EJ Holden......WILL IT START??

[@henvan8737]

The old squeaky Holden door. It brings back memories.

[@catey62]

Yep, no other car door makes that sound...

[@adio5494]

Loved how the old grey smoothed out the longer it ran. Great old motors.

[@xacoupeguy]

Yeah I noticed that myself

[@catey62]

They are. the one in my FJ I had in the 80's never skipped a beat, always started first turn of the key no matter what the weather. great on petrol too.

[@markorlando4817]

Love the door squeak, brings back memories.

[@xacoupeguy]

I know right every ej ever makes that same noise haha

[@SpockmanPhotos]

Nothing beats the sound of an EJ door closing!

[@tonymontana897]

I love these kind of videos trying to start old sat around engines. Something very satisfying indeed. Thanks Graham !

[@johnroche8307]

Nice find. Congratulations. 👍

[@garyparker7852countryboy]

Now this is a car I would love to own and fix old Holden's are the best to work on

[@richsmith3300]

So are falcons 😆

[@PeterAndersons]

Well kinda... they're not dissimilar to Falcons, but the easiest stuff is Japanese from the 70's - 90's. All you need is a #2 Phillips head, 10, 12, 14 and 17mm sockets and 90% of the car falls apart - and come reassembly time, everything fits perfectly!

[@fortunateson7852]

I have a FB utility. Same engine. 138 grey motor. I always pre mix the fuel with upper cylinder lubricant. Necessary for pre unleaded fuel. Also rumour has it they are making a new “Start You Bastard” spray can. It’s the heavy duty version, it’s called “Start You F- - - - - g C- - t”

[@twilightroach4274]

Definitely a win!just subbed to your channel, after watching your Victorian tank video ( I’m an ex 3/9th SAMR APC Driver) and a car guy I’ve still got my 1978 HZ Sandman in my shed awaiting funding for a complete bare metal rebuild.

[@jimmyjazz9014]

Such an awesome old holden door sound 😊😊

[@gregpaterno1446]

Bloody beautiful graham you can’t kill the grey great car to restore good on you buddy 👍🏽🇦🇺👌🏼💪🏼☝🏼

[@spotto4l564]

We will have 2 start calling you the EJ sedan guy 👌👍

[@xacoupeguy]

I was thinking that lol

[@vautorefinishing7672]

I really love the stainless trim the EJ’s had around the roof lining, looks like a really nice project Graham. Love this video mate 👍🏼

[@xacoupeguy]

I personally much prefer ejs to ehs mainly all the extra chrome and I think the ej front grille is alot less busy than an eh front

[@grahambirt6004]

love it how cool is that ,not bad after all those years , the old 138 back from the brink ,great video ,brought back a ton of memories of my time working on these cars

[@mebeasensei]

EJ I love! More than the EH.. the smooth lines…cruise, the curves…even the 138!

[@xacoupeguy]

Im a firm hardcore ej lover ive had 2 ehs and they're just not the same

[@kpfpv8515]

Awesome find Graham Please please please reconsider and repaint it back to baby blue 😬

[@xacoupeguy]

unfortunally my colour choice is gonna upset some people but trust me it will look beautiful when finished

[@PaullWheatcroft-hr8kb]

You guys are professional I love it

[@markbehr88]

Well done Graham. A great find. If a Melb car it could also have been built at the Dandenong plant.

[@graememathewson9315]

Big win. What a beautiful old car. Top video👍

[@kawakarma]

Nice one. Looking forward to see how your EJ comes up. Do go the original blue! I have a green one that I resurrected after having it in the shed for over 20years. Come over and check her out!

[@jesterr7133]

Thank you for the video. We don't have many Holdens here in the States, and I don't know much about them. I really enjoyed learning something new, and I am looking forward to the future videos on this car.

[@OzCrusader]

Aaaaaaah! The mandatory squeaky Holden door 😮

[@catey62]

She ran like a top once you were able to get her going, doubt it will need much more than rings and bearings and a full gasket set. what a beautiful old girl, look forward to seeing you get her back on the road again where she belongs. cheers from this Holden girl.

