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1972 SMP LJ GTR XU-1's

1/1972 SMP LJ XU-1 (Brisbane Built)PWH.161,Qld, Ex GMH Promo Car Confirmed
1/1972 SMP LJ XU-1 (Brisbane Built)Aldo's Car,Victoria Confirmed 
1/1972 SMP LJ XU-1 (Brisbane Built)MR XU1/xui dave car,Qld Confirmed 
1/1972 SMP LJ XU-1 (Brisbane Built)514 PAE Waynes Car,Qld Confirmed
1/1972 SMP LJ XU-1 (Brisbane Built)England,UK Confirmed
6/1972 SMP LJ XU-1 (Brisbane Built)NSW (82911 old car) Confirmed


3/1972 SMP LJ XU-1 (Adelaide Built)Miss Pinky Car,NSW Confirmed
3/1972 SMP LJ XU-1 (XXXXXXX XXX)John Car New Zealand Confirmed
5/1972 SMP LJ XU-1 (Adelaide Built)XU.100 Car,Victoria Confirmed
8/1972 SMP LJ XU-1 (Adelaide Built)Fly's XU-1 Car,NSW Confirmed

x/1972 SMP LJ XU-1 (XXXXXX XXXX)Michael Elliott's/Champion's Museum,Qld Unconfirmed



SMP LJ GTR's

3/1972 SMP LJ GTR (Adelaide Built)Ex-Melbourne Vic,Now Qld Confirmed
x/1972 SMP LJ GTR (XXXXXX XXX) YAP-43B, ACT, Painted in Purple Unconfirmed 

[enderwigginau]

rapid1,
your car IS NOT an SMP car.

It is a car with SPECial order paint - no more no less.

Grant..

[xu2308]

GMH Adelaide had a 1972 LJ GTR SMP Promo Car,its S.A Rego Number is UXE.012. You see it in car Mags every now and then,most of the time the Pics of it are in Black&White,i have a Car Mag with a pic of it in Colour,its Parked on grass and in the Background there a river with the Adelaide CBD in background from river.
So it be a Adelaide Built LJ GTR,I wonder has this Car Survived ??????? 

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GMH SMP LJ GTR Promo Car 

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'gtr-xu1', on 08 Nov 2009 - 14:29, said:

And by the looks of it its the same car that i posted the for sale advert from 1972

So is the 1972 LJ XU-1 SMP Car still in England,UK.
Or is it back in OZ now, ???????? 

[enderwigginau]

It's still there Allan.

Grant..

[A9X]

Do you know where it is in UK?
I'm off there on business in Decemeber, be great to get some current pics and yarn with the owner...
Wonder what stories it could tell?

[xu2308]

 

Here is a Pic of the 1972 LJ XU-1 SMP 308 V8,that came to Tassy in 1974,its from the Car Yard Add in 1974.
Please enjoy 

[enderwigginau]

It's coming back!!
Were you the one wanting the car confirmed originally?

Where abouts are you (general/state) if you don't mind me asking? Sydney I assume?

Grant..

[meanmachine72]

A9X,

Yes I do know where it is - the deal has been done and car is in container ready to be shipped.





Cheers
xu-2

well done XU-2
good to see a classic come home to australia...where they belong...

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'xu2308', on 08 Nov 2009 - 13:39, said:

GMH Perth had a 1972 LJ GTR SMP Promo Car,its W.A Rego Number is UXE.012. You see it in car Mags every now and then,most of the time the Pics of it are in Black&White,i have a Car Mag with a pic of it in Colour,I wonder has this Car Survived ???????

 

'xu2308', on 08 Nov 2009 - 14:07, said:

 




GMH SMP LJ GTR Promo Car

Its a W.A (Perth) GMH LJ GTR Promo car 

[xu2308]

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In Street Machine Magazine,December 1985 issue in Readers Cars

A SMP LJ XU-1 owned by John Andriopoulos,any one know off this SMP LJ XU-1

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Here is a Copy of my Letter that Custom Rodder Magazine Printed in Issue No.68 in The Postmark Section(Letter's to Editor, Eddie.L.Ford)in 1981
Eddie asked Norm Darwin about the Subject and Eddie Printed that GMH Built 2-3 V8 Prototypes in Bright Pink,was there more than one Pink V8 Prototype maybe ????????? 

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'2runa', on 08 Dec 2009 - 19:57, said:

While we are on the subject of SMP... I believe the 72 LJ XU-1 308 SMP of Harry Firth had a rego of.... LEX 900....can anyone confirm this or have any pics as it still may exist.

In the Chevron HDT DVD and in A.M.C Mag Issue 9,The V8 XU-1 Story,Ian Tate says that HDT had the GMH SMP LJ XU-1 V8 Prototype at HDT HQ for awhile,and Ian drove it for a few weeks and he took his Friend across the Road from his place for a drive one night,and they must of been Speeding a little,and a Policeman chased them,but Ian got away,and Ian was mainly worried that the SMP Car was only Rego as a 6 Cyl not a V8.
So it had Vic Rego on it,Dont know if LEX.900 is its Vic Rego Number or not,but that is the Key to finding how long was it rego for etc.
In Wheels Magazine Feb. 1973 issue,Peter Robbo Robinson the Editor says Harry has two V8 Torana's at HDT HQ,and one was a Actual Engineering Protoype ????????? Waas this the SMP V8 Prototype.
Have you seen a SMP LJ XU-1 with LEX.900 Rego Number, LE number would roughly be about a May 1972 Number Plate. 

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LEX.900 Vic Number Plate

I rang Vic Roads today about Reg Number LEX.900
All they could tell me it was a 1972 Holden,Engine Number started with JP,so its a LJ XU-1
And its info was Archived in May 1985,so i will go through Vic Roads other department to find some more info,but this will take time as i will have to write to them and wait for a reply back from them.