For Sale. . .

 Yeah folks, the big man's ride is for sale, just don't tell his missus. Hodgey's Mercury out on the tarmac catching a few of Ballarat's wonderful sunny rays. . .

 Slammed on its arse. . .you can't get any lower than this. Looking lovely with its nice new touch up.

Never know what you'll find when you go for a strole out the back door. . . Hmmm?

New diff's arrival. . . .

 Borg Warner cut down to fit under the EH, sitting as is waiting for a paint job. . .

 Limited slip centre with 28spline billet axels to take the torque of the VE motor. . .

Free advertising. . . AE Engineering from Geelong handcrafted the Borg Warner diff with 3:45 gears to match the requirements of the VE gearbox  and computers. If the gears are any different then communication and speed sensors are incorrect. . .

Housing a new guest. . .

 SV6 sitting pretty in the engine bay, it fits like it was designed to be there. Only thing that needs to be seriously thought about is the airconditioning compressor. . .

 Gearbox is huge and sits perfectly so that the shifter will sit where the hand drops naturally from the wheel. This couldn't have been any better if we tried. . .

Overall engine height sits low enough so that it won't need any alterations to the bonnet. . .

New ride height. . .

 This is the new ride height of the EH now that it's back up the right way.

The age old stand-by for ride height is the lemonade can and oop's this is now a little bit low. Ride height will be jacked up for the 'jacks'.

Out with the old and in with the new. . .

 The big man at work welding in the new hand-made spring mounts. Shame about the bright reflection from the highly polished balding head. . . . hahaha

 Hand-made front mount for the rear leaf springs sitting in new raised location. Pure artistry in metal, magician at work!

This pick shows the old spring mount sitting 50mm higher than the floor. The new mount is now 20mm below floor height which means the sills are now the lowest part of the car. This build is breaking new ground all the time and showcasing the big man's talent with all things metal. . .

Final floor bracing. . .

 Final floor bracing in place now runs all the way to rear of car and ties into original internal bracing put in place by Holden workers way back in '63.

Passenger side rear brace tacked into position. . .

Full floor removal. . .new direction

 Full floor removal, Hodgey has decided to do it 'his' way and the results look great!

 The 'boys' hard at work carefully rolling the new floor sections through a swaging machine. Placing the swages into the floor sections structurally strengthens the flooring.
L to R. . John, Andrew and Dave.

Looking towards the rear through the engine bay see's that the firewall has been opened up to accept the huge new motor and gearbox that will soon be calling this space 'home'.

New floors, looking 'round. . .

New floors in place with cross bracing. Front brace is new gearbox mount and rear brace is structural to prevent side impact crushing.

In cabin looking up to new floors towards rear of car. Old tunnel section still has to be removed.

New floors looking towards fire-wall, front tunnel still has to be trimmed for new gearbox.

New flooring in place. . .

 New floor bracing fits right into the old sub-frame. Front cross brace is also new gearbox mount.

Looking forward from new tubbed rear see's the floors in place with new bracing.