Quote: Originally Posted by Corsa And the intersting thing to note about this car is that it still has the original HSV build plate attached to the firewall. Corsa I think you'll find it isn't a build plate as such (like all hsv's have) but an id tag for race vehicles. All the HRT cars had them. So it wouldn't have been one of the 750 built if thats what people are thinking. I read a letter from a person who had an Ex VR race car which had the Group A #002 tag still on it but it wasn't one of the production cars. I know there weren't any VR Group A's, but it would of been a hybrid car (VN, VP, VR). Just like today how some of the VZ V8 supercars are VT/ VX or VY hybrids. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Have you actually looked under the bonnet of this car or just assuming from what you have seen on more recent cars? It has a Build plate that looks exactly like yours and mine except that the details stamped into it identifies it as a race shell and not a production car. Corsa

If you read what I wrote, thats what I said "not a build plate as such". Its an ID tag to say its a race car not a production car.......I'm just clearing it up incase someone thought it was a production vehicle. It saves assumptions

I got this out of Australian muscle cars,they had an identification tag which read Model:VL Racing unit Body number:P/N92034862 Trim:Blue-251 Paint: Alpine white this came off the GIO Suttons Chullora Walky

Here is a factory GMH compliance plate for a VL Race Shell. The numbers translate to mean SL Sedan with 304 and T5G. Corsa Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by vlt-dreamer love to see it - are you able to see this. do hrt/hsv have a museum? what he said^^^ is the car viewable at all???

yea it was recently on show at the HDT/HSV nationals at sandown and has been shown in previous years aswell, i dunno where else you can go see it tho.

Quote: Originally Posted by wlk21 yea it was recently on show at the HDT/HSV nationals at sandown and has been shown in previous years aswell, i dunno where else you can go see it tho. The one they actually had on show at Sandown for the HSV Nationals was not the 1990 Bathurst winner, it was actually the car used for the touring car rounds. If anyone has a pic (I have one on my home pc, not here) you will notice that it only had one name on the side, from memory it was Win percy's car. I also think it is raced as an historic touring car. The Bathust winner is on display at HSV, and to my surprise you can open the bonnet, get inside, just about do whatever you like with it!

Walkie, Correct with that not being the Bathurst winner and having Win Percy's name on the side. It also had the name Collins on the rear door windows (probably current owners name). The number 16 is missing from the roof and a yellow 16 is on the windscreen. The Bathurst Winning 16 car was on display at HSV's headquarters the day before Sandown for all the entrants to view. There are a few other variations in regards to stickers as well between the two cars. Corsa

hey guys, i had the hournors of driving my walky round mt panorama in 03 with the 1990 walkie driven by grice, it was awsome, he even sighned my glove box!, there were about 30 commodores doing 1lap before the 1000, grice even overtook me on the main straight, that thing went! it didnt take much to get it off the clock down conrod, lol, about the kit, it was rough, you wouldnt want your bars to be moulded of it, it didnt even fit up properly, made to be destroyed!

Walky509, like you i was also involved in that parade lap and even heard a few of the club members talking about it today at a car show. The event wasn't quite as we were promised but some of the guys made up for it. Corsa Some original photos have not been recovered yet.