The Roaring Season

Its not a race car, just something I'm nearly finished after more than 20 years But when I bought it the guy I bought it off also had a rolling shell he had bought.It was HK-HG ,full on racing body with the flared guards like the OSCAs ,glass doors and was yellow on top and orange on the bottom.I had never seen it race so maybe it had been a speedway car but it looked to me like a circuit car.Unfortunately he wound up cutting the whole thing up.

Thats interesting Lindsay. You'd think if it was a speedway car it wouldn't have had the flares, as most speedway saloons have the wheel openings radiused out further for the bigger wheels. But thats not always the case.

I wonder if it could have been the Ron Sylvester Monaro? That seemed to have appeared, then disappeared again just as quickly.

Good point about the flares I hadn't thought of that and would they allow glass doors in speedway?Anyway I managed to get the doors at the time and got a photo of them today to show the colours. Note also that they were purple at one time.The only other clues I can offer is that this was in the early 90s,maybe 92-93 and I bought it from a guy in Kaiapoi.

Make a suggestion- could be Sylvester Monaro. They did two, one for the circuit,other for Speedway. Try Grant at Sylvester Spares-he could help.

John McKechnie wrote:Make a suggestion- could be Sylvester Monaro. They did two, one for the circuit,other for Speedway. Try Grant at Sylvester Spares-he could help.

[color="#0000FF"]Don't recall a speedway car, thought it was one drag racer & one circuit racer, Neil Stuart might know, anyone have contact with him? IIRC it was a darker purple or even dark blue along with green & white colours on those SPCS Monaro's.[/color]

John McKechnie wrote:Make a suggestion- could be Sylvester Monaro. They did two, one for the circuit,other for Speedway. Try Grant at Sylvester Spares-he could help.

[color="#0000FF"]Don't recall a speedway car, thought it was one drag racer & one circuit racer, Neil Stuart might know, anyone have contact with him. IIRC it was a darker purple or even dark blue along with green & white colours on those SPCS Monaro's.[/color]

Jac Mac wrote:[color="#0000FF"]Don't recall a speedway car, thought it was one drag racer & one circuit racer, Neil Stuart might know, anyone have contact with him? IIRC it was a darker purple or even dark blue along with green & white colours on those SPCS Monaro's.[/color]

The second Monaro was sold by Silvester to a guy surname George whose first name escapes me right now.

I think it was sold as a shell or rolling shell and I did some work on the rear suspension for him. He was building it up as a circuit car, I'm not sure if he ever raced it. Previous to that he had raced a standard road going Lancia Beta at club level.

He was a guy from Chch who was initially a builder, then had a joinery business, then bought a dyno and set up a tuning business in Bromley. Last I heard he was driving a taxi but probably well retired now. None of his ventures seem to last long and maybe his ownership of the Monaro was another passing phase. I don't know if he ever completed it. I'm sure someone will remember it if it ever appeared at Ruapuna. As I recall it was still painted in the SPCS colours. The purple in the photo would be about right for the SPCS colours. I can't remember exactly when I was involved with it but maybe around 1975ish

Edit: Just remembered, his name was Roger George. Took a wee while for all the brain cells to connect up. Again!

I can't see this HK mentioned on this thread, wonder where it ended up?


This photo is Jim Palmer from Nelson? at Ruapuna, I believe the car went to Ron Rutherford who did a few races before using it in the Heatway Rally (not sure what year)

For those who are keen on a project, may I suggest-
http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/car-advert/holden/monaro/1968/227514/
he car is imported during seventies from Australia, but communists confiscated it and the first owner went back to Australia without his Monaro. Ex Yugoslavian state agency sold it on public auction, but the new owner could't use it because it is left hand traffic. He abandoned it in his village where I finally found it a year ago. The car is a good option for restoration project. The floor is problematic because it has some holes and rust but it is easiest to fix. All rare parts are saved. The machine is stuck and I didn't try to start it because I didn't want to produce some damage. I contacted the Holdens' register in London and they told me that it is probably the only Holden in whole Europe except UK. This Monaro needs a good restoration and I am not able to do it in Serbia, because meantime I moved to live in Florence (Italy). Finally, I decided to sell it. The car has all documents, so it can be exported. Buyer pays shipping costs. I am ready to hear your offers. The price is negotiable.

