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5 May 2008 INFO WANTED ON TASSIE TORANA RACE CAR We've had an e-mail from Jon from Hobart who has recently brought a '73 2 door LJ race car which he believes was built in Launceston about 20 years ago and raced at Symmons. Jon is asking if anyone can help him with the history of the car. If so could they please e-mail him HERE. Click on the pics to enlarge.
PERTH BODYWORKS John at the Perth Bodyworks is glad to be involved in the restoration and preservation of Toranas and is offering a 10% discount to TTO registered owners. He can get all fares & spoilers so give him a call on 6398 1009 4 May 2008 All fixed and now back in action. 30 April 2008 It's come to our attention that there's been a problem with our e-mail and we haven't received any e-mails which have been sent for awhile. We are looking into the problem and hope to have it fixed very soon. In the mean time, if you have sent us an e-mail and haven't had a reply please e-mail us HERE 17 April 2008 NEW STICKERS We've just had some new stickers for the rear window printed. They are available in black or white and cost $3 each (postage extra).
15 April 2008 TYRES STOLEN A few weeks ago one or our TTO family had two cars burnt in his car yard at East Ulverstone. The persons responsible also broke into his shed and stole 6 pairs of Yokohama 265 + 245x14x50 tyres which Kainey had recently brought from Yokohama's last production run. Now as I've said before, these tyres are rare as rocking horse shit, so if you hear of any being sold privately they are most likely stolen so please contact the police and give them the info. A9X FOR SALE
All enquiries - Greg Hurd on 0408 138263 or
03 6247 8820 22 February 2008 TYRES Yokohama have recently done a run of one hundred 14x265x50 & 14x245x50 tyres which are due in Australia in April. As most of you know, these size tyres are rare as rocking horse shit, so if you want some you need to pre-order NOW as there's only about 15 or so pairs left unordered. The cost is around $260 for the 265s & $240 for the 245s fully fitted. 20 February 2008 SHANNONS TARGA TASMANIA PROMOTION Shannons are currently running a Targa promotion to win a hot lap around Symmons Plains on Monday, 14 April. Click on the flyer below for details.
POWER FROM THE PAST Power From The Past is on again at Symmons Plains International Raceway, April 12 &13. This was a fantastic event last year so it's a not to be misssed. If you want to enter your car, it costs $30 and you must do so by 15 March. Entry forms wise tickets can be obtained from Ticketmaster by phoning 136 100 or on the net HERE
CAR MAG INFO Check out the current edition of Extreme Holdens magazine which features on very nice hatch on the cover & has a great feature on Torana Fest 2007. 24 January 2008 CAR MAGS The current edition of Just Holdens magazine features a red XU1 on the cover with a great story inside. Also coming from Just Holdens next month is a special A9X 30th anniversary edition, so keep an eye out for that. 2 January 2007 TAS PERFORMANCE CAR FORUM SITE For those interested, check out the new Tas Performance Car forum HERE. I note that a few of our TTO forum junkies have found the site already ;-)
27 December 2007 Our 2008 calendars are now available for $6.50 each. Check out the merchandise section for full details.
30 November 2007 KAINEY'S FEATURE IN THE ADVOCATE'S AUTO GUIDE Check out The Advocate's 30/11/07 Auto Guide featured a write up by Martin Agatyn on Kainie's Toranas by clicking on the thumbnail below.
