my new project

[HAMFIST]

here is the pics of my FE i bought the other day from my local wreckers for the sum total of $700 good thing i know the guy well he was gonna sell it for $900. i have high hopes for this car and i sold my old EJ about 6months ago and regreted it ever sence so when i was at the wreckers i said yep that is mine!! so here are the first few pics sorry they are so small but all i had was my phone ut as i say bad pics are better than no pics aye!













more pics in the next few weeks     

[Paul In Ireland]

Geez, it's not even on blocks!

Good luck with it!
8)

[GOA350]

Great find, it looks as though it has had a Tilly's three tone kit fitted at some stage.
Cheers Scott

[zulu]

Scotts correct, a Victoria single or twin line by the look of it, HAMFIST, ask the wrecker if he knows where the stripe kit is, front seat looks pretty good, bit of elbow grease.

Good luck with it

[pedro]

From what I can see the body doesn't look too bad, most of the important stuff seems to be there, having no wheels makes it look worse than it really is, welcome aboard.
          Pedro

[HAMFIST]

cheers for the comments but id like to know more about the stripe or whatever it is you guys are talking about bare in mind iam new to the FE-FC scene

[mcl1959]

It was a Victoria twinline kit - you can tell it is a twinline because of the small piece behind the rear door on the rear quarter. The single line didn't have this. The downside is the body has about 100 holes in it now where the stripes were and the kit is almost impossible to find. I know of less than 10 cars existing with this stripe kit.
Did I mention my car is one of the 10 ;D

Ken

[HAMFIST]

does you have a pics of this strip on a nice FE so i know what it looked like please.

[GOA350]

It is the twin line kit as Ken describes and when being fitted you could either fit the twin lines or a single line which in your case it looks as if they may have gone for the latter.



Cheers Scott

[GOA350]

This car is also exactly the same as the FE my Dad had when he was 18. It started as a 3 tone, light green bonet gaurds and doors, darker green roof and white boot. My Grand father bought it new and had this done, the Dad got hold of it and it was repainted all one color. British racing green.
  Sadly this car is now somewhere at the bottom of the Clayton tip (Victoria). I might be able to russle up a photo of before and after if i pester the old man.


Cheers Scott

[zulu]

Here are a couple Hamfist, it gives you lots of options with the paint







You could easily recreate the strip/s with stick on chrome protecta strips and you have the holes as a guide

[HAMFIST]

took some better pics today!!!

[HAMFIST]

a few more pics

[HAMFIST]

ID tag reads

FE-225-37778-A

trim 266-707

paint 253-7475

RPO 253-7446 TOP

if someone could tell me what all this means and what RPO stands for.

[mcl1959]

Your car is an FE special sedan (225), and is the 37,778th made at the Adelaide (A) plant.
The trim is Peacock Green & Dolphin Green (226-707) - note your plate should say 226 not 266
The bottom paint colour is Shannon Green (253-7475)
The top paint colour is Biscay Green (253-7446)
RPO stands for Regular Production Options - in the case of the Fe special, 2 tone paint was available as an option at no extra cost.
Later the RPO was dropped as 2 tone paint became standard procedure.

You should also find a chassis number near where the washer bottle is.

Regards Ken

[EffCee]

You will have your work cut out for you, at least it is all together, so you know what you have got in front of you.

Good luck with it.

What are your plans for it?

Keith

[Damo58]

Hamfist i think you got a good buy there  ;D but i think you need to invest in a leaf blower mate ;) good luck with it

                        Cheers Damo58

[HAMFIST]

well heres a pic of my ej i sold proberly 8months ago mayby longer i carnt really remember but i also bought it from a wreckers way back on 06 for $300 and it was a shell but after having it for nearly 3and a half years i had to sell it and ive been waiting for the right holden to come along and this one did. and the plan is to restore to original or as best as i can do.

[steamman]

Great find, lucky the red thing above it had'nt fallen on it.
Cheers
Deano.

[HAMFIST]

Great find, lucky the red thing above it had'nt fallen on it.
Cheers
Deano.

yer iam scared about that FORD probe falling on it i dont want my FE getting probed but i have to wait about 3weeks b4 i can pick it up witch is irratating me somthing ferce!