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Recently i decided to do some work on my strike me pink 08/72 Adelaide built XU-1 and came across these factory markings under the passenger side kick panel. To me they appear to spell V8........Though this is only my interpretation..........
It would be interesting to know if any other owners of 08/72 Adelaide built XU-1,s have these markings under there passenger side kick panels ???







On Sunday the 25th of June 1972 was the day the "SUPER CAR SCARE" first began, by Friday the 30th of June 1972 Holden had offically cancelled there LJ V8 programme. Up to Friday the 30th of June 1972 Holden had completed a total of 593 LJ XU-1,s. In the month of July 1972 Holden only completed a total of 7 LJ XU-1,s (1 Brisbane, 6 Adelaide) bringing the total up to 600.

So i wonder what did happen to those LJ V8 shells ???

Im only guessing they were reverted back to 6 cylinders and sold as XU-1,s.............

It would be interesting to know if any other owners of 08/72 Adelaide built XU-1,s have these markings under there passenger side kick panels ???

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Edited by xu2308, 17 February 2018 - 03:57 AM.

[StephenSLR]

came across these factory markings under the passenger side kick panel. To me they appear to spell V8........Though this is only my interpretation..........

What you are probably looking at is the signature or initials of the person who worked on it.

After the work on that section is finalised it is signed or tagged.

Or it could be the person(s) checking the work, as the car goes down the production line after each check is made the worker will sign or place a sticker to say, 'Passed'.

There may be a person at the final point ticking off all the checks.

It's known as Quality Control or QA - Quality Assurance.

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[xu2308]

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Edited by xu2308, 17 February 2018 - 03:58 AM.

[S pack]

came across these factory markings under the passenger side kick panel. To me they appear to spell V8........Though this is only my interpretation..........

What you are probably looking at is the signature or initials of the person who worked on it.

After the work on that section is finalised it is signed or tagged.

Or it could be the person(s) checking the work, as the car goes down the production line after each check is made the worker will sign or place a sticker to say, 'Passed'.

There may be a person at the final point ticking off all the checks.

It's known as Quality Control or QA - Quality Assurance.

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IMHO that is someones signature, scrawl or tag whatever you want to call it. If you examine the way it has been written you will see that they were not writing V8, nothing like it!

Never seen any 'Passed' stickers or the like on a LC/LJ Torana but the signature as a check mark might be plausible.

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Edited by xu2308, 17 February 2018 - 03:58 AM.

[xu2308]

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Edited by xu2308, 17 February 2018 - 03:59 AM.

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Edited by xu2308, 17 February 2018 - 03:59 AM.

[StephenSLR]

Never seen any 'Passed' stickers or the like on a LC/LJ Torana but the signature as a check mark might be plausible.

Probably not, the 'passed' sticker is more recent, moreso to electronics and a piece of crayon would've been a lot cheaper back then.

I'd say it would probably be a check that all the welds in the area are ok.

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