| Date of Introduction: |
March 1974 |
| Total Number Built: |
71,408 |
| Models Available: |
S (4 & 6 cylinder)
SL (4 & 6 cylinder)
SL/R (6 cylinder & V8) |
| Engines Available: |
1.9 litre (1900), 4 cylinder
2.8 litre (2850), 6 cylinder (173ci)
3.3 litre (3300), 6 cylinder (202ci)
4.2 litre, V8 (253ci)
5.0 litre, V8 (308ci)
5.0 litre, L34 V8 (308ci) |
| Transmissions Available: |
3-speed manual (6 cylinder)
4-speed manual (4 cylinder & V8)
3-speed automatic (4 & 6 cylinder, V8) |
| Differential Ratios: |
4 cylinder (1900) - 3.9 manual, 3.55 auto
6 cylinder (2850) - 3.36 manual, 2.78 auto
6 cylinder (3300) - 3.08 manual, 2.78 auto
V8 (4.2) - 2.78 manual, 2.78 auto
V8 (5.0) - 2.78 manual, 2.78 auto |
| Brakes: |
Front:
S models - drums
SL & SL/R models - discs (254mm)
L34 model - discs (276mm)
Rear:
S, SL & SL/R models - drums (228mm)
L34 model - drums (254mm) |
| Instruments / Controls: |
S & SL models:
Speedo, odometer, fuel gauge, foot-operated park-brake, brake warning
light, hi-beam indicator, turn signal indicator, generator warning
light, oil pressure warning light, temperature warning light
SL/R models:
Speedo, odometer, fuel gauge, foot-operated park-brake, brake warning
light, hi-beam indicator, turn signal indicator, battery charge gauge,
oil pressure gauge, temperature gauge, tachometer |
| Interior Dimensions: |
Front leg room: 1021mm (40.2 inches)
Rear leg room: 879mm (34.6 inches)
Front headroom: 937mm (36.9 inches)
Rear headroom: 922mm (36.3 inches)
Front shoulder room: 1379mm (54.3 inches)
Rear shoulder room: 1369mm (53.9 inches)
Glass area: 23,835 sq. cm (3695.5 sq. in.) |
| Exterior Dimensions: |
Total length: 4493mm (176.9 inches)
Total width: 1704mm (67.1 inches)
Total height: 1328mm (52.3 inches)
Wheelbase: 2586mm (101.8 inches)
Front track: 1400mm (55.1 inches)
Rear track: 1372mm (54 inches)
Kerb weight: 1143 - 1183kg (2520 - 2609lb)
Turning circle: 10.97m (36 ft.)
Fuel tank capacity: 55 litres (12 gallons)
Cargo capacity: .31 cu. mt (10.8 cu. ft.) |
| Prices at time of introduction: |
S 1900 4-door sedan - $3,105
SL 1900 4-door sedan - $3,375
S 2850 4-door sedan - $3,205
SL 2850 4-door sedan - $3,545
SL/R 3300 4-door sedan - $3,915
SL/R 4.2L 4-door sedan - $4,046
SL/R 5.0L 4-door sedan - $4,415
Options:
Trimatic option - $275 (S & SL), $165 (SL/R)
4.2L V8 (over 3300) - $131
5.0L V8 (with SL/R 5000 option kit) - approx $500
(depending on tyres & transmission) |
Body Codes
| MODEL |
CODE |
BODY |
ENGINE |
| S |
8UG69 |
Four-door |
Four |
| SL |
8UH69 |
Four-door |
Four |
| S |
8VB69 |
Four-door |
Six |
| SL |
8VC69 |
Four-door |
Six |
| S |
8VB69 |
Four-door |
V8 |
| SL |
8VC69 |
Four-door |
V8 |
| SL/R3300 |
8VD69 |
Four-door |
Six |
| SL/R4200 |
8VD69 |
Four-door |
V8 |
| SL/R5000 |
8VD69 |
Four-door |
V8 |
| L34 |
8VD69 |
Four-door |
V8 |
Paint Codes
| PAINT NAME |
BERGER/DULUX ICI CODE |
GMH CODE |
PAINT TYPE |
| Absinth Yellow |
1886//15949 |
1D008 |
Solid |
| Casino Blue |
/17297 |
1B022 |
Solid |
| Chamois |
1887/15950 |
1G009 |
Solid |
| Cotillion White |
/15951 |
1J007 |
Solid |
| Durham Beige |
/15952 |
1G016 |
Solid |
| Jamaica Lime |
/17342 |
1C038 |
Solid |
| Nutria |
/15956 |
1G029 |
Solid |
| Antelope |
1894/15940 |
2G006 |
Metallic |
| Claret |
/15941 |
2F004 |
Metallic |
| Contessa Golde |
1896/ |
2D002 |
Metallic |
| Cyclamen |
/15942 |
2A003/15943 |
Metallic |
| Deauville Blue |
/15944 |
2B016 |
Metallic |
| Jade Green |
/15945 |
2C010 |
Metallic |
| Persian Sand |
1925/ |
2G024 |
Metallic |
| Satin Mist |
/30183 |
2J007/15947 |
Metallic |
| Sepia |
/15948 |
2G026 |
Metalli |
| Mandarin Red |
1890/15953 |
1F072 |
Solid |
