Progress

Engine assembly

Engine assembly under way there will be some rare nos parts on this engine.
When painting I used an engine paint frame on the inlet manifold.
I have it by good authority that a paint frame was used on these engines.
I achieved a decent result from this technique.
The over spray onto the inlet manifold was very similar to the original.
I used steel strips and rare earth magnets to secure the masking.

Three versions of rocket red

I won't go into detail wright now about the versions of rocket red.
There are three early mid and late.

Paint on GTS Engine

HQ rocker gear

All rocker gear is still available for Holden. The push rods are NLA.
The inlet manifold gaskets are becoming difficult to if you are chasing the correct rubber front and rear seals.

HQ rocker covers

HQ water pump single outlet.

Single outlet water pumps are getting quite difficult to find now.We have been lucky and have found one for the gts and one for the ss.
Note the blanking on the pump where the earlier 253 had twin outlets.

HQ GTS Engine back from reconditioning.

This was a great find for this GTS project. As the original engine is missing this one is as close to being correct as possible.
The car is a 10/1973 and the engine is a 10 J 3 meaning a 10th of September 1973.
4 weeks before the car being assembled This is about as close as we can get.