new member with new car

[fatso]

hi all. glen here have been trying to buy fe or fc for some time now. finally found one that i think is a really nice car . it has a lot of extras i am a panel beater by trade and i looked at the venicle for over 1 hr and i could not find any rust. i am not smart enough to post photos but hopefully my  girls will be here over on the weekend and they will. hope this will create some interest.i live in dapto nsw just wondering what club/clubs i should look at joining as i would like to go on outings with other people and there cars. the car arrives from queensland next week.
   it is i believe whats called a business sedan
   1956 model
   engine number-L287506
   chassis-6-1331-S
   body number-FE.217-S-31
   ANY THING ANY ONE CAN TELL ME ABOUT THIS CAR WOULD BE MOST APPRECIATED THANKS GLEN      [one very happy old holden owner]

[Shayne]

Welcome aboard Glen,

I look forward to seeing pics of your new car.  I hope you get many happy years of motoring from it.

NSW FE-FC Club would be a good place to start.  Someone will probably post details here shortly.  Quite a few of the members would be on the way to South Aust for the FE-FC Holden Nationals over Easter.

:) ;D

[EffCee]

Hi Glen,

From what I can see the from the numbers that you have supplied that is one very early FE according to the data it was the 331st FE of any kind assembled at the sydney plant, and 31st business sedan assembled at the Sudney plant. The engine number shows as being produced in July

You can check other data that is on the firewall and enter it into the calculator listed below. Ken (one of the Guru's on this site that collects numbers for a database and extremely knowledgable) may well be very interested in your car if he doesn't have the details already

http://www.fefcholden.org.au/techinfo/idinfo.html

I hope that you get much enjoyment from the car

[mikey]

Hey Glen


PM sent to you re pictures (PM= Personal message)

Cheers  M

[mcl1959]

Glen, nice to hear of this car again - once belonged to Terry Hamilton in QLD when I got numbers.

FE-217-S-31
167-488AQ
253-14756

Chassis number 6-1931 B

Obviously there is a difference between the chassis numbers, can you check your numbers carefully again and confirm which is right please

Regards  Ken

[mcl1959]

Oh, the car is Desert Tan with Copper Brown interior

Ken

[cruiser056]

Hi,
    Where in Qld did you buy the car?  Just that, today I was driving down the road from my place and saw an FE similar colour on a tilt tray.  I am sure I recognise the car and am sure it is a FE 217, I was talking to the owner a few years ago. Does it have FC mouldings on the side?  The guy I talked to was telling me that the mouldings were an after market accessory??

Hope all goes well with the car

Michael

[mcl1959]

Yes the car had FC mouldings on the side when I saw a pic of it about 8 years ago.

Ken

[Johns]

Ken,

I've seen AQ on another business sedan data plate, could you tell me what it means?

(sorry to hijack your thread Fatso)

Cheers
John

[fatso]

hi ken i can only go on the paper work that i have yes it was terry hamilton car and it is on its way down from qld as we speak and i will check numbers my self once it arrives next week cheers glen

[mcl1959]

All NSW FE made ID plates have a weird code on them

FE 225 has AO on the plate
FE 215 has AP on the plate
FE 217 has AQ on the plate
FE 2106 has AS on the plate

I assume AR was reserved for either the wagon or the van, but neither of these were made in NSW so the code was never used (that I have seen anyway). Then the code was dropped for the FC model.

I don't know what the significance of the code is

Ken

[RET]

Re AQ/AO etc:

Going by similar codes used on FJ ID plates, it probably relates to a code for a different supplier of the interior trim material.

cheers
RET

[mikey]

Ok everyone look out for some beaut pictures that I am putting up for Glen.

Glen you sent me 11 pictures and asked me to pick out the best ones and post those, sorry mate could not pick out ones any better than the other so here are all of them. :)

Besides that would be denying everyone else the enjoyment of peering at them.  :D

Cheers  Michael

[mcl1959]

It really is a tremendous looking car - even better than what I remembered - I really like the dark brown interior, looks fantastic

Ken

[Sideplate]

Not bad at all for a non kustom!!!!!!!!!

[ridgey_didge]

Thanks for the pictures -that is a great looking car.

David

[Spinner]

Wow. :o

That is a good looking car.  In spite of it being a mix of models and trim specs, it has a really integrated look.   :)

Spinner

[fatso]

hi have been away for a couple of days thanks for the comments car should be here thursday cant wait. when is the next run we can go on to meet some of you people thanks in advance glen

[fatso]

hi all car arrived today just went for a 20mile drive with wife she loves it and so do i glen

[EffCee]

Hi Glen,
Great looking car, pleased that both your wife and you love the car, much easier when the Minister for Finance, War, Peace etc approves.

Hope it gives you many years of pleasure. I look forward to the day that I can meet up with you both.