In 1957 Lang Lang Was Built in Progressive Stages on a 2167 Acre

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THE HOLDEN COLLECTION Series List LANG LANG PROVING GROUND, VICTORIA Series 94 ______

In 1957 Lang Lang was built in progressive stages on a 2167 acre site, and was modelled on the facilities and layout developed by General Motors at its proving grounds at Milford Michigan, Phoenix Arizona and Manitou Springs Colorado. GMH wanted a site where a private road system could be surveyed to duplicate virtually any type of surface or gradient in Australia; a site with a set of constants with which they could measure Holden performance against the actual road conditions, climate and rigid requirements of Australia. It is the largest and most comprehensive test facility in the southern hemisphere. The proving ground conducts a variety of automotive engineering projects including fuel economy and performance testing, engine, brake, safety, emission control and many other tests to discover and correct faults which may occur under general driving conditions. ______

Promotional brochures for Lang Lang Proving Ground 94/1 1960-1988, 2000 1cm (12 items). Items 1-5, 9-10 originals WITHDRAWN. [Includes brochures for 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1972, 1979, 1984, 1996, 2000 brochures, a newspaper clipping about the 1984 brochure, and a 1990 folder with insert brochures on the Holden Product Design and Development Technical Centre, including various sections and Lang Lang.]

Papers relating to use of Lang Lang Proving Ground 94/2 1946-1976 13cm (8 parts), part 4(4 items) OUTSIZE 6. [Includes test durability routes from the 48-215 vehicle on public roads, additional durability tests, brochures, driving regulations, advertising, correspondence and news releases. Also Parliamentary debates regarding purchase of the land, 1955.]

Papers relating to Lang Lang field days 94/3 1982-1983 2cm (3 parts) [Includes files of K Cox and J Bremner for 1983 field days and commercial vehicle field day 1982.]

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Papers relating to General Motors safety and Proving Grounds 94/4 1970-1974 1cm (3 items) [Includes brochures, papers presented to conferences and ‘love seat’ advertisement. Covers GM Proving Grounds in the USA and the Vauxhall Proving Grounds in Millbrook, England].

Papers relating to the opening of Lang Lang’s Safety Design 94/5 Test Centre 1969 1cm (3 parts). Part 2 – OUTSIZE 7, part 3 original WITHDRAWN. [Includes press release and opening function schedule.]

‘Cut and Paste’ for Lang Lang brochure redesign 94/6 ca 1985 1cm

General Motors-Holden’s Proving Ground Information Booklet 94/7 1973 0.5cm [Confidential booklet concerning details of a variety of Holden and non-Holden vehicles.]

Media kit for Lang Lang Media Day, 25 November 1992 94/8 1992. 3cm. Part OUTSIZE 1. Original photographs WITHDRAWN. [Includes speeches, presentations, photographs, brochures and Holden Heritage book.]

Black and white photographs 94/9 ca 1960-1977 1.5cm. Part 2 - OUTSIZE 6. Part originals WITHDRAWN [Includes aerial shot, displays, safety design centre, proving track and safety demonstrations and child restraint systems.]

Colour transparencies and film strips 94/10 ca 1980 0.5cm Originals WITHDRAWN [Includes Scientific Research and Development Centre including futuristic dashboard buck, disc brake rotor under reliability test, group shots, Lang Lang sign post, styling room, cars on test strip.]

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Photographs and autographs of staff at Lang Lang 94/11 ca 1970 0.5cm. Originals WITHDRAWN [Presentation folder to ‘Ron’. with poem, photographs of staff and autographs.]

Papers and photographs relating to the construction of Lang 94/12 Lang 1956-1959 11 cm BRG 213/94/12/2 part 3 & BRG 213/94/12/5 OUTSIZE 6, BRG 213/94/12/2 part 2 OUTSIZE 5 [Working papers of Harold Ingamells, experimental engineer at GMH, and was the Holden engineer involved with working with contractors on the construction of various tracks at Lang Lang: 1. Folder of engineering calculations and graphs, cost estimating, quantity surveying, notes on visits to Lang Lang from Sept 1956 to June 1957, progress reports from Nov. 1956 to Dec. 1957, production reviews 1957- 1958, newspaper clipping calling for tenders for speed loop construction in October 1956, list of clean up jobs around speed loop, 1956-1959 (5 parts) 2. ‘Straightway – General’: Part 1. Papers including estimates and recommendations; Part 2. Topographical map with the speed loop at Lang Lang titled ‘GMH test track (Western half)’; Part 3. Plan of cross sections for ‘reforming speed loop and associated works’. 1956-1957 (3 parts); 3. ‘Proposal A’ papers including proposed land purchases, estimates an diagrams; 4. ‘Proposal C’; 5. ‘Survey plan of existing garage and offices’, 1956; 6. Photocopies of photographs of staff and equipment at the Safety Test Centre, with descriptions on verso ca.1980-2002; 7. Black and white photographs of construction work at Lang Lang, and an FC Holden on various sections of the proving ground. Originals WITHDRAWN

Organization charts and bulletins 94/13 1970-1981 2 cm Part original RESTRICTED [Papers relating to the Engineering Department and Lang Lang staff. Including bulletins and organizational charts and notifications of changes to staff positions and responsibilities.]

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50th anniversary of Lang Lang proving ground - employee 94/14 open day 2007 0.5 cm [Information and event timetable for the event held on Sunday, 9 September 2007, 10am – 4 pm], including a map on verso. Also contains a photocopied image of a VS Berlina[?] Commodore, ‘V564’, on test track with testing/measuring device near rear wheel.]