1950 48-215 FX Holden for sale Australia was a different place in 1948, the Second World War had finished in 1945 and was still fresh in everyone’s memory. Australians of the time hungered for American style freedom and American styled cars, in fact at the time America was very well loved and respected by the general population for the help they had given Australia during the war. It was in these years that only around 1 in 8 Aussie’s owned a car but by the time Holden’s new construction had finished its run this ratio was closer to 1 in 4 and its impact on in the Aussie market and in the memory of our people is obvious. So this model was where it all began, the 48-215 is often referred to as the FX Holden, but for the experts its real name is the 48/215, 48 being the year it started production and 215 being Standard Sedan. When produced the FX was the first mass produced six seater car produced in Australia and it had to compete with 4 cylinder British cars as well as many American vehicles. Most of the cars of the time were either pre-war American or British and so an Australian car was very well received. The FX was given a 2.17 Litre 6 cylinder motor which was later referred to as a “Grey Motor” due to its colour and this car retains it’s original motor with a 3 speed column shift gearbox. The Grey Motor was used right up until the EH Holden was produced in August 1963 with the new “Red Motor”. The standard features of the FX Holden included a key-operated drivers door lock, flipper windows, no chrome mouldings, adjustable air scoop between the bonnet and windscreen, no heater, one sunvisor, one tail-light and no turn indicators (people of the time used an arm out the window to indicate which direction they wished to turn but this car has since been updated with a 12 volt system and turn signal for drivabilty and safety). Options included an ‘Air Chief 5’ radio which this still retains, lefthand side sun-visor, a rear venetian blind, a locking petrol cap and a heavy duty oil bath air-cleaner. This FX is a very nice example, restored approx 25 years ago and a factory metalichrome lacquer car that was restored in 2 pac with a custom paint mix to replicate the original and rare Parakeet green factory duco, inside is the correct grey leather and Loadstar grey interior with a huge amount on NASCO accessories to make this a very up scaled version of what was a very basic car. Located in the at the SEVEN82MOTORS Classic’s, Lowriders & Muscle cars, specializing in Australian & American car sales and available to view in the showroom at 3-132 Spencer Road, Nerang on the Gold Coast, Queensland.
