From Goldrush to The Fabulous Fifties (1900-1959) | Shannons End of An Era | Part 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ส.ค. 2019
- We step back into time to the early days of Henry Ford’s Quadricycle, Herbert Thomson and Australia’s first ever interstate road trip and Harley Tarrant who, amongst others, pioneered the concept of personal transportation without the horse and credited as Australia’s most successful manufacturer of early petrol driven cars.
Holden shifts from being a saddle maker in Adelaide to car maker, building cars for Studebaker, Dodge and even Ford - that’s right Fords made by Holden’s, who would later join forces with General Motors.
Geelong becomes the home of Ford making local versions of the Model T and then, not long after, we see how a little Aussie ingenuity kick-started our love affair with the classic Aussie ute, thanks to Lew Bandt’s 1934 Ford Ute intended to get him to church on Sunday and his prized pigs to the market on Monday.
As World War II breaks, our fledgling automotive industry shifts focus as both Ford and Holden produce planes, boats and weaponry for our troops fighting in foreign lands.
Then, as Australia moves from its post-war austerity, the Government calls for submissions to build what would be the first all Australian made car. Effectively the first race between Holden and Ford, as to who would win the Government’s favour.
An all-new, ground up design from Holden called the 48/215 described by the Prime Minister Ben Chifley as a “Beauty” launched in 1948 and Australia fell in love with their ‘own car’. Holden could not keep up with sales and we reveal the connection between the American engineer who oversaw Australia’s new car, using the same monocoque technology he developed for Adolf Hitler’s German auto program.
As car affordability improved, more Australians started to travel like never before as towing caravans and the family road trip became part of the Australian way of life.
In the 1950’s the Australian landscape was changing as shifts in Immigration policy saw many Europeans and English settle in Australia. New suburbs emerged from farmland, television arrived in time for the Melbourne Olympics and the new Holden FE earned near 50% market share.
Retrieved from the archival vaults, we’ve discovered rare and exclusive footage including Prime Minister Robert Menzies, welcoming the new era of manufacturing prosperity for a young Australia, as he opens Ford’s Broadmeadows manufacturing plant ready for the first Australian made Falcon in 1960. It is the iconic Ford Falcon that would become one of the longest continuing nameplates in Automotive history.
Events like the Redex trials captured the public’s interest, plus provided car-makers with the opportunity to test the durability of their vehicles against the harsh Australian conditions and it’s these events that would become the basis for touring car racing in years to come. It was indeed exciting times, as Australia welcomed the likes of Volkswagen, Austin, Studebaker, Dodge and Plymouth, plus many more who would begin local manufacture on Australian soil, including an Australian made Mercedes Benz.
Shannons End of Era. Celebrating Aussie Motoring History. - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
Am I the only one who feels sick watching this, in relation to what we as a country have let slip through our fingers?
simple economics; Australia labour is $$$, the market is too small to be self sustaining given the number of other options out there (e.g. there were no SUVs back then), and producing in Australia does not offer any real benefits in terms of favourable access to other markets. Plus cars are now largely exported as fully produced vehicles as opposed to ckds
@@videowsatcher true, but we also had a great tariff system, and as a result, a strong manufacturing industry. I guess ultimately, the world has changed immensely since those days, and our manufacturing industry was one of it's casualties.
I guess, to put things in perspective, the thought of Chinese built and branded cars being sold in Australia was unthinkable even 15 years ago, but now we have around 10 different brands of Chinese cars to choose from. Laurence Hartnett would be rolling in his grave.
Well done Shannon’s on this great first episode. Great work mr Jacobson too. Lookin forward to episode 2/3/4.
that was excellent!
Awesome history! :)
Thank you Shannon's and all involved with this video, great work each and everyone of you.. wonderfully presented and very informative, as well as being a fantastic look at the history of car making here in Australia. look forward to the next episode.
Just watched your episodes fantastic!! Watch. I'm Falcon all the way..kiwi Late father was Ford alday. Moving reparation 100% Thank you ❤
Great job Shannon's
Good doco!
Good stuff.
Great show thanks for doing it!
I love the way you pronounce “Decades.”
tone167 I wonder how Hyundai would sound.
Love the way you say Strahye
I always wondered how my dad got hold of a Vanguard back in the mid sixties.
Great production, very informative. Should probably just rename it as “A concise history of Holden”.
