HOLDEN’S Torana hatch wasn’t hugely popular. In fact, only around 8000 of them were made, so the ones that remain on roads today are a bit special. And with NASCAR power and a Summernats Top 60 berth to its credit, Blake Evans’s example is even more precious.
This Canary Yellow LX is not the first of Blake’s builds to have achieved ’Nats success. “I had a lime-green LC Torana GTR that we took to Summernats 30,” he says. “It was a street-type car – stone chips included – but my aim was to get it into the Top 60. I gave it a bit of a tidy-up and fixed up a few things that I knew weren’t to the right standard.” The result? “Yep, Top 60! I was pretty happy with that!”
After ticking that box with the GTR,