Two tails to tell.
The Holden lion had a short tail on all GMH logos up until at least 1969, and then the long tail from then until the early 1990's.
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I am trying to track down when it changed on the GTS wheel hubcaps. The clearest pictures I have of them are the short tail on a hardly used spare from an L34 and the long tail from the new A9x.
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Searching through "concourse" cars for sale, I have found a 7th month 1974 HQ 350 with the short tails, and a 10-74 1 owner HJ Monaro with long tails.
I always assumed the change would have come with the introduction of HJ, but I would like to know if any of you guys have seen long tails on cars built before September 1974? 95% of good original L34's have the short tails, but one owner says there was a period when both were being put on Toranas.
While on the subject, did the early SL/R hubcaps have the short tail lion? (Hanras pic)
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Edited by Shiney005, 27 September 2024 - 03:13 PM.