The Lost Australian LEGEND That Destroyed Everyone!

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The Australian LEGEND That Destroyed Everyone!
Back in time to 1960s Australia and discover the awesome Holden EH S4! This video dives into the story of one of Australia's coolest cars.
Holden started way back in 1856 making saddles, but by the 1960s, they were cranking out some seriously cool rides. The EH series hit the streets in 1963 and changed the game for Holden. These cars weren't just good-looking - they were built tough for Australia's rugged roads.
The star of the show was the EH S4. Holden only made about 120 of these bad boys, mostly to meet racing rules. That makes them super rare and valuable today!
What made the S4 so special? It all starts under the hood with the "Red" engine. This 179 cubic inch six-cylinder powerhouse could pump out 120 horsepower. That might not sound like much today, but back then, it was a big deal!
Holden didn't stop there. They beefed up the gearbox to handle all that power, slapped on better brakes, and even added a bigger fuel tank. Why? Because the EH S4 was built for racing!
In 1963, Holden entered the EH S4 in the famous Bathurst 500 race. This was Holden's first real crack at serious motorsport, and it helped cement their reputation for building fast, tough cars.
The best part? The EH S4 looked just like a regular EH on the outside. It was a true "sleeper" - a car that looks normal but packs a serious punch.
Today, car nuts go crazy for the EH S4. Finding one in good shape is like striking gold, and they can sell for big bucks at auctions.
The EH S4 wasn't just a car - it became a piece of Australian history. It showed that Holden could build cars that were tough enough for the Outback but still fast enough to tear up the racetrack.
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@waltaylor7414 Месяц назад

I’ve owned FJ, EJ, EH, and HR prem. That was when cars had character, they were the best times.

@yasi4877 15 часов назад

The EJ was horrendously slow. One motor mag gave it a top speed of 79mph. Someone might be able to answer this question - did the slow-shifting hydramatic transmission have 3 or 4 forward gears? Officially 3 but it was said to have a barely detectable ultra low first.

@gone547 Месяц назад

Who remembers Norm Beechey's S4?

@kensutherland414 Месяц назад

Not me but an old bloke I used to mechanic with worked for him in Shepperton I think I was.

@MrPropanePete Месяц назад

I remember Norm’s S4 very well, saw it several times at Calder Raceway in Melbourne.

@gone547 27 дней назад

Wonder where it is? Still exist, in a museum somewhere, in private hands? Valuable part of Aussie racing history.

@ianmcleod9088 27 дней назад

Neptune racing .

@MrPropanePete 27 дней назад

@@ianmcleod9088 Yep, the Neptune Racing Team. Norm in the EH, later in the Mustang in 1962 or 63. Peter Manton in the Mini Cooper S and Jim Mkeown in a Lotus Cortina.

@Kysushanz Месяц назад

When I was a teenager, dad got a 1964 EH wagon and I just loved it. Even now, i still see the EH Wagon as the epitome of classic car design, it just seems to be so perfectly balanced and proportional. We got a Zephyr MkIII after that, but I still liked the EH. Dad reckoned teh 179 engine was better than the 186 X2 engine that came out in 1965. Damn, those were the days!

@shaynejones830 5 дней назад

WHAT A REAL BLOODY HOLDEN I HAD A SEDAN AND A STATION WAGON.O.K.

@yasi4877 15 часов назад

The 179 doing the ton must have given Ford heart failure as they only had the 144 cu.in six in the Falcon. The Pursuit 170 followed; with pursuit and follow being the operative words. The cops had them. One mag had Ford's 170 doing 0-60 in under 11 seconds - hard to believe as that was AP5/6 territory?

@velcroman11 Месяц назад

I had an EH station wagon, best car I ever had, bar none.

@jeeves6490 Месяц назад

I was driving behind a beautifully restored EH wagon a few months ago, it looked better than new, little old lady driving it. I was gobsmacked by how small it was in comparison to what we've become used to. But I don't remember ever thinking it was a smaller car back in the day.

@user-kw5lk7kg2o 22 дня назад

As above.

@kensutherland414 Месяц назад

I had a panel van undercoat grey 186, 149 head. 090 grind cam,X2 Manifold, extractors, Celica 4 Speed. And three bullet holes in the r/h door and guard. Called it the CAVE. Loved it.

