FE_UTE
wa-club
Senior Member
 Offline
Model: FE and FC
Posts: 545
I love YaBB 1 Gold!
|
 |
« on: February 23, 2009, 11:08:41 PM » |
0
|
Heres a pic of the 500,000th Holden being loaded onto a carrier...imagine following that truck to the dealer bloody hindsite eh!  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
customFC
Moderator
Guru
Offline
Model: FC
Posts: 5900
Ask me about microwaving cats for fun or profit.
|
|
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2009, 11:25:57 PM » |
0
|
Hey FEute
Very nice pic.
Not seen that 1 before.
You wouldn't find that car at any dealer!
The car was given to the Royal Flying Doctor Service soon after rolling off the line.
It was put into service in outback Qld with some cool RFDS logos on the doors.
What a historic car that would be if it turned up in a shed today with both the GMH and RFDS history.
Regards
Alex
ps. Any chance of a bigger scan of that pic or details of where it is published?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
zulu
nsw-club
Guru
Offline
Model: FE and FC
Posts: 1863
Old Boonah Ambo
|
|
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2009, 12:01:17 AM » |
0
|
I wonder if one of our boffins could work out approximately what body # this Holden wagon would be?
How many FX + FJ's + FE's + FC's then subtract till you reach the magic body number.
Who knows, one of our clan might be driving this beast around
Do you have any pics of it in it's Flying Doctor livery Alex? Nice pic Gary
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
mcl1959
|
|
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2009, 07:56:28 PM » |
0
|
Not hard really, the 500000th car was built on 22 Oct 1958. After examining the Melbourne chassis records I think the chassis number for this car would be between 8-19000M and 8-20000M based on a guess that the car would have been registered about a week or two after the manufacture date.
I don't have any Melbourne 229's in my data base between these 2 chassis numbers.
Ken
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
customFC
Moderator
Guru
Offline
Model: FC
Posts: 5900
Ask me about microwaving cats for fun or profit.
|
|
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2009, 10:31:53 PM » |
0
|
Here's some pics of the 500k wagon celebration and presentation to the Royal Flying Doctor Service.     Here's the text that came with the pics. Launch of the 500,000th Holden - Production of the Australian motor car, the Holden, passed the 500,000 mark late in 1958 - Manufacture of the Holden began in 1948 - General Motors Holden's Limited of Fishermen's Bend, Victoria, makers of the car, marked the completion of the 500,000th - Holden by presenting the vehicle to the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
The Managing Director of General Motors Holden's Limited, Mr Earl C Daum making the presentation of the 500,000th Holden, a station sedan, to the Royal Flying Doctor Service, which provides medical aid to remote areas of Australia's vast inland.
Employees of General Motors Holden's Limited with the 500,000th Holden car which they helped to build at the company's Dandenong (Victoria) plant I have 1 crappy pic of the RFDS wagon when it was caught up in floods in Qld. It is from a GMH People magazine that was on ebay years ago. I bid, but someone out bid me in the last second. I will dig it up. I think there was also a competition to win the 500k Holden at the time, but the winner did not get the actual car, but a substitute car. Regards Alex |
|
|
|
« Last Edit: March 08, 2009, 10:38:45 PM by customFC »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
TTV6FC
|
|
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2009, 01:57:56 PM » |
0
|
Nice pics Alex.What is the car in the background?Doesn't look like FC/FE but more like FB/EK or Chev,but then the dates are wrong?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Run your fingers over my Holden and I'll run my Holden over your fingers!!!!
|
|
|
customFC
Moderator
Guru
Offline
Model: FC
Posts: 5900
Ask me about microwaving cats for fun or profit.
|
|
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2009, 02:46:14 PM » |
0
|
1958 Vauxhall would be my guess.  Regards Alex |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
EffCee
|
|
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2009, 03:18:19 PM » |
0
|
1958 Vauxhall would be my guess. Regards Alex They must be the ugliest car ever built |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Canberra, ACT F4+  |
|
|
|
TTV6FC
|
|
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2009, 03:49:29 PM » |
0
|
Certainly looks like it,nice work.  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Run your fingers over my Holden and I'll run my Holden over your fingers!!!!
|
|
|
customFC
Moderator
Guru
Offline
Model: FC
Posts: 5900
Ask me about microwaving cats for fun or profit.
|
|
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2012, 10:11:19 PM » |
0
|
Here's the article I promised to dig up all those years ago.   And here is a pic from an advert that I recently acquired showing the logo on the door.  Regards Alex |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
zulu
nsw-club
Guru
Offline
Model: FE and FC
Posts: 1863
Old Boonah Ambo
|
|
« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2012, 11:21:43 PM » |
0
|
I wonder if this may have been it's replacement?  Click to enlarge Gary |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Lamo
Junior Member
Offline
Model: other Holden
Posts: 26
|
|
« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2012, 11:06:18 PM » |
0
|
I cant read that article. Any chance you can scan it in at high res?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Townsville, North Queensland
|
|
|
|
