AUGUST 1994 HOLDEN FX (48-215)

By the mid-1990s, first-series Holdens were established ‘collector’ cars but it still took an exceptional one to prise more than $5000 from a buyer’s grip. This car with its original registration plates, collection of accessories and aerial indicating it had even scored a radio looks well worth the price. Twenty years earlier, ‘humpy’ Holdens were worthless and being crushed by the thousands. Then came a song about a bloke in Newcastle with a ‘hot FJ’ and demand surged; seeing cars similar to this one now exceed $25,000.

SINCETHEN: Spurredperhaps by $672,000 paid in 2013 for a Holden prototype, interest in the earliest of Holdensh as blossomed.$20-25,000buysan honest example, but buyers with an eye on quality are spending $40,000+