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[FLY_AGAIN_XU-1]

Recently a mate began the restoration of his 2/71 Brisbane built LC GTR XU-1. While paint stripping the engine bay he came across these markings and was just wondering if any one else have came across these markings while restoring their XU-1. These markings certainly appear factory and were found under the red lead..............

[goxu1]

I've seen FX and FJ's with paint colour marking written on the firewall.
Over the years , the paint fades / flakes off and the markings show thru.

[rodomo]

I see the face of Jesus in this one.

[Bazza]

Hi all

The left hand wheelhouse of LC XU-1 (as does the LJ XU-1) has a different part number to the other models. Perhaps it is something to do with that. The only difference that I can think of may be something to do with the battery carrier.

I have recently stripped the engine bay of my car and the only thing that I found appears below. It is on the firewall and is body colour. It looks like a 4 but I think it is an A.

Cheers

Bazza

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[blake]

hey bazza is your car an Adelaide built car? coz i did hear that adelaide and brissy built cars had different engine bay colours. maybe this was a verification to be made in adelaide and painted that whitesh black colour that almost looks blue? just a possible reason why it has an A but maybe it was brizzy built?

[frash da bucket]

Hi all,

When my head was reconditioned,when they chemicaly cleaned the head,

when i got it back from the machine shop,on the back of the head,

It had the letters xu1,I took photo's of it,I don't know,

What paint they used in those days on the marking's,

chemical clean didn't remove it.

Cheers.

Edited by frash da bucket, 24 January 2010 - 10:39 PM.

[knoath]

whitesh black colour that almost looks blue

Chameleon paint?

[frash da bucket]

Hi Knoath,

Yes your right,i does look like blue,

Its on very thick the markings.

Cheers.

[robj]

Hi Fly,

I remember seeing the same xu1 marking in roughly the same spot when i stripped the engine bay of my old xu1. This was some time ago and i don't have any pictures of it. It was a mid 72 Adelaide xu1, i don't have the compliance plate date, but i do have the vin and the build date was 22/06/72. I no longer have it as it was stolen around 15 years ago. I remember on it that it looked like it had been written in black texta, and i found it while using paint stripper on the engine bay.
I would think they wrote this on before the shell had any id plates on it, and maybe before the battery tray was added.

regards
Rob

[frash da bucket]

It must have been a friday car.

Cheers.

[xu2308]

Hi Fly
Could the XU1 on the inner guard, Is to tell the Guy who did the Fitting of the I.D Plates that it was a XU-1.
as the Brisbane Plant fitted I.D Plates before painting the Body i think.
Might be that

[piquet]

I found that my car had similar markings with the same colour "texta" on the inside of the roof. It was apparent after the hood lining was removed for the rebuild.Also had it on the back of my cylinder head.
I have also seen it on the firewall nside the passenger cell above the transmission tunnel on another car so there seems to be no pattern