Barn find after 36 years, 2 x GTR XU1 Torana's brought back into the world.
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- I was the first person to open the shed door after 25 years and these cars had been sitting in the shed for 36 years. The owner had a heart attack in his lat 30's and couldn't use his left leg properly to operate the clutch pedal so he parked these Aussie Muscle Cars up and shut the shed door and went out and bought an automatic. The orange LC GTR XU1 is a rare " Bathurst version" which was release to the public for approximately 4.5 months in ate 1971 so General Motors could race them at Bathurst, 299 cars were made to meet CAMS requirements to race as a production car.
My brother had an orange LC GRT XU1 - bought it new - paid cash - I think it came from Reeves Holden dealers in McLaren Vale SA - I was with him when he picked it - he lived in Adelaide and worked in Mt Gambier and used to come home on Friday nights for the weekend, he would disconnect the speedo cable to keep the odometer reading down for the 12 month warranty, Saturday nights he would let me take it out for drive to pick up munchies - 110MPH down Sturt Road at Brighton - 16 yr olds do crazy things.
This orange one was bought from reeves at Mclaren vale
@@WorthyRestorations- Yes that is my brother's old car, he drove the car to Threadbo for a honeymoon and has photos, the rego number is the same - he currently lives in Moonta.
@@WorthyRestorations- I'll pass your number onto him
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Congratulations on the find. Most of Australia will be very jealous.
G'day from West Australia😉
Very cool find buddy veeeerrrryyyyy cool find🙂👍👍
Thanks 👍
This brings back so many memories , my very 1st car Lc gtr xu1, met my 1st wife in it and conceived my 1st daughter in it..I never wanted to sell it but life through me a curve and had to let it go, saddest day of my life.I have owned 6 Tirana’s in my like the only one I still wish and never got a chance to build and own was an A9x coupe..so got to get that car ,before I die
You lucky bugger.... magnificent cars... Shame many modern teens/20somethings dont appreciate them.
This takes me back many years, around 1975. I could have bought one of these. Very tidy unit that I believe had extra work done on motor. It run 20 miles Casino to Lismore in 12 minuits. Insurance was too expensive . Still wish I had bought it.
I owned 2 EK, HT, HQ with 253, 4 speed box, and bucket seats, HQ Statesman, LJ torona, among many others over the years. I no longer am able to drive. Miss putting rubber on the road. HJ was ticked up, but standard was good for 179 km / hour. Absolute beast for 253
Crazy. Amazing. Good score hey. ❤
Jesus, these are the condition of gold! Each would be worth over 200K each surely? How did you get them, that must be a good story in itself. While the orange girl is a rare bird, I disagree that the later model one should not be restored, I believe it should. Both are rare enough these days to warrant the work. They are originals!
Maybe. But at the end of the day it’s still just a Torana. For that kind of money I’d pick up a classic Mercedes V8 6.3 with airbag suspension from the early 70s, incomparable, and would absolutely cane this
Check out the latest video where the Lj is restored.
aston vantage for 100k
@@ronanrogers4127 But why?
@@ronanrogers4127Its not about the caning . These are pure Aussie muscle & an icon in Australia with touring car racing history . They are worth what someone is willing to pay for them & I wouldn’t pay the stupid money they ask for them but real Holden enthusiasts with money probably would .
I owned a LJ XU1 zodiac blue as a youngster. It's rego was RUE-050 . I saw it on the road years ago south of Adelaide. Best car I ever owned.
Huge torana fan, had many an LJ and LC back in the day , but never an XU1. Tip for filming , obviously this is phone video, turn it on its side, before you hit the record button and it will fill the screen of your viewers PC
I TURNED GREEN ! = it is not easy being green - love torana`s - XU1 - i sold spare parts holden mid 1970`s always under a bonnet and changing plugs and points ! thank you .a
Thanks for sharing
In 1977, I was 16 years old and working at a local garage pumping petrol. An XU-1, the first I'd seen up close came in. I had the owner pop the hood so I could check the oil, etc. I'd never seen under the hood of an XU-1 before. I saw three twin barrel carbs and just very loudly said ,"f**king hell!" ... the two guys in the car laughed for what seemed like forever! What a car this was. Even America had NOTHING like an XU-1
Great cars. What a discovery. Love the LJ. The sound of it at idle just magic. Chateau mauve metallic, my favourite Holden colour.
