1969 HT 350 Bathurst Monaro Survivor - GM Holden Aussie Muscle Car!

We check out Barry's HT350 Bathurst Monaro, his HK Holden Prem and Ford Cougar convertible.
At Master of Machines, we love cars, in fact, we love anything with wheels or an engine, from American Muscle Cars to Australian Muscle Cars, Race Cars and Classic Cars of all kinds and even Barn Finds. If it's fast, powerful, restored or hidden away in hibernation then we'll cover it, and in most cases, we'll even drive them!

[@robcroft7704]

I had a HT Monaro GTS same colour but a 307 with power glide and white interior and it is the biggest regret in my life selling it in 1980. :-(. Love your cars mate your a lucky man thanks for sharing.

[@BadApe351]

That's a beautiful collection Barry has. And that stunning 186 Premier goes to show it doesn't always have to be about how fast you can go...but how you get there. Another brilliant episode Glenn.

[@gragrn]

I had a ride in a yellow and black 327 Monaro in about 1980. It belonged to a mate of mines older brother. Boy I'll never forget the acceleration. I was sucked into the seat like a jet fighter taking off!

[@3800TURBO]

Love the old holdens. My first car was an 1970 LC GTR in spartacus metallic blue. Loved it.

[@timdingleakajacksparrow2748]

Wow those Monaros 👍👍👍👍⁉️

[@mvnorsel6354]

Love this model it always reminds me of "Matlock Police". Those were the days, remember how exciting it was when a new model came out.

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

when cars had unique styling and character! I LOVED Matlock Police. :-)

[@mickv2tshaw187]

This is my ultimate dream car, exact colour combo and all 👌👌👌

[@jamesdixon4124]

Loved his collection, especially his HT!

[@jimclarke1108]

Excellent classic Monaro, great original colour

[@geoffmower8729]

A thing of beauty is forever!

[@chisel83]

Beast. I had a Spanish red ht munro 186s 4 speed one owner that I sold for 5k in 97...😩

[@georgewinters3191]

Love these segments Glenn, love the cars of 60’s and 70’s. Had a 68 GTS 186s 4 speed in silver with black interior as a 17yo in 1973. It was a low mile vehicle in great condition and I took great care of it. Seeing these vehicles in great condition evoke great memories. Thanks for sharing them

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Glad you’re enjoying it! 👍

[@jgsheehan8810]

Love the HT in Verodo Green with Gold. Beautiful as is that HK Premier.

[@markhills3922]

That premier is awesome. I had a genuine HT Premier wagon with factory GTS dash, centre consul, guards and front brakes. 308 and saginaw that was also Silver Mink. Same preimer interior as this one only in bucksin. It was so comfortable. I sold it to a neighbours son in 1995 and he put it around a telegraph pole with his mates in the car. It went to a wreckers in Wollongong NSW never to be seen again. It would of been a very rare car today.

[@frankirvine316]

Seeing the HT Monaro,I had a HK 3274 speed met blue,white interior, Vinyl roof etc It was in mint condition and worth serious $$ on todays market I had Augner alloys on it later on,but a house came along and it had to go🧐

[@jamesroyston8123]

Nice work Glenn. Awesome car collection.

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

James Royston , thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it. We have much more to come! 😊

[@vzr8power495]

Just love the old school car take 1 any day over my vz r8 clubsport very nice🇦🇺💪

[@timmyharrison9930]

That HK is mint👌👌👌

[@mebeasensei]

I love the Aussie classics, the Premier and Monaco etc., but just seeing interior of the Mercury Cougar and I cant help noticing immediately how much more luxurious and premium it looks with those plump seats and the dash and general interior as well as the outside contours. It looks like a Rolls compared to the Holdens. We had pretty pedestrian cars through the 60s and 70s, that’s for sure. The HK color is cool. And same for that HT Monaro in olive with the brass stripes.

[@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism]

That's a nice cat. Convertible XR7. They probably didn't make too many of those.

[@MegaROCKY001]

Love your videos Glen. Thank you

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Glad you're enjoying them! :-)

[@davehad-enough2369]

Had a Monaro just like that green one and with the gold stripes - GTS 350 Powerglide. Lovely to drive and tons of grunt. Needed power steering bad. Sold it in 1975 for $1900.00 - who knew ??

[@BetterThanUMr]

Awesome story 👌 amazing collection.

[@stephenhadley2490]

My first car was the same colour green and gold HT with a 308 4 speed.

[@BlowmeRoger]

Good resto project.

[@hjvveight4074]

Nice collection must be worth millions great see cheers 😅😊😊😊

[@jasoncannon6897]

Great to see you back , I loved gasoline and I'm stoked that I stumbled upon your latest offering. 👍

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Welcome back! Great to see you here! :-)

[@lonewarrior1543]

@@GlennEverittMasterofMachines great show mate...but...jeez...could you just ask the owners to start some of these gems.just a cold start and a lumpy idle....be great..the Cobra was painful....thanks!

