South African GTs

[last fairlane]

Hi all
any one read the write up in wednesdays Courier Mail motoring section
where Roos became Rhinos
about the SA Fairmont GTs
well what a load of crap filled uneducated reporting
they report as fact
the SA GTs had a 5.7 litre motor what the were they Chevs
thay had four valve heads back in 1971 I wish
and had C4 four speed autos ditto
had Glove wheels did they mean Globe wheels
what gloves did they wear boxing or driving gloves
cost $750 when new wow lets by a dozen of them
were known as the Rhino GTs well I'll be
they were Fairmonts with Futura trim sort of defeats the purpose
he replaced the SA imp gauges with metric ones
the last I heard was that the SA GTs had metric gauges from new
I have never seen so many mistakes in one article
check it out
thanks John

[jaydee]

Somebody obviously researched their topic well, not.

[SSD-85]

I read the same article. Poor journalism at best.

[aussiblue]

http://www.aussiexport.com/sagt.htm this suggests they had US crate motors with 4V heads. And most had metric gauges but I seem to recall some had imperial gauges. The article http://www.carsguide.com.au/news-and...xy_fairmont_gt does say the Rhino thing wasn't original :

"The finishing touch was the Super-Rhino sticker replacing the famous Super-Roo.

"The sticker was made by members of the (www.fairmontgt.com) forum website because of the nickname the car had in South Africa,'' he explains

[fakegt]

A recent article about the 70s Supercar scare in The Age Drive had a breakout piece on the Phase 3 GTHO. It stated that the XYs came as a Phase 2 and Phase 3. Maybe with all the cuts in the Newspaper Industry they cant afford to use Google to check the facts?

[Moby Vic]

In the 1970s, "4V" meant four-venturi, as in four-barrel carb.

They probably did have 4V heads.