personal preferance me i've had a bad experiance in a hg monaro when it met a guardrail at 100 clicks but apart from that not a bad style
im sure tim will do an awsome job as usual im looking forward to looking at this
Dirtbags dream car rebuild! HK monaro!
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Posted 27 December 2010 - 07:06 AM
I'm going against the grain here - I hate HK-G-T Monaros. I think they look like they are sloping backwards ie; the rear end is too low. And by the 'rear end' I mean the glass and body lines, not the ride height, because even if they are raised in the back or lowered in the front they still look like they are sloping backwards.
Give me any Corvette, a HQ coupe, 68-69 Camaro or even a VT type Monaro anyday.
Of course a flared LX hatch is still THE toughest and best looking car GM has ever made.
lol and the Torana's dont slope backwards do they? Thats what makes monaro's torana's ,camaro's and Mustangs such beutiful looking cars.
Edited by nicko61, 27 December 2010 - 07:08 AM.
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Posted 27 December 2010 - 07:33 AM
I'm going against the grain here - I hate HK-G-T Monaros. I think they look like they are sloping backwards ie; the rear end is too low. And by the 'rear end' I mean the glass and body lines, not the ride height, because even if they are raised in the back or lowered in the front they still look like they are sloping backwards.
Give me any Corvette, a HQ coupe, 68-69 Camaro or even a VT type Monaro anyday.
Of course a flared LX hatch is still THE toughest and best looking car GM has ever made.
Thats what makes monaro's torana's ,camaro's and Mustangs such beutiful looking cars.
I'm talking about the belt line through the middle of the car - not the roof line - all cars slope backwards if you are talking about the roof line (except maybe the worlds ugliest car the Ssangyong Stavic).
Its a trait the HK-G-T Munro's share with the similarly awkward looking Chevelle SS of around the same vintage. And is the opposite of the gorgeous XA-B-C coupes.
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Posted 27 December 2010 - 11:50 AM
The best shaped oz car my arse.
Without doubt the prettiest car The General produced anywhere in the world.
Im with datto on silver mink and red trim with a stickshift.
No better car was ever built by anybody,anywhere,anytime.
Anybody who disagrees is an ignorant knobend.
Here endeth the message.....................
um did you forget the 69 camaro convertable?
but in saying that
the ht-g-k series is my second favourote monaro
keep the pics coming tim
and happy new year
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Posted 27 December 2010 - 12:04 PM
Seeing though everyone is chipping in there 2c, the only Monaro i would own.
Cheers.
Cheers.
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Posted 27 December 2010 - 02:16 PM
You must be talking about the HQ monaro, Bomber.
You got confused you silly sausage
You got confused you silly sausage
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Posted 27 December 2010 - 02:50 PM
HQ doesnt appeal to me that much im afraid.
I would take one if given to me, i would buy one if it was ridiculously cheap...
so perhaps i should rephrase, the HK is the only Monaro i would pay market value for if i was in the market for something like that at this point in time (which currently im not) and the right one came up.
I would also buy one over a LH/LX SLR/whatever in the same price bracket and in comparable condition.
Considering i dont like the bigger Holdens all that much thats a fair statement.
Cheers.
I would take one if given to me, i would buy one if it was ridiculously cheap...
so perhaps i should rephrase, the HK is the only Monaro i would pay market value for if i was in the market for something like that at this point in time (which currently im not) and the right one came up.
I would also buy one over a LH/LX SLR/whatever in the same price bracket and in comparable condition.
Considering i dont like the bigger Holdens all that much thats a fair statement.
Cheers.
Edited by Bomber Watson, 27 December 2010 - 02:51 PM.
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Posted 27 December 2010 - 03:19 PM
The best shaped oz car my arse.
Without doubt the prettiest car The General produced anywhere in the world.
Im with datto on silver mink and red trim with a stickshift.
No better car was ever built by anybody,anywhere,anytime.
Anybody who disagrees is an ignorant knobend.
Here endeth the message.....................
um did you forget the 69 camaro convertable?
but in saying that
the ht-g-k series is my second favourote monaro
keep the pics coming tim
and happy new year
ummmm.......convertibles are for hair dressers and ass bandits. I'm not trying to offend anyone, it's just the truth : )
As for HQ over HK? No competition. HK all the way. I'm with Bomber here. I don't mind the HQ monaros, but they have absolutely NOTHING over an HK.
