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Lx Hatchback 75 Model, Rare, Only 2 Made

Started by _torana_kid_ , Mar 18 2008 04:20 PM

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#1 _torana_kid_

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Posted 18 March 2008 - 04:20 PM

Hi, iv come across a lx hatchback that is purple, there were only 2 made, orange and purple, does any1 know what car im talking about, im trying to dig some info up about it, iv been be told that the orange lx hatchback is at a musiem??, well i know where this car is, its never been street registerd, let me know,cheers beau

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#2 _MRNOS_

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Posted 18 March 2008 - 04:43 PM

If you're talking about only 2 made in 1975 thats not correct

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#3 _torana_kid_

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Posted 18 March 2008 - 04:47 PM

no, i ment only 2 supposely made, the guy said its never been registered, the picture was supossly put on a magazine with the purplke car and orange car on front cover, and when he phoned holden they said this car should be in a museum liek the other 1, anyway thats all i know, im trying to find out why ist so rare, cheers beau

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#4 _lx5008_

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Posted 18 March 2008 - 05:29 PM

someone is pulling your leg

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#5 _torana_kid_

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Posted 18 March 2008 - 05:36 PM

nah, never been registered he reckons, they owners that brought it used it as a drag car, 9inch diff, drop tank, its supposlly on a car mag or pamflet, or broucher, i dont know but he picked it up for nothing really and is a lucky man, but he reckons when u phoned holden they said it should be in a musium, he might be pulling my leg but seems legit, cheers beau

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Posted 18 March 2008 - 05:55 PM

If you want to find out some information on a certain car, the initial post should contain everything that you do know about the car...

What is so special about this car?

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#7 _torana_

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Posted 18 March 2008 - 07:11 PM

What is so special about this car?

because its purple or orange? I guess?
not sure what hes trying to say.

cheers julian

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Posted 18 March 2008 - 07:43 PM

More than likely the pre production model, which was usually the cars shown in the brochures at the time. Some didn't even have a compliance plate because they were a pre production model, something like Micks HRT427. This is of course if it really is the car.

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#9 _conceptss_

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Posted 18 March 2008 - 07:44 PM

Theres a metallic blue street reg hatch. drag car that is a 12/75 SS apparently

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#10 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 18 March 2008 - 07:46 PM

Sounds like a wanker pulling your leg mate.

Sorry. But there are a lot of them when it comes to toranas.

Ask him if you can see it, chances are he will go all shy and say "No, its to rare, dont want anyone knowing where it is". That means he doesnt actually have it lol.

Get used to Kickers mate, theres millions of them. As soon as you say the word Torana all the stories come out.

Cheers.

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#11 Neils LX

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Posted 18 March 2008 - 08:06 PM

Hi
Was there any 1975 build hachbacks sold to the public as i thought they were from 1976
Chears Neil

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#12 _torana_kid_

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Posted 18 March 2008 - 08:08 PM

i have seen the car in the flesh, still he might be pulling my leg,

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#13 _SLR_6_

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Posted 18 March 2008 - 09:16 PM

More than likely the pre production model, which was usually the cars shown in the brochures at the time. Some didn't even have a compliance plate because they were a pre production model, something like Micks HRT427. This is of course if it really is the car.

at a tafe i went to about 8 years ago, there was about 6 cars donated by holden,
all had no compliance plates, they were test cars/pre production cars, there was even a VK turbo, that was odd.

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Posted 18 March 2008 - 09:50 PM

Was the VK turbo a Holden or Nissan engine ?

That would be a rare beast as 99% of Holden development mules get crushed and sent to Simsmetal.

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Posted 19 March 2008 - 12:18 PM

I have seen at least a dozen LX hatchbacks built in 1975. Most are Papaya as this was a new colour and the hatch was the new model. Therefore the two only built is nonsense.

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#16 _The Baron_

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Posted 19 March 2008 - 12:43 PM

There was that holden promo advert with the guy from COP SHOP in it, Gill Tucker?

The colour of those cars were orange SS and purple SL, coincidence?

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Posted 19 March 2008 - 01:15 PM

This one?

http://au.youtube.co...h?v=JgZZet6dLd4

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Posted 19 March 2008 - 02:43 PM

I have seen at least a dozen LX hatchbacks built in 1975. Most are Papaya as this was a new colour and the hatch was the new model. Therefore the two only built is nonsense.

agreed, i have a 75 plated papaya hatch with early build no and unless my shed is a museum ( to some maybe ) id say this is bull.
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#19 _ezy_09s_

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Posted 19 March 2008 - 02:49 PM

My SS hatch was 12/75..& although 75 model not too common,there still a few around & mine was originally papaya as well.

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Posted 19 March 2008 - 03:06 PM

"Prototypes" sometimes do turn up. I recently came across a HX Sandman ute, complianced in 4/76. All of these really early cars if complianced will almost always be brochure cars and will be Elizabeth build (possibly not the case for LH/LX due to lone plant production). This particular example had a chassis number AHX00014A. It was a 202 4spd with it's engine in the HJ numbers, and to demonstrate how early it was HJ's were still being complianced in 6/76. It also had HJ trim numbers (19V for black, HX Sandmans all had 18V). It was on the 'fiche with a handful of other HX's built together, and could only be one car - the red ute on the HX Sandman brochure. Therefore it is quite probable that in 10 or 11th month 1975 there was at least one LX Hatch complianced. And on a related topic, a friend of mine had a yellow UC Sunbird Hatchback complianced 11/77 which I always thought was odd as I've seen 2/78 LX's, but it too may have been a brochure car.

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#21 _torana_kid_

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Posted 19 March 2008 - 04:03 PM

ill try and get teh chassis number, if that tells anything, or maybe a few other numbers, and yer i think its that 1 from the add, ill try and get more info tomorrow if possible,cheers beau

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Posted 20 March 2008 - 05:15 PM

Hatchblack and V6hatch had a blue 75 hatch with Square headlights and dipper on the floor - all ridgy didge.

Grant..

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#23 _torana_kid_

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Posted 21 March 2008 - 05:16 PM

have been told it will be 4sale, so ill get more details and pics tomorrow

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#24 _TUFF_

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Posted 21 March 2008 - 05:29 PM

My Hatch was a 1/76 and it had a LH Nose cone with round head lights. Some guy told me " oh its a early model it has the LH T.O.R.A.N.A lettering on the nose cone". Yes it is a early LX Hatch but i thought the point of releaseing a new model was to show HEY ITS A NEW MODEL... Not with an old model nose cone etc... I'm not saying my old hatch is "rare".... although if i did i probaby could of added afew grand to the price on ebay... My only explanation is it had a accident and was patched up with a old model nose cone...

Josh