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Title: Holden Museum Post by: Hewart on December 06, 2003, 03:25:36 AM G'day guys....
Just thought I'd post a couple of pics from a recent trip to the National Holden Museum in Echuca... the FEs and FC of course ;) Cheers Les... PS: Bigger version here... http://photo.starblvd.net/hewart?st=album&pg=5 Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: Hewart on December 06, 2003, 03:29:27 AM ... an inside
Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: Hewart on December 06, 2003, 03:30:46 AM .. and again...
Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: robbzfc58 on December 06, 2003, 03:49:43 AM hewart nice pics
also had a look at your wrecks folder....almost brought a tear to my eye :'( trev Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: Hewart on December 06, 2003, 04:13:52 AM That's true Trev... like all those pics of wrecks.... I love looking at 'em, but it also make you wonder "what if"....
Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: RET on December 06, 2003, 04:27:10 AM Nice pix, they've got quite a collection there, haven't they?
That ute is a bit of a bitser, tho, isn't it? FE ute with FC side trim and EJ hubcaps? Maybe they're trying to advertise the range of Holdens they have at the museum all in one promotional vehicle! ;D That FE sedan looks nice, and the flash on that FC is quite a rare one too. It's called a "Styletone". cheers RET Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: Blown_FC on December 06, 2003, 04:51:01 AM Hewart...great 'WRECK' pics......as you may or may not know, I'm putting together a CD of old Holden Wrecks for people on this site.......do I have your permission to copy your pics to include on the CD ?
For those who have shown interest in this CD, you'll be pleased to know it's coming along nicely, with around 100 pics already on the CD......If I don't get heaps more in the coming weeks, I'll just make copies of what I've got, and maybe do another one down the track. Cheers Mark Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: JB on December 06, 2003, 05:39:41 AM Hey Mark,
Want this one? It was one that I got my front end out of. If you like I can give a little history with it. (http://photo.starblvd.net/~fevanv6/1-3-2.jpg) Cheers Jason. ;D Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: Blown_FC on December 06, 2003, 05:46:03 AM Jason...thanks for that...but the pic didn't work ouot...just a little red X in a box.
I don;t think it's my computer....maybe you can email it to me at markh@mccays.com.au Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: Blown_FC on December 06, 2003, 05:46:19 AM Jason...thanks for that...but the pic didn't work out...just a little red X in a box.
I don;t think it's my computer....maybe you can email it to me at markh@mccays.com.au Cheers Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: JB on December 06, 2003, 05:48:18 AM Hi Mark,
Try http://photo.starblvd.net/fevanv6 It is on page 1 Don't know why it didn't come out. Cheers Jason. Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: Blown_FC on December 06, 2003, 05:51:29 AM Got it Jason......and may I say....great shots of your van....got any up to date pics ??? ( just for my general interest ).
Thanks again for helping out ! Mark Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: Hewart on December 06, 2003, 06:25:41 AM Mark...
As for the wreck pics... go for your life... use whatever you like.... I did read about the CD and have sent a couple more pics to you... hope they come through OK. Richard... Not too sure about the FE ute being an "all sorts"... but talking to the guy inside the museum, he reckoned the Ute was originally from South Australia (like the FC Sedan) and both trims were done by a company there way back around the 56-58 era. He did tell me the name of the company involved, but I've since forgotten it. I did mean to drop him a line, and will do once I've run a few of the pics in our newsletter (Grey Matters) and I'll ask him again.... I didn't know the name of the FC trim, so thanks for that too. I reckoned the trim looked great!!! and Jason... Not sure why the pics from StarPhoto aren't linking up like they used to... I know I had a fair bugger of a time loading these 3 pics up originally...:-/ I ended up shrinking them down as attachments as I couldn't work it out..... anyone else had that happen lately...?? Cheers Les ;) Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: HARKO on December 06, 2003, 01:41:28 PM Yep I have had the same troubles Les when refreshing my post in the members cars area ,All the links were failing so I set them up again by cut n pasting them into a reply.
Got a feeling Ret has set it up that way so older pictures are deleted to save on web space, thems the breaks hey, Cheers Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: normd on December 06, 2003, 03:43:14 PM Hi Guys
Alex found the problem with the pics, just follow the directions on the "General" board. Cheers Norm Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: Spinner on December 06, 2003, 10:31:01 PM Hewart,
Great scrapyard photographs. Interesting to see that the yard also cut up steam locomotives. Are the remains in the foreground an E class, a Y class or a D3 class? I'm guessing a Victorian yard. Cheers Brett Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: FC0058 on December 06, 2003, 10:32:56 PM Les
The photos look great and the cars are excellent. That FE ute must have been the proto-type for the FC Special. I am of to Adelaide on Monday week and will be making the trip upto the mill with camera in hand. Cheers Jim Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: JB on December 07, 2003, 04:36:58 AM Hi Mark,
I should have some finished pics soon... hopefully next week. 8) Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: FC0058 on December 07, 2003, 07:27:38 AM Here are some photo's my father inlaw sent me not sure were but you guys will know. I have seen the wagon at one of the museums I have been to.
Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: FC0058 on December 07, 2003, 07:28:38 AM from another angle so we can not see the leak.
Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: FC0058 on December 07, 2003, 07:29:42 AM Now for the wagon
Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: craiga on December 07, 2003, 08:07:07 AM Jim,
That's not an oil leak - it's just the car marking it's spot. Sort of like a dog marking it's territory. Craig. Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius on December 07, 2003, 08:55:25 AM Both of those are at the Birdwood Motor Museum. I have a shot of the wagon, but I hadn't seen the sedan there before.
Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: Phantom on December 07, 2003, 09:05:21 AM Iwas in Adelaaide a cupple months ago and went to birdwood, went straight to the fc and wished mine was in such good nick, it looks even better in the flesh.
cheers Rusty Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: customFC on December 07, 2003, 12:54:18 PM The sedan and all the cars in the pic are from the Hughs Bros collection. Didn't know they ended up at Birdwood.
Regards Alex Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: Shayne on December 07, 2003, 08:30:11 PM I will probably be corrected Alex, but I think Hughes Brothers still have part of their collection on display at Bendigo Pottery complex, and the rest of the collection was sold/split up.
Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius on December 07, 2003, 10:00:13 PM I understand that there is a swapping arrangement between some of the Motor Museums (including Birdwood). I had returned to Birdwood a few years ago to get a closer look at the GTRX that had been there, I couldn't find it and asked the staff, I was told it was back in Sydney.
Some of the cars are locally owned too. I guess if you don't use your car much it is a good controlled environment to store it in. The head curator recently contacted our club (Street Machine Assoc of SA) asking for cars to on a special display. Only catches were, they had the car for a full year and you only got one maintenence session during that year. You did however get free entry to Birdwood for the duration. Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: Hewart on December 09, 2003, 02:29:41 AM Thanks for the tip about the pics linking Norm...
As for the scrapyard pics Spinner, the shot is from the old Sims Metal scrapyard at Mascot, Sydney, circa 1973... as for what the train bits belong to, I'm afraid I can't help you... I'm still flat out working out which bits belong to which model Holden ;) Here is the original posting http://www.fefcholden.org.au/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=otherimg;action=display;num=1041420926;start=0 And as far as the Hughes Brothers collection... I was in Bendigo last month, and visited the pottery joint (with the Mrs), but there was definately no sign of the Huges Brother collection... I'm told via Ken, John and Leigh of the Vic FE/FC club that there are all gone.... sold. I even believe there was an article in Unique Cars Magazine last year about how Holden actually bought some of them.... the first old Holdens they'd bought in a long time.... I'll have to see if I can that too, I know I still have it somewhere... Cheers Les.... Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: cajerridoc on December 11, 2003, 02:00:14 AM A Holden magazine had an article on the Hughes Brothers. It said they sold all bar a couple of their cars, mostly by approaching people that they thought would be interested. I bought a FE Station Sedan of theirs after it was traded in in Ballarat.
The Fe ute at the Echuca Musem was built by an Adelaide panel beater who was in to hot rods. It did have a murel on the tailgate but I believe he kept it. I bought a ute off him for parts and the tailgate was missing, now on the ute at Echuca I guess Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: mcl1959 on December 11, 2003, 10:47:41 AM Some of the collection ended up in Birdwood, most to private collectors, glad to hear the wagon ended up in good hands. I assume this is the Tuquoise/Grey one.
The ones bought by Holden are now in the Echuca museum. Ken Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: cajerridoc on December 12, 2003, 01:53:07 AM Yes, it has a turquoise roof but the rest is off white. It even came with clear plastic seat covers.
Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: mcl1959 on December 12, 2003, 11:33:13 AM I believe that the FE wagon you have is probably the best original FE wagon (unrestored) in existence. I was amazed at the condition of this car when I saw it and how good it was.
I had a really top nick original FE 229 for about 5 years (2 tone blue) and reluctantly sold it when I bought another FE which caught my eye. I was very dismayed to learn that the new owners had crashed it and rolled it a number of times. Ken Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: zulu on December 13, 2003, 07:48:08 AM Hey CAJERRIDOC, Any chance of some pics of this FE Wagon?
Cheers, Gary Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: cajerridoc on December 14, 2003, 01:19:07 PM Here are some shots.(http://photo.starblvd.net/~cajerridoc/1-1-3.jpg?i=1074166491&pw=*19EB3FDB05A4)(http://photo.starblvd.net/~cajerridoc/1-1-1.jpg?i=1074152914&pw=*400A3FDB0B15b)
Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: nicko on December 14, 2003, 01:23:03 PM thats amazingly clean, very rare indeed
Title: Re: Holden Museum Post by: normd on December 15, 2003, 02:01:42 PM Very Nice Wagon...........a "Real Gem".
Norm :) |