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[Ellis French]

Beechey's Warwick Yellow HK 327 into fence at Symmons Plains Tas...

[Ray Bell]

Originally posted by Lee Nicolle
I would doubt that a box was welded, almost certainly a removeable alloy piece like all mid engine Sports Sedans.Would be nigh on impossible to work on if it was.....

Lee, what you have to recognise sometimes is that I was there...

I was looking over these cars closely on a regular basis. Of course, my memory might be failing me in some cases, but this was no removable alloy cover, it was steel sheeting welded into a box.

[Lee Nicolle]

Lee, what you have to recognise sometimes is that I was there...

I was looking over these cars closely on a regular basis. Of course, my memory might be failing me in some cases, but this was no removable alloy cover, it was steel sheeting welded into a box.

Just has a look at the pics in the Muscle Car article on that car and it has a big folded up box behind the firewall. With a Zuess fastened lid. But it looks to be and would have to be removeable otherwise the engine would be impossible to work on. And remove which was something that happened with Clevelands in that era a lot.

[eldougo]

Beechey's Warwick Yellow HK 327 into fence at Symmons Plains Tas...


What year is this photo ..Ellis.
Thanks Doug.

[Ellis French]

Car was still very new.
Maybe Mar 69 meeting at Symmons.

I recall Beechey mentioned at the meeting having ordered a new steering wheel from USA to suit the car.
When it turned up it was identical to the OZ GTS wheel as supplied on the car.

I ordered a new HK GTS Monaro in Warwick Yellow when they were released in late (Oct ?) 68 and it turned up in Tas
late Nov 68 so I had a bit of an interest in it at the time.

[Lee Nicolle]

The SS Camaro/Vette wheel was what was used on the HKs. The black rim HT wheel was from the next year Camaro/Vette. The HQ on style wheel was also used on American sportys.
I have owned a Warwick yellow GTS too. 307 auto. One of the best colors though I have owned them in most colors over about 10 years from the mid 70s to early 80s. HK the original and the best!!

[MKI220]

This is the pic that everyone is referring to. It was once on or maybe still is at the Motorsport Archive.

[eldougo]

At Lakeside 1970 Smokin Norman Beechey.


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[Lee Nicolle]

At Lakeside 1970 Smokin Norman Beechey.


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Yeah, but that is a late model rubbish HT. The real one was scrapped, unfortunatly.

[Ray Bell]

Originally posted by Ellis French
.....I ordered a new HK GTS Monaro in Warwick Yellow when they were released in late (Oct ?) 68 and it turned up in Tas
late Nov 68 so I had a bit of an interest in it at the time.

They were released well before that...

Bruce McPhee, if I recall correctly, won in one at Bathurst the first week in October.

[Terry Walker]

Bob Leisk raced a brand new 327 Monaro at Caversham for the Christmas Cup meeting, held on 29 September 1968.

[Ray Bell]

They had to be available (and numbers sold) by August to qualify for Bathurst...

They were definitely around well before the race.

[D-Type]

Why do people go to great pains to build a whole replica car round an old chassis plate - surely it would be easier to make a replica of the chassis plate?
General observation, but it sorts of fits on this thread.

[Ray Bell]

Ahh... there is the question of 'originality', you know!

And everyone knows where to look for the chassis plate...

[Pablo Vignone]

Ahh... there is the question of 'originality', you know!

And everyone knows where to look for the chassis plate...

Sorry, Ray, out of topic, but I need to contact you and the message system kept telling me "This message can not be sent because the recipient's inbox is full".

[Ray Bell]

My e.mail address is at the bottom each post I make...

In the signature line. Just click on it.

[Terry Walker]

Introduced July 1968, says Wikipedia.