Want to get people's attention in a LeMons paddock? Bring this car.

It takes a lot of effort sometimes to get noticed in a 24 Hours of LeMons paddock. In addition to the scads of beat-up and clapped-out racecars, drivers tend to bring their show-offiest vehicles to the race even if they’re just driving. But sometimes, just the right car will stop everyone in their tracks to come take a peek. For one of the Aussies who were at Gingerman Raceway to race the #1 Firenerds V6 Pontiac Firebird, that meant bringing his 1963 Holden EH Special to the track.


The owner bought it off a Kiwi who had imported it and, to his knowledge, it was one of two in North America with the other residing in Canada.

This was an EH “Special,” which was the middle trim on the first-year EH.

The  car was in terrific condition, though far from mint or show quality. But, hey, who cares? It’s the first Holden this writer and most LeMons racers had ever seen in person.

This came with the same 149 cubic-inch straight six engine as the base (Standard) model. The 149and the top trim’s (Premier’s) 179 cubic-inch inline six were both native designs in Australia with zero parts commonality between any U.S. General Motors products.

The owner (shown above) only hung around for a bit before heading back to his hooptie racecar, but the EH looked the part of an early ’60s competitor for the Ford Falcon, nearly the same car that was sold stateside at the time.

The Holden EH Special was probably not much of a head-turner in its homeland, but it certainly turned heads and stopped several teams dead in their tracks to take a gander at it. who can blame them?
 
[All photos copyright 2014 Hooniverse/Eric Rood]