Holden HK Monaro - TV commercial (1968)

[johnrobertmiles1]

Pretty cheap actually

[im2smexy]

only if da price was da same these days i would b in heaven dam prices to much these days

[MasterOfTheEndGame]

@hsvsv8 Actually petrol was well over 20 cents p/l in 1979 and all TV adds from this time will seem crude and corny by today's standards. I know coz I was around then.

[kalosanin2]

"Valvoline" You know what I mean. 

[Croklokan]

My old man had one in the early 70's and thought he was the king of the road until the undercover cops in a mini cooper S pulled him over

[stegatops1]

Classic add.........before political correctness was invented!

[BlackBirdTransAm79]

looks simalar to a chevell in a way

[hsvsv8]

Every time I see an HK GTS Monaro I feel a tinge of pain & demand my old man explain why he sold his in the late 70's. His reason was fuel jumped from 7c to 14c. No excuse is my usual reply. Would've been a fantastic family heir loom. haha

The ads back in the day were corny as hell. Still, a great looking car & whilst it couldn't compete with the Phase III GTHO in a straight line, it killed them in the corners.

[bongo155]

Monaro is a woman's car?

[damien78841]

NICE MONARO

[leeenfieldsmle]

I did a sponsorship deal(TAA) with Lloyd Robinson in the early 80's when they used Brock Commodores.I did a couple of shows as a pax in Lloyd's car...not for the faint hearted, especially the plastic explosive detonated in the middle of the crossover.I nearly died.I bought one of the team cars and had it restored,went like a dream.Those guys raised car control to the Gold Standard.

[planetburn]

anyone got the sheet music

[thunderlips350]

1968 .

Back when Australia was a great country to live in.

No speed cameras, no over population and no traffic jams.

[64g15csr]

@thunderlips350 obviously you never travelled up the pacific highway( pre F3) from hornsby to newcastle @ xmas time) ...massive traffic jam.... windows down in the EH and sticking to the vinyl seats :)

[zex10r]

these cars n the falcon hardtops are pure sex on wheels

[vhcommy]

MAN I JUST WANT TO CRY I LOVE MONAROS ESP THE HK,MY FAV AS A KID,IF ONLY YOU COULD TIME TRAVEL.......................Y­ES ONLY IN MY DREAMS

[hamster700]

yeah guesing the dick thing would have been right

[mjsmanschmidt]

@seattlecarnut if only you could buy a good 69' MONARO for that price !

[Seattlecarnut]

If only you can buy a good quality car today for that price.

[john4924200]

is that John Laws voice over ?

[Conniptions886]

@john4924200 - Sure is!

[Sentowon]

Holden ads look decent back in the 60's. Tough looking car for the first Holden 'bathurst winner'.

[ClickClackClickClack]

"Life is suddenly very Monaro" .....

I like how there's no subtext. "Makes a man feel ten feet tall!"

[MB81837]

Used to have one of these, never should have sold it.

[muntedalien]

0:30 you see that? it doesnt happen anymore

[TheAnonyfication]

It's going to be very MONAROOOOOO!

[columbusmediatalk]

It's interesting to see some of those Holden commercials and compare them to American GM cars of the era. The 1970's "Football, Meat Pies, Kangaroos and Holden Cars" commercial had cars that looked very similar to the Chevy Caprice, Malibu and Buick Century. The Monaro from some angles looks like it had styling cues from the Olds F-85 of 1965-1967. Interesting stuff.

[atroposBE]

$2575 i guess its worth a lot more now haha

[zex10r]

im a ford man owning 2 xb's but i will admit that this model monaro is very nice. i would gladly own one!!!!

[sixspeed2]

$2500.. wow. That's annoying.

[601nl]

This car was born on the same year as me, that's why it's so good!

This is one of the best Holden's ever!

[wogboy666666]

Thats AWSOME 1968 what a year

[asheshq]

lol 2575 dollars hahaha cant help but laugh when you see the figure and see how much they are now still alot of money back then

[damienj1]

car good

[vinylman4533]

Sounds cheap but what was the average wage then $70.00 per week?

[ToGoRightGoHolden]

even back then holden ads were better then fords current ones hahahahaha

[Prvnipes]

To je jedna sexy hledá vozidla! Kéž bych vlastnil jeden. A můj táta vlastnil mizerný žluté Škoda, že ve stejném čase.

Wow, that is one sexy looking car!! And to think, my dad owned a crappy old yellow Škoda in that same year :)

[mrfreeze88]

Hey...Thats the voice of Lawsie....John Laws! LOL

[1crankyvet]

I remember sitting in my mates brand new silver HK in 68 doing 112 mph down center road, bentleigh at midnight and leaving the ground when we hit the ramp over the train tracks at bentleigh station just before the picture theatre. Great memories then, but would not be so stupid now.

