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Originally Posted by m00neelee
Terry, you are correct about the beast. I forgot about the rally cross cars.
The XU-2 "prototype" though was never an LJ V8.
The only time Holden ever used XU-2 was on an LH styling exercise:
http://oldholden.com/node/110520 |
Incorrect, the XU2 name was on the LJ V8 styling exercise car (Barney's shirt) put together by Leo Pruneau. Leo wanted the car called the XU2 & Holden reassigned that option code in readiness for it's use. Leo named the gtr-xu1 so he had the clout.
Interesting Barney's Shirt has survived, owned by Larry Kavanagh now. The pink LJ GTR V8 prototype seems to have survived also (all 3 prototypes were actually gtr's). The orange one was stolen in the mid 80's. The white one god knows where it is.