Rods '70 HG Brougham

[old mate]

haha ari, what will we do with you.

power steering would be cool, my old mans hg has diy steering. so calaber, the hk was the only one with greasable crap in the front end/?

bear in mind mate when you do the commodore diff conversion about the diff length. commodore diff is slightly narrower than a hg diff. i think.

 

[Calaber]

Rod

Yeah, I've had both an HT and an HG. Their suspension settings were virtually identical so there's no difference between my HT and what your Brougham would have been fitted with originally. The HK was quite different because it had a tighter, more controlled suspension design, with greasable steel bushes in the front end instead of rubber bushes. So, if I mention HT, you can translate it directly to HG.

The HG was really only a very miinor facelift of the HT with the introduction of the Tri-matic for regular sized Holdens being the only real difference. Just about every other difference between them was cosmetic.

Ari

I'm with the other guys regarding your knowledge of the old girls. Keep with this thread and you'll learn a bit. It's all good stuff and I'm really enjoying digging deep into the memory banks for any helpful info I can come up with.

 

[MR.HG]

inverted my wiper motor last night so its now up in behind the firewall and all u can see in the engine bay is 3 little bolt heads and 3 washers pics soon

 

[ari666]

Keep with this thread and you'll learn a bit.

lol DER thats the reson i am asking these silly questions. also, i wasnt calling you out on the badge thing, just did a google search cos' i wanted to see what they looked like. its true i know very little about these ol' girls but they are probably my favorite holden ever made (shape wise) so trying to absorb as much as i can before the day i actually get one.

the reason i asked about the flutes is cos' one of stressballs shot of a charity cruise:

(soz for the pic steal stress, hope its not copywritten)

had flutes, and to be honest, i HATE them. was wondering if they were stock and if so i would have to change my sights to a regular prem, rather than a brougham.

It's all good stuff and I'm really enjoying digging deep into the memory banks for any helpful info I can come up with.

believe it or not, its much appreciated

 

[383 hatch]

inverted my wiper motor last night so its now up in behind the firewall and all u can see in the engine bay is 3 little bolt heads and 3 washers pics soon

Does it work properly? When i re-located the wiper motor on my Torana, i had to put the wiper motor on the other side of the car on the inside. Reason being if you just put the wiper motor on the inside of the firewall on the same side as it was it will operate the wipers the wrong way and wipe the bonnet, not the windscreen.

HT-G front end was better than HK IMO. HK was very similar to HR with the greasable steel bushes.

But I'm a fan of the HK Brougham myself, i just love the stainless steel grille on the HK.

Fantastic project though mate, keep us up to date.

Ari, that's a Prem, not a Brougham......

 

[Calaber]

lol DER :the reason i asked about the flutes is cos' one of stressballs shot of a charity cruise: had flutes, and to be honest, i HATE them. was wondering if they were stock and if so i would have to change my sights to a regular prem, rather than a brougham.

Hmm, have to disagree with you about the flutes, but then, I'm a trifle biased, I guess. MOre pics of a Prem with them, plus my old 4 year resto on a GTS 350.

Rod - sorry for the intrusion, not trying to hijack the thread, which is of particular interest to me. I love the old HT's and G's, especially the Broughams. Keep us informed of progress.

 

[Calaber]

HT-G front end was better than HK IMO. HK was very similar to HR with the greasable steel bushes.

Those old greasable bushes were a pain to service by they lasted forever and kept the suspension alignment far more accurately, particularly if your car was a V8 and had a few k's on it. The rubber bushes were too soft and I experienced them losing the retaining bolts and washers frequently.




But I'm a fan of the HK Brougham myself, i just love the stainless steel grille on the HK.

Fantastic project though mate, keep us up to date.


Ari, that's a Prem, not a Brougham......

It's ok, he's admitted he's learning.....

 

[MR.HG]

Update

that ugly rust hole under the rear window is almost finished parcel tray ready to be welded in (it was completely rotted out) it just looks better every day - cant get the sand for the blaster till tuesday so im hoping by wednesday i should be able to show you a shiny roof. all repairs done by Peter Spain

 

[MR.HG]

well its been a long and slow week on all fronts my panel beater put his back out lifting a bullbar and has been laid out for a week...poor guy - being a concretor i know what its like havin a bad back lol...work was slow due to rain periods but as the sun comes out this weekend - so does the welder back into the rust repairs and put the roof on hold for now - pics later today

 

[ari666]

soz i never called you back. got back to the hotel at 7.30 and passed out at 9 was not a fun week all round. bloody qld heating making me sweat balls.