Rank: Veteran
Groups: Registered, Veteran
Joined: 3/08/2007(UTC) Posts: 1,902
|
Are these the same?? i am interested in hearing from people.
Before your shoot me down in flames, have a look at both pairs carefully! i.e 7 mm Flute gap on HQ SS 10 mm Flute gap on HQ GTS.
you can get your pinky finger in a GTS, but not an SS (rough guide)
Go check it out. I have confirmed 5 HQ SSs so far...
Being a Bogan is finally paying dividends. |
Old holdens brought on the spot, quick decision, cash paid. |
|
|
|
Rank: Veteran
Groups: Moderator, Registered, Veteran
Joined: 1/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 14,898
Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 558 time(s) in 533 post(s)
|
Odd. 1974 parts catalogue lists the following:
FENDER ASSEMBLY - Sandman, SS, GTS - LH 2818635, RH 2818634.
Which is what I suspected. Otherwise why would Holden build brand new guards for the SS when they already had GTS guards for the Coupes? Same |
_______________________________________________________ If we all had the same (good) taste, who would buy all the Fords? |
|
|
|
Rank: Veteran
Groups: Registered, Veteran
Joined: 3/08/2007(UTC) Posts: 1,902
|
I know, it doesnt add up.
And it sounds a bit wierd.
i would really like to hear from anyone with unrestored HQ SSs., or ones with 100% original front HQ SS guards. A guy with 3 x HQ SSs pointed it out to me. i am just interested to see if his |
Old holdens brought on the spot, quick decision, cash paid. |
|
|
|
Rank: Veteran
Groups: Registered, Veteran
Joined: 3/08/2007(UTC) Posts: 1,902
|
I know, it doesn't add up.
And it sounds a bit wierd.
i would really like to hear from anyone with unrestored HQ SS's., or ones with 100% original front HQ SS guards. A guy with 3 x HQ SS's pointed it out to me. i am just interested to see if h |
Old holdens brought on the spot, quick decision, cash paid. |
|
|
|
Rank: Member
Groups: Registered
Joined: 24/04/2005(UTC) Posts: 718
|
I just happen to have a HQ SS and a HQ GTS in the shed so I went out and checked them out. All four guards are identical. Its looks more like a 5mm gap too. The only discrepancy I did notice was that the middle flute on one of my GTS guards was wid Edited by user Monday, 6 August 2007 6:27:42 AM(UTC)
| Reason: Not specified
|
|
|
|
Rank: Member
Groups: Registered
Joined: 24/04/2005(UTC) Posts: 718
|
I just happen to have a HQ SS and a HQ GTS in the shed so I went out and checked them out. All four guards are identical. It's looks more like a 5mm gap too. The only discrepancy I did notice was that the middle flute on one of my GTS guards was wi Edited by user Monday, 6 August 2007 6:27:42 AM(UTC)
| Reason: Not specified
|
|
|
|
Rank: Member
Groups: Registered
Joined: 29/06/2005(UTC) Posts: 706
|
could be the tooling at each different factory might have MM differences....this wouldnt surprise me.
Rare Spares Perth (REX SPARES) Representative. If you have an
|
|
|
|
Forum Jump
You cannot post new topics in this forum.
You cannot reply to topics in this forum.
You cannot delete your posts in this forum.
You cannot edit your posts in this forum.
You cannot create polls in this forum.
You cannot vote in polls in this forum.