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04-09-2020, 09:13 PM | #31 | ||
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04-09-2020, 09:47 PM | #32 | ||
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One of my mates had 1 with a 400 chev slotted into it,when pretty well in a straight line,but was worse than a 6 cyl TC-TD Cortina when a corner turned up.
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05-09-2020, 11:40 AM | #33 | |||
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Obviously never set up the suspension correctly, the LJ I had with 308 went ok but was a bitch in the hot weather with the engine so close to firewall. Certainly did not need heater. I found running & modding the 6 cyl was far better option then having an 8 in the LJ's, they use to go ok for what they are. |
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05-09-2020, 12:24 PM | #34 | |||
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05-09-2020, 12:32 PM | #35 | ||
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already bid at $44,000 …. that dust is sure expensive
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05-09-2020, 12:33 PM | #36 | |||
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Could never see the appeal of the LC LJ's myself.
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05-09-2020, 01:21 PM | #37 | ||
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05-09-2020, 04:00 PM | #38 | ||
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or XU1.
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05-09-2020, 04:31 PM | #39 | ||
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05-09-2020, 04:59 PM | #40 | ||
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Put a Barra in it.
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06-09-2020, 08:14 AM | #41 | ||
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I may be wrong, but wasn't this car heavily based on a British Vauxhall?
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06-09-2020, 08:32 AM | #42 | ||
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06-09-2020, 11:17 AM | #43 | ||
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06-09-2020, 01:52 PM | #44 | ||
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06-09-2020, 02:14 PM | #46 | |||
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06-09-2020, 03:29 PM | #48 | ||
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Always liked the styling of the HB.
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06-09-2020, 03:56 PM | #49 | ||
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Having worked on those things way back when,I put them in the same category as Triumph Heralds and Hillman Imps, poor excuse for cars really.
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07-09-2020, 10:31 AM | #51 | ||
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07-09-2020, 11:44 AM | #52 | ||
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Yonks back, I had a FC wagon that I transplanted a Torana 138 red motor & 4 speed aussie into...
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08-09-2020, 03:16 PM | #53 | |||
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I went to buy a LJ GTR back in 1983 as I liked the look of them, but after driving it, no way ! gutless and horrible to drive. Then I went to test drive a HG GTS308 T Bar, now that drive I still remember and loved it, I was thinking yep I will try to buy it, but I needed $400 more that I did not have, so go back and said yep I will buy it, but some other dude had just bought it, well ! how could I set a deal then, the dealer said you two can go out the back and sort it out if you want, as he was a ex boxer and loved nothing better to see action. now if I had the money I could of taken up the challenge. but some years down the track that dude remembered me and said that that car cost him heaps with getting stung forking out with the engine, auto and the diff, he wish that I had got it. |
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08-09-2020, 03:27 PM | #54 | |||
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Look at the LJ 4 cyl Torana to a Cortina or a Valiant Gallant. I have been in a TA Torana once with a mate driving another mates one, cutting loose flogging the guts out of it. big 1760cc mind. |
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08-09-2020, 03:52 PM | #55 | ||
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i always thought the Datsun 180 coupe and 2 door LJ were very similar.
I reckon the Japs copied the design.
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08-09-2020, 05:03 PM | #56 | ||
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Cars are interesting when it comes to 50 years later. My dads first car was a 67 toyota corona. It was a 2 door. So 4 speed manual, no synchro between 1st and second. Considered jap crap back in the day. He did roll it, insurance did what they dont do these days, they actually fixed it, new roof and painted it british racing green at my old mans request. The second time he rolled it, he was dating my mum, and the car was written off.
But these days, a 2 door 67 corona is sort of desirable. No racing pedigree, 1600cc's of booring, but cool in their own respect. Some cars for whatever reason create some form of stigma. Its just one of those things. |
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09-09-2020, 12:27 PM | #57 | |||
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I was pointing out how good handling a mates VB 4.2L 4sp Commodore was and this a dude claimed that a 180B was better because it had full IRS I said that he was p ing into the wind having no idea as to what handling truly is. IRS is only to control the ride, not the handling. unless it's a 928 Porsche. I said my mate is driving at 10 10ents here buster and his mum has a 3.3L VB but they do not handle like the V8's do, because they lack the power to hang the tail out on demand. not to mention a 180B is not in that league of Performance. |
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09-09-2020, 01:27 PM | #58 | ||
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Bidding currently sitting at $48,250
Here is a link to the auction site. https://burnsandco.hibid.com/catalog...-west-wyalong/ PS.. The 1961 Tank Fairlane looks like a great old car! |
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09-09-2020, 05:51 PM | #60 | |||
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