a lot of the Falcons were 2 doors as well, I guess they squeezed the family in the front passenger side
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a lot of the Falcons were 2 doors as well, I guess they squeezed the family in the front passenger side
It rocked, but in those days we used to tweak every ounce of horsepower.
The amount of time I spent under that car replacing clutches, gearboxes & millions of tailshaft universals (I kept crushing the roller bearings inside the caps) was horrendous.
My old man took me to the Surfers Paradise raceway about 6 years in a row, I still have all the autographs and stickers etc, great times!
I need to correct that - the original torana's were 4 door, but they did make 2 doors as well.
I tell you something though - the last run of those (only 150 made) - would destroy a heap of the performance sedans on the road today.
No doubt, in the mid to late 90's the old Ford Cortinas were still the car of choice at the Lismore Speedway
A.Snowden
Jaws
Nissan are entering skylines I think. Blah haven't heard Mercedes though
djhabib
Jaws
heard Nissan are putting in maximas. heard a rumour Mazda could also be in
IronShark
Moderator
Hey guys, as a bit of a muscle car maniac, I would just like to clarify this issue. All Torana's came as either a two door coupe or four door sedan. However, they all had a full size back seat (with reduced leg room) so they were still a "family car".
In their racing history, both two door and foor door versions were raced. The early Torana XU1's were a two door coupe. Then the later model SLR5000 were raced as a four door sedan. They were also raced as the A9X two door coupe.
As for next years series, both Mercedes and Nissan will enter the competition. The Mercs will be based on the AMG E Class sedan and Nissan will be based on the American Altima sedan with a 5.0 litre Nissan production engine, currently used in the Patrol.
Should make for some interesting days ahead for Holden and Ford. Nissan and Merc will be bringing some serious technology to the table with their engines much more advanced than the old pushrod V8 bangers Holden and Ford currently use.
All the cars will have a five litre V8 as standard but the technology will be the difference.
IronShark
Moderator
Nah mate, V8 Supercars is pretty much like NASCAR. The car has to be based on a production sedan and so has to have pretty much a standard body, with the addition of rear racing wing and front spoiler.
Nothing else on the car is production; engine, gearbox, suspension, brakes etc is all custom racing gear. Therefore, there is really no relationship to the car you buy in the showroom and the V8 Supercar version. The old saying of "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday" is no longer relevant, sadly.
I would actually like to see them go back to production car racing, with the Holden's and Ford's up against the Chrysler 300, the BMW 5 series, Jags and Mercs etc. Obviously would have to have a bit of regulation to even it up a bit but it would make it far more interesting.
There were 4 door Monaro's, from the HQ eara
A.Snowden
Jaws
Makes for an interesting series next year.
Yeah Iron - I corrected that in a later post. Trust me I know all my old Holdens back to front!
sharks2010
Dribbler
I hear ya
djhabib
Jaws
did you have your mullet then too?