FE Holden - colour cinema commercial (1956)

Colour cinema ad which introduced the FE series to the public.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Holden
• FE
• cinema
• commercial
• advertising

[shipo3]

Brings back some memories, FE Holden was my first car in 1972 and passed my drivers license in same..Bloody good car I thrashed the guts out of it and couldn't kill the old girl.

[masterawesomeish]

@PanAm812 Holden's independent design for the first model was more of a similar appearance to a Hillman car, the GM commissioned a design based from a rejected Chevrolet prototype from the 1930's, The independent design was thus canned. Most of the cars in Australia were kit built American cars. It has alleged that Holden made the first hatchback when they modified the body of a Chevrolet.

[PanAm812]

smooth riding, luxurious and powerful

American car. We're all being shoe horned into those ugly SUVs or crappy little tin cans that fold up in a wreck. Time for a

visit to Mecum Auto Auctions!

[PanAm812]

smooth riding, powerful American car anymore. We're all being shoe horned into

these crappy little tin cans which fold up in a wreck - Time for a visit to Mecum Auctions!

[PanAm812]

When I lived in Tucson, Arizona I saw an

EH (1964) Holden Special in someone's front yard. I have never seen another Holden in 25years living in the USA. Now I live in Australia and have my own 62 Lincoln over

here. I thought I remembered an ad years ago showing Holdens exported to Hawaii

around 1962. Most Aussies would never

know that Football, meat pies, kangaroos and Holden cars started out as Baseball,

Hotdogs, Apple pie and Chevrolets!!

I'm really pissed off you can't buy a big, long, sm

[hebneh]

@Seattlecarnut I believe Holdens were sold in the USA as what were called "captive" imports, meaning that the parent company in America owned the foreign company that made them at home. So I assume GM dealers would've had them. This was only for a short time.

I've seen Holdens advertised in newspapers (either by car dealers, or in classified ads for used cars) in about 1960.

[Seattlecarnut]

@hebneh Really? I didn't know that. I've never seen a Holden here in the USA.

[scarlebloke]

@OlegKostoglatov It was during the 1930s that cheaper British cars were mainly black. At the same time this advert was made British mass-market models were just as colourful.

[MattTheSaiyan]

Beautiful car, and the quality of the colour of the print is pretty good, too.

[Seattlecarnut]

I love the style of clothing men and women wore during the time.