Oz car history trivia

[steptoe]

It is non sube - but interesting in a few trivial points

http://www.uniquecarsmag.com.au/news-an ... 77429.aspx

I stumbled upon it reading about the late journo Evan Green (1930- 1996 Fiji) who was the one at the centre of the SuperCar scare in 1972 (was history even when I first found out about it) that led to manufacturers stopping their 260kph capable off the showroom family sedan based plans

Trivia #1 Considering Ford Oz closing shop here - Holdens were built at at least two plants, one in Sydney Pagewood, another Melb. Was Adelaide another ? Salsbury ? I recall mid 70's , dad driving past the factory in Sydney producing Leylands of all sorts in those 'allsorts' colours, pink? purple/mauve and spewgreen? Years later to work with a guy who worked on the P76 assembly line who quit after one day of installing heaters

Trivia #2 one way to read unique car mag articles without buying the mag itself - a thifty tuesday activity p'raps?

Trivia #3 back in the day the geniusii fettled things like Chev pistons and Merc conrods into a Holden engine to increase its capacity from 2900cc to 3500cc and reported HP to 230 !!

this is where we need a Norm Beechey to play with the old EA81 and 2's

[NachaLuva]

Great reading, good find

[tambox]

Thanks Jonno, brings a tear to the eye, having owned several EH Holdens as a teenager.
Yes it was possible to "peg it" (bring the speedo to maximum speed) on a tripple carbed EH, with a Beechly cam, as I owned one, this of course was done under controlled conditions on a controlled roadway:D
Back in those days, every EH with tripple carbs was an "S4", well thats what they used to say.
Ah, history, seems like yesterday.

[steptoe]

The days when photo licences were just a figment of someones imagination, so too O2 sensors, crank angle sensors and air flow meters