Now on my want list after the hillclimb thread...

2 door or 4 door, they're all great.

Hmm, Opel Rekord C based?

some beauties there the HQ's look great as do the the GTS monaros both fetch some pretty serious money at the mo i believe

akku: Big Holdens aren't my thing, but here's a quick overview:

HQs are the generic big Holden from the 70s. The same basic body was used from 71-80. The model codes cover HQ, HJ, HX and HZ. The last of the Statesmans are WB and look quite different and went to 81 or thereabouts.

Stock they run the 202ci Holden 6 or one of a number of V8s ranging from 4.2L, 5L and I think a 5.7L/350ci (though swapping a big V8 in is easy.

The come in 4-door sedans, coupes, wagons., utes and panel-vans and the Statesman which either has a long wheelbase or is stretched in the rear quarter -- I can never remember. The wagons are cool with a side-hinged tailgate and a wind-down tailgate window.

Umm...

Oh, here's a panel van:


And a stocker:


via: www.holden.com.au/www-holden/action/gallery?navid=5&catid=1011

Also, see this: www.holden.com.au/www-holden/jsp/chooseavehicle/popups/monarohistory/hq.jsp

which I can't find a link to from the main Holden site but which has some more history and groovy photos:





You might also like this: www.holden.com.au//images/sc18_downloads/brochures/Holden_Heritage_Part_Two.pdf

penski: I dunno what they are but they are super-common on the HQ racers.

Got the inside line from a mate: The ones in the pic are ROH Prostars, also known as Cheviot Prostars. They are no longer made but can probably be picked up from OzBay or the New Zealand site trademe.co.nz

Oh, yeah, they are 14x7 or 14x8 in what I would suspect is generic Chevy 5-stud pattern.

cheers for the info guys.

what would a decent 2 door cost? Not necessarily a GTS or anythign sporty or rare cos I'd only bastardise it anyway

Not sure if this link will work:
www.carpoint.com.au/DesktopDefault.aspx?N=279%204294967244%204294965977%201426%2095&SearchAction=N&sid=11934E0D3EA7&Model=MONARO&Ns=pCar_HasImage_Int32|1||pCar_Price_Decimal|1&tabid=500442&Nne=15&Make=HOLDEN
If not: carpoint.com.au -> Holden -> Monaro -> filter year to 1970-1979. Also try carsales.com.au, ebay.com.au and autotrader.com.au

The remarkable inflation in the last few years in Australian muscle has people asking well upwards of AUD$30k for these in really nice condition or around AUD$15k for something reasonable, I suppose*. But then even something totally shagged won't be shagged like you'd expect from a UK perspective. It'll have "California car" problems, instead, so it'll be surprisingly solid but all the trim and rubbers will be perished.

I recall about 5 years ago that LX Coupes, last of the line, very 80s style with all the kit and the smog-gear to go with it, were asking about AUD$15,000. I reckon they'd be asking closer to $25-30k, now.

* Which isn't outside of what people ask for nice Euro convertibles from the same era: Good Fiat 124 Spyders are about $12-16k, guess as are older-retorations of MGBs (which are my default collector-car valu-ometer). And if you look a good 65-ish Mustang is probably the same coin, too.