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[LS1LX]

He was told a lie, sorry.

[REDA9X]

YEP spun a typical story, and a letter from GMH isn't worth anything as GMH holds no records on the A9X, they were stolen over 20 years ago

if you want to pm me the numbers off the car, and the cast date on the front of the block (something like 20H7) I'll see if I can help

[dattoman]

Sounds like the engines maybe been rebuilt
when they deck the block they machine the pad with the engine # off

It can be x-rayed to get a picture of the number underneath

[dattoman]

I don't hold any value in letters from Holden

[dattoman]

Cause its just some nerd infront of a computer going thru the tag numbers saying... oh yes its this and that
The tags are .... but that doesn't authenticate the car
Just some tin plates rivetted to a firewall

[yel327]

Plus they always seem to get something wrong. Many I have seen recently state for example "low compression 253", when the tags clearly state L32 and the VIN has an R in it. If they knew their cars they'd probably be able to tell you it was an A9X by the build date, but other cars like Sandmans and early HQ 4 door GTS they have no idea as they are optioned up lesser models.

[REDA9X]

GMH has held no records on the A9X for a long time. All GMH will ever do is if you supply all the numbers, they will tell you that based on those numbers the car is an A9X or whatever. They can't give you say an engine number based on your just supplying a PSN. They are nice to have, but worh nothing. When I got my SS letter, they claimed the car may be an A9X, despite the fact it was clearly a 253. They were purely going off the fact the car was built at the same time as the A9X and that it's PSN which ended in 34 was only two numbers behind an A9X built on the same day.

[REDA9X]

I have acess to those numbers, but I know the person who has them will not reproduce them for good reason.

[MRLXSS]

So the records were stolen from GMH 20 years ago, but you have access to these records Red?

[enderwigginau]

So the records were stolen from GMH 20 years ago, but you have access to these records Red?

Different information Matthew.

The A9X specific info went (may or may not be at the time certain books were being written - and may or may not have gone into the control of a Victorian)

The VIN lists are the info Mick can access as far as I am aware.

Grant..

[REDA9X]

yes correct, the information I have access to is not the stuff that was stolen. I know who stole it, so does Holden.

[yel327]

does any one have the vins disk for the lh lx torana's,
and does the disk have eng no recorded like the lc lj torana

It's not a "VIN disk" as such, it's a set of microfiche maintenance records hence the inclusion of engine numbers for some cars. The LC/LJ ones, someone has copied them into electronic format. Must have been a damn big job, as would be whomever scanned the parts catalogues.

[yel327]

^^^I think the real name is "Service Warranty Reporting, Vehicle Master Listing" or something close to that.

[REDA9X]

That someone is not a member of the A9X club, that someone is a thief simple as that. That someone never helped anyone with the records at all. The person I know is happy to help with A9X records however, it's all on old school fische cards, so to make it onto disc form would take a long time, and since the information he has be;ongs to him and he wants to protect owners of original vehicles, then it wont be reproduced. The information that wa sput on the disc for LC and LJ is great for the honest amongst us in one way, but also great for the dodgy.