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Post by allan Mon 17 Jan 2011, 3:48 pm

This one was built in 1970 a few were made its Holden's Torana GTR-X,had 186-X
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Post by mopar68 Mon 17 Jan 2011, 7:06 pm

Dunno bout every one else, but I'm glad they decided to make the XU-1 instead No
Maybe they where attempting to copy the Dodge Daytona? If they were they failed lol!
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Post by Moparsteve_426 Mon 17 Jan 2011, 10:05 pm

Im not sure im glad they didnt send it into production. If they had, other manufacturers would have had to step up the game. It was very light and nimble and very ahead of its time in a technology for Australian motoring. Imagine where Australian manufacturers would be today if this was what they had to compete with! It would have been a whole new ball game!
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Post by scummy Mon 17 Jan 2011, 11:34 pm

My xu is light and nimble , if you don't watch it she takes of like a wild horse . No checkmate ---- it's still not for sale and i'm not dead so you can't come up and pick it up ! slap
I like the look of the gtr-x . aus
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Post by allan Tue 18 Jan 2011, 12:59 pm

I heard that the ones selling europen cars made a lot of noise about Holden selling the GTR-X for a lot less then the europen cars they said it would hurt them to much,The GTR-X was all fibreglass like the corvette so the plug was pulled on it,Holden sould remake it.
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Post by winged wonders Tue 18 Jan 2011, 10:18 pm

dont want to brag but i have a sales brochure for one of these cars will take a photo and post it up when i get some time
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Post by scummy Tue 18 Jan 2011, 10:44 pm

winged wonders wrote:dont want to brag but i have a sales brochure for one of these cars will take a photo and post it up when i get some time
Outstanding , worth a lot of monies .
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Post by allan Wed 19 Jan 2011, 8:56 am

that would be great an very rare. Smile
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Post by tezza43 Wed 19 Jan 2011, 3:28 pm

I was working at the General's Fishermans Bend plant back then. The GTR-X was a concept car fibreglass styling exercise for Holden. As I recall it was shown to selected members of the public who received it enthusiastically and said they would buy one if reasonabley priced. Unfortunately the American HQ of GM vetoed the whole thing , supposedly because they didn't want any competition to the Corvette.

This website has the story and you can download a copy of the GTR-X pre-release brochure in PDF format there.

http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/car_info_holden_torana_lc_gtr_x.htm

There was also the Holden Hurricane concept car that was only that - a concept car whereas the GTR-X came very close to production.

More on the Hurricane here http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/car_info_holden_hurricane.htm


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Post by allan Wed 19 Jan 2011, 7:33 pm

its a shame about that the plug was pulled on them both.
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Post by big bad kustom Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:31 pm

Oh Boy, You've touched on one of my favourite subjects. I really hoped at the time that it would have gone into production as I was standing beside it at the 1970 Sydney Motor Show. I have photo's of it then with myself (young person)in the background, and I also obtained a sales brochure of which I still have. I also have the 'Model56' diecast model as well, plus a number of magazine article relating to the GTR-X. It still looks as stunning now as it did in 1970. Nothing wrong with bragging about this as it is so unique it is worth talking about.
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Post by tezza43 Fri 21 Jan 2011, 9:04 am

Stay tuned to Biante and Classic Carlectables websites because one of them (possibly CC) has a diecast GTR-X on their future plans in 1:18 scale. Very Happy

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Post by big bad kustom Sat 22 Jan 2011, 7:42 pm

Tezza , I thought I saw something in a magazine that reffered to 1/18 scale version of this , but could not find it , so I figured it must have been a mistake or I dreamt it up!
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Post by big bad kustom Thu 27 Jan 2011, 10:14 pm

The latest Australian Classic Car 2011 Yearbook has the GTR-X on the cover and a 4-page feature inside as well .
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Post by Paul Wed 02 Feb 2011, 9:06 pm

Cool car, I saw it through the window whilst in Fishermans bend today.
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