The end : )
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Posted 27 December 2010 - 07:35 PM
I'm going against the grain here - I hate HK-G-T Monaros. I think they look like they are sloping backwards ie; the rear end is too low. And by the 'rear end' I mean the glass and body lines, not the ride height, because even if they are raised in the back or lowered in the front they still look like they are sloping backwards.
Give me any Corvette, a HQ coupe, 68-69 Camaro or even a VT type Monaro anyday.
Of course a flared LX hatch is still THE toughest and best looking car GM has ever made.
I have no idea how you could hate HK-HG Monaros when you look at the sedan they evolved from.
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Posted 27 December 2010 - 07:45 PM
Tim, seeing though im so awesome you should read your PM's 
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Posted 28 December 2010 - 10:24 AM
had a HK 186s white with half a blue vinyl roof!!!had it for 12 months
and sold it after doing 3 opal boxs, last seen being used as a kennel
for a guard dog
and sold it after doing 3 opal boxs, last seen being used as a kennel
for a guard dog
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Posted 28 December 2010 - 03:57 PM
Love the HKs. Such an awesome car. Looking forward to see the bodywork on it.
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Posted 28 December 2010 - 04:16 PM
As a previous owner of one of these dinosaurs, i can honestly say that they are much prettier to look at than to actually drive!
Following this thread with interest.
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Following this thread with interest.
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Posted 28 December 2010 - 07:08 PM
This is one my brother finished last year after a 5 year rebuild.
Now lives in Karratha in north west W.A. and picked up Best Holden at it's first show.
Now lives in Karratha in north west W.A. and picked up Best Holden at it's first show.
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Posted 28 December 2010 - 07:57 PM
My dad had one when i was a kid il never forget it was sebring orange black stripes for some reason i was always fasicnated with the rear interior pillar lights he traded it for a hz statesman 308 th400 wagon one of very few built
If only we could go back in time !
If only we could go back in time !
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Posted 28 December 2010 - 09:56 PM
My dad bought a brand new HK Monaro in the irradescant blue *spelling* Ive seen the pics of him ( with a full head of hair) standing next to his new beast proud as punch. If only he knew it would be a collectors...lol
Personally i thing they have very very nice lines and love em but for me its Toranas all the way !
Personally i thing they have very very nice lines and love em but for me its Toranas all the way !
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Posted 28 December 2010 - 10:46 PM
Bad shots but a mates HK GTS him and his dad restored
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Posted 02 January 2011 - 05:47 PM
i love the ht monaros only car i would kill to own my old man is thinkin bout selling an le to buy one and fix it up was thinking of buying a 6banga one and putting a motor worthy in like a 400 or 383
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Posted 02 January 2011 - 06:29 PM
I've got a silver mink with Goya red trim HK GTS stashed away. Best bodied HK I have, but it is only a 186S manual, hence it has to wait in line behind the 2 x GTS 327's (red and yellow). One dy i'll either sell it or fix it.
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Posted 02 January 2011 - 06:40 PM
If I wasn't driving a torana, I'd drive an HK monaro anyday.
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Posted 02 January 2011 - 06:47 PM
Thread stealhad a HK 186s white with half a blue vinyl roof!!!had it for 12 months
and sold it after doing 3 opal boxs, last seen being used as a kennel
for a guard dog
LOL Yeah I used to blow up those opal gearboxes in my HK
Blew mine 3 times before I got rid of the car (4 door with fact floor change)Since then I have thought them to be the most useless of gearboxes going around.
Nice to hear of another with similar problems (I was hard on that car though)
Herne
Thread back on track now
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Posted 02 January 2011 - 08:15 PM
I've got a silver mink with Goya red trim HK GTS stashed away. Best bodied HK I have, but it is only a 186S manual, hence it has to wait in line behind the 2 x GTS 327's (red and yellow). One dy i'll either sell it or fix it.
I would prefer a 186 one....If you decide to sell it pm me.
Cheers.
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Posted 02 January 2011 - 08:30 PM
Yeah, in all honesty I'd be VERY happy with a 186 3 speed on the column HK monaro. My first ever car was an HK kingswood with a 161 3 speed. What a beast : )
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