TIM Martenstyn’s epic blown HK Monaro isn’t his first crack at building his dream machine, as the Werribee bloke explains. “Before this build, I had a blue HK Monaro,” he says. “Every nut and bolt was brand new.” Tim was on the home stretch with that car before a cancer diagnosis in 2005 threw him a massive curveball. “It broke me mentally and physically, and then in 2007 my marriage ended, which left me no choice but to sell the car,” he says. “I was heartbroken watching it go down the road on the back of the tow truck.”
Soon after, Tim resolved to build another HK GTS, even if it was the last thing he ever did. “Well, after 11 years, here it is!” he laughs.