Great video well done. Shoot in landscape and your videos will go to the next level.
yes have been this was a while ago. new videos all are, check them out
That's some gorgeous automotive history right there. Those XU1s were such a hot item back in the day.
How LUCKY ARE YOU....I've been looking for a Barn Find for ages...without any luck...WELL DONE TO YOU...I love the Chateau mauve one..LOVE IT..!!!
Seeing the mags on these cars brings back fond memories. I had an LJ back in the day that a previous owner had had "work" done on it. Utterly silent at idle and went like the clappers. But those 5 spoke mags were on all the hot Toranas at the time.
You never know it might be the one my brother had, it was on display on a Sat morning at a car yard on Glen Osmond Road - he bought it on the spot but had to wait for rego etc. I've called him up and asked if he has any photos, he said yes - he took the car on a honeymoon to Threadbo and should have photos he'll try to dig them up I'll let you know if he finds them, he is currently living in Moonta.
I had hotwires on my LJ. If you owned a Torry you had to make it stand out!
got my licence 1981,dad bought an LJ 2 door triple webbers 4 speed as my 1st car ,he loved it and was so damm proud to surprise me afetr work ,he bought it from hes mechanic mate in Boronia Melbourne ,i just couldnt get to grips with the off centre steering column or steering wheel so i and i know im going to cop heaps for this BUT i traded it in at a caryard in Bayswater for a celica
Oh my… I do get what you mean by the off centre, takes a bit to get used to for sure
I had Globe Bathurst alloy wheels on my LJ. They look great if you can find them…
Nice find, congratulations ❤️
Good on you for doing such a great job on both these Torana's. A great service to Australian car history. If you want really look after the original exterior rubbers,give them a wipe over with a rag dampened with kerosene and let it soak in. They will never perish.
The purple one is the same as the one I owned in 1973/74, it was only 10 months old when I bought it from John Thompson Performance Cars on Parramatta Road, Sydney
What's not to love about these cars?
Absolute legendary vehicles!
❤ Early Holden's.
Great find, well done!
Holden, Ford or Valiant - Keep Aussie muscle alive!👍
A car made out of metal ! That why they last forever. Beautiful cars
Some beautiful original cars in SA 👌 great work
Nice straight cars. Triple Webber 202 donks? A mate of mine gave me a ride in his purple XU1 from Richmond NSW via Bells Line of Road to Wagga back in 1979. I was nervous about the speed he was doing. But he said he was of the philosophy that the less time he spent on the road, the less chance he had of having an accident! Last I heard, he is still alive and kicking 😂😅
Triple Strombergs, single barrels.
LC (Orange) 186 cubic inch
LJ (Mauve) 202 cubes
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Uh huh! A man in the know👍
I had an LJ with a 308 in it. It went like a scalded cat in a straight line and handled like a dog on wet lino through the turns.
Congratulations man, great find and lovely cars. Love the purple one the best
Wow , great find mate , a needle in a haystack find in that condition , cool little cars with a character all of their own , and well done on the resto sir.
Two needles in a hay stack!
@@the-flatulator Yep :) .
The purple LJ looks like one I signed up for in 73. Then sanity prevailed and I managed to get out of it. Paint work on both quarters was see through, brand new on the yard.
The LC is a c/r Aussie box. My old LC XU1 Sports Sedan was originally an Aussie box car. Car was first log booked in 1980,, would have been worth nothing with a minor hit in the back. Replacement quarter was an LJ one
I know of one that was stripped back to a bare body and repainted and has been sitting in a shed with a cover on it over 30 years waiting to be put back together.😢 Every time I see it it breaks my heart but he said he’s going to finish it one day 😮
I had two ‘worked’ GTR’s, I didn’t like the ducktail, so that came off.
First was an LC 2850, pulled out to about 3 litres, the second was an LJ 3300.
So much fun on every level. TBH, I liked the LC (triple SU, 38, 94, 127, 169 on the dyno) more than the LJ, it just felt better balanced, and less plastic.
Love it mate, I'm also in adelaide and live very close to where you first filmed the car driving (South Brighton). Looking forward to seeing the build/resto unfold.
