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Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - W class 307 and crew, 1924-1928
... Holden Motor Body Builders... Motor Body Builders in South Australia in 1924 as part... box key air brake handle car body Holden Motor Body Builders ...Photograph shows W class 307 standing on slightly curved track displaying destination "Victoria Bridge" and no route number box attached. The uniformed motorman and conductor stand on the roadway next to the front driver's cab where the trolley pole has been tied down. The conductor wears his coin bag and the driver is holding the tram's key and air brake handle. An elderly male passenger with coat stands at the drop-centre doorway and other passengers are inside. The car body of W 307 was built by Holden Motor Body Builders in South Australia in 1924 as part of a large contract to build W class trams. Victoria Bridge was the termini of both the Collins Street and Victoria Parade cable tram that closed in 1929 and the Mont Albert electric tram from Union Road, via Whitehorse Road and Kew Junction. Perhaps this photograph is of the Mont Albert terminus although the curved track suggests otherwise.Yields information about early W class tramcars . Black and white photograph with penciled dates on rearPencil writing reads "Between 2/9/24 & 19/3/28" trolley pole, drop-centre, w class, tram 307, victoria bridge, route number box, key, air brake handle, car body, holden motor body builders, mont albert, termini -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Vehicle - "W" Class tram, 1926
... Holden Motor Body Builders were issued an order to build...Holden Motor Body Builders were issued an order to build ...Holden Motor Body Builders were issued an order to build a total of 60 W class trams, at the Holden Motor Body builders workshop in Woodville South Australia.built by Holden Motor Body Builders 1926Brown and cream coloured W class tram. 3 entry points either side323 both front and rear. Both sided MMTB insignia plus the number of the tram, 323tram, w class, transport -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Functional object - Sign, Holden Motor Body Builder's Ltd, Builders Plate, mid 1920s
... by Holdens Motor Body Builders Ltd Adelaide & Melbourne". Has screws... in each corner. Builders Plate Functional object Sign Holden Motor ...Used by the company on the W class tramcar bodies it built for the MMTB in the 1920's. See item 2430 for another example. Demonstrates the method of recording who built the tramcar body.Builders Plate, sign - pressed brass sheet with burnished black background around the raised letters - "Coach Work by Holdens Motor Body Builders Ltd Adelaide & Melbourne". Has screws holes in each corner.builders plate, adelaide, tramcar, signs, tramcars, holdens, new trams, w class -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Vehicle - Chevrolet 1926, 1926
... 1926 Chevrolet car. Bodied in Australia by Holden Motor...1926 Chevrolet car. Bodied in Australia by Holden Motor ...1926 Chevrolet car. Bodied in Australia by Holden Motor Body Builders.Bodies of the local assembly of Chevrolet's were built in Australia as early as 1918 and by 1926 the newly created General Motors (Australia) Pty Ltd had established assembly plants in 5 Australian states to produce Chevrolet and other G.M. vehicles using bodies supplied by Holden Motor Body Builders.Black 4 door, 5 passenger automobile with removable canvas roof.automobile, holden, bodied, car -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Vehicle - 1932 VY Vauxhall Coupe, 1932
... 1932 VY Vauxhall Coupe Bodied in Australia by Holden Motor...1932 VY Vauxhall Coupe Bodied in Australia by Holden Motor ...1932 VY Vauxhall Coupe Bodied in Australia by Holden Motor Body Builders.The great depression hit Australia in 1932 and less than500 vehicles were bodied by Holden that year. The first British car fitted with a gear-box "embodying the now famous Synchro-Mesh principle", a system of gear change making every driver an expert. Providing a faultless shift-speed operation it was fitted to all Cadets from late 1931.[Engine in line six Cylinder 2048cc Gearbox- Three forward speed with synchromesh on 2nd and third gears. Burgundy 2 door Vauxhall coupe with black leather clad roof, Dicky seat in rear.automobile, holden, bodied -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Tool - Automotive Jack, Circa 1930
... 4 ton capacity screw type car Jack sold by Holden Motor... Body Builders retailed by Holden motor Body Builders automotive ...4 ton capacity screw type car Jack sold by Holden Motor Body Buildersretailed by Holden motor Body BuildersFour ton Srew type automotive jackThe Kazoo Pat applied for; Goods Std. Tool Co: Kalamazoo Mich. No.61automotive, ratchett, jack -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - W class tramcar at the Holden Factory Woodville, R E Jackman, 14/3/1924
... In red ink "Holdens Motor Body Builders", in black ink "14... In red ink "Holdens Motor Body Builders", in black ink "14/3/24 ...Black and white print of a W class tram body on dollies at the Holden Body Builders at Woodville Adelaide. Mr R E Jackman was the MMTB's Superintendent (Engineer) representing the Board in Adelaide for both the Holden contract and the contract with Perry Engineering for bogies or trucks for the W-class tram. Shows the tram basically complete on temporary dollies. See item 5554 for other digital images of the work.Yields information about the construction of new tramcars for the MMTB by HoldensBlack and white print with details on the rear.In red ink "Holdens Motor Body Builders", in black ink "14/3/24", in pencil "roof shows only partly painted" and the stamp of "R E Jackman"tramways, tramcars, w class, holden bodyworks, new tramcars, adelaide, construction -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Vehicle - T Model Ford
... being bodied by Holden Motor Body Builders between 1915 and 1927.... being bodied by Holden Motor Body Builders between 1915 and 1927 ...A large number of T model's started their life in Australia being bodied by Holden Motor Body Builders between 1915 and 1927.The mode accounted for 57% of the worlds automotive production Ford took over production in Geelong in 1925White body with red mudguards open coupet model ford, vehicle, cars, holden -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Sign, Holdens Motor Body Builders Ltd, "Coach Work by Holdens Motor Body Builders Ltd Adelaide & Melbourne", 1920's
... by Holdens Motor Body Builders Ltd Adelaide & Melbourne". Has screws... Body Builders Ltd Adelaide & Melbourne". Sign Holdens Motor ...Builders Plate, sign - pressed brass sheet with burnished black background around the raised letters - "Coach Work by Holdens Motor Body Builders Ltd Adelaide & Melbourne". Has screws holes in each corner. Used by the company on the tramcar bodies it built for the MMTB in the 1920'sHas on the rear in black text pen "339"trams, tramways, signs, tramcars, tramcar bodies, holdens, new trams, w2 class