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Posted 19 December 2016 - 05:34 PM

That's the idea.

Get on it or i will in the New Year :P


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Posted 19 December 2016 - 05:44 PM

Cheers Al, and just in case, Merry Christmas, from LDN028, seems to have a metallic appearance Lol!

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Posted 19 December 2016 - 09:57 PM

Rego has nothing to do with the rules governing used car lots, do you really think they're going to maintain 50 rego's?

Back then it did. Cars had to be presented at the rego branch. Not like now where the dealers are handed a box full of rego plates.

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Posted 24 September 2021 - 01:02 PM

My mate shifted to Tasmania 5yrs ago and as became friends with a bloke with owns a strike me pink LJ with factory 308. I think it has twin fuel fillers if it’s the same LJ he told me about 12mths ago. 


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Posted 14 January 2025 - 11:43 AM

One was pink with houndstooth trim and the other was white with houndstooth trim. - H Firth -



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Posted 14 January 2025 - 12:01 PM

For the production line test, 1x Adelaide car and 1x Brisbane car were used.

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Posted 14 January 2025 - 12:10 PM

Have a look at Harry's plates lgn307 as 37C
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Posted 14 January 2025 - 12:31 PM

They were just a couple of cars I grabbed out of the compound -J Felice-

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Posted 14 January 2025 - 12:40 PM

Hi  XGTR  the pink torana with houndstooth trim, was it a brissi or adelaide built car and what month were they built in 72


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Posted 14 January 2025 - 02:21 PM

Hi LCK186, You might try looking at an 02 Brisbane or 04 Adelaide prefix, cheers.

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Posted 14 January 2025 - 03:41 PM

The White LJ V8 Prototype for sale
1 of 6 Prototypes ??????? made by GMH, March 1974 Newspaper Ad

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Arctic white. It's a prime body?

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Posted 14 January 2025 - 04:29 PM

The White LJ V8 Prototype for sale
1 of 6 Prototypes ??????? made by GMH, March 1974 Newspaper Ad

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6 Chambers Street South Yarra, it's a unit.

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Posted 14 January 2025 - 04:35 PM

The same unit had an slr5000 for sale in 1976 or 77. Trade in?

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Posted 14 January 2025 - 04:44 PM

XGTR hi i know of a feb 72 brisbane built gtr smp with houndstooth interior, its in melbourne i can get u details if need be


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Posted 14 January 2025 - 05:29 PM

XGTR hi i know of a feb 72 brisbane built gtr smp with houndstooth interior, its in melbourne i can get u details if need be

Thanks LCK186. Very rare.

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Posted 15 January 2025 - 10:36 AM

Is _FlyingFox_ still around? Were you saying that this was the L34 prototype?

 

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