Will This Classic EJ Holden Run and Drive Enough to get to a Historic Australian Pub
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 เม.ย. 2023
- Join us on an exciting adventure as we team up with Bam Bam Fabrications to bring a classic EJ Holden back to life and see if it will run again.
With Bam Bam Fabrications sharing their expertise, we'll dive into the engine and mechanical components to see if we can get the car up and running.
Will the car make it to the pub without any issues, or will we encounter unexpected challenges along the way? Join us for an unforgettable automotive adventure as we put this classic car to the test.
The EJ Holden is an iconic Australian car that was produced by General Motors-Holden's between 1962 and 1963. It was the first model to be designed entirely in Australia and featured several upgrades and improvements over its predecessor, the EK Holden.
The EJ Holden was available in sedan, wagon, and panel van body styles and featured a range of engine options, including the base 2.2-liter six-cylinder engine and the more powerful 2.9-liter six-cylinder engine.
One of the notable features of the EJ Holden was its sleek, modern design, which was a departure from the more conservative styling of its predecessors. The car's bodywork featured smoother, more streamlined lines, and the grille was redesigned to give the car a more modern look.
The EJ Holden was also known for its reliability and durability, making it a popular choice for Australian families in the 1960s. Today, the car remains a beloved classic and is sought after by collectors and enthusiasts alike.
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I still can't believe we got the old girl running and driving 😂
@@bambamfabrications Hi mate, I'm on a station west of Ravenshoe and we have Blitz trucks, old Inters, old tractors and an old G60 Nissan Patrol if you and Cody are interested in coming up to do videos?
@@tubbytub2990 absolutely mate!! Definitely interested in that sort of stuff!!
Have you got an email? I can email you pictures and details of the vehicle's we have.
I've been emailing Cody, I can email Cody?
Been waiting for someone to do stuff like this in Australia
Glad you enjoyed it mate! Definitely more coming!!
Look up Robs Shed guy for bush in West Australia does great videos on this stuff all the time very smart guy.
Iron Empire does similar vids also 👌
I do car stuff on my channel, but I do enjoy old starts like this too
Someone does this to old datsuns and rx cars in au
Old Holdens just never die......love it
All ya need there is some new lighting hoses a new whirly thinger there that spins around a flappy thing that dumps the gas and pumpy pump thing for the water and then all them really rusty ole Kangaroo turds will just magically come shootin out the tail pipe mate. Right?
The newer ones were 50/50
50% died within 25,000km 50% will be wrapped around a tree and still start on one pull lol
wouldnt of got it going if it was a ford that age
My mums voice is echoing in my head every time we saw an old EH or EJ "I used to love my EH until your father crashed it!!" Poor dad, been like 45 years and she still hasnt let it go. Great video.
I have an old EJ it was my first road registered car learnt to drive with it three on the tree still love it. I'm 50 in two weeks I have owned it for 34 years and i was the third owner
I used to work on sideplates motors as a boy. I was following every step as you were doing it and thinking... "its missing a coil." (I still remember the firing order 153624. hahaha) Great job guys - terrific "CAN DO" thinking. Old Holdens NEVER die. Inspirational. Thanks so much.
haha 153624, I always remember because as a kid I was taught 15 is to young, 36 is too old but 24 is just right
That was one of the most inspiring videos I’ve seen for a long time!
Some things never die.
You guys are awesome.
Cheers mate!!! We had a ball filming it!!
100% agree. Absolutely inspiring.
That is the best commitment I have watched in a long time. Well done you Aussie Holden Saviorus
Cheers legend!!
My first car was an EJ holden my dad restored for me. I was 19, and felt like a star every time I drove it. Now in my 60s, I still love the sturdy style.
That was the best episode mate... an hour long was the best a man could get and time we'll spent. Awesome job you LEGENDS.👍👍👍🍻🍺
Cheers Mate love to hear it!!
