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WAI4WD:

--- Quote from: Bob on Jul 18, 2021, 12:20:02 PM ---If my memory serves me correctly the Monaro was a GTS, the Torana was the GTR. :occasion14:

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That is most likely what it is then. Thanks Bob and corrected. I just remember GTR from owning Torona's in my young days. I know its an original and has the fins in the guards and GT something badges on it. Cost him a fair amount completely rusted out, which he had to strip to nothing for all the rust fixes to be done, then dipped, painted and basically start from a bare shell. From memory he was nearly buying the plate... the car was pretty bad. Looking at it now... just WOW. I haven't seen it in near two years due to all this covid crap and not being able to get to QLD and spend some decent time. Will have to ask if he's done more to it. I know he was waiting on the engine to be built in the states then shipped over here.

From what I remember of some of his builds, it takes him a long while to get some parts for them.

Bob:
As a child, my dad worked at the local Holden dealership and I would race over there each time a new model came out and dream, especially the yellow Monaro GTS  :cup:

WAI4WD:

--- Quote from: Bob on Jul 18, 2021, 01:47:02 PM ---the local Holden dealership

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Those where the days.

jack-fc:
Nothing wrong with your memory, Bob! And even though I'm Holden-inclined, I'd find room in my shed for an XW in a heartbeat.

mudguard, I've owned over 30 old Holdens, but my standout favourite is the FB wagon. Your neighbours car sounds extremely interesting. Any more info on it?

WAI4WD, thanks for the compliment. Reality is that it's just a monument to an old farts stupidity and a (delicious) way to waste time and money. Built for one purpose only - to keep me (oh, and the Leader of the Opposition) happy; neither of us really give a rodent's rectum if others like it or loathe it...
I was looking for another FB wagon when the L of the O stumbled across this FC and insisted that I could 'make something nice out of it' and that I should buy it 'NOW'.
Given that for decades she would roll her eyes in disgust and say "Not ANOTHER shitheap old Holden" every time I dragged one home, I had little option but to agree with her (but only in the interests of marital harmony, of course...)

Cheers, Jack

WAI4WD:

--- Quote from: jack-fc on Jul 18, 2021, 01:56:48 PM ---the L of the O stumbled across this FC and insisted that I could 'make something nice out of it' and that I should buy it 'NOW'.

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No sane man could argue with that logic.

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