THOUGH it never actually copped a feature in Street Machine, Neil James’s wild Trans Am-fronted HQ GTS was a back-page regular in 1995 thanks to its title of Bridgestone Eager Maniac 1994. A regular on the Queensland show scene in the 90s, the Quey recently showed up for sale on Gumtree, still under Neil’s ownership. We caught up with Neil just before the car headed off to its first new custodian in 44 years.
So the Quey is a real-deal GTS?
Yes, it is. I’m the third owner and I bought it in 1978. A mechanic owned it before me, and before that a little old lady used to drive it around the suburbs of Melbourne, if you can believe it! My good friend Leigh Parker has been involved with the car since day one. He knew
