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[yel327]

There are so many errors on that page I don't know where to start.....

[bryanw]

after working for nissan car plant, melbourne, I can see how some things can come about.
engineering had many test cars, when finished, these things more often than not sat out in the weather in the furthest part of the car park till they were disposed of.
this often involved giving them away, some as drag cars, school auto dept projects, including the tip.
I can also confirm maintenance used many as run arounds within the factory, was quite a sight after engineering made some modifications/tests, then maintenance had a go at it.
they also used them as pickup cars, that is drive drivers to one car park, they all drive a car to new location, then taxied back.

performance cars were always the first cars to get recycled to a new job, find it hard to beleive any large company wasting time wrecking something it could use internally, let alone tart up for sale.
who knows where some things end up, you might be staggered at the number of cars a big company could possibly misplace in a year.
never seen again.

long live the XU2

[lj72bathurst]

Hi people,im a newbe and an oldie, Im lookin for a lc gtrxu1 i sold it in the 1980"s,in brisbane north side,i like tof ine it and buyit back,if possible,and yes it was a real one,it was crashed at lakeside raceway in 1979 lefthand rear quater panal,colour was then was yellow with black bonnet ,i got it for $800 and restored it to it original colour, linta mint green,year lc10/1971,,id plates stamped inwards [not outwards like normal cars] no heater box, no reverse in rear tail light and no reverse switch, gearbox was a real early m20 close ratio.i heard it goes to the some of the show and swapmeets. Iknow their is not many of these around 1 colour and the other 10/1971,i have many pictures and a huge one a3 size framed of it. cheers.

sounds like it was a rare ck xu1 and a great colour as well, 10.1971

[xu2308]

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Edited by xu2308, 17 February 2018 - 03:27 AM.

[FLY_AGAIN_XU-1]

G/Day Allan
As we know Holden offically cancelled the LJ V8 XU-1 on Friday the 30th of June 1972.

In the following month of July Holden only completed a total of 8 LJ XU-1,s

Adelaide 7
Brisbane 1

These 8 LJ XU-1,s also brought the total of LJ XU-1,s built up to 600, thus completing homologation 1/1V Detroit Locker.

According to Harry Firth homologation 1/1V Detroit Locker was allways intended to be used in conjunction with the next batch of cars which was supposedly going to be the LJ V8 XU-1 until cancelled.

Get the picture : 5 Litre V8 plus a Detroit Locker (What a beast it would have been) XU-2 vs Phase IIII vs Charger 340 (What a Bathurst that would of been)

So the question must be asked as to what did happen to the 200 odd LJ V8 XU-1 shells

We know they used the wheels (Sprintmasters) on the following batches of cars, but what did happen to those 200 odd LJ V8 XU-1 shells.....................

A little more food for thought...................

[FLY_AGAIN_XU-1]

If you look closely at the dual exhaust brackets you will notice that they have been painted in the same paint as the floor pan which still retains some of the original paint. There have been suggestions that the exhaust brackets look aftermarket but how do we explain the factory paint on them. Im still researching this cars history and to date still know nothing about its first 13 years history.........

[xu2308]

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Edited by xu2308, 17 February 2018 - 03:29 AM.

[FLY_AGAIN_XU-1]

Hi Fly
yes the Detroit Locker,did any detroit locker Banjo centers end up in any LJ XU-1's(1972 Bathurst Special's etc)
Regards Allan

Answer : No

Quote :

Final Drive - Variation in supplier. Vehicles will be equipped at random with either "Detroit No Spin" or "Borg Warner Limited slip" differential units.

End Quote :


EQUIPPED AT RANDOM : They were smart, Put simply Holden needed only to produce 200 basically indentical units and the race teams got there Detroit Lockers.

From August there were another 3 homologations :

2/2V 10-08-1972 (Sprintmasters)
4/4V 10-08-1972 (Track)
5/5V 29-08-1972 (Cam XJ, Lightened Flywheel, Springs & 3.55 Diff Ratio)

These 3 homologations required a minimum of 700 cars be built 200 (2/2V), 200 (4/4V) and 300 (5/5V) gearbox and diff ratios required 100 cars be built per ratio



Though in the month of August Holden did complete nearly 200 LJ XU-1,s

Nearly 300 in the month of September

[FLY_AGAIN_XU-1]

OK Allan............

Im gunna put you on the spot !!!

1/1V Bathurst XU-1 or not ?

[xu2308]

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Edited by xu2308, 17 February 2018 - 03:30 AM.

[meanmachine72]

hi adam...do you have a build date on your car????
if not whats the vin?????

[Dr Terry]

Hmm was reading a mag the other day and they defined an XU-2 as an LC/LJ with a 308??
is this correct.

Some people believe it to be. But, officially the LJ XU-1 V8 was just that, an XU-1 V8. However it was called project XW-7 internally.

XU-2 is the option number for an LH/LX SL/R5000. As a matter of fact, Holden originally intended the SL/R5000 to be badged as 'XU-2" but all the negative publicity from the supercar scare made Holden shy away from anything associated with the XU-1 nameplate.

Dr Terry.

[xu2308]

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Edited by xu2308, 17 February 2018 - 03:32 AM.

[Dr Terry]

Hi Guys.

It's unlikely that GM-H had 200 V8 XU-1 "shells" just sitting around. You hear this same comment with the HX LE coupes. They say GM-H made the LE to get rid of the 600+ unused bodyshells. This was not the case. They would not have been complete. GM-H would possibly have had the components to build 200 V8 XU-1s (or 600+ LEs), but they would not have had them assembled. Where would you put them, you would need an area like the MCG to store them.

If you break an LJ body shell into individual parts, which ones would be unique to a V8 XU-1, if any ?

Dr Terry.