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Craig
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I also own an LE and the model designation is 8WQ37 which is the code for Holden GTS Monaro Coupe. Additionally this the car won the Monaro state title for best original HX Monaro so I am going to go out on a limb and say it is a Monaro just marketed to a different audience.
Michael Blackman
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Well Lorne why is the LS in the HQ and HJ called a Monaro.
TK
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The LE is a ‘Limited Edition’ Holden.
Based on the Monaro, using a Monaro coupe body.
Holdens wanted to run out the HJ coupe bodies before they released the HX series, with something special and created the LE. It was built at the Pagewood plant which was the plant that Statesman and Caprice came from.
Holdens used up the HJ body shells from 1975 as the HX was being released…essentially a combination of Monaro GTS and Statesman Caprice components.
Although not badged a ‘Monaro’ nor was it badged a Statesman, it should be considered as a GTS Monaro since it had the same body and running gear as an auto 308 Monaro or in fact, it could also be considered as a GTS Statesman Coupe.
It sold well, despite the high price and was revered by Monaro owners of the time.
Its a rare vehicle in its own right and difficult to ‘slot’ into any existing name hierarchy.
The last of the Monaros was the HJ Coupes, then the LE. After that the sports sedans were simply badged ‘GTS’..
The LE the crowning glory to Monaro’s as a prestige edition…with a prestigious name …”The LE”
Lorne Thurgar
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I am a Holden fan and an actual 1976 GTS Monaro owner. Regardless of how many or how often people refer to the HX LE Coupe as a Monaro. It isnt one and the lack of the name confirms it. It should be honoured and remembered for what it was. It would be like people calling the Commonwealth Games the Empire Games because that was its original name. In the end Holden owned the rights to the name and chose not tonuae it. So why do people keep living a lie - IT’S NOT A MONARO
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