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Holden HQ 1971-74

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Year of Introduction: 1971

Model Range:Belmont Sedan, Belmont station wagon, Belmont panel van, Belmont utility, Kingswood sedan, Kingswood station wagon, Kingswood utility, SS sedan, Premier sedan, Premier station wagon, Holden chassis and cab, Monaro coupe, Monaro GTS coupe, Monaro GTS 350 coupe, Monaro LS ('Luxury Sports') coupe, Monaro GTS sedan, Statesman sedan and Statesman De-Ville sedan

Engines: 2.84-litre 6-cylinder '173', 3.3-litre 6-cylinder '202' and 4.2-litre V8 '253', 5-litre V8 '308' and 5.74 litre V8 '350'. HQ had a small capacity export motor (Fiji, South Africa, NZ etc) of 130 cubes.

Transmissions: Three-speed manual gearbox, two 4-speed manual gearboxes, 3-speed Trimatic automatic transmission and 3-speed Turbohydromatic 400 automatic transmission (only with the '350' V8)

Claimed Maximum Power:101 kW ('202'); 206 kW ('350')

Performance:0-100 km/h: 13.1 seconds ('202'); 9.3 seconds ('350')
(Contemporary test results)Standing 400 metres: 19.6 seconds ('202'); 15.3 seconds ('350')

Total Production: 485,650

HQ Racing Website

HQ to WB Utility Review

 

1974 HQ Utility 3 speed manual, 202

 

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Two door HQ GTS

 

 

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Four Door HQ GTS

 

HQ Ute Prem, 253, 4spd man, Commodore buckets, custom tarp, woodgrain steer wheel, dash & console, CD player, tint wind, Centrelines, dual fuel

 

Holden GTS Monaro HQ, '74mdl, green with black stripes, factory pwr/steer, elec/wind, remote alarm, central/lock, original wheels, GTS rims, 308, 2200 h/stall, stage 3 trimatic, 3.08 diff, professionally lowered