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[sibhs]

Cool, thanks Ian.  Just printing it out for reference.

 

Marty

[RallyRed]

pretty interesting...ta Chaos.

[a9x868]

ian that is just awesome

[S pack]

^^^ Fur Ken Oath. +1

[Covert]

+2

[frash da bucket]

Wow fantastic!!!

[RallyRed]

""Urban myths — the XU-2 and the V8 into the LJ Torana. Can you shed any light?
I could write a book on this! Harry Firth had three V8 prototypes built from brand new XU-1s, then Evan Green’s story came out [Sun Herald, 25 Jun ’72] and all hell broke loose. Around 11am Monday morning I went and had a look at the three cars; they were pink, orange and dark green. Some say one was white but that was another car that Harry made as a mule"".

 

XU1s?

Green?

 

How many diferent versions of this story are there?..........I'm asking 'cause I dont know

[xgtr]

True of us all Col  

[RallyRed]

yeah...Its a treasure trove all right...I've bought a few of those ACCELERATOR magazines off EBay...and here they all are...dozens of them!!.

Next time I'mat Catho, youre in line for a free schoo-ey Ian. 

 

Ta

[Toranamat69]

Great read.

 

Interesting to note on page 3 'Motor vehicle manufacture has long been a yard stick by which a nation's wealth, growth and industrial stability has been measured.'

 

Fast forward 69 years an now largely no one gives a fuuck and how do we now demonstrate those things? or are they no longer important cooz we've been there done that or just simply don't care?

 

Other comment to note from page 1 - 'Already. during the war years Australia had learnt a bitter lesson that the country was handicapped by not being able to provide it's own motor transport.'

 

Clearly a lesson we have chosen to now forget.  

 

Oh well, we have already given up our weapons and most of the men in this country are now walking around with their nuts in their wives handbags.

 

Pretty ordinary times to be an aussie if you ask me.  I don't like where my country is now and I certainly don't like where it is heading.

[Uncle Chop Chop]

 'Already. during the war years Australia had learnt a bitter lesson that the country was handicapped by not being able to provide it's own motor transport.'

 

Clearly a lesson we have chosen to now forget. 

 

The one thing we learn from history is that we do not learn from history.

[IanC]

I think this has been updated if anyone is interested https://www.hrc.org.au/index.php

[RallyRed]

Great info Ian, Thanks.    Could spend a week lost in that!

 

Interesting to note that in the LH model engineering docos ( 71 pages) there are lots of references to the parts required

for " p/o option XU1"...as though they were fully intending to implement a Hot Six LH?

Edited by RallyRed, 29 March 2022 - 09:14 AM.

[Shiney005]

Thanks for the reminder. I hadn't checked in for a while.

[S pack]

Great info Ian, Thanks.    Could spend a week lost in that!

 

Interesting to note that in the LH model engineering docos ( 71 pages) there are lots of references to the parts required

for " p/o option XU1"...as though they were fully intending to implement a Hot Six LH?

Hey Col, yep the original proposal compiled in 1970 for LH Torana  was going to carry over the 82911 GTR model and XU1 variant. No reference to a V8 in the proposal.

Interesting to note the GTR was proposed to have the 173S engine, which can only mean the LJ GTR was also originally proposed to have the 173S engine.

Can only wonder if the LH  2 door models would have been a hatchback.
 

Edited by S pack, 29 March 2022 - 05:01 PM.

[RallyRed]

Yeah, in that LH doco they do refer to a Hatch.

[RallyRed]

Looks like it would be easy to get a promotion at the Pagewood VAP?, just hang around for about 9 months...you'd have the longest service.
Check out the Labour turnover in 1973

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[dascind]

Perhaps workers were turned by crappy HQ colours being applied !!!???

[RallyRed]

Perhaps workers were turned by crappy HQ colours being applied !!!???

Not sure Dave, but imaging the training ( may not be that comprehensive?) that would need to be deliver to keep up with that turnover, and the quality issues of always having new people on the line.