![]() ![]() These local components replaced the previously imported Vauxhall items. A collapsible steering column was now fitted, together with a new recessed instrument cluster, new indicator switch, and new steering wheel borrowed from the contemporary full-sized Holden. However, the Vauxpedia website, after extensive research with Vauxhall, says that, in fact the 4-door was designed in England, to compete with Ford’s four-door Escort, and both Holden and Vauxhall made their own body panels for their respective Torana and Viva versions. The model lineup now included a four-door sedan which some claim was developed in Australia, with four-door bodies shipped back to the UK to be constructed and sold as the Viva. ![]() This featured locally made body panels, replacing the imported bodies of the original HB. In September 1968, the '69 Torana' was released, sometimes called the HB Series II. An automatic transmission was not available on this model. The Brabham also included wider wheel rims and red-wall tyres, power-assisted front disc brakes as standard, different badging, and black body accents. Together with the low-restriction exhaust system, this boosted the power to 79 bhp (59 kW 80 PS). The Brabham Torana's engine was based on the Series 70, but twin CD Zenith-Stromberg carburettors with sports air cleaners were fitted. A 'sports' model was also released in October 1967, called the 'Brabham' Torana, named in honour of the well-respected Australian race-car driver, Sir Jack Brabham. ![]() Power-assisted front disc brakes were standard when this engine was used, and the automatic transmission option was now no longer available with the standard 56 bhp (42 kW 57 PS) engine. This engine had a higher compression ratio, a higher-lift camshaft, and a single CD Zenith-Stromberg carburettor, which boosted output to 69 bhp (51 kW 70 PS). In early 1968, a 'Series 70' engine option - equivalent to the ‘90’ option for the British Vauxhall Viva - was added. ![]()
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