Welcome to earlyholdens.com a site totally dedicated to full size Holden motor vehicles manufactured from 1948 (FX) to 1971 (HG) and all model in between.

earlyholdens.com has been around since 1997 on some form or another. We hope you find some useful information about your favourite early Holden model.

Did you know Holden never named the FX a FX? It was actually named the 48-215 and it is believed that Repco were responsible for the FX prefix.

Parts books in 1957 show the first reference to the FX Holden and this seems to have come about by Holden naming it's second vehicle the FJ and than third variant the FE. So why FX? Well the "F" is easy to figure but the "X"? The letter X is used because X typically stands for unknown!

So is it true? Who knows! but it sure makes a good story.

Think you know a better reason? Send it to us and if it sounds viable we will include it on the web site somewhere.