Trophy-winning restomod
Holden’s first Monaro, the HK series, was unquestionably one of the most important cars ever developed in this country. In a feature on the series we wrote:
“The new salvo in the GT wars did the trick for Holden on the racetrack, scoring a win at Bathurst in 1968, with Bruce McPhee and Barry Mulholland doing the honours. This really was the proper start of the annual Aussie muscle car war that was to last for decades.
“Priced at a heady $3796, the GTS 327 in four-speed manual form was the pinnacle of the Monaro range. You could in fact get a coupe with a relatively humble 161-cube six plus three-on-the-tree trans, and of course there were numerous variants (19 in total) up from there.”
This example started life as a GTS and is a trophy-winning restomod featuring a Chev V8, four-speed Saginaw transmission and 10-bolt Salisbury rear. It underwent a rebuild in 2001 and still looks to be in great shape. Muscle Car Warehouse has this one at $195,000.
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