Trim Codes
| TRIM NAME |
GMH TRIM CODE |
TRIM CODE |
| Dove Grey |
|
17055/17084/17210 |
| Slate Black |
|
|
| Jade |
|
17054/17263 |
| Chamois |
1821-19X |
17053/17214 |
| Gazelle |
|
17052/17215 |
Source: www.gmh-torana.com
LH TORANA
The LH Torana, announced in March 1974, was Holden's first all Australian
medium car. Earlier Toranas had varied from pure Vauxhall to Australian
variations on the English chassis. However, the new LH Torana series was
almost a HQ built on a smaller scale.
With all mechanical and body parts Australian designed and built (except
the Opel sourced 1900 four cylinder engine), this series was the first
Holden to be offered with four, six or eight cylinder engines. It was also
one of the few cars in the world so built. The MGB, Mustang, 1970's Capri
and, later, the Australian V-series Commodore and Chevrolet Camaro were
among the others.
The LH was designed as a replacement of the long wheel base six cylinder
LC and LJ series and the six cylinder version accounted for the bulk of
the sales. The new car capitalized on the previous series' strong points
such as good power to weight ratio, good handling, solid build and
reliability. The new, contemporary body gave more interior room than the
previous Toranas and also had many improvements in body serviceability
with bigger, stronger bumpers and bolt on front sheet metal (previous
models had front guards and aprons welded on).
The model lineup consisted of a four door sedan in three trim levels. The
entry car was the Torana S, next came the Torana SL and then the Torana
SL/R. The S and SL were available with four, six or eight cylinder engines
(up to 4.2 litre) while the SL/R came with the 3300 six as standard
equipment and both V8s optional. A wagon version of the LH reached the
prototype stage, however it did not make it to the production line.
When the SL/R was optioned with the 5.0 litre V8, it was badged the SL/R
5000 and was identified by large front and rear air dams (spoilers) and
SL/R 5000 decals on the front guards and on the rear spoiler (note: no
wheel arch flares, alloy or sports wheels). This car, in pre production
form, was known as the GTR XU-2. (The XU-2 tag was not used for the
stillborn LJ V8, as is commonly thought).
For touring car racing, and Bathurst in particular, Holden released the
Torana SL/R 5000 L34 option package in mid 1974. If you thought the normal
SL/R 5000 was a quick car, the L34 was something else again! Externally,
it could be identified by bolt on wheel arch flares and bigger 14 x 6
steel rally wheels, but the real news was under the bonnet. The motor was
based on the standard 5.0 litre (308) block, with stronger rods and
pistons, heads with modified ports and bigger valves, roller rockers, two
piece tubular exhaust headers, modified inlet manifold and twin coil /
twin point ignition. It ran a high pressure fuel pump with the standard
Rochester Q-jet carby modified with a manual choke. Additionally available
on this engine was the so called High Output package. This was full on
racetrack gear with an engine oil cooler, an even larger camshaft, a
780cfm vacuum secondary Holley carburetor and other minor modifications.
The drive train consisted of the GM-H M21 four speed box, fine spline
heavy duty rear axles, HQ 10 inch rear drum brakes and 11 inch ventilated
front discs, both with the HQ wheel stud pattern. Other external
appearance changes were the deletion of the black stripe on the front
guards and also the sill panels and rear beaver panel were no longer
painted black. In addition, the rubber bumper bar strips, boot mat and
centre console were not fitted.
