Hey guys,
Did the lc xu1 have a MS OIL sticker on the rocker cover or was it just a plain chrome rocker cover with a sticker on the silver oil cap?
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MS OIL Sticker
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, Jun 16 2008 01:42 PM
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Posted 16 June 2008 - 01:42 PM
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Posted 16 June 2008 - 02:17 PM
This is from a period magazine. The cap looks gold anodised and has a black MS Oil sticker. It will be interesting to see what others say, especially Bazza who is an excellent source of knowledge when it comes to this stuff.
I'm sure TBM or Frash Da Bucket would also be able to help.
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I'm sure TBM or Frash Da Bucket would also be able to help.
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Posted 16 June 2008 - 02:35 PM
In a period LC GTR picture it looked like this
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Posted 16 June 2008 - 04:43 PM
My LC Xu1 is missing the cap but the original fan blade is still on the car and it is silver like the silver on the gtr pic posted. Im assuming the oil cap would match the fan blade.
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Posted 17 June 2008 - 04:05 AM
LC XU-1s had a plain chrome rocker cover, no decal and a silver oil cap with a decal telling you how often to clean the cap in kero.
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Posted 17 June 2008 - 10:09 AM
HiLC XU-1s had a plain chrome rocker cover, no decal and a silver oil cap with a decal telling you how often to clean the cap in kero.
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Have to agree with ck1971. Silver cap, clear decal/transfer with black printing.
I have seen the picture with the gold anodized cap and often wondered about it. Note the clear transfer with black print.
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Posted 17 June 2008 - 10:18 AM
I see in the GTR photo above there's no decal's whatsoever on the rocker cover - not too sure about this. Mine has the HOLDEN behind the oil filler and the MS Oils in front. Both are a kinda mustard yellow colour...
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Posted 17 June 2008 - 10:51 AM
Hi
Here is another original GTR shot. Maybe they 'dressed' them up for publicity photos.
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Here is another original GTR shot. Maybe they 'dressed' them up for publicity photos.
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Posted 17 June 2008 - 11:04 AM
Yep - that's what mine looks like. Although, my throttle return spring hooks into the battery tray - no fancy bracket.
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Posted 17 June 2008 - 01:12 PM
Hi gtr2600Smy throttle return spring hooks into the battery tray - no fancy bracket.
They must have varied between the factories (4 were assembling them) or they deleted the rocker cover decals and spring bracket at different times later in the production run.
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Posted 17 June 2008 - 05:52 PM
Here's a couple more LC GTR engine pictures - one appears to be the same as Bazza's but in colour.
Pictures show the MS Oil and Engine Size decals fitted to the rocker cover and the cleaning instructions decal on the oil cap, which is silver.
Both are from period magazine reports.
Pictures show the MS Oil and Engine Size decals fitted to the rocker cover and the cleaning instructions decal on the oil cap, which is silver.
Both are from period magazine reports.
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Posted 17 June 2008 - 06:40 PM
That car was one of the first 8 released for the press to test so that might have something to do with it..I bought that copy of Modern Motor. The rest..as they say...is history ..Torana fan since.This is from a period magazine. The cap looks gold anodised and has a black MS Oil sticker. It will be interesting to see what others say, especially Bazza who is an excellent source of knowledge when it comes to this stuff.
I'm sure TBM or Frash Da Bucket would also be able to help.
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Posted 18 June 2008 - 01:16 AM
LC GTRs had rocker cover decals and silver oil filler caps with clear decals with black text.
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Posted 23 January 2012 - 09:31 PM
Just wanted to show everybody the original oil cap off my 10/70 xu1. Note how the lettering is printed on, no sticker/decal! Cheers Mark
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Posted 23 January 2012 - 11:48 PM
Hi Craig,
The gold oii caps were only fitted on HT monaro's 186'S and they had also a gold air cleaner and a gold fan also,
and i do think the hk 186'S were the same too.
The return spring mounted on that bracket was fitted on early 1969 gtr's and also on ht monaro's 186'S too,
It was changed that return spring bracket it used to bend up from the intense heat,and then moved the the corner,
of the battery tray on the gtr's in 1970.
The oil caps on the 1970 gtr's were silver and so was the fan too.
The rocker cover stickers weren't fitted on lc gtr's,only one air filter with the 2600 S sticker.
The stickers on the rocker cover in the photo's were only promotional only.
The lj gtr's had the silver oil cap and the fan too,but the air filter was chrome as the same on lc gtr's.
