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What do the letters "SS" mean on my Hatch

Started by Pop's-SS , Jan 15 2016 07:29 PM

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#1 Pop's-SS

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Posted 15 January 2016 - 07:29 PM

G'day All

T'was going through some photos on my gmh-torana folder and revisited the one of my SS cap that Harry had signed at the Australian Muscle Car weekend in Sydney 2011

Now I thought Harry was having a little joke at my expense for saying "schuby staffel" was German for "SS" and for me "SS" means Super Sports BUT I recently met up with the owner (again) of this odd looking 4 door LH who has German ancestry

And on talking to him I mentioned Harry's humour and what he had written on my cap

Now he said that "Schutzstaffel" of which Harry had misspelled, an easy thing to do at his age, meant in German, "Storm Squadron"

Linking that with Harry's experiences during World War ll, now makes sense :spoton:

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Posted 15 January 2016 - 08:55 PM

This SS Badge on the Back may get attention

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#3 Pop's-SS

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Posted 15 January 2016 - 10:06 PM

This SS Badge on the Back may get attention

For all the wrong reasons Al

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Posted 16 January 2016 - 01:43 AM

Hi Barry,

Would of thought 'SS' be 'Super Sedan',

but I am always wrong. :furious:

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Posted 16 January 2016 - 07:16 AM

Not sure if I have mentioned this here before, but I reckon I know how the Torana's SS logo came about...

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Imagine some designer sitting about, drawing the logos - a few ideas but nothing seems quite 'right'.

Then he opens out a paper clip for no reason, just that it is there, and upon doing so he thinks: 'hang on a minute' - puts two side by side and voila - paper clips were the inspiration!

Cheers, TB

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Posted 16 January 2016 - 08:00 AM

Very Good Tyre Biter .....that's thinking
But i was thinking SS stood for minus 2 doors .....lol

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#7 S pack

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Posted 16 January 2016 - 09:27 AM

Super Sexy

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Posted 16 January 2016 - 10:38 AM

Super Slow

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#9 yel327

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Posted 16 January 2016 - 12:05 PM

Just Google words like:

"history of Chevrolet Super Sport" and you'll find links showing the SS logo, which GMH obviously copied for HQ and dug up again for LX, Commodore and Ute.

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Posted 16 January 2016 - 12:48 PM

goes like Sh!t off a Stick?

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Posted 17 January 2016 - 10:51 AM

super special

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#12 yel327

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Posted 17 January 2016 - 01:39 PM

Silly Suckers, by the amount of coin people pay for them!

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Posted 17 January 2016 - 06:23 PM

Shit Special!

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Posted 17 January 2016 - 08:01 PM

Super Spechhhhhhhhhhhh it was I called my two SS Hatchbacks

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Posted 17 January 2016 - 09:18 PM

My seven year old son asked his mother the other day when we were driving what does the SS stand for on dad's car she promptly replied
Soupped up sunbird I had to laugh

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Posted 17 January 2016 - 10:43 PM

^ I think the missus is onto something there

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#17 StephenSLR

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Posted 18 January 2016 - 09:36 AM

Now I thought Harry was having a little joke at my expense for saying "schuby staffel"

It could be a personal joke Schuby is a municipality Germany but I don't think the last letter is a 'y' unless he wrote Shuly; it could be he didn't cross the 't' and the last letter is how he writes 'z'

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#18 _sstorana_

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Posted 18 January 2016 - 12:07 PM

In the Hatchback Brochure it mentions;

Torana Hatchback SL, Super Luxurious, and

Torana Hatchback SS, Super Sporty

who knows..

Edited by sstorana, 18 January 2016 - 12:07 PM.

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#19 yel327

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Posted 18 January 2016 - 12:36 PM

In the Hatchback Brochure it mentions;

Torana Hatchback SL, Super Luxurious, and

Torana Hatchback SS, Super Sporty

who knows..

Drop the y off Sporty and you have the US meaning of SS.

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#20 Pop's-SS

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Posted 18 January 2016 - 01:57 PM

It could be a personal joke Schuby is a municipality Germany but I don't think the last letter is a 'y' unless he wrote Shuly; it could be he didn't cross the 't' and the last letter is how he writes 'z'

s

This is not the only time Harry had a lend of me :wtf:

Sent down 3 glove-box lids for him to sign and put a piece of masking tape with "Harry Firth HDT 1969-77" right on where I would like him to sign it

Had a blank one and put that bit of tape up in the right hand corner so I could later get other signatures on it and this is how it came back

That's one that will not have any more signatures on it :spoton:

Fond memories of Harry

Not a mate, not a friend, more like acquaintances reallly

Barry

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Posted 18 January 2016 - 02:02 PM

No mater what it stands for, the SS is simply the hairdresser version of the LX for all the girls....

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#22 yel327

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Posted 18 January 2016 - 02:20 PM

No mater what it stands for, the SS is simply the hairdresser version of the LX for all the girls....

That's what we Monaro folk say about all Toranas.....but girls are allowed to go fast too!

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#23 _ChaosWeaver_

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Posted 18 January 2016 - 04:24 PM

Ya's are joking aye ????? ............. SS means Super Sport ...... always has, always will ... GT= Grand Touring, GTS = Grand Touring Sports, GTR = Grand Touring Rally (I think, or maybe race.. who cares) ........ S = Sport, SL = Sport Luxury, SS = Super Sport ..........

According to my recollection anyway ..... But I could be wrong........... lol, as if .... :tease:

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Posted 18 January 2016 - 04:36 PM

Now he said that "Schutzstaffel" of which Harry had misspelled, an easy thing to do at his age, meant in German, "Storm Squadron"

Linking that with Harry's experiences during World War ll, now makes sense

Barry

Founded in 1925, the “Schutzstaffel,” German for “Protective Echelon,” initially served as Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler's (1889-1945) personal bodyguards, and later became one of the most powerful and feared organizations in all of Nazi Germany.