She's a Beauty! : The Story of the First Holdens

"She's a beauty!" declared Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia, after he unveiled the first all-Australian car in 1948. This book is a loving history of the first model Holden, the 48-215, known popularly as the FX, and its famous successor, the FJ. These two models have become among the most loved Holdens ever made. Don Loffler has spent sixteen years researching She's a Beauty!, corresponding with people all over Australia, as well as in the United States, England and Germany. The book includes stories never told before, photographs never published, and a wealth of technical information. The exciting period between 1945 and 1948, from the building of the first experimental cars to the launch of the Holden, is fully described. Entertaining memories of GMH employees and remarkable survival stories of the earliest Holdens illuminate the book. Older readers will enjoy the nostalgia as they read She's a Beauty! Younger ones will learn how momentous in the life of Australia the production of the first two Holden models really was.