The lc xu-1 only had the silver oil cap,a black fan and no stickers on the cover too.
The 71 lc gtr's had the return spring mounted behind the carby.
Cheers John.
The gold oii caps were only fitted on HT monaro's 186'S and they had also a gold air cleaner and a gold fan also,
and i do think the hk 186'S were the same too.
The return spring mounted on that bracket was fitted on early 1969 gtr's and also on ht monaro's 186'S too,
It was changed that return spring bracket it used to bend up from the intense heat,and then moved the the corner,
of the battery tray on the gtr's in 1970.
The oil caps on the 1970 gtr's were silver and so was the fan too.
The rocker cover stickers weren't fitted on lc gtr's,only one air filter with the 2600 S sticker.
The stickers on the rocker cover in the photo's were only promotional only.
The lj gtr's had the silver oil cap and the fan too,but the air filter was chrome as the same on lc gtr's.
The lc xu-1 only had the silver oil cap,a black fan and no stickers on the cover too.
The 71 lc gtr's had the return spring mounted behind the carby.
Cheers John.
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Posted 24 January 2012 - 08:58 AM
No not correct .
The LC XU-1 also used a silver fan blade not black.
The LC XU-1 also used a silver fan blade not black.
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Posted 24 January 2012 - 03:27 PM
?Just wanted to show everybody the original oil cap off my 10/70 xu1. Note how the lettering is printed on, no sticker/decal! Cheers Mark
I think you will find that it is a decal but one of the old water slide decals. They look a lot like paint.
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Posted 24 January 2012 - 08:07 PM
Hi LC870.
I rang a forum member ,he said the fans were sliver,on th lc xu-1's.
Cheers John
I rang a forum member ,he said the fans were sliver,on th lc xu-1's.
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Posted 24 January 2012 - 08:40 PM
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I think you will find that it is a decal but one of the old water slide decals. They look a lot like paint.
I've looked long and hard! Definitely printed on. Has anybody else have an opinion?
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Posted 24 January 2012 - 08:43 PM
Hi 71xu1,
Yes they were water transfers in those days,and stickers these days,i have a old transfer,that i found at a swap meet.
Cheers John.
Yes they were water transfers in those days,and stickers these days,i have a old transfer,that i found at a swap meet.
Cheers John.
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Posted 24 January 2012 - 09:09 PM
I know that mine is only an LC 'S' but my oil cap is painted black, and the decal is screen printed on
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Posted 09 February 2012 - 11:16 PM
HR X2 was the first to use a gold oil filler this matched the gold air cleaner this was on the 186K with the WW stromberg this continued on through most of the HK - G Monaros.
The black oil filler caps on GTR and XU-1 is a myth as all engine were built in Melbourne and left in a complete or in the case of the last ones, a near complete state.
The black oil filler caps will have been replacement caps fitted when old ones fell off from a loose cork seal or were dropped and bent.
My Aug 73 GTR has a silver fan and silver filler cap, air filter and rocker cover are chrome of course.
I have a picture of my Aug 73 XU-1 in the 1980's and it had a silver oil filler cap. no black one as the myth suggests.
I conclude all had GTR and XU-1's had silver caps except for those promotional ones perhaps, that have been mentioned above.
diferent colour caps have different colour decals, obviously "S" model black caps did not have black decals.
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The black oil filler caps on GTR and XU-1 is a myth as all engine were built in Melbourne and left in a complete or in the case of the last ones, a near complete state.
The black oil filler caps will have been replacement caps fitted when old ones fell off from a loose cork seal or were dropped and bent.
My Aug 73 GTR has a silver fan and silver filler cap, air filter and rocker cover are chrome of course.
I have a picture of my Aug 73 XU-1 in the 1980's and it had a silver oil filler cap. no black one as the myth suggests.
I conclude all had GTR and XU-1's had silver caps except for those promotional ones perhaps, that have been mentioned above.
diferent colour caps have different colour decals, obviously "S" model black caps did not have black decals.
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I've looked long and hard! Definitely printed on. Has anybody else have an opinion?
I don't think it's a water slide decal, printed on somehow.
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Posted 18 April 2014 - 08:31 PM
I believe the the factory fitted oil caps had a silk screen printed decal on them .
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Posted 19 April 2014 - 09:47 AM
LC870 just wanted to clarify what you are saying, did you mean that the writing is screen printed onto the oil cap or its a decal that is screen printed then applied to the cap?
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