Person
James, Frederick George (1915 - 2007)
- Born
- 4 May 1915
Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Died
- 18 October 2007
Cowes, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Engineer
Summary
Engineer and lifelong motor enthusiast Fred James was the senior engine designer at General Motors-Holden from 1963 to 1977 and is known as the designer of the iconic Holden V8. His first position as engineer was with England's Vauxhall Motors. While at Vauxhall he designed the 21-litre flat 12-cylinder engine for the Churchill tank, used during WWII.
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Chronology
- 1938
- Education - Honours in Engineering, University of Western Australia, Perth
- 1938 - 1941
- Career position - Engineer at Vauxhall Motors, Luton, England
- 1941 - 1963
- Career position - Engineer at General Motors-Holden, Fisherman's Bend
- 1963 - 1977
- Career position - Senior engine engineer, General Motors-Holden, Fisherman's Bend
Published resources
Newspaper Articles
- James, S., 'Holden engineering legend provided oomph', The Age (2007), 18. Details
Resources
- 'James, Frederick George (19150504-20071018)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1514381. Details
Theses
- Darwin, Norman Arthur, 'Early Australian automotive design 1895 - 1953', PhD thesis, RMIT University, 2018, 385 pp. http://researchbank.rmit.edu.au/eserv/rmit:162422/Darwin.pdf. Appendix II - biographies pp.341-2. Details
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Created: 31 August 2012, Last modified: 11 April 2016