This might have been the first car I owned as an 18 year old. Blue and white EJ wagon - wonderful car! Had lots of fun in it. Thanks for taking me down memory lane. (In my late 60’s now.)😁
Nothing better than the old cars to work on nice and simple
EJ wagon with a 138 grey growler!! Nice work gentlemen, nice work indeed. When you jacked the arse end and spun the hub I thought that diff was shot but she moved
Love it !! An old Holden Station Wagon……. my first car was a blue EH Wagon, with a baby red motor, wish I still had it. My oldest Brother, bought a blue EH Sedan with a 179 …… later replaced the motor with a 186S motor with extractors …….. he still has it , 52 years after he bought it, last road registered in ‘83. Speco floor shift manual, got the shag pile 🤣😂 carpet, Smiths gauges in the housing that they made for sloping radio speaker on the dash, great nick…….. he only fires it up every once and a while. I want to buy it …….. I’d love to own it, I’d drive it regularly…… but he won’t sell . Cheers and Beers Boys 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻
Beautiful car wish we had those here in the US! Glad your gonna keep it original I would love to own that beautiful classic!!💗💗
You guys in the US have some great cars too. I'm glad you like ours as well.
The engine is based on a pre-war Buick 6 design.
I love the fact that these boys are keen to save a classic Aussie piece of Aistralia. Even if they dont suceed . I love the fact thay are keen to save this beautiful old car
My nan bought me my first car in 79, a 1963 yellow EJ sedan, 132 ci grey motor with three on the tree and twin Strombergs. Loved that car, they were great times.
This is literally my dream car, always wanted an ej since the day i saw one, I’m 16 so i didn’t get to experience them in their day but boy i wish i could’ve
Loved it :) Holden looks almost like an early 60s buick special, tempest lemans, well there both Gm products, and love the chevy pickup, i have my dads 82 c10 chevy her in Pa. U. S. A.
Yeah mate definitely! I'd say there were a few borrowed styling cues from the Aussie designers.
47:20 the happy running shadow shot is perfect
Watching from Kentucky.
That was awesome! Had me cheering when she fired up. Great episode 👍🍻
Love this. I don't think they parked it up. I think he was waitin for a mate. Subbed
Never judge a book by it cover. Or should I say Holden. Hope someone restores the old girl.
Classic story, well done fellas.
That was just pure Aussie bloody magic. Keep up the great work gents.
Cheers Mate!!
Way to go guys in ressurecting that Holden in which body wise is still intact,,you've got yourself a new subscriber,,I do follow those that revive old classics. In USA and Canada,,I am in New York,USA
Legend mate!! Plenty more coming!!
I love that you guys actually started that car. My jaw dropped so damn fast when i heard it run. If you haven't sold the car yet and no one has asked to buy it. I am inclined to get that car
No one yet but if ya super keen mate send me a message on instagram. Look for @sickpuppycody
That brings back a few memories hearing that old grey motor come to life😢
Personally a Ford guy myself, but I've gotta admit, I could get behind this.
She sounds just as cool as she looks.
Awesome revival. Well impressed you guys got that done. Loved it!
I owned an EJ just like this in the 80’s not as rusty as this one, well done lads great to see it running, this engine was not equipped with an oil filter if I remember correctly
I had a EJ wagon in 1985, it had 450,000miles on it when l got it, canvas bag hanging off the front bumper bar, & red dirt all through it front to back & more stonechips than paint, it died on me 5000miles later.
Hahaha my first few years on this earth were spent travelling around in a baby blue EJ wagon. One thing I'll always remember vividly is the scorching burns on your skin from the seatbelt buckles in Summer and wriggling your ass constantly to keep from roasting on burning vinyl for the first few minutes after jumping in! The younger gens will never know how good they got it!! 😂
Great job guys, A little perseverance and some Australian engineering made the day. I had one of these wagons when I was a youth, good times...
These things drove ok. My Uncle had one in the 1960s. Lived in Woomera and drove it all around the outback. Moved to Perth in 1980s and and sold it to a couple of girls who drove it around Australia for two years then when they got back to Perth they sold it back to him for what they brought it for. He was always a softy. I think it ended up in his backyard and it sat there for years until one of my cousins started driving it around again.
Love this video! Beautiful Holden, beautiful pub. So much nostalgia. Great job 👍
Yeah Boys! Cheers and hands across the Water brothers!
Wow, memories... My first car was a HK Station Wagon - 3 on the tree. The sound of that motor brought back some deep memories. Thank you.
Great job cody
What an achievement
I feel sorry for your wife she will never hear the end of it
Old holdens never die ❤😂. They just run forever.
Yeah apparently they do just keep running mate! Even when they haven't run in decades!
The just faint to give the Fence Post guys Hell... before deciding life is still worth living...
