This is FEFE

[Townee]

Thought it was about time I posted a pic of my girl FEFE.
She is running a 3.8 Ecotec, 4 wheel discs and a Pat Gardiner front end.
Still has a long way to go on the body.

[58Holden]

nice car keep up the great work .any pics of the engine bay thanx lindsay 58

[Hobbo]

Looks Great, at least you driving yours. :'(

[JB]

Haven't seen those rims before... What are they?

[Townee]

G'day Lindsay,

under the bonnet



cheers Phil

[Townee]

Haven't seen those rims before... What are they?

G'day fevan,

the wheels are from Show Wheels in the US. Style is JB Covered.
I had them made up to suit the Commodore offset and are 17 x 7's.

cheers Phil

[customFC]

Nice looking ute.
Love the mods.
Thanks for sharing.
Regards
Alex

[JB]

Nice little set up!! You are the first out of a group of us that have the Pat Gardiner front end on the road. So you are going to get a couple of questions.

How did you go with the turning circle? Is it what you expected? Does the rack hit the stop limits before the caliper hits the arm when aligned or did you need to change something there... mine is so close that I am not sure how its going to work out.

Did you put the new sway bar set up on it? If not does it need one?

I am going to run 17x7 on the front also, did you have an clearance issues with the guards?

Does the power steer give you much feel?

Sorry to bombard you, I have had the Pat Gardiner rack for some time, and have been wondering all of these things all along.

Cheers
JB

[NES304]

Even those without the Pat G front end but are using the same motor like
What radiator are you using?
What under dash air con are you using?
Where did you get your diff shortened?

Good work too mate.

[Townee]

Nice little set up!! You are the first out of a group of us that have the Pat Gardiner front end on the road. So you are going to get a couple of questions.

How did you go with the turning circle? Is it what you expected? Does the rack hit the stop limits before the caliper hits the arm when aligned or did you need to change something there... mine is so close that I am not sure how its going to work out.

Did you put the new sway bar set up on it? If not does it need one?

I am going to run 17x7 on the front also, did you have an clearance issues with the guards?

Does the power steer give you much feel?

Sorry to bombard you, I have had the Pat Gardiner rack for some time, and have been wondering all of these things all along.

Cheers
JB

HI JB

initial problem with the with the ball joint impacting with the back of the commodore rotors. Had them machined out and this fixed it up. Turning circle is excellent. Yes it does have the new sway bar set up so not sure what it would have been like without it. No problems with clearance using the 17 x 7's at all. Power steering gives a very light feel which initially takes some getting used to, particulary at speed, but once you are used to it it isn't an issue.

cheers Phil

[Townee]

Even those without the Pat G front end but are using the same motor like
What radiator are you using?
What under dash air con are you using?
Where did you get your diff shortened?

Good work too mate.

G'day Nes

thanks for your comments. Radiator is ex VS Commodore. I don't have aircon just a heater demister unit that links into the dash vents for the demister requirements, it sits directly in behind the speaker grille on the dash.  Got the shortened diff from Pat Gardner also ex VS Commodore.

cheers Phil

[Townee]

Nice looking ute.
Love the mods.
Thanks for sharing.
Regards
Alex

Thanks for your comments Alex

[NES304]

How did you go with engineering then? Who signed off and does he have good rates? The engineer closest to me is not returning phone calls at the moment and is very frustrating as I am in Newcastle and he is in Taree.
Did you need inertia seat belts? any interior photos for us all?
Cheers

[Townee]

How did you go with engineering then? Who signed off and does he have good rates? The engineer closest to me is not returning phone calls at the moment and is very frustrating as I am in Newcastle and he is in Taree.
Did you need inertia seat belts? any interior photos for us all?
Cheers

Gday Nes,

yes needed inertia seat belts. Interior still very basic will take some interior photos on weekend.
Engineer may be a bit far away for you he is based in Grafton.

[Townee]

How did you go with engineering then? Who signed off and does he have good rates? The engineer closest to me is not returning phone calls at the moment and is very frustrating as I am in Newcastle and he is in Taree.
Did you need inertia seat belts? any interior photos for us all?
Cheers

Here is the interior, as I said previously very basic.

[NES304]

Gday Nes,

yes needed inertia seat belts. Interior still very basic will take some interior photos on weekend.
Engineer may be a bit far away for you he is based in Grafton.

I drive to Bris all the time from Newcastle and through Grafton so maybe not. Any other hidden mods I need to think about?
Already have the heater demister covered.
Cheers mate

[NES304]

and the interior photo just showed itself finally..... Its a bench seat!!! Exactly what I am doing. How did you rig this? I'll PM you my number mate if you can give me a call (or I can call you)
Cheers

[fc2360]

hi Townee looking good . I was at Pats yesterday he showed me the build photos of the front end  and sub frame its awork of art
cheers Geoff

[Townee]

hi Townee looking good . I was at Pats yesterday he showed me the build photos of the front end  and sub frame its awork of art
cheers Geoff

Thanks Geoff, the work they did on the front end is brilliant. They can now offer it to anyone else who is having trouble finding a decent sub frame.
cheers Phil

[Townee]

Here's a pic of the front end build by Pat Gardner.