Upper Middle Petrol Head:

I'm moderately confident that this lovely late 1950s' Holden is an FE, not that GM Australia's logical-as-a-madman's-rant model designation convention really helps!  If it is an FE, it was followed by the FC, then the FB and the EK!  Next were the EJ, EH, HD, HR, HK, HG and HT lineups, before we hit the HQ, HJ, HX and HZ!!  (I think that's right?)  At least the last two more more or less alphabetically sequential, even if the HY - and a few others - went missing in action.  All over the place like a lunatic's poop, I tell you!  Madness!! I'm so glad I got that off my chest!  The car's magnificence speaks for itself, so please enjoy the following photos.   U M P H (uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com.au.) All iPhone images.

These photos - taken on a drizzly, coolish day on the final stage of the last day of Targa Tasmania, 2019 - certainly added some excitement to what hadn't been the most enthralling motor racing I've ever seen.  To be fair, nobody wants to bend their cars when the finishing line is, quite literally, only a matter of a few kilometres away.  And, for many competitors, the risk of an "off" wasn't really worth it when it was unlikely to make much difference to their final results, anyway. So, my mates and I would like to salute the ballsy pilot of the XR5 seen here having a red hot go and overtaking a magnificent TR8.  It was a great bit of wheelsmanship on both drivers' behalf, having to contend with a slimy, rough road surface and compromised lines whilst punting along at a fair clip.  Kudos! And the winner is ... we, the spectators! We, the spectators The spectator platform   I'm not sure what's happened to the order o