So this is what you were all secretive about last night. Dont put it on gas like a certain someones old 202.
nice man, cant wait til the restore bug hits you on this!!
Just a bit of surface rust - but yep new paint will go a long way to making the old bus look sharp
Good find, looks like it'll come up rather nice. Is this one going through Jenny Craig?
Cheers guys
It's not going on gas (lol), if anything I'll just keep the 202 for a while, 'till I rebuild a suitable SBC. The restore bug is already here
once I get it RWc, the interior retrim begins!
No jenny craig though. There's no weight to lose really! I'm going to try and keep it as original as possible. It doesn't need to handle well or go through hills. It just needs to be a HQ, and I'll love it.
nice buy. leaving it as a 202?
bah forget 308... drop a SBC in it!
thats what i was thinking, who in their right mind would leave a hq a 202?
nice pick up morton:thumbsup:
nice pickup Dan. No need for a manual conversion either! Drop the 5 litre out of the VQ into it haha
It's lovely
, about as good a original HQ as you could ever find for that money nearly 40 years later. I vote for surface rust removal 400 SBC, turbo 350 driveline and slide around on the bench seat forever onward
Yeah, the 202 will stay for a short while. But only for as long as it takes me to decide on, and build an appropriate engine. The jury is still out on what engine goes in there!
cool as, got a real soft spot for these...
Dad had a white one with kidney beans and the rear window thingy...
Also did a charcoal one which is now my desktop lol
Good luck with it mate, an Aussie classic will never go out of fashion
Hahaha man that picture is AWESOME. Best shoop ever. Love the work on the wheels
You're not wrong about them never going out of fashion
HQs were the best damn looking car from that era, hands down.
its nice car for 37 years old, took morton to pick it up today.
whacked a battery in started straight up with the choke off
had his foot on the high beams switch though.
hahaha yeah, it starts so nicely
Just started it then, and it was running before I even finished turning the key
damn, you lucky prick:thumbsup: i had the opportunity many years ago for a 1 owner HQ similar to this but a off white type colour, but didn't have the funds at the time. was mint bar i spot of rust around a rear window.
Ahhh... yeah, I always thought I'd regret this if I didn't buy it. So I HAD to get it. I always wanted a HQ in this colour - I couldn't say no when I saw it for sale! It's like a dream come true
ALWAYS wanted one.
Thanks for the comments guys, I'm SO THRILLED about this car! ^_^
I found out the colour: Taormina Aqua Metallic. It's beautiful. Gonna be hard to paint it though
I hate painting metallics! lol