Thanks RET that ties it down to a month and even an engine number Basically means the FC was the only model to have both.
Great job, I knew there must be some sort of rhyme or reason to it. It really is amazing how many variables there are on one model.

Much appreciated

Rod.

Thank you prof, most enlightening and makes a lot of sense now. Just goes to show you huw subtle the changes were btwn the late 59 models and the earlier FC's.

Ill leave my side plate the way it is then.

Regards Rod.

Did anyone notice the colour of the heads on those grey motors was a rust red like the starter motors?

Rod.

This hasn't helped much at all, in fact its confused me all the more. So much variation in a simple mounting point. Seems like it was either pot luck as to where the mounting point was or lots of us have bodgy side plates. Somehow I don't think its bodgy side plates but how does a car go down a production line and one have its coil mounted in one area and then the next car in a different spot. It doesn't seem possible? If Holden were actually changing the side plate mounting point from car to car it amazes me they didnt go bust way earlier.

I wonder if this phenomenon occurred with the humpies and the FB and EK models?

Rod.

I find it quite interesting that there seems to be so much variation even just etween those of us who have contributed to this thread. I just wonder if there was a standard mounting point.

Rod.

Yes Keith, thats exactly where mine is. Is yours a late 59 a 58 ? There must be a common mounting point surley?

Rod

Id like some advice on the coil mounting point for an October 1959 FC Sedan. Im pretty sure the engine is the original and given its condition etc I would say thats the case.

My coil mounting position seems to be more in the centre of the side plate however a discussion took place last weekend at a club event. I was told that my coil is mounted in the wrong position, the 58 FC's have the mounting point 1 spark plug hole closer to the distributor. I was wondering if my side plate is a bodgy one of an FB or the like or perhaps the later model FC's were in fact fitted like that. I have attached a pic of a side plate where I am told the coil mounting bracket should be for an FC

Any thoughts or advice much appreciated.

Rod.

Hi Rob all good with the subframe, the brackets were so rusty there is no strength in them, one tab has completely rusted away te other so thin it just isnt doing the job.

Rod.

Great day in Canberra at Marques in the park, a few too many Fords there for my liking however hardly any old fords of the FC age. Nice day some wonderful cars and a good representation by the FE-HR Holden owners club.

I was wondering if anyone had two sway bar mounting brackets, I was working underneath my car and was surprised to see that the sway bar had come away from the mounting brackets and was swaying in the breeze. Mine were so thin they just flex away from the tab hole. I need two good ones to get the sway bar  re mounted.

Regards Rod.

Rob.....AWESOME! are the rubber grommets and rubber sealing gaskets still available? I can't believe you got it working! I cant thank you enough. Will it be reliable enough to put in as my permanent? The current one I think is working but the auto elec recons it wont be reliable.

Regards Rod.

Thanks Ken, rare isnt the word that I had hoped you would use, bountiful, plenty, dime a dozen or even easily obtained would have done. Rare is a word I dont like when it comes to FC Holdens because that usually means not available or if it is, expensive!


Rod.

Didn't know that, I thought it was an FC thing. Lots of subtle differences in the last of the FC's. Was it just the specials or did the standards, utes and panel vans get the same treatment?

Rod.

See attached pic of FC sedan Jack and tool kit from master parts book. I got these pics from Ken.

Thanks so much for the replies, I'm actually after the panels in the exact opposite from you Gary, Parchment Ivory (white) the same as in the photograph.

Both front and rear need reupholstering. A lot of the FC's I looked at at the last Holden day didn't have the pattern in the seat but I thought Id like to keep it on mine.


Regards Rod.

Can anyone tell me if the vinyl upholstery with the FC Holden pattern embossed into it is still available? (see below pic)





Regards Rod

So to keep mine completely original I should paint my firewall in India Ivory the colour she left the factory in rather than the after thought black it was retro fitted with?

Do you suspect Brisbane was the only plant to double paint or do you suspect Adelaide did as well?

Also did the FC ever come out with a coloured firewall and the rest of the engine bay in black?

Rod

Wow Keith, that is interesting. It appears to me that the identification plates were attached to the bodies before they were built or even painted. It must have taken them a while to work out to put them on later so they stayed silver. Unless it was their intention to make the numbers as difficult to read as they could by filling the numbers with paint.

Regards Rod

Thanks for that Ken, Im glad I could finally get you the correct numbers. Did the cars that stayed in Sydney get their firewalls painted twice too or was it just the cars they shipped to other areas? Im pretty sure Holden should have known what colour they needed to paint their cars and their firewalls as they came down the production line?



Regards Rod.

This post is for Ken so that he can get his records straight. I purchased an October 59 FC Sedan and I could never read the identification with any surety because someone had painted over it with bitumen paint. I have had a day off and spent it removing the paint from the tag. I have the correct numbers for her now.  There were three coats of paint on the id plate being India Ivory, engine bay black and bitumen paint. No wonder I couldn't read the numbers. Were Holden so backward they had to paint their cars twice?







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