THESE days, we see so many pro street Torana builds geared towards drag racing that it’s easy to forget the Torana legend was in fact forged in the win-on-Sunday, sell-on-Monday world of touring car racing. The LX platform was particularly successful, scoring back-to-back Australian Touring Car Championships and Bathurst 1000 wins, the latter of which is regarded as the most dominant Bathurst win of all time.
One bloke who certainly hasn’t forgotten about the Torana’s roundy-roundy pedigree is Melbourne’s John Szwede. His beautifully turned-out LX SS hatch is built to tackle spirited drives on Aussie B-roads, tarmac rallies and track days, just as The General intended. But despite the Torana’s undeniable Aussie motorsport prowess, and even though his car had already been fitted with an
