My Dad's first car was a '56 FE Holden Blue Sedan.
For his 60th Birthday, I would love to arrange for him to go for a ride in one.
Does anyone own such a car that would be willing to take him for a ride for an hour? Name your price, anywhere in Australia!
Please respond or inbox me freckleface65@hotmail.com.
Cheers,
Sara
There's one in Newcastle 😉. Where are you located?
Perfect. In Melbourne but happy to fly the old man up for the ride.
Was it single tone blue or 2 tone blue? I have a 2 tone Blue in Sydney. It's a 58 but still an Fe, it was my Dads first car.
Cheers
Graham
Hi Graham,
It was 2 tone blue. I'm not overly familiar with the models. Is there a significant different between the 56 and 58 models?
Hi freckleface, the FE was released in July '56 and superseded by the FC in May '58. There's no appreciable difference between FEs from one year to another.
There are a couple of variations of two-tone blue, but by far and away the most common variant is called Teal Blue over Elk Blue, and that's the combo of Graham's car, shown here:
(http://nsw.fefcholden.club/images/stories/clubcars/grahamf001.jpg)
Hope that helps.
Thanks Ret.
Cheers,
Graham
Thanks RET. This looks great and exactly like all the photos I've seen.
Graham, if you would be willing and available in a few months time to take him for a ride, I would be so grateful! He'd love to talk to you all about the car!
Please shoot me an email at freckleface65@hotmail.com, your availability (happy to make it later in the year around May or June) and how much you would charge.
We can start to figure this out. Thank you!
Sara