Holden Sedan Facts

[ridgey_didge]

This is a GMH booklet published in June 1956.  It looks like 1,500 were printed.  It was for salesmen (well they were all men I suspect) to give them facts and info about GMH (some company history etc) and about the FE Holden.




It contains all the specifications for sedans to enable the salesman to answer any question about what the buyer would be getting with an FE sedan.  At the back it lists NASCO accessories.





Cheers
David

[zulu]

Thats a great little book you have there David, I saw one on ebay recently but was too slow & missed it.
Love the description "Air Chief Selto-o-matic Radio"
Gret find

Cheers, Gary

[RET]

I've only ever had a photocopy of that book, but it's a great piece. Good score.

There's also this item that goes with it, although not FE/FC specific:

The New GM-H Sales Development System

cheers
RET

[ridgey_didge]

Ah, but this is FE specific:









A hat and a suit were required if you wanted to sell an FE.

Cheers
David

[ridgey_didge]

Here are a couple more pages.



David

[mcl1959]

The "Select-o-matic" radio is one that has not featured in Accessory of the month yet. Simply because it is almost impossible to find one.
I have never seen one, but Rabbitoh says he has one so I am looking forward to getting some photos to Alex eventually. Come on Rabbitoh ;)

Basically it is an FE radio with foot controlled station selection.
You may remember that the FC radio had a more expensive push button option for station selection, but the FE radio did not have this option, so the button on the floor was advertised as "select-o-matic"

Ken

[Rabbitoh]

Ken,
I still am not sure it is one ???. I was told by Nostalgic Wireless Co. (who partially restored it for me) that it is, and was given a copy of the technical specs for the Selectomatic, but my radio has no foot switch (or evidence there ever was one). The tech. notes (and Terry at Nostalgic) say that there are 5 pre set tuning stops operated by a solenoid (which can be foot switch operated, or by repeatedly pushing the tuning spindle knob). There is a 6th position on the turret which is designated 'manual tuning' in which the tuning knob is pulled out and turned normally to each station.
R.

[Johns]

This is a little o/t but.....

Buick had one of these from at least 1951 to ? The standard radio was called a Sonomatic and was push button, this is the radio in my 1953 Riviera. As an option you could order a Selectronic version with foot button tuning. Here is an extract from the brochure.



Jay Leno tells a great story on his website about his uncle who used to show him as a kid how he could magically change stations in his Buick, Jay never knew how it was done.

Cheers
John

[ridgey_didge]

Here is the Ute and Van handbook to complement the Sedan Facts booklet.



And some pictures from inside pages





Cheers
David

[customFC]

Holy smoke, that a nice set of books.
Regards
Alex