Great content boys! Watching from Sydney!
Bloody great job guys, you guys work well together. Can't wait to see more videos with you both working on awesome cars. Keep up the excellent work you do.
Cheers mate definitely more coming!!
Bit of a rare find, having the factory Hydramatic option. I was sure it was going to be a three on the tree. How lucky only having one stuck brake drum, and it didn't need dismantling to free up.
I love old cars I have a1963 Mercedes Finnie but grew up with Holden’s and Falcons.Reminds me as a teenager going to the wreckers with mates and tinkering around with our cars learning tricks off each other.
I am from Texas U.S.A.It is nice to see a car channel from down under. Great video.
Cheers Mate great to have you here!!
Bloody legend mate thank you!
I can just smell the Inside as the door is opened Love it😛. The fact that it ran is fantastic. You guys are great. This the first time I have watched you two I am glued to it, SO good keep it up and I am Subscribed!!!
Great video fellas. Good to see the passion you have in the recent videos. You and bam bam have great chemistry on camera which makes for a great video. Keep up the good work and I'm sure this channel will take off like it deserves
Cheers Mate!! Plenty more to come mate glad your enjoying the video!
Good job blokes... My first car was an EJ, three on the column, when I was eighteen in 69. 😊👍
Safety string! Awesome should be a feature of all Holdens!! Absolutely concours effort guys. Ready for Bay to Birdwood
Goes to show that giving that motor fuel , ignition and spark was the "way to go" ! Great that a parked-up motor can be "brought back" . Good job , guys . 🌞
Love the vids boys. Brining Aussie icons back from the dead. Great still shot of the old EJ in front of the pub!
Cheers Mate!!
my first car ,those grey motors were reliable motors , great cars.
Now you won't have to worry about walking to the pub, great work boys
😂 cheers Mate!!
Scotland here.
Well done lads, that old 6 was running sweet as considering how long she sat.
Cool looking car to boot, well worth saving.
Subscribed👍👍🏴🇬🇧
Cheers Mate glad you enjoyed mate!! More to come!!
The engines are generally bulletproof being all cast iron block and head, I replaced the engine in my HR in 1984 with a second hand one from burnt out HR in a scrap yard, moved all the ancillary stuff from the outside of my engine to the second hand one, fitted it to my car and had it running by the end of the weekend, sacrificed three or four cartons of beer with the mates that helped me but that engine ran for another eight years without so much as a cough before I sold the car, still running at the time, in 1992.
Nice to see the old girl running again 👍. Good work lads
Love it Bluetooth carb ..great stuff we’ll done guys .
Great video guys. First one of yours I’ve seen. Gets quiet emotional seeing an old treasure fire up after so long. Hope she finds a good home. Btw….Can’t see an EV being left in a paddock for 50+ years being resurrected.
Absolutely fkn awesome 👌... she's gorgeous, what a rescue, you two dudes are gonna be a force to be reckoned with... solid work lads...
Cheers Mate!!
Good job ,,we always have a lough when you guys say Startermodee ...lol...
All rockers running. Here we go
Well done fellas. Makes me want a ej now. Love the lines.
Good work boys. Those old grey motors were always hard to kill. Good score 😊
Yeah mate the old grey motor surprised me 😂
Nah, they were crap.. I managed to break crankshafts, whereas the red motors were tougher.
@@petesmitt reds we’re definitely better. We all had the 186 and 202 in the day.
You guys are classics, love it
you little ripper. you guys are magicians - well done.
Cheers Mate!
That's one sick Ravenswood gem, love these videos 👍
Thats a neat old wagon Im in the US and you all have some cool cars down there in that beautiful country of yours , love seeing old cars or anything saved and brought back again .
Cheers Mate!! The cars of that era were definitely beautifully styled that's for sure!!
Our Holden brothers! Well done boys
Awesome job guys. Love to see you restore this one to its original state.
Champion work there Cody and Bam good to see your hard work come through for you’s👍🍻. Terry has an awesome collection at the pub.
Cheers Mate!!
Well done boys you guys are legends love to see an oldy get a new lease of life and a great place for its first visit to the pub old mate runnin with the camera would need a beer after that run 😅
Hahaha cheers Mate it was thirsty work 😅
Looks like this channel is about to go big time. Congrats
The idling is superb. You can tell by the sound that this engine is powerful.