@jeeves6490 13 дней назад

@kensutherland414 Ah, yes popular colour 'racing grey' at the drags. Miss the sound of a hot red motor sometimes.

@arthurdunn1452 Месяц назад

My dad purchased an eh 1963 first 149, what a beautiful ute it was,powerful,plenty of get up and go, easy to drive, wasn't sincro in first gear, much easier than the 48 chev ute. Australia 🇦🇺

@johnd8892 Месяц назад

Although the EH S4 was made to win at Bathurst, they did poorly in both the 1963 and 1964 Bathurst 500 races. Wheels falling off were a major problem for one thing. The lighter Ford Cortina GT winning in 63,64 and 65. That was the car Harry Firth chose to run as larger cars were stressing wheels, tyres, fuel and brakes.

@amraceway Месяц назад

Rubbish! The Holden S4 finished second in 1963 and took 5 of the top ten places in its class. Hardly doing poorly against a much higher spec Cortina that had disc brakes and a four speed gearbox as opposed to drum brakes and 3 speed gearboxes in the EHs..

@motorised1 Месяц назад

@@amracewaysounds like a bunch of excuses

@PiDsPagePrototypes Месяц назад

@@amracewaySure, it was Holden's high performance model, and was still slower then the base model automatic AP5 and AP6 Valiants.

@amraceway Месяц назад

@@PiDsPagePrototypes Not at Bathurst.

@MickH60 Месяц назад

@@amraceway Everything he said was correct mate....

@Mr2rude4u Месяц назад

great car but terrible video, you keep showing the red motor with a supercharger that it never had

@leonaessens4399 Месяц назад

Glad you pointed that out. I've had three of these EH S4s and I was thinking, what's that supercharger doing in there, I can't remember mine having one of those... As to the EH itself, they sure were good-looking cars, even if I don't think they were Holden's best, but they were nice to drive and they were everywhere. In later years they were a second-hand car dealer's bread and butter! At one time, when I was living in Darwin, a bunch of yahoos stole my EH during the night and ended up in a creek with it. It was all banged up, but a local farmer dragged it out of the creek for me and I drove it home!

@MrFister84 Месяц назад

Uses a shitty AI voice too.

@toby621 Месяц назад

Ehs4 never heard of it My first car was a eh

@matton36 29 дней назад

Worse they portray the red engine as tough. ive built a number of them and i can tell you that they are utter garbage that barely even withstand a 1 to 1 hp to cube ratio. Junk is their name. BTW, they also showed a gearbox with a jet engine bolted to it lol

@toby621 29 дней назад

@@matton36 The only red motor that’s junk is the 202

@peterg321 11 дней назад

My Dad owned many Austin 10s back in the 70s... they were old then. His favourite was a 1932 model Austin 10 boasting a 10 HP motor... There was an emblem on the back of the front guards saying - Holden Body Works! Yep assembled in SA with parts from the UK.

@hazzargooleypunch5805 Месяц назад

In the late 70’s, I had the EH Flintstones Special Wagon version: the floor was rusted out in the back row so passengers could lift the mat and run on the ground for extra power. Also useful for braking.

@ldnwholesale8552 Месяц назад

I had a couple of those.Bad on wet roads!

@yasi4877 12 часов назад

When visiting my uncle in Maryland US in 1970 he had a LHD metallic silver EH Premier station wagon in his garage. He found it abandoned in a GM vehicle park somewhere. Said it was a special build sent over for the World Expo. They were about to scrap it but he was able to buy it. They had left the windows down and the seats had rotted. He got them redone up somehow and the car spent the next few years driving around on the streets of DC.

@AusMossy Месяц назад

This is obviously AI generated. Keeps repeating the same phrases over and over and seems to be full of poor quality photos and videos lifted from somewhere else.

@johncunningham4820 25 дней назад

The Voice sounds like Real Person to me . Also got the Facts Right . Kinda rare that . I don't really think there is much " NEW FOOTAGE " of EH Holden's to be had these days . You don't like it ? Do your Own Review then . Show us ALL how it's done .

@ZoomStranger 25 дней назад

agreed. never saw the blown "red motor" in any EH

@paceysgameplay 25 дней назад

Commenting to say i agree, clearly is a ai generated script read by a ai generated voice with a overlay first result images and videos being selected and upscaled by ai. All probably autonomously being created by a program that some dude wrote

@johncunningham4820 24 дня назад

@@ZoomStranger Really ? How unfortunate . I Have . A Show car obviously , but Red Motors could definitely be built strong enough for a Blower .

