Rallye master / Sprintmaster wheels.
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Posted 22 April 2018 - 01:44 PM
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Posted 22 April 2018 - 04:21 PM
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Posted 22 April 2018 - 07:13 PM
#4
Posted 22 April 2018 - 07:25 PM
Time muddies the waters for us old blokes that were there back in the day.
As I recall...may well be wrong..the Sprinters were homologated for the 72 LJ cars( be they proposed V8s or the "Bathurst" 6 cyl. cars). However..I'm thinkin the Rallymasters were seen on LC factory rally cars pre LJ.? Thus yhey were around in LC era. Were they just a Globe wheel then?..and became a Holden part order in the LJ era?...hmmmmm
All guesses really..
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Posted 22 April 2018 - 07:45 PM
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Posted 22 April 2018 - 07:59 PM
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Posted 22 April 2018 - 08:06 PM
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Posted 23 April 2018 - 03:57 PM
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The first cars to have the self locating sprintmasters fitted in production were the 200 August and September built LJ GTR XU-1,s. These wheels were originally planned to be fitted to the V8 LJ. These wheels have a cast date of 6/72 ( Batch 1 ).
With a further 200 cars and 200 sets of wheels required under the C.A.M.S. rules to complete the homologation of the wheels ( 2/2V ) and Track ( 4/4V ) Holden produced the minimum number of 200 cars in the months of October and November. These cars were then offered the option of the second batch of self locating sprintmasters. These wheels have a cast date of 11/72 ( Batch 2 ).
Rather than factory fit the second batch of self locating sprintmasters to the October and November built LJ GTR XU-1,s, Holden offered them as an option. Following Fords lead in the way Ford went about homologating their 15 X 7 Bathurst globes for the 1971 GT HO Phase III Falcons.
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Batch 1 self locating sprintmasters ( 6/72 )
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Batch 2 self locating sprintmasters ( 11/72 )
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Posted 27 April 2018 - 02:30 PM
#10
Posted 27 April 2018 - 06:57 PM
So the question i want to ask , If a XU-1 came from the factory with set of 6/72 or 11/72 rims what was the spare?
Nibless or Sprintmaster?
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Posted 27 April 2018 - 11:13 PM
#12
Posted 28 April 2018 - 11:56 AM
So the question i want to ask , If a XU-1 came from the factory with set of 6/72 or 11/72 rims what was the spare?
Nibless or Sprintmaster?
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According to the C.A.M.S. rules, the spare wheel was required to be a sprintmaster. The 200 August and September built LJ GTR XU-1,s which had them factory fitted had the spare as a sprintmaster. The second batch of cars and wheels had the wheels as an option. I have seen some 11/72 and 2/73 LJ GTR XU-1,s with the option of the sprintmasters but still have the nibless as a spare. I believe this was solely up to the dealership fitting the wheels. The first batch of 6/72 were factory fitted, the second batch of 11/72 were offered as an option.........
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Posted 28 April 2018 - 12:25 PM
According to the C.A.M.S. rules, the spare wheel was required to be a sprintmaster. The 200 August and September built LJ GTR XU-1,s which had them factory fitted had the spare as a sprintmaster. The second batch of cars and wheels had the wheels as an option. I have seen some 11/72 and 2/73 LJ GTR XU-1,s with the option of the sprintmasters but still have the nibless as a spare. I believe this was solely up to the dealership fitting the wheels. The first batch of 6/72 were factory fitted, the second batch of 11/72 were offered as an option.........
OK, Cheers for that Fly.
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Posted 29 April 2018 - 01:58 PM
One more photo of Bond at A.I.R 27/8/72 with the debut of the sprintmasters.
Bond at Sandown on the 10/9/72 same xu1 just new color scheme.
cheers
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