Muscle News
The first Camaro ZL1s rolls into HSV dealerships, while there’s word of a new Bolwell Nagari.
Muscle Maniac
Bad Max, throwback Jack, think pink, Hume Weird, Oran Past, a GT3 Camaro and lots of
other miscellaneous quirky stuff we’ve found a home for in the Muscle Maniac section.
Cover story: HT GTS Monaros
Monaros served for little more than two years as Holden’s front line motorsport contender but the
big V8 coupes enjoyed enormous success in that short space of time. And the General got it just
right with the second series Monaro, the HT model.
Bathurst Bond
‘Bathurst Bond’ was the name they were calling Colin Bond after his and Tony Roberts’
victory in the 1969 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 in their HDT Monaro. Here Bond reflects on the
whirlwind of success that he enjoyed upon becoming a factory driver for Holden that year.
Reasons to love the HT GTS
Well, 50 reasons to love it actually. 58 is just the page number.
Muscle Man – Ron Gillard part 2
Not a household name but Ron Gillard has played some important roles in a long career in
motorsport. This issue Ron tells us about the cars he’s prepared and teams he’s worked for.
My Muscle Car
Chrysler Valiant VH Charger R/T, Pontiac G8 GXP, Torana SL/R 5000 L34 and XB GT.
Falcon GT Nationals We stroll down the blue carpet at the 2019 Falcon GT Nationals in South Australia and capture all the colour and the glamour from the GT scene’s weekend of weekends.
Sacred Sites
A racing historian once wrote that race tracks were sprinkled through NE Victoria in the late
1950 and early ’60s “like currants in a bun!” An apt description for the Ovens Valley!
Falcon class act
A lone 351 V8 Falcon XY in a field of six-cylinder Toranas and Chargers sounded like a
potential class D-winning proposition at Bathurst 1971 to Gerry Lister and David Seldon. It
was a good plan, but sadly the pair just didn’t get the right breaks – or the right brakes.
