yel327, just out of interest, what do you think you'd want for that HK? PM me if you want to keep it private, and the price will go no further than me. I think an HK monaro would be the one car I'd really really really really like to have that needs absolutely no mods to look perfect. Well, that and a 70 Chevelle : )
Dirtbags dream car rebuild! HK monaro!
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Posted 03 January 2011 - 02:15 AM
he he
tim and bomber may have a secert bidding war on now lol
tim and bomber may have a secert bidding war on now lol
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Posted 03 January 2011 - 08:09 AM
It's not going anywhere at the moment. HAd it for too long, and it is a good reference car as it has it's original guards, doors and bonnet in mostly original paint. Will think about it though.
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Posted 03 January 2011 - 10:51 AM
You better, you probably have the only two people who wouldent just buy it cause its less desirable then bastardize it by putting a dirty rotten V8 in there....I like Holden sixes.
Cheers.
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Posted 03 January 2011 - 12:02 PM
Some scanned photos of my brothers first car - HK Monaro. Started life as a second owner silver mink GTS, 186S 4 speed opel for which he paid $800 bucks.
Sorry Bomber, this was all back in the eighties and need-less to say the holden six made way for the the obligatory Chev 327.
So it's no surprise the HK Monaro (silver mink) remains right up there on my dream car list!
Sorry Bomber, this was all back in the eighties and need-less to say the holden six made way for the the obligatory Chev 327.
So it's no surprise the HK Monaro (silver mink) remains right up there on my dream car list!
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Posted 03 January 2011 - 12:26 PM
Ah dont worry its still beautiful and i'd still own it, but i would only pay about 80% of the going rate for a original 186 job with proper engine still in place 
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Posted 03 January 2011 - 02:12 PM
ummmm.......convertibles are for hair dressers and ass bandits. I'm not trying to offend anyone, it's just the truth : )
My old 69 Camaro convertible. I'm not a hairdresser, so that leaves ??????????????
I will admit to that Camaro convertible; and l'm not offended! Would quite like a HK-HG Monaro too.
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Posted 03 January 2011 - 04:56 PM
hahaha sorry V-SLR5000-P, I knew I'd get caught out on that one : )
It's just my personal preference. Once you cut the roof off a car like a camaro/mustang/impala they just lose all their lovely swoopy shape, and become a box with a windscreen sticking out of it.
They just don't float my boat, but you can't please all the people all the time : )
It's just my personal preference. Once you cut the roof off a car like a camaro/mustang/impala they just lose all their lovely swoopy shape, and become a box with a windscreen sticking out of it.
They just don't float my boat, but you can't please all the people all the time : )
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Posted 03 January 2011 - 05:00 PM
Damn!...... i had a preference for the ragtops too! Maybe it's the climate? 
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Posted 03 January 2011 - 05:20 PM
proper engine?????? 186 in something as big a a hk-t-g would be boring as they deserve the respect of a mans motor with 8 cylinders and the bigger the betterAh dont worry its still beautiful and i'd still own it, but i would only pay about 80% of the going rate for a original 186 job with proper engine still in place
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Posted 03 January 2011 - 05:44 PM
You better, you probably have the only two people who wouldent just buy it cause its less desirable then bastardize it by putting a dirty rotten V8 in there....I like Holden sixes.
Cheers.
Engine and Opel long gone from it. I have the correct 307 now for it an Saginaw. The 307 is that close to correct it could have come from a consecutive car on the Pagewood assembly line.
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Posted 03 January 2011 - 05:55 PM
proper engine?????? 186 in something as big a a hk-t-g would be boring as they deserve the respect of a mans motor with 8 cylinders and the bigger the better
Ah dont worry its still beautiful and i'd still own it, but i would only pay about 80% of the going rate for a original 186 job with proper engine still in place
OOooohhh now the fish are biting.
Something that looks that cool doesnt need to be fast mate.
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Posted 03 January 2011 - 06:00 PM
hahaha. This is funny : )
In my opinion there is no better sound than a healthy V8 with a manual box, but in this case, if a monaro came along with 6 banger and 3 or 4 speed manual I'd be happy with that.
In my opinion there is no better sound than a healthy V8 with a manual box, but in this case, if a monaro came along with 6 banger and 3 or 4 speed manual I'd be happy with that.
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Posted 03 January 2011 - 07:41 PM
The beauty of an old HK (also applies to HT-HJ) is you can easily whack in a V8 and TH350 or trimatic into any of them and change nothing on the body, and there are no rego issues either. Manual is a different story though unless it was originally a Saginaw then a Muncie or T10 fits easily too.
