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[FLY_AGAIN_XU-1]

Dont allways believe what you read !!!!!!!!!!!!! Harry calls them the XU-2 and that ill do me !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FLY_AGAIN_XU-1]

JP193308 ! Same batch as brocky's and bondy's 72 bathurst cars ! Produced 5 weeks after the great supercar scare of 1972 ! Sat around at the Elizabeth plant (SA) for nearly 6 months before being sold mid January of 1973 ! Sold in 1986 with its original engine ! JP193308 ! Has had a V8 fitted at some stage ! Urban Myth ! Coincidence ?

Google search - Pages from Australia - XU2 - Top of page !

Very confussing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited by FLY_AGAIN_XU-1, 07 November 2006 - 03:02 PM.

[REDA9X]

The strike me pink car was the last to be put into the barrier. Ray Borret was there on the day when it happened. Sorry but none of those cars escaped the crash barrier

[FLY_AGAIN_XU-1]

Australian Muscle Car issue 9 Page 59

Ray Borrett

QUOTE

There was a pink one, i do remember that,, but i can't recall the other colours. I actually tried to buy one but wasn't allowed to. They didn't have any road compliance or anything.

AMC: Harry says they were rammed into the crash barrier at Lang Lang. Do you remember that ?

RB: Yes, I think thats where they ended up.

Only believe 2% of what you read and 3% of what you hear !!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope we dont have to wait another 35 years to find the truth !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[REDA9X]

I was in Tates workshop in 98 (the old HDT workshops), Ian said at the time that Ray Borret had walked into the workshop and said quote; "well, thats the last one into the barrier this morning". I'd certainly rather believe this over the 100 or so people I have heard claiming to have these things in their sheds. I'll add it to the 20 or so people out there claiming to have Grice A9X hatches in their sheds. There was only 4 of them and 2 extras he bought from other teams. There was only ever 3 XU1 V8's, one was pink, yet this is the one everyone claims to had, why? Because it was the best known thats all.

[lcgtr1970]

hey guys, this is my first ever post here, so be easy on me!
anyway, i was reading on another forum (oldholden.com) bout this topic. has a bit of info bout possibly clearing up the debate about the XU-2 (or whatever you might want to call it), but be warned it is a massive thread!
cheers guys.

[FLY_AGAIN_XU-1]

Im wondering if they crash tested it with the blueprinted and balanced 308 in it or did they drop in a six before they crashed it in to a concrete barrier ? If they did crash it with the 308 in it, What would have been the point as these cars were not going into production. Myth goes it was then buried at Lang Lang.

[Peterpilot]

I found a website with some information on the XU-1 V8, however I cannot vouch for it's accuracy...

http://www.toranagtr...om/ndx/xu-2.htm

According to this page the 3 prototype colours were Strike Me Pink, Sebring Orange and Linamint Green...?

[FLY_AGAIN_XU-1]

I found a website with some information on the XU-1 V8, however I cannot vouch for it's accuracy...

Friday the 13th of June is actually a Tuesday ! Cant even get the bloody dates right let alone anything else. Gee Pete there has been some bullshit written about the XU-2 or what ever you want to call it over many, many, many years !

[REDA9X]

there certainly has been, but one thing I believe is true, none still exist.

[FLY_AGAIN_XU-1]

Everyones entitled to there opinion ! Just like the time you thought Brocky.s first car was a load of CRAP ! ay RED !

[REDA9X]

I still do. Lets face it, isn't it odd that the car resurfaces AFTER Brock has gone?

[REDA9X]

yeah, if it's the real deal, it's only resurfaced to make a quick buck, but really, they could have got the same sort of money when Brock was around if it's genuine.