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| View Original: | StateLibQld 1 120064 1948 The Queensland launch of the Holden 48-215 at Eagers Motors.jpg (1000x751) | |||
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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 120064 1948 The Queensland launch of the Holden 48-215 at Eagers Motors.jpg en 1948 The Queensland launch of the Holden 48/215 at Eagers Motors George Green of Eagers Motors left at the official launch of the new Holden with H A Cavanaugh General Sales Manager of General Motors Holden's This first Holden was called the 48/215 but later became better known as the FX It was powered by a six cylinder 2 2 litre 'Grey Motor' driving through a three-speed column shift transmission Sir Laurence Hartnett had worked on the idea of an all-Australian car since 1936 as Managing Director of General Motors - Holden's although he had left GMH by the time the first Holden was released He then developed the idea of manufacturing a smaller cheaper car in Australia which was to become the ill-fated Hartnett 1948 handle 10462/deriv/109521 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Portraits of Australia Photographs of flags of Australia Businesspeople from Australia Automobile dealerships in Australia 1948 in Brisbane Black and white photographs Holden 48-215 | ||||
