PUMP ACTION

WITH A 978HP BLOWN SMALL-BLOCK AND THE TOUGHEST STANCE THIS SIDE OF A RUGBY FRONT ROW, THIS HK PREMIER IS PRIMED FOR STREET ACTION

- IAIN KELLY

THERE has been plenty of doom and gloom in the mass media of late, with predictions that petrol-powered cars are done and soon we’ll all be forced to drink tofu lattes in our electric vehicles on the way to jazzercise appointments. But don’t despair, because rad cats like Justin Hunt are out there dutifully turning out righteously stout streeters like this ’68 HK Premier.

Supercharged and super-clean, the car was put together based on solid old-school principles. “I love the 80s pro-street look,” Justin says. “I’m a fan of stock colours on cars, tubbed rear ends with big rear tyres, and skinny fronts.”

As you might have guessed, Justin is a guy who doesn’t like to throw the baby out with the bathwater. As such, his process for attaining such an immaculate finish on his HK was a gradual one of improvement and enhancement.

“I bought it as a running car with a 396ci small-block Chev,” he explains. “It was an original car, except it had been mini-tubbed and the previous owner had it resprayed to tidy it up. My first stop was to have the paint corrected and ceramic-coated at Picarsso Australia in Geelong to get it up to scratch.”

With his white-over-Inca Gold HK now looking spiffy on the outside, Justin’s next stop was the supercharger shop en route to the drag strip.