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73 Bathurst v's 72 Bathurst XU-1

Started by _UFO XU1_ , Jun 24 2007 02:19 PM

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#76 _gtr-xu1_

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Posted 30 June 2007 - 09:00 PM

id say all

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#77 WhiteA9XS

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Posted 30 June 2007 - 09:53 PM

its a pretty rare combo , i,d think it was more an option on the 150 built bath 73 cars ... it was cams homologation stuff , however not impossible as gtr-xu1 says

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#78 _gtr-xu1_

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Posted 30 June 2007 - 10:05 PM

The reason i recon all is because not all the sets off self locating 72 sprintmasters were fitted to XU1s for homogilation, some ended up on GTRs etc. I believe the 1.38-1 third gear gearbox was an option but not standard issue for the upgraded 73 car.

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#79 WhiteA9XS

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Posted 30 June 2007 - 10:12 PM

gtrxu1 , to be honest i have never seen one of the 484 clustered version , i wonder how many they really made ?? i bet SFA..

Has anybody got one of these ??

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#80 _gtr-xu1_

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Posted 30 June 2007 - 10:26 PM

SFA

shaun. havnt you got 1?

Edited by gtr-xu1, 30 June 2007 - 10:27 PM.

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#81 _lx5008_

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Posted 30 June 2007 - 10:27 PM

ive built 1000,s over the years and never seen one either, but if you go to monaroparts.com.au check his 4 speed list.

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#82 _scotty720gtr_

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Posted 30 June 2007 - 10:28 PM

Well the mechanic who worked on my car seemed pretty excited. That to me says that these so called "clusters" did exist. He was adamant that this gearbox was a bathurst one. Again I say that this was 1987 and the car is now .....no longer!!!

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#83 _gtr-xu1_

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Posted 30 June 2007 - 10:48 PM

it may off still had the XU stencil on the side that excited him

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#84 WhiteA9XS

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Posted 30 June 2007 - 11:01 PM

only wish jamie , i was told when i bought the car it had one , but when i,d pulled it down it was an 899 ...

i,d say scotty most mechanics get excited when they find the 899 xu1 ratio and scratch there heads if they have to replace the cluster or 3rd gear ..

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#85 _UFO XU1_

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Posted 01 July 2007 - 08:20 PM

HEY EVERYONE ME AGAIN, this is another interesting fact today i was finalising talks with HARRY FIRTH to confirm that he is coming to TORANAFEST,well to all you fans i can officially say he is coming.In the conversation i asked a few unknown questions reguarding the 72 cars & the 73 cars one that i was so happy to confirm with him was that they infact did build initially 200 73 bathurst cars at ACACIA RIDGE then after that run of cars continued to build another 176 "73" bathurst cars.So that to me confirms that FIV ANTONIO GOT ONLY HALF THE LIST.So in saying that,thats one to take in & think about & like i said doesn't get any better coming straight from the horses mouth.What do some of you think now?
Cheers UFO XU-1

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Posted 01 July 2007 - 08:37 PM

i think he might of meant 200 72 bathursts and 176 73 bathursts

i dont think there were too many more xu1,s built after the 73 bathurst cars according to the micro fish , maybe 20 tops

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#87 _gtr-xu1_

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Posted 01 July 2007 - 08:40 PM

UFO its time to come back to earth as these numbers donot line up with the fish

Edited by gtr-xu1, 01 July 2007 - 08:42 PM.

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#88 _UFO XU1_

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Posted 01 July 2007 - 08:42 PM

no nee no, i know what he said shauno i double checked with him to make sure that was right.he assures me thats right!
cheers UFO XU-1

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#89 _82911_

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Posted 02 July 2007 - 06:36 AM

Can someone tell UFO what we are all thinking....
I'm not going to be the one to go out on that limb!

Cheers Greg..

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#90 _LoneOranger_

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Posted 02 July 2007 - 09:56 AM

By the end of their production, the XU1 was a difficult car for the dealers to shift.
I remember when working at the Holden dealer the steady stream of new XU1s trckling off in 73.
At Gilberts Camperdown (Sydney) we had 5 XU1s that sat in the predelivery department for ages.
A batch of the 73 Bathurst spec cars actually ended up at the Police department dressed as GTRs, so that would have helped the numbers.

How many were built?
I don't know. It would be nice to know, But I wouldn't lose sleep over it..
I just like to enjoy what I own.

John

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#91 frash da bucket

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Posted 02 July 2007 - 11:29 AM

Hi LoneOranger,I was just curious how many bathurst xu-1s 72 & 73s are left today,and how many have survived,now that would be good to know,cheers.

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#92 _flyxu1_

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Posted 02 July 2007 - 05:35 PM

hi there
i could be wrong but as i know there as follows

1973 bathurst
acacia 85
el 66
total 151

total of lj xu1 produced was 1690

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#93 _scooter_

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Posted 02 July 2007 - 06:09 PM

At the risk of being shot down (again) I will say it again...if it's not on the list of the 150 it aint a 73 bathurst...plain and simple. I know there are those who will argue otherwise but if I was looking at buying a 73 bathurst and one was on the list and one wasn't guess which one I would buy? Standing by for a tirade....

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#94 _Skapinad_

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Posted 02 July 2007 - 06:43 PM

Scooter, I agree, which is why I would love to see some written proof of the '72 bathurst.......................

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#95 _scooter_

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Posted 02 July 2007 - 07:02 PM

Hi Skapinad,

It must be very frustrating to track down what a 72 Bathurst homolgation car actually is. At least with the 73 homolgation the cars were identified in the service bulletin to dealers but of course that hasn't stopped the never ending arguments . Good luck on your search for the truth. Here's my baby...

http://good-times.we...557982729Xcbgky

scooter :spoton:

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#96 _Pete_

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Posted 02 July 2007 - 07:23 PM

I'd be guessing of the 1690 that were built there would only be roughly 4000 left..........

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#97 _UFO XU1_

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Posted 02 July 2007 - 07:30 PM

How many real number matching LJ XU-1's do you think would be left? i have been told approx 200/300 left do you think that many?

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#98 _scooter_

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Posted 02 July 2007 - 07:34 PM

Very difficult question to answer and we will never know the exact numbers. I think any person contemplating buying any of these cars that are bringing top dollars would have to do their homework before parting with large wads of cash. Having said that there are still many fine (and matching genuine) cars still out there.

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