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- Holden has gone back to the future, restoring its very first concept car -- the 1969 Holden Hurricane.
www.holden.com.au/holden-innov...
The futuristic research vehicle described as an experiment "to study design trend, propulsion systems and other long range developments" has been restored to its former glory as a labour of love by a dedicated group of Holden designers and engineers.
Code named RD 001; the Hurricane is a mid-engined, rear-wheel drive, two-seater sports car which incorporates a remarkable array of innovative features and technology, much of it way ahead of its time.
Features include:
electronic digital instrument displays,
station-seeking radio,
automatic temperature control air conditioning,
rear vision camera
automated route finder
Holden Hurricane goes on show to the public for the first time at Motorclassica, Melbourne, October 21-23 - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
My father is Donald Daharsh that helped with this car as well as many, many more. GO DAD!!!! So proud of you!!!! Your two daughters Love you!!!!!!!!!!
I would totally drive this. And it doesn't even look like it was made in 1969. It looks like it was made 20 years later. Can't believe they only made one of these
Very nice car it's like the Australian version of the Lamborghini and Ferrari people around the world would be saying bloody hell Australia knows how to build cars
Love it...go Holden! The headlights, the rear blinkers, BRILLIANT!
I remember seeing this in the Holden Musuem in Echuca back in the early 90's
It was just sitting in a corner neglected. I am glad they pulled it out and fixed it up.
Worked in Holden Engineering Dept well after this car was conceived but remember hearing stories from the the old tradies about how many tipped their own time into this cars being well after their normal daily shift had finished. Such was their passion for this cars existence . . . . that was Holden then . . . remember those times forever as the old Fishermans bend plant is pulled apart . . . Golden Holden memories
Brett Murray
Did you work on the 3-LJ GTR V8 Prototypes in 1972 ? have you any Photos of them etc and do you recall who bought the Pink and White LJ GTR Prototypes, the Orange one was Converted back to a 6 Cyl and Tendered in Feb 1975 and Brewster and Maddern in Kyabram won the Tender.
Are they actually going to tear it down or will it be repurposed for something else?....something I worry about with the Elizabeth plant I worked at for 10 years...they just seem in an awful hurry to take away any chance of using them again when they have so much potential.
THIS CAR IS AMAZING. i just wish it was a mass produced model. its fucking gorgeous. a modernized version of that car would be phenomenal
the way those eyelids drop - dope!
I sat in this car at the Lilydale Show back in 1969 or 1970 it was awesome had a TV camera for reversing we thought it was straight out of the Future.
Also agree - angles in the front looks like the lambo , but the lights duping in ( priceless)
Oh YES! One of my favourite concept cars ever, well done to the team. :-D I'll second the desire to see this in Forza 4, along with some other classic Holdens.
one of the first, if not the fist car to have a reversing camera
100% would buy this. looks amazing and Aussie!!
Those are some beautiful concepts.
@mmciau The team were able to source those wheels from Dunlop in the UK. They are an exact match for the originals
I love this kind of styling and wish it would come back in some form
This has to be one of the coolest things I've seen this year! Check out all those gadgets in the car not to mention the cool pop DOWN lights!
Damn straight! I used to own a '69 LC XU1. Mighty fine pocket rocket :)
This needs to be on Jay Leno's Garage.
Now its time for a all new Hurricane made with the latest and greatest Technologies and materials
Such a sexy piece of machinery and innovation.
What a beauty))
That's a gel coat with glitter added. Most commonly seen on speedboats from the early 70s, on cars, not so much. (glitter gel coating was invented in South Australia, btw)
Mr Regular should check out those headlights
Congrats,lovely to see it bought back to it's former glory.Must have been a wild time for you blokes back then.Doing the Hurricane,organising the Torana six and getting the HQ sorted.Opportunity missed however with the GTR/X Torana. I reckon.the punters would have gone nuts for it over the Datsun 240Z.Congrats again for the resto job.Be proud of yourselves for the original 1969 effort and the preservation of something special.
they should just make a bunch of them and sell them
those are some killer headlights, love it
This might be the next home build hobby car. We can only hope. At least I want it here in the good ole USA too.
they way those headlights showed up out of no where was freaking sweet
This car should have gone in production. I remember starting school and seeing it on TV
Then wandering for years what happened to it.
Fark yeah!
all i have to say is this is one sexy car
what a beautiful work of art!
If only I could buy one!
about time they did somthing new like this .......
Id love to buy one of those. To bad they probably aren't going to be made. awesome car.
Those drop down light covers are very cool.
I remember this car as a 10 year old.It was an absolute incredible car for it's time and has aged wonderfully.Back then there was Lambo ,Ferrari,Ford and a few others that made cars like the Muira and GT40,wow factor cars.Then Holden brings out their Hurricane concept car , a home grown WOW factor car,how good was that.The Hurricane toured the Show circuit in each state and I got to see it.Thinking of it today, This car should have been put in production then with a 253/308/350 option,and a Repco 5000 motor for A Le Mans car.Today it should be produced in carbon fibre or alloy with a 6.2 n/a v8 with the 6.2SC option.It is still a modern design and not dated.
