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Posted 13 August 2015 - 06:10 PM

Oh yeah that's what I was ment to say.
Done well bomber you worked out my whole question was fiction haha

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Posted 13 August 2015 - 11:46 PM

HDT 001 is the Green car just sold the other day

F or F

 

LOL, just shit stirring and referencing the other thread.

 

Just like "is 05 in the Bathurst Museum" F or F

 

This has been a good thread though, learnt a bit along the way and had a laugh as well.


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Posted 13 August 2015 - 11:55 PM

Fact or Fiction

 

This car won the 1971 Australian Rally Championship

 

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Posted 14 August 2015 - 12:01 AM

Fiction

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Posted 14 August 2015 - 12:16 AM

Fiction

 

Fact

 

That is Saggy Sarah in one of her many incarnations.

 

To the best of my knowledge anyway.


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Posted 14 August 2015 - 12:54 AM

The experimental GTR-X was fitted with an LC GTR XU-1 186 engine.

 

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Posted 14 August 2015 - 01:03 AM

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Fact, and also a 202-X


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Posted 14 August 2015 - 01:44 AM

Of the three GTR-X's built, one was an auto.

 

F or F?


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Posted 14 August 2015 - 07:19 AM

Lol. F.

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Posted 14 August 2015 - 07:46 AM

Lol. F.

 

Which F is that?


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Posted 14 August 2015 - 07:52 AM

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Fact, and also a 202-X

It is a 186S engine in the experimental GTR-X.

 

For F.


Edited by S pack, 14 August 2015 - 07:56 AM.

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Posted 14 August 2015 - 09:09 AM

Which F is that?


Facebook fact real world fiction haha.

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Posted 14 August 2015 - 02:50 PM

Fact
 
That is Saggy Sarah in one of her many incarnations.
 
To the best of my knowledge anyway.

I think your wrong Craig
Colin Bond and Goerge Sheppard won it in an LC XU1 in 71
Saggy looks like an LJ to me
i stand to be corrected

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Posted 14 August 2015 - 03:51 PM

I think your wrong Craig
Colin Bond and Goerge Sheppard won it in an LC XU1 in 71
Saggy looks like an LJ to me
i stand to be corrected

I believe Craig is partly correct.

Bond & Sheppard won the 1971 Australian Rally Championship in Saggy Sarah.

The car pictured in Craig's post may not actually be Saggy however it looks just like the livery that Saggy once wore.


Edited by S pack, 14 August 2015 - 04:02 PM.

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Posted 14 August 2015 - 04:16 PM

Thanks for clearing that up Dave

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Posted 14 August 2015 - 05:27 PM

The early production run of six cylinder LH toranas used leftover LJ engine sumps and pickups. Fact or Fiction?


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Posted 14 August 2015 - 06:38 PM

Fiction ?

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Posted 14 August 2015 - 07:03 PM

Fiction. 


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Posted 14 August 2015 - 08:48 PM

I think your wrong Craig
Colin Bond and Goerge Sheppard won it in an LC XU1 in 71
Saggy looks like an LJ to me
i stand to be corrected

I'm far from an eggspurt........  but Saggy was a LC with LJ front end............  I rekon thats Saggy.... 


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Posted 14 August 2015 - 09:10 PM

I'm far from an eggspurt........  but Saggy was a LC with LJ front end............  I rekon thats Saggy.... 

It appears Saggy sported both LC and LJ headlamp bezels at different times with the LJ grille.


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Posted 14 August 2015 - 09:30 PM

Fact or fiction...

Gene owns a Torana ?

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Posted 14 August 2015 - 09:37 PM

I believe Craig is partly correct.

Bond & Sheppard won the 1971 Australian Rally Championship in Saggy Sarah.

The car pictured in Craig's post may not actually be Saggy however it looks just like the livery that Saggy once wore.

This adds a little light on the evolution of the 71 winner.

http://forums.autosp...dans/?p=5109119


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Posted 14 August 2015 - 09:40 PM

Like Button for you Deano.  B)



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Posted 14 August 2015 - 09:50 PM

Fact or fiction...

Gene owns a Torana ?

Ficton.

 

Gene owns a pile of bits & pieces (minus a bit or two) that he believes resemble a Torana. :)


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Posted 14 August 2015 - 09:55 PM

Fact or fiction...
Gene owns a Torana ?

Fact Cunning Stunt

Ficton.
 
Gene owns a pile of bits & pieces (minus a bit or two) that he believes resemble a Torana. :)

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