I don't think its factory primer - not maroon enough, looks like red lead which was a great rust preventer until it was banned.

Mike

Hi Ken,

I wonder do those later cars still exist and as an aside this year is pretty special for my 2 cars, my 56 will be 59 and my 59 will be 56, that's never going to happen again.

Mike

The brass key tags may have been just an easy identifier of which keys were which and possibly used a fair bit before the advent of the plastic key tags we have now. A lot of people probably threw them away because if that was their only family car they would know what the keys fitted anyway.
So I would guess with my key tags the car would have been a fleet car for duperite/moulded products/nylex and the chap I bought it from never threw anything away, still have all the original papers for insurance, stamp duty and transfers from 1960 onwards. Like Bretts key tag, GMH needed to know what keys fitted what car, imagine going through all the keys if they didn't have a rego number on a tag and same with Joe Galea on his ex police HR Divisional van, imagine an urgent call and having to sort the keys before you could rush out to throw someone in the back of the van.

Mike

That is interesting, Brett is there anything on the back of your key ring?

Mike

Hi detective

They could well have been a supplier, but I believe that it was purchased new by Moulded Products as I have their rego papers in my records and its in their name from 02/12/1959 to 02/12/1960

Mike

Hi Ken,

My car is a FC standard skyline blue and was originally purchased by Moulded products pty ltd 559 Collins St in Melbourne in December 1959.
It was then traded to Southern Motors, probably for a new fleet car in December 1960. It was then bought by the person I bought it from in December 1960, he was a bit of a nutty professor type and would not drive it in the rain or to work, he would catch a tram. I have books and books of his mileage and servicing of the car, even the paperwork of the purchase price of 860 12 & 4. It still has its original engine and has done 118,000 genuine miles and has NO rust whatsoever. The chassis number is FC62699M, I am sure you have the rest of its details. Do you have any later FC's on your databases. Also my personal thinking of the key rings is that I wonder if Bretts car was purchased through Southern Motors as being a big dealer Holden would have sold them ex GMH cars once they were finished with them, a bit like now with ex lease cars. I wonder if the key rings are a Southern Motors thing, a big board with all the keys hanging on hooks.

Hi Ken,

I have a key ring exactly the same HBY-484, my car is a December 59 car

Mike

Hi Rabbitoh
7405999 in the part number for a FE/217 body shell in primer less the boot lid and the 35 would presumably stand for the 35th shell made, and the 1961 price for the shell was around 159 pounds.


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As far as I know it is just these(I was feeling artistic)



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Should have looked like this (1956) FE single tone special,

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I have a 58 FC special sedan in my collection in exactly the same colour scheme and have never seen another until this wagon, the duchess green is really light but if you put a white panel next to it you can just see a slight green tinge,

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side on angle

Hi EMU I think this is the type you are refering to,

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hope this picture helps

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Just a warning, today I recieved a spoof email saying someone had tried to access my ebay account and I should re enter all of my details otherwise my account would be suspended, I reported this to e-bay to investigate and it was fake, it looked good, but e-bay never ask for your sensitive details so I didnt fall for the ruse but everyone be careful as these are getting more common,

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Hi Slim I looked through the 48-215 to EJ, LC & LJ, HK parts catalouges and couldnt find the number, I agree with 4Hammers the FE-FC one has a much larger base, here is a pic of mine on my unrestored FE,

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My November 59 standard does not have the stainless paint separater but does have the round hole in the A pillar for the door light switches but mine being a standard doesnt have any switch just a hole,
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You got me curious so I had to go out to the shed to check my carbies, the original manifold has the 2 water fittings front and rear, then the 2 fittings to go to the pcv valve and where I have arrowed there is 2 holes, one top and one almost directly underneath these are plugged from the factory, not sure what these were for if anything,
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Here's a couple of pics, I hope they help, this is the 1.5CD carbs. By memory the 1.75 had the water inlet and outlet deleted from the manifold,

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This is my favourite out of the pictures I have,

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