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I purchased my orange XW GTHO Phase I in 1971 or 1972 from a very reluctant seller.
My initial thoughts on this car back then was that it was a rocket ship in a straight line but a handful when wanting to stop, or go around a corner. A little unfair I know, but it was built to do the job of winning races which it did very well in the right hands.
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The vacuum secondary carby could bring you unstuck until you understood its operation, by this I mean if you accelerated out of a corner and the secondaries opened up you had immediate oversteer! It’s a bit of a shame it did not have wider tyres but we are talking a car built in 1969.
Soon after these photos, I changed jobs and got a company car so I sold the HO. Big mistake!
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Source: Survivor Car Australia
What Australian muscle car would you pick to drive in the early '70s? Would you pick the GT-HO? Tell us what you think in the comments below.
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