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[S pack]

 SL/R 5000 with L34 should be 8D69Z#######H not 8D69T

 

The engine number stamping will be just as bad for sure lol

Edited by S pack, 21 May 2017 - 09:53 PM.

[Shiney005]

Photos of the car please Brad?

[hanra]

No pic of the car. Just the plates posted to FB.

[hanra]

[Shiney005]

I think the Torana Whisper has let himself go a bit.  Funny as.

[grumpy xu1]

Ah the torana "wisper" still needs some training, or a white cane ? No wonder some people pay stupid amounts of $

[Shiney005]

Ahhh. I'm not on it so I wouldn't know!

[grumpy xu1]

Might wisper because no idea what right or wrong.

[Kevrev]

LC GTR Body Tag on ebay

http://www.ebay.com....WcAAOSw1BlZO9lp

Body No 06494B for the search engine

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[Kevrev]

Seller says could be XU-1 but colour comes up as Daytona Bronze/Sandalwood interior so must be GTR

Edited by Kevrev, 11 June 2017 - 08:07 PM.

[Bazza]

Hi

 

From May 1970 - so predates the introduction of the XU-1 option.

 

Cheers

 

Bazza

[XU-1 RAT]

 Up for auction at Lloyds is 9/72 lime green xu1 with 41x trim 82911JH249003 JP221207 but the original xu1 H249003 was White with 40X also the original JP221207 died long a go.WTF

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[Liz Clare]

Funny looking "Chamios" trim as well, also I thought I read somewhere on these forums that LJ XU1s only had black 40X? trim.

 

Tags look to be in "perfect" condition as well. Very unsettling to see this dodgy business going on. 

 

Cheers,

 

Liz

[Indy Orange]

Funny looking "Chamios" trim as well, also I thought I read somewhere on these forums that LJ XU1s only had black 40X? trim.

Tags look to be in "perfect" condition as well. Very unsettling to see this dodgy business going on.

Cheers,

Liz

Not all had 40x trim Liz.

Edited by Indy Orange, 16 July 2017 - 07:54 PM.

[Liz Clare]

Not all had 40x trim Liz.

Good to know, thanks Paul.

 

Cheers,

 

Liz

[S pack]

Funny looking "Chamios" trim as well, also I thought I read somewhere on these forums that LJ XU1s only had black 40X? trim.

 

Tags look to be in "perfect" condition as well. Very unsettling to see this dodgy business going on. 

 

Cheers,

 

Liz

The trim colour is Antique Saddle. You could have any interior colour you wanted in an XU1 (up until March 1973) as long as it was black. From March 1973 all the current production GTR trim colours were also available with RPO XU1.

This is the same LGM GTR (XU1???) that was for sale from Amberley Qld in December 2015.

https://www.lloydson...e=0&lid=1125061

 

 

Edited by S pack, 16 July 2017 - 08:27 PM.

[StephenSLR]

 Up for auction at Lloyds is 9/72 lime green xu1 with 41x trim 82911JH249003 JP221207 but the original xu1 H249003 was White with 40X also the original JP221207 died long a go.WTF

 

Is there any law against selling this or is it a legal re-shell before the laws came in?

 

s

[Liz Clare]

The trim colour is Antique Saddle. You could have any interior colour you wanted in an XU1 (up until March 1973) as long as it was black. From March 1973 all the current production GTR trim colours were also available with RPO XU1.

This is the same LGM GTR (XU1???) that was for sale from Amberley Qld in December 2015.

https://www.lloydson...e=0&lid=1125061

 

 

Off-loading it after only two years says something, assuming it is the same car.

 

Cheers,

 

Liz

[Liz Clare]

Is there any law against selling this or is it a legal re-shell before the laws came in?

 

s

I'm wondering what a re-shell is? Probably a stupid question and maybe not for this thread but seeing as it's been mentioned.

 

Cheers,

 

Liz

[S pack]

Off-loading it after only two years says something, assuming it is the same car.

 

Cheers,

 

Liz

100% the same car.

http://www.gmh-toran...57-rare-lj-xu1/

Edited by S pack, 16 July 2017 - 08:38 PM.

[StephenSLR]

I'm wondering what a re-shell is?

 

A.k.a. a re-body.

 

Previously when cars crashed on race tracks and couldn't be easily fixed you could buy a spare body or 'shell' minus tags from the factory and swap over everything including the tags.

 

It was also done privately for the same reasons when a car was a write off, you legally bought another car and swapped everything over and it was known as re-birthing.

 

Of course criminals took advantage and would steal high end cars and swap the tags from legal cars that were written off, known in the business as a 'number job', swapping the numbers over. You will also find a similar practice where a person will sell the tags from their old SL/R, etc. on ebay then someone will either steal another SL/R and swap numbers or turn their Torana S into an SL/R.

 

s

[Liz Clare]

A.k.a. a re-body.

 

Previously when cars crashed on race tracks and couldn't be easily fixed you could buy a spare body or 'shell' minus tags from the factory and swap over everything including the tags.

 

It was also done privately for the same reasons when a car was a write off, you legally bought another car and swapped everything over and it was known as re-birthing.

 

Of course criminals took advantage and would steal high end cars and swap the tags from legal cars that were written off, known in the business as a 'number job', swapping the numbers over. You will also find a similar practice where a person will sell the tags from their old SL/R, etc. on ebay then someone will either steal another SL/R and swap numbers or turn their Torana S into an SL/R.

 

s

Thanks Stephen, always thought the tags being sold on ebay etc were dodgy. Never realised that it was once a legitimate thing to do. I'm sure I saw a re-bodied Falcon advertised for sale recently and couldn't understand why anyone would entertain the idea of buying such a thing. Thanks for the lesson

 

Cheers,

 

Liz

[S pack]

Any car could be legitimately repaired using a new current production body shell. Holden and most other manufacturers had replacement body shells available and still do for their current production models.

In the past, most, if not all insurance companies were paying crash repair shops to repair badly damaged cars using the cut and shut method and/or possibly another old shell from a wrecking yard.

What is illegal these days is to perform cut and shuts and/or take an existing car, wipe it's identity and replace it with the identity from another vehicle.

Edited by S pack, 17 July 2017 - 04:35 PM.