Holden Monaro

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Would love to know were this car went. . . In the early to mid 70s (i was 10 in 1975) my neighbour owned this car.I would stare at it over the fence and when i heard it start would rush outside to watch.He became a member of the Wanganui Car Club and would do hill climbs in the Monaro,sometimes on gravel.He would take me and my brother with him a few times towing the Monaro in his J Bedford truck.He would race againts Minis,Escorts,Cortinas and Zephrys,one time we went to a gravel hillclimb and there was a brand new orange HQ Monaro there i remember him saying he would like to own it.One day a HK Holden Sedan arrived on a trailer and he made a speedway saloon car using the 350 out of the Monaro he raced this for about a season at Wanganui Ocean Veiw Speedway before having a big crash there.The car was repaired and he raced a couple more times before returning the engine back to the Monaro.One day he left and when he returned he had a Rover 3500,and i never saw the car again. . . this photo was taken by my brother at the Okoia hillclimb just out of Wanganui it was a cold showery day and also Brent Bullivant was there in his Capri the only time i saw this car and as a kid i remember the noise awesume.A blue bigblock T-Bucket was there to and ended the day with a crash half way up the hill. .. . . would love to know where and what happened to this car.