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  This stunning EH Holden - photographed in Hobart, Tasmania - has not previously graced the pages of Upper Middle Petrol Head, unlike the lovely Escort that featured in our last post ( https://uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com/2024/12/from-former-canberra-chief.html ).  However, the EH is anything but rare fare for this 'blog with many, many examples being shown, thereby demonstrating the prevalence and extreme popularity of Holden's first car to be powered by their legendary six cylinder "red" engine.   Today's example - a late version, having apparently been built in the last of the EH's three year production run - was in lovely all-round condition.  It was more or less stock, save a QH headlight upgrade, a set of HX-and-beyond Premier / Monaro door mirrors, a sports steering wheel and instrumentation, floor-shift manual transmission and some classic "Jelly Bean" mags shod with B F Goodrich Radial TA s.  It probably had a disc brake front end, to...

Confession time:  This lovely Mk II  Escort coupe - photographed by the FCCC in Tranmere, Tasmania - may have already appeared in UMPH.  But we don't care.      Why?  Because if it is the same car - this one's the identical colour and spec with seemingly matching wheels, but different rego - it's fared very, very nicely since it was last featured a month short of eight years ago.     That's great to see!  It's clearly been cherished and well kept, which is exactly the sort of vehicle that we at UMPH like to bring you.   We couldn't think of a better way to celebrate the car and its proud owner than the following nostalgic clip, a tribute to another yellow Aussie icon of the 1970s:  https://youtu.be/EP-06DT2VQ0?si=PFhUgWlyLU4A__jl . Please enjoy! Did you enjoy this post?  If so, why not browse the rest of the uppermiddlepetrolhead site?  There are loads and loads of classic, sports and performance vehicles fe...