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Saw a monaro at the muscle car masters that was No 1 build HT.This got got me thinking, how many monaros did holden make in one day? On that day was that all they made?,if so was Monday Monaro day,Tuesday Premier day, Kingswood made on Wednesday,Thursday,Fridayand Saturday was Belmont day.My Monaro is No 54 HT could it have been built on the first day of HT production.
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Was it an 80437 from Pagewood? Was it number 1 from Pagewood or Elizabeth?
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It was 81837 HT from Sydney. A real good resto. Verlo green Gold strips on bonnet and sides. Owner claims first built HT monaro.Was for sale.
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Its not the first HT 1837, that should be from Elizabeth (Adelaide). It will be the first GTS350 built in Pagewood, Sydney. Warren has told us here before also that the very first HT 1837 was actually a 327!
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It's not the first HT 1837, that should be from Elizabeth (Adelaide). It will be the first GTS350 built in Pagewood, Sydney. Warren has told us here before also that the very first HT 1837 was actually a 327!
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In those days they pumped out about 400 cars a day, so if they made Monaros only on a day they would only need 37 days to make all the HK Monaros. Monaro production was about 41 per day, or 300 per week.
So no, they did not have specific days for Monar
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To add to what Warren has said, there will be several number 1s.
Each model was numbered separately, so there will be a number 1 81837, a number 1 80837, a number 1 80737, a number 1 80437 & a number 1 80337, as well as Belmonts, Kingwoods, Premiers et |
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HT 80437 number 1 from Pagewood was chassis number HT00008SS and had HK style ID plates. As the GTS350 wasnt released with the rest of HT, the first HT GTS350 from Pagewood will have a much higher chassis number.
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HT 80437 number 1 from Pagewood was chassis number HT00008SS and had HK style ID plates. As the GTS350 wasn't released with the rest of HT, the first HT GTS350 from Pagewood will have a much higher chassis number.
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The Belmont/Kingswood/Premier sedan & wagon HT range was introduced about 3 weeks before the normal Monaros, so many early Monaros would have had much higher chassis numbers than early sedans & wagons.
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The Belmont/Kingswood/Premier sedan & wagon HT range was introduced about 3 weeks before the 'normal' Monaros, so many 'early' Monaros would have had much higher chassis numbers than 'early' sedans & wagons.
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So this No 1 car from Sydney,is there a record of what specs it would be ie 81837? And thanks for the upgrade but my No 54 is a 80337.
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Warren, interesting to see how many HKs were made, obviously about 14,800 by your calculations.
That is more than I was aware.
How many HT and HGs did they make by comparison?
I would assume that the highest number of Monaro coupes built would have bee
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Warren, interesting to see how many HK's were made, obviously about 14,800 by your calculations.
That is more than I was aware.
How many HT and HG's did they make by comparison?
I would assume that the highest number of Monaro coupes built would have b
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bigindian66 the numbers are approximately:
HK 15000
HT 14000
HG 9000
HQ 13000
HJ 900
HX 580
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The 23rd HT 350 manual H5 built was sold at the Shannons Motor show auction last year for $200,000.... it was sebring orange with 10Z (red houndstooth) interior
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Warren, thanks for the info on the build numbers.
Your comments are much appreciated, we all learn a bit when you contribute to a topic!
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Warren,
The number of HG Monaros you mention sounds quite a bit high to me. I was under the impression that only a litle over 6,000 HGs were built as they were always said to be the rare ones, with GTS 350s in this series few and far between when they
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here is the link... the car was virtually flawless... it should have sold for HK 327 money... it was that good... someone got a bargain... although it was undersold by shannons.... anything for a sale eh boys.... http://www.shannons.com.au/pages/auc
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Yes the figure is 6147. 9s and 6s???
Averaging was for effect only, you cannot average any model, as Holden tries to make things in batches normally. ie they would make vans in batches, whilst these were going through there would be few sedans, their "
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