Holden HJ

Holden HJ Premier sedan

The Holden HJ is a series o automobiles which wur produced bi General Motors-Holden’s in Australie frae 1974 tae 1976. The HJ series wis released on 4 October 1974 an wis an improved an faceliftit version o the supersedit Holden HQ series which haed been in production since 1971.

Model range

Holden HJ Belmont Wagon

Aw HJ models, aside frae the One Tonner, wur easily identified frae the HQ bi haein a squared-aff frontal treatment wi wrap-aroond indicator lichts. The rear o the sedan models featured a new bumper an wraparoond triangular taillichts, while aw ither bodystyles kept the previous HQ's rear stylin.

The mainstream passenger caur range consistit o 4 door sedan an 5 door wagon models in three trim levels.

• Belmont sedan
• Belmont wagon
• Kingswood sedan
• Kingswood wagon
• Premier sedan
• Premier wagon

The Premier wis distinguisht frae the cheaper models bi a fower heidlicht frontal treatment. Wagons rode on a wheelbase which wis three inches (76.2 mm) langer than that o the sedans.

Holden HJ Monaro GTS Sedan

The performance orientatit Monaro range includit twa-door coupe an fower-door sedan models:

• Monaro LS Coupe
• Monaro GTS coupe
• Monaro GTS sedan

The base model Monaro Coupe wis no carried forrit frae the HQ series an the new range an aa saw the demise o the Monaro GTS350 Coupe an Sedan meaning that the importit Chevrolet 350 cubic inch (5.7 litre) V8 ingine wis nae langer affered in ony Holden model.

Holden HJ Kingswood Utility

Holden HJ One Tonner

Commercial vehicle derivatives includit coupe utility, panel van an cab chassis truck models:

• Utility
• Sandman utility
• Kingswood utility
• Kingswood Sandman utility
• Panel van
• Sandman panel van
• One Tonner

The base model utility an panel van models did no carry the Belmont name which haed been applied tae their HQ series equivalents an they wur marketit simply as the Holden utility an Holden panel van respectively while The Sandman variants wur equipt wi various features frae the Monaro GTS models.

The cab/chassis model wis marketit as the Holden One Tonner, which still uised its awn unique front treatment introduced wi the previous HQ range, an woud continue wi the model till 1980.

Ingines

2.8 litre an 3.3 litre inline sax cylinder ingines wur available, as wur 4.2 litre an 5.0 litre V8 units. The twa Monaro GTS models wur ae affered wi the aicht cylinder ingines.

Production

The Holden HJ wis replaced bi the Holden HX series in Julie 1976, HJ production haein totalled 176,202 vehicles.

Statesman HJ

• The Statesman HJ range o lang wheelbase luxury sedans developed frae the Holden HJ series wis an aa released in 1974. The twa models in the range, the de Ville an the Caprice, wur marketit as Statesmans rather than as Holdens.