G'Day SGO, I'm doing the same thing to my ek and I'm wondering if you mounted the VP motor to the original mounting plate? Or did you use something else?

G'Day Liam, I've put the seats out of my toyota 4 runner into my EK, they're nice & cumfy. Out of all the seats I looked at putting in my car, the toyota ones always seemed to be the best quality. I decided to put high back seats in for safety reasons but the headrests are removable so you can retain the early model look if you want to. hope this helps,

G'Day, I put an HR front end in my EK station wagon and bought a "Castlemaine Rod Shop" conversion kit for a commodore rack and pinion for about $500 which came with a shortened commodore rack, mounting brackets, and everything you need to do the job. It worked beautifully and didn't change the original turning circle at all. You may have to scallop out a small section of your sump to make way for where your shaft connects to the rack if you are running a grey motor - you won't have to if running a red. You will also have to convert your own steering column. Gemini columns are the go or you can use a commodore one if you don't mind the look of them. I converted my EK column by cutting it off at the firewall and welding it to the two plates that usually bolt to the firewall around the column with a rubber seal. I then got a bearing out of the top of another EK column and modified it to fit up inside the end I had cut. I then turned a small section of the end of the shaft that protrudes from the column down to fit a universal joint from a torana steering shaft. Then I got the bottom section of a commodore shaft (the bit that bolts to the rack) and turned it down to suit the torana joint also and joined it all up. It all works beautifully and I've heard from other guys that the commodore kit works heaps better than the torana ones. Good Luck