EH Holden Premier 179 - A True Diamond In The Rough

Many, justifiably, believe the EH Holden to be the pinnacle of Holden design. Beautiful from every angle, visually it is without fault. And to our mind, old cars are a mobile "time-capsule" of our past - and how good is it when you see a car in this kind of condition. 1963 was the year Harry Firth and Bob Jane won the Armstrong 500 (later to become the Bathurst 1000), the Beatles "She Loves You" was top of the charts and, sadly, US President John F. Kennedy would be assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. You can almost imagine that tragic news coming over the airways via the "Picnic Radio" sitting inside the EH dash. Our thanks to Andrew from the EH Holden Car Club for sharing a little of his cars history, and allowing us to get up close to photograph.
Apologies for the audio problems - our equipment let's us down far more than a Holden ever would.
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[@alexdevries5157]

what a machine, can't believe its in such good condition. You two know a lot about the old EH's

[@oakfat5178]

Rego sticker says "In force until 6th DEc 1964".
So it would have been registered 12 months prior, ie Dec 1963.

[@arossi8341]

Great interview - really enjoyed it !

[@shanekh3426]

fantastic, love the EH

[@mebeasensei]

Getting Americanized.....looking under the hood..what? Nice car. Like the swept back shape of the EJ better, and the P R E M I E R letters on the front, but no doubt, the EH a better car all round. Absolute beauty!

[@bobbyfuller3118]

I owned one in 1970, aged 17. Was Pearlescent Blue, with cream leather seats. Chicks loved it.

[@mattwest238]

Loved this vid, especially shots of the nasco brake booster 👍

[@youtubeviewer7030]

the best holden model ever made

[@taylorgarden634]

Great video love the EH

[@bossdog1480]

I had a 149 which ran really well.

[@davidhayter8516]

This bloke treats his cars the same as Jay Leno. Doesn’t let them near water. Leno instructs his workshop to only wipe down the cars rather than wash with water.

[@CoolCaptains]

car looks great, awesome video

[@AussieTVMusic]

I bet Andrew shampoos the towbar every Sunday.

[@thewholls7176]

Remarkable…..!!!!

[@warnerpimped5670]

Great vid. BTW it's a 'Bonnet' not a Hood

[@Jo_Wardy]

EH and EJ are the best Models ever made by Holden. I know people will hate the EJ but I think that's a nicer looking vehicle.

[@andysaunders3708]

IMO, the EH was a snappier looking car.
How come everyone thinks the Hydramatic, (Howdramatic), is a 3 speed.
They're a 4 speed.
Go to Wikipedia.
They are a bloody awful transmission, but seem strong enough.

[@mgunning7362]

Nice car but for my taste too much Nasco stuff. It seems to be a thing lately to load up your old holden with the whole catalog..
I grew up with an EH as the family car, ours had zero nasco and other ehs i knew of were same.
What ours had was a Ferris radio, it was fitted below dash and slid out to be a portable, had its own internal battery and speaker.

[@jasoncarpp7742]

I agree. Otherwise, the car looks perfect. 🙂

[@petersinclair3997]

And the 179 is a real badge.

[@ronstux4428]

I seem to remember there was something unusual about the EH automatic transmission? Was it a 3 speed? A 4-speed? I think I reas somewhere that there were 4 speeds, but the 2 intermediate speeds were both "seconds", one was used on the way up and the other was used on the way down. Can you clarify this?

[@rods6405]

Ronald Stux 3speed hydramatic pos have a look at 2:25 LSD ON THE COLUMN replaced in the HD with power glide 2 speed

[@BCBtrucks64]

they were actually a 4 stage automatic but worked as a 3 speed , being and EH owner since 1980 i only learnt about this fact just this year from official GM notes between GM and Holden officials where they talked about specs and styling

[@cruiser6260]

So he just dusts it off and polishes. No driving it

[@oakfat5178]

He is a little old lady from Pasadena

[@mattnbin]

Why no close up of power brake unit or chrome air intake?

[@cruiser6260]

And whatever windscreen protector they were talking about

[@petersaines7724]

Not 1 picture of the Motor ----- WTF -----

[@rods6405]

Exactly!

[@cruiser6260]

And inside only the radio

[@geesmith6656]

Beaudy

[@peterbarber7613]

should have left the tow tougne black,chrome doesn't suit it

[@mattaitchey4917]

but that boot lid

[@ZoomStranger]

why is the logo tune sung in american?

[@UniqueCarsandParts]

It was all I could afford.

[@justinjoyit13]

Not one picture of the engine bay... or most of the things they were talking about... who edited this? Did they decide to just think, ''Let's cut to something entirely not related to the voice over- like the grill when they're talking about the twin air intake and windscreen protector.. let's show as little of the interior as possible', and lets have someone interviewing who knows nothing about cars it seems.

[@cruiser6260]

All the vids on this channel are like that