As for the rest of the range, the four cylinder models had seven inch
round headlights and a different grille from that of the six cylinder and
V8 cars. All the sixes and eights had rectangular headlights except the
L34, which had the same seven inch round items as the four cylinder cars.
The engine lineup consisted of the 1900cc four cylinder cam in head unit,
imported from Opel in Germany, through to the Holden six cylinder 2250
(export only), 2850 and 3300 Red engines, carried over from the LJ and HQ
(called 173 and 202 in the HQ). The V8s were the 4.2 and 5.0 litre
powerplants straight from the larger cars (called the 253 and 308 in the
HQ), while the L34 5.0 litre was exclusive to the LH.
Manual and auto transmissions were all off the shelf GM-H components from
LJ and HQ models. The SL/R 5000 was only available with the M21 four speed
floor shift manual. The gearbox initially used behind the Opel 1900 engine
was the Australian M20 four speed with an extended shift linkage due to
its different mounting location. This was replaced in early 1975 with the
MC6 Filipino built Torquemaster four speed with its internal shift linkage
(Australian built manual transmission had linkages that were externally
mounted). Differential were all Holden banjo style units, mounted as in
the LJ and HQ series with four trailing arm links and coil springs.
The S model had a front bench seat and nine inch drum brakes all round and
fairly basic trim and instrumentation. The SL had front bucket seats,
carpeting, walnut grain dash, clock, power front disc brakes and rubber
bumper bar strips. The SL/R gained full instrumentation, radial ply tyres,
rally striping and a four speed floor shift manual (lesser models had a
three speed column manual, with the four speed manual and the Trimatic
auto both optional).
There were two limited build fixed option packages offered in the LH.
Early 1975 saw the Torana G-Pak. This was similar to the HQ SS and came as
a Torana S with a 3300 engine, M20 four speed transmission, power front
discs, front bucket seats, SL/R instrumentation and wheel trims and
exclusive G-Pak striping and badging. It was available in three colours
only (red, yellow and green).
Late 1975 saw the Plus 4. this package was introduced to provide sales
interest in the four cylinder range and came with front bucket seats, full
carpeting, clock and power front disc brakes. It was identified by large
'Plus 4' decals on the rear guards and rear panel and 'Torana' decals on
the front apron and rear panel. It was offered only in red, yellow or
green with colour coded SL/R type wheel trims. The front and rear bumpers
were painted black to match the wide side striping.
As with the LC and LJ, the LH was made in left hand drive form for export,
in S and SL versions only.
MINOR FEATURES
Lion logo (badge) features first major redesign since 1948.
Torana S model actually had no S badge.
Seating featured new foam filled design in lieu of Z springs.
Underdash, foot operated parking brake on all models.
New heater / demister design with fan boosted fresh ventilation.
Factory fitted fully integrated Frigidaire air conditioning (HQ style)
optional on all models.
Six and V8 cars had T-O-R-A-N-A letters spread separately across front
apron panel and boot lid.
four cylinder cars had an LJ / TA style Torana badge on rear panel between
tail lights and also on left hand lower grille (except Plus 4).
Fuel tank and lines underslung separately and mounted externally for
safety.
six cylinder manuals used HQ style mechanical clutch linkage.
four cylinder and V8s used cable type clutch.
Left hand drive cars had a hydraulic clutch.
S and SL used two spoke HJ style steering wheel and SL/R used GTS three
spoke item.
Steering column was HQ / LJ design with combination ignition and steering
lock.
Glass area increased 35 per cent over LJ.
13 x 4.5 wheels on all models except SL/R.
13 x 5.5 wheels on SL/R (not L34) and optional on others.
14 x 6 inch rally wheels on L34 (these wheels are HQ / HJ GTS units offset
one inch further outwards).
HJ style international symbols and graphic on instruments and controls.
L34 gearbox had normal M21 ratios of HQ / HJ 308 four speed, later cars
used a closer ratio version with 2.32 1st gear (this box can be identified
by the cluster gear part number 9939484).
Six and V8 engines painted regular HK engine red.
1900 engines painted black.
