This would be good

Vauxhall Victor FC,.. needs to be dropped some what more, and some nice euro split rims,.. but looks like it could have potential :

Found one!

Sounds interesting!
Shame we didn't get the Opel Diplomat over here... Some of those had 5 litre V8s in!

I have a list too...

I can see the headlines:

"Internet Retro Car Forum Ruined my Bank Account and Driveway"...

The Holden "red" motor is basically the same as the Cresta 3.3 six. We had them from 1963 to 1986 and they come in 149 cubic inch, 161ci, 173ci, 179ci (this was the early hot one, it had a steel crank and the "HP" version is quite sought after), 186ci (3.0 litre), and 202ci (3.3litre). The last 3.3s were fuel injected, and there was a 186S which was fitted to the XU1 Torana and had multiple Stromberg CDs. My father had a 186S, Saginaw 4 speed, and Monaro disc front end and heavy duty rear end in a FJ Holden in the 70s.

The first Holden which was pinched from Vauxhall was the Torana which was a rebadged HB Viva. The next Torana was locally designed and had 4 or 6 cylinder engines, later Toranas had V8s as options ( 4.2 and 5.0)

Then we got the Commodore. It was a Vauxhall Royale shell with some strengthening and beefed up suspension and a choice of a 1.9 four ( 2/3 of a 2.85 six), teh 2.8 six, teh 3.3 six, the 4.2 V8, or the 5.0 V8. In 1986 they facelifted it and fitted 3.0 Nissan engines, and in 1988 there was an all new Commodore with the Buick V6 which they are still using.

We also had the Camira. I think it was a "J" car, there was a vauxhall, Opel and Caddilac as well(not here though), the Caddy was called Cimarron. It was transverse front drive, and looked like a minature Commodore/Royale.

Now we have the Frontera, Astra, Vectra, and we did have the Calibra, all badged as HOlden. We also have teh Izusu Rodeo 4x4 badged as a Holden and the Trooper as the Jackaroo.
Holden also builds all the engines for Daewoo in Melbourne.

We had some interesting variations on Fords here too. The local big car, the Falcon, had a inline six almost identical to the Mustang, and we had Mk3,4, and 5 Cortinas fitted with the both the 3.3 and 4.1 litre versions. There was a power bulge in the bonnet to clear the six. We also had a 3.3 Transit. It used the longnose Transit diesel body ( no diesels here) but there was a small box inside to cover the last 2 cylinders. It was hooked up to a 3 speed gearbox.
The Ford inline six didn't stop here when it did in the USA. In 1976 it got a crossflow head, and in 1979 it got an alloy head. In 1982 a twin choke Weber carby, and in 1983 a EFi version was offered. There was even a small run of turbos as a special edition, fitted with Garrett turbos and Stromberg CDs. In 1988 it was replaced by a 3.9 OHC, later incresed to 4.0 and recently it got DOHC and a 250hp+ turbo option.
How about one of those in a Mk3 Corty? ;D ;D ;D

We got a lot more wierd cars too, for example;

BMC,
We got a unique variant of the Wolsley 1500/Riley 1.5 called the Austin Lancer/Morris Major. In its last version, the Morris Major Elite is had fins and an MGA spec 1600cc engine.

All Australian Minis apart from the Clubman retained the Mk1 look until the end. WE got Hydrolastic before Britain to test it out, and there was a special version with a 1098cc engine called the Mini K (for Kangaroo). Australia was also the first place to make Minis with wind up windows. We only got Morris Minis here, and no utes or wagons ( pickups and estates).

ADO16 (1100/1300) We only got Morris and a few MG and VdP 1100/1300s here. Most of the 1300s were badged as 1100S. We had only 4 door sedans, and all were fitted with a bench seat in the front to give a 6 seat capacity. To move the handbrake to the right of the driver there was a shaft connecting the handle with the cables which were mounted under the front seat. 1100s also retained the Mk1 look until the end.

We had a variant of the 1100 called the 1500. It was a Mk3 shell ( the only time we had Mk3 styling) with a power bulge to fit a Maxi 1500 engine ( we never got Maxis) and a 5 speed gearbox. There was also a 5 door version which lookid like a 1100/Maxi hybrid and was called Nomad.

1800: We only got Austin 1800s and a few Wolselys, but we got a unique to Australia ute version.

The Leyland P76 was a car to challenge the "Big Three" Holden Ford and Chrysler. It had a 2.6 liltre inline six or a 4.4 litre version of the Rover V8. The six was also fitted to Marinas to make the Marina Red Six. SCARY!!!

The Wolsely 24/80 was a Farina shell with totally unique panels (silly thing to do) and a locally designed 2.4 litre inline six called the Blue Streak after the ballistic missiles Britain was testing in the Australian Outback at the time. The engine was also fitted to Farina shells as the Austin Freeway.

We built coupe and convertible versions of the Austin A40 Devon called the Dorset.

There were a small number of roadster versions of early Morris Minors which had fully folding roofs, side windows and all.

Ford;

We had such things as Zephyr utes and wagons, and later things like 2.0 Ghia Escorts, 3.3 and 4.1 six cylinder Cortinas from Mk3. The Mk 3 was designated TC or TD depending on whether it was pre 1973 or post 1973, the Mk4 was TE and the Mk5 TF. We had no Mk3,4,or 5 2 doors.

Vauxhall;

Apart from the Vauxhalls which were rebadged as Holdens, we made some interesting variants of our own.
First there was a ute version of the L and E type Vauxhalls built on a seperate chassis, then there were convertible versions built on these chassis.

Rootes;

We mostly left it at rebadging here for Rootes, with Vogues being Humbers, Gazelles being Singers, and wer had no Sceptre or Rapier.
We did have the Vogue Sports though. This was a Humber Vogue with a twin carb alloy head Sunbeam Alpine spec engine as well as boosted brakes. The only clue is a small badge on the bootlid.

There are of course more, but that is enough to be going on.

They didn't get a chance to understeer, they fell to bits before they reached the first corner ;D
English cars are not too well liked by most Aussies. They were mostly not tough enough for the vast amounts of rough roads we have here.

I forgot to mention another wierd Aussie BMC car.
We didn't get the Austin 2200 here. Instead we had the Austin Tasman and Austin Freeway. They are now best known for the amount of warranty claims they evoked.

Try this site. It has complete info for the Australian 1100s and teh 1500 too. It even has a section on our Austin 1800s, including the ute.
www.elevenhundred.com/

The blue one is an Austin Kimberley, the dog poo brown one is the lower spec Austin Tasman.