@user-kw5lk7kg2o 22 дня назад

My first car. 179 EH Auto Premier wagon, bucket seats and metal grey with white roof. Bullet proof.

@frankiejh7510 Месяц назад

Holden never worried too much about rust prevention

@michaelhawes6340 29 дней назад

Yes, I always thought the FE model should have been named FE2O3.

@jeeves6490 22 дня назад

@frankiejh7510 It was as good as anything else at the time. Fords had temporary sills all through anything that started with X.

@RoverIAC 9 дней назад

I know a guy down the street who has a mint condition S4 that was on the mountain as part of the SV team in 1963. Only 14 S4s are know to still exist.

@markrowe-su3be 13 дней назад

My first car, the mighty EH. I loved that car, good times 18 years of age. Oh and that back seat got a work out🎉

@JoshuaRoberts-kq9cs 11 дней назад

Yeah you and your hand sicko.

@baabaabaa-yp2jh Месяц назад

The old man worked at Holden (R&D) and my uncle, both started at SAR. First brand new car we had was a EH Wagon, good bus, but rusty (they left the steel outside, acc to the old man).. The HR was better, esp the X2 Prem.

@LSturboguy Месяц назад

my 1st car was an EH, I love them if I ever get a bug to restore a old Holden it would be an EH, I learned my car skills on it I put in hj panel van tail lights in it and was the 1st time I painted a car Aussie 202 and 4 speed, it never had power brakes they didn't show up till HR with a remote booster

@ldnwholesale8552 Месяц назад

S4s had sintered metal linings and a power booster. The booster was a dealer special from at least EK on.

@AndrewJackson-mf5qp 27 дней назад

Me too.

@ldnwholesale8552 Месяц назад

The EH S4 was an interesting car. With huge problems for racing. How they kept a gearbox in them was a mystery. Some cheating I feel sure. Then the front hubs and stubs were quite weak and they tore the centres out of the wheels. As a road car apart from the terrible gearbox they [for the time] went well, handled well and stopped,, well ok., I owned an S4 from 72-75 and it was given a hard time. Gearbox was replaced with a later model 3 speed all synchro which stopped gearboxes exploding. In actual fact the FJ gearbox had the same internals in a stronger case. With just over half the horsepower and mine was mildly modded. My big tank EH ended up only holding about half a gallon more than the std one. Bottom was pushed in bad EHs came originally with 149 red, soon aftr 179 with power sapping hydramatic. Then the S4 with a rehashed 149 box. After that all 179EHs had that gearbox. As well as HD HR and many HKs. Subsequently I have owned a dozen plus EHs,, a couple of fairly nice ones, a sedan and EH van. I was given an EH wagon that I drag raced the following day! High 18s!

@Rob-fc9wg 27 дней назад

The 48 - 215 (FX) was based on a rejected post war Chev design, and was designed, engineered and prototyped in Detroit before being shipped to Australia for testing and evaluation.

@wizzard5442 26 дней назад

All Holdens from 1948 to 64 were scaled down Chevies either of the same year or 3 years after like FB/EK -> 1957 Chevy. After 1965, the resemblance wasnt so noticeable.

@Rob-fc9wg 25 дней назад

@@wizzard5442 That's true.

@geoffgeoff143 Месяц назад

It was a big event to see the odometer of a grey or red hit 100,000 miles. We would take a photo of it turning over.

@darrylmackie9184 Месяц назад

Are you the Full QUID ? jeff jeff.

@MickH60 Месяц назад

@@darrylmackie9184 Are you an a-hole? at the time it was a milestone for the old holdens to hit 100k miles, you're obviously not old enough to know.....

@peterms6163 Месяц назад

Even I had 100,000 miles on my EH. With the 149 motor. Then the odometer stopped working, so I really didn't know how many miles were on it when I sold it in 1975. I suspect this is just trash talking. There must have been tens of thousands of EHs which got over 100000 miles: probably the majority.

@brianpatmore8418 2 дня назад

The 1963 model Holden was the EJ and was different in the grill and boot/tail light areas. It had a grey side valve motor of about 124 cubic inches. Your statements with the shown 1964 EH models is correct with the same basic body shell as the EJ but with the red motor in 149 and 179 cubic inch motors. I have owned several of each.

