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[Bazza]

Nice work Dave - Did you think that I "invented" the content of my post and you needed to 'fact check' me? Thanks for your confidence.

[S pack]

Nice work Dave - Did you think that I "invented" the content of my post and you needed to 'fact check' me? Thanks for your confidence.

That was not my intention Bazza.

I was mystified why the information, if it was a warranty issue or a safety recall, was furnished in another publication but not dealt with in the normal manner in a Dealer Service Letter.

[Ice]

Glad you guys found that info out i had it on very good authority that the pic i put up of that funky clamp was from an original swaybar off an LC GTR
you never stop learning about these cars

[Bazza]

Glad you guys found that info out i had it on very good authority that the pic i put up of that funky clamp was from an original swaybar off an LC GTR
you never stop learning about these cars

 

Amen to that!

 

Cheers

 

Bazza

[madtoranajzedded]

Its marvarlous whatyou guys can dig up.even
after 46yrs .you guys could solve cold cases i reckon.

[RallyRed]

Molder and Scully....but who is who?

Edited by RallyRed, 23 October 2016 - 05:19 PM.

[EunUCh]

One is one the other is one but no one really knows which one is one ?

[meanmachine72]

and what price would 4 of these clamps bring?

[S pack]

and what price would 4 of these clamps bring?

How long is a piece of string?

[meanmachine72]

lol....want it to be a really long string dave,

$100 each maybe?

[S pack]

lol....want it to be a really long string dave,

$100 each maybe?

 

OEM NOS or S/H?
 

[meanmachine72]

used/second/third hand dave

[S pack]

used/second/third hand dave

$100 each for S/H?  What would OEM NOS clamps be worth then???

[meanmachine72]

never seen a nos set..but considering there hard to find i thought top end price..its just i got 4 of them today but dont need them as i got a repo bar and clamps on chateau 

[S pack]

never seen a nos set..but considering there hard to find i thought top end price..its just i got 4 of them today but dont need them as i got a repo bar and clamps on chateau 

Cheers, put 'em up for sale to the highest bidder.

Whatever yours sell for then OEM NOS should be worth at least double the price.

Edited by S pack, 08 July 2017 - 03:36 PM.

[Bazza]

Hi

 

This was Oct 2014 - I don't believe things have changed dramatically.

 

Cheers

 

Bazza

 

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[grumpy xu1]

You can buy a complete repro xu1 sway bar for a bit over $300 including clamps from the "manufacturer". I personally think that some of the prices people will pay is ridiculous. Gary.

[madtoranajzedded]

Yeah put them on burns& co

Tell them they are off charlie mccarrons
green xu-1 😂😂😂

[meanmachine72]

Hi

 

This was Oct 2014 - I don't believe things have changed dramatically.

 

Cheers

 

Bazza

 

 

haha  even at price bazza iam way in front mate..then maybe the green xu-1 story may just add that little bit more...lol

Edited by meanmachine72, 09 July 2017 - 10:18 AM.

[S pack]

Johnno, put some pink grease pen marks on em and claim they are the original clamps off the Pink V8 prototype from when The HDT swapped out the original bar in favour of a Lovells (made by Selby's) that would have been illegal to use in 1972 Group E.    

[meanmachine72]

great idea dave..that should drive the price through the roof mate..now where do i get NOS pink pen from?

[lx308]

now where do i get NOS pink pen from?

I'd try the wreckers. I'm sure they used something similar.

[xu2308]

S pack, on 09 Jul 2017 - 10:44, said:
Johnno, put some pink grease pen marks on em and claim they are the original clamps off the Pink V8 prototype from when The HDT swapped out the original bar in favour of a Lovells (made by Selby's) that would have been illegal to use in 1972 Group E.

Selby's and KMAC were the only suspension company making sway bars for Torana's in the early 1970's
Lovells only made coils in that time frame, told by Selby's family.
Get it right Rivet Counter

The Homologation papers for the V8 LJ were never sent into Cams

 

24c HDT XU1 has the same front sway bar, interesting.

Edited by xu2308, 09 July 2017 - 05:50 PM.

[jpxu1]

My two bob bet is that Gene's clamp is from a Hendersons bar which were also around back in the day. They were a similiar colour green to the forum page highlight square. Pretty sure I have a couple of them as well.

 

Never heard of the clamps breaking, but the bars used to (and still do> I broke one a few months back... ouch   .... as I hadn't thought to check its installation), the main problem being that they get installed with the front end jacked up off the ground (ease of access). When the car is lowered back to the ground the bar is pretensioned to its limit; hit a bump/bottom the suspension out, and bang... $800+ straight to scrap! The bar needs to be installed and tightened with the suspension in its normal road going position.

 

Cheers,

JPXU1

[S pack]

Selby's and KMAC were the only suspension company making sway bars for Torana's in the early 1970's
Lovells only made coils in that time frame, told by Selby's family.
Get it right Rivet Counter

The Homologation papers for the V8 LJ were never sent into Cams

 

24c HDT XU1 has the same front sway bar, interesting.

Correct, Lovells didn't make anti-sway bars. As I have told you before, Lovells branded anti-sway bars were made for them by Selby's.

 

The V8 XU1 (XW7) was to be equipped with the normal 82911 front anti-sway bar and no rear bar.

 

The front anti-sway bar that is currently fitted to 24C is not the anti-sway bar that 24C would have raced with.