XB with a real bull bar

[cram_it_frog]

My daughter came over from Perth on holidays and brought some pictures my ex wife found and there is this one of me on my XB I think 1974 with A real solid steel bull bar

It took 3 people to fit



I even had hair then

[CoupeKing]

Nice, did you buy that new? That's probably the main Highway your parked across too!

[cram_it_frog]

I bought it 2nd had low ks and that is my sisters property in the outskirts of perth

It took a bit of thinking where the image was taken it I was in my 20s then I am now 60 lot of beer cans have been emptied between now and then

love the plastic rims but it was an a amazing car the rego was DN4259

I would have loved a 6 speed auto on that XB I think I went through 3 or 4 auto gear boxes I did a lot of towing then

[XB GS 351 Coupe]

Haha I remember those wire wheel caps, they were popular for a short time, and K Mart used to sell them…

Here is a photo of the Bull Bar on my XB Ute Project car, an old V8 bush ute I found in a paddock in North West NSW, near Moree, NSW.

How I found it:





And rescued back in my shed



PS why did it take three people to fit??

One to fit bull bar and two to drink beer and shout encouragement??

[cram_it_frog]

One to fit bull bar and two to drink beer and shout encouragement

yes true you had to have lots of alcohol on hand in case you cut your self

No RBT in those days

XB GS 351 Coupe they had a huge blitz here in Broken Hill last year just before christmas and they were pulling up all the people with old style bull bars the guys from Sydney traffic unit went all over Broken Hill well there was so many complaints to from locals that they were forced to cancel the blitz and all ticket s handed out were cancelled any one who has driven out this way know there is a huge EMU wild goat and roo problem

they need to work out some thing that alows these old style bars to be allowed in time they will end up with all new ones so why push people who have no money to fix up there cars with new style bull bars

[XB GS 351 Coupe]

That bull bar issue has been rectified, and regulations only apply to newer cars now, as it was not realistic and someone jumped the gun, they did the same out here.

Same with the Tuff Bars, they said they were banned till they provided the engineers certification.

http://roadsafety.transport.nsw.gov....tolerances.pdf