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Bob Forbes Le Mans A9X

Started by xu2308 , Jul 21 2010 08:52 PM

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#1 xu2308

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Posted 21 July 2010 - 08:52 PM

Here some Pics of the Bob Forbes Le Mans Lightweight A9X Hatchback,owned by John Coxhead from 1982,was a Street&Strip Car that did 12 Seconds Flat over the Qrt,from a 308 V8 Motor

Le Mans A9X.jpg 1.71MB 90 downloads NSW Rego Number LEQ798

Le Mans A9X Pics.jpg 1.41MB 87 downloads

Le Mans A9X John Coxhead.jpg 344.26K 49 downloads

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#2 dattoman

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Posted 21 July 2010 - 09:12 PM

Is this confirmed it was a Le Mans ?
I thought they were accounted for
Could this have just been a GMP-A shell converted to a roadcar ?

Red... oh Red ??

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#3 _The Baron_

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Posted 21 July 2010 - 09:21 PM

Is this confirmed it was a Le Mans ?
I thought they were accounted for
Could this have just been a GMP-A shell converted to a roadcar ?

Red... oh Red ??

Yes it is "one" of those Lemans intended cars.
I'm sure this has been covered.

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#4 dattoman

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Posted 21 July 2010 - 09:26 PM

OK so this is the orange car from Canberra then

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#5 xu2308

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Posted 21 July 2010 - 09:39 PM

Bob Jane Le Mans A9X.jpg 581.46K 56 downloads

Here is one of the 3 Lightweight A9X Hatches,Does REDA9X know about this one,it was in Unique cars Magazine For Sale in the 1990's. ???????

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Posted 23 July 2010 - 12:51 PM

Yes, I know that car, built for Bob Jane, not one of the 33 rolling shells. This is one of 2 Bob had the panels made for in adelaide where they were thinner and lighter. The first car was raced, this one wasn't.

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#7 FLY_AGAIN_XU-1

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Posted 21 September 2020 - 01:10 PM

OK so this is the orange car from Canberra then

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Mandarin Red, the other car went on to become Peters Jansons 79 race car.

Can you confirm this please dattoman.

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Posted 21 September 2020 - 01:17 PM

Red... oh Red ??

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#9 myss427

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Posted 21 September 2020 - 01:42 PM

Red car is still in Canberra under a carport, wish it was mine but the guy won't sell it, could not afford it anyway.

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#10 FLY_AGAIN_XU-1

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Posted 21 September 2020 - 03:20 PM

I thought this car was on the market in 2014-15 ? Maybe did not sell ? They were talking about a small island......

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#11 Shiney005

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Posted 22 September 2020 - 10:48 AM

A bargain in 1998.

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#12 yel327

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Posted 22 September 2020 - 11:01 AM

Not really. When you could have bought one each of HK-HQ 81837 for that money and if you bought wisely had $ left for an XU1.

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Posted 22 September 2020 - 12:16 PM

This car is very tired now and needs lots of work. I remember him driving it to my place just after buying it from the ad above. We went for a drive and it went hard. Sadly the owner has the arse hanging out of his pants but still will not sell it. And we convinced him to bring it up to Torana the Great back in 2004 to shut all the doubters up :-)