Thread: Beautiful cars.

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

I had a drive of it around the grounds at Pagewood plant. The car was visiting for the motor show. Production was planned and it tentatively would have been sold around $3,000. Like many other projects it got dropped from the agenda in the corporate panic following the first Arab oil shock.

You got to drive the car that's now in the museum

Originally Posted by BMKal

Would certainly have been the first production Torana to be fitted with a V8. Was scheduled to be offered with either the 186 or the 253. I don't know how that fitted in with V8's in other Holden models.

Had it gone into production, would have been the first Holden product to have 4 wheel disc brakes.

Wow .... 4 wheel disc brakes ... If only I could be impressed with that .... My mother had renault 8's and 10's when we were kids... They had 4wheels disc brakes back in 1962 ... Holden did "almost" catch up by the 90's by fitting disc brakes AND ... get this ..... "Radial tuned suspension"

Wow, that's impressive .. They finally had radials tires and suspension "tuned" for it (my father has on old Traction Avant that has radial tires.... Citroen started fitting them in the early 1940's ) so it only took holden about 40years to catch up to the rest of the worlds technology.

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Shane L.

Originally Posted by robbotd5

Here is my 1800S at the national rally at Inverell.
Regards
Robbo

Very very nice well done mate

There are many, here are a few:

and a few more:

Originally Posted by uninformed

There are many, here are a few:

Always loved the Miura, probably my all time favourite Super Car.

Also really liked the BMW M1, particularly in full Group V race spec.

And a Miura P400SV

Originally Posted by Didge

1933 Duesenberg, then the 1937 540k Merc roadster; I'll take either amongst a whole heap of other younger ones

That is the Deusenberg "Twenty Grand". A much admired car amongst super wealthy USA collectors. If it was ever sent to auction the auctioneer would be looking to open at eight or ten million.

Here are a few museum Deusenbergs. I have more. Particularly the small fleet owned by the Nethercutt collection and Nethercutt Museum. "Sammy" is a 1970's replica once owned by Sammy Davis Jnr. The museum also has Frank Sinatra's Dual-Ghia Dodge.

Also a 540 M-B from the Reno museum.

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

You got to drive the car that's now in the museum



Wow .... 4 wheel disc brakes ... If only I could be impressed with that .... My mother had renault 8's and 10's when we were kids... They had 4wheels disc brakes back in 1962 ... Holden did "almost" catch up by the 90's by fitting disc brakes AND ... get this ..... "Radial tuned suspension"

Wow, that's impressive .. They finally had radials tires and suspension "tuned" for it (my father has on old Traction Avant that has radial tires.... Citroen started fitting them in the early 1940's ) so it only took holden about 40years to catch up to the rest of the worlds technology.

seeya
Shane L.

I had a Renault 8 back when I was in my 20's,I cut the roof off it and used it as a shooting buggy culling roo's out west,most comfortable shooting I've ever done. Pat