A differant type of XR8.....circa 1984

[flukey77]

Great cars mate. I'd kill for that 70 Mustang, or that GT40 replica. You dont know who makes those GT40 replicas by any chance, is it Roaring Forties?

[jcxr]

HA HA HA look at the Austin 1800 with a wing!!!!!!!!!

[MITCHAY]

Wow that thing is cool. Hehe what about a modern day upgrade? Drop in a BOSS 290 :

[XHUTE6]

Originally Posted by BG Perana V8

OK will do, just I know there is some serious rivalry between the two brands and....
57 Ford....with few mods.

32 Ford Hot rod with blown 351C

What I think you would call a Holden Statesman here is knows a Chev Caprice

This we call the Chev Baumont, very nice car

am i the only person who has noticed that the top one is not a ford??
It's not a customline...

[Nikked]

Originally Posted by XHUTE6

am i the only person who has noticed that the top one is not a ford??
It's not a customline...

I think it is a customline, but with some 9ay chev stuff on it...

[Nikked]

..but im swinging towards a '55 chev

[XR06T]

that v8 sierra is awesome!!

[dave351cid]

Originally Posted by Nikk O'lass

I think it is a customline, but with some 9ay chev stuff on it...

nahhhh.... its a `56 chevy ...... but who cares ... the pics are great.

its good to see whats going on over the big lake.
mostly we only hear about the bad news from africa.

[Falchoon]

That Can Am thing looks the illegitimate child of an LC Torana and an Escort!

[BG Perana V8]

Originally Posted by flukey77

Great cars mate. I'd kill for that 70 Mustang, or that GT40 replica. You dont know who makes those GT40 replicas by any chance, is it Roaring Forties?

Companies name is Hi Tech Automotive and they are based in Port Elizabeth in South Africa, cars are very authentic....

[FTGAutosalvage]

funny i was just about to advertise my sierra for sale.

i have just bought a GT and something has to go.

it is a 1984 sierra and yes its white with blue stripes.

if anyones interested send me a PM

about $35k

[Quasi]

That XR8 Sierra would be a real street weapon. I'd like to be able to afford to pick one up and bring here.

Imagine the arguments you could win over it's authenticity

[RAREV8]

Originally Posted by BG Perana V8

Could be Holden based, but was launched here in SA in 1969-1970, not too sure where it orginate from if it was an Opel of not, because the Firenza Can Am was based on a Vauxhaul...

Spot on..that is basically a Vauxhall Firenza- we had those in the UK when I was young- good cars but the homogolated race specials were something special!

That XR8 is fasinating- I have never seen one before- its a bit of a pointless car as it would have been seriously outperformed by the cossie turbo whale tails- never mind outhandled too.
Nonetheless, I'd really enjoy having one!

This is a great thread- thanks for sharing it with us- at least I know where to go for the next car!! :

[BG Perana V8]

Originally Posted by scottishxc

Spot on..that is basically a Vauxhall Firenza- we had those in the UK when I was young- good cars but the homogolated race specials were something special!

That XR8 is fasinating- I have never seen one before- its a bit of a pointless car as it would have been seriously outperformed by the cossie turbo whale tails- never mind outhandled too.
Nonetheless, I'd really enjoy having one!

This is a great thread- thanks for sharing it with us- at least I know where to go for the next car!! :

Bear in mind that the XR8 predated the Cossie cars by a few years, a few Sapphire Cosworths were brought into SA but most that drove them found them to be very underwhelming.....

[mean & green]

great pics ,good to see such a rich car culture in S.A.
about fifteen years ago a mate and i test drove a sierra at a local ford dealer,it looked almost identical to that xr8 but it had a v6 under the bonnet went well , i had an xe spac at the time with a bit of work done to it and performance was about the same , the salesman who showed us the car told us it was a private import from S A

[nb_351]

imagine it as an rs, 4wd weapon...

[RAREV8]

Originally Posted by BG Perana V8

Bear in mind that the XR8 predated the Cossie cars by a few years, a few Sapphire Cosworths were brought into SA but most that drove them found them to be very underwhelming.....

Apparently only about 250 were made between 1986-1988.....that's a rare car indeed but those figs were only through Wikipedia so they may be miles off!
We had a Cossie called an RS500 which was the good one- youre right about the Sapphires- they were not the most exciting machines really!

Have you pics of your Perana? Love them...thats the way a Capri should have been built!

[BG Perana V8]

Originally Posted by mean & green

great pics ,good to see such a rich car culture in S.A.
about fifteen years ago a mate and i test drove a sierra at a local ford dealer,it looked almost identical to that xr8 but it had a v6 under the bonnet went well , i had an xe spac at the time with a bit of work done to it and performance was about the same , the salesman who showed us the car told us it was a private import from S A

That would be the Sierra XR6, also an SA only special, two differant models, both could exceed 200 km/h. We also had a later XR6 Sierra that was fitted with Lucas Fuel Injection....that was much quicker.

SA used the Essex V6 right up until 1996....by then had been bored out to 3.4 liters...

[BG Perana V8]

Originally Posted by scottishxc

Apparently only about 250 were made between 1986-1988.....that's a rare car indeed but those figs were only through Wikipedia so they may be miles off!
We had a Cossie called an RS500 which was the good one- youre right about the Sapphires- they were not the most exciting machines really!

Have you pics of your Perana? Love them...thats the way a Capri should have been built!

Only 255 were ever made, there are some pics of my Perana in the members rides section....will post a link.

[FTGAutosalvage]

there is some info on our website about the xr8 Sierra

http://www.ftgautosalvage.com.au/Default.asp

go to our website and click on sierra XR8 , top of screen