Even Ford’s conception of the Ute as we know it was glossed over mentioning the designer rather then celebrating its Ford heritage. Now back to Holden...
Cry me a river you sook. Ford was well represented and @ 10:45 the Documentary literally says that Ford invented the Ute. Glossed over? Get over yourself.
I look forward to Part II.
Great series. Love it. However, I wonder if the narrator knows there is an ‘L’ in Australia.
If only our American cars were designed, tested, and built the same way as Australian cars were.
Jason Carpp thank you. There weren’t perfect but they were built for the tough conditions of Australia and designed to last. For a small country we have done amazing things with automotive design, engineering and manufacturing. The Ford Falcon was the taxi vehicle of choice. Many of these are up to 400,000 km without engine or transmission problems. Sadly all of this is gone with the end of locally built cars a few years ago. However the Holden’s and Fords we have will be on the road for many years to come.
@@fordlandau I regret that I've never visited Australia, so I don't know what Australian cars are like. But given how they're built for where they were sold, I'd have to agree. If only our cars were built that rugged. Our American roads aren't all smooth as silk. Most have bumps, and potholes, gravel, and pebbles, that would tear a car apart if not build strong enough to withstand what happens.
If only your manufacturers didn't pull out of Australia the gutless way they did, we'd still have a car industry
@@peterlisyak5396 Call me naïve, but how did our car manufacturers leaving Australia end Australian manufacturing?
@Jason Carpp, the only vehicle manufacturing in Australia now is heavy, such as Kenworth, Mack, Volvo, Iveco - International, GM signed a deal with our government for x dollars for Australian jobs and pulled out a couple of years later. Now no more cars being manufactured in Australia, but GM, Ford, Toyota and the like are only to happy to take our design ideas and call them their own.
19:52 Aha! I knew it! Someone who owned one of these said its designation was 52-???? A four-digit number after 52(build year) but here it is, proving him wrong, the ute was indeed a Holden "48-215" Ute!
There is so much more content in the variety of cars sold than what has been shown. Pity it's been more of an advertorial for GM and Ford... Some interesting archival film though.
ask for a refund.
Cool intro song 🙄
Loved the episode, but that theme tune is very 70s. Hopefully something different next episode.
& Look at the Bloody Aussie Car Market Today...
Australia Ain't Got a True Aussie Built Car in the Country Today, & so Many Bloody Reasons I Can't even Name Why?
The Aussie Cars had their Own Rules & Styles, Including Our American Built Cars that were Imported to Your Country, & Had Tinkering With, Some Were Rebadged Versions!
Today Australia Has no Bloody True Car Manufacture in Australia.
You Figure with The Bloody Australian Billionaires, they Could Invest in a True Aussie Built, Aussie Proud, Start Up Car Company In Your Country.
You Aussies were No Bloody Sleeper's in Your Country when it came to Manufacturing!
That intro music is unbelievably bad! LOL. great show :)
Hi Matt, thanks for your comment and sorry to hear about the intro music but glad to hear you like the show, which is the important part. If you were to pick your own intro song, which one would it be? - Andres.
14:13 At last a doco that did NOT call the first Holden by that nonsensical "FX" designation, but identified the car correctly as the "48-215, 48 for the year of build, 1948, and 215 for the engine mass in cubic inches. The only thing wrong with this doco is that gosh-awful gimmick theme tune.
@tone167 It was a good doco, and well presented by Shane Jacobson. But as yet I have not seen Part 2. Is it out there?
Going by holdens number to letter model naming convention used from the FJ to EH the first holden shouldve been called the GC (G=4 and C=8) while FX would be 5 22.
The FJ was a year late so should've been named the FH while the FB launched in 1960 (not 1959 as intended) should be the EL (or EA depending on where 0 goes)
@@sutherlandA1 The two-letter designation had no real sequential order, or they'd have started with AA. The first car to have the two-letter designation was the FJ, followed by the FE, then the FC, then FB, and so on. The very first Holden was the only model to have the numerical designation, 48-215.
I spoke too soon! 16:05 and John Wright utters that stupid bullshit designation! The car was NEVER EVER an "FX", its ONE AND ONLY designation was "48-215".
people where cheated by the supposed big three it wasn't till they pulled that the aus car scene got better ie bmw et all the demise of the yank tank stopped holding us back from quality motoring
Hate it when people pronounce Australia with an O, Ex PM Julia Gillard was the worst at it.