A current 6.2 v8 wouldn't suit this car if it was built today as the 6.2 is a pushrod v8 and is such old technology. They should have used dohc 32 valve v8s in the Commodores and that's what you would expect in a car like this
I wish this is what cars looked like today!
That thing is sexy. It's great to see another classic being cared for.
this car is fantastic...
DEM HEADLIGHS
Holy shit, never saw much of this concept car before, looks awesome, and rare, too!!
THIS IS JUST AWESOME TO SEE! WHAT A CAR!
The backing track is as catchy as the car! Like Borat once said ..... "IS NIIIICE!"
NOW THAT IS STOKED
To me the body resembles the Nova kit car from England, sold in Oz as the Purvis Eureka and the Scorpion in Godzone.
this holden looks badass
I freakin' LOVE the headlights! Not too big a fan of the back tires being covered up though, and I image getting inside would take some getting used to lol.
@Gigsy63 Hi - we were able to do this through the annotations feature by creating the hotspots and just adding the links
this is fabulous. GM Make this car!
the real batmobile of the 60's
That thing is beautiful
Good to see that it is still shod with the Dunlop M Series tyres!!
mike
beast
Please release one.. It looks so cool, todays cars are either super cars that look really boring or boring cars that look really boring.. Its cool af we need something like this
That is so cool
thats pretty damn awesome
very nice!
Dear Holden, I have a spare flux capacitor for sale...Would go awesome in this Hurricane..Make an offer!
I imagine Holden have a warehouse somewhere full of toys like this, :drool:
One word said it all. SEXY!
@TheFeralHunter The Purvis Eureak was released in 1974, The Hurricane was built in 1969.
this is a cool car.. they should take the concept and merge it with modern technology and make a beast car
very cool
I like it!
I just want one!
+Holden very nice cars(:
unreal.
@TrueBlueAustralian This is the original car - it had a ground up restoration
It would look amazing and futuristic until you had the bad luck to flip the car and nobody was around to unflip it.
Congrats from the REAL ROCKY!!!
cool car
like a boss...
I want one!
a magnificant innovative new design taking research to a whole new level,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and its even got a 253 :p hahaha love it
Epic
Absolutely a stunning vehicle!!! Far ahead of its time. Would love to see this car back in production. Visually it rivals a Ferrari or Lamborghini.
still looks awesome today. great work.. too bad they never sold them.. like every other concept car people want to buy.
Flacco works for Holden, haha, who knew!!!
beautiful car..... has anyone thought of redesigning the door's + roof for the today's markets........I'll Buy it, only if it a Holden.
WOW what a crazy car. Looks better then the current GM crap.
'70s Holdens were pretty awesome, too, as were the early '70s Valiant Chargers.....fun fact about the Chargers for those who don't know, btw:
It's most powerful engine....was a Slant Six.....with Hemi heads! Something you wouldn't have seen in America, I don't think. =D
@whatmarc The ignition switch is on the right side of the steering column on all the major brands in Australia and they turn clockwise. Australia did not adopt the metric system until 1974 although some manufactures used metric measurements to display engine capacity.
look how fast the head light covers opened wow what a weapon . holden should of twin turbo charged it =super car ,the GTRX was more well known . but this is oh so sexy
@TheKrcy 1. designed and built as a one-off prototype 2. Australian built, which automatically means RHD. 3. Holden already build cars for Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, China, America, England. You just don't hear about them because they wear different badges outside Australia
looks great, yes they need to rebuild for production the rear of the car could use some remodelling though... Still thumbs up. I would buy one. insted of the Lotus Elise
this was very ahead of its time and still looks good and a reckon its worth looking into a modern version as a holden supercar that not based of something american
I wish they would at least make a DIY build kit of this car like they do with the cobra and that kind of car...
It may now be time to build a Hurricane MkII... Would be very interesting to see what Holden could come up with.
OMG.. I'm long time big fan of Lamborghini Countach, and this car have same front as my favorite Lambo... I did not know that...
Saw it today at the Melbourne Motorclassica show, looks good but the wouldn't put the top down.
The slant six was developed in the U.S actually (225 cubic inch). The Chrysler
Valiant was made in the U.S and in Australia. The Valiant pacer was the Dodge Dart there. The 245 and 265 in line six was the Aussie super engines. They had the Hemi heads.
The V8 in that thing sounds infinitely better than any SS I've ever heard.
There were design rules in 1992 brought in that meant that the very large bongo an HK Monaro could belt out a rhythm on was no longer legal to comply to noise levels. Maximum drive by sound levels at 60km/h were 92 decibels. The average car alarm puts out 100-110 decibels. In the Hurricane's day, two stock hotdog mufflers would have probably been legal on a V8
I WANT ONE.
Sweet looking car! It's too bad it never made production, even limited production.
OMG W0W! :o
@whatmarc No,Australia didnt go metric till the early 70's..and with the ignition switch,they must have set it up like that,because all Holdens ignition switches turn clockwise,same as any other car.
So the 19 dislikers must be fans of the soon to be a memory Ford Falcon.
Fair enough, cheers.
@fuzzjunky ...yeah...only a baby V8...I learnt to drive in a HQ Kingswood station wagon that was powered by a 253