@batmanlives6456 Месяц назад

There was only around 120 of the S4s made They were an experimental exercise at best … The brake upgrade was a bigger return spring …. You carry on about the S4 like it was a big thing …

@johnd8892 Месяц назад

Yes not really a big upgrade. I found from a search : "The Holden EH S4 was fitted with - 3.55 diff ratio, sports shock absorbers, upgraded three-speed manual transmission, heavy-duty clutch, brake booster. "

@MickH60 Месяц назад

It's not a big thing now, but back in 63 it was definitely a big thing....

@ldnwholesale8552 Месяц назад

EH S4 had sintered metal linings and a power booster and wider front drums. The improved gerabox was still crap, upgraded clutch bigger than the 149 one. They had a bigger fuel tank. Plus ofcourse they were the first 179 manual EHs. Before that they were all 149s with manual.

@ldnwholesale8552 Месяц назад

@@johnd8892 The diff centre was supposed to be better material. To me the same as all EHs. most had 3.55s. Shocks were std. Read the S4 supplement for the EH workshop manual.

@AlanBrazil-ox2fr 29 дней назад

@@ldnwholesale8552 They also had a small tacho...when first available,the 179 was only with the Auto box,because the original manual wasn't strong enough...after the S4,it was thenavailable

@Frederick-in2rz 11 дней назад

Love The EH, one of the best cars ever

@awp1958 Месяц назад

Destroyed everything? Fords 1.5 litre Cortina GT beat it at Bathurst every time.

@gone547 26 дней назад

Purpose built race-car vs. A family hack. Don't see any Cortina GTs around but see plenty of EHs.

@awp1958 25 дней назад

@gone547 Cortina GT was a standard production model, no extra mids at all. If it was better on the track it was just better. The later GT500 was a modified special but it met the requirements of limited production at the time.

@ate71622 15 дней назад

It’s called power to weight ratio. Why can’t ford heads ever compare apples to apples?😂

@normanhunter7 29 дней назад

Must have been some collaboration between Aussie and UK GM designers of the Holden and some Vauxhall models as the similarly stands out.

@MacRODesign55 29 дней назад

Yeah, shots of EJ's with that crappy grey motor being touted as EHs. EJ and EH grilles and bonnets were different.

@suelynch Месяц назад

I got my drivers licence in my fathers EH Wagon in the early 1970's. He got the car in 1965, from Smiths of Port Adelaide. It was a 3 on the tree, had heaters. That car went like the bloody clappers. I guess chocolate brown wasn't a popular colour because In summer it was a great joy to lose layers of skin when you sat on the seats. Even seat covers didn't help.

@fragpinball5194 6 дней назад

Request: DeTomasso Pantera

@kennethgibbons7619 Месяц назад

If you are interested in Aussie cars you should check out the HD LX2

@MickH60 Месяц назад

There is no such thing as a HD LX2, it's a HD X2, there was a HR X2 as well , until they changed to the 186s later on in the production of the HR..

@brentmeredith5295 Месяц назад

The HD X2 twin carb 179 and 3 speed transmission the HR x2 was a twin carb 186 and I think had a 4 speed that part I might be wrong but yeah i do know they had the same twin single barrel down draft carburetors just different engine sizes and also came standard with disc brakes. The same twin carb set up used on the early LC toranas with a 186

@AlanBrazil-ox2fr 29 дней назад

@@brentmeredith5295 The original HR had an X2 option...was later changed to 186S...then the 4sp Opel box was an option...and disc brakes

@bitemykrank1970 Месяц назад

Holden really got the shape RIGHT on the EJ-EH series. One of the BEST looking cars ever built in Australia. Then they f**ked it up again with the GHASTLY looking HR.

@ldnwholesale8552 Месяц назад

Highly Raceables looked good, Highly Dangerous though were more subjective

@ashleyflint3501 26 дней назад

HEY ,Hey, The HR was one of the best utes I have ever owned, never ever broke down even though the motor was stuffed, it just kept going !

@geoffgeoff143 Месяц назад

Holden eventually moved to a black engine to hide the oil leaks.

@darrylmackie9184 Месяц назад

You Obviously couldn't Afford one, so the VW was your option.

