Making car body shells and panels at Holden's [BRG 213/1/3/131-141] • Photograph
Pressing body panels, HMBB, Woodville.
Photograph of a large hydraulic press, with three men unloading pressed panels and stacking them on trolleys alongside. A researcher has suggested that the press was made by Forward Downs specifically for HMBB in 1923, and was the first large press.
Producing parts, HMBB, Woodville.
Photograph of men working at various pieces of machinery in row, the first a press, inside the workshop at Holden's Motor Body Builders.
Early paint shop, HMBB.
Photograph of a man with a spray nozzle and hose working on a car shell, with other shells on rows of trestles. Caption reads 'Early paint operations'.
Timber framed shells, HMBB, King William Street.
Photograph of bare timber framed car body shells sitting on long trestle frames in long rows.
Bare metal car shells, HMBB, Woodville.
Photograph of bare metal car body shells on trestles, with fronts pointing out of a large multi-rowed booth with curtains. Believed to be 1927 models.
Car body shells, HMBB, Woodville.
Photograph of car body shells in rows on trestles in a large workshop, at Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd., Woodville.
Washing car body shells, HMBB, Woodville.
Photograph of men washing car body shells set on trestles in a large workshop, at Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd., Woodville. A number of body shells are in view, standing on end in rows.
Washing body shells, HMBB, Woodville.
Photograph of a large workshop, at Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd., Woodville, with body shells standing on end in rows, men washing car body shells set on trestles, and fluted hoods in another section.
Hand finishing, HMBB, Woodville.
Photograph of men rubbing car body shells with cloths in a workshop at Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd., Woodville, with some bodies leaning on their side.
Men working on car shells, HMBB, Woodville.
Photograph of men working on bare car body shells on dollies in a workshop at Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd., Woodville, with rows of car bodies standing on end behind.
Body panels, HMBB, Woodville.
Photograph of a man in a shed with stacked car body panels at Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd., Woodvillem with templates on the wall. The area is labeled '503' and 'P'.
Body panels, HMBB, Woodville.
Photograph of a man in a shed with stacked car body panels at Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd., Woodvillem with templates on the wall. The area is labeled '503' and 'P'.