Before getting my first car I bought a motorbike BMW 600 in 1971 Then in 1972 I bought a 1970 holden HT It had the small motor and was a heap of s.ht. In 1973, I bought a brand new holden HQ That turned out to be a fantastic car. Many people told me over the years that the HQ had poor handling. But that was crap. All that car needed was some wider wheels and good tyres. I had them on the car when I bought it. Both the HT and the HQ were station wagons because I wanted the space to carry my camping gears to go on holiday. It turned out that my girl friend wanted a bed in the back and we put curtains on the windows. With the camping gears on a roof rack. We could not be bother taking the curtains off between holidays, so they stayed on the windows until the early eighties. I would be driving most of the night while my girl friend was sleeping in the back. Those were the days! You get caught doing that today, they probably throw me in jail.  |