@MickH60 Месяц назад

The LAST iteration of the holden six was the black engine, that's 30 years of success you knob. It's obvious you never had any Holden sixes, your comment is laughable garbage, and I'm not even a Holden guy, but i'm old enough to know better....

@ZoomStranger 25 дней назад

yawn. Nah it was because red oil was no longer available

@lauriedooker1031 29 дней назад

@3:51 time stamp . Look at the holders red . It’s got a blower on it . 😂

@MacRODesign55 5 дней назад

That AI narration really bugged me the second time I watched it.

@michaelscurr9046 Месяц назад

I remembered bouncing around in the back no seat belts on in mum and dad's second hand eh i even got a drive in dads lap accasionally

@stuew6 6 дней назад

I Love car used for Racing

@1310mini1 29 дней назад

It was & will always be a great car

@AndrewJackson-mf5qp 27 дней назад

I had an EH wagon that was on another level and the smoothest riding car I've ever had the pleasure of driving. Silly me, had a few beers and f$%k&d it up. I cried.

@user-gf3hz3ot7w 8 дней назад

I had anEH 179 hp 3 on the tree amazing car,, swapped it for a slab ofVB ,,,,

@nealenewton4193 Месяц назад

May I suggest that you track down and buy Australian Muscle Car magazines in-depth article released several years ago now.

@enothewonderdog Месяц назад

Re the bathurst 500 & 1000. It used to be a 500 mile race, it's now a 1000 kilometre race.

@jondoe8816 Месяц назад

In 63 a 179 was auto and a manual was 149. The s4 was a 179 manual plus the extras you mentioned. Think they came out in 4 colours Winton red and Fowlers ivory roof. There was a dark blue and white too not sure of he other colours. In 64 the 179 was manual as standard and auto as an option. My mum had the 179 manual but not S4. Nod not sure weather the s4 had a different body code. As a special was EH-225. the second 2 meaning special and the 5 meaning sedan and so on 235 prem 215 standard I think 214 taxi but the 179 had a steel crank in the HP block as the HD had 179 on the block.

@MickH60 Месяц назад

Nope, you could get manual in both 179 and 149, in fact, most were manuals, they also came out in over 30 colours. Google EH paint codes.... I have an EH wagon , a EJ ute and a HD holden ute. The EH wagon is a 1963 179 manual, all original , Morwell Grey and fowlers Ivory roof....

@jondoe8816 Месяц назад

@@MickH60 we’re talking 63. By 64 the option was open. Eh was all colours. But I was talking about the S4 wasn’t many colours. And I’m not sure if I ever seen a 149 auto

@jondoe8816 Месяц назад

@@MickH60 off the net The 179 manual option was not available until April 1964. Other new models were also introduced. They were the Premier wagon, and the limited edition S4 model. The S4 was introduced in September 1963.

@ldnwholesale8552 Месяц назад

EH and HD X2 cranks wee steel. After that they were cast. And seldom ever caused an issue. Even on 202s. Which had bad viabrations. People have turned them 7000 rpm plus for the last 60 years!

@user-nr5wx7md4d 15 дней назад

it's the weirdest thing to hear US citizens talking about Australian cars

@AlanRFisher 24 дня назад

The Bathurst 500 and the Bathurst 1000 are 2 different races.

@robertbutler8004 25 дней назад

The EH Holden 179 was the first Australian home-built car that could reach 100 mp

@Lance_Arn 29 дней назад

Lets see... I have owned the EH sedan, HD wagon, HR sedan, LC Torana GTR, 71 HQ GTS and a 73 HQ GTS.. After that is has been Japanese brands for the last 25 years.. I no longer have any of the Holden's and wish I still did. They are worth a mint today...

@Chapps1941 Месяц назад

0:56 the Holden fell apart on Redex Round Australia Trials. The cars had American suspension that fell apart. Peugeot were the car Holden thought they were.

@alanmcewen6111 8 дней назад

Back in my youth a mate had an EH, and it had a factory "grey" motor from the EJ series how it passed QC I dont know.

@farnthboy Месяц назад

Mate had an S4 EH back in the 70s - had a hot 186 in it & went bloody well. Used to supprise a few V8's in the day. - sadly it rusted away to oblivion.

@brokensuave Месяц назад

This certainly feels like it has been made entirely by AI

@tonyratcliffe4090 Месяц назад

Let me explain........

