Henry powered Holdens

[1970XW351]

The cousin of a mate of mine has a torana he uses for hillclimbs, he got a 250 crank reground to fit in the 202, so it still looks original, just goes a lot better... Not exactly a ford engine in a holden, but part thereof...

[CAMS290]

Originally Posted by JG66ME

Back in 1985 a guru called Brian Plankman fitted a 186 with a three on the tree "racin shifter" into a XY GTHO. It was called the 6 in a row HO

If I recall that car was fitted with Plankmans patented "dash board cam" commonly known as the choke

[burnz]

Originally Posted by GTP290

I was amazed when someone in the "Favourite Holden" thread (which I incedently started) had youtube footage of a VH Commodore doing one of the best ever burnouts and it had a 351 clevo with a toploader gearbox.
I have heard of a HT panelvan having a 250 crossflow in it and an FJ drag car with a 289 windsor in it, (sorry no pics).
Have you guys ever seen a Ford in a Holden, Ive seen plenty of Chevs in Fords, and in XYs aswell, it really is a slap in the face, so now its time to expose the Ford powered Holdens once and for all and give one back for all the Ford fans out there!

VB commo i think youll find
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3lE1xpLLb4

[Jim Goose]

Straying from Holdens a bit, but keeping the Ford engine theme...

In 2002 while out in the outta suburbs of town and my then g/fs place I was out the front yard and could hear the nice roar of a V8 getting closer.
The main road wasnt too far away so i looked in that direction only to see a small red coupe hurtle past and it wasnt a Ford or Holden!

A few months later I snapped these at the local swap meet... the very same car.



A nice old 626!



Now thats a sleeper!

Im not sure what happened to it, as I havent seen it in years now

[mik]

Originally Posted by 1970XW351

The cousin of a mate of mine has a torana he uses for hillclimbs, he got a 250 crank reground to fit in the 202, so it still looks original, just goes a lot better... Not exactly a ford engine in a holden, but part thereof...

i think that was a common one for getting a bit more grunt in the holden 6`s, my mate had a falcon crank machined to fit in his 186 that was fitted into a ht monaro, from memory it was 235 ci.

[blackxrsix]

Originally Posted by 10secondET

what about this sleeper

I was speaking to the guy that owns that car at autofest he said its the ultimate sleeper hes a diehard ford man but the commo,s are cheap he also has another one with a twin turbo 302 clevo he had it at mallanats but done a head gasket his other car is a full house xd show/drag car in dark blue im pretty sure the xd is getting raced at mildura this weekend. :

[Ryan]

I'm just waiting for the day someone throws a Barra Turbo into a VL.

I remember seeing I think it was a HZ, might have been a HX a couple of years ago with a XF 250 Cross Flow.

[Saraco]

Originally Posted by Ryan

I'm just waiting for the day someone throws a Barra Turbo into a VL.

I remember seeing I think it was a HZ, might have been a HX a couple of years ago with a XF 250 Cross Flow.

Barra Turbo into VL? I think it's already been done!

[jcxr]

Originally Posted by GTP290

I was amazed when someone in the "Favourite Holden" thread (which I incedently started) had youtube footage of a VH Commodore doing one of the best ever burnouts and it had a 351 clevo with a toploader gearbox.
I have heard of a HT panelvan having a 250 crossflow in it and an FJ drag car with a 289 windsor in it, (sorry no pics).
Have you guys ever seen a Ford in a Holden, Ive seen plenty of Chevs in Fords, and in XYs aswell, it really is a slap in the face, so now its time to expose the Ford powered Holdens once and for all and give one back for all the Ford fans out there!

You will find that Ben gatts "Aborigine" was an early 260ci Cusso motor. Talk about thread mining!!!!!

[plytme]

I have an old utes and pickups magazine at home, which has an EH ute in it with a 302 windsor, 8.5inch ford diff, and a c4 auto, smart fellar i think!!!!!!!!

[Falcman0o7]

Down here in tas there is a VH drag car with a 351.

[Pis-ton broke]

slightly off topic, some donkeys years ago, we put a 202 into a land rover, and a 250 ford donk into a FJ toyota. All went well.

[DJR-351]

Originally Posted by JG66ME

Back in 1985 a guru called Brian Plankman fitted a 186 with a three on the tree "racin shifter" into a XY GTHO. It was called the 6 in a row HO

That sounds suspiciously like the HO with the 202 red motor fitted, was found in a barn years ago and featured in Street Machine at the time, still got the mag stored away I think....

[last fairlane]

I can remember back in about 1964 there was an FJ running around the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne with a Customline V8 that left no room for the starter it was inside the mud guard
also the HJ Kingswood with the rotary that was mentioned
that was called a Mazda Road Pacer as I recall the bodies were shipped to Japan and fitted with rotaries
Thanks John