Underbelly Monaro up for sale

By Matt Brogan | June 15th, 2009

The Brilliant Blue Holden HK Monaro GTS 327 coupe used as Judy Kane’s car in a recent ‘Underbelly: a Tale of Two Cities’ episode will go under the hammer at the Shannons Winter Auction at the Sydney Showgrounds on July 12.

Delivered new by Stacks Holden in Rose Bay (Sydney), this two-owner Monaro was build number 312 of what has become one of Australia’s most collectible muscle cars and is in very original and correct condition down to its hubcaps, having covered just 89,000 miles.
It comes with all the wanted ‘Bathurst’ Monaro features, including its original 327 cubic inch Chevrolet-sourced V8 engine, four-speed manual gearbox, limited slip differential, stiffer sports suspension with rear radius rods, power front disc brakes and a long-range 25 gallon fuel tank.

As added sweeteners, the Monaro is being sold with its glovebox lid personally signed by star actress Kate Ritchie, who played Judy Kane in Underbelly, and comes with unique and appropriate ‘UBELLY’ personalised NSW number plates.

Shannons expect it to sell in the $130,000-$160,000 range.

Meanwhile Ford fans are offered a rare and highly-desirable LHD Candyapple Red 1969 Mustang Boss 429 Fastback.

The car features all the usual Boss 429 options, including the four-speed close ratio gearbox, Traction Lok diff, Visibility Group, F60x15 tyres with raised lettering, console, power front disc brakes, power steering, Deluxe Interior Decor Group, AM radio, Deluxe belts with warning light, colour-keyed racing mirrors, competition suspension, function front air spoiler and trunk-mounted batter.

The Boss 429 has been in Australia for the past four years and is in show condition with all matching numbers. It is accompanied by documentation including the original sales invoice, a Deluxe Marti report and old US titles.

Shannons are quoting a guiding range of $200,000-$240,000.

Bavarian Missile (.)(.)

My favorite Stang,very nice!
Will

Australian marques are somewhat overpriced at present. Very much one for the emotional buyer.
Bavarian Missile (.)(.)

Will once again you have no understanding of what your talking about!

Prices have come down the last 12 months !

Emotional buyer pfffffffffttttttttt
Will

Better value buying an original low mileage Z28. The Z28 can also be offloaded to an international market in the course of time.
Bavarian Missile (.)(.)

hahaha Z28 yeah right how many thousands of those did they make ?

Because here in Australia our muscle cars are made in such low numbers to start with they will be worth the bigger dollars than the average US muscle car .

300 phase 3 made 93 left get it !

Again if you knew anything about Muscle cars you will know its a universal appeal ,Americans especially already buy our stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Falcon Coupes more than anything else!
eh179driver

BM, you are so right. I went to a small car show here in Atlanta today (Sunday here). Three Aussie cars on display. A HK Monaro, XY and a XA/XB coupe (can’t say which. All imaculate and all pulling crowds. Spoke to the HK owner and he said there is a strong Aussie muscle car following here in the states and people pay BIG money for them. Mustangs, Corvetes and Camaro’s are a dime a dozen here and are just cars, with the exception of special low run cars. The other interesting thing is that despite what we read, the Pontiac GTO (Monaro) and G8 (Commodore) are rated as being desirable cars with a strong following. A couple of magazines and people here are predicting that in the future, they will command big prices due to the relatively low sales numbers. It is also good to see that magazines here rate them highly apart from the fuel consumption. But then (like at home) you don’t buy a 6.2 litre V8, 4 door, 5 seater car for its thrifty fuel consuption.
Will

BV:

The only two Australian muscle cars I would glance longingly at are the XR BB and the LJ GTR XU-1 (purple). The first is only seen in protected shadows behind numerous security devices the second while not having the iconic status is still rare.

Not being the size queen some are, or getting all wet over a ‘shaker’ I am more likely to get animated over a ’72 500 Abarth with optional Pirelli’s. Woohoo!
Bavarian Missile (.)(.)

Ehdriver,awwwwww lucky you …….Quote ” The other interesting thing is that despite what we read, the Pontiac GTO (Monaro) and G8 (Commodore) are rated as being desirable cars with a strong following.”

Ive been told that many a time. Have several friends that are Chev supporters over there and love the G8 and one has a GTO………….loves it ! I too wouldnt be surprised if you saw the Commodore over there again .

What are you doing over there by the way ?
Wheelnut

Will – Ford actually built 2 “Bill Bourke” GTs

The first was a 1967 XR GT known as the managers Special” which was a standard GT Falcon in unique colour called Rusett Bronze [similar to the Jaffa Colour the 10th Anniversary cHSVs came in]

Then a couple of years later they built the 1970 XW GT-HO Phase 1 Falcon Built for Bill Bourke [and is the more well known model] it had a range of special features including Black Pearl Paint a sunroof and a Cobra Jet 427ci V8.

Which one were you referring to?
Will

Well, I did not expect this…the first WN. Do they still exist?
SteveH

Wouldn’t having Kate Ritchie’s signature on the glovebox actually decrease the value of the Monaro?
Realcars

Doubt if they will fetch these prices at present.
Bavarian Missile (.)(.)

Realcars I think your right about the Monaro……….the Stang is cheap ,very desirable .

Steve………I agree,what idiot thought that was a good idea ?
Wheelnut

I believe both of them were a one off as they were built for Bill Bourke. The XW being far more extravagant than the XR

There is also apparently a USA Style Emerald Green XR GT Falcon Club Coupe with a 427 in it [I saw it in Street Machine a couple of years ago] however; I don’t think it was a one off
HAL

Spooky – this article gets posted and another of the Morans is shot dead in melbourne this morning.
JEKYL & HYDE

i’ve had the privilage of a drive in a gen shelby big block mustang,and it was awesome.the first turn of the key primed this one’s electric fuel pumps,which wined up to a scream,then bang,and big block roared to life.the block was reasonably still at adle,but the whole car rocked,the sound was great…
Danman2

They are asking very strong money for a HK with such little providence. What the hell does underbelly add? Nothing. I think it actually detracts from the image. The millage is way too high as well for the money. This price deserves under 50,000 miles.

The Mustang is asking mint Mach 1 or shabby GT500 money. Still nothing wrong with asking for it I guess. No law against making a profit! I would wait until the market bottoms, maybe later this year.
Golfschwein

I was 4 years old when our family was delivered our HK Holden, so I’d go the Monaro, naturally.
Mr T

I pity the fool that pays Nissan GT-R money for one of these.
eh179driver

BM, I am over on business. I travel extensivley through North, Central South America, Europe and Asia. Normaly get travel to line up with car events and F1 races. Sounds great but let me tell you, living out of a case is no fun. But then if I hated it, I wouldnt do it.
Got to drive a new Camaro today. It is just brilliant. Blind spots can be a bit of a problem at first but once you get used to it, they are not too bad. It handles well, is quiet and goes like hell! Lets hope that once GM get sorted, they build them in RHD. Not holding my breath though!
Golfschwein

Who is this bint Kate Richie, and why is she defacing the glovebox lid of my car?
Danman2

Golfy..She’s a home and away star trying to breakout into mini series… had a very interesting ‘home movie’ out recently LOL..

I love how Shannons always use that same crap backround for their auction photos. Maybe it doesn’t detract from the cars but looks cheap I reckon..