AGENT ORANGE

THIS EYE-POPPING LX HATCH IS BACK, NOW WITH A NEW OWNER AND A BEEFIER HEART

- KIAN HEAGNEY 

AN LX Torana hatch of any calibre is always going to be a stop-and-stare spectacle in 2020, but Corey Vanderlei’s bright orange example is particularly noteworthy: tubbed, packing 427 cubes of blown LS fury, and with a stance to make any grown man weak at the knees.

Keen-eyed readers will probably recognise this striking hatch from a few moons ago, as we featured it in the September 2017 issue of SM. Back then it was owned by serial car-builders Dave and Jodie Guilfoyle, who gave it the same paint and interior it’s wearing now and stuffed it with 590hp worth of small-block Chev. Fast-forward a few years and the Torana found its way into Corey’s hands, but this is by no means his first fast Holden.

Corey has owned a bunch of killer cars over the years, including a 1300hp ProCharged HQ Monaro. Dave was keen on acquiring said Monaro, so the two mates organised a deal that saw Dave end up with the Quey and Corey with the LX. “I wasn’t ever looking at selling the Monaro, and my wife was actually a bit upset when I did because it was used in our wedding and stuff,” says Corey. “But Dave was super keen on the Monaro, and LX hatches are super rare, so we worked out a deal.”