Fj Holden Cards
Description: In October 1953 the first FJ Holden drove off Holden’s Fishermans Bend assembly line and on down the road to become Australia’s most loved car. It was easy to love the FJ with its broad toothy grin of a grille, flashy two-tone paint, bright chrome work and perky little tail fins. The FJ was little changed from the first Holden of 1948, but the upbeat styling gave it a personality that was bright and bubbly compared to its more serious predecessor.
Description: The FC appeared in May 1958 and was essentially a facelift of the FE. The FC featured a lot more chrome and the option of a bolder two-tone paint design. The engine received a revised camshaft profile and a slight increase in compression ratio. By the end of 1958, Holden’s market share had risen to 50.1 per cent, with a total of 191,724 FCs being sold by the time the model was superseded by the FB, which appeared in May 1961. While the FE-FCs didn’t prove as popular in race or drag circles as the FX-FJs, a number did manage to cover themselves in glory, most notably the FEs of Bob Holden and Bruce McPhee.