DIMENSIONS
IMPERIAL METRIC
FUEL TANK ... 12 GALLONS ... 55 LITRES
WHEELBASE ... 101.8 INCHES ... 2586 mm
TRACK (FRONT) ... 55 INCHES ... 1400 mm
TRACK (FRONT L34) ... 57.2 INCHES ... 1453 mm
TRACK (REAR) ... 54 INCHES ... 1372 mm
TRACK (REAR L34) ... 56.1 INCHES ... 1425 mm
HEIGHT ... 54 INCHES ... 1372 mm
WIDTH ... 67.1 INCHES ... 1704 mm
LENGTH ... 176.9 INCHES ... 4493 mm
PRODUCTION
DOMESTIC ... 60 539
EXPORT (WHOLE) ... 258
EXPORT (CKD) ... 9 387
TOTAL ... 70 184
ENGINE
COMP.
RATIO OUTPUT ENG.NO.
PREFIX
1900 LC
(EXPORT) 8.6 100 BHP Y
1900 HC 9.0 102 BHP Y
2250 LC
(EXPORT) 7.8 90 BHP HC
2250 HC
(EXPORT) 9.2 95 BHP HB
2850 LC 8.3 112 BHP HE
2850 HC 9.4 118 BHP HD
3300 LC
(EXPORT) 7.8 129 BHP HM
3300 HC 9.4 135 BHP HL
4.2 V8 9.0 185 BHP HR
5.0 V8 9.0 240 BHP HT
5.0 V8 9.7 250 BHP HT
5.0 L34 V8 9.8 240+ BHP HZ
TRANSMISSION
SPEED SHIFT POS OTHER
MC6 4 MAN FLOOR EXPORT
M15 3 MAN COL RHD
MC2 3 MAN COL LHD
M20 4 MAN FLOOR AUST
M21 4 MAN FLOOR 5.0
M21 4 MAN FLOOR 5.0 L34
M40 3 AUTO FLOOR
/ COL TRIMATIC
FINAL DRIVE
BANJO - 2.78, 3.08, 3.36, 3.55, 3.90
LIMITED SLIP OPT
MODELS AND RELEASE DATES
MODEL CODE OPTION RELEASED AVAILABLE
UNTIL PRICE AT
RELEASE
TORANA S 1900 8UG69 - 4 MAR 1974 LX - FEB 1976 -
TORANA PLUS 4 8UG69 A8L 29 AUG 1975 LIMITED RUN $4525
TORANA SL 1900 8UH69 - 4 MAR 1974 LX - FEB 1976 -
TORANA S (6/V 8VB69 - 4 MAR 1974 LX - FEB 1976 $3205 (2850)
TORANA SL (6/V 8VC69 - 4 MAR 1974 LX - FEB 1976 -
TORANA G PAK (I) 8VC69 XV1 12 FEB 1975 LIMITED RUN $4983
TORANA G PAK (II) 8VC69 XV1 5 NOV 1975 LIMITED RUN $4983
TORANA SLR 8VD69 - 4 MAR 1974 LX - FEB 1976 -
TORANA SLR 5000 8VD69 XU2 4 MAR 1974 LX - FEB 1976 $4415
TORANA SLR 5000 L34 8VD69 L34 JUL 1974 LIMITED RUN - 260 $6609
PAINT CODES
GMH DULON BERGER TYPE
ABSINTH YELLOW 1886 15949 1D008 SOLID
CASINO BLUE 17297 1B022 SOLID
CHARMOIS 1887 15950 1G009 SOLID
COTILLION WHITE 15951 1J007 SOLID
DURHAM BEIGE 15952 1G016 SOLID
JAMAICA LIME 17342 1C038 SOLID
MANDARIN RED 1890 15953 1F072 SOLID
NUTRIA 15956 1G029 SOLID
ANTELOPE 1894 15940 2G006 METALLIC
CLARET 15941 2F004 METALLIC
CONTESSA GOLDE 1896 2D002 METALLIC
CYCLAMEN 15942 2A003 METALLIC
DEAUVILLE BLUE 15944 2B016 METALLIC
JADE GREEN 15945 2C010 METALLIC
PERSIAN SAND 1925 2G024 METALLIC
SAFRON 15823 METALLIC
SATIN MIST 30183 2J007 METALLIC
SEPIA 15948 2G026 METALLIC
TRIM CODES
GMH TRIM CODE TRIM CODE
DOVE GREY 17055 / 17084 / 17210
SLATE BLACK
JADE 17054 / 17263
CHARMOIS 1821-19X 17053 / 17214
GAZELLE 17052 / 17215
CHESTNUT 1881-66X
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