[simoncrank007]

pisser - i know exactly where you mean - a man can still get airborne over those tracks to this day!

[creativeengineer]

In 1968 my dad bought one of the first HK Monaro GTS V8/ Blue with GT stripes down the middle. It was a real head turner at the time and I felt like a VIP as a kid in the back. Dad died a year later and mum sold the Monaro in immaculate condition for what dad bought it new for. A similar perfect vehicle with very low low miles sold for $350,000 not long ago. In hindsight, if ONLY we had put it on blocks!

[MrDoogandog]

Mate that is brilliant! and I'll sell you my GTS shifter for $25750!!!!

the HK...... the original and still the best!!!

Special K.. keep's you looking good!!

and guess what the car is older than me. ha ha ha.

[shabbyrama100]

Ok it makes you feel 10 foot tall - or should be 10 foot long?

[kennymiesta]

0:29 - this is talking about wat aspect hehe lol

[karatcha]

So thar's why it's deserved to say "Monaro is back!" in VZ gen.

[thelewischildren]

Dedication foe David a 1968 baby.

[Lisfranc2]

Cheap? Some stats from ABS and Redbook; New 2009 Commodore about $40,000 and average weekly earnings at $1250 = 32 weeks salary to buy the Commodore. 1968 Monaro at $2575 and average weekly earnings at $64 = 40 weeks to buy the Monaro. A new Monaro then would have taken a much bigger chunk out of the pay packet than a new Commodore today.

[Conniptions886]

Monaro was a sports model, not a base model family sedan like the Commodore. Run the figures again using a 2009 HSV...

[Lisfranc2]

Good point, $65,000 for a HSV = 52 weeks pay, and $3100 for a GTS = 48 weeks pay. I just wanted to say that $2500 may seem cheap but it was a lot of money then.

[DrHoldowicz]

$2,575 then, a mint HK 327 today - what ? $120,000 - $150,000...

[DrHoldowicz]

BTW - *from* $2,575 -for that price you got a 161ci red six, manual three-on-the-tree, no synchro in first, drum brakes all 'round, no heater or fan.. basically, a two-door Belmont..

For a GTS 327 Chev V8 with US 4 speed and disc brakes, stripes, etc it was considerably more..

[messsssup]

more

[rainlori]

@Conniptions886 There was a base model -- like a two-door Kingswood really, with the 186 engine -- seen at 0:21 and 0:43. At 0:47 you can see the Kingswood tail lights and boot treatment. This is not a GTS like the other one featured. The Crawford's TV show "Matlock Police" had the actors bouncing around in a no-frills white HG base model Monaro. The most impractical police car I've ever seen lol.

[Conniptions886]

@rainlori - Actually, Victoria Police did use some Monaros around that time... And if you want to talk really impractical police cars, they used a HSV 427 GTS a few years back, for inner-city duties...

[rainlori]

@Conniptions886 Wild! :D

[owenrful]

@Conniptions886

You want to know "impractical"?? In Narooma (far sth coast nsw) the local cop had a mini Clubman!! I still think the worst was the Charger, impossible to keep on the road, arse light/front heavy... I had one and kept a bag of sand in the boot! Ur right tho, the HSV at $60K+ is a better comparison. Plus the "average" wage isnt $1250, every Woolworths employee could only HOPE for a pay packet like that! In 1970 I was earning $90/wk in a bakery...

[joh2]

@Lisfranc2 I recall in 1969 that the Chrysler Valiant Pacer could be offered with a rev counter sold at Repco for $20 - before one could accuse Chrysler of being cheapskates in this, it was of course 1/3rd of the average weekly wage at the time...

[DarthTheMadDude]

@Lisfranc2 i would rather own a hk monaro than a ve commodore.

[demonsbutterfly]

Brilliant. i remember that ad when i was 5 years old.

[leanda27]

makes a man feel 10 ft tall wots the point in that if shes 5ft 2.yeah the monaro was always just that more out of reach for the family budget in the 60's.

[Conniptions886]

They probably should have said "makes a man feel 12 inches long" instead, but I guess they wouldn't have been allowed...

[leanda27]

yr prob rite my holden frend. hehe

[78z1000]

Top Stuff! Stirs up great memories of the old Falcon GT / Monaro / Pacer days in country NSW, good times. John Laws voiceover?

[Conniptions886]

Yep, that's Lawsie!

[Khrystene]

@Conniptions886 Yes it is. Unmistakeable voice.

[I2eapz]

lol that 2575 now days with the money its more like 25750 for a stock standed shiter now days lol

[AndyWillow1989]

and 257500 for a rebuilt one O.o

[TuffHtKingswood]

Thank you for postin vid mate, hell helpful for year 12. Yeah i completely agree its disgusting how cheap it was compared to today's standards.