1971 / 72 HT GTS 350 MONARO Norm Beechey

JUNE 2016
1971 / 72 HT GTS 350 MONARO
Norm Beechey
AR Aussie Race (Release #1 and
#40)
1:43 Scale - 1971/72 ATCC
HT GTS 350 Monaro as driven by
Norm Beechey
Attention to quality and detail abounds, including plenty of photo-etched details. These AMR releases come with a Serialised Limited Edition Certificate. Only 250 models of each r elease have been pr oduced with less than
50 models remaining of the 1971 ATCC #1 version.
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to start a team in Australia and as a result merged with Dick
Johnson Racing, becoming DJR Team Penske. Ambrose
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season, driving the #66 Xbox-sponsored car. He began the
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