IF YOU’RE worried that the youngsters of today aren’t getting into street machining, then this bloke – and this car – should set your mind at ease. At just 26 years old, Paul Camilleri is at least half the age of many of us (me included), but he was brought up-right and had the desire to own a Torana from a very young age, purchasing this one five years ago. “I’ve always been around old cars,” Paul says. “My old man has a genuine Barbados Green LH SL/R 5000, so I’ve just always liked them. I said as a kid I wanted a green Torana, but he beat me to it!
“I bought this one sight-unseen from an auction site based in South Australia,” he continues. “I’ve got another Torana at home – an LH that needs a lot of work – but the LX was in pretty good nick, so I was going to give it a quick closed-door respray, tidy it up, give it a quick retrim and drive it. It already had a 253 V8 in it, and I was keen to put a 308 in it. But you know how it is – one thing leads to another.”
Paul approached Phil Xerri from Phil’s Body Repairs about doing paint and panel on the car and was told there was a year-and-a-half wait. So, being an impatient 21-year-old, he started calling around other panel shops, and in the meantime, the car went to Brad from Ultimate Metalworks to have some rust cut out.
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CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
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ANIKA HODGES
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STAGE FRIGHT
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THE Ummmal SUSPECT
FORGET WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT MINI-TRUCKS. THIS SUMMERNATS TOP 60 HILUX IS A PROPER STREET MACHINE
FULLY UTILISED
HARDWOOD ROD & CUSTOM TURNS DARREN ISON'S HAND-ME-DOWN HT INTO A SMOOTH OPERATOR
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
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PEOPLE POWER
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OUT-AND-OUT MAYHEM
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BAD TO THE BONE
THANKS TO HIS SON, ANDY, THE LATE MARIO COLALILLO’S 39 PLYMOUTH COUPE IS BACK ON THE ROAD AND STILL ONE OF THE BADDEST HOT RODS IN THE COUNTRY
THE CHALLENGE IS REAL
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