Stash's FC Sedan

[Stash]

they came up great wayne.

Jeff, the diff has made an appearance in the audi, but that is it.
now, no more audi jokes.. :-\

[fcwrangler]

Hey John, good to see some more progress, hope the vent works out alright. I did the same with my seat frames, made one good one out of two, then sanded, metal preped and painted them with GMH black I'll have to post some more shots of the little things that get done when The big things get a bit to much.
Regards Jim

[Stash]

thanks Jim,

get some photos up so we can all see!

[Stash]

Update:




I have managed to get hold of a NOS sill panel (passenger side).
I am now looking for a drivers one to match (even another passenger will do). I want to do this body right, so i am hoping there is one out there that someone is happy to part with.  ??? ??? ;D

I am also look for some rear panel bits and pieces:
http://fefcholden.org.au/forum/index.php/topic,21741.0.html

Any help will be appreciated.

Due to pickup some plating bits this week, so hopefully an update on the weekend.

John

[Stash]

small update:

I have managed to get hold of L & R NOS Sills!!!, and A good forum lad is parting with a spare wheel well, so i am a very happy camper..   ;D ;D ;D

Still need a rear boot panel (the one with the petrol cap hole), so any ideas would be great. I might need to go looking at wreckers.

thanks to Jim, the new vent/plenum has been fited. front is new, rear (towards windscreen) original.




and thanks to the forum, my front speaker mounts are being put into place on the firewall:






photos of sills to come, once they are back from the blasters.

Stash.

[pedro]

Those speaker buckets are a great idea hey Stash, I saw them on here and pinched the idea too, think i'll have to call the old girl maddonna now though ;D ;D
             Pedro

[Stash]

i did say to my mate that "Bess" now has boobs.  ;D

[Stash]

Quick updates, after a 2 year hiatus and a move to Sydney.
"Bess" is back on the radar.

Apologies for being offline.

Stash.

More to come...

[fe350chev]

Not many old pics working. Perhaps use tapatalk and upload a heap of photos again to jog our memory. Great to see you coming back!

[collecta]

Glad to hear it Stash

Scott

[FC0058]

Welcome back Stash

I am sure there will be a few people out the keen to see Bess again after a 2 year wait.

Cheers Jim

[fe350chev]

C'mon, we want those pics. I was visualising all sorts of weird things last night 😚

[JOX515]

Welcome back Stash, glad to hear all is good and Bess is back on the hit list. 

I finally got mine on the road (Finally underway again........)

Look forward to seeing more of yours  :)

Cheers, Graeme

[FireKraka]

Welcome back Stash sometimes a break is good to get the juices flowing again I just got mine registered a couple of months ago after a 14 year build keep going it pays off in the long run.

Regards
Neil H

[Stash]

Old pics are all fixed. Now onwards and upwards

[Frankiej]

Hey stash love the build mate and I'm not sure if it was my wheel well or someone else's cheers Frankie

[Stash]

Frankie - thanks mate.
Not sure about wheel well - will check

[Stash]

Good to meet some of the NSW Members tonight at Meguiars - as a new member.

[Stash]

Update:

Finally after 2 years of ZERO activity, the car has been cleaned and moved to get the final body work done.
Before this can be done, we need to fit the front end and place engine in so, we can check on engine mount placement on front and on the trimatic end.

On the move


On the hoist


Front end fitted


You can see why i need a rear boot panel and rear quarter. The car was rear ended back in my youth.



And @Stinky now has the seat frames and looking to do something pretty special there.


Lastly, are the bolt heads on the HR axle meant to be different heights?


Good to have it underway again.

///Stash

[ardiesse]

Stash,

The way you have the steering arms bolted on is not quite right.  Classically, with HR stub axles, the bolts go through from the inboard side, through the steering arm and thread into the stub axle.  Also, do you have the original HR dust shield/backing plates?  The stub axles and steering arms are machined with the backing plate in mind.  There's a tab on the backing plate which slips in between the stub axle and the steering arm at the rear bolt.  Plus, the brake hose bracket is attached at the rear steering arm bolt.  The layout of the components is -

At the front steering arm bolt: bolt head - spring washer - steering arm - stub axle.  Bolt screws into the stub axle.  No nut.
At the rear steering arm bolt: bolt head - spring washer - brake hose attaching bracket - steering arm - locating tab on brake backing plate - stub axle.  Bolt screws into the stub axle.  No nut.

If you have bolt heads on the outboard side of the stub axle, they'll probably foul on the inner surface of the brake disc.

Rob
Rob