Got talking to a bloke at work and he was saying he bought a chamois l34 brand new, can't say I've ever seen one must of been a rare colour for a l34? Does anyone know how many were made or if there are any still around?
how many chamois l34's
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Posted 29 October 2012 - 08:13 PM
Not sure, D Train, i have never been aware of that colour L34, Outer Control should be able to confirm it for you, in fairness to your mate, a lot of people back then , thought that all SLR 5OOO's were infact L34's, ive quite often had people say to me when they look at my L34's, that they used to own one, but when you ask some questions about their car, they are actually describing a basic SLR 5000!
But if that car did exist, and is stll out there, i would say it would a rare colour l34 indeed, good luck with the search.
But if that car did exist, and is stll out there, i would say it would a rare colour l34 indeed, good luck with the search.
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Posted 29 October 2012 - 08:47 PM
I know a guy with a nice boring chamois A9X hatch
But can't say I know of an L34 the same
Was chamois an LH colour ?
But can't say I know of an L34 the same
Was chamois an LH colour ?
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Posted 29 October 2012 - 09:02 PM
I was thinking the same thing, i honestly don't recall it, i think it was introduced in the LX range, Outer, or Red would know exactly.I know a guy with a nice boring chamois A9X hatch
But can't say I know of an L34 the same
Was chamois an LH colour ?
Maybe the fellow was referring to a 4 door A9X, NOT AN l34?
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Posted 29 October 2012 - 09:17 PM
I've never seen Tuxedo Black listed anywhere for LH. But I've got one. So I guess anything is possible???
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Posted 29 October 2012 - 09:54 PM
i had a chamois hrI know a guy with a nice boring chamois A9X hatch
But can't say I know of an L34 the same
Was chamois an LH colour ?
and know of 2 chamois a9x hatchs
boring maybe but a great combo on an original car!
can't say i've seen a chamois L34
but would like to
graemes chamois hatch is one of my favorite cars
cheers
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Posted 29 October 2012 - 10:01 PM
Pretty sure ive have seen an lh 5000 in chamios so maybe a l34 is not our of the question
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Posted 29 October 2012 - 10:27 PM
He seemed to know his stuff, he swapped the l34 for an absinth yellow A9x hatch. And also owned one of the rare falcon surferoo Utes from new. He's been working underground his hole life so wasn't short of a quid back in his day. He also recalled paying nearly 9 grand for it. I too was a little sceptical at first like racer8 said but after firing a few questions at him he seemed to be on the money. he said he ordered it specially in that colour, wouldn't of been one of my choices but each to their own I guess.
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Posted 29 October 2012 - 10:42 PM
I was thinking the same thing, i honestly don't recall it, i think it was introduced in the LX range, Outer, or Red would know exactly.
Maybe the fellow was referring to a 4 door A9X, NOT AN l34?
Axistr has a chamois lh
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Posted 30 October 2012 - 11:22 AM
The LH range was definitely available in chamois. My guess was the L34 was a special order for that colour.
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Posted 30 October 2012 - 11:43 AM
Well if he swapped his L34 for an Absinth yellow hatch he went from one rare colour to another considering only one hatch was made in that colour. I'm not sure on the L34. Did he buy the hatch new or second hand because that yellow hatch spent a few years in my shed.
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Posted 30 October 2012 - 02:03 PM
I got a book at home saying how many chamois coloured LH(i think, will verify) were made. when i get home ill check it out and post it up. whether it states if they were LH/X and/or L34's, cant remember.. but i know the count was looooow only like 6 or something like that.
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Posted 30 October 2012 - 02:19 PM
Well I owned 2 LX hatches in chamois, one SS one SL. I looked at buying a chamois LX SLR5000 that came from the factory without any of the black paintwork except for the window frames a few years ago. I know of an LH SLR in chamois, and one of the Holden promo pictures the SLR5000 was chamois. There was also a chamois LX SLR5000 for sale a few years ago at shannons. There were a couple of A9X's made in chamois as well.
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Posted 30 October 2012 - 02:42 PM
I got a book at home saying how many chamois coloured LH(i think, will verify) were made. when i get home ill check it out and post it up. whether it states if they were LH/X and/or L34's, cant remember.. but i know the count was looooow only like 6 or something like that.
Does your book mention Tuxedo Black LH's also?
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Posted 30 October 2012 - 03:44 PM
Does your book mention Tuxedo Black LH's also?
Not sure, i will check it out tonight take a photo and upload it
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Posted 30 October 2012 - 04:37 PM
Cool man! Thanks.
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Posted 30 October 2012 - 04:42 PM
The A9X was bought new as well I'm pretty sure. I'll have to ask him again but I think he said he bought them from Melbourne and had them brought to Mandurah WA if that lines up with your records?Well if he swapped his L34 for an Absinth yellow hatch he went from one rare colour to another considering only one hatch was made in that colour. I'm not sure on the L34. Did he buy the hatch new or second hand because that yellow hatch spent a few years in my shed.
He said also he has a bunch of photos, I have to see if I can track some down
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Posted 30 October 2012 - 06:05 PM
No, that doesn't line up with the yellow hatch
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Posted 30 October 2012 - 07:53 PM
Thanks D train, my apologies, Chamois was a LH colour, after checking my files last night, and just reading your post today, im still curious to see if a Chamois L34 did or does exist, cool!.Axistr has a chamois lh
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Posted 30 October 2012 - 09:01 PM
I think I have seen a chamois L34 unless it was a 5000 with flairs, GTS wheels and round head lights but I did not check the tags and and I can say I have seen quite a few Torana's in this color unless there is some other beige I am confusing it with. So it is possable they made L34's in that color, cheers Aaron
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 08:38 AM
i thought chamois was introduced later in the LH and Hj models, well after the L34,s were built.
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 09:00 AM
L34's were all 1974 I think???
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 11:26 AM
All L34's are 74, but I think (could be wrong) chamois was around at the time as I know there was a promo picture of a chamois LH SLR5000.
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 11:46 AM
checked out the magazine i got last night, its only for A9X productions..
it says that there were a total of 9 A9X's made in Chamois.
4 were Hatch's
5 were Sedan's
3 of the sedans had the G70 (2.60:1) diff gears, the other 2 had GU4 (3.08:1)
all hatches were with the GU4 diff gears
2 sedans and 1 hatch had State Black interior
2 sedans and 2 hatches had Chamois interior
1 sedan and 1 hatch had Tan interior.
Im scanning in the pages at work and will upload 'em when i get a chance. Not entirely sure how accurate this information is, some references have been quotes in the story tho. hopefully someone out there can confirm this
it says that there were a total of 9 A9X's made in Chamois.
4 were Hatch's
5 were Sedan's
3 of the sedans had the G70 (2.60:1) diff gears, the other 2 had GU4 (3.08:1)
all hatches were with the GU4 diff gears
2 sedans and 1 hatch had State Black interior
2 sedans and 2 hatches had Chamois interior
1 sedan and 1 hatch had Tan interior.
Im scanning in the pages at work and will upload 'em when i get a chance. Not entirely sure how accurate this information is, some references have been quotes in the story tho. hopefully someone out there can confirm this
Edited by 89'King, 31 October 2012 - 11:47 AM.
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