Australian Muscle Cars Never Die - The Holden Torana Resurrected

The legend, the monster and one of Holden'sAllan Grice, Jim Richards and of course Peter
most popular muscle car is back. In the yesterBrock.
years, the Torana reigned supreme for almostThe last Torana ever built from Holden dates
ten years with 5 Bathurst wins. It's only fittingback to 1980. But today, nearly 30 years on, we
that the car was named after an aboriginal termcan still see the Toranas gracing our streets. Not
(Torana) which means to fly.only did the Holden Torana dominate Mount
Over the years, the Torana has had somePanorama, not only did they produce one of the
facelifts but the common denominator is theall time classics within the muscle car community,
brute strength of its engines. Holdenthey produced a car that was reliable and a great
manufactured the Torana for over 10 years fromcar to drive everyday.
1967-1978. The range of models start from theThe older muscle car enthusiasts have really
basic original HB followed by LC, LJ, LH, TA, LXtargeted the Toranas. The price tag for these
and UC models.muscle cars have sky rocketed over the last
The cars came with choices as well, they includedyear. The Holden Torana is finally gaining the
2 door coupes and 4 door sedans. The motorsrespect of the Australian muscle car community
ranged from 4,6 and 8 cylinder engines. But theand deservedly so, the public has finally unearthed
cars which caught the imagination of the musclea locally produced gem that has been part of our
car community, were the sporty XU1, L34 andculture for some time. Peter Brock earned his
A9X. These cars dominated Panorama andnickname Peter Perfect driving in a Torana.
unearthed drivers such as Bob Morris, Colin Bond,