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Hi there, I have a mad conection with HQ"s, and Belmont's imparticular, So here goes.
My son knows I love Belmont's and told me there was one on Facebook about five years ago, (i'm old no facebook). He showed me the picture and "I wanted Her"!! (HQ Belmont), son rang the guy, he wanted $4,500, son tried at $3,800 and guy wouldn't budge so son asked for more photo's. (I way too keen to make the call), No photo's receivied over the next 3 days, son calls me and tells me car is no longer on Facebook but is on Ebay, starting price $4,500, (cheap for a V8) Found it listed on Ebay under pocket bike's in Cars Bikes And Boats, didn't come up under Car's search and like real casual I post my bid and wait. Then few day's later son calls and tells me that Belmont V8 Ute was on Muscle Car Sales sometime back. As auction about to end with no other bids, so I decide to cover myself with a few seconds to go, ("it will be mine at all costs" bid), I Win one factory built 308 M21 GV2 HQ Belmont Ute in Purr-Pull (Purple) with black trim for four/five.
Traveled just south of Bega with trailer for pick up, Ute had a reco'd 308 heart trans-plant, gentleman told me he got The Ute from Bathurst. On the way home went to All Holden weekend Sydney, parked out front with Ute on trailer on Saturday some looked, one guy tried to buy and he really tried, he from WA, he seemed to be the only bloke who knew what and how special that Ute was,(turns out he was the same guy that I sold 2x A9X wheels to this year,) small world.
A couple of years later did a trip to Dubbo to pick up another Ute, me and seller got talk'n and he turned out to be the guy that sold THE UTE on Muscle Car Sales, he had got THE UTE from a Wrecker just west of Dubbo who got it off a farm just west of The Wreckers. So She (the Ute) was traveling. From the Farm on too The Wreckers, on too The reseller Guy in Dubbo, to a Bloke in Bathurst, to the gentleman south of Bega who gave Her life with a reco heart and then she came home to be loved by me.
,,,,, really like to know who orders a Belmont Ute in Purr-Pull with 308 stick shift, I believe it was a Jillaroo's Ute (my opinion). I am in the process of building a date correct 308 heart for Her, have the Engine (E 18 3) and one head (E 21 3), missing other head (E 21 3), and the date correct exhust manifolds, oh and the Quadrajet model 7043281 or 7043283 date 0763 to 1083, So she will not have original heart, but her sister's heart, and I believe her soul is in her body, so what's your Belmont's technical history.