1972 Holden HQ Kingswood. 308 V8. The old Kingswood is going to have a makeover. This job will likely take ages because due to other commitments we don't have a lot of spare time to spend on the car.
Yes the headrests were standard in the 1972 onwards HQ Holden Kingswood because my dad used to drive a metallic lime green wagon which he bought in 1980. It ran the 202 cubic inch 6 cylinder engine & Tri Matic automatic transmission,ut had the optional ROH mag wheels fitted & one thing which wasn't found too often in the wagons,an electric rear tailgate window. Yes they rusted out pretty bad & my dad had his on the road for 12 or 13 years until it ran out of rego,it sat in the backyard after my dad sold the engine, front bench seats,mag wheels, etc then he gas axed it with an oxy acetylene cutting torch because it was just full of rust & he couldn't afford the registration for 2 cars. It was my favourite model of Kingswood & it was all of the Holdens which suffered badly from rust until at least the VN Commodore,I have cut rust out of my VY SS Commodores body but it hasn't suffered as badly from rust & it was kept outside for about 12 years,I have had that car for 16 years this year !
@@bobby2292all good, the engine came out of a VB SL factory 308. The bench seat was one I had laying around as well as the carpet, hence the blue colour. Good to see it’s still around.
Headrests on Hq became standard from 72 onwards as part of an anticipated ADR change. Given yours are missing, they were either removed or the benchseat is from 71 model.
Thanks Bobby
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Yes the headrests were standard in the 1972 onwards HQ Holden Kingswood because my dad used to drive a metallic lime green wagon which he bought in 1980.
It ran the 202 cubic inch 6 cylinder engine & Tri Matic automatic transmission,ut had the optional ROH mag wheels fitted & one thing which wasn't found too often in the wagons,an electric rear tailgate window.
Yes they rusted out pretty bad & my dad had his on the road for 12 or 13 years until it ran out of rego,it sat in the backyard after my dad sold the engine, front bench seats,mag wheels, etc then he gas axed it with an oxy acetylene cutting torch because it was just full of rust & he couldn't afford the registration for 2 cars.
It was my favourite model of Kingswood & it was all of the Holdens which suffered badly from rust until at least the VN Commodore,I have cut rust out of my VY SS Commodores body but it hasn't suffered as badly from rust & it was kept outside for about 12 years,I have had that car for 16 years this year !
Hi mate, I built this HQ up and did the V8 conversion. Dragged it out of a shed down Mandurah way. Anything you want to know just ask.
Thanks. I'll keep you in mind.
@@bobby2292all good, the engine came out of a VB SL factory 308. The bench seat was one I had laying around as well as the carpet, hence the blue colour.
Good to see it’s still around.
Headrests on Hq became standard from 72 onwards as part of an anticipated ADR change. Given yours are missing, they were either removed or the benchseat is from 71 model.
Thanks for the info. The seat has not provision for headrests so it'll be from a pre 72 model. Cheers.
Would you sale it 😊