Wicked what a find! You lucky bugga😎
I used to work for a major Holden dealer in Perth W.A from early 1972 as a young bloke when the HQ’s and the LJ Toranas just came out and still had a handful of LC’s in our Holding yard and I remember fondly getting to drive just about everything and ferry them back to our dealership quite often to do pre delivery on them and I just loved driving all the XU-1’s when auto trans used to transport these over from the eastern states along with other Holdens like 350 Chev powered Monaros and Statesman De-Villes etc but I used to have my special route or the “Long Way” back to the dealer where I’d hang the trade plate on and let’s just say I would “Help” speed up the running in process before the lucky owner took delivery of them! And I do remember the Chateu Mauve colour on the LJ XU-1 and reckon it was one of the nicest colours on them but also remember March the 17th or St.Patrick’s day green looked good on them too, those days were extra good being able to fang the daylights out of brand new performance cars and sometimes felt a little bit sorry for the new owner if he knew how I treated his purchase but they could take it no worries!
What a find not one but two awesome find you struck gold totally agree with a sympathetis resto on the LC the Champagne XU1 could use a more thorough workover great Video cheers
Wow what a find good job
OMG what a find, my wet dreams car as a kid, had them plastered all over my bedroom walls
imagine opening the door..
Both beautiful cars mate. Congrats! 👍🍻🎯
Thanks 👍
Absolutely magic, New Subscriber #108 and we hit the bell, last XU1s sold $168,000 and $181,000 Beautiful to see😊🇦🇺🤝🇦🇺😎👍✌
wow. just magical. lucky you
Great find mate. Great nic
What a dream come true
Man oh Man. What a score.
Lucky bugger.....
Wow. What a find.
Theyre only unrestored once. Enjoy them!!
In my opinion it’s nostalgia that’s the primary value driver for these cars. If that’s the case then when the generation that knew these as new cars fades will the values do the same like other vintage cars?
Love the bullet shape
I had a silver (Sable) LJ GTR. Great little cars but sucked in WA summers as the seats and steering wheel got that hot you had to cool it down for 15 mins before you got back into them. Black interiors aren't great in hot climates.
There will be plenty of barn/garage, etc finds in Australia for classic motors. If sheltered from the hot sun they should usually be in an OK condition. In Britain it's the damp that kills off a lot of classic car finds. In the US a bit of both.
Check out the Pink GTR I’m working on that’s back from the UK
Finding 2 ....rarer than rocking horse shit. Nice!
Hey ~ No rust ~ I have to tell you I had a LC XU-1 and a mate had a LJ XU-1 ~ We BOTH sold our Toranas in the 1980s ~ same issue which we were told was beyond repair ~ sold for $1500 ~ each!
Our cars both developed structural rust in the left and right side front pillars at the base of the windscreen ! I was told by a panel beater it was not recoverable ~ ( which in hindsight was BS ~ maybe!) I fish oiled mine every 18 Months but never stuck the gun into the heater vent cavity ~ and the internal of the pillars.
Wow, you’re a lucky man... what a find, love to know what you paid for them and what you’ve spent. I know that’s a bit irrelevant as they are just a special car.👍
In my air force days had xu1 white, traded on manors in 76 looking for more horsepower but xu1 was good drive.
Please turn your phone sideways. It allows full screen footage. Much better than limited view your using.
Hi. I watched with interest your video on these two amazing vehicles. With regards to the Chateau Mauve LJ, there appeared to be two regos. I noticed RLY-109. Was this correct? If so I am the original owner of this vehicle. Thanks Kevin Huckel
Kevin can you give me a call would love to know more. 0407742446
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Nice one! Jackpot!.... Nuff said!. 🙂👍
Are they from Mawson Canberra that looks like them but there’s three cars
Great cars....small, light weight, nimble, MORE than enough geunt
Why they murdered big V8s at Baffist
Ive ALWAYS applied the same principle to cars ive owned. And im 59
Better than winning lotto very nice
Jeebus they are mint.
Dont restore them. Just do touch ups if required. Dont ruin them, They are only original once!!!!!
200th subscriber, wish I found you earlier mate I been looking for some vidz like this
Share the page cheers
My first car was a 1973 LJ 2 door Torrie , Cyan blue..
