TODAYS FEATURED DISPLAY This beautifully restored Holden HJ Monaro Coupe is proudly on display at our museum. The car was owned by wealthy industrialist Laurie O’Neil, who gave renowned race mechanic and car constructor John Sheppard a simple task: to build him the best sport sedan in Australia. O’Neil wanted his good mate Pete Geoghegan to drive it in 1974, with a view to claiming the rich bounties on offer from cashed-up track promoters keen to capitalise on the magnetic crowd-pulling power of these highly modified cars. In the eyes of many fans, O’Neil and Sheppard got the mix just right, from the open-piped roar of its fuel-injected Chev 350 V8 to the high-pitched whine of its straight-cut Hewland gears, to the classy Ford GT40 ‘knock-off’ wheel hubs and beautiful hand-formed wheel arch flares on each corner. Geoghegan and his magnificent Monaro only competed for two seasons but clearly they left an indelible impression on the racing community. Visit BGMM to view this one of a kind Monaro in detail.