Despite this pitiful termination of the Aussie subsidiary, classics such as the Torana are certain ... of displacement. The LC GTR also featured a carbureted sixer motor, but the one we’ll ...

In a profile of LC-LJ XU-1 GTRs, we noted: “March 1972 brought the updated, more civilised and powerful LJ Torana range. The ...

The original Torana, the HB, was basically a modified version of the Vauxhall Viva, ("Vauxhall" taken from the Latin vox – meaning "public" and haul – "to tow or carry", which summed the model ...

Real Deal is an LC-model Holden Torana GTR, which were originally built from 1969-1972 with a straight-six engine producing less than 150 horsepower. The car itself was unfortunately stranded ...

This included the sports-oriented two-door LC Torana GTR, fitted with a 2.6-litre 93kW/202Nm six-cylinder engine, with two-barrel Stromberg carburettors, four-speed manual transmission and ‘wide ...

So 1970 saw the introduction of the Torana GTR XU-1, a performance model which was also homologated for Series Production racing and rallying. It had a 3-liter six-cylinder engine, equipped with ...

Here's how Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler responded to the ... it had simply found a new formula. The 1970 Holden Torana GTR XU-1was a different kind of muscle car. Instead of a fire-breathing ...

What the well-dressed Torana GTR driver wore in 1972. The Torana GTR boasted a 202-cubic-inch straight-six pushrod engine (unrelated to any of GM's US-market straight-sixes of the time ...

The Red Motor was also the preferred powerplant in most of the LC and LJ Toranas built ... in the 202cid specification – particularly in the Bathurst pedigree GTR XU-1 Torana. Holden literally built ...

The cousins field two nearly identical-looking and impressive-performing early-era Holden LC Torana ... GTR XU-1; Holden is Australia's equivalent to the Chevrolet brand under General Motors.

But for Aussies the real jewel in the crown will undoubtedly be the “no reserve” Holden XU-1 Torana - Australia's most famous motoring ... Delivered through Fred Geissler Motors of Goulburn, NSW the ...