Ever since I could reach the steering wheel of my dad’s truck, I’ve been fascinated with anything on wheels. At the age of 16 I bought my first Monaro. It was a HQ GTS Coupe, 308 and 4spd. At the time I didn’t know much about the ins and outs of a Monaro, but loved the look of them. We had a lot of fun in that car until one day is was stolen and I never saw it again. A couple of years later my cousin bought a HQ GTS Coupe 350. We went everywhere with it including Calder Drag meetings on Saturday nights. Not long after my brother came across another HQ GTS coupe, which was again 308 with 4spd. It seems at the time that HQ GTSs where falling from the sky, there were so many to choose from. These days you’re lucky to see one on the road.

At this point I should say that I like all Australian Muscle cars. The next car I owned was an XY Interceptor which was basically an unmarked GT. After a complete rebuild I came across an XW GT which I owned for 6 years. All this time I was on the lookout for a HK-HG monaro GTS. After I sold my GT (couldn’t refuse the offer), I thought to myself that I’d had enough of cars, until I saw a HT GTS advertised for a good price. At the time I was in Adelaide for a working trip and called the seller from the airport. After some lengthy conversation I bought the car over the phone. I thought to myself that these days its dam difficult to find a GTS Monaro so I took the chance. The car was only advertised for a few hours on the net before I saw it.

The car now sits in my garage. I received the car and went through it to see the extent of the unseen rust. NONE! There is not one bit of rust on the car and to top it off it’s never been in an accident. I am the 3^rd owner and the previous owner had the car in storage for 12 years. The car has had some modifications over the years, as have many. I intend to put the car back to as close to original as possible. Well I’ve started. I started cleaning up the interior and one thing led to another and now the whole interior is out. I will be updating the interior build with photos on the Monaro web site. The car is originally an 80837 model with 307 and powerglide. The exterior colour is originally Platinum metallic with black interior. The car will be put back to original specs, but I want to enjoy the car as it is for now.