This 1974 Holden Torana SL/R 5000 L34 is a bit like that attractive girl you’ve already known for yonks before you ‘officially’ start dating. You think you know her well when you start going out, but it’s not until you’re well-and-truly hitched that her past is fully revealed.
Gary Bartlett had known and coveted this car for 21 years before he finally bought it in 2005. It was another two years before he discovered surprising details of its early life.
No skeletons in this closet, though. When Bartlett went digging a decade ago he learned the L34 he had long lusted after played a significant part in the famous model’s racing history – as we will explain over the following pages.
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