@brucestorey3400 29 дней назад

Congratulations on a great program. I'll be looking for more of these. But I must take issue with a couple of points you make. The S4 was no faster than any other 179 engine EH Holden. The only engine mods related, as you quite correctly stated, to strengthening the engine's bottom end. Improved brakes and slightly larger fuel tank were good. But of very modest value against its competitors. Secondly, there is a pervasive belief that the EH was the "great step forward" for Holden's cars. Sure, the engines used in ALL of the EH models were much better than the "grey" motor it replaced, but I don't believe that was anything like the great step made with the next model: the HD. With the HD, Holden offered power steering, power assisted front disc brakes and an enhanced engine called the X2. This had genuinely more horsepower than the HD's standard engines due to an improved head, twin throat carb, headers and I think an improved cam. It also had a more flow-through exhaust system. Not sure, but I've hear you could also order a four speed floor shift. None of these were available in the EH. Nonetheless, the EH was and remains a great car with timeless styling and hordes of fans.

@ZoomStranger 25 дней назад

no 4 speed floor shift. They came out of later cars if they ever went in at all otherwise a speco floor shifter did the job.

@PeterNewell-i9n 14 дней назад

there were only 150 EH4 holdens made. and most were bought and used for racing. but any backyard mechanic could with a few mods make a lot faster car

@SamLukie Месяц назад

Never stopped repairing them back then. Eventually the rust best them. Nostalgia, that's all.

@lauriedooker1031 29 дней назад

EH Ute is in my dream garage

@maxrockatanksyOG 21 день назад

Holden had never designed an original car until the VE & VF Commodore. The 215 was a thrown away Pontiac design, EH onwards were all Vauxhall designs, nothing was an original Holden idea- they all came from GM, Isuzu, Vauxhall, Opel, Nissan, Toyota et al

@matton36 29 дней назад

The FX Holden was a poor mans version of the 46 Chevy just as the FB was a poor mans version of the 55 Chevy. Australia always expected junk and we got it. we could have had full size V8 chevys but we were dumb in those days, not alot dumber than we are now though.

@Rob-fc9wg 27 дней назад

I fully agree. The 48 - 215 was based on a rejected post war Chev design. It was designed, engineered and prototyped in Detroit before being shipped to Australia for testing and evaluation. FX, FJ, FE, FC, FB and EK all very obviously based on earlier Chev designs.

@damienluxford4480 Месяц назад

My first car was an EH, 45 years ago.

@mathewhyland8925 22 дня назад

I have blue model , little car that dad gave me for a present

@philnorbury9032 Месяц назад

The EH S4 and later HR X2 were good cars but not great cars and couldn’t match the Mini Coopers or GT Cortinas of the day at the then Gallagher 500 ( Bathurst). Holden hit its straps with the Awseome 327 CI HK Monaro winning the Hardie Ferodo (Bathurst) 500 in 1968. The 1968 HK was the start of Holdens eventual dominant spells at Mount Panorama, not the EH S4, that I would describe as little more than a toe in the water.

@JBofBrisbane Месяц назад

*Armstrong 500. Gallaher was not the sponsor until 1966/67, then Hardie-Ferodo after that.

@garyjones8556 Месяц назад

A friend of mine had a HD X2 station wagon that had all the X2 special trim and the old 4 speed opel gearbox it was a very good motorcar

@AlanBrazil-ox2fr 29 дней назад

@@garyjones8556 The HR had the 4sp Opel box as an option...and with the 186S engine...not the HD X2

@donmuir5377 16 дней назад

The HD was not a good car.

@HelmutFrensch Месяц назад

The reason it was called the S4 is because it had a 4 speed gearbox not a 3 speed as stated in the video

@johnd8892 Месяц назад

No just a column change three speed. I used to think the 4 was four speed but not the case. Of course modifiers would later change the cars way beyond factory specs or as much as allowed in racing rules. A search produced this description : " The Holden EH S4 was fitted with - 3.55 diff ratio, sports shock absorbers, upgraded three-speed manual transmission, heavy-duty clutch, brake booster. " I found no reference to a factory four speed for the EH. The four speeds were a few years later.

