It's a toilet

[Crash Test]

As a former Ford fan (ie, prior to Bathurst last year), I had a bit of a laugh at an article in the newspaper the other day about funny car names. Have you wondered why they didn't make the 'EC Falcon'?

[Amaroo Park]

I used to wonder the same sort of thing with Holden. What ever happened to the VD Commodore

[Bluebottle]

I'm still waiting for Ford to make a Ka SI.....

[elephino]

The WC Statesman?

[Morris 1100]

The JB Camira and the RB Gemini........

[Ray Bell]

The FX Holden... another one that never existed...

I guess you all know the details of that numbering system GM-H had? It was the year the car was scheduled to came out, based on

K - 1
J - 2
H - 3
G - 4
F - 5
E - 6
D - 7
C - 8
B - 9
A - 0

There's no 'X' in the sequence... the car was called the 48/215... the '215' simply means 4-door sedan (so there was an FJ/215, EH/215 etc...), I think station wagons were 225s, and I don't know where that came from, but it may be a Government coding. Anyone sure?

GM-H abandoned the above system after the EH because it was no longer a 'secret'... !!

[StuiE]

the 215 bit was the capacity of the engine in cubic inches and 48 the year produced

[Morris 1100]

Originally posted by gtr69
the 215 bit was the capacity of the engine in cubic inches and 48 the year produced

I wish it was the engine size. the 21 was the GM code for Aus and the 5 was the code for a sedan the Ute was a 50-216.

[Bomn]

Chrysler Rootes Australia with the VD Valiant.