TradeUniqueCars.com.au 1351962 HOLDEN EK STANDARD
TALK ABOUT KING OF THE ROAD, TY’S NICE STRAIGHT EK WITH ITS
WARMED-OVER GREY MOTOR IS ONE SWEET HOME-GROWN CLASSICWORDS & PHOTOS DAVE CAREYTy Clewer
I
’m with the Air Force and have just moved back
to Adelaide, bringing my EK Holden home with
me from Western Australia. This was originally
a WA car; the bodyshell rear of the firewall was
built at Elizabeth in SA, then sent to Perth for
final assembly, so like me it’s simply come back
home!
I bought it pretty much as-is near the end of 2011.
The previous owner had fitted a bunch of period
hop-up gear to the ‘grey’ motor including a lumpy
cam, twin SUs on a Thomas manifold, Speco rocker
cover and a set of HR disc brakes to pull it up.
It’s the base-model Standard, which has
body-coloured tail light surrounds, gauge cluster
and head light bezels instead of chrome ones; being
so plain, they’ve become pretty rare. I’ve definitely
got the bug; I’ve also got a 1959 FC Special and a
1970 HT Kingswood sedan at home.
Think $20,000-
plusfora good
example.
Call 13 46 46
for a quote or visit
shannons.com.au