FC Holden 1959

[jack_fc]

Thanks, Craig  :)

If it's not obvious from the pics, the interior is a pearl white. And so far, it hasn't turned out to be half as hard to keep clean as I thought (then again, it's not exactly a daily driver either...)

And if the car you're talking about for a new interior is the white one in your avatar, I'd personally keep WELL away from grey, but to each his own - it'd be a bloody boring old Holden scene if we all thought alike!

cheers, jack

[Ol_Girl_58]

I feel for you Jack.

Two days ago some low-life c&*^s broke into my house and stole a whole heap of stuff. TV, laptops, etc. But what I couldn't understand is that that they left my new Cannondale road bike, which was in the house and worth around double the amount of the stuff they took.

Man I wish I had have caught them. I have practiced karate for years, and still do. I can't begin to mention the pain that they would have experienced.

Sorry Jack. Rant over. I can imagine the frustration and heartache you must have felt when you saw the FC. Looks awesome now - she's aging well.  I love the pearl white interior. ;)

Kind regards,

Josh

Ol_Girl_58

[Ed]

It wasn't me Josh,

I would have taken the Cannondale  ;D ;D

car looks good now Jack, it already looked good before, looks even better now.

Cheers

Ed

[jack_fc]

Thanks Josh and Ed.

Yeah, Josh; shit like that really does shake your faith in humanity.
I wouldn't wish that experience on anyone...

(hang on... yes I would! On the c@#ts who do things like that!)

cheers, jack

[NosFEratu]

??? ::) you just never give up, do ya?? ::) ;)

OK then, which of your current gripes would you prefer I tackle first; the white spare wheel or the 'bloody shiney flamey thingy'?  ;D ;D

(given that both of these 'offences against good taste and etiquette' are normally hidden from view, I hope you'll understand when I say they're not exactly up the top of my list, but I will definitely get around to fixing them before Pudding-time Christmas...  ;)) 

well!  excuuuuuuse me for caring!  :P >:(

Regardless of your comments here is the priority list:

(1) bloody flamey shiney thing
(2) white spare wheel

>:( >:( >:( >:(

And I want visual proof too! The list is yet to be made!  >:(

:-* :-* :-*

[ridgey_didge]

well!  excuuuuuuse me for caring!

There are some of us out here feeling very relieved that a certain someone hasn't shown them her own special way of caring.   ;)

Posted anonymously....

[jack_fc]

well!  excuuuuuuse me for caring!  :P >:(

Regardless of your comments here is the priority list:

(1) bloody flamey shiney thing
(2) white spare wheel

>:( >:( >:( >:(

And I want visual proof too! The list is yet to be made!  >:(

:-* :-* :-*

::) geez, right, I'll get onto it straight away then...  :-[



um, does anyone out there want to swap a bloody flamey shiney thing for a bloody non-flamey shiney thing??

(shit I hope it's 'flamey' bit she's objecting to, and not the 'shiney' bit... or worse still; what if it's the 'thing' itself?? the car just wont be cool at all without a bloody 'thingy'...  :-[ )

come on, you blokes; I need some help here...  ;)

[NosFEratu]

There are some of us out here feeling very relieved that a certain someone hasn't shown them her own special way of caring.   ;)

Posted anonymously....

;D ;D ;D ;D

[effinsee]

hi jack ,my name is al ,i used to own your car .it was2 tone grey originaly ,still have a photo somewhere in the shed.was a good car to start with,no rust and very straight.still had the stock grey eng and box.the kid who built it was very fussy and spent a huge amount of time and dollars on it.good to see it again

[jack_fc]

Gday Al
Yep, it was 2 tone grey originally - I've got a pic of it before the kid and his old man (Mark and Ron) started work on it  :)
And you're dead right about them being very fussy and spending lots of $$ and time on the rebuild (this was the 13th old Holden they'd rebuilt). They told me it had all original panels, sills, subframe and floors; it certainly looked like that when I thoroughly checked it out, and that's the main reason I bought it (that and the top-notch rebuild; oh and I must admit I loved the colour it was painted!)
Since then, I have changed/modified/rebuilt almost every aspect of the car bar the gearbox and diff, and while it was being repainted and also stripped out for a new interior, I had a chance to have a real good look at the body - what they told me and what you've just said all seems to be correct  :) ;D which probably makes it a fairly rare item...
It's now running a warm 202 and modified Traumatic with an XU-1 LSD and HR disc front end.

