Holden HQ Monaro MFP Interceptor (Mad Max)
Holden Monaro Second generation (1971–1977)
HQ
A completely new generation body design emerged with the HQ series in July 1971, including the new Monaro 'LS' (commonly believed to mean "Luxury Sports") model which featured four headlights and chrome trim rings taken from the Holden Premier sedan. There were no longer any six-cylinder versions of the Monaro GTS, just 253 or optional 308 V8s or the top level GTS350 coupe. The base model Monaro standard engine was enlarged to 173 in3 (2,830 cc) whilst the Monaro LS had a broad spectrum of engine options from a 202 in3 (3,310 cc) six to the 350 in3 (5,700 cc) V8. The new coupe design had a much larger rear window and a squarer rear quarter window; it was somehow seen as not as sporty looking compared to the earlier HK-HT-HG series, but is often now considered one of the best looking body designs to come from an Australian producer.
Up until 1973, the HQ Monaro GTS did not wear any body stripe ornamentation and the 350 cubic inch (5.74 L) Chevrolet Small-Block V8 engine was a little less potent than in previous HT/HG versions, especially with the optional Turbo-hydramatic 3-speed automatic transmission. This, and the fact that the same 350 engine was also available as on option in the large Statesman luxury sedan, probably contributed to a downgrade of the Monaro GTS range in muscular image terms, as did the replacement of the bigger coupes with the six-cylinder Holden Torana GTR XU-1 as the chosen GM car for Australian touring car racing. The introduction of bonnet and bootlid paint-outs in 1973 coincided with the release of the HQ Monaro GTS in four-door-sedan configuration. It is generally considered that Holden created the bold contrasting paint-outs in order that the new Monaro GTS sedan would not be mistaken for the humble Kingswood sedan upon which it was based.
The continued erosion of the GTS350 cachet was compounded by the deletion of specific '350' decals on the post-1973 cars, with all Monaro GTS coupes and sedans now being externally labelled with the generic HQ series 'V8' bootlid badge. In the final year of HQ production, i.e. 1974, the manual transmission version of the GTS350 was discontinued and sales of the automatic version were minimal prior to the engine option being quietly and unceremoniously deleted.
A factory 350 HQ GTS Monaro is very valuable today, with a 350 sedan fetching as much as AUD$50,000, and close to AUD$100,000 for a 350 GTS Coupe.
[Text from Wikipedia]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Monaro
Mad Max Cars
The Nightrider's 1972 HQ Monaro
This car was a Holden HQ Monaro, two door, either a straight 6 or V8, 1972 model. The car is described in the film as being a "Pursuit Special", although the only real external indication of it being an MFP car is the MFP logo on the lower rear quarter panels of the car, and the faint MFP outline painted on the boot (or "trunk" for you non-Australians). Internally you can also see that it has the standard MFP radio.
The single headlight front identifies the car as either a Monaro, Monaro GTS or GTS350 (not an LS, as has been previously mentioned here and elsewhere). The dash is the basic dash for this model - in the car the black Belmont / Kingswood facia can be seen around the gauges, and the Monaro badge can be seen also. The LS model would have had a wood grain facia, and an actual "Monaro LS" badge. A GTS model should have a machine turned finish to the facia, and there would be a small temperature gauge and battery gauge on the top right, where the Monaro badge can be seen on the film car - making this a base model Monaro.
The white indicators and parking lights in the front bumper bar make it a 1971 or 1972 model. A 1972 ADR (Australian Design Rule) on head restraints identifies this car as having been built between mid-1972 and December 1972 (remembering that cars from January 1973 had amber indicators fitted as per an additional ADR, and parking lights incorporated into the headlamps). The trim appears to be Antique Brown (code 19X). The car itself is painted a very dark shade of blue - I'm unsure if this was a factory colour. The base HQ Monaro was available with a choice of 173 or 202 cubic inch 6 cylinder motors; or 253 or 308 ci V8 motors.
The Nightrider manages to avoid his MFP pursuers pretty well, until he comes across Max, and then it's all over for him. In the scene where the car crashes out, the engine has actually been removed from the car, and it is being propelled by a solid fuel rocket - there's no sped up film here, the car is really going that fast, and with good reason! If you look at the film you can see the exhaust plume from the rocket, and you can also see that there are no passengers in the car.
{Text from 'Mad max Cars']
madmaxmovies.com/mad-max/mad-max-cars/nightrider-hq-monar...
This miniland-scale Lego Holden Monaro MFP Interceptor has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 91st Build Challenge, - "Anger Management", - all about cars with some link to being angry.
The car has also been built as part of a buddy challenge with Ralph Savelsberg, who has created the matching MFP Ford Falcon, driven by Max in pursuit of the Monaro, after it has been stolen by the character 'Night Rider'.
