When Holden unveiled the Monaro in July 1968, it was more than just a stylish new coupe — it was a statement of intent. The first batch of the HK Monaro GTS 327, known unofficially as the Type 1 ...

Winning the Bathurst 500 was all the advertising a new car needed. Which is why Holden built the HK Monaro GTS 327. It wrote the rulebook on Australian muscle cars, marrying a 253PS (186kW) 5.7-litre ...

Despite the tag, it was the first "shots fired" and a brouhaha began with Chrysler's Holden ... GTS 327. During its first generation, which lasted through 1971, the Monaro had three models: HK ...

The predecessor to the legendary HT Monaro GTS 350, the HK Monaro GTS 327 was responsible for Holden's first Bathurst win in 1968. Equipped with a 327 cubic inch V8 engine making 250 horsepower ...

Pictured is a 1971 Holden Monaro. Last year, a 1968 Holden HK GTS Monaro 327 ‘Bathurst’ sold for a whopping $200,000 at the Bundaberg Auction Centre. However, QPS have now declared the fire a ...

Holden’s plan wasn’t just to make a car for Aussies, but to beat Ford’s Falcon on the racetrack. And when this original Monaro came out in 1968, the GTS 327 was first, second and third at Bathurst ...

The car that kicked things off was the HK ... Monaro GTS 327, and by the time the HT facelift was launched in 1969, the pinnacle was a 5.7-litre Chevy engine banging out 300hp. At this point ...

It's the end of an era at Bathurst ... on the Mountain. Holden's first win on Mount Panorama came in 1968 when Bruce McPhee and Barry Mulholland won in their Holden HK Monaro GTS327.