@gone547 Месяц назад

@@johnd8892 Correct. No 4 speed in a Holden until the HR 186S. The S4 did well for what it was, considering it was hamstrung by drum brakes, GMs 'no racing' policy and family car basics whereas it's opponents were unabashed racecars with Bathurst in mind.

@MickH60 Месяц назад

NO EH ever had a 4 speed from the factory....

@johnd8892 Месяц назад

@@gone547 I said the EH S4 was a three speed column change and not a four speed.

@awp1958 Месяц назад

No 4 speed but the 3 speed in the S4 was stronger than the box in the 149.

@stephenconlon6331 Месяц назад

good old days the only thing they were new when i was young 😱😁😂😂

@iancole931 Месяц назад

You didn't get your facts quite right. After the EK came the new shaped EJ, which preceded the EH, which had only subtle changes from the EJ

@bradleamon4466 Месяц назад

Holden straight sixes were all shit the Chrysler sixes could absolutely shit over them without even trying

@ashleyflint3501 26 дней назад

Loved the AP5 Valiant, when the lights turned green, like you said, the Val would shit all over the other cars.

@ate71622 15 дней назад

Maybe stock definitely not modified, my HR destroyed a truck load of Coburg Cadillacs around Dandenong and at Calder Park back in the day 😂🎉👌

@scottslater-nb5ch 24 дня назад

6 S5 Eh Holden's where built to race but were banned as no sales or servicing literature was available cars were given to police departments and two race teams they ran road S4 s in race when documents became available. I know the whereabouts of two S5 s possably 3 these where prepared much better than the road version these are Holden's first factory race cars and even people who know S4s don't know about S5s wilder S22 version twin carb , disc brakes became HD X2 instead of EH👍

@kencapper4889 14 дней назад

Factually incorrect... it was not an EH S4..... the S4 was a production of 100.. to make it eligible to race and only this car had four speed gearbox. You don't mention the preceding EJ which still had original side-plate engine. You're correct with about 20% of your podcast. Sorry

@RICHARD-mn3nd Месяц назад

No mention of the FJ or young Normy!!!

@peterkelly6483 28 дней назад

They were a shit underpowered car even as an S4 The local valiant with a slant 6 was significantly faster

@ate71622 15 дней назад

They were not shit,the Val’s had more cubes. Stock the reds put out more hp per cid. Didn’t see no charger win Bathurst 😂…Nocar rules 🎉😂

@lp76100 Месяц назад

the eh brakes were deadly...drum brakes on the front were largely innefectual, and when power boosted simply locked the wheels up

@1965tezza 26 дней назад

It would be great if you got your facts right, between EK and eh was the EJ.

@gerhardthen8851 26 дней назад

Holden could have built cars without General Motors......

@captmulch1 Месяц назад

The mighty EH.

@kimbo3068 22 дня назад

They were a Good car But they didnt beat Very Much at all!

@MICHAEL-ys3pu Месяц назад

The first Holden was officially called the 48/215 not the FX.

@ldnwholesale8552 Месяц назад

Correct.

@rossbrumby1957 28 дней назад

He said that.

@randomoldbloke Месяц назад

EJ to HK all had special weight reduction built in , they were rust buckets i think the worst was the HD . My first car was a EH had to put new floors and boot into it . For the time they were just ok to drive even by the standards of the day

@bas4903 Месяц назад

Yeah nobody says that. Had a HT literally rusted away. Drove like a yacht

@MickH60 Месяц назад

well that's funny, I have an EH a EJ and a HD and NONE of them are rust buckets, it depended on how you looked after them. I have a mate with 20 odd EJ to HR holdens, and yes, some of them have rust but they're almost 60 years old, and all still drivable, virtually everything from the era rusted regardless of the brand, I''ve owned them all.......

@gone547 Месяц назад

Depends where you lived and how well you looked after them. All cars rusted, depending on price. I've had Mercs and BMWs that rusted away from under me in the tropics.

@donmuir5377 16 дней назад

EJ Model didn't rate a mention

@rv1valiant 17 дней назад

It Still couldn't touch a Valiant 225

@darrellbarnes6905 25 дней назад

The computer voice over spoiled this for me 🤬

@user-wf4pq9xf2w 19 дней назад

Yes lacked real info like why is it a EH special.first car with a radio... and it was inclusted with a diamond from lightning Ridge...