Great job guys! That's an awesome save. Shame I live in the UK, I'd give you 5 grand for it. Beautiful car :)
Cheers Mate!!
5 grand, you're kidding mate. These are fetching $80000 in good condition and $20000 for a rusty ones like this. Crazy crazy prices.
wicked ! very cool to see the Aussie verwion of VGG haha ! well done ! good video ! 🛻📹🤙😎
In no way or form is it an Aussie version* (note the spelling) of VGG. Pull your head in peanut.
@@opiumtrail7032 well I'll be dipped.
I like the red car in the background shed😊
Ah fuck, been missing some sick puppy for a while now!
In 1968 Iceland stopped driving on the wrong side of the road, it's never too late
Cheers from Iceland
EJs used to be my least favorite after the HD. Now they are my fav ..Love the EJ lines...and even the lovely grey motor!
Hi just one correction the Hydra-matic (GM) 3 speed Automatic Transmission was available in Holdens model EK, EJ & EH. the HD model came out with a 2 speed Powerglide Transmission.
If that is an original GM Hydra-Matic transmission it is a FOUR speed non-overdrive fully automatic first offered in the 1940 Oldsmobile, but designed by Cadillac. I had a 1960 Caddy convertible with the Hydramatic. Now maybe GM offered the Hydramatic in Australia as a 3 speed, I wouldn't know, but their 3 spd US tranny was called the Turbo-Hydramatic. The 2 spd was the Chevrolet PowerGlide.
@@edbenti5007 Yes the GM was only a 3 speed as the Holden was only a small car compared to the Cadillac, when Holden GMH change in 1965 to the 2 speed Powerglide performance was diminished this transmission was replaced in about 1969 with the locally made tri-matic.
Vice Grip Garage Aussie style. Love it!
It make me happy watching this .the boys were on the job .ultimate rat rod. Top job.
Cheers Mate!!!
Awesome vid, glad to see aussies doing this now. I like the EJ, I own a HR but would love seeing that old panel van going.
Cheers Mate!! Keep an eye out on our channels plenty more of this content coming!
Straight up one of the best TH-cam things I’ve seen. How the f**k u managed to shoot the whole thing the way u did was grouse. Keep it up boys, with this sort of content, n both u lads vibe, I reckon you’ll kill it. Thanks heaps for the show.🍻🎯👍🏿
Cheers Mate!! Really appreciate the feedback there'll be plenty more videos in the future mate on both channels!
Looks like a few more fun projects out the back of the Ravenswood pub too
You two have the patience of saints! My friends and I as young blokes would put our selves to the test at times with late 70s early through for latish 80s Holdens and Fords but that EJ was next level lads!
The EJ Holden dated to 1963, the last year the grey motor (215 cid) was used.
The Holden grey motor was never 215 cid. It was 132 and 138 cid.
215 was a Chrysler motor used in a centura before they went to a 245 hemi.
the holden grey was a scaled down copy of the chev engine which I think was about 200 cubes, so a USA viewer could mistake the size. Both motors looked identical except for size. and yes, the red motor came out in the EH (basically the same body) next model of 149 and 179 cubic inch sizes.
great to see this being done in aus as there is a heap of USA shows like this now. For sure we have a lot of cars like this in Aus sitting on farms. Second I realise that you want to earn money and totally understand that but would be great to see an occasional one moved to like youth corrections or tafe or something like that for teens to learn mechanics and panelbeating on old school cars and build something to be proud of. Might make good content as well as change some young fellas/ girls lives
That is a good suggestion totally agree
Bloody hell, that was good, brought back memories of hours under the hood of my old man’s EH wagon. Never seen an old grey motor, great job fellas.
Cheers Mate!!
You just worked your auto adventure of will it run. In the US. I'm working on a 606 international tractor waking it up and trying to make it run. It's from the 60's, gas tank rusted threw as the air cleaner can. It's something that's on the slow GETTER DONE as I pick-up used parts to make her run. I enjoyed your adventure. Wish my tavern was around the corner, it's 40 miles away. Great job.
The Hydramatic was a three speed automatic transmission. My vague memory is that the two-speed Powerglide automatic commenced with the HD. The Hydramatic was unique in that the second gear was direct with some sort of torque converter lockup. Apparently, because of this feature, the engine could be tow-started so long as the car was towed fast enough for friction to begin turning the engine and the oil pump in the transmission to start building enough pressure to energise the servo in the transmission.