[@xacoupeguy]

I was able to get the old girl to drive a day after I made this video I was particularly happy about that and yes runs rather well cheers

[@mroberts2168]

Well done mate. Good luck with the project

[@XEFairmont]

Top score mate. I bet there was a wee little happy dance off camera when the old grey sat there idling. 👍🤣

[@xacoupeguy]

im not gonna confirm or deny anything haha

[@XEFairmont]

@@xacoupeguy LOL

[@stevie2nw]

My dad had one of these in the late 60's-very rare here in the U.K,so we struggled to get spares! Great car though 🙂

[@peterbrown6224]

EJs get a hydraulic clutch, but my LJ Torana had some weird rod and clevis arrangement. Well done on getting the old girl going.

[@jz9985]

My first car was an EJ Station waggon same colour blue. Bought it 1967 and it never missed a beat. Only mechanical repairs were the rear wheel bearings and generator and normal maintenance which was never missed. The rocket cover gaskets also required replacement on occasion. Had it for 10 years and sorry I let it go. Look forward to the restoration. The good old days when you knew what was under the bonnet and had easy access to most components. Joe

[@bushranger51]

Same here, only mine was a sedan in all white, with a red interior, loved that car. Mine was an ex-taxi and it still had a pram rack on the back when I bought it. Never had any mechanical issues with it, reckon it would have stopped a tank (nah, just joking) had reasonably good fuel economy for those days, (like I'm talking when petrol was 29 cents a gallon, back in the late 60's and 25 miles per gallon was considered good, minis in those days did 45 mpg) and I also was sorry my Dad talked me into trading it for something else, but that's another story.

[@BogDustForBreakfast]

Loved the video mate . Made me laugh a few times . The body looks like a keeper as well great find 👌

[@xacoupeguy]

Yeah I had fun doing this video cheers!!

[@randywatson6114]

What a honey of a car Graham!

[@shanedavies9564]

Mate wot a score would love one of those here in nelson nz well done , cheers, shaneo , nelson , nz 👍

[@erikv86]

This car brings back memories of the family car, a HT kingswood

[@knight2425]

Great find and good buy, well done

[@darrenpalmer6073]

Gotta love the classic old Holden door squeak

[@xacoupeguy]

nothing says old holden like that noise haha

[@gregoryrogers3613]

We have eh which belongs my son as project we watch your post every day Please show more

[@xacoupeguy]

I plan too ive already sent my front guard chrome off to be straightened and polished and ordered some of the paint so expect regular updates on the ej

[@johnkirkilis34]

Old Holdens never die l have a beautiful Eh Holden myself 👍😃

[@bossdog1480]

Had several EJ's over the years. Great cars, little slow, but will run at 100k plus all day.

[@boss351gt6]

Cold as, no choke started right up. Shes killer mate.

[@xacoupeguy]

Honestly I was surprised too

[@boss351gt6]

A cammed cleveland would of been carrying on in that weather! Lost a few eyebrows trying to start them haha

[@shevysteven7653]

Saw it on Facebook, great buy especially all the parts

[@davidbarnsley8486]

That 4 gage cluster was the had to have for any eh ej back in the day Looks pretty good graham Just what you need another project 👍👍👍

[@xacoupeguy]

im very torn between leaving the gauges their or removing them

[@davidbarnsley8486]

@@xacoupeguy they are a very period correct accessory,it would depend on are you doing a factory original restoration or something else I remember seeing one guy had actually gotten another dash top and welded two together and then used that for the extra gauges that was pretty trick 👍👍👍

[@tonykluytmans5336]

Awesome Graham, saving an Aussie classic

[@stew6338]

That's a nice score.

[@GeeenJ]

sounded good graham didnt see any fumes from the breather cap so i'd say that engines pretty healthy maybe just a hone and new rings and gaskets take the door lock out and you'll see a 4 digits thats the key code i'd say its most likely got its original locks so you'll get the ignition , doors & boot key from that number its got a later red motor carb the vent valve on the top was red motor eh onward grey carbs dont have it check the size on the side near the needle and seat should be 1/1/32 for grey carb that motor might not be the original it has a auto kick down bracket on the manifold

[@xacoupeguy]

Yeah I thought the carby was wrong

[@xacoupeguy]

Yeah no idea on if its the original motor but it is a J block witch makes me happy but someone's definitely been playing with it over the years

[@russelblackwell6041]

Good on you Graham you deserve it I will say these old holden's played such an important part in Australia n motor car history I have blue blood in my veins but you hafto appreciate the chrome the design the pride in the way they were made not the last lot that was produced plastic and fake chrome great buy Congrats

[@xacoupeguy]

i love ejs soo much this current one is my 7th ej

[@nathanobrien6875]

That sure is a nice blue colour.. you wouldn’t consider keeping it blue Graham?

