Quick question....which models had these as standard??? only V8s

Thanks for the reply...pretty much what i thought just wanted to confirm it.

Rally rims and Salisbury became standard around the start of August 1968 IIRC, although I do remember Warren stating a while back that rally rims were not always fitted. I didn't think you could get a banjo in a GTS with 307 after July 1968 though. July 22 pricing shows the only V8 power train combinations available on GTS as:

L30 and M35 with G88 or G94.
L30 and M21 with G88, G89 or G94.

G88 is 3.36 LSD Salisbury.
G89 is 3.55 LSD Salisbury.
G94 is 3.08 LSD Salisbury.
G90, G91, G92, G93 and G95 (banjo 3.9, 3.55, 2.78, 3.08 and 3.36 respectively) are listed for 6cyl only.

The HK Engineering documentation also shows an amendment late in July 1968 where it looks like banjo removed from GTS V8.

Only in auto V8 GTS, manual was always Salisbury. There are so few of those early V8 auto GTS's left it's impossible to know how many were fitted with banjos.
Brougham was always banjo and 5" rims afaik. There were a few specials (like Broughmaro) but all but those were banjos. You will find 3.36 and sometimes 3.08 Salisbury in 5litre/308 auto Premiers but most were banjo too.

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Is it 100% documented as an original V8?

I spoke to Ben about it as it is an intriguing one.

It appears that HK GTS from late July 1968 automatically comes with Salisbury if V8 optioned. However there is the odd car where for whatever reason someone has wanted a 2.78:1 rear axle and in those cases a banjo would be fitted. All other ratios ie 3.08, 3.36 or 3.55 would be Salisbury. The amount made after July 1968 probably you'd count on one hand though. Remember that the standard combination in any V8 auto HK other than GTS was L30, M35, G92 (2.78) and G80 (LSD) although in theory once GMH started making the V8 banjo centres you should have been able to get one without LSD, never seen one though. In theory you could option a 3.08 banjo in these (not GTS) or a 3.36 Salisbury too, except Brougham where possibly you could get 3.08 banjo only (although never seen or heard of one).

As for 5" rims, it is a weirdo. From my experience all V8 HK GTS's I've ever seen have the 6" spare wheel brackets other than 20-H5. But apparently if the car got the standard HK GTS tyres (6.95x14 I think they are) regardless of M21 or M35 it got 5" rims. If D70 tyres were ordered then 6" rally rims were fitted. If radius rods were ordered then rally rims were mandatory. At some stage during HK it appears the decision was made to make radius rods standard with GTS L30 M21 thus rally rims were fitted. This time may possibly align with the time the decision was made to fit radius rods and rally rims standard to V8 HT GTS.

It will be stamped on the little plate behind the diff yoke. In any case a V8 banjo will have a long bottom bolt and can only be 3.08 or 2.78. If yours rotated what you say then that should be 2.78. The LSD might be buggered though, does it have LSD stickers under the boot lid and on the driver's door jamb?

Do you mean the V8 banjo has 2 long bottom bolts. If l new how to attach photos l would put up one of the tank and the boot floor as l am only going on a pic l have of one with the humps

The original owner was an accountant in Melbourne and used to travel between there and the western district to his farm so l presume he ordered it with the 2.78 for a lazy cruiser.

Delivery date in the owners plan is 24/12/68