Comments by "John D" (@johnd8892) on "r/Melbourne led me down a rabbit hole..." video.

  1. Yep, but need to ad in Holden for anyone outside Australia.
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  2. Your Australian ad revenue may have shot up in May. With all the political advertising your vids attract. Poll day today Saturday. so expect this advertising to disappear soon.
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  3. No wrap around rear windscreen in an EH Holden. Simple.
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  4. Big crowd at 1:01 was for a free concert featuring the Seekers. The Myer music bowl was built to provide a free concert venue but got corrupted over time until the free intention , being on public land, is nearly forgotten. The Seekers were huge at the time. Number one records in the UK and USA as well as Australia. 1968 documentary giving part of their story : https://youtu.be/40LuQVZYepE
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  5. Brown car at 4:40 a 1962 EJ Holden. More info and comparison to next EH from 63 : https://youtu.be/O-BRV25r8cs Blue car the 1956 FE Holden with less side chrome than the next model FC from 1958 : https://youtu.be/U00blgHv6XM
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  6. Cars at 4:46 . Brown with white roof is a 62 to 63 EJ Holden. Top selling car in Australia at that time as was the Holden from about 1950 to 1979 when the Commodore list sales to the Ford Falcon. Blue car behind is a 1955 to 58 FE Holden. Both with much the same 138 cui six cylinder of 70 HP the 75 later. Only one engine available in the Holdens from 1948 to 1963. Big car in front of palm tree is a Chevrolet Bel Aire, but locally assembled by Holden but nearly twice the price of a Holden. For those with lots of money
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  7. Amazing how many in the comments can't tell an EJ Holden from an EH. Same with the FE getting confused with the FC. It was a 62 EJ Holden and a 56 FE.
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  8. Yes EJ Holden. The only engine was the 138. 149 and 179 choices came with the next model EH.
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  9. The record setting 1967 concert at 1:01 with the almost everyone there to see the Seekers at the peak of there career after returning from England : https://youtu.be/wsIbfYEizLk The images from planes and helicopters were before the crowds built up even more, so the noise would not interrupt the concert. Some say 500,000 in a city of 2 million then. Audio of near the full concert : https://youtu.be/2DMFt8cYeTk As broadcast on radio. You can hear people getting restless waiting for the seekers.
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  10. Part of the explosive reason that 5:01 was empty back to the 1870s, then similar uses until recently : https://youtu.be/tmOC5TrcYtI Now hungry developers and local government want it redeveloped for housing.
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