Introducing The Good Old Holden Torana SLR* Unbelievably Cool! 

I’m a Ford guy , and the GTHO is a great car , but I’m bowing down to to yet another Holden .. this SLR. Is a stunner , A9X with Brock on board would have to be the greatest car in Australia’s history .. just is.

Got a LX5000 in the shed Bought new may 77 Persian sand Iwas 19 now 65 Starts and runs like the day i bought it Bloody awsome bit of kit

Great review of the Torana, Ross. Regarding the weight, they were around 1250kgs from factory. This car sure looked like a lot of fun to drive. The owner has done a great job doing up this Torana. It sure would be a head turner on the roads. Another great review from Melbourne. Keep it up. Thanks.

Ford guy here but I have always loved a good ol SLR

I was being driven around in one of these as a kid right up until 2005 when my dad decided to finally get a Commodore to daily instead. And yes hes still got it to this day and in factory condition. My mum also has a LX SS hatch. Man i wish i can get trusted enough to drive one of them someday

Another great review, Ross. One of my family members bought a brand new genuine SLR5000 back in 74. Today it has 47,000miles on the clock. It sits in its own garage under blankets. Has the bolt on guards and American Racing mags and extractors and sports system. Other than that, it is dead stock original. And in perfect condition with the original motor and gear box. As new. He had been offered well over $260,000 for it back in the 90s. It's an original blue/aqua colour and never been painted. It's just an awesome, original car. I'd love it.

Get yourself into a genuine XU1 Love to see the look on our face driving one of those! Love the videos 👌

The SLR5000 and A9X were the epitome of muscle to me growing up. LJ 2 door holds top spot for me now 🥰

I bloody love this channel, Ross. The range of cars you review is insane, something for everybody here. One day there'll be a hypercar on this channel, mark my words. Keep up the hustle, mate.

I drove my mates 253 4 speed , it was quicker than my Charger 265 auto, or felt quicker. This is going back 40 years. Can't remember what I had for breakfast but remember all the drives.

Torana, pronounced here as "Trana"" cool 70's Holden classic. I used to to these things back in the day because they used to flog the Ford's at Bathurst (77 was awesome however ). Now over 40 years on I respect and appreciate them as a true Aussie Icon. Like all old Aussie muscle cars they are mega expensive and made out of unobtainium for the average punter. I envy those that have them these days, not only Holden's or Valíant's or Falcon's. I love to have them all...

My best friend at school his Dad had a blue and black a9x four door I still love that'car now

Another Ford guy and this one i was excited for. 0-100 not needed with cars like this, the experience is what it's about.

Haven’t commented in a hot minute but this one put an ear-to-ear smile on my face. Legend

Nice to see period correct aftermarket wheels on the torana so many people put wheeels on them from a more modern era and to us old guys they just look ugly. No mention of the foot operated parking brake new from the LH first time used in Australia as far as i know and the last for a long time the ratchets wore out on them. By todays standards the 308 in these things was not very powerfull so there was a lot of aftermarket gear on the market for them. I cut my teeth on them back in the late seventies early eighties whan working in a Repco machine shop.

love it.. hope you review more classic aussie stuff.

Now this is the type of old school muscle car I would see everywhere growing up,but today it's a rare sight how times have changed mate,what an excellent example here it brings back great memories Johnny,loved the review cheers brah.

No ABS no AIR BAGS we die like Men 😂

I'm a die hard ford nut, have been for 30 years but times have changed and I've grown older so now i appreciate any car. These SLR's in yellow and black are one tough beast. If i had the opportunity I'd have a nice XW Fairmont 👍 ( sold mine in 1996 for $500 ) yep...🤦

My first car was a LH Torana with a worked 202, extractors, sounded so good. Cost me $500, was 40% rust but the best car I’ve ever had.

I had a 76 LX GPack in Kermit Green as my first car. It was a 202 4 speed, had an SLR dash (included tacho and a couple of other gauges that the SL and other variants didnt) and steering wheel. I loved that thing

Love your review Jonothan! Well done.

A great example of the classic Holden I love these cars same as the old fords call it the glory days of old school cool

Awesome review rossy lad

If you got a Sunbird was a UC Torana. Most of the LH - LX came out with a 6 cyl or V8 either auto or manual depending on how you ordered it. The LH came out with a white needle dash cluster and LX with a Yellow. I have had both of them. Great review Ross on one of true muscle cars of the 70s. 👍💯🇦🇺

Great review Jon. Finally a old classic. More if you can get your hands on. Which I bet would be hard. A iconic Aussie muscle car. A real head turner. Melbourne car owners showing up with some absolute beauties. 💯

My mate has a two-door LX Torana SS hatchback with an LS7 under the hood.