Holden HQ Monaro MFP Interceptor (Mad Max)
Holden Monaro Second generation (1971–1977)
HQ
A completely new generation body design emerged with the HQ series in July 1971, including the new Monaro 'LS' (commonly believed to mean "Luxury Sports") model which featured four headlights and chrome trim rings taken from the Holden Premier sedan. There were no longer any six-cylinder versions of the Monaro GTS, just 253 or optional 308 V8s or the top level GTS350 coupe. The base model Monaro standard engine was enlarged to 173 in3 (2,830 cc) whilst the Monaro LS had a broad spectrum of engine options from a 202 in3 (3,310 cc) six to the 350 in3 (5,700 cc) V8. The new coupe design had a much larger rear window and a squarer rear quarter window; it was somehow seen as not as sporty looking compared to the earlier HK-HT-HG series, but is often now considered one of the best looking body designs to come from an Australian producer.
Up until 1973, the HQ Monaro GTS did not wear any body stripe ornamentation and the 350 cubic inch (5.74 L) Chevrolet Small-Block V8 engine was a little less potent than in previous HT/HG versions, especially with the optional Turbo-hydramatic 3-speed automatic transmission. This, and the fact that the same 350 engine was also available as on option in the large Statesman luxury sedan, probably contributed to a downgrade of the Monaro GTS range in muscular image terms, as did the replacement of the bigger coupes with the six-cylinder Holden Torana GTR XU-1 as the chosen GM car for Australian touring car racing. The introduction of bonnet and bootlid paint-outs in 1973 coincided with the release of the HQ Monaro GTS in four-door-sedan configuration. It is generally considered that Holden created the bold contrasting paint-outs in order that the new Monaro GTS sedan would not be mistaken for the humble Kingswood sedan upon which it was based.
The continued erosion of the GTS350 cachet was compounded by the deletion of specific '350' decals on the post-1973 cars, with all Monaro GTS coupes and sedans now being externally labelled with the generic HQ series 'V8' bootlid badge. In the final year of HQ production, i.e. 1974, the manual transmission version of the GTS350 was discontinued and sales of the automatic version were minimal prior to the engine option being quietly and unceremoniously deleted.
A factory 350 HQ GTS Monaro is very valuable today, with a 350 sedan fetching as much as AUD$50,000, and close to AUD$100,000 for a 350 GTS Coupe.
[Text from Wikipedia]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Monaro
Mad Max Cars
The Nightrider's 1972 HQ Monaro
This car was a Holden HQ Monaro, two door, either a straight 6 or V8, 1972 model. The car is described in the film as being a "Pursuit Special", although the only real external indication of it being an MFP car is the MFP logo on the lower rear quarter panels of the car, and the faint MFP outline painted on the boot (or "trunk" for you non-Australians). Internally you can also see that it has the standard MFP radio.
The single headlight front identifies the car as either a Monaro, Monaro GTS or GTS350 (not an LS, as has been previously mentioned here and elsewhere). The dash is the basic dash for this model - in the car the black Belmont / Kingswood facia can be seen around the gauges, and the Monaro badge can be seen also. The LS model would have had a wood grain facia, and an actual "Monaro LS" badge. A GTS model should have a machine turned finish to the facia, and there would be a small temperature gauge and battery gauge on the top right, where the Monaro badge can be seen on the film car - making this a base model Monaro.
The white indicators and parking lights in the front bumper bar make it a 1971 or 1972 model. A 1972 ADR (Australian Design Rule) on head restraints identifies this car as having been built between mid-1972 and December 1972 (remembering that cars from January 1973 had amber indicators fitted as per an additional ADR, and parking lights incorporated into the headlamps). The trim appears to be Antique Brown (code 19X). The car itself is painted a very dark shade of blue - I'm unsure if this was a factory colour. The base HQ Monaro was available with a choice of 173 or 202 cubic inch 6 cylinder motors; or 253 or 308 ci V8 motors.
The Nightrider manages to avoid his MFP pursuers pretty well, until he comes across Max, and then it's all over for him. In the scene where the car crashes out, the engine has actually been removed from the car, and it is being propelled by a solid fuel rocket - there's no sped up film here, the car is really going that fast, and with good reason! If you look at the film you can see the exhaust plume from the rocket, and you can also see that there are no passengers in the car.
{Text from 'Mad max Cars']
madmaxmovies.com/mad-max/mad-max-cars/nightrider-hq-monar...
This miniland-scale Lego Holden Monaro MFP Interceptor has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 91st Build Challenge, - "Anger Management", - all about cars with some link to being angry.
The car has also been built as part of a buddy challenge with Ralph Savelsberg, who has created the matching MFP Ford Falcon, driven by Max in pursuit of the Monaro, after it has been stolen by the character 'Night Rider'.