EBBETT MOTORS / JIM PALMER, 1970 GTR XU-1 TORANA, 1971 GLENVALE 100 WINNER.

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Thanks, 3100 but original block expired a long time ago, as Jim explained to me, the first thing they did to the motor was to bore them out to maximum (more hp. I suppose). The third owner short blocked it as that was the most ecconomical thing at the time.
The original block was eventualy sleaved back to standard & went into a HG Belmont. I have the reistration # of that car but it was deregistered before 1995. It was short blocked with a NK block which I am told is a very rare Bathurst replacement block for the CK ??

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I was looking to buy an xu1 around 1985 and the dealer (paul Curin motors in greenlane) had a black XU1 which he claimed was ex Jim Palmer. Never really knew for sure. Was it you car or just car dealer rubbish?

Pleased to see this car survived.
you need to start a thread.
be interested to here it life story

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Could have been, as he raced a LJ XU-1 after the LC for a short time.