HARD TO KILL.

That said, it's still a rare beast indeed, as it's the only XA GT hardtop to have been painted Surfer Orange from the factory, making it a true one-of-one. Back when we published that story, it was believed that the car was an RPO 83 - those highly desirable XA GTs fitted with Phase IV goodies. There are so many restored GTs out there, but this is the only Surfer Orange XA GT hardtop. WITH its fat rubber, hunkered-down stance and eye-popping Red Pepper paint, it's little wonder Lorry Gatt's XA GT hardtop is still so fondly remembered nearly 40 years after we featured it in the February-March 1984 issue of Street Machine. [Extracted from the article]