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Reference photograph of a Holden Torana SL/R 5000
Valuation · Holden · LX · 1976-78

Holden Torana SL/R 5000

5.0L V8 (308) · 179 kW / 400 Nm · 4sp manual · RWD
BUYRated within the $30k to $100k band · 14 of 94 at this money
Model value
$95,000
Must gain each year to break even
+8.2%
The projection does not clear it, and nor does most of the library.
CarQuant score
59/100
Scored against the $30k to $100k band, not the whole library
Evidence grade
Thin
One to three recorded Australian sales
$95,000
$75,419 lowhigh $147,923
Calibrated to a thin record
Two Australian results at Seven82Motors two months apart, both at no reserve and both hammer before premium: $127,500 in June 2026 for an A9X-style-kitted car and $100,000 in August for a standard one

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Price history

Today $95,000 · modelled median at five years $108,046
Solid line: the value this library has carriedDashed from 2026: modelled · even money $90,884 to $129,021
The green band is the even-money range and the one to plan on: half of outcomes land inside it. The pale band behind it bounds eight in ten ($75,419 to $147,923). The path is this model's own: it starts along the momentum of its recorded history and bends toward its projected median as the horizon lengthens, so no two cars share a future curve.

The verdict

Strong within its price band. Scores 59/100, ranking 14 of 94 in the $30k to $100k band. Scarcity is the strongest input, liquidity the weakest.
Running it costs about $7,600 a year (8.0% of value), which is what the economics score measures. All in, including the projected value change, it is $6,271 a year.
The model's five year median is $108,046, a +13.7% move, with the tenth percentile at $75,419.
Value calibrated to a thin record. Treat the level as provisional.
Evidence
Thin2 recorded sales
Off its peak
-1%
Value band
wide
At least one recorded transaction plus a source. Direction is sound, the exact level less so.
Scored against every recent Australian sale this library holds, half its values land within 11.2 per cent of the price paid and the rest miss by more, in either direction. Projections are therefore damped toward flat in proportion to how little is known, and the plausible band is never narrower than the error the model is known to make.
Short term (1-5 years)$6,271 a year all in, +13.7% median value move
Long term (10-15 years)Scarcity case already formed
Negotiate from$95,000

Recorded sales

Every recorded observation, and when
2 rows on record
$132k$111k$90k
20262027
the value this record published, year by yearnow $95ksold
Every row, with its price and note (2) ↓
Library value against the sold record
2 sales · median $113,750
Value $95,000
$100,000$127,500
The library value sits below the lowest recorded sale; the evidence note above explains why.
Aug 2026Seven82Motors$100,000Sold
1976 LX SL/R 5000 sedan, no reserve. Hammer before buyer's premium
Jun 2026Seven82Motors$127,500Sold
1976 LX SL/R 5000 sedan, no reserve. Matching numbers and HHS-verified, restored wearing a full A9X-style body kit rather than to factory appearance. Tri-matic. Hammer before buyer's premium
2 completed Australian sales of 2 rows. Rows marked asking, no sale, or context are shown for honesty but do not count toward the evidence grade: an ask is not a transaction, a pass-in is a refusal, and a provenance or overseas result does not price the ordinary local car. The badge on every row is computed by the same rule as the grade, so the two cannot drift apart.

Score breakdown

Against the $30k to $100k band median
94 cars in band · ink tick marks the median
Ownership economics30% of total
65/100+10
Scarcity25% of total
76/100+23
Demand durability20% of total
64/100-2
Liquidity15% of total
28/100-24
Risk resilience10% of total
32/100-4
Sub-scores run 0-100 before weighting; the weighted total is 59/100. Medians are computed live from the 94 cars currently in the $30k to $100k band, so this picture moves when the library does.
The working behind each factor: baseline and drivers ↓
Ownership economics30% weight
65/100
Baseline78 pts
− 8.0% of value a year to run-13 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)65 pts
Scarcity25% weight
76/100
Baseline66 pts
+ Roughly 1,250 LX SL/R 5000s built and fewer than 500 thought to survive+14 pts
− Overshadowed by the A9X, which keeps ordinary cars affordable-4 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)76 pts
Demand durability20% weight
64/100
Baseline54 pts
+ Genuine Australian muscle with Bathurst-era association+16 pts
− The A9X takes most of the collector attention and the money-6 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)64 pts
Liquidity15% weight
28/100
Baseline14 pts
+ Appears at Australian muscle auctions several times a year, unlike most of this library+10 pts
+ 70 days on market+4 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)28 pts
Risk resilience10% weight
32/100
Baseline42 pts
− Rust and A9X misrepresentation are the two real risks-10 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)32 pts
Model output, not advice or a valuation. Verify independently before acting.