The GM Hydra-Matic was a FOUR SPEED non-overdrive fully automatic, the FIRST fully mass-produced automatic automotive transmission in world history. They called it "fluid drive" and was actually battle tested in WW2. They can move a 3 ton vehicle fast, durable, very tough.
It's a 2-speed transmission. You cannot tow start them. Having only 2 speeds, these EJ cars were known for their gutless drive feel. The engine is only 2.3 litres (138 cubic inches), not really sufficient for such a transmission. GM Australia put "Hydramatic" on these EJ's as a marketing strategy - they had the rights to the name so they could do that, even though it was not what was branded Hydramatic in the USA. The USA Hydramatic box was intended for heavier vehicles with much larger engines. For that matter, even in the USA, GM branded different 3 speed and 4 speed transmissions as "Hydramatic" at various times.
You are correct in saying that the Australian Powerglides were 2-speed. They are actually a variant of the same box as fitted in EJ's and labelled Hydramatic.
Three speed auto transmissions came to Holdens later, were labelled "Trimatic", and were a considerable improvement.
@@danejames7098 : Sometimes we called them "Try-matic - try and accelerate"". But, actually, they were very good boxes.
@@keithammleter3824
It's a 3 speed Hydromatic.
@@Rob-fc9wg You are thinking of the EH. The car in this video is an EJ, mechanically identical to the previous EK.
The word is "Hydramatic", not "Hydromatic".
Although branded Hydramatic on EK's and most EJ's, they are actually what is known in the USA as "Powerglide" - a cheap unit (type C213 etc) meant for basic 6-cyl Chevrolets.
The later HD's and HR's were branded honestly - ie branded "Powerglide'". Same actual transmission. You would hardly expect these later cars to get 2-speeds if GMH had already been supplying 3-speeds.
Some restorers & lovers of old Holdens replace the auto boxes in EK's and EJ's with Trimatics, as it is not too difficult and the result is a much more responsive car without the excessive revving needed to get the car moving. You need to pick the right Trimatic version (shifter on the right side), get an engineering shop to make up a special flywheel, and do a bit of cutting in the cross-member.
Genuine Hydramatic boxes (as obtained from USA) will not fit as the transmission tunnel is too small.
GMH probably branded the EK-EJ boxes as Hydramatic as at that time it was the husband who chose the car, and many men read magazines from the USA, where the Powerglide was known as cheap and nasty for the folk who could not afford better than a basic Chevy, whereas the Hydramatic was a luxury quality thing fitted to Pontiacs.
Well done guys. 161 or 186 (I think) motor size?
I'm no mechanic but grow up fixing and driving these old cruzers around the farm. Bloody simple to maintain and we used to have a shed full of spare parts.
Cheers mate!! It's a 138 grey motor the went to the 149 red motor in the next model the EH.
Would be a 138...old grey motor.
It’s good to see you guys are original.
Not coping everyone else. 👍
Cheers Mate!!
epic bois..a couple of legends revive a special legend
C'mon fellas....that was overkill. Every Aussie knows that you just needed a can of "Start Ya B*stard" a new fan belt , a new set of points & plugs on an EJ and your good to go. Great job. 😂
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Where that Australian engineering built that bute machine, they baved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Fools us all who let.that happen.
We had that exact model. GREAT car!
So good Mate! Never give up!!!
you ozzys and americans amaze me your in flip flops shorts and knee dep in god knows what poison ivey black widows snakes mozzies if that was me i would be wearing steel toe cap boots arm length rubber gloves
face mask anti venom bottle in me back pocket and the thickest pair of jeans never seen any one get bit though take care
Yeah I guess we do things a little different to the rest of the world!😂
@@bambamfabrications t y for the reply
@@ThomasPrior-wv6zn all good mate thanks for leaving us a comment!
Omg .. my sister had a root in the back of one of those 😮
17:19 getting flash back to Julian in Trailer Park Boys! 😂
Soooo good to watch! I know nothing about cars (at all) but seekng tbat gorgeous old girl get up and get down to the pub for a cold one was phenomenal to watch. Congratulations, gentlemen! Be proud.
I’ll buy it for $4500