Limp mode 🤣

Awesome buddy, can't wait, well done and have a great night

Awesome review Ross Reviews’ I’m deciding that I might be coming to you now on the 28th to 29th of January. I’d still love ❤️ for you to do some reviews in Gympie if possible please. To Ross Reviews From Jordan’s car reviews

There's no way it's making that much power.

mean old school Torana, any chance you might reveiw a E55 Charger mate?

never knew they were so light

Australia exported the torana to a few Asian countries with a 4cyl engine. The torana lx front end was used with an lj floor pan I believe on a chevy wagon. Was sorta just a mix and match of parts that they had in their country.

My dad had a Holden Torana in the late 80s early 90s

I’m impressed by the respect that you have for both the car and the owner. I own some interesting and classic cars here in Melbourne and would be open to you reviewing them some time in the future.

I think we are all waiting for a Brocky soon

Nice peice of Australian history....dont you love the slow cars that hold you up... Needed to hit the NOS button...great review

This is definitely my favourite episode.... Ross you lucky barsted 👍

Your're a lucky man to be able to drive this car Ross. I have a 1976 xc fairmont gxl. But i have to say that the SLR 5000 is with out a question my fave aussie muscle car. They just look so tough.

2 XU I models , LC186 6, LJ 202 6 , LH L34 factory modifies 308 engine, LX A9X stock 308, Best handling car you will ever drive🤠

I wouldn't be allowing anyone to drive my Torana old mate is more trusting than me...

These Toranas pulls like a freight train! It will pull until the whole body shakes.

You need to rev it hard 430 hp at the wheels it's not slow be well into the 11 sec 1/4 Mile for sure

Nice drivers road!

Another awsome review on an awsome car. What I love is the respect you show to the cars and their owners.

The stock factory 5000 sir L34 engine 0-100 was 6.7 sec it was quick for a long rasio gearbox for Bathurst first gear was good for 112 kph factory power was around 346 hp for the stock L34 engine

Hey I brought one back in the 80s my first car I was 19 I took a bank loan for 11 thousand it was mirror black and silver around the car it was a show car rarely driven LX 1977 308 it was the horniest car on the road a real headturner I put it on the dyno a week after I got it and man it was insane the engineer took me for a test run when I picked it up , he goes to me this car is the wildest I've driven he goes it scares me so be real carefull brother it's now dangerous . I wrote it off a month later couldn't handle the power of the V8 used to step out all over the place in traffic it was embarrassing I couldn't control the fukn thing . Anyway I'm now 55yrs old and outta pocket 400:thousand at today's price it was stamped with origanal A9x number inn the driver's side floor rail thanx and also the best looking Australian muscle car ever produced even today on the street theyre miles ahead of anything on the road sexy machine hey fellas and the girls love riding shotgun inn them to be seen in a fishnet stocking with dragways and bf Goodrich tyres running it down the highway hahaha ✌️ take it easy Holden fans king of the road Torana.

My dream car

Watch it and weep greenies!😎

Great review. I'm a Ford man but how can you pass on a beautiful looking Holden.

MAKE THEM AGAIN!!! Old shape new running gear

No way that thing makes 430 RWHP! I owned a genuine SLR 5000 back in the late 70's to 90's. It had a professionally built engine with all of the good go fast parts. It was not stroked though, and it made 330 engine horsepower.

_Always wanted a A9X, just beautiful, but I heard they don’t always go around corners when pushed_ 🤷🏻‍♂️

Always bums me out when I see an aftermarket head unit in these classic cars

Great review as always Ross. I notice that you filmed the vid with the Vs ss. Is this out in wildwood mate? I live in Sunbury so very close to me.

I knew someone who owned a xu1 torana back in the 70s my old supervisor at my old job told me he owned one when he was 21 took 2 years of savings working two jobs too buy his xu1 brand new he didn't go out much put every cent to buy one he met his wife to be few years later he wanted to buy a house made the hardest choice to sell it he told me it eats him up every day since where is it is it alive or in the junk yard 😭😊lucky man

My dream car when I was 12. Unfortunately I waited too long, now they're unobtainium.

Cool Cool Cool. Thanks for showing it to us.

With 430hp at the wheels it should be in the 11's at least, no slouch at all. It did seem like you were short shifting and that you could have revved it out a lot more. But, I understand that it's an old, valuable car and I'd probably be reluctant to give it everything.

was waiting for the 0-100k just pullin up on this back road here, reset the dragg-E 🤣🤣🥳🥳

Great to see some old skool muscle mate 💪🏻👍🏼. You gotta try and review an Lc gtr torana, old monaros, old fords & valiants 👌🏼

Very cool 😎

Aussie icon👍🇦🇺🍻

Imagine how hard it would have gone with a 6 speed box.

