Holden HG 1970-71

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Year of Introduction: 1970

Model Range:Belmont Sedan, Belmont station wagon, Belmont panel van, Belmont utility, Kingswood sedan, Kingswood station wagon, Kingswood utility, Premier sedan, Premier station wagon, Brougham sedan, Monaro coupe, Monaro GTS coupe, Monaro GTS 350 coupe

Engines: 2.65-litre 6-cylinder '161', 305-litre 6-cylinder '186' and 4.2-litre V8 '253', 5-litre V8 '308' and 5.74 litre V8 '350'

Transmissions: Two Three-speed manual gearboxes, Three 4-speed manual gearbox  (Opel, Saginaw and  the Heavy Duty Muncie which was only usedin the GTS Monaro)) and a 2-speed Powerglide automatic transmission (of which there are two types The 6 cylinder being of two piece construction with integral bellhousing and the V8 unit with three piece construction (seperate bellhousing)

Claimed Maximum Power: 97 kW ('186'); 225 kW ('350')

Performance:0-100 km/h: 12.8 seconds ('186'); 8.0 seconds ('350')
(Contemporary test results)Standing 400 metres: 18.9 seconds ('186'); 16.1 seconds ('350')

Total Production: 155,787

Holden HG Sedan, 186, 3spd man, EC throughout, white, black int, bucket seats, disc brakes, orig eng recoed

Holden HG Kingswood 1971 sedan, 186 column auto, EC th'out, bench seat, cloth trim, carpets,

Holden HG Premier '70, metallic blue, 186 tri-matic