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[REDA9X]

Nope, HDT used road cars for promo cars. 35 years has gone by, anyone can swing a gun over a car in 35 years and give it a coat of paint.

[Stinga]

Nope, HDT used road cars for promo cars. 35 years has gone by, anyone can swing a gun over a car in 35 years and give it a coat of paint.

for example

[dattoman]

Racecars have chassis #'s , ID markings ,obvious signs of their heritage and log books ... not to mention photos


Put up or shut up ... lets see it

[xu2308]

shagsdrags
get the pics up of ya beasty, we would love to see a GMP&A Hatch

Edited by xu2308, 10 July 2012 - 10:01 PM.

[enderwigginau]

Al, as far as I am aware, you have been informed previous to visiting this forum that your car is not an ex-HDT car, or a race car at all.
All the race cars that went through HDT are known.

Should you believe you have evidence to contradict this, feel free to post it here for all to see and post extensive pics of the car.
It wouldn't be the first time another car is being lauded as the real deal, but I'm told your car has features which preclude it from being any of these.

Grant..

[Potta]

: (10 July 2012 - 08:39 PM)i have a G&MPA hatchback a9x it has mhdt paint under the now white paint job can anyone help me identify wether it is the 78 bathurst car as i am certain it is

Can't be I have both of the 78 Bathurst winners at my house :-)

Edited by Potta, 10 July 2012 - 11:02 PM.

[enderwigginau]

Read the question I asked .
We all know there was 33.
Where are the 33?
I don't want to know what I already know.
I read the posts that's why I asked the question.
You must know the Bowden's.
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41 A9X GMP&A shells........as per the post by REDA9X.....

Not of much more value but this is my take on the race cars.

Not all GMP&A "shells" are A9X, GMP&A = General Holden Parts & Accessories......i.e.........spare parts.

The A9X shells were standard GMP&A completed shells removed off the end of the body line and had the "Patch" installed. These shell were then made available to the race teams. Race teams received cars in all sorts of completed stages, from bare shell to rolling car completed with interior.

What is interesting is the MC7 G70 on the plate of this particular car.

Correct, GMP&A shells existed that were not A9X-spec.........
I agree that it is very interesting tat this car appears to have this plate which signifies factory production.....race shells did not get this......
One and only one road going A9X is known, factory-fitted with the T10.......it is a sedan, I believe......it will be very interesting should this turn out to be another......
the T10 was not a production gearbox, only a homologated part......a minimum number needed to be produced for supply, but need not be fitted to road cars, hence only the single example purportedly being produced.

Grant..

[REDA9X]

actually Grant, they all had tags and the sedan you talk of isn't a factory T10 fitted car though it does say it on the tag. T10 was dealer fitted

[enderwigginau]

Thanks Mick, I think I always get that wrong.
As for total GMP&A shells of all types, not sure but here must be details in the archives somewhere..........
And any NASCO LH shells still around at the changeover would have become GMP&A shells.......

[dattoman]

Stamp left over from HQ350 with Muncie ?

[enderwigginau]

Factory stuff-up with the stamped plate?
Funny that Holden even had the stamp. No other dealer fitted T10 A9X seems to have a stamped plate for what was a dealer fitted accessory. Must have been a Friday job.

Stamp left over from HQ350 with Muncie ?

Every "option", whether available or not had an option code.
So the code for The T10 existed but wasn't used for Torana.....and the code was stamped using individual letters/numbers........

Maestro, could you get the owner to place some paper over that and rub it down. The pic isn't great but I think it's more the condition of the pressing.
OR........put a big magnet underneath, paper on top and sprinkle some iron filings......

Grant..

[REDA9X]

I don't think thats a factory stamping, are you able to tell us what it says?
I'm trying to work out where exactly that is on the rail, can I assume the curved bit I see at the top of the picture is the hole the pollution canister would sit over?
Interesting colours there

[REDA9X]

by the way, the PSN you quoted as being a rare GMP&A one of 3 in blue belongs to a Sunbird, well done

[xu2308]

^ Damn, so my 78 Bathurst winning UC SL/T is a fake?

maybe not Big T
going off shagdrags car

[hainzy]

Theres a GMP&A a9x in ballarat. Ex racer and currently raced in historics. You blokes would know it and no doubt the owner as he has quite a few toranas of very very interesting heritage.... Racer is the ex Dooley car apparently. I have pics of the tags and car but wouldnt want to post them without checking with the owner.

[REDA9X]

not in Marlboro colurs is it?