fe nasco options

[COL58FE]

good fe special on ebay at the moment here is the
link:http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Original-1956-Holden-FE-Special-Sedan_W0QQitemZ4580140292QQcategoryZ1258QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[RET]

The Nasco options aren't anything particularly special, but it's an unusual colour combination.  I don't believe it's a '56 FE though, just the same.

Still, nice to see another FE turn up in WA.  They seem very thin on the ground over there compared to FCs.

cheers
RET

[SpeciFEcation]

I don't believe it's a '56 FE though, just the same.

It's the same colour as mine - built May '57. I've e-mailed the seller and confirmed this with the information on the ID plate (from the WA one).

Spec

[COL58FE]

well well,
              just over $5,000 starting bid .
bummer no sale. :-/.
                                cheer's col. ;)

[KENNY56]

Hi , so what is the body color called and /or id number.   Thanks    Ken.

[SpeciFEcation]

Hi , so what is the body color called and /or id number.   Thanks    Ken.

The trim codes are as follows:

Trim: 234-474 (Granite Grey over Sky Grey)
Paint: 253-7693 - Sky Grey (Duco), 1956
          253-7700 - Granite Grey


The interior trim is grey and white (on the seats).

[COL58FE]

ret,
      ive been scratching my head to why you think this is not a 56 fe.as looking at mine the only thing i can see different is mine has a colour coded steering colum, is this the difference   ???.
                                     cheer's col

[RET]

Col,

The original sales brochures show colour-coded columns for all sedan models (even standard and business), but the wagon and ute/van brochure show them as black.  I'm not exactly sure when the colour-coded steering column was deleted, but it is certainly a feature of 1956 FEs, as is different trim on the rear window.  1956 FE-225s have trim that look like this:



Later FEs have the thicker, wider trim also seen on FCs.  This was changed at around SA body #20,000, which would be roughly Jan/Feb 1957.  Someone else (ie Ken) might know exactly when the changeover occurred.

cheers
RET

[COL58FE]

Ret,
      it appear's my 56 may have had a rear window change then at sometime as it's the thick type trim.that's a bit of knowledge for me as i didn't know about the thin trim,anyway.
                                            cheer's Col.

[mcl1959]

I also asked for the ID plate details.   The body number is 20084 A which places it around late March / early April '57.
The parts book indicates the rear window mould changed at the following body numbers
20620 A,   1672 M,  11234 S
This means the change occured just after this time.

Basically there were reported field problems of rear windows falling out and the thicker trim was introduced as a fix.  I think the problem really stemmed from the inherant weakness of the 1956 FE rear body structure.  The later "body fixes" introduced in late April 1957 seem proof of this.

Ken