I'd be real interested in seeing any pics you may have of it, also any other info about the car.

Thanks n cheers
jack

[DN2168]

Fricken AWESOME Jack. You should be happy with the finished product, looks great. The front end didn't come out as I had imagined  ;).

Dean.

[jack_fc]

The front end didn't come out as I had imagined  ;).

Dean.

Yeah, Dean; unfortunately them bloody FE owners refused to part with a decent grille and indicators....   :( :(
I tried, mate; I tried...  :'( :'(

[Gassa]

Hi its gassa here or the kid as talked about by jack,the fc looks nice good to see it went to a good home,im currently building a fc ute gassa style it ready for paint next month,pitty the body wasn,t as good as the sedan.motor is a 212ci red hoping to run a 12 sec pass aspirated

[customFC]

Hey Gassa.
Welcome to the forum.
Sounds like you have an interesting project.
How about starting a thread in the under construction forum and sharing some info and pics.
I am sure everyone would like to see your progress.
Regards
Alex

[jack_fc]

Hi its gassa here or the kid as talked about by jack,the fc looks nice good to see it went to a good home,im currently building a fc ute gassa style it ready for paint next month,pitty the body wasn,t as good as the sedan.motor is a 212ci red hoping to run a 12 sec pass aspirated

Gday Mark; long time no see!

As you've probably seen, there's been quite a few changes to the old girl since I bought it off you. But haven't changed a thing (internally) on the motor; it's done 24000 km now, and other than a new accelerator cable and 2 good tune ups (done by a mate who really knows modified red sixes) haven't had to touch it - still runs hard and sweet as a nut  ;D

There would be a lot of people on this forum other than Alex and me who would be really interested in info and pics of the ute build, so how about it?
You may find the odd sceptic who doubts you can get into 12s with an unblown red; after experiencing what you and Ron got out of the red in my car using just a pair of pissy Stroms, I definitely wont be one of them...  ;)

cheers, jack

ps  please give my regards to your 'oldies'!

[Gassa]

Hey jack mark[gassa] here yes ther has been a few sceptics on running a 12sec pass,me and the old man are confidant it can!! as they say wen the flag drops the bullshit stops.As with the motor in your fc its not about massive everything just the correct combinations.there are a few red sixes running in the 12s at willowbank with manual trans im running a trimatic with 3.7 diff gears[borgwarner diff].Its been a long time coming this car but this is the year it will be ready,il pass on the hello to my parents,and il get some photos of the ute up.cherrs mark

[jack_fc]

well!  excuuuuuuse me for caring!  :P >:(

Regardless of your comments here is the priority list:

(1) bloody flamey shiney thing
(2) white spare wheel

>:( >:( >:( >:(

And I want visual proof too! The list is yet to be made!  >:(

:-* :-* :-*

I must be overdue to cop a rocket for not tackling the above 'list', but I've got good excuses  :-[ work's a bit full-on this time of the year; also the Leader of the Opposition got real crook before Christmas and unfortunately stayed ill for the best part of a month, so my prime consideration was being nurse, housekeeper, cook, etc...
Luckily for me, she's pretty much back up to speed now, so I've had a little time to spend on the FC.
(She's obviously much better; she's criticising my grammar - reckons that in the preceding sentence there should be a full stop after 'pretty' and that the rest of it is completely superfluous... ;))

Proof as demanded...

the bloody NON-FLAMEY shiney thing





and the new 14" colour co-ordinated spare wheel





I could point out that these items are never seen while driving the car and are therefore irrelevant, and I could infer that the instigator of these 'improvements'  ::) may possibly be a pedantic, perfectionist, SCW-ish person...

[but I wont, because a) I'm not that incredibly stupid and totally heedless of my own wellbeing, and b) she's right...  :-[ ::) :-\ :-* :-* :-*]

but I AM a bit concerned about just what 'suggestions' she may come up with next...

cheers, jack

[NosFEratu]

Well Jack a fantastic attempt at completing the "list".  However, before tonight when Kathi will have an opportunity to investigate you may want to consider how to photoshop slots in the spare wheel and put on a white line on the tyre so they match the ones on the car.

Just remember I live with the "list" maker and I know her eye for detail.

John

[jack_fc]

but I AM a bit concerned about just what 'suggestions' she may come up with next...

[DN2168]

Play "JAWS" music here...LOL

Dean.