lets make a list , I've got 1 of emHow 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?
73 Bathurst v's 72 Bathurst XU-1
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Posted 02 July 2007 - 08:47 PM
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Posted 02 July 2007 - 08:55 PM
I have one also...that makes 2.
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Posted 02 July 2007 - 09:14 PM
Hoarder! 
As bad as TuffGong!..No! Make that almost as bad!
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As bad as TuffGong!..No! Make that almost as bad!R
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Posted 02 July 2007 - 09:20 PM
Would be nice to know how many genuine cars still exist.
But I don't think you will ever find out.
I know of 5 people that have a Genuine XU1 as part of a collection, and they won't let a car club or any car heads near them. They take it for a drive when it suits them and then put it away.
As far as they are concerned, It's their car for them to enjoy and no one elses business. You may as well start asking people if they have Commonwealth bank shares and how many.
It becomes very intrusive to those owners who don't want just anyone knowing the particulars of their car.
Just because we enjoy our cars being displayed for the masses, it isn't for everybody.
And sometimes with all the bickering within Clubs, you have to ask, Can you blame them?
I've said my 2 cents worth, I'll see what everyone else has to say.
John.
But I don't think you will ever find out.
I know of 5 people that have a Genuine XU1 as part of a collection, and they won't let a car club or any car heads near them. They take it for a drive when it suits them and then put it away.
As far as they are concerned, It's their car for them to enjoy and no one elses business. You may as well start asking people if they have Commonwealth bank shares and how many.
It becomes very intrusive to those owners who don't want just anyone knowing the particulars of their car.
Just because we enjoy our cars being displayed for the masses, it isn't for everybody.
And sometimes with all the bickering within Clubs, you have to ask, Can you blame them?
I've said my 2 cents worth, I'll see what everyone else has to say.
John.
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Posted 02 July 2007 - 09:26 PM
Agree John..It is personal choice if they want the world to know they own one. Some are gun shy about that information considering the prices that we are seeing and I can understand that.
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Posted 02 July 2007 - 09:35 PM
You can count me in thats 6,cheers
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Posted 02 July 2007 - 09:55 PM
my 3 makes 9
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Posted 03 July 2007 - 12:57 AM
Interesting where this thread is going.
I have to agree with the " Loneranger" - I don't want everybody knowing about
my " Show one". I learnt a bitter lesson when my 1971 Bathurst was knocked off many
moons ago.
However in the spirit of preserving these cars I would probably agree to placing details of mine on a national XU-1 register if somebody decided to establish one.
Naturally owner's identity and location would have to be annonymous and it would have to be administered by a trusted and reputable entity / car club ?.
I raised this issue with Millisa ( HG350) a long time ago and was informed that most XU-1 owners were opposed to such an idea - I wonder if that view is still accurate now that the LC/LJ Vin disc has been widely disseminated and any shonk obviously has access to the Vin & engine numbers to rebirth a fake. Perhaps the chassis / ADR number is the last line of defence if you have the original build documentation to prove originality.
On reflection - to hell with a register.
Cheers JR.
I have to agree with the " Loneranger" - I don't want everybody knowing about
my " Show one". I learnt a bitter lesson when my 1971 Bathurst was knocked off many
moons ago.
However in the spirit of preserving these cars I would probably agree to placing details of mine on a national XU-1 register if somebody decided to establish one.
Naturally owner's identity and location would have to be annonymous and it would have to be administered by a trusted and reputable entity / car club ?.
I raised this issue with Millisa ( HG350) a long time ago and was informed that most XU-1 owners were opposed to such an idea - I wonder if that view is still accurate now that the LC/LJ Vin disc has been widely disseminated and any shonk obviously has access to the Vin & engine numbers to rebirth a fake. Perhaps the chassis / ADR number is the last line of defence if you have the original build documentation to prove originality.
On reflection - to hell with a register.
Cheers JR.
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Posted 04 July 2007 - 01:44 AM
I wonder if the Gladiators of ROME cherrised there Chariots as we do these cars? You might see relics in a museum but they definetly arnt preserved like we would like the musclecars of today.
Eventualy everything will fade and only relics reside..
Man can only do its best so if some apose the preservation there will always be other who condone it.
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Eventualy everything will fade and only relics reside..
Man can only do its best so if some apose the preservation there will always be other who condone it.
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Posted 04 July 2007 - 01:32 PM
Yep I got one 72 Bathurst Special ( maybe )....LOL 
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Posted 04 July 2007 - 02:51 PM
Im confused by this statement??it may off still had the XU stencil on the side that excited him
did they all have XU stamped on the side?? or was it a special thing?
only reason i ask is when i was cleaning up the old mans box it had that on the side and i wondered where the 1 had gone! ha.
stayed away from this topic to beign with cus thought it wouldnt be that interesting. boy was i wrong.
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Posted 04 July 2007 - 03:37 PM
G'day orangeLJ, when i cleaned up my gearbox,I found the yellow xu on top of the box,I repainted it and and repainted the xu letters in yellow,I think why they put those letters on it so it would not get mixed up on the production line at holden,cheers.
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Posted 04 July 2007 - 05:25 PM
My 73 Bathurst also has the letters XU stencilled across the box....I left it as it is.
PS..I also wondered what happened to the 1.
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PS..I also wondered what happened to the 1.
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Posted 04 July 2007 - 06:12 PM
have a look on your cars HOLDEN PRODUCTION BROADCAST sheet.
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Posted 04 July 2007 - 08:51 PM
Parts of this thread have been an interesting read and others were a pissing contest.
The more threads I see on XU1's, A9X's and L34's the more I think I'd rather not own one if I have to carry on like some do.
The more threads I see on XU1's, A9X's and L34's the more I think I'd rather not own one if I have to carry on like some do.
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Posted 05 July 2007 - 12:23 AM
Or just build a mock-up like me.Parts of this thread have been an interesting read and others were a pissing contest.
The more threads I see on XU1's, A9X's and L34's the more I think I'd rather not own one if I have to carry on like some do.
All the head spins with less drama
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Posted 05 July 2007 - 01:19 AM
I agree with hatchman. This thread has turned into a pissing contest. Who gives a shit whos got a bathurst and is a 72 a real bathurst and a 73 is worth more than a 71. Gees guys, we all own different cars and like i have said before. I own a 71 bathurst LC, "at least i think its a bathurst"and i will build it and do what i want with it and when i decide to sell it i will advertise it as a Bathurst LC.I dont really know why im even responding to this thread, its a waist of time
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Posted 05 July 2007 - 12:24 PM
are production sheets readily available ?
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Posted 05 July 2007 - 09:44 PM
pipjones.... think your missing the point of my comments... I would just like to know for sure what I own, I couldnt give a shit which one is better, just want to know if mine is a bathurst or not....nothing else.... surprises me though that you couldnt care considering the difference in value it would make to your car... and if not for resale value, but for insurance value which is pretty bloody important in this day and age.....
edit... whats the production sheet ?
edit... whats the production sheet ?
Edited by skapinad, 05 July 2007 - 09:45 PM.
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Posted 05 July 2007 - 10:54 PM
edit... whats the production sheet ?
The production broadcast sheet lists all the numbers of your car and its options, build date and sale date etc. They were only available when your vehicle was new off the sale room floor as far as I know. I have only seen a couple other than my own. There is a copy of one in Fiv's book if you have it.
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The production broadcast sheet lists all the numbers of your car and its options, build date and sale date etc. They were only available when your vehicle was new off the sale room floor as far as I know. I have only seen a couple other than my own. There is a copy of one in Fiv's book if you have it.
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