Super Rare 1968 HK Monaro GTS restoration (307 Saginaw 4 speed).
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- Опубликовано: 14 сен 2023
- A review of a recent HK Monaro restoration done here at Worthy Restorations.This is a rare 1968 HK GTS Monaro with a Chevrolet 307 engine and Saginaw 4 speed, it finished its final restoration approximately 6 months ago.
HK Monaro Production numbers (Total 15,637)
Monaro 161 = 1,473 made
Monaro 186 = 4,027 made
Monaro GTS 186s = 8317 made
Monaro GTS 307 = 628 made
Monaro GTS 327 = 1,192 made 
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Ahhh such wonderful music to my ears😊
Wonder how many Aussies wish they still had one of these. Miss mine for sure.😶
So many regrets 😂
She looks and sounds fabulous !!
Great work
Cheers Mike!
Looks great in white🏆
I think so too!
I'm 64, a mates dad was a salesman for Smiths at Port Adelaide through the 70's and 80's. He used to bring these home, and I remember being picked up for school in one of these beasts.. I think they all had hubcaps back then, no special wheels.. I'd like to think the owner has access to the original wheels and hubcaps..
Nice machine 👍
Yep they had steel wheels and hubcaps. I was a teenager in Melbourne when neighbour brought a silver GTS 327 home. I fucking loved it. HK I guess
Nice. Back in their day the 307 was usually bolted to the Powerglide, the saginaw wasn't so popular. Esy to pick an original as they has the special hump in the passenger's side floor pan for the shifter. We lived in Brisbane in the early 70s and these things were in repo yards in large numbers.
Magnificent car sounds fabulous
Better in person 😉
luv the original ones the best or the very least the ones that look original. getting harder to see .
They sure are!
I had a white 307 with 2 speed auto GTS Monaro, didnt realise they made a 4 speed 307, in 1980 I sold it for $1500.
I too have so many regrets....
A friend of mine had one of these back in the early 80's. exactly the same colour and interior and engine, but his had the Powerglide auto instead. was in near mint condition, and he babied it. unfortunately, one day somebody ran a stop sign, hit him and the car was a write off. sad, because it was so original and so well looked after.
So many have had a similar fate, that's why I do what I do to bring them back
So many Torana’s in the background. When I left Aus in 1989 I gave my LJ behind. If only I’d kept it somewhere. Wasn’t original. Had a Celica 5 speed & a one tonner clutch but hey
Sooo many regrets, wish I’d kept half of them, I could retire… who am I kidding, I’d still be doing this!
So are all these classic,s being reprayed in the original acrylic or are they 2 pak? just curious as they're not original if done in 2 pak
Please get it right,, HKs started to be assembled in 67, pre release models. And they were made until early 69 when replaced by HT.
327s were made in series 1 and 2. S2 had the alternator on the right head instead of like this car. About 1600 cars,,,, of which 2000 remain!!
307 HK& HT all used the same engine with the alternator as so.
HK 5 litre 4 speeds were probably rarer, though I have had 4 of them, all in the late 70s. Gold/beige, Blue/ black x2 and silver mink. black. And a warwick yelloe 5 litre auto [the best car of the lot] and a blue auto. Plus several Prems, Broughams. 307 HTs were not uncommon early before the Holden V8s came on line. I have seen one 307 4spd HT. I suspect very rare. Modern Motor had a special order 5 litre 4 speed HK Prem wagon built.
There has been a few HKs 'upgraded' with 4 speeds early on. There is several ways to pick them however
As for racing, ever only HK327 S1, 350 HTs and a few HG350s. Someone did enter a 307 Kingswood auto, several of these were also rallied. And ofcourse Harrys HT 350 London to Sydney cars as well at least one for local events.
While I guess that you could have had a dual exhaust fitted to a 307 HK they were all single exhaust factory. Only the 327 had dual exhaust with the 'cackle box' muffler under the boot floor with the 4 droopy extensions.. Every one I have owned though were fitted with aftermarket dual exhaust
Manual Saginaw 307s were a pretty car, seemed to be mostly powerglide.
Cheers not my car that I’m a purist on you know more than myself but still one I enjoyed reassembling I hope it presents well.
looks awesome@@WorthyRestorations-
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