What it costs to own · about 2,500 km a year

Annual cost of access, excl. fuel
$7,600a year
Share of value per year
8.0%
Scheduled servicing$2,20029%
Tyres, annualised$1,10014%
Registration and CTP$80011%
Insurance$1,80024%
Sinking fund (failure table)$1,70022%
All-in annualised (a different number)
Purchase (model value plus duty)$98,800
Running costs × 5 years$38,000
Median exit, net of selling cost$105,446
All-in annualised over 5 years$6,271/yr
Share of value per year6.6%
Cost of access is what the car costs to run. All-in annualised adds depreciation, duty and selling costs across a five year hold. They answer different questions and are labelled separately for that reason.
Break-even appreciation, 5 year hold
8.2%a year, only to get the money back
This library projects
+2.6%a year
The projection falls 5.6 points a year short of the hurdle. On these assumptions this car is a cost, not an asset, which can be an entirely rational thing to buy but should be bought knowing it.
Purchase$95,000
Stamp duty$3,800
Running costs x 5 years$38,000
Selling cost at exit, 2.7% of the salescales with price
Sale price needed at +5 years$140,649
Storage
Bought at
No forecast is used to compute the hurdle. It is the purchase, the duty, any premium and 5 years of running cost, grossed up for the cost of selling and spread back over the hold. The projection it is measured against is the weakest number in this product and is drawn that way in the chart above. Transport, finance and any restoration spend sit outside it.

Specification

Engine5.0L V8 (308)
Power / torque179 kW / 400 Nm
0-100 km/h7.4 s
Transmission4sp manual
DriveRWD
Kerb weight1,250 kg
Built worldwide1,250
Delivered to Australia1,250
Effective AU survivors480
Australian sales / year9
Typical days on market70 days
Launch price$6,500

What moves the price on this model

Colour hierarchy
Absinth Yellow+5%
Mandarin Red+4%
Salamanca Red+3%
Options
Matching numbers+12%
Original interior+6%
Odometer sensitivity±3% per 10,000 km vs 50,000 km
Applied on top of these

Condition, history, originality, ownership, delivery and modification multipliers apply to every car in the library. They are applied automatically when an advertisement is analysed, and the schedule is set out once, on the analyser page.

Projected value in five years

Projected value at five years
$108,046
+13.7% on today
The model's figure. Today it is $95,000.
Even odds it lands between $90,884 and $129,021.
$75,419 lowhigh $147,923
The shaded range is even money and 42% wide; the outer figures bound eight outcomes in ten. Band width follows the evidence - a model with a tight measured record carries a tight band.
A stronger five year outlook than 67% of the library.
-26.6% weakest projected move in the librarystrongest +73.1%
Five-year cost of ownership
Value change alone: +$13,046 across five years.
Running costs over the same period: $38,000.
Duty and expected selling costs: $6,400.
Net cost of five years of ownership: $31,355, or $6,271 a year.
The projected value rise offsets part of the running cost. It does not make the car free to own.

The case for and against

The case for

The affordable way into an LX Torana. Around 1,250 SL/R 5000s were built against 405 A9Xs, and the standard car trades at roughly a third of the homologation version while sharing the shape, the 308 and the era. It also appears at Australian auction regularly, which almost nothing else in this library does.

The case against

It lives in the A9X's shadow and always will, which caps the upside. Rust in the light-gauge body is common and expensive, and the market is full of cars presented as more than they are - an SL/R 5000 dressed as an A9X is the single most common misrepresentation in Australian muscle.

Known faults and risks

Risk 1Cars misrepresented as A9X without documented option codes
Risk 2Rust in the light-gauge body and floors
Risk 3Matching-numbers verification on the 308
Rust repair, body and floors$9,000
Matching-numbers verificationdocumentation
Full repaint to show standard$14,000

Similar cars, and what they cost to run

Evidence behind this valueThin · 2 recorded sales
Carried value
$95,000
Historical price
2016 · $48,0002026 · $95,000
Thin
At least one recorded transaction plus a source. Direction is sound, the exact level less so.
Australian auction record

A 1976 LX SL/R 5000 sedan sold at Seven82Motors on 9 August 2026 for $100,000 plus buyer's premium, offered at no reserve. That figure is a hammer price before premium and is not directly comparable with houses that quote inclusive, so it is recorded as stated rather than adjusted. The same catalogue is the source for several other Australian lots in this library.

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The point of this entry

Is separation from the A9X. The A9X is the homologation car and carries four Shannons sales between $196,000 and $290,000; a standard SL/R 5000 is roughly a third of that. Both were sold as LX Toranas and auction catalogues routinely list them under the same words, which is exactly the confusion that has produced errors elsewhere in this library. A car described only as SL/R 5000 should be assumed NOT to be an A9X unless the option code is documented.

June 2026

A 1976 SL/R 5000 sedan sold at Seven82Motors on 14 June 2026 for $127,500 at no reserve, hammer before premium, 34 per cent above the value carried here. That gives this entry two no-reserve results in the same lane two months apart: $127,500 in June and $100,000 in August. The later and cheaper car was the standard one; the dearer wore a full A9X-style body kit. That spread is either what factory appearance is worth against a modified car, or it is a falling market, and two lots cannot separate those. The value stays where it is until a third does.

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