@user-yn8io9vx7t Месяц назад

Great pity there was no a much more in-depth view to it racing history. I'm sure I read once an S4 doing incredible speed down conrod straight on alcohol while in an open class type of race.

@intelli.car9 Месяц назад

I tried to dug more deep but Couldn't find much more info of it.

@ldnwholesale8552 Месяц назад

Road arcing has always been petrol. And a Stromberg simply would not run on methanol

@kymnewitt-xk9lg Месяц назад

Its a pity the info isnt brilliant s4 shiny paint really yes brakes tank gearbox but a lot of EHs had 179s

@batmanlives6456 Месяц назад

Would you care to discuss the problems in the early days … No heat riser box below the carburettor on early cars lead to top rings breaking and excessive blow by in low miles A water circuit from the heater circuit to warm the incoming fuel cured this

@ldnwholesale8552 Месяц назад

All EHs had that bloody awfull hotbox under the carb. HR was the first with water through the intake. The only thing that broke top rings apart from age was running on standard petrol. Broke pistons as well. Super only

@user-qs4xw7ye5s Месяц назад

Aussie Fairlanes please.

@tonykelly6757 Месяц назад

Faarrk me,how many times can you repeat yourself????

@derekclements5682 Месяц назад

Obviously written for Americans repeat repeat repeat

@thesausage351 Месяц назад

Average video with very little actual facts. The S4 isn’t lost, and it’s not really a legend considering Mini’s and Cortina’s were just as competitive as it, and it didn’t ‘destroy’ everyone. I also don’t know why you have to repeat yourself 4 times. All your points you said multiple times in different ways. We get it had a 3 speed, a brake upgrade and a bigger fuel tank the first time. There was no mention at all on its racing results, who drove one or anything like that. You kept showing a 179 with a supercharger and Holley carb on it, that’s nothing Holden ever built, and it was definitely not a 60’s built motor. It was more like a motor built 20yrs ago or so. Disappointing. A 6min video with 1mins of information, and 5mins of the same cars driving and the wrong motor.

@mick00000000002 29 дней назад

Subscribe and thump up. Keep researching and uploading good information. Ok

@geoffreybassett8343 27 дней назад

So many inaccuracies!

@TheHandymanQld 29 дней назад

The footage needs work. Showing a red motor with a supercharger attached and, what was that engine at the 4:35 mark ... no way was that a Holden gearbox attached to a Holden engine. And there's too much flopping around. And the voice over ... why must people use a voice that might be from a robot or is computer generated. Yep, needs work

@Rob-fc9wg 27 дней назад

4:35. I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think a gas turbine engine upgrade was on the EH Holden options list.

@TheHandymanQld 27 дней назад

@@Rob-fc9wg It could be the secret squirrel EH engine that never got out of the factory, a concept engine perhaps 😂

@Rob-fc9wg 27 дней назад

@@TheHandymanQld You may be on to something here!

@davehad-enough2369 Месяц назад

You really should get rid of that engine in the video. That isn't the red motor we all know. There's plenty of pix of normal red motors around if you look. Also the S4 wasn't anything special ... and it didn't do any good at all at Bathurst. In fact 4 cylinder cars left them for dead. Holden wouldn't achieve anything at Bathurst until 1968 and then with a V8.

@blueyhis.zarsoff1147 Месяц назад

No photo of an S4 engine?

@johnd8892 Месяц назад

As I understand, it was just the larger 179 motor with the slightly special manual gearbox at the time when all the 179 motors were made with an automatic gearbox for early production of the EH.

@blueyhis.zarsoff1147 Месяц назад

@@johnd8892 s4 had engine updates like HD then HR 186s etc

@brianlove8413 Месяц назад

@@johnd8892 It would have had the HP block, maybe a different cam.

@MickH60 Месяц назад

@@johnd8892 Enough with the 179 auto stuff mate, I have an early 63 EH wagon, 179 manual, manuals were far more common than auto's in the EJ and EH.... Automatic gearboxes were in their infancy in Australia back then, even my dads EH wagon was manual....

@MickH60 Месяц назад

@@brianlove8413 ALL EH's with the 179 had HP blocks, the blocks were nothing special, the steel cranks were sort after later on but the HP didn't mean High Performance like a lot of people think.... I have a couple of HP blocks in the shed...

@mick00000000002 29 дней назад

Ai ..... share to 40s and older please you tube. Thank you.