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Heart of the Lion

The 50 Year History of Australia's Holden.

- by John Wright -

Illustrated by Colour & Black and White photographs

ISBN-10: 1864487445

ISBN-13: 9781864487442 

Publisher: Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, Australia

Published: 1998

Binding: HARDcover  with  Dustjacket  359 pages  

Condition: NEW & UNread & displayed condition! HERE in MELBOURNE! A retired display copy as illustrated!

Edition:  FIRST EDITION: 1st printing complete number line

TIGHT,  SCARCE   HARDCOVER with Dustjacket ~  IN  MELBOURNE  ... 

WHY do ebayers buy from US?

Because you KNOW what you're getting. My close up photos are of the actual item!!

Remains New & UNread - it was the display copy instore . It is Tight -  neat, no inscriptions or marks within. Appears as in my photos - this is the exact copy!!  A nicely preserved copy - superb!

No discernible shelf wear, the interior is tight and spotlessly clean with 359   pages. THIS copy is the FIRST EDITION: 1st printing from 1998 - the Australian publishing by Allen & Unwin, St Leonards. Large format 359 pages with lots of black and white and coloured plates and photography. With 24 pages of colour and 200 B&W photographs.

Incredibly SCARCE title - this is a NEW copy!!  

In original blue cloth HARDcover binding with strong gold titles to the spine, in publisher's glossy laminated boards pictorial dustcovers which are in perfect condition - not price clipped.

(Stored with 2019!)

Measures approx.  10¾  x 8¾  inches or  26½  x  20cm

SYNOPSIS ....

The book tells the story of each model and their significance to the motoring public and the nation's consciousness, and of the company that brought them to be. Spans the 1890's to the 1990's....

On 29 November 1948, the first all-Australian car rolled off the line at Fishermens Bend.

All who were there, Prime Minister Chifley included, believed they were witnessing the emergence of an independently strong industrial nation. Holden's 48-215 was everything its backers had hoped for, and supply never really caught up with demand. Its success prompted other manufacturers to set up production in Australia, both for the domestic and export markets, for complete vehicles, engines and other components. From then on, the Holden car stood for far more than four wheels to carry the clan.

There have been 26 models of the family Holden since the 48-215, as well as the smaller Toranas, Geminis, Sunbirds, Camiras, Vectras, Astras, Barinas and endless variations of each. Like the 48-215, all of them were a statement of their age: the Station Sedan bringing all the leisure opportunities of a continent to a mobile family; the EH of 1963, then Australia's fastest selling car, evoking economic confidence on wheels; the HK Kingswood somehow converging power and grace with pure Australian head-of-thehousehold manhood; the Commodore linking our fragmented industry to the global economy.

This superb book tells the story of each, of their significance to the motoring public and to the nation's consciousness, and of the company that brought them to be. In sweeping chapters that span the 1890s to the 1990s, John Wright takes us inside the
company of a proud Adelaide coachbuilder which has grown, with the backing of General Motors, to be the motoring brand which defines Australia like no other.

About the Author

John Wright MA(Hons) is a motoring journalist of two decades standing, and has written numerous books and pamphlets on Australia's motoring heritage, including short histories of the Ford Falcon, Ford Fairlane, and Peugeot in Australia.

He has raced production cars and competed successfully four times in Targa Tasmania. John Wright is currently associate editor of Motor magazine and a regular contributor to the 'Drive' section in the Sydney Morning Herald. He is also a published poet and short story writer and has taught English at La Trobe University, Melbourne.

Among his current fleet of cars is a 1964 EH Holden 179 manual sedan.

Informative & Entertaining read!