[@xacoupeguy]

Yeah dont know what time will tell

[@nathanobrien6875]

@@xacoupeguy maybe a viewers poll might be a good way to help decide..

[@onesilvergrey]

Mate how would you go giving it a good service and repair the brakes etc and rolling as it is, at least you’d get to enjoy it for a while. A crusty cool EJ to go with the XB.... winning.

[@xacoupeguy]

Im not stripping to a shell

[@brucepritchard5327]

Yep, I totally agree. Be cool to cruise around in as is, after fixing the brakes and clutch.

[@STREETCARCULTURE]

Good job on getting it started and running. Sounds pretty decent

[@xacoupeguy]

I was able to find its last rego expiry online she came off the road in 1993

[@STREETCARCULTURE]

@@xacoupeguy not bad!

[@deankdx]

i love that vacuum idea for pulling fuel from the tank! saw the air compressor blowing in the fuel tank POPPING THE TANK from your XB didn't we

[@xacoupeguy]

yeah i dont want to repeat history hahaha

[@williamkerr3350]

I had one of those,brown with a white roof,had a white EH wagon too,also had a yellow with green flash FC wagon,had an immaculate HK premier, a 2 speed auto HT wagon, a white HG van,a green HZ,a cream VH commie,a blue VH commie wagon a VP wagon,guess I'm a holden guy.got a lexus gs 300 now,love that straight 6.

[@SpockmanPhotos]

EJ was first ever car and still my fav! I have heaps of parts too and my EJ that I’m slowly working on is original black which is a rare colour for an EJ I believe

[@xacoupeguy]

my first car was an ej so once an ej lover always an ej lover haha

[@pauls3585]

Don't paint this car pink. Repaint it blue

[@rodastley733]

Pink is the worst colour to paint a car.. keep it blue

[@olebrookswado7565]

Well done Graham, engine sounds strong. Why pink mate?

[@xacoupeguy]

Well I always thought the pink ejs looked good and eventually it will be for the misses to drive

[@TigerRogers0660]

Great purchase Graham!! Are you gonna paint it the proper EJ pink??

[@xacoupeguy]

Penola rose! The ej is being for the misses to drive but finding a factory pink ej is insanely hard so I figure ill just paint this one

[@TigerRogers0660]

@@xacoupeguy Top stuff!! I like that colour - with the 2 tone grey roof!!

[@xacoupeguy]

Shes going white roof white wheels and pink but everything as close to factory as possible ive even sent out the 2 front gaurd spears off to be straightened and polished as they were the only ones I had

[@TigerRogers0660]

@@xacoupeguy Looking forward to the finished job - as not many EJ restorations these days!!

[@xacoupeguy]

Ive ordered the white roof paint and a litre of pink so I can do the dash

[@geoffdunstan8567]

Found your channel via Peter Anderson and looking forward to following the EJ resto. I'm going to take a wild guess: do you watch Vice Grip Garage?! best regards Geoff from Merimbula

[@xacoupeguy]

Yes love vice grip garage

[@tassietony1226]

Wonderful old grey motors would love to see it fully restored back to original baby blue and fowlers ivory

[@xacoupeguy]

Fowlers ivory is the eh roof colour this cars factory colour is Swan River blue and Atherton ivory

[@davidewhite69]

If Peter is rebuilding the donk at least you can be assured it will be done right

[@adamheazlett1179]

Go the EJ prem interior and Celica 5 speed and you would have a great cruiser and very cheap to run.That goldy bronze colour was hard to beatin my opinion.But hey it is YOUR car cheers

[@onedayiwillmakesomecontent]

Gawd, then the thing wouldnt farken stop! Is the float bowl a 20 litre drum? Lol

[@xacoupeguy]

Hahaha I was impressed that the fuel pump must have caught up

[@terrenceseymour]

Awesome score though mate. I'd love an EJ or EK in my stable.

