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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...
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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)
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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)
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could be the tooling at each different factory might have MM differences....this wouldnt surprise me. 
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