Topic: Muscle, Pony, Sports or Whatever Cars, Post Here!

[bucky katt]

I have owned a couple of these cars and they absolutely fly, they weigh next to nothing and have a 5 liter aussie V8 and 4 speed shift with a salisbury rear end, i really miss my last one..


Mick

    Hey Mick, sounds good! I don't know that much about the Australian cars, enlighten me.

one day if i can ever afford it, i'd love to be able to find and import an early 70's falcon xb and build my own MFP pursuit special, except mine will actually have a working supercharger
Hi Bill, well its a GM with an Aussie made 5 litre V8, very good engines, they were basically a race car homoligated for the street. They were the size of your average 4 cylinder car and, well mine had over 400HP, when set up well they were like a high powered go cart, heaps of fun to drive...

I just noticed that one says "8000" so it has a 8 litre engine transplant.....scary fun. The car was called the Holden SLR5000 Torana. Have a look on google, there's plenty of pics and info there..

Cheers...Mick

[dave500]

we love our holden 308s here in australia!!this is a 73 "premier" has a 308 bored to 312,sig erson TQ20 cam,tricked up quadrajet,edelbrock performer matched to cleaned up heads with oversize valves,electronic ignition extractors into 2 inch dual exhaust,trimatic and a 3:08:1 salisbury diff,these have four coil suspension,this one also has power steering,itll do mid 14s easy and weighs 1480 kilograms.ive owned it 26 years and as its my only car gets used every day!!

[bill440cars]

 Now, got get the idea that I am slighting the Holdens that have been posted here. I think they are cool cars and all, but I just happened to look them up online, like Mick (Retro) suggested and look at this Prototype:

               It's a GTR-X Torana [1970] prototype

           

[bill440cars]

  Here's a pretty cool engine as well, from an GTR XU-1

       

       

       

[Retro Rocket]

Hi Bill, those 6 cylinder XU-1's were giant killers here in OZ, my mate has one and it absolutely flies....

Mick

[bill440cars]

  Here's another that is like the one in Mick's post

                

  And check THIS one out:

              

[bill440cars]

Hi Bill, those 6 cylinder XU-1's were giant killers here in OZ, my mate has one and it absolutely flies....

Mick

           They DO seem pretty IMPRESSIVE at that, Mick.

[Retro Rocket]

Here is another favorite of mine, the 1968 Holden HK monaro, 327 Chevy powered with a saginaw gearbox and salisbury diff. Another car i should have never sold....



Mick

[bill440cars]

   At one point, you could get the 327 V8 and later on, the 350 as well.

  And here's the specs from 1948 and on, in this link.

                  http://richardlewis.is-a-geek.com/holdenspecs.html

      

Here is another favorite of mine, the 1968 Holden HK monaro, 327 Chevy powered with a saginaw gearbox and salisbury diff. Another car i should have never sold....



Mick

         Really a NICE one there too Mick. AND, As you might notice, I was just referring to the fact that the 327 and the 350 v8's were offered at different times. Loks like that should have made a very nice "Power To Weight" ratio.

[bucky katt]

 Now, got get the idea that I am slighting the Holdens that have been posted here. I think they are cool cars and all, but I just happened to look them up online, like Mick (Retro) suggested and look at this Prototype:

               It's a GTR-X Torana [1970] prototype

           

that looks similar to the DeTomasso Pantera

[bill440cars]

 Now, got get the idea that I am slighting the Holdens that have been posted here. I think they are cool cars and all, but I just happened to look them up online, like Mick (Retro) suggested and look at this Prototype:

               It's a GTR-X Torana [1970] prototype

            

that looks similar to the DeTomasso Pantera

  Just what I was thinking bucky.

[Retro Rocket]

Yes Bill, the next 3 versions of the GTS monaro had the 350 Chev engine.....Here's one for bucky, a 1974 XB falcon coupe, i had a purple one of these. This one has the 351 Cleveland engine and Toploader gearbox combined with the 9inch diff..


Mick

[bill440cars]

Yes Bill, the next 3 versions of the GTS monaro had the 350 Chev engine.....Here's one for bucky, a 1974 XB falcon coupe, i had a purple one of these. This one has the 351 Cleveland engine and Toploader gearbox combined with the (inch diff..


Mick

 And ANOTHER "Tough Looking Car" Mick.

