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Probably one of the better known modified Toranas, my SLR 8000 Torana (Litre8) has been around since 1992 and in that time has won many prestigious awards. The apparent popularity of the car is testament to the fact that people just love high-powered race bred style cars in Torana form.
This web site, with approximately 100 photos and quite a bit of text, attempts to cover the car's history and development from purchase to present.
The list of awards and achievements that Litre8 has earned over the years is fairly long (thirty four at last count) but here's a recap of some of the more significant ones:-
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Engineered Street Machine at Summernats (Twice)
Judge's Personal
Choice at Summernats
Voted (by
Street Machine Magazine) as one of the 20 most influential
Australian Street Machines (1981-2001)
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Engineered Street Machine, Hot Adelaide Show (Twice)
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Engineered, Melbourne Custom Car Show
Cover of
Street Machine Magazine (Twice)
Entrants Choice - Modified LX, 2004 Torana Nationals
At Wakefield Park, November 2004 (Video courtesy of Pat)
More Wakefield Park, November 2004 (Pics courtesy of Brendon Thorne & Street Machine Magazine)
Enjoying the Torana
Nationals in 2004 at HPDC, Queensland. (Pics courtesy of DJ and
Luke, video courtesy of Kerri).
Enjoying the
Canberra countryside - Summer Nationals 1992.
Driver training/testing
day at Sandown (Pics courtesy of Rob)
Taking part
in SM Magazine's '25years of Holdens' at Phillip Island in late 1994, not a
great day. The dizzy broke the rotor, allowing it to spin freely
on the shaft, putting a halt to the track activities. The upside
was that it poured with rain later in the day when Lowndes was
doing the laps in each car. He had a few moments and spins so I
was almost glad mine was on the trailer. I completed the photo
session with SM magazine at that year's Summernats where we went
to Canberra's drag strip to get the 'smokin' photos. The mint XU-1
parked in front was Leon O'Brien's, a brilliant restoration (used
a poor man's rotisserie to do the full shell preparation, lead
only wiping was used) running a Tate built 202. This car had a
few offs during the wet Lowndes session, it really was bucketing
down. I think Leon had to change his underwear after those laps. There are some pics of Leon's car here and
here. To the surprise of many Leon sold the car not long afterwards (to somewhere in WA)
and he is now an FE and grey motor devotee. 
Enjoying Northbourne
Avenue and the parklands at the Summernats in Canberra, when this
activity was still legal!
Original sales invoice for the car
(c) Litre8 Productions 2004
