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#1 Posted : Saturday, 16 July 2011 4:25:47 AM(UTC)
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15th July 1971,forty years old today, happy birthday
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#2 Posted : Saturday, 16 July 2011 4:52:51 AM(UTC)
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Happy birthday HQ's, i'll have a beer for each of them :-)
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#3 Posted : Saturday, 16 July 2011 5:04:27 AM(UTC)
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Happy birthday. (Wish I had an HQ.....)
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#4 Posted : Saturday, 16 July 2011 4:18:02 PM(UTC)
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....and so say all of us!
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#5 Posted : Sunday, 17 July 2011 2:50:32 AM(UTC)
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A birthday worth celebrating!
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#6 Posted : Sunday, 17 July 2011 2:56:47 AM(UTC)
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My GTS 350 has its 40th later this year. I thought the anniversay of the HQ was later in July? Anyone seen the Just Holdens special with the Lina Mint car on the front cover? Another let down as usual but at least the colour of the cover car was right on.
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#7 Posted : Sunday, 17 July 2011 3:08:47 AM(UTC)
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For a bday present my cars got a new 50' x 25' shed
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#8 Posted : Monday, 18 July 2011 4:23:00 AM(UTC)
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Just to throw a spanner in the works,I got the date of the 15th off wikipedia,I was reading my Monaro story by Warren and Ben and it had the 14th.does anyone know the correct day?
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#9 Posted : Monday, 18 July 2011 6:56:39 AM(UTC)
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I checked a number of sections in the book and we used 14th July every time.

I cannot remember how we dated each model, I think the method used was the embargo date on the press release. But if others think that the 14th is not correct, they may be right.

Warren
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#10 Posted : Monday, 18 July 2011 7:15:19 AM(UTC)
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14.5th
Jim in Adelaide..
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#11 Posted : Monday, 18 July 2011 9:00:15 PM(UTC)
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14.5th


PMSL
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#12 Posted : Monday, 18 July 2011 11:33:08 PM(UTC)
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I have 15th July 1971 as the embargoed date. The date of release for retail sale (showroom unveiling) was the 22nd July 1971. The 14th was probably the day they showed the cars to the press, but they weren't allowed to distribute that info until the next day.

This is one of the reasons I've put both dates on my book. It's common to see either date quoted & they are both correct for different reasons.

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#13 Posted : Monday, 18 July 2011 11:45:19 PM(UTC)
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Well there you go, chalk up another one for the Monaro Story. I think that makes a dozen now.

Warren
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#14 Posted : Tuesday, 19 July 2011 12:08:57 AM(UTC)
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A dozen.5 in fact!..lol
Jim in Adelaide..
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#15 Posted : Tuesday, 19 July 2011 11:38:23 PM(UTC)
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Happy Birthday to my favourite Holden. More motivation to start on the bodywork over the hols
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#16 Posted : Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:26:41 AM(UTC)
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Greetings, The 22nd July seems to be the go for getting out the Modern Motor HQ record. After cleaning the needle, it's time to turn up the volume to 11 and listen to Rob Luck do the big burnout in the 350 manual GTS. The whole suburb can join in the celebrations! Way way cool stuff!!! Maybe the newspapers are the way of confirming the actual release?
look out, the guru is coming through...
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#17 Posted : Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:33:28 AM(UTC)
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Greetings, Nearly forgot about a famous bit of trivia in relation to the HQ. The press bagged the whole range like they had never done previously. What a sham. A great way to move is how the car was marketed but they weren't referring to the manner of getting from A to B. The HQ moved for all the wrong reasons - a tragedy of a stylist's dream according to gospel. You could say that the HQ was a turning point in many ways.
look out, the guru is coming through...
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#18 Posted : Wednesday, 20 July 2011 2:48:49 AM(UTC)
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Greetings, The 22nd July seems to be the go for getting out the Modern Motor HQ record. After cleaning the needle, it's time to turn up the volume to 11 and listen to Rob Luck do the big burnout in the 350 manual GTS. The whole suburb can join in the celebrations! Way way cool stuff!!! Maybe the newspapers are the way of confirming the actual release?

Yes, the way I confirmed the release dates in my book were to use the embargo date from the media release as the official press release date & to search newspaper archives which always coincided with the showroom release date.

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#19 Posted : Wednesday, 20 July 2011 2:52:25 AM(UTC)
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Greetings, Nearly forgot about a famous bit of trivia in relation to the HQ. The press bagged the whole range like they had never done previously. What a sham. A great way to move is how the car was marketed but they weren't referring to the manner of getting from A to B. The HQ moved for all the wrong reasons - a tragedy of a stylist's dream according to gospel. You could say that the HQ was a turning point in many ways.

Yes, the press slammed the poor old HQ, but it did have a honeymoon period.

Have you read the new book on Monaros by Gavin Farmer, it chronicles this press attitude very well.

Look at this:- http://www.pitstop.net.a...s/page/query/plu/21999/

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#20 Posted : Monday, 25 July 2011 2:19:58 AM(UTC)
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Beside the All Holden daynext month are there any specific "Happy Birthday Hq" event.

Mine wont be until 2014 - however would be good to see some type of HQ specifci event - they were the start of a long range of holdens.....
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