Cams FC Resto

[camxsmith]

Repaired a couple of spots over the weekend. Both near the drivers side A Pillar.

(sorry light was not good)


Cut the rust out and put on some rust convert


Weld thru primer under new piece test fitting



Weld it in coat with primer


Another bad spot under the front guard


Cut out


Make a new piece


Weld it in and coat with some primer

[camxsmith]

Another little bit done today...

[mcl1959]

That is super neat Cam. Well done as usual

[camxsmith]

New ignition barrel location moved from the old dash panel, because of the new dash panel design.

[camxsmith]

Hi All, its been a long time .. Hope all are doing well. I'm still on the forum, and still love the posts.  Caught up with Brett_f today grabbed some gems..  Front spears and tail light surrounds.. Has got my FC blood flowing again, and wanting to do more on the car again.  So I have some pics and posts to come soon.     

[camxsmith]

Some Pics of the floor coated in the kbs products


Added a plate in the roof for the sun visor.

Formed a plate to match the roof line


Used a self tapper to hold it in place


Spot welded it in place


Used some sealer and rivet nuts to hold the center bar in place

[Mal W]

Looking great Cam.
Good idea with the sun visor bracket strengthening. Think I may also do that with mine while its in bits.

Mal

[camxsmith]

Accelerator pedal completed.  Started with a commodore pedal, and fabricated a bracket and mount plate, using the original bushes and spring.



Lick of paint ready to bolt in

[camxsmith]

Weber 34 adm accelerator mount bracket. Started with a lot of lines and measurements, making sure cable will not hit the air cleaner and come over rocker cover    ???



Drilled holes, folded on the lines and added some weld for extra strength 


Final test run


Lick of paint and happy with its look and how it works

[camxsmith]

Finishing off the dash for the altered gauge panel. 

Cuts made


Replacement lip hammed out


Welded in and cleaned up, happy with the result

[Errol62]

I just did a cable setup on the 179 X2 in my FB ute. The jugs bolt straight on the manifold which makes for very little clearence to the manifold. Also I'm running a tall tappet cover for roller rockers clearence, exacerbating the issue.I ended up setting it up to pull down on the manifold side. Using a hx v8 cable. I use the original pedal, extending to a 60mm radius, with outer bracket sandwiched between brake union and subframe leg.

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[camxsmith]

Been welding holes up in the firewall, looking at a heater option and making a fuse block holder to go under the dash

[camxsmith]

Hi all  happy new year.  Being working on upgrades to the wiper arms and pivots, trying to get rid of the slop for a smoother running wiper. First pulled them apart


Next was to lathe up some new bushes, two in each.
 

Removed the small arms and the ends of the loger arms


Replaced them with a bolt to cater for the ball joint ends


Finished product , I can now adjust the throw of the wiper by lengthening the small arms

[ardiesse]

Well done!

Rob

[Jolls]

Thanks, that is such a neat solution to the problem. I will add that to my list of jobs to do.

Cheers

Jolls

[FireKraka]

Nice work on the wiper arms Cam

[camxsmith]

Hi its been a while will give you an update

Removed all rust and painted the internal roof


Cleaned up the parcel shelf add some speaker holes, and painted in etch primer


With my heater solution. I have made a funnel to flow the air in to the top of the heater. Then altered the air flow input for the heater so they both could bolt togeter.  And had to move the vent open/close lever to the left some to allow for the heater. The heater body is cut up HR holden heater.




Using universal vintage air demister vents/ducts and home made braket welded on to hold the braket in place.


More updates to come soon.

[Jolls]

Very tidy work = great inspiration for those of us that are behind you in the restoration process.