Projects Aussie cars

Hey guys here's a couple of pics of my Aussie holdens. Im into late 50s plymouths as well but thought you guys might get a kick out of some Aussie metal. Cheers

 

First cars a 1960 fb holden and the pinkish car is an ej holden about 1963

 

Nice, First thing i noticed on the wagon was the Nasco accessory door handle scuff plates.

 

I like it. Were there two door models available as well? They kinda have a tri5 Chevy look.

 

Yeah what he asked and said. My thoughts as well. Tri-5 Chevy but with a 55 Ford taillight added in. Did they have the small block available, or only 6-bangers? I certainly wouldn't complain if someone gave me one, cuz that's the only way I could afford one considering shipping $$$ to the US.

Tell/show us more please...

 

Oh yeah, who doesn’t love a cool wagon? It’s hard to tell from the pictures, are they the same overall size as a 55-57 Chevy or are they smaller?


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Shipping to US is in the $4-6K range, depending on how you do it. So while not insignificant, it is also not a terrible huge amount. I know as last year I just imported my 52 Chevy Ute. It was non-running which adds a bit more cost. I went with open deck car transport. Meaning not in a container. Container is more because you are buying that whole space, whether your car takes it all or not. Then factor in exchange rate, and various port fees and customs. Not a real bad process, mostly the administrative and bureaucracy to deal with. But it does take money, funny how that seems to solve many difficulties. The shippers at both ends are familiar with the process.

Shipping is just part of the total cost of the build, but it is one that you are not able to avoid if you want an AU produced vehicle in US. Works the same for the AU guys, they have to pay the shipping to get US vehicles over there for their projects. I am just glad we can even do the international shipping and swapping vehicles.

 

They are about a 7/8's scale tri-5 Chev. You can get a V8 into one, but only with a shoehorn .


Cheers,
Harv

 

We have a couple

 

You could only get one engine size, 138 C.I. 6 banger, and 3speed manual , or a 3 speed hydramatic in the later model (EK). They were known as the "baby '57 Chevy", but had little in common.
This is my daily driver, a "Special", which had a few more shiny bits than the "Standard Sedan".

 

I fell in love with Holdens after my wife and I watched reruns of McLeod’s Daughters. Jodi had a cute yellow and white 4-door FB or EK until she wrecked it in a head on collision. ☹️

 

FB sedan