Engine bay refurb

[Gary C]

Hi, just thought I would try and give everyone a look at my fc it is a 59 special that should be granite grey and india ivory. I bought the car to drive and after a couple of years would give it a birthday. It had a tired grey so I sent the engine to Perth for a overhaul.Whlie waiting for the engine to return I thought I would clean up the engine bay. I havent taken many pics but here are a few.
This is the first dayI picked it up from the car transport company ( Coolamon N.S.W to Broome W.A. ) didnt quite make it the last 5kms home.

I didnt get to look at the car before I bought it, (ebay) distance and time made that impossible, it was advertised as "only two small rust holes in drivers side sill".
Sorry, doesnt seem to want to upload any more pics, I will read abit more on posting pics and try again later, thanks Gary C

[Gary C]

here are some more,,,maybe!






I must be uploading pics wrong they take about 10mins each, does anybody know what the problem could be?
Gary C

[customFC]

Looks like you have a neat little project car on your hands.
Pehaps the advert should have read 'only 2 small sections of the sill not affected by rust remaining'
You seem to have jumped right in there.
Keep the updates coming and good luck.
Regards
Alex

[Gary C]

Thanks Alex, yeah I bought it sight unseen but I'm not complaining. I wrecked a few when I was a kid and for the last 30 odd years work and family commitments have hamstrung me somewhat. But now its my time and I'm just happy to finally have an fc in the shed.I do have a few more pics to bring everyone up to date but 10mins per pic to upload is off the planet , I must have to downsize or something. any help on that would be appreciated.
Gary C

[TTV6FC]

Nice progress Gary,keep them pictures rolling.Jamie.

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

I must be uploading pics wrong they take about 10mins each, does anybody know what the problem could be?

The most likely cause is the size of the original images, they are probably very large thus taking longer to upload.

[Johns]

If they are large Gary - 1 to 2 mb- and you have Microsoft Office Picture Manager, or similar,  make a copy of each one and put them through this and resize them to "web large". When you upload them for posting they should load quickly.

Cheers
John

[pedro]

G'day Gary welcome to the forum, nice looking car i like the colour are you going to keep it or go back to original, the usual rust problems i see, always makes it worse when you're not expecting it though.
                   Pedro

[Gary C]

Thanks Pedro, I do intend to eventually paint the fc its original granite grey/india ivory but while in Broome I'm thinking matt black, I'm pretty keen on just driving it for a couple of years then I a full resto when we relocate to Perth.Stinky and John you are right about the pic size they are about 2.4mb, I'll get the young bloke onto it, thanks Gary C

[Gary C]

Just a couple more pics



My welding did improve(slightly) after this when a mate came around to set it up a bit better for me and said I had the polarity reversed.

I wanted to paint the firewall granite grey but got too hard getting my hands on some, I found some hitachi excavator touch up paint in the shed and used that. I didn't realise how close it is to the grey motor colour, probably look a bit daggy when the engine is in but it will do for now. Gary C

[Ed]

Hey Gary,

fast progress happening there.

re-colouring to grey even!

Cheers

Ed

[Gary C]

Ed, I started in august and most of the pics are just bringing everyone up to date. In saying that it hasnt advanced a great deal as parts to put the crossmember back in took about 4 weeks and engine mounts have been 8 weeks. Gary C

[Gary C]

These pics are up to date with progress.





Gary C

[FE_UTE]

Great progress there Gary !

I was in Geraldton on the weekend ..so did not get down to Bonies to catch up

Did you get all the parts you were after??

Cheers
Gary

[Gary C]

Yeah Gary I did call in and have a look, there were some great cars there on display, obviously a lot of dedication goes into building cars like that. I managed to grab some parts off Classic Olden, they had a heap of gear and seemed pretty cheap too. Hope you had a good trip to Geraldton,Gary C

[Gary C]

Not much progress, waiting on parts. Here is was started the refurb

I was hoping that by the time the engine arrived I would be ready to slip it in and be on the road, hasn't quite worked out like that, Gary C

[Gary C]

got my diff back today,new bearings , seals and side gears replaced (shop manual terminology) the new side gears needed machining to fit,,ofcourse.

Have taken the doors back to bare metal and they look very good,
                                                                Its booked in for paint,,,4 weeks from now,
Thanks Gary C

[customFC]

Hey Gary
Yes, those doors do look very good!!
Good to see some progress.
Regards
Alex

[pedro]

Looking good Gary but I see you've gone down the same path as most of us, you start with one job and that leads to another then another, next thing you know you're doing a rebuild.
                                        Pedro

[EffCee]

Gary,

Looking great, I see that you don't muck around. You will have the car on the road in no time

Keith