Sick.......

"Put it into limp mode"...ha ha, limp mode means a broken axle in one of these🤣

5000 was 1140 kg wet with the big tank I had 2 LH and the LX

only thing id say is the Black doesn't go on the flares or rear quarter panel or front guard

the Torana LH - LX were designed from the start to be touring cars! Holden had no other purpose for them they took the production racing rule book and designed this around it, these were horrible to daily, horrible to tow with, horrible to road trip with but show them a race track and it was game on! as a Ford man our consolation prize is that the next year after Peter Brock set a new lap record in the A9X, Dick Johnston broke that lap record on his qualifier lap in the wet in a car designed to be a Taxi! 😜

I’ve seen ads recently for a raffle for an orange and black mock up SLR5000. It’s not the same one is it? A mate of my fathers had one of those back in the day. Black and silver from memory. I used to drawl over it as a 4 year old!

Yeah they were used as taxis over there

Limp mode... LoL... I'm not sure which computer in the Torana is responsible for enabling limp mode... LoL...

Great review! Come to the dark side next, maybe an XB Hardtop?

Even talking like a Torana driver 3:50 - 4:00

I bought a Persian Sand auto slr 5000 new and could not wait to get rid of it. It was the worst car I have ever owned , no leg room in back seat, 9 gallon fuel tank for a v8, drivers door used to open at top so you could stick your hand out of it at about 60 mph, two big molding dents in back spoiler standard apparently as replacement was the same, horn used to go off by itself in hot weather , one gauge was broken from new sold still broke as they could not fix it, hopeless road holding I used to admire GT Falcons when I saw them for their road holding . Sold car after 18 months I even had trouble getting rid of it , no car yards wanted them all said they had two or three out the back. Sorry to tell you boys but they were junk compared to Gtr , Xu1, Gt falcons.

Remember them new in showrooms😉 what a freakin machine👍❤️. Thanks for posting.

Please review Toyota mark x 350

To fly👍

Mad

Finally a real car : P The front lower black out sits too high, also the front ride height. Looks mint otherwise.

Man , I love the brutish romance of V8 Toranas . But by jingo it’d be a pig of a thing as your daily

Scaled down kingswood

Review a Sunturd, if there are any left that haven't been converted. I personally prefer the look of the UC. I like how they modernised it in such a 1978 fashion!

Ford TD Cortina, 250 crossflow weighed 1,150 kg and had enough Puch to knock an SLR5000's teeth out! 😁

Biggest regret of my life. - my first car was a Barbados green slr mock up … sold it for $8500 thought I’d hit the jackpot …

Torri

mmmmmm im thinking......4.5s.

I remember them. They were not that fast. Even though they felt that way cause the nose used to go up and down so much. A265 Charger was faster. The factory 308 was not a powerful engine at all. It was a a pretty weak V8. The 350 chev or the ford 351 were the pwerfull V8s then.

Interestingly this was an based on the German GM Opel Kadett I think B and C variants. No 6 and 8 cylinder engines in Europe though.

Yeah had the earlier torana. Thou you sat to one side when steering it. Like the viva it was based on. Wasnt a big fan when it began racing at Bathurst. It was the start of down sizing the cars. Racing was better with the big falcons and holdens , valiants. The 2 door falcon was a big car so was the charger. The torana was a bit of a toy.

Is this franks

Rosco, Are you base in Melbourne now ? Your right very basic , no thrills just old school grunt.

The thing that annoys me about Holden is they are basically derived from designs that were originally conjured up by opel and vaxhaull / saying that they are a unique car might be partially true but there’s no denying the lack of originality in rnd when compared to ford you only have to look at the opel omega and Cadillac Sentra to see the resemblance in the latter years, yet ford spent billions and took a risk on an original design like the AU and eventually reached a high point with the BA / to be honest I think that’s more commendable and yes Peter brock was a legend but he basically won races in a rebadged opel

This car would be right on 3000lbs wet on the road

It wasn't quick because you never put your foot to the floor. With 325 Kw, that will be quick if you gave it the beans...

Ripper car ... only better if was the hatchback

i DELETE MY GIRLFRIEND.....SHHH

Its not original ìm not watching. Terminate now

Just over 5 grand brand new, I'm sure the 1974 HQ monaro was somewhere between 3 & 5 grand and a 1971 XY GT was just over 4 grand- very cheap, plenty of 15-17 yr olds were walking into dealership's buying SLRs, GTS monaros & XY GT's some lived many didn't lol 12yrs old is when I drove my first torana SLR 5000 canary yellow with dish mags