Uncovering Pats Genuine Bathurst GTR XU1 Torana.

[@Hazzy238]

Great to see a piece of racing history in such pristine original condition. Good on ya Pat ! Thanks

[@AussieGarage]

Thanks. Pat really takes pride in her car.

[@sophdog1678]

An LJ 4-door SL with a 2850 and Trimatic was the first car I drove on a public road. My dad thought it was a good idea to buy his wife a car with no power steering and no a/c. He quickly added dealer-fitted a/c to save his scalp! As for the steering, I remember mum reefing the wheel with both hands like she's struggling to close a hatch in a submarine.

[@AussieGarage]

That's a great memory to have. Good on ya dad😂😂

[@carolodenko1040]

What a little rippa 💚

[@luketolliff876]

Awesome car one of the true classics Holden all the way

[@downtheshedwithbyron]

Great video guys

[@AussieGarage]

Thanks mate.

[@aaronhopkins6697]

Green is nice. 💚

[@JAStheACE]

Good job boys, cute lil torrie there looks great and glad it's being loved, good onya Pat.

[@AussieGarage]

Thanks. It's in good hands with Pat.

[@martysib6547]

Awesome car Pat, I can see you really enjoy it!

[@AussieGarage]

She really does.

[@rcwp8110]

What a ripper , great period car . All on point

[@AussieGarage]

Sure is.

[@grahamglencorse307]

Beautiful car with not a computer or touch screen to be distracted by. A drivers car.

[@AussieGarage]

Most definitely, back when driving the car was the in car entertainment.

[@Shanes_Shed]

I actually prefered the GTR interior with the houndstooth insert - but I might be a little biased since that was what my Torana had back in the day😂

[@AussieGarage]

It's hard to beat a memory of something from your past. Hounds tooth insert looked great.

[@ozgarage956]

I owned a Cyan blue 2 door LJ back in the 80s (not an XU1...just standard LJ) it had the full blown XU-1 spec engine with triple SU's. In 1996 i had to sell it and bought an EA falcon as i was getting into an on the road sales rep position. I sold the Torana for a princely sum of $600. Just the triple SU's alone were worth that much even at the time. Boy do i regret having let go of that car.

[@AussieGarage]

To go from that to an EA falcon must have been rough.

[@ozgarage956]

@@AussieGarage Put it this way, i don't have reminiscing dreams of my EA 😁

[@kevinking5290]

You can get stickers to place on the speedo kmh around the inner circle so it doesn’t cover mph

[@AussieGarage]

Iv seen those. But Pat has it all worked out.

[@jamiegreenwood7996]

There was another carb set....you could run was triple twin throat 45 ml Webbers. Rode in a few back in the day with mates ...with that configuration installed the car was a lot quicker than the su carbs ...being a ford man these xu1s didn't stand a chance ...along the Bathurst straights against the mighty GTHOs......must say not bad for a holden thou

[@AussieGarage]

Iv seen the Webber's on other cars. Great set up.

[@jamiegreenwood7996]

@@AussieGarage yes the Webbers where a massive up grade made the old red motors scream until they blew a piston or chucked a rod out side the block....

[@stevepierce3509]

At the 1 minute mark check the Marring (scratches , hollow grams and Swirl marks) in the nose cone and bonnet ! It requires a complete Random Orbital Polishing process and it will come up a Million Dollars. Its the very first thing that grabbed my eye on this beautiful Old car. It can be corrected easy as and make it look soooo much better.

[@AussieGarage]

Great advice.

[@longdatto3]

there is something very important missing in the engine bay which is more important then paint ans swirls.

[@Eric-kn4yn]

A small car.

[@Eric-kn4yn]

Very basic inside as now 2024.

[@AussieGarage]

They were built to race. No frills.