Talking to a guy that has an engine with the number 307113** won't disclose the rest of the numbers. That should be in the range hey!

So much to learn with these cars. Really appreciate all the information and help so far. Really helps getting things period correct at least. Will keep an eye out for that engine of yours too.

That would have been annoying to see. Ryan who works at Lloyds is a family friend to my wife's side. He has been with them a few years and handles those cars usually give his history with them. He may have an idea of where it ended up going, state wise etc. Worth me asking anyway.

Thanks. I had read somewhere that Auto was compulsory with 307 in B/K/P’s.

As Dr Terry says. In fact in HK after Monaro/Brougham release if you ordered a V8 car it basically came standard with 4spd, but not quite as per HT onwards. In HK it was Power Train Combinations you ordered, not as per HQ on where you'd tick L31 and if you didn't tick M35 or M40 you got M21.

For say a HK Monaro (same price as Belmont and Kingswood models) Retail pricing:

L30 plus M35 and G92 (2.78 nodular banjo) or G93 (3.08 nodular banjo) and G80 (LSD) was $510. Console shift added another $30

L30 plus M21 and console and G88 (3.36 LSD Sals) or G89 (3.55 LSD Sals) or G94 (3.08 LSD Sals) was $585.

As you see the manual was $45 dearer if you took into account console shift with the auto. This was a rip off in the Monaro as you had to have bucket seats with console shift (powerglide was standard with column shift in Monaro, Belmont and Kingswood). But in Belmont and Kingswood the price has to include include A50 bucket seats which were $50 so it was basically the same price by the time you added that to L30 + M35 + M11 (console shift), actually $5 dearer for the auto.

Hey Bazza,

It's a banjo, not sure how you tell if a v8 or 6 diff, but a banjo nevertheless. As for the spare wheel, it has the bracket that bolts behind the RHS taillight and sort of hugs the wheel really badly.

Ill check in the light tomorrow and let you know.

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Looks to have 3 bolts holding the centre in on each side. The shocks have been robbed out of the car also. I think it's been swapped out too like the rest of the driveline.