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LC GTR Drilled Door Handles

Started by Pop's-SS , Nov 08 2005 11:44 PM

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#1 Pop's-SS

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Posted 08 November 2005 - 11:44 PM

by hook or by crook I will be first in this part of the book

Sorry about that but not much rhymes with forums.

I spotted these window winder, door pull, and door handles on an LC GTR Torana that was at Torana the Great at Bathurst last year.

https://cache.gmh-to...1/LC70GTR/?sc=1

Anybody got ideas on why the handles had holes very neatly drilled in them.

Perhaps they may have been done for a promotional thing way back then :blink:

This very lovely LC GTR only had 31,000 odd miles on it.

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#2 _high_rpm_

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Posted 09 November 2005 - 12:03 AM

i dont realy like it a bit to "wogish" for me

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#3 _lh 5.0_

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Posted 09 November 2005 - 07:36 AM

Hi,

They are aftermarket door handles, I'm pretty sure?
The picture is kinda low quality so its hard to tell, but rares do billet ones and you can get different ones from heaps of places, so maybe they are like a 70's-80's aftermarket item.

I've seen handles similar to those on HQ's and things like that.

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Posted 09 November 2005 - 12:02 PM

Dont like them LC70GTR yours are better lol nice and ridgedige

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#5 Pop's-SS

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Posted 09 November 2005 - 02:34 PM

G'day LC69GTR

Mine are bog standard handles and I actually don't like the holes in those but the rest of the car is Mickey Mouse

It's only a matter of personal choice.

I do have a set of the door pull handles which will go on when I get a chance. Got them about a year ago when a friend was working as a spare parts manager.

He found 2 sets sitting out the back on a shelf and gave one pair to me and kept the other for his GTR. Some times you can be in the right place at the right time. Price was very cheap.

As far as the pic not being of good quality, I've now got a digital camera which is a big advantage for taking pics of car bits and pieces.

Hopefully that LC GTR will be at the Nationals next Easter and I'll take squillions of pics for reference.

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#6 Heath

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Posted 09 November 2005 - 06:49 PM

I think it's quite obvious that those holes have been drilled for weight reduction...

Haven't you ever heard of 'speed-holes'?

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#7 _8D11_

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Posted 10 November 2005 - 10:26 AM

If that GTR was a metallic brown colour, then it could well be the one that used to belong to the caretaker of Holden's Lang Lang proving ground. When I saw it years ago the display board said that he made and documented many modifications to the car, including these door pull handles (and lets face it, they would make the doors a whole lot easier to close!) It was a lovely little car with a unique history, I hope it has gone to a good home!

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Posted 10 November 2005 - 02:18 PM

G'day 8D11

That car was at the Phillip Island Museum by memory and I think the same car you are talking about.

The owner had died and the person who now owns it was at Torana the Great last year at Bathurst.

I believe the value put on it by some of the Torana entusiasts there was $20,000.
I would agree to that.

A very nice LC GTR with only 31,000 miles on the clock.

https://cache.gmh-to...1/LC70GTR/?sc=1

https://cache.gmh-to...1/LC70GTR/?sc=1

Well I finaly got off my backside and put my door pull handles on. I've only had them in my Torana cupboard for a year :blink:

https://cache.gmh-to...1/LC70GTR/?sc=1

Mmmm, :rolleyes:

Better put those other goodies on wee beastie.

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Posted 10 November 2005 - 04:15 PM

Hey LC70GTR

What colour is the car with 31,000 miles on the clock.

Is that Daytona Bronze??

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#10 _Herne_

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Posted 10 November 2005 - 04:37 PM

Those drilled handles are referred to as Billett handles, ie most probably made from a solid block of alloy and polished to a chrome like shine. They are common on many Street Machines where the owner wants something a tad different to what is fitted as standard but still functional.

I am unsure if they are available in the plastic metal aka shitite also

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#11 Pop's-SS

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Posted 10 November 2005 - 07:13 PM

Mine have HOLDEN and the part number under the grip.

They must have cost a fortune if made out of billet steel.

I suppose it was

to do something like that to your car back then.

