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How many SLR5000's were made??

Started by _sstorana_ , Jul 27 2009 08:06 PM

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#1 _sstorana_

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Posted 27 July 2009 - 08:06 PM

Hi all

Trolling Ebay a couple of weeks ago and came across this;

GMH Facts book from September 1976.
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I thought is was an interesting keepsake and then I came across a few bits of information..

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This page tells you that between Feb 76 and Sep 76, 12,464 LX Sedans and 5,267 Hatchback were produced.

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This picture is interesting as it claims that only 2,580 were produced.

It would be great to have that kind of info for the LX Toranas..

cheers
Mick

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#2 _lx5008_

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Posted 27 July 2009 - 08:25 PM

wow great find. but 2,580 seems a bit on the low side.

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#3 _darrenmark1_

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Posted 27 July 2009 - 08:33 PM

Thats like 5 a day if my brain is workin...LH SLR 5000..just lookin at the picture there is no mirror on that car..or aerial..
Does it have normal Lh's???

Edited by darrenmark1, 27 July 2009 - 08:38 PM.

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#4 _sstorana_

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Posted 27 July 2009 - 08:37 PM

wow great find. but 2,580 seems a bit on the low side.

Who knows...

What it also shows is that LX Hatchback production went from 5,267 in the first eight months (approx 658/mth), to 3,260 in the last 17 months (191/mth)..

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#5 lxsstorana

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Posted 27 July 2009 - 09:10 PM

I think that number is about right for the LH SLR 5000 and then you have to add a similar number for the LX SLR 5000.

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#6 _sstorana_

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Posted 27 July 2009 - 09:23 PM

Thats like 5 a day if my brain is workin...LH SLR 5000..just lookin at the picture there is no mirror on that car..or aerial..
Does it have normal Lh's???

Yeah it does.

figures for the LH are 71,408 Mar 74 to Jul 75..

Edited by sstorana, 27 July 2009 - 09:23 PM.

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#7 yel327

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Posted 28 July 2009 - 06:13 AM

Be wary of using the figures as gospel too. Example, it shows 600 x LE coupes. It's a well known fact there were only 580 of these. So other figures could be wrong too.

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#8 Redslur

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Posted 28 July 2009 - 07:55 AM

That's gold mate, well done!

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#9 _redhotmike_

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Posted 17 August 2009 - 08:10 PM

This picture is interesting as it claims that only 2,580 were produced.

Lol - yet only 3521 of them still exist. Great find though!

Red Hot Mike

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#10 _svlx5000_

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Posted 17 August 2009 - 08:27 PM

The question should be, how many are left??

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#11 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 17 August 2009 - 10:31 PM

Prolly like XU-1's, and A9X's, more now than in 1974!!!

Interesting figures.

Edited by Yella SLuR, 17 August 2009 - 10:32 PM.

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#12 _Oldtimer_

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Posted 21 August 2009 - 08:38 PM

Be wary of using the figures as gospel too. Example, it shows 600 x LE coupes. It's a well known fact there were only 580 of these. So other figures could be wrong too.

I worked at GMH in Dandenong when the Torana was in production and the average output was 300 cars a day

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#13 _blackdog_

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Posted 22 August 2009 - 08:41 PM

that looks like the figures for LH SLR 5000 what about LX and does anyone know how many A9X and L34
nave seen figure in max Ellerys manuals stating there was only 260 lh slr 5000 L34 where produced
i was 15 years old when these cars where produced and there was a real lot of them wreached my first car was
a HQ manaro many trips to the wreacker and many part taken from torana's to would fit HQ
Have lx 6 cyclinder SLR that i doing up now i had many holden back in the 70-80s LJ GTR XU1 , HQ , HZ , WB ,
ford GTHO GT & GS
wish had kept Them now.

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#14 _The American_

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 10:06 PM

any chance of getting copies made of this little book? I'd be interested in photocopies even for the information contained...

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#15 xu2308

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Posted 12 November 2009 - 03:17 PM

In The History of Holden Since 1917 Book by Norm Darwin on Page 187,it says there were 8527 LX Hatchbacks made and 41,375 LX Sedans.
And 81,453 LJ Torana's made.

So only 8527 LX Hatchback made,you would think there might only be Half of that left by now,So about 4250 Left Maybe.

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#16 _l34inhatch_

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Posted 04 May 2011 - 03:57 PM

I know its an old post, >>>>>>>>>

But questions are asked about numbers name.
here's why:

It says from 2/76 to 9/76, 5,267 LX Hatch's built........

A little short or incomplete?

I don't actually know the numbers, but there has to be more, as stated abovr, as mine was built 8/77.......!
That is nearly 12 months after the date they've stated!

Anyone else notice that???!!
The brochure actually says September 1976...... hence number are only up to that date.

Edited by l34inhatch, 04 May 2011 - 04:00 PM.

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#17 _sstorana_

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Posted 04 May 2011 - 05:46 PM

I know its an old post, >>>>>>>>>

But questions are asked about numbers name.
here's why:

It says from 2/76 to 9/76, 5,267 LX Hatch's built........

A little short or incomplete?

I don't actually know the numbers, but there has to be more, as stated abovr, as mine was built 8/77.......!
That is nearly 12 months after the date they've stated!

Anyone else notice that???!!
The brochure actually says September 1976...... hence number are only up to that date.

I would say that from 9/76 - 3/78 production of Hatchbacks slowed right down...

cheers
Mick

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#18 _rob350hatch_

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Posted 04 May 2011 - 07:44 PM

they are still being made arent they .just like gt's lol.

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Posted 04 May 2011 - 07:51 PM

I may be reading it all wrong. But when was that document made? I mean it says March 1974 Built 2580. Could that mean there were 2580 built at the time of printing? Maybe more could have been built after??

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#20 _darrenmark1_

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Posted 04 May 2011 - 08:59 PM

Isn't that the date they started production?

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#21 _Quagmire_

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Posted 04 May 2011 - 10:35 PM

they are still being made arent they .just like gt's lol.

not made just "recycled"

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#22 _daveml_

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Posted 05 May 2011 - 08:01 PM

Hi All,

Just noticed thread, and got me thinking, so after demolishing a couple of old boxes full of bits and pieces, come up with 1981 GMH FACTS,

here goes from Booklet - Under heading of Holden Milestones,

1974 - 76 LH Torana Total = 71,408

1976 - 78(77?) LX Torana = 41,375 Sedans, 8,527 Hatchbacks

1978 + - UC Torana/Sunbird = 53,007 .

As far as I know, these Booklets were put out for Shareholders in GMH.

Will get a Pic up if any interest.

Daveml.

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#23 _LH8VD69_

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Posted 26 September 2011 - 08:35 PM

Yeah I know it's an old post buuuut how about setting up a poll and whatever plated car we have we vote on that model? It would be interesting to see what the figures are just on this site alone

just a thought

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#24 Mort

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Posted 26 September 2011 - 09:33 PM

Anywhere in that booklet have the numbers for LH 4.2 SL/R Sedan or are they just counted in the overall figure for LH's

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#25 V-SLR5000-P

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Posted 27 September 2011 - 12:41 PM

I may be reading it all wrong. But when was that document made? I mean it says March 1974 Built 2580. Could that mean there were 2580 built at the time of printing? Maybe more could have been built after??

Kudu, l'm thinking that March 74 relates to the public release date of the LH and 2,580 is the total production for LH SLR/5000 with the booklet being printed in September 1976.

Edited by V-SLR5000-P, 27 September 2011 - 12:44 PM.