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

@@lonewarrior1543 , when we start production again for 2021 that's the plan! In the meantime we're splitting up content in KZbin bight sizes from original content that included a drive segment, designed for TV episodes of half-hour duration. Great idea though moving forward, and this feedback is a really good thing for our future KZbin style format. Less music and more engine music, plus start ups where we can drive them! :-)

[@lonewarrior1543]

@@GlennEverittMasterofMachines Thanks Glenn....yeah that 427 on a cold start...in that hall...the acousics would have been perfect....wish you millions of views!

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

@@lonewarrior1543 , thanks so much. i really appreciate the support, and feedback. We're going to give this all a red hot go. :-)

[@tomnewham1269]

The HT is my pick. The blue one will look amazing too just a shame about the price tag.

[@noelgibson5956]

I had a light green HG Kingswood sedan. It was only a 186 manual 3 on tree. I wanted to put a four speed into it as I hated column manuals. I also wanted to work the engine over a bit, but never got around to it. I later got a VK Commodore wagon with six cylinder carb engine. It had a dreadful pinging problem, and the Trimatic played up badly. That green Monaro is the nicest car in the collection.........you owe your mate a lot of cases of 🍺 beer! 😃👍

[@gojoe2833]

I wonder how much that Holden Premier has in common with our U.S. GM A body sedans from the late 60s, like the Oldsmobile Cutlass and the Chevelle Malibu. They look definitely related! American here, big fan of Australian cars!

[@lealand423]

I love monaros

[@mattyw5273]

Gotta ask.... how many cars does Barry have in that collection of his.... and how the hell did he get them! Wow!

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

I think it'd be about 10 cars! Gained through hard work, and patience in finding the right cars.

[@dougharrison7844]

So many cars back in the day that could be had pretty cheap that are now worth house prices, my regret is not that I don't have a car worth that much but simply that I can't afford them now.

[@2015_Rubicnn]

I'd love to buy a late 60s Monaro and import it to the USA. 😎

[@paulbarnes6124]

68 Pontiac firebird looks cooler 👍

[@2015_Rubicnn]

@@paulbarnes6124 69 Camaro looks even cooler than the fire chicken. 👍 Not even sure what your comment has to do with this 69 Monaro?

[@paulbarnes6124]

@@2015_Rubicnn why a Monaro when you have the best in USA is my point!!

[@2015_Rubicnn]

@@paulbarnes6124 Because I actually like these cars. Saying something is the best is a matter of opinion anyways. I like all kinds of cars, and yes...late 60s and early 70s Camaros etc.

[@glenstacey5634]

Would love a verdoro green ht gts in my collection , if I actually had a collection that is 😂

[@adamh3309]

barry, i envy you.

[@lomasck]

I had the chance to buy a Blue HT350 Bathurst Monaro in 1989 for $14000 from a collector in Perth hills.It only had 50,000 miles on it & was immaculate.Dumb me passed on it.

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Yep, I passed up an E38 Charger in 86 for $3500....

[@lomasck]

@@GlennEverittMasterofMachines The stories are endless on this subject are they not.I looked at a perfect yellow XU1 for $5000 and passed back in 1987 & while at a party in pinjara ,WA a guy said his brother had a GTR phase 1.5 in the shed.You dont believe me do you.Well I had just read about the phase 1.5 in a magazine so said yes,please show me & sure enough there under a car cover was a Red outside & Black inside Ford GTO phase 1.5. Only 150 where ever made & this one cost the owner only $18,000 about 1988 I think.It was had a Cleveland 351 engine from the factory.Worst still I sold my Torana A9X for only $13,000 in 98 .It was perfect except it did not have the original motor.My only consolation was a rich Guy on a Newman Mine site asked did my A9X have a plastic or fiberglass front end air scoop.I said Fiberglass & he said wrong its fake & hung up on me.When I went out to look he was right but lost the sale.What a loser he turned out to be.

[@TheHarleyH]

Can you ask this dude what he does for work?! Jesus.

[@chopperking1122]

people around these days have sooo much more money than people back then . if you had one good car back then you were doing well . now guys have massive sheds full of cars

[@Eric-kn4yn]

128mph at bathurst no brakes HT 350

[@Ben.jack.in.off.to.you1]

how do i get my car on the show ?

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

What do you have?

[@Ben.jack.in.off.to.you1]

@@GlennEverittMasterofMachines 1963 rambler, hq holden, 1926 dodge ute and a lot more.

[@michaellaegel464]

Good old cars don't make cars outta real Steel these days

[@stewatparkpark2933]

What is an original HT Monaro worth these days ? .

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

A car like this survivor is a $200k plus investment now, and a restored variant is worth $250 - $280K! Prices have skyrocketed in recent years.

[@shackleton274]

....i need this barry dude to be my mate.....he is hogging all the good cars...

[@OzzysRadioHalfHour]

Change your channel back to Man and Machine

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Due to global trademark issues we cant

[@Eric-kn4yn]

Power glide sucked 2speed.

[@specialized29er86]

I can't see what folks get excited about, me think the HT monaro has to be one of the ugliest cars ever made.