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Title: More production line pics Post by: customFC on September 29, 2005, 09:01:51 AM Some more pics taken in the Holden factory in the mid to late 50's.
(http://photo.starblvd.net/customfc/2-2-2.jpg) (http://photo.starblvd.net/customfc/2-2-3.jpg) (http://photo.starblvd.net/customfc/2-2-4.jpg) (http://photo.starblvd.net/customfc/2-2-5.jpg) (http://photo.starblvd.net/customfc/2-3-1.jpg) (http://photo.starblvd.net/customfc/2-3-2.jpg) Regards Alex Title: Re: More production line pics Post by: leon on September 29, 2005, 09:18:31 AM :)Thanks Alex for all those magnificent photos you manage to track down and share with us.
Thanks again. ;) Regards. Leon Title: Re: More production line pics Post by: Martin on September 29, 2005, 09:29:22 AM Phenomenal! :)
What's that bloody Vauxhall doing there? Maybe they should have called it the "Victa" Thanks, Alex Martin Title: Re: More production line pics Post by: mcl1959 on September 29, 2005, 10:17:21 AM That last photot of the FE engine bay answers a long asked question, as it is the first photo I have seen that shows the screws holding the bonnet catch plate to the body. The screws along the grille do not have washers under them, unlike the screws holding the bonnet catch plate to the guards and radiator support panel which do have washers under them.
Ken Title: Re: More production line pics Post by: zulu on September 29, 2005, 10:24:48 AM Trust you to notice that Ken, I'll have to go and have a look at my FE's now!
Good pics Alex... don't recall seeing those before, keep findin em. Title: Re: More production line pics Post by: graham_fuller on September 29, 2005, 11:07:43 AM Top pics Alex,
Can you do a close up of the section Ken is looking at?Where did you dig these up from? Cheers, Graham Title: Re: More production line pics Post by: Blown_FC on September 30, 2005, 03:59:02 AM I may be wrong, but isn't that a FB/EK in front of the FE in the first pic ? If so, what are they doing building an FE with a leter FB/EK at the same time ?
Curious ? Am I wrong or just un-educated ? Mark Title: Re: More production line pics Post by: graham_fuller on September 30, 2005, 04:02:59 AM Hi Mark,
The car in front is a Vauxhall. Cheers, Graham Title: Re: More production line pics Post by: Martin on September 30, 2005, 11:34:00 AM You are correct Mark - you are wrong ???
It is a Vauxhall Victor - assembled in Australia by GMH. 1.5 litre, 4 cylinders. Smaller body than the FE Holden. Hence my pun about the "Victa" (of the lawnmower variety). Martin Title: Re: More production line pics Post by: Motörhead on October 10, 2005, 12:34:04 AM Heya there Alex,
Absolutely SENSATIONAL photos you got there !! :D That last photo with the production line workers working on the FE's engine bay made me think of how 'they don't make em like they used to' lol. :P The photos I'd say were taken around early 1957 as the Vauxhall Victor in the first photo is a very early F-series Victor with the exhaust pipes exiting through the rear bumper corners. You can see where the exhaust exits just below the left rear taillight. Bring on more photos Alex !!! ;D Pete |