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#26 xu2308

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Posted 21 February 2012 - 09:39 AM

not sure pete but i will try and find out for you, i would say 1972, will post on here when i get the info

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Posted 21 February 2012 - 09:50 AM

No probs Al, I would like to try & chase one up & read the story, if I can find out exactly which issue it was in.
Appreciate your help.

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Posted 21 February 2012 - 02:45 PM

Kingsley Mills owned the Dealer Built V8 LJ in the pic, not sure if related as my dad uncle lived in Adelaide, so ya never know lol

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Posted 23 February 2012 - 06:18 PM

It would be nice to think this was still sitting in someones shed over here......and not in a junkyard or ended up wrapped around a tree.

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Posted 23 February 2012 - 08:24 PM

I do hope that its still alive as well, as these dealer built V8 LJ's are specials cars

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Posted 24 February 2012 - 08:46 AM

Hi Al, are you aware of the current existence of any of these 5 Adelaide dealer built cars.
Cheers Pete.

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Posted 24 February 2012 - 10:36 AM

Well there was one in 1983 in Street Machine Mag still around, was in that story there was 5 ok by the South OZ RTA in 1972,
so i hope they are all still around

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Posted 24 February 2012 - 07:16 PM

A mate bought a brand new lj bodyshell and all the bits including 308 and built it up over a 3 year period as he got approval before it was canned. Last time i saw it his wife was using it to drive to work.





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