Although I was young and driving hotted up cars, I never modified those sort of things.

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#12 _Feigz_

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Posted 10 November 2005 - 08:13 PM

Looking at them, I'd be inclined to guess someone with a drill press has played around at making their bits a little more interesting.

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Posted 10 November 2005 - 11:15 PM

As Heath said holes make em lighter so back in the 70s we drilled holes in lots a things eg. LJ steering wheel - holes - lightweight :rolleyes:

you should remember these things Barry :lol:

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Posted 10 November 2005 - 11:37 PM

Unfortunately YES :rolleyes:

62 - 69 were my teen years and when I was hotting up cars, I didn't pay much attention to modifying any thing else but motors, exhausts, suspension and wheels.

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Posted 11 November 2005 - 03:10 PM

Hey LC70GTR

What colour is the car with 31,000 miles on the clock.

Is that Daytona Bronze??

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#16 _gm3300_

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Posted 11 November 2005 - 09:32 PM

hey Barry, if you get a chance next time
you see that GTR, check out the compliance
plate, its the only 12/1960 Torana ever
made!!! It was a typo, probably why it was sold to
a Holden employee. As was said before it has
quite an interesting history
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#17 _draglc_

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Posted 11 November 2005 - 10:09 PM

Those handles with the holes in them look kinda autobarn/supercheap.. guess the owner cant really take them out, would leave holes in the door trims.

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#18 Pop's-SS

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Posted 12 November 2005 - 08:15 PM

Either Daytona Bronze, Burnished Bronze Met or Cinnamon Brown.

All colours from 1969 nto 1971

https://cache.gmh-to...1/LC70GTR/?sc=1

https://cache.gmh-to...1/LC70GTR/?sc=1

Match them up for yourself ? Reasonably close to Daytona Bronze.

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Posted 12 November 2005 - 08:34 PM

G'day

I think those handles are drilled originals as they are identical (minus holes) to mine and if the owner wanted to replace them, then the ones I have will fit exactly to the same holes. That's if a set can be found.

My LC Breakaway Accessory brouchure has a pic of those handles.

https://cache.gmh-to...orybrochure.jpg

I hope the car and owner are at the Nationals next Easter at Bathurst as I would love to have a chat and pic session to get all of the details.

Regards......................Barry.

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#20 _Broads_

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Posted 21 November 2005 - 10:25 PM

Hey Barry, is that Harry "The Fox" Firth's autograph on your glovebox lid?

Also did you by any chance buy your GTR from a bloke called Richard in Mudgee NSW?

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Posted 21 November 2005 - 11:27 PM

G'day Andrew

Correcto-mondo on both accounts.

I would love some history on the car but before Richard is a blank.

Regards..................Barry

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#22 _Broads_

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Posted 23 November 2005 - 09:19 PM

I thought it looked familiar! I'm originally from Mudgee and I built my LC there, I used to buy parts off Richard every second weekend :rolleyes:

. Now, I love my Toranas, but there's something wrong with that bloke hehehe. I was lucky to have him around while I was building my car.

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#23 _timhz_

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Posted 24 November 2005 - 10:20 PM

hey lc70gtr whose signature is on the dash on ur rana :ph34r:

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Posted 24 November 2005 - 11:10 PM

G'day timhz

I caught this old bugga putting graffiti on my car :rolleyes:

https://cache.gmh-to...70GTR/?start=20

He is of course the great Harry Firth. The instigator of the Holden Dealer Team and manager of same I believe from 1969 to 1979. Some one might correct me if its wrong.

Harry was at Torana the Great last year at Bathurst and is a true gentleman.
He is now 86 and is sharp as a tack but his body is letting him down some-what.

He wasn't nick-named "Harry the Fox" for nothing and was very inventive and smart when it came to getting the best out of a race car.

If his health is good, then he might be at the GTR & XU-1 Nationals next Easter at Bathurst.

Regards..............................Barry.

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#25 _just_matt_

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Posted 24 November 2005 - 11:52 PM

reackon you could drill holes in the standard window winders (professionally done ofcourse) without losing to much strenght? I actually like the look of the holes.