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F = front end.
X = cross member.
For the feb 1952 suspension change.
It was called 48-215 but when the suspension change came there was what was referred to as the FX 48-215 & FX 48-215 -257 and FX 50-2106 by the workers.
Is this why.
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You may find it got the FX name retrospectively. Subsequent series Holdens ie FJ FE FC FB were so much easier to say and write and all beginning with F so the 48-215 became F, well it had to be F something and you guessed it, it became that nondescript, unknown X , FX. I don't think you will find that written in official Holden literature though.....Jack
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Up to EH the letters codes related to the digits in the release year. Numbers forward, letters backward. 1 K 2 J 3 H 4 G 5 F 6 E 7 D 8 C 9 B 0 A So an EH is 63, FC is 58 etc. If it is old or rare - Cut it! http://www.ehlimo.com.au/Edited by user Monday, 15 November 2010 7:56:23 AM(UTC)
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The origin of the FX tag is very uncertain. There are 3 separate stories that have prospered over the years, all of which sound quite probable.
The first one that I heard back in the late 60s was where Repco (or some similar parts wholesaler) introduced the term FX, for simplicity in their spare parts catalogues to describe all pre-FJ Holdens. Maybe these catalogues still exist.
The 2nd story concerns used car dealer advertising in Melbourne (the name Kevin Dennis comes to mind) during the late 50s, where the cost of typesetting & therefore classified advertising costs were cheaper because 2 letters were cheaper than 48-215 or replaced the previously used 1948 to 1953 type listings. Maybe these classifieds could still be found in a State library or similar.
The 3rd one (mentioned above) was printed in an issue of 'Restored Cars' magazine many years ago. A letter to the editor (supposedly written by an ex-GMH employee) mentioned that the drawing blueprints of the new type suspension that he saw in 1952, had the wording 'New F-X' written on them in bold writing, which apparently was their shorthand for new front crossmember.
How do we prove which is correct this many years down the track? It would be an interesting project for everyone here on Fastlane to go thru their old catalogues & maybe newspaper classified adds, to see what the earliest mention of FX is in print.
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Greetings, Don Loffler explains all about the term in his wonderful books on these cars. Worth a read as it helped with my knowledge.
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quote:
Originally posted by peter_smol
Up to EH the letters codes related to the digits in the release year. Numbers forward, letters backward.
1 K
2 J
3 H
4 G
5 F
6 E
7 D
8 C
9 B
0 A
So an EH is 63, FC is 58 etc.
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should be called a GC holden by those rules lol, FX sounds much better
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