AN icon of Australian motoring, the Holden EH was produced by General Motors-Holden from 1963 to 1965. A total of 256,959 were produced, before the EH was replaced by the Holden HD series.
The EH replaced the EJ series, and was the first Holden to incorporate the new ‘Red’ engine, with a seven main bearing crankshaft instead of the four main bearing crankshaft used in the ‘Grey’ engine.
However, that’s not exactly the engine you see in this custom-built EH.
The car was all but completely rebuilt by Shepparton’s Maskell’s Customs & Classics, and the scale of modifications to this car is extensive.
It starts with a full chassis and a front subframe welded up under the car, providing a solid backbone for the 427ci LS3 V8 up front, with a flat floor and roomier trans tunnel all hand-fabricated by the Maskell’s team.
The rebuild was a family affair. Heath Madgwick bought the car for his father, Jack. But after discussions on how to modify it with the Maskell team, Jack was quickly seen as an outlying voice.
Jack named the car ‘Nosay’, after the decision, ultimately, to make sure he had no say in its rebuild, ceding design rights to Heath and the Maskell team.
The final product features seam-welded panels with the return folds deleted to leave them completely smooth. The bolthole apertures on the front guards were raised, and outer front guard skins were used as inner guard pieces on opposite sides of the engine bay.
Inside, burgundy leather covers Scat front seats and a custom rear, while Classic Instruments gauges and a Boyd Coddington tiller round out the cockpit.