[@toddkraus5592]

Pretty neat! So my 55 Bel Air is it’s original blue! Looks neat the same color blue on your Holden! The bel air was originally a 235 straight six and three speed manual shift on the column. Was blessed the driving joy is it has a borg Warner over drive! The over drive just keeps the car from driving like it’s gear bound! Also one of my favorite color combinations is the pink with charcoal gray two tone! Love the original blue of the Holden! Look forward to see how you develop it! Is the Holden a manual shift or automatic? Because for my bel air the shift handle is on the right side of the column! I’m hopelessly right handed and almost fall on my face imagining shifting with my left hand! Neat car buddy!

[@xacoupeguy]

its a 3 speed column manual. you can get ej holdens in left hand drive but the are extremely rare they were export models

[@toddkraus5592]

Cool! Well I rambled on a little but you’ve got another neat car! And as much as I enjoy original it’s nice to shine them back up with new paint! I’ve done most of the work on my bel air on my own and just in my garage! I enjoy watching your body work videos because if I’m going to go next level with it I’m either going to need to get brave enough to do myself or get enough funds to ship over for you to do it!

[@shanesmith9862]

Great find

[@MrButtonpresser]

EJ or EH, lovely models.

[@markelliott6370]

Bloody ripper mate. Good buy By chance if you want to sell the twin carb manifold let me know.

[@xacoupeguy]

Flick me a message on my graham's restorations Facebook page

[@dazzaas4184]

It wants leaded fuel can you still get lead substitute

[@johnhumphreys3246]

I think u might find this a earily 1962 EJ I had one many years ago

[@davidbarnsley8486]

All it needs is an Italian tune up 🤣🤣

[@normanjulian5537]

That engine sounds fine. Do a good service and if it doesn't blow smoke out the breather or too much through the exhaust than save thousands and not recondition it. For now anyway.

[@adamheazlett1179]

Compressed air in the fuel tank moves a lot of gunk .Rag and blow gun does the trick

[@brentonkermeen5665]

i just heard u say the car is going to be pink when painted why? not a good colour for EH EJ

[@xacoupeguy]

Guys don't like the colour but women love it!! And who really makes the final say in 99% of married car guys purchases.....hmmmmmm

[@thef71]

Honestly graham I don't think that engine needs a rebuild change gaskets and rebuild carby and paint it . Would last for quite along time especially how much it would get driven

[@xacoupeguy]

Yeah some discussion have been had between me and Peter and we are probably gonna leave this motor alone

[@thef71]

@@xacoupeguy engine sounds beautiful my mum had a eh sounded exactly the same

[@xacoupeguy]

@@thef71 its amazing how all these old Holdens make the same noises

[@StarlightWorkshop0z]

Miss my ej

[@andyjames2082]

My first car was a EJ, tore out the grey and put in a big block 179HP red, that was 45 years ago 🤣

[@einfelder8262]

I did a bit of a number on my EJ - HR disc/ball joint front end, 202 with ported and polished 149 head, triple 1 3/4 SUs, cam, dizzy mod, 3 speed all synchro box, 2.78 diff, Corolla buckets, lowered and widies, gauges, tacho, smaller steering wheel. :) She was a bit thirsty but man did it go when it hit 3000 rpm. Had to put the all synchro box in because it just tore the original box in half one day - I'd hit 3000 before it was up to temperature and BANG :) Great memories of carefree times.

[@MetalMania3DTV-TAS-AUS]

Awesome EJ Holden had a few of these in my day, these weren't very old when I started my trade, mechanic/Panel beater fabricator by trade old school, New Subscriber and we hit the bell, check us out when u get time, as we also make miniatures of real cars also, cheers KC Tasmania Australia 🇦🇺🤝🇦🇺😎👍🏆🥇

[@gazza116]

carby is off a emission control engine.

