ORIGINAL SIN

IF YOU don’t know the legend of CGMFLY (left), track down a copy of the February 2003 issue of SM (or check it out on whichcar.com.au/ streetmachine), as Kris’s ’71 LC GTR was light years ahead of the turbo street car scene.

“I’ve had that car since I was 16,” Kris says. “Rob bought it for me as my first car. Twenty years ago it ran 9.50, which was way ahead of the times, and it went 9.21@150mph in 2005, but it wasn’t really built for that.

“The paint was getting tired, so I decided to give it a freshen-up in 2011, but then it snowballed into mini-tubs and stretched guards, then it was on a rotisserie, colour-change, all new fasteners, new trim, new front-end, a full-floater nine-inch...”

Fans of turbo-six power will be pleased to know that Kris doesn’t have plans to swap the car to a bent-eight just yet.

“I have the running gear freshened up on the stand, but I’m thinking of putting that in another car I’ve got and selling it. I’m thinking of building a bigger, 12001300hp single-cam RB combo to go deeper into the eights.

“We’re pushing like crazy to get the Torana to Summernats 33 next year, as I’m hoping to get it into the Top 20. I have to finish it as it’s killing me! This car will never be for sale.”