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BLACK MIRROR

IT WAS A GOOD RUNNER, BUT THEN IT GOT AN OIL LEAK, AND WHAT WAS MEANT TO BE A SIMPLE FIX TURNED INTO A FULL NUT-AND-BOLT DEAL

REGARDLESS of which side of the Holden/Ford fence you sit on, it’s pretty bloody hard to argue that the HQ coupe isn’t one of the coolest shapes ever to roll off an Aussie production line. Greg Eslick certainly thinks so, and his beastly slammed, LS3-equipped, badarse-black ’71 HQ Monaro is a properly good example of how to go about taking one to the next level.

Greg first got the coupe around 12 years ago, when it was wearing

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