22 November 2007 TAS TORANA 2008 REGISTERED OWNERS LIST As a request by a number of people, we've added a page which lists 2008 registrations. For confidentiality, only first names (or nick names) are used. 15 November 2007 TAS TORANA OWNERS TV Stay tuned for Tas Torana Owners TV which will be provided through youtube.com. This will provide a more visual aspect to out web site by allowing everyone to see film clips from our events plus other fun stuff in the very near future. For those registered who would like to post some of your own Torana clips here, please let us know, however it must be legal! 30 October 2007 SOUTHERN CONTACT Tim Sullivan has put his hand up to be our Southern co-ordinator which is fantastic, so we now have all the state covered. Tim can be contacted on 0417 105 416. 17 October 2007 MERCHANDISE We've had a fantastic response to our merchandise with everyone who has seen the items giving us excellent feed back which is very good to hear. A BIG thanks has to go to Brad & Deb who organised it all which is greatly appreciated. Anyone who orders items will not be disappointed with the quality! SHANNONS CAR EXPO The expo was a good day and stay tuned for pics from the event. What was really great is that we picked up 8 registrations on the day with a few others intending to register which was fantastic. Thanks to Tim for drumming up business for us as it's greatly appreciated (Brad was wondering about your persuasive powers!!!). As we now have a few registered with us in Hobart, it would be great if someone would co-ordinate the southern part of our group. Tim or Eddie??????? TORANAS ON THE ROAD I'm now traveling from the NW / North to Hobart on a regular basis as my work requires and I thought it would be interesting to let people know of Toranas that I see on the trip. On the way down I saw a black LX 4 door parked at Brighton and as I needed to stop to get some things so I parked next to the beast and noticed one of our TTO sticker on the rear passengers door window. I went into the shop where I saw I likely Torana owner and introduced myself to Peter who had attended the Shannons Expo on the Sunday. Nice beast with a Chev 350 stroked to 383 donk! Waiting on receiving your registration Peter!!!!! On the way home, I spotted a red UC hatch driven by an elderly couple on the Bridgewater bridge that looked in very nice original condition. I also saw a 'P' plater driving a white over mandarin red LX 4 door near Westbury which looked to be in reasonable nick. If anyone else spots a Torana in their travels please let us know. 13 October 2007 2008 CALENDAR We are organising a 2008 calendar which will feature pics of our 2007 registered owners. The calendar will feature pics of 2007 registered owners cars which we have. If we don't have a pic of your car on the site under 'Our Cars', please send us in a pic by the end of October and it will be included on the calendar. 9 October 2007 MERCHANDISE We now have polo shirts, vests,
coats & hats which we have to say look very good. You can even have you
name added to what ever you purchase which gives that personal touch & helps
create the family environment we endorse. Please Note that we only
keep a limited amount of stock, so orders may take up to 3 weeks to fill. 2008 REGISTRATION Just a reminder that 2008 registrations are now due and to register please complete the form HERE. Just for information, we had 46 registered for 2007 which was excellent and so far for 2008 we already have 15. 2007/08 REGISTERED ENTITLEMENTS For those wondering where there DVD & stickers are, they are in the post this week & we apologise for the delay. A9X HATCH FOR SALE Want an A9X hatch & you have the dollars, here's something that might interest you as the rest of us can only drool! Check it out HERE 29 August 2007 MERCHANDISE Tas Torana Owner stickers + the DVD are now available from our Merchandise section - HERE 23 July 2007 GOOD NEWS ON TYRES Most people will know by now that tyres for our cars have become virtually impossible to find in Australia. The main problem is around the 14 x 245 & 265/50series but even the 15" is now in the same bracket and there's also difficulties with 13" tyres. I know some members have brought tyres direct from the US at a premium price which is about double what you would normally pay here much to their frustration. So I was very happy to hear that Antique Tyres in Melbourne are in the process of gearing up to produce 13" & 14" tyres to suit the mighty Torana. Check out their website - www.antiquetyres.com.au or give Ben Mc Kinnon @ their shop call on 9458 4433. I understand that the tyre prices will be reasonably priced for todays market. FORUM It's great to see the forum starting to really get going over the past couple of months. To be honest I can't keep up with all the dialog & I know that I'm not the only one with the same problem which is a good problem to have! There's a couple of ladies (Yvonne & Keli) who are responsible although Eddie isn't doing too bad either! PJ (sshatch) is our main administrator of the forum with yours truly (Eagle) assisting and we'd encourage any feedback, suggestions to improve etc. Just a reminder that all our official run info is on the 'Events' section on our main site, but info will be also put up on the Forum where comments & suggestions are welcomed. Please read the Forum rules which has recently been put up. TTO STICKERS & T-SHIRTS We are currently working on stickers & t-shirts so stay tuned! THE ULTIMATE TORANA LOVERS BBQ Here it is on Ebay - http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300132892246&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:11 - I want one!!!!!! 13 July 2007 NW MUSCLE CAR CLUB The NW Muscle Car Club has recently been formed and it costs nothing to join, just a gold coin donation is requested on runs. If you wish to join, please contact Jason or Natasha Crack on 0417 739 828. Their next run is to Marrawah or Arthur River on Saturday August 4, meeting up at the foreshore carpark in Wynyard (near the pool) @ 8.00am. Lunch is a BBQ. Contact Jason or Natasha if you need more info. TARGA 2008 Got an XU1? Want to enter Targa next year in an XU1 team? Contact Brian Dermott on 0419 381 270
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