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1972 xu1 speedway nsw - Pat Cullen's garage - Peter Crick Driver

Started by _jasonxyz_ , Feb 08 2013 11:44 PM

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#1 _jasonxyz_

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Posted 08 February 2013 - 11:44 PM

pat cullen,or mcgarth xu1 late 72 to 73,driver might be peter crick,the car is purple lj,any body no anythink? cheers guys

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#2 RallyRed

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Posted 09 February 2013 - 07:39 AM

Hi mate...not sure what you re asking?...can you provide some detail...ta

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#3 _jasonxyz_

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Posted 09 February 2013 - 04:48 PM

photos,cheers

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Posted 11 February 2013 - 01:17 PM

I've got a heap of old street-stocker speedway photos, lots of toranas over the years, but you'll need to give more details ont he car, where it raced etc etc

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Posted 12 February 2013 - 04:21 PM

hi mate dont have to many details,looking at 72 73 session,super sedan,,i think liverpool,not sure on number,any photos be great,im tring to work out if my xu1 is 1 off these race cars,as it came with huge rear flares,aluminium tank,a 186 that went like the clappers,and has roll cage holes,its may 72,cheers mate

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Posted 12 February 2013 - 10:02 PM

Hi,

Had a look in my collection of old mags,most of the speed way shots are in black and white,photo's taken at moore park speedway(sydney speedway).

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Posted 13 February 2013 - 10:30 AM

ahhh you mean tar track speedway racing (like auscar racing)

not in the clay, proper speedway racing

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#8 _jasonxyz_

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Posted 13 February 2013 - 12:35 PM

yes,they were called super sedans,i think,up to 3 weeks ago i never heard of them,but seems like the xu1 i have is 1 of them,so before i restore it im trying to find out,if is race car i will restore it back to race specs,brad merrick in melbourne is doing the restore.

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Posted 13 February 2013 - 01:02 PM

I dought very much if your car is ex speedway dirt car as they would not be restorable to street use and it would not be a super sedan as they were all hand made chassi's and fibreglass bodies if you can post a photo of your car i would know if it raced at liverpool as i raced there for 16 years

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Posted 13 February 2013 - 02:33 PM

There was Sports Sedans, as in Beast 2 that HDT Raced the V8 LC HDT Car that was updated to look like a LJ with the F5000 308 V8 Engine in it, that Brocky drove and Brian Thompson raced the yellow LC GTR V8 Torana, there were a few Sports Sedans back in 1972 to 1980's they raced them.
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#11 _jasonxyz_

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Posted 13 February 2013 - 02:44 PM

have no pics of or if it was,the car now is back to full xu1,big rear flares gone aswell as big tank,have xu1 tank in it,painted red,i was 18 when i restored this car back to xu1,21 years ago

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Posted 13 February 2013 - 03:16 PM

I've got a heap of old street-stocker speedway photos, lots of toranas over the years, but you'll need to give more details ont he car, where it raced etc etc

Any photos of this old girl? Raced mainly in Newcastle area 1976-77, by Bruno Landkauf as #147 (Australian Saloon Car Federation), then sold to and raced by Wayne Young in same area. Later sold to Doug Hawkins (ex Bathurst driver) and raced by special permission in 1985 season at Gunnedah area. It was by special permission as it had a square roll cage.

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#13 _ChaosWeaver_

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Posted 13 February 2013 - 05:51 PM

Probably not what your after............ http://youtu.be/8Z0Qqo72abQ

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#14 _jasonxyz_

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Posted 13 February 2013 - 06:28 PM

no but ty so much for trying to help me,im getting closer lollllllllll

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#15 _LONA-CK_

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Posted 14 February 2013 - 05:38 AM

my mate said he will speak with don holland next time hes over his house and i will ask ken talbott when he gets back from china.

cheers gong

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#16 _jasonxyz_

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Posted 15 February 2013 - 09:24 PM

thank u gong,am waiting for peter cricks number as we speak,might help me solve this

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Posted 19 February 2013 - 08:24 PM

I dought very much if your car is ex speedway dirt car as they would not be restorable to street use and it would not be a super sedan as they were all hand made chassi's and fibreglass bodies if you can post a photo of your car i would know if it raced at liverpool as i raced there for 16 years

There are quite a few original sports sedans about.
Post as many pics as you can......including underneath. There should still be some tell ale ndicators, no matter what you've done to it.
Did you bare metal it for the resto? No? Then gently take to it with the sander and take it back layer by layer to show old paint colours, taking pics at every stage.
Then post them up!

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#18 _oz772_

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Posted 24 February 2013 - 01:49 PM

pat cullen,or mcgarth xu1 late 72 to 73,driver might be peter crick,the car is purple lj,any body no anythink? cheers guys

Did it start life as a series production car in 1972? I have some photos in older magazines of (what I think is) the Pat Cullen purple LJ series prod car.

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#19 _jasonxyz_

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Posted 25 February 2013 - 02:35 PM

had bare meatal respray,roll cages holes r behind both front seats, and straight under the back seat,prod car we not sure,thats why i am here to learn about these cars,we have found out with my vin the car went to pat cullen the dealer code,it was built may 72,have been told pat cullen had a rally car aswell,the reason we looking at this information is cullen is grinded on the car in 2 places,had big flared guards about 90 litre tank big raditor,roll cage holes and lots of repairs,loll,and a few people have say look at speedway or rally cars

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Posted 28 September 2024 - 12:38 PM

had bare meatal respray,roll cages holes r behind both front seats, and straight under the back seat,prod car we not sure,thats why i am here to learn about these cars,we have found out with my vin the car went to pat cullen the dealer code,it was built may 72,have been told pat cullen had a rally car aswell,the reason we looking at this information is cullen is grinded on the car in 2 places,had big flared guards about 90 litre tank big raditor,roll cage holes and lots of repairs,loll,and a few people have say look at speedway or rally cars

Posted 08 February 2013 - 11:44 PM

pat cullen,or mcgarth xu1 late 72 to 73,driver might be peter crick,the car is purple lj,any body no anythink? cheers guys

interesting..iam researching Pat Cullens Garage and how much involvement Peter Crick had with that dealership as my xu1 was sold there 17th may 1972 it to had flared guards and roll cage holes as well, during resto it was discovered it had a huge hit along whole drivers side and had till i got it 2 sets of 1/4s on both sides with both front and rear lower control arms replaced on drivers side

17/5/72 H232963

17/5/72 H233021

24/5/72 H233999

above was all sold by Dealer 617 Pat Cullens Garage in May 1972

know this an old thread but thought i bump it to see if jasonxyz still about and can add anything