HK Monaro GTS Quick road Test

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  • Опубліковано 18 лис 2024

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  • @robertcameron2808
    @robertcameron2808 Рік тому +4

    Nice little video I had a manual 4 speed 327 gts canary yellow with the black stripes great 👍 car should have kept it now have a Chrysler 300.

    • @Ragsytheriffer
      @Ragsytheriffer  Рік тому +1

      Thanks
      @robertcameron2808 , I was lucky, I've had this one since 1978 , somehow managed to keeps it through life's ups and downs :) .....always Loved the Warwick Yellow ones.

  • @robertmoulton2656
    @robertmoulton2656 10 місяців тому +2

    Great car.
    Steering wheel feels backwards, signals and wipers too

    • @Ragsytheriffer
      @Ragsytheriffer  10 місяців тому +1

      Thanks #robertmoulton2656 am I on the wrong side of the road to you as well ? :)

    • @robertmoulton2656
      @robertmoulton2656 8 місяців тому

      @@Ragsytheriffer Love my Aussie bros

  • @kerrykelaher2607
    @kerrykelaher2607 Рік тому +1

    " yellow canary " " cant fly !"

  • @duanecassidy8809
    @duanecassidy8809 Рік тому +2

    absolutely beautiful mate

  • @gtptvanbuuren3795
    @gtptvanbuuren3795 Рік тому +3

    Awesome Bernie. Cool ride.

  • @adamperre4852
    @adamperre4852 Рік тому +2

    Beautiful HK MONARO love it

  • @DugEphresh
    @DugEphresh Рік тому +3

    Taking my baby out again? Be good to her!
    I love that car and I'm very happy to see her in such capable hands.

    • @Ragsytheriffer
      @Ragsytheriffer  Рік тому +1

      :) Thanks Dug, Taking her out this afternoon to a meet ......can't wait, always puts a smile on my face :)

    • @DugEphresh
      @DugEphresh Рік тому +2

      @@Ragsytheriffer And mine my friend! Thanks for posting.

    • @bwoolno
      @bwoolno Рік тому

      Curious , why replace the original bonnet with a HT HG bonnet ?.

    • @Ragsytheriffer
      @Ragsytheriffer  Рік тому +2

      @@bwoolno hi, because they are way better looking than the original bonnet imho

    • @bwoolno
      @bwoolno Рік тому +1

      @@Ragsytheriffer I disagree , but that is just me . Had a HK GTS back in the 70's myself

  • @beagle7622
    @beagle7622 6 місяців тому +1

    My dad had one of less than 20 Manual 307’s as a company car . The company had a few manual 307’s in stock & made about 20 GTS’s out of them. I wonder if there are any left.

    • @Ragsytheriffer
      @Ragsytheriffer  6 місяців тому

      Hi @beagle7622 , there are quit a few Manual 307s still out there , I know of a few locally, there were more than 20 manufactured back then, although most were Powerglide autos , they did run out of 327 engines at one point and continued making them with 307s........that's what I have read anyway :)

    • @beagle7622
      @beagle7622 6 місяців тому +1

      @@Ragsytheriffer That’s correct, the Automatic 307 was quite common but this car was basically a 327 with a slightly higher numerical differential ratio. There was a road test in one of the Melbourne papers which I kept for years. I do remember the brakes , they weren’t great.

    • @Ragsytheriffer
      @Ragsytheriffer  6 місяців тому

      @@beagle7622 yes , they had the tramp rods that the 327 had , also the hard suspension , not sure about the fuel tank though..........lol yeah HK brakes have always been fun, they are fine as long as you dont have to do too much hard braking, but it all becomes fun when the fade sets in lol.

    • @beagle7622
      @beagle7622 6 місяців тому +1

      @@Ragsytheriffer I didn’t mention that but yes this car had the tramp rods. My father wondered what I was looking for when I checked for them. It had plenty of torque too, My father certainly did not want to change it over.

    • @beagle7622
      @beagle7622 6 місяців тому +1

      @@Ragsytheriffer No it was a standard Fuel Tank from memory .

  • @muguman
    @muguman 2 місяці тому

    Bernie did you let rip as you were getting in?

    • @Ragsytheriffer
      @Ragsytheriffer  2 місяці тому

      lolol......It was the vinyl creaking.........that's my story and I'm sticking to it :)

  • @Sinister12C
    @Sinister12C Місяць тому

    Didn’t even wait for it to warm up just into gear and gone that engine won’t last long 🤣

    • @Ragsytheriffer
      @Ragsytheriffer  Місяць тому

      Gee you know a lot ......that engine has been in the car since 1982 lololol

    • @Sinister12C
      @Sinister12C Місяць тому

      @@Ragsytheriffer must be the first run since 82 🤣

    • @Ragsytheriffer
      @Ragsytheriffer  Місяць тому

      much loved and driven , owned since 78 ....did you ever think that I might have warmed the engine while I was getting the video camera ready :)

    • @Sinister12C
      @Sinister12C Місяць тому

      @@Ragsytheriffer hope so !

  • @Eric-kn4yn
    @Eric-kn4yn Рік тому

    2 speed auto 😂

    • @Ragsytheriffer
      @Ragsytheriffer  Рік тому

      is it Eric? ........sorry mate it's a Turbo 400 hooked up to the original shifter :)