Colin Bond

In the beginning at the Holden Dealer Team, Colin Bond was the undisputed lead driver. Bond’s versatility meant he could be employed in racing as well as in rallying, and that was how things operated for the first six months of the HDT. His success rate in HDT Monaros during that period in rallying and racing was phenomenal.

And there’s no reason it couldn’t have continued right through 1970, Bond believes. On reflection, Bond reckons the Monaro was retired before its time had come:

“I think we went too early with the XU-1 at Bathurst. The