What got you into Torana's
The doors, I found it too painful climbing through the windows.....
Cheers
#15 _LX8VD69_
Posted 28 May 2006 - 06:42 PM
#16 _Herne_
Posted 28 May 2006 - 07:19 PM
ROTFPML heheheheheheeWhat got you into Torana's
The doors, I found it too painful climbing through the windows.....
Cheers
Herne
#17
Posted 28 May 2006 - 07:37 PM
I can't blame anyone for my obsession. No one got me into Torries and countless people tried to get me out of them. I did however feel a little shy walking into the Good Guys Dyno Garage when I was thirteen; my first Victorian Torana Club experience surrounded by unmuffled V8s and lots of blokes that I was shitscared of, hahahahaha.
At least now at 15 I can have some sort of confidence in uncomfortable situations
#18 _Shayde_
Posted 28 May 2006 - 07:42 PM
The most I can remember is that I was in high school considering what to get as my first car then somehow I fell in love with Toranas.
What's going on nowadays? I used to see plenty about 6 months ago... now I rarely ever see any?
#19 _timbotorrie_
Posted 28 May 2006 - 07:45 PM
thought yep i want one of those babys
well that was about 12 years ago and have owned my four door for 8 years now, and it just so happens that that old four door lives just down the road from me again, and i live 50 kms away from where i grew up!
AWESOME
#20 _LJ355_
Posted 28 May 2006 - 07:57 PM
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#21
Posted 29 May 2006 - 04:38 PM
torrietree
#22 _73LJWhiteSL_
Posted 29 May 2006 - 05:01 PM
When it comes to cars i like small cars more than big cars, probably since the smaller cars tend to handle better. And i like Rear wheel drive cars. So if i wanted a Holden there was really only two choices, Gemini or Torana. An older friend told me the Geminis weren't anything special so Torana it was.
I've wanted a Torana probably since i was about 16. I have to say that i like the LC/Js a lot more than the LH/X/UC Toranas, they look tougher i reckon.
Steve
#23 _Simmo_
Posted 29 May 2006 - 05:23 PM
JimJet`s SLR has spent many a night in the old mans driveway over the years.
Then thier friends brother in law had a gun metal grey SLR 5000 and that was an awesome car.
Now i have my own torana (Tiny to ) and i cant wait to be able to drive it around
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#25 _wasted_youth_
Posted 29 May 2006 - 09:13 PM
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