Wasn't an XUI, but had the goods under the hood to behave like one.
I bought in 1988 fot $1600 and sold it in 1996 for $600, complete with Aussie 4 speed and triple SU's.
Biggest mistake i've ever made.
Ahhh takes me , purchased a genuine 1974 SLR5000 in 1986 for $6600 sold it a year later for the same price , there valve would be 40 times that amount these days
Like finding gold
Omg 😳 I took my LJ GTR XU-1 for granted. I sold it for $6000 in 92 🥺
Yep, so many regrets 🤣
Any chance of seeing the old rego stickers? 36 years ya reckon!
Yes rego stickers last year was 1987
1 GTR 1 XU1
Geez, and he didn’t even need to change the oil before he started it up after 35+ years!!!!!
them's gold...
Didn’t they make a a version in a 253/ 308 v8, I read somewhere years ago?
yes they were modified early on to have v8's but after coming off the production line
Don't replace anything! Anyone can have a restored car, but a true survivor should be kept as such and as original as possible. To paint it would be a crime.
It seems like a life time ago I brought an XU1 second hand it was a nice green colour.
I always wondered years later if it was a factory colour.
Does someone know if it was.
What brand were the driving lights on the Purple XU1, Look like Hella type ?
The LJ is the same colour of my first car 73 LJ GTR 202
Bloody hell could you not have recorded this in landscape mode?
no this was filmed pre youtube channel all videos and in landscape now.
Why people persist in doing videos in portrait mode 🙄
was these SA cars Henley beach ?
I am jealous
How does one find such a thing?
Did you replace the SA GREAT sticker on the purple one?
I might be wrong but weren't the NP blocks not the NL the factory replacement for the JP engine
They used both in xu1’s. It’s a myth that NP were only used.
@@WorthyRestorations- okay thanks,I purchased an old EH Wagon that had an NP block in it that I only realised later was out of an LJ XU1.
I've since sold the engine for nearly twice what I paid for the car so was a nice surprise..
Always loved the LJ having owned a Cyan Blue GTR many years ago.
It's in SA where it's so dry even Holdens don't rust
What’s the colour again? I lost count of the number of times you mentioned the colour………… nice cars though.
I think that the correct name of the orange car is "Home on the Orange "
O' range
Is that just the normal Chevrolet 6 cylinder
Nothing “normal” about it! It’s an Australian GM Holden developed by mechanical guru Harry Firth, seven bearing 202 CI “red” motor (originally a Chevy 132 CI way back in 1948). These things fanged around Mt Panorama Bathurst NSW at lightning speed, piloted by the legendary Peter Brock and Colin Bond, in the early 1970s, beating all the US developed 350 V8s. The Holden 202 wth triple Webbers was a giant killer. Then in 2002 came along the Ford Australia straight 6 Barra 245 CI 4.0 litre, which was so strong that it can easily push 1,000 BHP monstrous great turbochargers bolted to them. What Aussies can do with straight sixes is amazing!
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It's so funny looking back to the days when these and most like it were considered shit boxes and nobody batted an eyelid. Now look at everyone, falling over themselves and some who would even sell their mothers to have the chance to own one. Greed is always the best motivator I guess.
Narrow gutted uncomfotable hard riding little shitboxes,, And ergodynamics totally lacking. but with great performance and straight line speed.
Any chance of videoing in portrait
New videos are, this was last year
One named Peter and the other named........!
for gods sake man ..DONT Paint it !!
S w e e t !
Australia has sheds not barns!
While they are awesome, I'd want HO.
I know a bloke in lake Macquarie with a TA 2dr LC 2dr LJ 2dr plus LJ xu1 it's not that uncommon
U forgot to mention the gtr xurine they went like the power of piss
CityState Motors Adelaide
How many times have I got to tell you real Aussies say sheds mate.
Agree- but in TH-cam land people search for barn find
Both Adelaide builds
It’s called a barn in the US. It’s a shed find in Australia. Like a commodore in Australia getting a Chevy badge bits still a commodore. Anyway a thumbs down 👎
Cheers for the thumbs down. The rest of the world knows it as a barn and TH-cam is global, this attracts more viewers and in turn helps up pay bills to produce more content…great feedback though.