NSW 48 & FJ HOLDEN CLUB

DESPITE BEING OVER 60 YEARS OLD, THESE HUMPY HOLDENS ARE STILL PROVIDING THEIR OWNERS WITH A LOT OF JOY

David (1953 48-215): My father always had Holden, or British product. He was British and switched from Vauxhall to Holden in 1956, which is why I did. He went on to have an EK and an HD.

This was bought in 2000 as a body shell, because a chap started to restore it but was going through a divorce. I bought it with all the bits as a retirement project. My son wanted to get married and have it at his wedding, so that hurried it up a bit. It did break down on the day of the wedding, but that’s another story!

Because it’s an October 1953 model, it has FJ suspension – something that happened as it was very late in the

model run. There were a few other FJ pieces on it, probably because the factory had run out of FX parts.

Peter (1955 FJ): There’s a little rivalry between the FX and FJ owners. Older people drive the FXs while us younger people in the club like the more modern and stylish FJ!

My FJ is basically all original – it still runs six volt electrics. It was traded in back in the old days on an HQ and sat in the dealer showroom for years. It’s just been refurbished and has I believe an original 65,000 miles on it.

My father had utes and vans and sedans, so it’s all a throwback. We used to go out in his van on his rounds, and we always seemed to come home really tired. Mum thought it was a great car – now I suspect the muffler and floor didn’t seal all that well!

(Ed’snote:we metDavidandPeterat TheDishinParkes,for the50thanniversaryoftheMoonlanding.Botharemembersof the48&FJHoldenClubofNSW.)