Check out this torana i brought for $1000AUD. I am rebuilding it so feel free for comments.
http://chop-it-up.com/gallery/albums/userpics/ljtoranas.JPG

a mate of mine's got one of these, your one i presume is a 2.85 litre inline-6?

thy're not bad. very reliable when in good condition and look/sound awesome when a powerfull v8 is dropped beneath the hood :)

in my opinion a great classic car that can become a mean street machine with enough displacement and $$ behind it

Yeh you are completely correct it is a 2.85L inline 6, mine is reco so it goes pretty hard. I am actually in the process of planning a 253 modification with 308 internals as the RTA said i cant go bigger than a 253. I have also decided on the colour i am painting the car, the original plan was for Sky Blue, but i have decided on a colour called PPG Pelican Blue, if you check out the april issue of street machine there is a VL Commodore with walkinshaw bodykit and Gen III engine, it is painted in it.

Originally posted by 05-BROCKY-05
Yeh you are completely correct it is a 2.85L inline 6, mine is reco so it goes pretty hard. I am actually in the process of planning a 253 modification with 308 internals as the RTA said i cant go bigger than a 253. I have also decided on the colour i am painting the car, the original plan was for Sky Blue, but i have decided on a colour called PPG Pelican Blue, if you check out the april issue of street machine there is a VL Commodore with walkinshaw bodykit and Gen III engine, it is painted in it.

sweet ride man. u looking to do any boost mods? i was thinking of how much more power would be produced at the wheels if you supercharged it? or maybe fuel injection?

the burnouts with this torrana r awesome! my friend did one with a torry that cost him AU$950 and he didnt do any further restoration on the engine. the smoke cloud was fucken massive and it did like a 1 minute burnout! :D

well im off to get the new street machine.

mmmaaatte.....The Ultimate westie-mobile- I dig that baby- but not the poo-brown color though :apuke: Give it a squirt of red and you've got a true beauty :D

im not a westie i actually live in the city, but i appreciate the comments guys, and what do u think of the colour i am painting it, i think it looks sweet.

Originally posted by 05-BROCKY-05
im not a westie i actually live in the city, but i appreciate the comments guys, and what do u think of the colour i am painting it, i think it looks sweet.


Westie=West Aucklander the target market for these sorts of veichles ;)

oh, ok, do they have lots of tirries on NZ, coz i can import some parts if i need them from there.

http://users.bigpond.net.au/tempestatari/allpics/Toranapix/uc_engine_bay_01.JPG
thats mine, yet mines a 3.3 litre red 202ci with the addition of extractors now ;)

Originally posted by 05-BROCKY-05
oh, ok, do they have lots of tirries on NZ, coz i can import some parts if i need them from there.


Tehy are rare but scrap yards are full of them- I can only perdict that more are joining the scrapheap;)

Well thats not good, um maybe i can buy them all from all the scrap heaps, lol. I can only wish.

Originally posted by 05-BROCKY-05
Well thats not good, um maybe i can buy them all from all the scrap heaps, lol. I can only wish.


I think if you checked around a few wreckers in Henderson or maybe South Auckland, you'd be in luck :)