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#1 rodomo

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Posted 03 October 2010 - 12:51 AM

New plates for my LJ.
http://www.gmh-torana.com.au/forums/index.php?showtopic=43795&st=50&gopid=541955&
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Trivia question?
What were they issued too? :huh:

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Posted 03 October 2010 - 01:11 AM

Something from the late 60's. Was it a race car?

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Posted 03 October 2010 - 10:04 AM

Something from the late 60's. March 1970
Was it a race car? Not that I'm aware of.


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Posted 03 October 2010 - 10:10 AM

Maybe a Kenworth??

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Posted 03 October 2010 - 03:07 PM

Nope. Holden.

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 08:56 AM

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 03:44 PM

My KUS plates are 11/70 or 11/60 ADR .

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 06:39 PM

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Close but no cigar.................... :wtf:

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 06:44 PM

Geeze.....you are one tough taskmaster.


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Posted 04 October 2010 - 06:48 PM

Trivia question?
What were they issued too? :huh:


Like every good story there's a twist!

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 06:55 PM

A Bedford truck?
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Posted 04 October 2010 - 07:00 PM

This tells me it was never registered and the number plates were just screwed to it for the promotional day?
Of all the images I've looked at (lots and lots) I haven't found one with a rego sticker on the window.

I'll just take the opportunity to thank GTRXU1 for confirming the number from the engineering report and Norm Darwin for supplying me the clear image.

http://www.gmh-torana.com.au/forums/index.php?showtopic=48242

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 07:04 PM

So does that mean the plates were registered to a 350 HT Monaro?

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 07:11 PM

Nuh.............
This story sounds better........... :spoton:

The chassis was based on a trimmed down HT sedan front subframe graphed to a fully fabricated chassis and fibreglass body.
The engine was a 350 Chevrolet V8 unit with a Saginaw 4 speed manual transmission.
Unfortunately, the power to weight ratio was deemed to be too dangerous and the project was scrapped.

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 07:54 PM

I'm soo confused?? :surrenderwave:

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 08:18 PM

Nuh.............
This story sounds better........... :spoton:

The chassis was based on a trimmed down HT sedan front subframe graphed to a fully fabricated chassis and fibreglass body.
The engine was a 350 Chevrolet V8 unit with a Saginaw 4 speed manual transmission.
Unfortunately, the power to weight ratio was deemed to be too dangerous and the project was scrapped.


This bit is crap ^^^^^ :spit:
Wot is correct.

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 08:27 PM

WOOHOOO!!!!!!!

When do I get my cigar?




























New task......


Anyone got pix of the Munro with the plates attached?

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 08:34 PM

Luv your work rodomo,you sly dog,now get back to researching that brocky book for me Posted Image and stop smearing holden history with printed proof of things not always what they seem.hahaha cheers mark

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 09:04 PM

These plates would go well on your car if you were in Vic. Mark.
Look at the rego date off the Vic Roads search.

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 09:14 PM

These plates would go well on your car if you were in Vic. Mark.
Look at the rego date off the Vic Roads search.



Yeh,give or take,close,right if I was in VIC.

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 10:26 PM

So from the rego number check, it seems it was a 2 owner ht 350 munro. With it's original rego for 23 years. Any idea where it is now?
Guessing Holden owned it if the plates are on the GTR-X...

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 10:35 PM

No idea where it is now. Might still be alive with new rego? :dontknow:

I'm tipping the day of the media shots, they took the plates of a Holden exec's car at Lang Lang and screwed them on to the GTR-X? :dontknow:

If you look at watt's link, (pun) in some of the frames the plates are on but in others they aren't.

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 10:38 PM

So are you converting your LJ into a GTR-X replica? :rockon:

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 10:45 PM

Ha! Ha!
No..............I'm just happy with the plates.
Only part off a GTR-X that I'll ever own.

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 10:51 PM

Someone needs to build one, in time for next years Toranafest. :P
I've seen the pics of the shell that were on here a while ago.
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