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Started by _Red Dragon_ , Jun 28 2006 08:37 PM

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#1 _Red Dragon_

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Posted 28 June 2006 - 08:37 PM

S,SL,SLR, what the hell do these stand for? I think SL stands for 'Super Luxury' maybe?
I'll seen some cars for sale for eg. 1974 LH Torana SLR (not SLR 5000), what does this mean?

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Posted 28 June 2006 - 08:39 PM

SLR Could be SLR 3300 (202) or SLR 4200 (253)

While were here, does anyone know why Toranas were issued with 'L' names? (Lc Lj Lh Lx)

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Posted 28 June 2006 - 08:46 PM

I read some where they were medium/light (L) sized cars as compared to full
size familly Holdens.

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Posted 28 June 2006 - 08:49 PM

I believe the R in SL/R stood for Racing ??? Vroom Vroom !!!

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#5 _Red Dragon_

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Posted 28 June 2006 - 08:53 PM

Wouldn't be a bad guess.

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Posted 28 June 2006 - 08:54 PM

I read some where they were medium/light (L) sized cars as compared to full
size familly Holdens.

Exactimendo! And the 'U' in UC stood for ........ UGLY!

The 'H' in HB was Horrendous and the 'T' in TA was for Terrible...

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Posted 28 June 2006 - 09:16 PM

lol rim.

I always thought SL was Sports Luxury
Obviously S would simply be Sports.
SLR? Sports Luxury Racing? I dunno

I've heard that LC stood for Light Car.

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#8 _Pete_

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Posted 28 June 2006 - 09:19 PM

I always thought 'S' was for standard 'SL' for standard luxury and 'SL/R' was for Standard Luxury/ Racing

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#9 _pallbag_

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Posted 28 June 2006 - 09:20 PM

Sports Luxury Racing is definitely it.

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Posted 28 June 2006 - 09:22 PM

HB stood for humble beginnings

UC stood for Utter Crap

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Posted 28 June 2006 - 09:24 PM

S stands for Special

SL stands for Super Luxury

SL/R stands for Super Luxury / Racing

SS stands for Super Sports

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Posted 28 June 2006 - 09:27 PM

solvered! now, what about GTS, GTR, XU-1?

L34 was an engine code... A9X?

SL/T was Super Luxury / Turbo

Woohoo! I have a special LJ

Also, anyone know what the 'H' in the 'H' series Holdens stood for? Hq Hz etc

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Posted 28 June 2006 - 09:33 PM

Maybe it just stood for Holden. Not all model codes are genuine acronyms. Sometimes they simply need a model code.

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Posted 28 June 2006 - 09:35 PM

Yeah, true. i just thought that it might mean somethin...

Good point, what would the 'X' for falcons mean... (you dont need to answer that)

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#15 _xu1972_

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Posted 28 June 2006 - 09:38 PM

I read some where they were medium/light (L) sized cars as compared to full
size familly Holdens.

Exactimendo! And the 'U' in UC stood for ........ UGLY!

The 'H' in HB was Horrendous and the 'T' in TA was for Terrible...

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couldn't agree with you more on your thoughts about the uc,hb & ta toranas
very funny :clap:

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Posted 28 June 2006 - 09:40 PM

Thankya.

I dont actually mind UC's though, and i cant comment on HB's or TA's. But Chris' (HB1200) HB is pretty nice.

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Posted 28 June 2006 - 09:40 PM

The A9X is a meaningless Holden code

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Posted 28 June 2006 - 09:40 PM

Aye. It sounds pretty cool though...

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#19 _draglc_

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Posted 28 June 2006 - 09:40 PM

yup LC stands for Light Car.. but what does LJ stand for??

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Posted 28 June 2006 - 09:41 PM

Light Jumper? (referring to car in draglc's pic)

wait, thats an LC... ill go back to sleep now.

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Posted 28 June 2006 - 09:47 PM

Hey whats wrong with HB's, they look nuts... I agree with Tim, A9X sounds tough, or Gangsta uleh

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Posted 28 June 2006 - 09:52 PM

How does A9X sound gangsta? I Fn hate gangstas.

Theres nothin wrong with HB's, i said above that the only ne that i have really seen is Chris', and it looks pretty nice.

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