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I've seen a couple of HQ GTS4's advertised recently as original colour 'Orchid Metallic' and they both claimed that there was only ever 8 or 10 HQ GTS's painted that colour. Does anyone know if that is true? Both had a black interior.
I have a HQ GTS4 original Orchid Metalic but my interior is a very light cream colour with black dash and carpet.
. . . . so is Orchid metallic a rare colour for HQ GTS's?
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I believe it was only available on the 73 and 74 HQ range, I would say more than 8 or 10. People come up with some weird numbers to try and make their car rarer, so dearer when they want to sell. The word rare gets used a bit too much and not in true cont |
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I emailed the person who advertised his car there and he said he gave the dealer the paint code and from this the dealer told him the number.
Unfortunately GM-H does not use paint numbers but combination numbers, so unless the dealer had the records of
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I've heard similar stories about '73 Bathurst XU-1's (150 made) in Orchid. One bloke told me that my mate's car couldn't have been one of the 150 because there were only 4 x made and he knew where all of them where. Well guess what? His is Orchid and is t |
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Wherever there is a dollar to be made, stories of super-rare items abound.
It happens on a regular basis amongst HDT cars.
On ebay, a seller with a VK wagon claimed it was one of only 3 ever made. It's funny that I have picture records of 11 of the |
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Sounds like EH power steering. I have heard everything from 120 made to 500 made. Ooooh it's so rare, rare, rare. Probably more like 3000 made |
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Gets back to my point of the word rare.
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Oh well, I was kinda hopeing that was true :-)
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Okay you holden fellas. My friend has a Strike me Pink XU-1. only 8 were made. Another bloke i met has a orange HJ Sandman Van. Released from Melbourne sold in Sydney and is the only one. As its the "PROMO" van from Holden. It was painted in a HX colour w
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Steve,
The van is a distinct possibility, but the torana, NO WAY!!! Strike me pink was a common XU-1 colour.
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Yes there are lots of cars turning up that were painted in the next model colours, or you get some painted in previous colours too. There are three VX S commodores around here, one painted devil yellow one flame and the other hot house, these were also pr
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Giving this only 8 built a little more thought.
If you think about it that would be an average of one per state or territory. So they would more likely be in the capital cities, so one for Hobart, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Darwin, Perth an
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true , When I was at Holdens we made 600 VL series200 sedans I have to date in my area of Adelaide and burbs seen only 3 on the road.
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Of the 600 Series 200, I have seen at least 6 unique ones in the last few years, and 3 in the last week!
Holden built 1988 VL Calais wagons (200 made) are also relatively rare, and in the last year I would have seen less than 3 on the road (a lot more |
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