540CUBE BIGBLOCK 1971 HOLDEN HQ MONARO GTS INTENSE Street Machine
427-cube 1973 HQ Monaro GTS. Back in 1990, Perth's John Simunovich was just starting high school. One of his first metalworking projects was to create a brass keyring with some lettering stamped into it. While many other students most likely stamped their names, John's keyring spelt out 'GTS MONARO'- and yes, he does still have it.
1973 Holden HQ Monaro GTS 308 V8 2 Door Coupe. Manufactured in Australia by General Motors
Date: 13.11.2018 Quite a departure from the early Monaros, the HQ went on to become a worthy standard bearer for Holden's coupe series Holden HQ GTS 350 Monaro Few will deny that Holden's Monaro, when it appeared in 1968, ranked as the most significant new concept in Australian automotive history.
1973 HOLDEN HQ GTS MONARO MENT1L READER'S CAR OF THE WEEK
The following versions and sub-models of Holden Monaro HQ GTS Coupe were available in 1971 (6 versions, see below for more details): 1971 Holden Monaro GTS 2door 253 V8 4-speed (man. 4) (HQ) version for Australia (since July) specs. Holden Monaro GTS 2door 253 V8 4-speed (man..
1973 Holden HQ Monaro GTS/4 ShaunAskew Shannons Club
1972 Holden HQ GTS Monaro - Factory 308ci V8 Automatic Coupe. This stunning HQ GTS Coupe needs no introduction as one of the most iconic Muscle cars Australia has ever produced! The Holden Historical Services letter of Verification identifies that this vehicle left the Dandenong factory with a 308 V8 (L31), Trimatic (M40) with power steering.
540CUBE BIGBLOCK 1971 HOLDEN HQ MONARO GTS INTENSE
And in some ways, the fact that the HQ Monaro didn't have to homolgate a race-car, made it a gentler, easier-to-live-with creature. The 5.7-litre engine, for instance, was detuned from the HG GTS 350's 300-odd horsepower to a milder 275 (205kW) and the whole show was more civilised. Word is that the engine in the automatic version was a bit.
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The Monaro GTS is a rear wheel drive coupé motor car with a front mounted engine, from Holden. The Holden Monaro GTS belongs to the HQ model family from Holden. Its 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 5 litres.
1971 Holden HQ MONARO GTS 350 HQSophia Shannons Club
1973 Holden Monaro GTS: The Monaro GTS is a rear wheel drive saloon (sedan) motor vehicle with a front mounted engine, manufactured by Holden. The Holden Monaro GTS is one of the HQ range of cars from Holden. The power is produced by a naturally aspirated engine of 5.7 litre capacity. This powerplant features overhead valve valve gear, a 90 degree V 8 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder.
1971 Holden HQ MONARO GTS 350 monarogts350 Shannons Club
The HQ Monaro GTS 350 was robbed of four headlights and premium positioning to protect the incremental 4212 sales of the Monaro LS V8 over the entire 1971-74 HQ model life. Design and marketing would not win this battle until Holden was brought to its knees while still trying to clear the HQ's leftover coupe bodies five years later.
19711974 Holden HQ GTS 350 Monaro Buyer's Guide
This Monaro is a one-off 1973 HQ GTS model that's believed to be the only 350 4-speed coupe finished in factory black (called Warrigal Black by GM's subsidiary). The listing states according.
1973 Holden HQ Monaro GTS Coupe Sunburst The HQ Holden was… Flickr
Holden Monaro GTS 350 Holden Monaro LS Two four-door sedan variants of the Monaro GTS were released in March 1973 [2] and similarly to the SS the new sports sedans were a special vehicle package optioned on a lesser model, in this case on a V8 Kingswood sedan. Option XV4 was the HQ GTS sedan. Option XW8 was the HQ GTS350 sedan.
Holden HQ GTS Monaro Buyer Guide
Gallery 1. THE HZ brought Holden's final iteration of the Monaro, albeit with no products actually bearing the revered name, with the four-door sedan trading solely on the GTS moniker. It remained available with both the 4.2- and 5.0-litre V8s until June 1978, when Holden dropped the smaller engine.
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1972 Monaro GTS Early history This car was completed on 1st November 1972 at Holden's Dandenong plant. This car was built to my order so that a unique combination of options could be obtained. It took nearly 3 months from order to delivery.
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The Holden Monaro GTS is a 2 door coupé-bodied car with a front mounted engine supplying power to the rear wheels. The Holden Monaro GTS is one of the HQ model family from Holden.
HOLDEN HQ GTS MONARO READER’S CAR OF THE WEEK
Holden's HQ range was launched in August 1971 and every dealer who could secure a GTS wanted one of these gorgeous cars as the centrepiece of their showroom display. HQ Monaros in those days literally stopped traffic with their looks. | 2020 Market Review: Holden HQ-HZ Monaro/GTS/Sandman
BLOWN BIGBLOCK HQ MONARO GTS
July 1971. Four door sedan - March 1973 PRICES AT TIME OF INTRODUCTION Monaro (2850 cc six & 3 speed manual) - $3120, Monaro LS (3300 cc six & 3 speed manual) - $3570, Monaro GTS (4.2 V8 & 4 speed manual) - $3720,
1974 Holden HQ GTS Monaro (SOLD) Muscle Car Warehouse
Monaro GTS Standard power train was a 253 V8 with 4 speed M20 gearbox (M21 was the "high performance" option on 253 V8s) and could be optioned up with the 308 V8 with M21 4-speed or Trimatic. Top of the range was the GTS 350 with the imported Chevrolet 350 V8 with Muncie 4 speed or Turbo Hydramatic 400 auto. Monaro Coupe
