Talk:Holden Special

Holden Business or Holden Business Sedan?

I believe that the the “Holden Business” entries in the article should be changed to read “Holden Business Sedan” based on the fact that GMH used the later term in their contemporary promotional literature. An example of this can be seen in the GMH ad that appeared in the 1 January 1954 edition of Australian Walkabout Magazine. The illustrations of the three new FJ sedans are captioned “Holden Special”, “Holden Business Sedan” and “Holden Standard” and the text of the ad reads “ ......Holden offers you the choice of three different sedan models - the de-luxe Special, the Business Sedan and the economy model, Holden Standard.” A copy of this ad can be seen on page 15 of Don Leffler’s book “The FJ Holden”, published 2002. GTHO (talk) 23:28, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

I changed Business Sedan to Business because my sources unanimously favoured it:

• Bebbington, Terry (1998). 50 Years of Holden. Hornsby, New South Wales: Clockwork Media. ISBN 0947216596.
• Jeeves, Kay, ed. (2008). The Holden Heritage 14th Edition (PDF). Port Melbourne, Victoria: GM Holden. ISBN 9780646495873. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• Loffler, Don (2006) [1998]. She's a Beauty!: The Story of the First Holdens (New Enlarged Edition ed.). Kent Town, South Australia: Wakefield Press. ISBN 1862547343. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)

As Terry stated, "following Red Book & sales brochures can cause dramas, I have found parts catalogues & workshop manual to be more consistent." OSX (talk • contributions) 23:47, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Wright and Darwin : Who wrote what?

It would seem that there has been a mix up in the references for this article as the cover of "100 Years of GM in Australia" shows the author as "Norm Darwin" rather than "John Wright". GTHO (talk) 23:37, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Sorry. A mistake on my behalf when converting the references into the template standard. OSX (talk • contributions) 23:47, 30 January 2009 (UTC)