In that case they may have made some rear axles ready for GTS and GTS327 release and realised using the tab and banjo hose was not going to work with dual exhaust and/or radius rods (aka GTS327) so just left the bracket there. That is starting to be too many still around indicating lots more sold than just for upgrades!
I’ll check the few diffs I still have. One is ex GTS327, the other off a HG GTS350.

Yes, put them in an album and then share in the post from the album.

Yeah right, where'd you dig that bullshit from! Early production Monaros were all banjos, there were no Salisbury rear axles until GTS and GTS327 production started a few weeks later. The Salisbury rear axle wasn't an option in most of HK, it either came standard with the 307 manual powertrain in any HK model (other than Brougham or GTS327) or it was standard fitment to GTS327. A Salisbury rear axle ALWAYS had a floor and fuel tank hump. There were a few applications where a 3.36 Salisbury was optional and that was as a second performance option behind 307 and auto in all HK models (except Brougham, GTS and GTS327) - the standard rear axle in these was 2.78 banjo with 3.08 banjo as the first performance option and then 3.36 salisbury as the second performance option, and this was only because the 3.36 banjo was way too weak for fitment behind a V8. Any diff option is super rare in any Holden, primarily as the bulk of cars were not ordered, they were built by GMH for sale. It was extremely rare to have a car built to Retail or Dealer order, and even rarer to have that car optioned with an alternate rear axle. So to say that the salisbury was a popular option is just plain garbage - probably 99% or even higher of cars fitted with one came standard and that was GTS327, V8 GTS or any V8 manual HK.

Edited by user Thursday, 13 October 2022 12:08:07 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified