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[torry nut]

Looks like the engine stamper on the day fell asleep

[Bazza]

Looks like the engine stamper on the day fell asleep

Ha Ha - or it was the work experience kid.

The font and size looks ok (and it is the correct engine number).

Bazza

[WhiteA9XS]

looks not quite right from where i sit ... the J looks like a fishing hook and should not ....

[FLY_AGAIN_XU-1]

[nzxu1]

It is a fact that there is no such thing as a factory built * 72 bathurst XU1 * . Yes, there were cars released with normal evolution changes to homologate bits 'n pieces for racing ie : lightened flywheels , different diff ratios etc , but as far as there being a list from the factory with numbered cars on it to actually PROVE their existance , well it just does not exist or else it's been lost , so how people can claim that their car is a * bathurst * model is beyond me . l've had a keen interest in XU1's for over 30 years , l bought my first one in 1976 and almost every 72 XU1 that l ever saw for sale since , people claimed that it was a * bathurst * model as if that magical extra word instantly made their car something special and of course worth heaps more . l'm just going through with a restoration on a late sept 72 built XU1 and there is nothing more that l would like than for someone to find a list saying my car is a * bathurst * build ............... but l don't think l'll be holding my breath waiting .

[Dr Terry]

It is a fact that there is no such thing as a factory built * 72 bathurst XU1 * . Yes, there were cars released with normal evolution changes to homologate bits 'n pieces for racing ie : lightened flywheels , different diff ratios etc , but as far as there being a list from the factory with numbered cars on it to actually PROVE their existance , well it just does not exist or else it's been lost , so how people can claim that their car is a * bathurst * model is beyond me . l've had a keen interest in XU1's for over 30 years , l bought my first one in 1976 and almost every 72 XU1 that l ever saw for sale since , people claimed that it was a * bathurst * model as if that magical extra word instantly made their car something special and of course worth heaps more . l'm just going through with a restoration on a late sept 72 built XU1 and there is nothing more that l would like than for someone to find a list saying my car is a * bathurst * build ............... but l don't think l'll be holding my breath waiting .

I don't want to open up old wounds but this is the best description of the issue so far, so eloquently put.

An early 72 LJ didn't have any of the updates for Bathurst that year, but an 8/72 or 9/72 would have had some or all of them but as nzxu1 has said, where is that dividing line or production date or was there one. I don't think anybody will ever know all the answers.

I don't think that the picture of the engine number is clear enough to doubt its authenticity. The font looks OK to me but as I said it's not a very clear picture.

Why don't we all just enjoy our Toranas for what they are, a great piece of Aussie motoring history.

Dr Terry

[Dr Terry]

i will say this once and once only, and then i dont give to poops about what any or all of you think, is 72 gmh and harry started work of the xu2, witch was to smash bathurst that year, only to have the good old country we live in rant and rave about how this little gem would be no more than a freddy crougar, and tornt our children [gee i couldnt think of a better way to die],,,, that and that only is the reason why there wasnt no magic list because there was no time by the time the xu2 was squashed.but the hotted speced bathurst 6cyc, thay then cranked into the xu2 bodyed xu1 done the job at bathurst anyway, and that there for those that hold a 8 or 9 month 72 xu1 is the living proof and the best of both lj bathurst cars,,, in sayin this take a leaf out of the docs book and injoy.

cheers gong

Totally agree but wasn't it an XU-1 V8.

The XU-2 is an LH SL/R 5000

Dr Terry

[RIM-010]

20 times? I'd give it about 200 times, R, and every time it achieves exactly the same amount of SFA.

Tim