Petes FC rebuild again

[fe350chev]

Great work Pete.

[CraigFC]

BUMP! Where is our update Pete?????  >:(

you have teased us long enough

Craig

[NES304]

Hey yeah Pete. I realised this slipped to the next page of projects too! 
Too much time on the ute....

[FCRB26]

Ha ha it hasnt moved ..

well it did move to the end bay of the shed...

Ute first this one towards the end of the yr..

Pete

[Ol_Girl_58]

A temporary dust collector  :)

[CraigFC]

My Dad says if you haven't touched it in 6 months you don't need it. so I'll be around this arvo to pick it up. Beer economy still works right!

[NES304]

I'll race ya Craig !!

[fe350chev]

Ok.

[Ol_Girl_58]

What's happening with the cars, Pete?

Have you got any shots of the ute with it's smoothie-type wheels?

[FCRB26]

Look what came out of hiding.
Gone to get the steering and rack sorted out so it has steering.
Ordering a new intake manifold and exhaust manifold and a big single turbo selling the old/new parts.



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[Old_Mt_Isa_Boy]

She is a beauty alright.

Glad to see she out to play.

Regards

Wayne b

[NES304]

Jesus! It's only been two years Pete. Why couldn't you have done that when I was up there!!?


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[Longman]

Man, I love that thing!

[waynos]

hows this going lately?

[hsv-001]

Pete , just wondering have you ever tried other shifters or shifter kits . I sometimes get my own cables made up . You said early on [in this build] that you were looking for a more original appearance except for the B&M shifter . Many years ago ,building my second Vauxhall I wrecked out a 1950 Hillman Minx for the roof turret ,kept a few items [semaphores ,headlight ring sand indicator glasses etc.] and I noticed only after giving the rest away ,that the gear selector was 4 speed column and changed with the use of 2 rather stiff cables working from levers down the column[similar to the levers on  FC selector rods]. I made up a set of gates just below the dash above the expanded metal section . The problem I found was the length and bends in the cable allowed too much movement in the selection requiring a longer selector on the box . Thinking about it later I thought this same idea could work with steel fuel line as cable outer ,thereby reducing movement and requiring only minimal flex down at the box . Forgot to say we used a version of this at "Rods"  with B&M shifter cables to column shift autos where required . I would just like to see what you could do with this . Forgot to say it but, I still enjoy looking through your build posts .