Its a three on the tree, and I love the wording about rust in the floor is problematic........

#205- Jim Palmer from Hamilton,was sponsored by Blackwoods motors Christchurch to bring this Monaro down to the Rothmans Production Saloon Car race at Ruapuna in April 20 1969.This was the one where Brent Hawes had his tragic accident. Jim Palmer won the race, Ron Rutherford in a Mustang-looking very Shelby also was there, he got second.
Is the Cortina behind Palmer the one of Gerald Hrgraves that he rolled during this race?
Yellow HK Monaros raced in productions at this time were- Jim Palmer, Brian Scobie, Charles MacIndoe.Will check to see if these are all the same car

Hopefully! Some photos I took with the first transparency camera I got.

Some time back I was chasing information on Norm Beechey's HK Monaro for an article I was writing. Thanks to the assistance of quite a few people I managed to 'almost' put it to bed, the final chapter of where the car is today is unfinished. A very short edited version of my article was recently published in Australian Muscle Car magazine Issue 74. Thank you to everyone that took the time to help me out with information, pics and contacts. Lastly, if anyone does have a clue on where this mighty Monaro is right now - I'd love to hear from you.

Aron Peters wrote:Some time back I was chasing information on Norm Beechey's HK Monaro for an article I was writing. Thanks to the assistance of quite a few people I managed to 'almost' put it to bed, the final chapter of where the car is today is unfinished. A very short edited version of my article was recently published in Australian Muscle Car magazine Issue 74. Thank you to everyone that took the time to help me out with information, pics and contacts. Lastly, if anyone does have a clue on where this mighty Monaro is right now - I'd love to hear from you.
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I was reading a story on this car on a forum that said it was in a paddock on a property in WA and had been retrieved for restoration and had changed hands a couple of times and was now in Melbourne with the restoration ready to start.
If I can find the article again I will post a link on here.

Found this on Facebook but still haven't found the site where I read about it being brought to Melbourne. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=427351090645842&set=o.362901237075769&type=3&theater

John McKechnie wrote:#205- Jim Palmer from Hamilton,was sponsored by Blackwoods motors Christchurch to bring this Monaro down to the Rothmans Production Saloon Car race at Ruapuna in April 20 1969.This was the one where Brent Hawes had his tragic accident. Jim Palmer won the race, Ron Rutherford in a Mustang-looking very Shelby also was there, he got second.
Is the Cortina behind Palmer the one of Gerald Hrgraves that he rolled during this race?
Yellow HK Monaros raced in productions at this time were- Jim Palmer, Brian Scobie, Charles MacIndoe.Will check to see if these are all the same car

[color="#0000FF"]According to this page the Cortina is Ross Hore from Nelson/Blenheim..
http://mcc.museums.org.nz/1969_Ruapuna_in_Apr.htm[/color]

This Monaro popped up on facebook and Trademe recently. Has no body tags and has been in storage since 1981. Looks like a really clean car. The owner seems to think its an old circuit racer, but doesn't look familiar to me. Looks more like a '70s street machine.

Anyone recognize the car? Its located in Auckland.





The guy is parting it out. The shell would be great for a historic race car as it can't be put back on the road. Trademe auction here: http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/holden/other/auction-1324988239.htm

Steve- saw it 3 years ago. You are correct- Not an ex circuit racer, no sign of any holes from a cage at all. A 70s street machine with no tags.....at all However I can recommend the body.

Does this car ring any bells for people? Photo taken at Pukekohe GT100 race 1975

Milan may have a program for tie event showing this car

There was a number 32 Holden Monaro GTS driven by Bill MacPherson from Mirimar entered in the Rod Coppins 300 at Pukekohe on June 22, 1975