Upper Middle Petrol Head:

I found myself in Moonah, to Hobart's north, earlier today for a visit to my regular panel beater and spray-painter.  It's not that I'm a terrible driver.  Unless you count minor scrapes in reverse, which I don't.  Reversing is manoeuvring! Anyway, there I was, heading out to Talon Bodyworks to have the consequences of some sub-optimal manoeuvring - an ugly scratch on the near-side rear guard of my otherwise immaculate GC Galant hardtop - repaired, when I happened across this great looking GD sedan.  I have seen it before but never had the opportunity to photograph it. It certainly is in good nick, with apparently original paint, straight, rust-free panels and nice chrome.  The Bathurst Globes suited it perfectly and the fat-ish exhaust hints at a 4G52 or a 4G54 Astron being under the bonnet.  I once heard the car as it drove past ; it didn't sound like a Saturn to me. As much as I love the car, it was the sticker on the rear window that really put a smile ...

This striking HQ Holden sedan - photographed at Kingston Beach, south of Hobart, Tasmania - was just magnificent!  It presented very simply: perfect paint, panels and chrome, a pristine interior, a set of tough mags and that's it.  Nothing to detract from the beauty of the HQ’s classic 1970s design.  How could it be better, really? U M P H (uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com.au.) iPhone images.