My HQ is progressing slowly, I've pretty much finished the metal work and I'm now filling and preping ready for paint.

 

In the meantime here's another mocked up photo of what I'm aiming for

You can also find me at Hub Garage,

 

 

 

Just got back from the Kandos Street Machine Show, what a great weekend!

 

The videos are up on YouTube (youtube.hq308.com) and the photos will be up soon.

 

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Started doing some more of the body work, stripped the left hand rear quarter panel and found a couple of small rust spots in the dogleg and a small amount in the lower 1/4 which has all now been cut out and plated (see pics) A small amout of body filler will smooth it out and I'll be ready to tackle the right hand quarter.

 

Just finished putting together my exhaust sytem out of 2-1/2" mandrel bends with some nice Magnaflow mufflers. Check out the pics. Now I can move the car around to work on it without worring about upsetting the neighbours.

 

My HQ was bought new by my grandfather in 1974. It was a 6 cylinder 3 speed manual Belmont (base model) with only a few basic dealer fit options (sunvisor, venetian blind, door handle scratch plates, bumper overriders, etc) When my grandfather died in 1983 my dad got it and used it as his daily driver which took it's toll. A few years ago dad got himself a new car and I got the HQ. When I got the car the original running gear was long gone so a complete restoration was always going to be difficult. I've decided to "resto-mod" it. I had a complete drive train out of my previous HJ GTS (308, T400 & 10 bolt rear) so that's all been fitted. I plan to restore the outside to factory standard, original colour (Safron metalic orange), exterior trim, badges etc. The only exterior mods will be chrome Pontiac II (same as HQ GTS) wheels and lowered suspension. Time has also taken it's toll on the interior so I'm planning on having it retrimmed (including the original front bench seat) in cloth in the original colour (chesnut brown) similar to original.

Check out my YouTube page for more videos. Even more videos will be added soon.

 

Just got back from Kandos, it was a great weekend. The photo's are up and I hope to start on the videos in the next few days.