The first factory-backed Holden has been sold for half a million dollars.
A 1969-build HT Monaro GTS 350, the first built by the Holden Dealer Team, went to auction through Lloyds Auctioneers and Valuers.
The car debuted in the 1969 Sandown 3 Hour, in which a brake failure caused it to spectacularly crash through a fence and erupt in flames.
However, it paved the way for the Lion to win the Bathurst 500mi race three weeks later, with a trio of new Monaros armed with homologation changes inspired by the Sandown campaign finishing first, third, and sixth in The Great Race.
It went to auction in Essendon, Victoria on the weekend and was bought by an avid Holden fan from Queensland.
See below for a Seven News report on the auction.