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going slightly off topic I knew had a genuine Bathurst 327 Monaro want to sell it too me, trouble is rust was real bad it was missing all trim and bolt on panels but worst of all it's tags he had done up a HK? sedan with 186 holden six (yep must one of your mates DJ) and put the Monaro coupe tags on the four sedan with 186 to improve its value. I tryied explaining to him that if people could read the tags they would realise that they belonged to a coupe. He did not get it, not the sharpest or most honest guy I have ever met. Later a good friend of mine told me he had brought a genuine Bathurst Monaro, (same car from my dim witted and dishonest 'friend') but was somewhat sorry the original tags had been stolen, as told to him by the guy he brought the car off. He was real pissed when I told him the guy who had sold him the car still had the tags on his 4 door sedan
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doesnt sound like any mate of mine cruiza.
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Posted 03 January 2011 - 09:55 PM
Mine, circa 1980.
I think it was a 186 GTS? Had all the bits. Blew 2 x Opels and 1 x axle in the time I had it.
I got all the wheel arch moulds for it and painted it white .
It was written off (slammed in the quarter by a d/head) a week or 2 after I'd painted it.
Note the red tramp rods.
I think it was a 186 GTS? Had all the bits. Blew 2 x Opels and 1 x axle in the time I had it.
I got all the wheel arch moulds for it and painted it white .
It was written off (slammed in the quarter by a d/head) a week or 2 after I'd painted it.
Note the red tramp rods.
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doesnt sound like any mate of mine cruiza.
Sorry DJ I wasn't meaning to imply you had dishonest friends, I was making reference to being a lover of holden 6s
I would be very surprised if you knew the guy, this was back in NZ and years ago, too be honest I doubt the guy is still alive given his lack of morals and intellect I am sure Darwin has taken him out of the gene pool
Again very sorry for for the misunderstanding my bad grammar and sentence structure
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Posted 04 January 2011 - 08:24 AM
I had heard rumours of a K-GTS up here with a stoved in roof.
Seems it has been stored outside, & the rain water had pooled in the dented roof until it rusted thru. Apparently the interior didn't fare too well after that.
Asking price was reasonable though.
I also know of a T-GTS, 186S manual which is sitting unloved in an open sided shed in the middle of nowhere.
It's red, starting to get rusty, & 100% complete.
Unfortunately the owner is a miner & planning to restore it when he retires.... if there is anything left to restore by then.
They pop up from time to time.
Pic of my old K.
Seems it has been stored outside, & the rain water had pooled in the dented roof until it rusted thru. Apparently the interior didn't fare too well after that.
Asking price was reasonable though.
I also know of a T-GTS, 186S manual which is sitting unloved in an open sided shed in the middle of nowhere.
It's red, starting to get rusty, & 100% complete.
Unfortunately the owner is a miner & planning to restore it when he retires.... if there is anything left to restore by then.
They pop up from time to time.
Pic of my old K.
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Posted 04 January 2011 - 09:15 AM
I have a very good mate of mine who owns the ONLY factory black HK 327 Monaro ever made. He is the second owner and has all the paperwork for the car. I'll chase up some pics if anyone is interested. It is in the process of a full restoration and has already been painted in acrylic and is as straight as a gun barrel.
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Posted 05 January 2011 - 07:58 AM
thats interesting ruts,
would love to see it.
i know a fella that owned a black hk gts, not 100% sure if it was a 327 though,and he told me it was pushed into a gully and eventually buried,and now a orchard is over it.
when he dumped it they were worth nothing,now he is a keen monaro collector,and wishes he never did it.
i want to know where to start digging,its out western n.s.w..............and he is from muswellbrook.
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hi col,theres a monaro roof here mate,from bottom of pillars.
would love to see it.
i know a fella that owned a black hk gts, not 100% sure if it was a 327 though,and he told me it was pushed into a gully and eventually buried,and now a orchard is over it.
when he dumped it they were worth nothing,now he is a keen monaro collector,and wishes he never did it.
i want to know where to start digging,its out western n.s.w..............and he is from muswellbrook.
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hi col,theres a monaro roof here mate,from bottom of pillars.
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How much for the roof? Is it in OK condition?
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Posted 05 January 2011 - 08:26 AM
Are you going to build one piece by piece, Dirtbag...
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Posted 05 January 2011 - 09:03 AM
Are you going to build one piece by piece, Dirtbag...
i wouldn't mind trying. If I could get a roof and an old sedan I reckon I could get something happening. I guess finding the glass would be hard though.
I wouldn't mind a pair of monaro doors either, but I'd want to put them into a wagon, not a monaro : ) Go the Aussie Nomad : )
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2 door wagon??? Now ya talkin! 
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