i dropped into the museum at birdwood while i was in sa on the weekend holden keep a blue a9x hatchback there a couple of things i found interesting were that the front spoiler is just a standard ss one like polar 8 on the top of the web site it also has air splitters on the top of the front guards. what im wondering is are they off the a9x that they were going to race at le-mans or the commodore that was also going to le-mans. they other car they showed up on is the vh group 3 and on.
does anyone have any ideas why those bits would be on this particular car?
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Posted 12 July 2006 - 08:13 PM
did you happen to get any pics????
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Posted 12 July 2006 - 08:24 PM
This car was the factory run about for Leo Pruno.
Leo was the head honcho for the Holden Design Department and responsible for many things including the LE Monaro. His LE monaro was also fitted with non standard bit. Nice bloke too.
This car also has the pontiac snowflake wheels. Did you notice the kilometers on it?
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Leo was the head honcho for the Holden Design Department and responsible for many things including the LE Monaro. His LE monaro was also fitted with non standard bit. Nice bloke too.
This car also has the pontiac snowflake wheels. Did you notice the kilometers on it?
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Posted 12 July 2006 - 08:51 PM
What no mention of the other Torana's in there?? 
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Posted 12 July 2006 - 08:53 PM
I have a feeling the car you speak of belongs to Dangerous on the forum. There is an exhibition by the Holden Torana Club of SA at the moment. Could be wrong!
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Posted 12 July 2006 - 08:57 PM
does anyone know if the museum has a website???
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Posted 12 July 2006 - 09:06 PM
Hi GML-31
This museum does not have web site
cheers Keith
This museum does not have web site
cheers Keith
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Posted 12 July 2006 - 09:10 PM
this car is owned by dangerous, from this forum.
he offered it to me as a wedding car in this topic
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he offered it to me as a wedding car in this topic
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Posted 12 July 2006 - 09:19 PM
thanks for that.
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Posted 12 July 2006 - 09:27 PM
im trying to upload some pics as i type the cars is owned by gmh it is not a private car the other torries there are part of some club display its not leo prunea's hatch either it runs wheels that are similar to to older style centre lines with little oblong holes near the outer lip area with machined early commodore style hub cabs! you can just make them out in the pics. i couldn,t get beside it to see the mileage but i doubt if its ever been on the road at all !!! i hope the pics work
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Posted 12 July 2006 - 09:31 PM
The A9X in the museum is the only one made in aquarious, and it had Corvette wheels on it, the LE Monaro Leo had used Trans am snowflake wheels. I'm sure it has about 1200km on the clock. The genuine aquarious A9X isn't owned by Dangerous, it's owned by the museum or Holden. Dangerous' car is in the pictures in the link.
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Posted 12 July 2006 - 09:46 PM
yeeeeeessssss i finally got the pics to work.
cheers tony
cheers tony
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Posted 12 July 2006 - 10:05 PM
l dribbled all over that car back in 1995, looks like it hasnt moved since l was last there. Good foresight on Holdens behalf to keep it.
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Posted 13 July 2006 - 12:54 PM
The cars on display are from HTC in Adelaide, Dave has two, the LC XU-1 & The LX SS, an A9X is also in the display which is painted in Jasmine Yellow, the White LC GTR is mine.
Ask Dangerous about the a9X owned by GMH, I think he's had a good look at that car and may be able to fill you in a little more!
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Ask Dangerous about the a9X owned by GMH, I think he's had a good look at that car and may be able to fill you in a little more!
"Cheers"
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Posted 13 July 2006 - 01:29 PM
very nice car, what do you think its worth. my guess over the 250 mark
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Posted 14 July 2006 - 11:14 AM
Maybe priceless? 
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Posted 14 July 2006 - 12:10 PM
From my information that is not leos car.
Leos car was the last a9x produced? or last hatch?
Leos car was the last a9x produced? or last hatch?
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Posted 14 July 2006 - 02:08 PM
Thanks for clearing that up for everyone, 2600s - I've been on holidays, and haven't checked the forum recently. Wish I did own it thoughThe cars on display are from HTC in Adelaide, Dave has two, the LC XU-1 & The LX SS, an A9X is also in the display which is painted in Jasmine Yellow, the White LC GTR is mine.
Ask Dangerous about the a9X owned by GMH, I think he's had a good look at that car and may be able to fill you in a little more!
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The aquarius A9X hatch with the small front spoiler, guard splitters and 1976? 15" Corvette rims is still owned by GMH, and used to be Leo's runabout, as mentioned. It has only done around 1300 km, but seems to have had some rear end damage repairs at some stage in its life. Interior wise and engine bay, it's immaculate and stock. I have heard from Birdwood Museum staff that Holden didn't know what to do with it and they were going to crush it, but it ended up on permanent display at the Birdwood Museum. Lucky, huh?
doucmyuc, I don't think that article is correct. "Leo's A9X" is a road going version, not a race shell, so it's not "one of 35". It's also not the last road going version built - from memory, it was build about mid A9X production run. The pic of the A9X in the article is very small, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was taken at the museum - the GTR-X, which also used to live at Birdwood can be seen in the background.
The darker blue SS hatch on the HTC Club display is mine. Do you think anyone would notice if I just swapped plates, and drove the A9X home????
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Posted 14 July 2006 - 02:59 PM
I agree Dave, the car in the article looks to be a road car to me, and knowing what has been written in magazines over the years, you can take most of it wih a grain of salt
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Posted 14 July 2006 - 11:41 PM
true red,
that article was scanned from the book "100 years of GMH in Australia - Norm Darwin"
that article was scanned from the book "100 years of GMH in Australia - Norm Darwin"
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Posted 16 July 2006 - 11:36 AM
Looked at the A9X at Birdwood yesterday morning, couldn't make the kms exactly but appears almost a new car, still has the old Holden paper carpet protector on the drivers floor and also has the old vic plates as per the picture posted in the listed page!
"Cheers"
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"Cheers"
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