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Hi Fellow members !  I know it’s not fc fe related exactly but I thought someone might be able to help.
Am away for a few days up at Lauriton caravanning and stoped today to look at a Winton red eh sedan in the Main Street  ( had a Winton red wagon years ago) l meet the owner Elaine a delightful woman of advanced years  it was her mother’s from new and she inherited it when she passed. It’s wearing a few battle scars but overall not bad. I noticed some badges missing and she told me she drove to church in Port Macquarie a while back and while parked at church somebody stole the 179 badge, the Holden lettering across the boot and the hydra matic boot badge. Some locals have come to rescue giving her a 179:badge Holden lettering across the boot ( the H is from a HD I think as is bigger than the rest) but she still missing the hydra matic badge told her I would try and get one ! so if someone has one tucked away I am happy to purchase for her and fit it to her car when I come up next.
Cheers Snoop
Will try and post picture of her car.

good on you Pete ..lovely thing to do , i'm sure a badge will come up .. we caught a guy removing the radiator cap from the 1932 Leyland Cub Truck in the museum at Fagan park ..on a tuesday broad daylight , it no small item , solid chrome brass screw on ..he dropped it and ran ..hopefully he ran right under a Kenworth ..Vern

There are some low blowies about Vern , it’s a reminder that this could happen to any of us.
Think Elaine was just as upset with humanity as she was with the loss of her badges.
Peter

Like this?

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/234514682244?hash=item369a2a1184:g:9EkAAOSwrIxiXSmJ&frcectupt=true

Cheers,
Harv

Hopefully would be able to get a better one than that for $95

Ken

No wonder it got stolen... you need to sell a kidney to afford a replacement one  :o
https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/west-swan/auto-body-parts/holden-eh-hd-hydramatic-badge/1239220871

Cheers,
Harv

Thanks Harv, had a look at the badges on offer I agree  they are up there in price,  won’t be going back up the coast for five or six weeks so hopefully something more affordable comes up in the meantime.
Cheers Peter.

If you end up having to pay the $100, let me know and I'll go you halves.

Paying forward a little karma might restore Elaine's faith in humanity. I know enough people have helped me similarly.

Cheers,
Harv

Pete ,lets make it thirds , count me in , get the best quality one you can for her ...Vern ..

Thanks Vern and Harv that’s sensational I’ll start scouring in earnest, if you see anything please let me know. I did look today and there was a nice ej badge but they are a little different from the eh badge. I’ve have tried to post some pictures of her car from my phone using Tapatalk ( not very easy). They are awful pics lens was dirty on my phone. 


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OK Pete , i'll ask around ,is the one on Ebay part number 7422741 the correct one , part numbers remove all guess work ,I'll get my daughter to use that image and put it on Market Place ..i'd hate to find an EJ , have I got it right the correct one was original on EH and HD all body styles or just sedan ?...Vern .

The HD had powerglide Vern


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Hi Guys thank you for all the input so far. I found one ( it’s a eh badge Vern bit different from ej) got one of my sons to order using his PayPal ac  ( the site was an unusual one) looks like it was in an antique shop with little sale tag attached hope it’s not a scam ! Anyway looks in good nick it was reduced from  around $48 down to $23 American dollars my son said it’s all up around $43 American dollars inc shipping. So hopefully My son will get tracking details etc soon. Will keep you posted. Will try and post pic of ad using tape talk ( don’t hold your breath)
Cheers Peter.

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well done Pete,lets know final cost so I can owe you ..THX Errol yes different box in HD ..Vern

Just an update re badge! My son who purchased the badge using his PayPal ac rang me today to say that the badge has landed in Sydney not sure were it has come from. Anyway here’s hoping it’s ok. Will post picture when I get it and when it goes on Elaines EH.
Cheers Peter

Good news. Let me know what I owe you and the best way to send the funds.

Cheers,
Harv

Pete ..Let me know $ also pls ...Vern ..

Hi All another update on the stolen hydra matic badge !  It finally arrived in the post today have  given it a polish tonight and it’s come up ok.
I rang Elaine on a few  occasions over the past week and she wasn’t answering her landline so a bit worried I rang the Laurieton police.
She returned my call after the police contacted her.
Long story short she had an intruder in her house a few weeks back and now she doesn’t feel safe in her own house. The police have organised some temp accommodation for her for a while.
Anyway she was thrilled that the badge was on its way and when I told her that some Holden club members wanted to help she was taken aback,  the good news although on the face of it, only small, was some tonic that hopefully will be the catalyst for a change of fortune for Elaine.
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in a few weeks and will stop by and fit the badge.


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Good on you Peter ,badge looks great, wonderful gesture , put some pleasure and trust back in a old lady's life , she will look at her EH again with content , not worrying about the badge some bastxxxd stole ..keep well go safe Vern ..

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Hi members finally got around to replacing stolen hydra matic badge on Elaines EH, on our way up the coast today.
She was so happy and asked me to thank all the members that expressed concern, and offers of help.
Cheers
Peter


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