Street Machine

IN THE BUILD

TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK

JESSE HELDENS

EH HOLDEN WAGON

“WE BOUGHT this 1964 EH in June last year as an abandoned project that desperately needed life. With a deadline of Cooly Rocks On 2024, my 24-year-old fiancée (an automotive detailer) and I (a 28-year-old automotive spray painter) have a lot of work ahead of us, as the car is being built with minimal tools in a carport. Mods include a small-block V8, three-quarter chassis, a custom diff, four-link, wheel tubs and an all ’round airbag set-up. The floor as been raised and a trans tunnel made to fit the Turbo 350 and one-piece tailshaft,

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