MECHANICAL ANIMAL

TOUGHER THAN A BURNT STEAK STUFFED IN A LEATHER BOOT, THIS ROAD-RACING TORANA IS ALL MEAT AND NO SAUCE

CONNAL GRACE

It doesn’t matter at what end of the automotive spectrum your loyalties lie, we’re sure all of us can agree that there are few engines that sound as good as a hot Holden V8 with a minimal number of Flowmaster mufflers. As Rodney Heads manoeuvres this Torana into position for its photo shoot, the fire-and-brimstone exhaust note is overlaid with the harsh mechanical noises of a Jerico dogbox clanking into gear, the whine of its straight-cut gear set, and an unhappy banging and clunking from the Detroit Locker rear end. While the Torana tolerates being driven at a nana’s pace in an urban car park, this is quite obviously a car that was built to be driven at ten-tenths — seemingly at odds with its warrant of fitness, rego, and…

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NZV8 (Digital) - 1 Issue, No 162 November 2018

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