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Modern Motor Sept 1983

 

Barry Lake

writes a nice story in MM Magazine here, the story's of 3-Pink V8 Prototypes very interesting, same as Custom Rodder reported in there mag there was maybe 3, as Modern Holden person who I spoke to said they were returned back to 6 Cyl and used as Engineering Hacks and Vanished, Not Destroyed.

 

AL

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Barry Lake died in 2012, RIP Barry, shame as I would of loved to have a chat to barry about this.

 

AL

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From a Car Magazine in 1976, the V8 LJ Prototypes were Sold by GMH

[frash da bucket]

Hi Al,

 

Your's and larry's,its a long shot.

 

Regards John.

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John

u never know

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That L34 is the first L34 (The Prototype L34) by Experimental Engineering, Where is it now is the Question

 

AL

[REDA9X]

It's not an L34, it's an SLR5000 modified up

That L34 is the first L34 (The Prototype L34) by Experimental Engineering, Where is it now is the Question

 

AL

[RallyRed]

hey AL,
you need to get a tent and start camping outside Holden.
When they turn out the lights in a few years, be the first one over the fence and storm the archived Dept.

There MUST be SOME doco still there that relates to this....will let you sleep easy at night .

Imagine finding that info !

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Maybe someone who lives there might look one day, if they were aloud to look at it

 

AL

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It's not an L34, it's an SLR5000 modified up

Ray Borrett had a bit to do with that Torana, he said it was the Experimental Engineering L34 Torana, so not sure REDA9X if it was a SLR5000, but saying that the L34 is a beefed up SLR5000 any way.

 

AL

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WOW 4 Lone Ranger XU1 V8s and 3 Strike Me Pink XU1 v8s made as prototypes what a Myth

I heard along the grape vine about these 308 prototype XU1s has any one on the forum ever seen one of them in real life

People who were up at the 1973 Bathurst weekend and in the Pit area that's where the HDT boys were parked, would of seen the Lone o Ranger LJ GTR V8 Prototype, so the Orange one was seen there and at Phillip Island in 1974 that we know of, there was a Pink LJ parked behind the Lone o Ranger LJ GTR V8 Prototype inside Bathurst Motors on the 1973 Bathurst weekend, so maybe the Pink one was seen that weekend as well, I have a mate that seen the White LJ GTR V8 Prototype near GMH Salmon street Port Melbourne, it had broke down and the GMH Service Garage Manager was Driving it, and a truck from GMH was coming to pick it up, this was in 1972 some time.

 

AL

Edited by xu2308, 19 December 2013 - 02:23 PM.

[UCSLE]

You could maybe check if the lc v8 prototype that was raced by brock was still around.

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You could maybe check if the lc v8 prototype that was raced by brock was still around.

The 'H' tells a story in his Torana Magazine, he tried to find the Yellow LC HDT XU-1 V8 Prototype (KSN116) with no luck, so who knows if that is still around

 

AL

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Yes, but an L34 is built as an L34 from the factory and tagged as such, this started life as an SLR5000.

Ray Borrett had a bit to do with that Torana, he said it was the Experimental Engineering L34 Torana, so not sure REDA9X if it was a SLR5000, but saying that the L34 is a beefed up SLR5000 any way.

 

AL

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Is the SLR5000 Engineering Prototype (L34) still around REDA9X  ???????????

 

AL

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Some more on this L34 Prototype from Experimental Engineering, I see in the photos it has its Tags, so would of been Sold later on by GMH

Edited by xu2308, 20 December 2013 - 09:16 AM.

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LH16 was an LH L34 prototype built from the ground up in Engineering. It would never have been sold to the public unless as scrap metal.

Following start of production, there was a yellow production L34 in the Engineering Fleet for a period of time. The engine was damaged by an over eager employee and a std 308V8 installed for normal fleet use. That would have eventually been sold as an ex Engineering vehicle ( or it could have ended up at a race team? ) There was another that L34 that came up for sale in the company fleet and was bought by 2 mechanics from Engineering. Don't know the history of that vehicle but it may have been a display car for HDT? I imagine the L34 guys will know details of that one if it still exists.

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LH16 was an LH L34 prototype built from the ground up in Engineering. It would never have been sold to the public unless as scrap metal.

Following start of production, there was a yellow production L34 in the Engineering Fleet for a period of time. The engine was damaged by an over eager employee and a std 308V8 installed for normal fleet use. That would have eventually been sold as an ex Engineering vehicle ( or it could have ended up at a race team? ) There was another that L34 that came up for sale in the company fleet and was bought by 2 mechanics from Engineering. Don't know the history of that vehicle but it may have been a display car for HDT? I imagine the L34 guys will know details of that one if it still exists.

LH16

Has a PSN Tag on it in the Picture, meaning it would be on the LH Warranty Disc List, who ever has that Disc might be able to work it out, I doubt it would of been destroyed, Example's  Saggy Sarah HDT LC XU1 is still alive, The Lone o Ranger LJ GTR V8 Prototype was Tendered off and the HQ Yellow Monaro  350Z (Both on the same tender sheet) they were Sold, and on the same Tender sheet there is the HQ Sandman 350 V8 Prototype Ute (Eweit or what ever it was called) Vic rego number LGL400 (Firemist  Silver/Black Colour) was Sold as well

Edited by xu2308, 21 December 2013 - 01:32 AM.

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LGL400 The Ewe't

Sold by Tender