    Here's another that caught my eye.

     

     

[dave500]

i shouldnt have sold mine either mick!this was a 68 hk monaro,i bought it with hubcaps on it and so standard,it had a hg grille though(accident repair?)it was a 186 cid straight six with a factory two barrel(stromberg ww2)and an opel four speed,after i literally split the gearbox in two i fitted a rebored six(192)with a wild cam and a saginaw,i only had a holley 500 but sold the car before i could fit a set of triples from an xu1,it was quite fast but still not a v8 in such a heavy car!these are worth an absolute kings ransom here now!!!

[dave500]

heres a totaled xb sedan,my mates,he just repaired that little bit on the trunk then phucked up with a belly full of beer!about 92,cleveland 302,c4 dual fuel.

[VonYinzer]

My father in law had a Volvo P1800 in the 70s and hasnt stopped talking about it since. If I ever come into money  Ill be getting him one right away... He also had a Plymouth Cricket. He sold his CL175 to buy it. It was his favorite car ever, and hes looking to get another one at some point. I cant figure out why...

[bill440cars]

My father in law had a Volvo P1800 in the 70s and hasnt stopped talking about it since. If I ever come into money  Ill be getting him one right away... He also had a Plymouth Cricket. He sold his CL175 to buy it. It was his favorite car ever, and hes looking to get another one at some point. I cant figure out why...

   If I remember right, the Cricket was built by Sunbeam.

[VonYinzer]

Yup, and sold under the Plymouth badge stateside...

[bill440cars]

Yup, and sold under the Plymouth badge stateside...

 exactly.


         There was also a Plymouth Arrow, which was built by Mitsubishi and here's a shot of a Fire Arrow.

       

   

   

[bill440cars]

   Hey, look at this! Sure looks like it's jut "Crying Out For Someone To Spruce It Up AND Put Some Muscle In to IT!"

       1965 Dodge Dart 2dr sedan $650 No engine or trans. Needs work on floor, but has a clear title. Oh, If Only................ 

       

       

       

       

[hs2k007]

That paint looks almost new

[6pkrunner]

That '65 could use either a solid liftered 273 or a terribly leaned on 440. Elephant power is, of course, the uppermost in solutions. And a nice vintage 6-71 huffer on top would just be icing.

[Sam Green Racing]

My father in law had a Volvo P1800 in the 70s and hasnt stopped talking about it since. If I ever come into money  Ill be getting him one right away... He also had a Plymouth Cricket. He sold his CL175 to buy it. It was his favorite car ever, and hes looking to get another one at some point. I cant figure out why...

   If I remember right, the Cricket was built by Sunbeam.

Billy, in the UK, that car was built by Hillman and was called the Avenger.
Sunbeam was under the same ownership though, I think it was GM.

Sam.

[bill440cars]

That '65 could use either a solid liftered 273 or a terribly leaned on 440. Elephant power is, of course, the uppermost in solutions. And a nice vintage 6-71 huffer on top would just be icing.

          Oh yes Mike, YOU are talking the kind of language I understand!

         Myself, my first thoughts were a nicely warmed up 318/340/360 smallblock with a a 4sp and posi-traction and a suitable suspension OR a Nicely ? "Leaned on" 383/440 with same drivetrain as mentioned. The things I mentioned, would be slightly possible by me. But the Ultimate, Hemi w/ a 6-71 and the rest of the package to make it somewhat streetable, is WAY out of MY pricerange (but, not out of my dreams ) A person could come up with  a heck of a Power to weight ratio with THAT one!   

[bill440cars]

My father in law had a Volvo P1800 in the 70s and hasnt stopped talking about it since. If I ever come into money  Ill be getting him one right away... He also had a Plymouth Cricket. He sold his CL175 to buy it. It was his favorite car ever, and hes looking to get another one at some point. I cant figure out why...

   If I remember right, the Cricket was built by Sunbeam.

Billy, in the UK, that car was built by Hillman and was called the Avenger.
Sunbeam was under the same ownership though, I think it was GM.

Sam.

           At one time, Chrysler had (at least) a part of Sunbeam, if not all of it. Before that though Carroll Shelby was the force behind the Sunbeam Tiger (which was an Alpine, I think was the name, with ford running gear. Either a 260 or 289 V-8 with a 4sp). That's the best I remember now.