Quote Originally Posted by Dr Terry View Post
Well that makes it a modified car. A bit like a dealer-fitted V8 in an LJ Torana, Most of the conversion is bolt in, but what about the gearbox rear crossmember, if you're using the EH gearbox. That would need engineering approval. There are guys over on oldholden (I know, I know), who believe that they are a real production thing. Dr Terry
There are a lot of myths perpetuated by bogans about Holdens or for any make of car for that matter. Sometimes the cause can be as innocent as a typo or error that is not picked up by the proof reader of a book on the subject. One such point in case, is the error on page 33 of your own book Dr Terry. I have had EH's and EJ's, and all of the EJ's had red engines in them. Today you would need an engineers certificate to register them but in the 70's and 80's an early Holden with a red in it was very common. Twin carbs on an early Holden grey engine were quite common in the 60's and there were a lot of companies that produced manifolds. I would like to have an FB ute like my Grandfather's and have it decked out with twin carbs, alloy rocker cover, and floor shift, all of these would be Lanspeed products which were produced by my Father in the early 60's. You would very hard pressed to convince me that these are "modifications" and not "accessories". Twin carbs and extractors on a grey produce more of a visual and aural effect than a performance one.