244dl

Rodney Hopalong · Mar 3rd, 2018, 20:55

I have a 1979 244dl automatic its a great car I have a question it has leather style seats and Virgo wheels where these standard on the auto and it has rev counter as well I was asked today well told it wasnt original.I thought the auto was released with these items
Thanks

dan 244 · Mar 3rd, 2018, 21:09

No I have a very original 1979 244dl, it has cloth seats, plane material in that year, ribbed. The wheels would have been steel with a chrome cover over the hub and nuts about the size of a side plate. Virgo’s I’m not sure if they were around then, as an option, but were standard on later GLT’s, Corona alloys were the most common option of the time back in 1979. The Rev counter was standard.

Rodney Hopalong · Mar 3rd, 2018, 21:43

Ok thanks must be later GLT stuff on mine then thanks for information.

Clan · Mar 3rd, 2018, 22:03

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Originally Posted by Rodney Hopalong

Ok thanks must be later GLT stuff on mine then thanks for information.

The First GLT came out in late 1979 as a 1980 model .. It was a police spec engine with 140 bhp , a hotter camshaft , they seemed to all be deep purple colour with black big alloy bumpers .. they changed it to a tamer camshaft for 1981 model year and that early GLT had the "GLT" wheels we all know and love ...

loki_the_glt · Mar 6th, 2018, 19:09

The first GLT I saw was a big-bumper saloon in a Burgundy shade, on a "W" suffix, with the 5-panel rear lamp clusters.

My first 244DL was a 1979 "V"-plate model. Like the OP's, it had a rev-counter and cloth upholstery and the same style of hub-cover mentioned by DAN 244.

Mar 3rd, 2018, 20:55	#1
Rodney Hopalong Junior Member Last Online: May 2nd, 2021 17:32 Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Inishowen	244dl I have a 1979 244dl automatic its a great car I have a question it has leather style seats and Virgo wheels where these standard on the auto and it has rev counter as well I was asked today well told it wasnt original.I thought the auto was released with these items Thanks

Mar 3rd, 2018, 21:09	#2
dan 244 Master Member Last Online: Apr 13th, 2024 22:46 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Norwich	No I have a very original 1979 244dl, it has cloth seats, plane material in that year, ribbed. The wheels would have been steel with a chrome cover over the hub and nuts about the size of a side plate. Virgo’s I’m not sure if they were around then, as an option, but were standard on later GLT’s, Corona alloys were the most common option of the time back in 1979. The Rev counter was standard. Last edited by dan 244; Mar 3rd, 2018 at 21:26.

Mar 6th, 2018, 19:09	#5
loki_the_glt Torquemeister Last Online: Yesterday 11:43 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Asgard, Cheshire	The first GLT I saw was a big-bumper saloon in a Burgundy shade, on a "W" suffix, with the 5-panel rear lamp clusters. My first 244DL was a 1979 "V"-plate model. Like the OP's, it had a rev-counter and cloth upholstery and the same style of hub-cover mentioned by DAN 244. __________________ loki_the_glt - Skipper of the Exxon Valdez, driver of Sweden's finest sporting saloon - and pining for another Slant-4.

Mar 3rd, 2018, 21:43	#3
Rodney Hopalong Junior Member Last Online: May 2nd, 2021 17:32 Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Inishowen	Ok thanks must be later GLT stuff on mine then thanks for information.

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