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dublin green metallic

Started by _1tuff383_ , Apr 10 2010 12:53 AM

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#1 _1tuff383_

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Posted 10 April 2010 - 12:53 AM

hello all
can anyone tell me how many DUBLIN GREEN METALLIC
GTR XU1 were produced in 1972??

i have noticed there are none in the pinned list for torana register forum

Edited by 1tuff383, 10 April 2010 - 12:55 AM.

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#2 _1tuff383_

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Posted 17 April 2010 - 07:27 AM

Any ideas guys???
i understand that this was and still is not a popular colour.
(but this is the colour on my id tag)

i am in two minds do i repaint to the original colour or do i repaint with a more popular original colour
what are your thoughts fellow torana buffs????

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#3 A9X

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Posted 17 April 2010 - 10:56 AM

for starters i like the colour.

but as for choices you have 3 paths to follow.

1. you are restoring/rebuilding to original - Dublin
2. you are building an xu1 tribute/replica - any original colour you like
3. its an all out custom/street car just for your enjoyment - any colour you like.

my thoughts only

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#4 _gtr-xu1_

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Posted 17 April 2010 - 11:02 AM

i like the colour too. its a blokes colour

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#5 Bazza

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Posted 17 April 2010 - 11:05 AM

Hi

Until the mystical GMH document that is purported to provide all the colour and trim data for the LC and LJs surfaces , we can only go by statistics. Extrapolating the data that I have, suggests that about 70 Dublin Green Met XU-1s would have been produced.

I would repaint in the original colour - that's part of the charm of restos. It is not surprising that some brighter colours were more popular, after all, XU-1 were produced to race and marketed to the younger generation. Dublin Green Met was by no means the least popular colour.

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#6 _ck1971_

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Posted 18 April 2010 - 05:11 PM

If you do repaint in Dublin make sure whoever is mixing the paint knows what they are doing as I have seen a number of Dublin Green repaints that are not even close to the original colour. There was a guy from SA that had a really nicely restored Dublin Green 72 XU-1 at Bathurst a few years ago and whilst talking to him I commented on how it was the only Dublin Green car there that was the right colour and he told me that he had to have the colour matched from inside the bootlid where it was still fresh to get the correct colour. I think a lot of people don't like Dublin because most of the repaints are way too dark and look more like Juniper than Dublin.

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 09:09 AM

Start a thread in the register if you like.
I'm sure there are more around here.

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#8 _ute 067_

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Posted 25 April 2010 - 03:04 PM

If you do repaint in Dublin make sure whoever is mixing the paint knows what they are doing as I have seen a number of Dublin Green repaints that are not even close to the original colour. There was a guy from SA that had a really nicely restored Dublin Green 72 XU-1 at Bathurst a few years ago and whilst talking to him I commented on how it was the only Dublin Green car there that was the right colour and he told me that he had to have the colour matched from inside the bootlid where it was still fresh to get the correct colour. I think a lot of people don't like Dublin because most of the repaints are way too dark and look more like Juniper than Dublin.

ck1971.

Thanks for the kind words! I remember Bathurst fondly, I have been told many times that my colour is wrong and that it should be much darker. I agree go with orginality!!
Cheers
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#9 _1tuff383_

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Posted 26 April 2010 - 01:59 PM

any chance you can post some pics of your car please UTE067?????

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#10 _ck1971_

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Posted 03 May 2010 - 04:40 PM

If you do repaint in Dublin make sure whoever is mixing the paint knows what they are doing as I have seen a number of Dublin Green repaints that are not even close to the original colour. There was a guy from SA that had a really nicely restored Dublin Green 72 XU-1 at Bathurst a few years ago and whilst talking to him I commented on how it was the only Dublin Green car there that was the right colour and he told me that he had to have the colour matched from inside the bootlid where it was still fresh to get the correct colour. I think a lot of people don't like Dublin because most of the repaints are way too dark and look more like Juniper than Dublin.

ck1971.

Thanks for the kind words! I remember Bathurst fondly, I have been told many times that my colour is wrong and that it should be much darker. I agree go with orginality!!
Cheers
Ute 067

Yeah it was a good weekend and I remember your car well, it was one of the few that stood out amongst all the cars that were there.

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#11 _1tuff383_

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Posted 03 May 2010 - 06:56 PM

very interested to see pics of your car mate.... Posted Image

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#12 bullitA9X

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Posted 03 May 2010 - 07:04 PM

that is my mate,s xu1 its one of the best examples in that colour will try find a pic for you guys

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#13 _Gav73_

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Posted 04 May 2010 - 07:32 AM

Mate I would stick with the original, I only stuff around with non original bolt on stuff , so depends what fad your in swap and choose as you like.
Cheers Gav

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#14 _nzgtrxu1_

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Posted 04 May 2010 - 07:41 PM

did you know there are 2 dublin green xu1,s currently 4sale on www.trademe.co.nz nz$85k + nz$42k

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#15 _1tuff383_

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Posted 08 May 2010 - 10:04 PM

hey BULLITLJV8 any chance you can email me some pics of your mates car?

cheers

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#16 bullitA9X

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Posted 09 May 2010 - 12:06 AM

hey BULLITLJV8 any chance you can email me some pics of your mates car?

cheers

yeah mate will get some pics for ya next time im at his place i may have some on my old computer will let you know!!

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#17 bullitA9X

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Posted 09 May 2010 - 12:25 AM

here is one pic i found

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Posted 09 May 2010 - 09:02 AM

here is one pic i found

Same car other angle!

100_0020.JPG 500.49K 32 downloads

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#19 grumpy xu1

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Posted 01 June 2010 - 09:21 PM

here is one pic i found

Same car other angle! 100_0020.JPG 500.49K 32 downloads

This is the same car CK1971 was talking about "very nice car" i agree go the original colour mate at the end of the day its a genuine car be proud when the colours new & correct it'll look shit hot get it spectroed at sikkens in your nearest city like CK said just my oppinion but i think you'd be happiest regards Grumpy xu1