SLEEPING GIANT GETS NEW LEASE OF LIFE
Seeing it gleaming under an intense Otago sun, it’s hard to imagine that this 1972 Holden Monaro GTS 350 coupé with its faultless patina, gold colour scheme with eye-catching white flashes, and chunky big tyres was starting to look shabby 10 years ago.
When they moved the car out of its Dunedin hillside garage back then, owners Tom and Winsome Trevathan got a shock when they realized how much it had deteriorated as a result of being stored in a damp garage.
“The car had been stored for about three years and we hadn’t been aware that the garage was leaking, so it was quite a shock to see how bad it was. By the time we discovered how badly it had affected the Monaro there were quite a few rust patches,” Tom explains.
Of a total of 405 HQ GTS 350 coupés
