The Grey Motor Gallery

A free tribute to the Holden “Grey” sideplate six — its engines, heads, induction, magnetos, the cars they drove and the people who built them. Rescued and rehoused as a gift to the community. If you have photos to add, please share them.

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The Engines

Complete grey motors, the cars they powered, and the parts that make them.

Engines 68 photos Cars & Vehicles 43 photos Parts & Components 41 photos

Cylinder Heads & Valvetrain

The exotic twin-cam and rotary-valve heads that transformed the grey.

Foster Twin Cam Head 4 photos Waggot Twin Cam Head 25 photos Dunstan Rotary Valve Head 26 photos Tappet Covers 4 photos

Block & Induction

Blocks, superchargers, crossflows and manifolds.

Canadian Block 2 photos Norman Supercharger 49 photos Repco Crossflow 40 photos Manifolds 16 photos Nasco 9 photos

Ignition & Exhaust

Magnetos and headers.

Magnetos 11 photos Headers 5 photos

Racing & Speedway

Drag strips, speedway humpies and the old racing logos.

Drag Racing 4 photos Speedway Cars 15 photos Speedway Humpies 51 photos Old Racing Logos 22 photos

People & Notable Motors

The names behind the grey — and a few famous engines.

Dud Lambert 10 photos Jack Myers 10 photos Phil Irving 1 photo Racing Greys 2 photos The Thing 8 photos The Judge 1 photo

Reference

Magazine scans and printed history.

Magazine Scans 19 photos