Comments on: Shannons auctioning 1976 Holden HX LE ‘Monaro’ coupe

By: john

john — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:25:44 +0000

Not worth the money that they are asking! as a restored car maybe! but read the inspection report and it will change most peoples mind….
still trying to get the money of when car prices went crazy (thanks to the xy gt) this car realisticly should be worth no more than $20,000 in its current state..

and i am a person that is in the market for one!

By: toxic_horse

toxic_horse — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:12:35 +0000

There are 2 much better ones on ebay at the moment.

By: Golfschwein

Golfschwein — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:16:53 +0000

They could have been some Supercheap copies, Minnow. I agree with RM. The same wheels were optional on HX and HZ GTS 4-door Monaros, but coloured silver. Holden got them from Pontiac, who put them on Trans Ams.

By: The Oracle

The Oracle — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:39:23 +0000

I reckon after 30 years, most Monaros would have ahoneycomb chassis to match the wheels.

I’ve gotta laugh at the 8 track stereo, that really is a blast from the past. If my memory serves me, you used to be able to option these on Holdens of the time, but every one took cassettes in preference and Holden had a heap unsold and so fitted them to this model to get rid of them. I wonder what use the player is toady, assuming it still works. You once could buy adaptors to fit a cassette into so that you could play them in 8 track machines.

I hope it goes to a good home, but it really doesn’t interest me. Now if it was a HK GTS 327 or HG GTS 350, that’s another story. They have some history to them.

By: Minnow

Minnow — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:18:47 +0000

Yes but they were hubcaps that you could not remove. The face is purely ornamental.. Its a soft rubber feel hub cap, i was poking the wheel. Sort of like the stuff soft feel steering wheels are made of.

By: Bent 8 Brigade

Bent 8 Brigade — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:17:26 +0000

They weren’t hubcaps

By: Minnow

Minnow — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:02:58 +0000

I know a bloke with one of these, same colour and has the honeycomb hub caps.

By: Golfschwein

Golfschwein — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:21:31 +0000

This one looks like it’s been to Supercheap.

By: Will

Will — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:57:45 +0000

Sorry guys, left out a key word:
‘Interestingly in the US and UK (and probably in France and Germany) you can buy out of refurbs to modify old machines in areas of suspension, brakes, cooling, engine and transmission’, should read – ‘Interestingly in the US and UK (and probably in France and Germany), you can buy out of the box refurbs to modify old machines in areas of suspension, brakes, cooling, engine and transmission.’

Toxic Horse, this may take many forms. A few possibilities for this machine for example, to replace the brakes with appropriate Brembos, the transmission with a current Tremec 6 speed and clutch combination, the motor with an out of the box 6ltr fuel injected Chev, and so on. It will add to the safety of the machine, and you will be able to use the machine reliably at will.

By: davie

davie — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:19:41 +0000

I remember as a kid. I used to play tennis at Gilmours in southern Sydney. One of the coaches used to own one of these and park it prominently next to the tennis court.

I knew little about cars, but thought this was awesome.

Gold honeycomb wheels, shag pile carpet, dazzling red paint.

I wonder if that tennis coach still is there (its been 20 years) and wether this is his car.

If it is, what happened to the honeycomb wheels?