1968 Holden Monaro GTS HK Manual
SA • Dealer used
70
1
Odometer9,851km
Body typeCoupe
FuelPetrol
TransmissionManual
Comments from the dealer
Very Rare Genuine Numbers Matching HK GTS 327 Bathurst Monaro A Documented Survivor Bathurst Specially Featured in Numerous Magazines Over the Years and Also on YouTube Videos and Even a Model Toy Car Made in Representation of this HK GTS 327 For Sale and Very-Special Magazine Featured! ?? YouTube Video Featured! ?? Even Magazine "Model-Toy-Car-Featured" ID Tags Never Been Removed Fire Wall Numbers Not been Tampered with Definitely a Very Special Car for the Holden Collector and Enthusiast
Not every car on this top-Holdens-of-all-time list has a Bathurst win under its belt. On the other hand, 50 per cent of them do, so it’s fair to say there’s a bit of a theme going on here. And as far as Bathurst-winning Holdens go, this car, the HK Monaro GTS 327 was the very first to take home the silverware on that traditional weekend in October.
This car would be special for that alone, but it also holds a special place in the hearts and minds of us lot because it was Holden’s first real muscle car. And what a revelation it was when it landed in showrooms in July 1968, just a few months after the standard HK, a car that was also seen as quite radical at the time.
It was a question of timing that endowed the HK with its pair of Chevrolet engines (the 327ci and 307ci). Had Holden’s engineers been a few months earlier with the all-new Holden V8s, those would have been fitted instead. As it was, we got the Chevy small-blocks and our love affair with Holdens running Chev V8s was born.
It was the next model, the HT GTS 350, that gave a young Peter Brock his first taste of Bathurst, co-driving with Des West (and qualifying tenth on the grid) in 1969, but it was the HK the year before that had laid the groundwork for the Bathurst Monaro legend, with Bruce McPhee and Barry Mulholland claiming victory and three of the next four outright spots filled by HK 327s. Clearly there was something to this.
Under the skin, there’s no smoke and mirrors when it comes to an HK Monaro. The running gear is pretty much straight from the Kingswood sedan line-up and it’s only the Sheetmetal from the windscreen back that differs.
You could also have your Monaro with a six-potter, three-on-the-tree and drum brakes, but if you went for the 327, you got the full game-on package including four exhaust tips, racey hub-caps, disc front brakes, a floor-shift four-speed, optional stripes and flasher trim, including an unheard-of tacho mounted stupidly low on the centre console.
Driving an HK GTS 327 now is to marvel at how the hell the blokes who raced them in period ever found enough brave pills. The four-speed shifter is sketchy to say the least, the brakes are marginal even at road speeds and the handling is roly-poly with an over-riding sense of crudity to the way the Monaro shuffles its feet. On the period-correct Grip-Less tyres, the thing would have been horrendous. And yet…
But the 327 Chev engine is a real surprise. This is a hard-working little motor in GTS trim and I would suggest it’s only because it lived in the shadow of the mighty 350 Chev that it isn’t a more revered piece of kit.
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Car details
øVehicle description
HK GTS Coupe 2dr Man 4sp 327
Powerplant type
Internal Combustion Engine (ICE)
Cost to insureSponsored
Exterior colour
Picardy Red
Interior colour
White
Body type
Coupe, 2 doors, 5 seats
Transmission
4 speed Manual
Engine
8 cylinders, Petrol Aspirated, 327L
Registration plate
35948H
Registration expiry
7 months/December 2026
Build date
July 1968
Compliance date
July 1968
Dealer stock ID
7053
Safety & Security
Number of Airbags
0
Engine
Engine type
Piston
Engine Location
Front
Engine Size (cc)
5360cc
Engine Size (L)
5.4L
Induction
Aspirated
Engine Configuration
V90
Cylinders
8
Camshaft
Pushrod
Valves/Ports per Cylinder
2
Generic Engine Type
Piston
Transmission & Drivetrain
Gears
4
Gear Type
Manual
Gear Location
Floor
Drive
Rear Wheel Drive
Fuel
Fuel Type
Petrol
Fuel Delivery
Carburettor Single
Method of Delivery
Mechanical
Other
Country of Origin
AUSTRALIA
Launch Year
1968
Launch Month
7
Generation Name
HK
Series
HK
Badge
GTS
Doors
2
Seat Capacity
5
Body Style
Coupe
Probationary plate status +
Australian Capital Territory
Approved
Western Australia
Approved
Northern Territory
Approved
Tasmania
Approved
New South Wales
Not Determined
Victoria
Referred
Queensland
Banned
South Australia
Referred
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