FCRB30 Wagon

[NosFEratu]

And my work for the week is done!   ;D  Claws safely retracted!  ;)

Kathi  8)
F4+ =^{^^}=

[pedro]

WooHoo, the old girl has finally gone to the sandblasters, thanks to some motivational therapy from aunty Kathi ;) :D, will be done thursday and then the real fun and games start, the hardest part to decide so far is paint colour, there are heaps of pics of FC's on the site with some really flash paint jobs and good colour schemes, but so far i haven,t been able to decide what i want to do on mine. ???
                                            Pedro F4+

[NosFEratu]

Hey Pedro - great to hear.  You're gonna have trouble sleeping the night before it comes home! 

Have fun thinking about colours - but if there was gonna be a vote, mine would be for a very clear and bright silver with a black flash!  What wheels are you thinking about?

Glad that I, along with the rest of the F4+ crew, could be of service in making sure you regained your motivation!

Kathi  8)
F4+ =^{^^}=

[pedro]

I'll probably lay awake all night thinking about colour schemes, one good thing about the silver is it doesn't show the dirt, but then again the black would, it'll be that combo or light and dark blue or then again maybe ??? :D
Wheels, thats another decision i've been putting off, it partly depends on whether i go with the v6 or not, I'm going to see Darren next door about that vs t'morrow. and thanks to the crew for the support.
                                    Pedro f4+

[TTV6FC]

Good work Pedro.Glad to see you are getting it blasted.Just be prepared for when the car comes back from the blasters that the rust holes will still be there,only bigger!At least you will see what you're dealing with....Can't wait for the pics,Cheers,Jamie.

[pedro]

Geez i stuffed that up, somehow i managed to put my reply in Kathi's quote ::), can't wait to get the angle grinder and the mig into action jamie, I've helped other people do their cars and done cars to sell, but this is different this car is for me and it's going to be the car i drive until i'm too old to drive or they cart me off in a box, I get no pleasure out of driving modern cars they are just a means to get from a to b, i'm itchin to get started on those rust holes and playing with motors ;D.
                                   Pedro F4+

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

You did what?  ;)

[pedro]

I'm not touching that one glenn ;), hang on that didn't sound right either ;D ;D, I think i'll shut up before i dig myself in any deeper ::).
                               Pedro F4+

[pedro]

I'd just like to publicly thank Dean for volunteering to do some photoshop pics of different paint jobs to help me decide on a colour scheme :), I will post a pic of the one i decide on, Thanks again mate i really do appreciate it 8) 8) 8).
                                    Pedro F4+

[pedro]

Also thanks for e-mailing me the template Glenn, I've had a quick play but now i'm more confused because i've found even more combo's that i like :D, now i understand how you got you're nickname ;) ;D ;D

[NosFEratu]

Woohoo - exciting day today!  Pedro's wagon gets blasted!  ;D

Kathi  8)
F4+ =^{^^}=

[pedro]

Tried to post some pic's but photobucket seems to be extremely slow at the moment, wife just had bad news from doc. so the car isn't important anymore until we know what's happening.
                                                                Pedro

[NosFEratu]

Hey Pedro,

Loved ones are far more important than a piece of metal. 

Best wishes to Mez - I know you'll look after her the best you can!

Kathi  8)
F4+ =^{^^}=

[pedro]

Thanks Kathi see pm.
                  Pedro

[EffCee]

Pedro,

Sorry to hear that all is not well with your wife. I hope that all goes well and sorts itself out for the better soon.

Keith
F4+

[NO NAME]

yeah i was going flat chat on the FC to get to wintersun, working till 2-3am every night and then one night I was spraying the insides of the doors and my missus cooked some chips, sat down for diner, left the stove on, set the kitchen on fire after dropping a suacepan full of burning oil on the kitchen floor, burnt her hand, we kind of both cought on fire trying to put it out but she got 3rd degree full thickness burns and i only got a few small 2nd.
still it put me out of action for the next two nights and cuased a few other delays but we were still trying, decided yesterday to pull the pin on getting the FC there and drive up in the ford, no chance of finishing that in this weather, but then today the doc says that she definately needs surgery tomorow and wont be able to travel up to wintersun.

[DN2168]

WOW Fccool, that is no good, hope your wife is ok after the surgery.

Pedro hope all is going well with your better half as well.

Dean

[NosFEratu]

Hi FCCOOL

We were aware of you and your wife's misfortune through the ozrodders site.  (another, but definitely a more serious, feral chip incident as Pedro would say)

Best wishes to her for her surgery and hope she recovers quickly (you too). Look after her  :D

There's plenty more events to go to in your car when it's done.

Kathi  8)
F4+ =^{^^}=

[FC427]

Leon sorry to hear about Michells accident burns are such a nasty thing look after her and hope all goes well with her treatment. I pulled the plug on Wintersun and the Willowbank Nationals this year as well if it makes you feel better I'm missing out as well, The All holden day is just around the corner may be you can  debut your wagon at the 50 Anniversary of the FC  I am trying to get [Joe's] MR FC finished and there as well for it's debut  ........FC427.......

[pedro]

Thanks for the kind words, when i recieved the news yesterday i immediatly thought the worst, but after talking with people that have been through the same thing, and if things haven't progressed too far she could come through it alright, but we won't know for sure till the next round of tests, we're trying to be positive anyway.
Here's the pics of the wagon.



They look great when they come back like this





Until you kook closer.



This was worse than i thought.



So was this.

The old girls not too bad really, needs four floor pans and the usual sub frame repairs.
                                              Pedro F4+