[@Mursaat666]

Top stuff as always

[@terrenceseymour]

We did this to an EK back in 89. I poured the gas from a plastic milk bottle into the carb and my mate got it going so I threw the bottle to the left of the radiator and slammed the bonnet, off he went till the bottle hit the fan, he smelled it and jumped out at 50kmh and it jumped a ditch and it burnt to the ground 😪

[@xacoupeguy]

Thats why I had a fire extinguisher handy i thought...I really like this car how about we don't burn it too the ground haha

[@terrenceseymour]

@@xacoupeguy mate it was like you were reading my mind with every step. In my mind I was screaming.."get an extinguisher " and you said.. " I'll just grab an extinguisher " lol. I thought I had killed my mate that day as when we found the car there were flames 50 foot in the air and people standing around and I asked where the driver was and they replied he was still in it then someone piped up and said he was out. Poor bugger lost a lot of skin as was only wearing shorts when he hit the road. He just opened the door and jumped out at 50kmh! Lol.

[@mickcowle537]

I got an Ej and am going to need parts . Can I get your details please

[@xacoupeguy]

Unfortunately this video is abit old now and I've actually sold nearly everything I had there. I'm sorry to say

[@markorlando4817]

Just googled Penola rose, I remember seeing one back in the day.

[@xacoupeguy]

its a really great colour i think i freaked everyone out by saying bright pink i ment to say pale pink haha

[@Peter-hg5qd]

Pink?

[@mattbaker5644]

hey there, I have a use for an EJ wiper motor if you have a working one you're willing to let go, even better if you have a spare wiper switch to go with it. I'm told it'll bolt in pretty easily as a replacement for the old trico vacume one on my '59 Ranchero. I'm happy to pay a fair price + shipping to Melbourne :-D If you're interested, let me know the best way to contact you directly -Thx Matt

[@xacoupeguy]

Flick me a message thru my graham's restorations Facebook page thats the fastest way to contact me

[@deankdx]

watched any Vice Grip Garage eps? a guy could learn a lot about sucking rusty/gunk fuel up from the tank

[@xacoupeguy]

the hand pump makes life so easy

[@mickcowle537]

How much did you pay for it ?

[@xacoupeguy]

$8500

[@sashas8168]

pink.....surely you're kidding

[@xacoupeguy]

Not in the slightest the factory did infact make pink ejs the colour is called penola rose

[@lucasbarryfitzsimmons5130]

Any ej wagon parts

[@xacoupeguy]

Unfortunately not im afraid

[@fredjones1238]

why not keep the engine that came with it

[@xacoupeguy]

Im going to but im going to get it made beautiful

[@fredjones1238]

@@xacoupeguy right on COOL

[@67wogval]

@@xacoupeguy i think you should keep it the original blue too mate. Originality is where it is, and your planning on keeping the grey motor still. Oh it ran so good i think you may not even need to rebuild it too! Id be doing a compression test on it and go from there.

[@crystal59]

My ej 😍

[@peterjackson4863]

The blue is duck egg blue

[@malcolmmathers2690]

a bit off a survivor car in it score

[@malcolmmathers2690]

had a few of ej -eh s that one looks like a good resto project not to far gone

[@mackey2680]

Reminder: don’t drop the fuel plug

[@xacoupeguy]

Best thing is after emptying the tank i drop the spanner in the old fuel haha

[@mackey2680]

@@xacoupeguy HAAHAH that’s funny as 😂 keep up the good work mate love ya stuff

[@gixgix457]

3 of them now lol

[@xacoupeguy]

2 and 1/5th hahaha

[@ivanolsen7966]

why you would paint it PINK ,,,, is beyond me

[@xacoupeguy]

Because if I ever had to sell it, it'll be easy as Because it'll be very attractive to woman who are 90% of the decision makers in car buys for most blokes

[@adamheazlett1179]

Please dont slam doors

[@davidlesliebull]

not pink mate. deserves to be original, paint it factory, or consider passing on to someone who will restore it. sorry. i am over mock/tribute or restomods... lasted this long only to be molested

[@xacoupeguy]

Its going to be completely original except for it being a factory ej holden pink and I won't be selling so im not too worried

[@onedayiwillmakesomecontent]

@@xacoupeguy it's only paint!

[@xacoupeguy]

@@onedayiwillmakesomecontent yep haha

[@coolhandluke1503]

You have a right to your opinion but don't have a right to tell people what to do. It's not like there aren't any original ej's

[@gregoryrogers3613]

I watch a show all the time can you find me an H in the same condition as that one Ha Hah

[@xacoupeguy]

They do pop up but the good ones are getting pricey i did actually pay a good amount of coin for this one

[@neilpalandri-jones689]

First