Premier LEAGUE

FORGET YOUR 427s AND 502s; THIS HQ PREMIER THUMPS TO THE TUNE OF 632CI OF THE GENERAL'S FINEST

- IAIN KELLY

PATRICK Langdon has refined his HQ Premier from a dead stock nanna-mobile to the 1000hp, 632ci monster you see here. The car’s vintage pro street vibes are no accident, as Patrick’s custodianship of the more-door Quey goes back nearly 40 years to the era of big ’n’ littles, tunnel rams, sump-scraping stance, and hair metal.

“I bought it in 1985 as my first car,” Patrick begins. “I’m the second owner, and it was in awesome condition at the time. It had been owned by an elderly couple who must not have driven it over 100km/h, as it had a real good flat spot there. It was a high-compression 202 and it was dead stock. All my friends were driving HXs and HZs, which were the newest Kingswood models to have been released, and I had this old HQ. It’s funny how that’s turned around now, as everyone wants the HQ!”

Pat’s factory Prem is resplendent in the now-rare factory Nutmeg Metallic brown, with a contrasting vinyl roof. “I kept the vinyl roof, despite half my mates telling me to get rid of it,” Pat laughs. “It works with the original Nutmeg Metallic colour, and I didn’t modify that, as I wanted an original-looking cruiser.”