Rare 1968 Holden HK Monaro GTS 327 Bathurst Spent Over 45 Years Collecting Dust In A Garage | Carscoops carscoops
in the 1960s. Across the Pacific, Australia had its own breed of muscle cars, and antipodean gearheads are getting excited with the news that one Aussie classic has been pulled out of a garage after a 45-year slumber.
The car is a 1968 HK 327 Bathurst Monaro from GM Australia’s Holden division, and though it’s not as outright fast as the, is still one of the most highly prized of all of the classic muscle cars from Down Under. Regular HK Monaros came with a feeble 161 cu-in. inline-six but things got a whole lot more interesting at the other end of the range. The GTS received a
that sent 250 hp to the rear wheels through a four-speed close ratio manual transmission and a limited-slip differential.strapped its timing equipment to the side of the small-block GTS in 1968 and recorded zero to 60 mph in 8.4 seconds, a 16.2-second quarter mile and a top speed of 124 mph . Not bad for a car capable of hauling an entire family around more than half a century ago.
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