FX FJ Holden Dash. What's the difference?
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2024
- See Barry Milburns FJ Holden ute for the first time in many years after being under water in the recent Queensland floods.
What are the different features of the FX and FJ Dash? Gary Crowley explains and there's a few other tips along the way.
What is a tappet adjuster for a Holden Grey Motor? Its explained.
There will be another video featuring Barry and his love of Holdens in the near future in more detail.
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The FJ is a monocoque construction, it broadly followed the silhouette of its predecessor the FX, but featured a bolder horizontal styled front grille, along with comfort and decoration upgrades in a new sedan model named the 'Holden Special'. Originally specified as 60 bhp (45 kW) achieved at 3,800 rpm, the claimed maximum power output from the six-cylinder engine was increased to 65 bhp (48 kW) achieved at 4,000 rpm.
The sedan, in Standard, Business and Special trim levels, and a coupe utility were announced in October 1953 and were followed by a panel van derivative in December of that year.
Here is a link to a very good story on the FJ Holden:
www.whichcar.com.au/features/... - Авто та транспорт
Barry absolute legend
Stay tuned, l hear there is more of Barry to come 😊
Tappet adjuster used them in my apprenticeship on grey motors.better than ring spanner and screw drivers.
Everyday is a school day. i had never seen one until doing this video.
FX? A misnomer.
My father was a production mgr at the Fishermans Bend and DISCO plants for many years. My brothers (and my first job) were also there and of course we had many Holdens over the years. I mentioned the FX one day, he said something like "No such thing, it's a 48-215, people are lazy".
And 50-2106 if it was the ute, though not the case with the light blue video example. When was the panel van introduced?
@@railtrolley What was the Panel Van?
@@dazaspc not sure. I think the panel van wasn't released during the 48-215 series. Produced during the FJ series. I need to learn more of Holden history.
@@railtrolley No worries the Van was a 53 something as the first number designates the model year.
@dazaspc. FJ is code for 53. The FB is code for 59. If I got it right the fx should be GC.
The term fx was introduced by morons who did not understand the code.
48-215 was the production number of number 1 Holden, and became the model number within the Holden company.
After many years of reading it seems that prior to the commencement of production the car was known within GM as the Holden car.
Coxshead was a tool company that i think was mentone or braeside area in the 70's
Thankyou for the information. I had a look online and found a Coxhead Catalogue for sale on Ebay of their hand tools at the time. 'Automotive Special Service Tools and Garage Equipment'
They were based in Mordialloc Victoria, Australia.
So I was born in 1980 in nsw and my grandfather had a vintage car wrecking in Bentley nsw I remember bill byrnes my grandfather telling me if you go for a walk down in lines of Holdens you’ll find the first holden made was the 48-215 then the FX then the FJ then you’ll see the FE and FC and so on he put all the holdens down in the lower part of acreage and put all the fords like his 36 -37 - 21 stud 24 -stud v8s coupes and utilities vans up in the dry part of the property like all the xb xcs and xrs xt xw xy falcons it was definitely a experience growing up in the wrecking yard of bill byrnes
It sounds like Heaven
Difference between FX & FJ on the dash, speaker grill and ash tray. FX had a fine square mesh compared to FJ black/silver stripes.
I always remember the funny speedos on the early holdens. The 10 was always done as 01.I didn't realize the 90 and 100 was backwards as well, and also highly improbable of ever reaching,.
You are right! Good pickup
There was a big difference between the first holden made in my knowledge in sedans as the 48-215 had the rear door locks push knobs right back in the quarter window bits of the rear doors and the latter FX FJ had them at the front of the rear doors and the 48-215 had narrow rear leaf springs and the weird right angle shocks was different to FX and FJ as they were wider correct me if I’m wrong 😑
Turning Left hand signal was the same as the Stop hand signal was my understanding.
That is correct - his story is nonsense.
@@keithammleter3824 Yeah, he was talking sh!t, if you remember the trucks of the time had the metal hand and it only did two things, a Right Hand turn and a Stop signal
There was a time when they tried to introduce sticking your hand out the window and making a circle with it to indicate turning left. Kinda caught on here and there.
@@davidhayter8516 Lol, I guess that would have worked, its just funny to think cars didnt have blinkers at one time, especially in the 50's
Minor things like speedo colour, knob colour, and even major things are no reliable guide to when a GM-H car was produced or what model it is supposed to be.
Sometimes they had an excess of parts when the next model started in production. So GM-H would install the previous model parts in any cars earmarked for government fleet contracts.
I once owned an ex Post Office EK. Not only did it have that revolting red colour, it had vacuum wipers. I soon changed both. Dealer-sold EK's had a slightly larger motor. Mine had the smaller motor from the previous model - and, no, the serial numbers proved nobody had swapped it. Government departments sometimes would actually request a smaller motor - something buyers of old Fords should look out for - Ford was more flexible and more keen to get government business.
Good information for us all...
GMs motto was and still is, ‘How to build a car as cheaply as possible.’
So what's the point every other car company want's to make cars as cheaply as possible.
Holdens were the best made Australian cars.
Fords all squeek because they don't put as many welds to save money.
Valiants had wishy washy steering boxes and poor build quality.
Mitsubishi are a bits of s#$%y.
Nissan and Toyota were the best Australian assembled cars.
Vw's ok
But
Mowog were the worst no reliability
@@MichaelEnright-gk6ycnot very carmaker built cars as cheaply as possible.
If you compare the metallurgical mix of GM and other American cars, metal parts to Toyota, you’ll discover that Toyota has a much more durable composite. Same with Toyota plastics. Toyota wiring looms are also better quality as is their waterproofing around components. Toyota also have more in-house accessory build whereas the Americans and most of the Europeans outsource their accessories and a percentage of standard items.
The big difference came with electronics. The Japanese, and in particular Toyota, evolved to get it right. GM and Co. are still grappling with build quality in their electronics systems.
A simple recommendation comes from middle eastern warlords and terror groups operating in desert conditions. On the tailgates of their vehicles you’ll pretty much see one word…Toyota.
So interasting😢
My late father always talked about his fj ute long before I was born i still cherish the photo of my beloved parents standing beside the fj ute on their engagement day my grandad took picture Dad always said he had rope on door to stop it opening 🤣🤠✌️🦘🐨⭐
What a great memory of your father. He was safety conscious too tying the door shut :)