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General Category => The Sump => Topic started by: Bedfordcrazy on December 31, 2010, 11:52:27 AM
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Here is the closest i think i will ever get to having a monaro. This is my 1:18 diecast collection. Now if i can just get a beddy collection like this i would be a happy camper. This is the closest i can get, a chev van.
george.
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If only I'd known what they're worth today...
At least the parts went into a Bedford :)
http://www.buga.com.au/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=8&g2_itemId=23570 (http://www.buga.com.au/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=8&g2_itemId=23570)
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Hey banksx2, mate the HG,HT,HK monaros are the pricey models, i have seen them as just a shell, nothing else, and sell for $15,000-00. As we are always saying on here, their only worth what people are prepared to pay, and when it comes to a monaro, people are prepared to pay the earth for one. To date an original bathurst monaro, HT i think it was, sold for $800,000-00, just shy of an XY phase 3 that sold for 1 million dollars. The HQ and later you can get for under $35,000-00, just. In the case of the limited edition model i want, there were only about 700 built in total in 78, so they are harder to get. Lets hope these guys in brissy decide to do the replica monaros, and we can all get our hands on an icon. To date i have missed out on 4 chances to get a monaro, i saw one on a tow truck a couple of days ago, HQ. Oh well i have my models for now. ;D ;D
george
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G'day
A story from a couple of years ago.
There was a HK Monaro Bathurst Special sitting in a shed just out of Dubbo that just about everybody had forgotten about. An old lady had bought it new to tow her horse float but didn't use it much so it sat in the shed. Low mileage and in original condition, it still had the dealer sticker on the back window. The dealer still had the paperwork for it in his files.
A local bloke sweet talked it out of her $28,000. Sold it for $54,000 and bragged about it until the bloke he sold it to sold it for $120,000.
There are still ones sitting around. I have a HQ Monaro in my back paddock ( belongs to a mate) that will be going on ebay soon starting at $1000. It is fairly stuffed though.
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Do you have any pics of it, i may be interested.
george.
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If only I'd known what they're worth today...
At least the parts went into a Bedford :)
http://www.buga.com.au/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=8&g2_itemId=23570 (http://www.buga.com.au/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=8&g2_itemId=23570)
Thanks for making me feel better guys - I don't even have the bloody VAN anymore >:(
The choices we make... ;D
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I've got a better story for you. My dad used to work up north on the stations and they only got paid when they went to the city, sometimes every 12 months. Fully cashed up. Now the HG Monaro had just come out and he fell in love with it but he needed a 4 door (because of me) so he asked them about a 4 door version and they told him that they were not available, my dad asked if he could order one, the sales guy said yes but..... it would cost about 4 times the amount of a Monaro, no probs my dad said and handed over a huge wad of CASH and a Yellow "special order" 4 door Monaro was on its way, true to their word it arrved, a four door sedan with all the Monaro bits,even the I.D. Plate was stamped 4 Door Monaro, I wish I knew what happened to it, all I have is a very small crappy photo(remember those)of it at Scarborough Beach carpark
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My collection of monaro's,van and lots more
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:o Forgot to tell you they are in my coffee table.Allan
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G'day
The only Monaro on my place still has the bootlid:
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb11/blackbedford/DSCF2120-s.jpg)
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb11/blackbedford/DSCF2121-s.jpg)
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Geez Chris ,,,That should "buff out" ok. :D :D :D
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Hey chris, thats what i call a shell, does he really want a $1000 for it ? I would say that whoever gets it would have to replace most of the metal. Whats the minimum he would realistically take, taking into account i would have to transport it to brissy, that would probably cost more then the shell itself. lol.
george.
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G'day
The reason he bought it is that he has a HQ convertible and he wanted to have a roof section available if needed.
To my amazement he already has had offers close to $1000.
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:-\ They would go mad about it on ebay started this HT 308 no motor or box no bucket seats at $50 and got over $3,000
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Thats an expensive I.D. plate
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Had no ID plates had GTS dash,GTS black back seat with arm rest, factory tramp rods(GTS only) fluted guards and fluted bonnet,all black trim,consul, all GTS Monaro badges and all chrome trims BODY HAD TO HAVE WIRER TYED AROUND IT TO HOLD IT TOGETHER TO GET ON SEMI TO TAKE TO VIC...........lots of rust for free
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Just goes to show there are a few monaros out there. If chris's HQ was here in qld, i may have given the asking price, but by the time you add transport, it is an expensive rusty shell. If it had a few panels, doors so on, mmm maybe. Just keep looking for now, so keep them coming guys, you may just hit the right cord. I am after a HX 2 door, or a HQ, no 4 doors.