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[dattoman]

I think a GTS needs 80837 (coupe)
80469 is juts a KIngswood V8 sedan I think

[FLY_AGAIN_XU-1]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Im with Dattoman !

[Struggler]

Basically 80469 was used for both V8 Kingswood and GTS Monaro (4 door).

[TerrA LX]

maybe, maybe not. best try the monaro forum for your answer.

[A9X]

sorry to drag up an oldie.

 

i get that 80469 was used for both V8 Kingswood and GTS Monaro , i get that the trim code can also help designate a gts . 

 

my question is , XV4, where is that code found ???

[Redzone]

On the trim plate I think?

[S pack]

You won't find production option code XV4 on any of the tags.

 

I'm sure Yel327 will know more about this subject.

[RallyRed]

Yel327 ....hello.....you are reqd.

[Dr Terry]

XW4 was only seen on the ID plates on 4-door HQ GTSs built in Brisbane. The other plants didn't stamp option pack codes in that era.

 

Dr Terry

[yel327]

It is a V8 HQ Kingswood sedan, these could be optioned into a number of things including XV4 and XW8 (GTS and GTS350). No different to just about every other sports or performance GMH product of the day where they are special vehicle packages added to a lower model/lux level:

XU1 on GTR.
XV2 on HQ V8 Belmont sedan (SS).
XU3 or XX7 on HQ-HZ Holden, Belmont and Kingswood commercials.
XU2 on LH-LX SLR (SLR5000).
L34 on LH XU2.
A9X on LX SLR and SS.

The trim code on these is the giveaway as the XV4 and XW8 had trims not available on Kingswood. I'm pretty sure 33Y is one of them. On later examples they used a Q in the VIN rather than an N but they still remained as aV8 Kingswood model until HJ when the GTS sedan became a stand alone model WQ69.

[A9X]

very interesting.

 

I'm about to grab a v8 hq kingswood, L31 Trimatic . 80469 on the plate.

 

The car is a good base project that my lad has been looking for , so i'll grab it any way. But be very intersting if its a gts.

 

Watch that set a cat amongst the Welby pidgeon coop.

 

Unfortunately i can't get more detail before i grab it, so its wait and see.

[yel327]

Normally Kingswood will be E trim, GTS will be be normally X or Y. Being L31 M40 i'd give you better than odds on that it is an XV4. Needs to be later HQ though ie '73-4

[A9X]

its definately 74 HQ,

 

no idea yet on trim . Car is currently a metalic colour, but i'm not convinced its factory colour.

[Dr Terry]

I had an HJ 4 door Monaro. It had a 4 digit (if I remember correctly) number stamped on the firewall.


Don't know if they all have this but my mate's one does. It certainly wasn't (isn't) XV4 stamped there.

XV4 was HQ only.

 

Dr Terry

[yel327]

I had an HJ 4 door Monaro. It had a 4 digit (if I remember correctly) number stamped on the firewall.


Don't know if they all have this but my mate's one does. It certainly wasn't (isn't) XV4 stamped there.

 

All Pagewood HQ to HZ circa Commodore release have a number on the firewall, this is how Pagewood tracked the cars through the body and assembly plants. I've never been able to find out how they tracked the foreign bodies though, mainly Elizabeth van and cab-chassis bodies. This firewall number appears on the broadcast sheet, prior to HQ they used the chassis number on the firewall for the same purpose. If you ever pull a Pagewood assembled car apart in very original condition you'll find 2 digit numbers on everything, compare that to the firewall number and be surprised!

[yel327]

Normally Kingswood will be E trim, GTS will be be normally X or Y. Being L31 M40 i'd give you better than odds on that it is an XV4. Needs to be later HQ though ie '73-4

 

Just checked it up. E, G, J and K trims for HQ KIngswood sedan. W, X, Y and Z for XV4 and XW8. E and X are the most common. G, K, Y and Z are cloth insert.