another fc wagon rebuild

[GMHwagoon]

Here is my daily driver now off the road having a total rebuild, rust repair and a couple of mods
nothing over the top just something that l can manage myself
will post pics of strip down and repairs as l go

any suggestions ,and comments would be appreciated

  greg   (fcwagoon)

[Longman]

Looks nice mate. What sort of mods are you considering?

[Old_Mt_Isa_Boy]

It does look good.

Looking forward to progress photo's.

Regards

Wayne b

[GMHwagoon]

 

Has been a daily driver for the last 8 years , enjoyed every minute of it driving around with the arm resting on the window
getting comments and waves from the old folk who used to own them

Not happy about taking it of the road but got to a point where l had too, Repairs needed doing and lm getting to old to be crawling         around under cars.
collected a lot of the spares and had chrome work done while l was driving

  mods   
           already has hr front end with torana disc ,  186 with the crash box  and a hr rear end

         looking at 186 maybe aussie four speed (l have a couple )  nice set of dragways  old school

         original paint was india ivory bonnet, guards roof .  inserts ,windows  were black

[GMHwagoon]

  ready the lap dance music the stripping has begun ;D
[img]http://i.imgur.com/apzTKc8l.jpg[/img

[GMHwagoon]

  that didn't work

[GMHwagoon]

[GMHwagoon]

started in the carport had to  wait for a f**d project for a mate to get picked up

[GMHwagoon]

found a small hole under the screen rubber was very happy  that
this was all, have seen a lot worse
also tells me now why my feet were getting wet
l had brought some carpet years ago and was never able to fit it

[DJ]

That's a good find really. As you say, could have been a lot worse in years to come.

[camxsmith]

Awesome starter car..  Keep the pictures coming.. Love getting inspiration from this forum wish I was out the shed now   ;D

[GMHwagoon]

here is a couple of pics of the rear side glass ,
couple of years ago the seals were letting in more water than the spare wheel well could handle
so l removed them, slapped a bit of paint on  and put the glass back in  with new rubbers waiting for the day it was taken off the road   
anyone with a wagon would know these side windows are not easily come buy. So when it came to taking out the side glass
l thought do l just cut the rubbers away making it easy to remove glass in one piece or do l take the chance and  try and save the seals aswell

so l made up some little metal levers ,made sure the sealant was all loosened up and placed the levers in and slowly worked my around pushing the seal and glass into the car   worked well ,but shitting myself all the time that the glass was going to brake

glad that is over  l only have one spare

[GMHwagoon]

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[FireKraka]

Improvise, adapt and overcome
well done not a job I would like to do I'm pretty sure with my luck I would crack at least one.

Regards
Neil H

[GMHwagoon]

thanks Neil
                  that bend in the glass is a real concern, flat glass no problem
                  also  knowing you cannot just go out and buy one makes  the job
                  a little tense

                  greg   (fcwagoon)

[GMHwagoon]

inner guards good

[GMHwagoon]

drivers side has small hole at end of sill as usual l don't any fc that doesn't after 50 years

[camxsmith]

Like the progress and you have a really nice car with only little cutting and welding for your self. Keep up the good work. ;)