Bit of extra info:

The engine block was fully rebuilt. I bought it from a guy in Armadale who dragged an EH. It was his spare bottom end and he needed some cash, it had the best of everything. I bought a brand new Stage 3 Yella Terra head for it, and the whole kit was painted red and had the usual chrome accessories (oil pump cover, rocker, side plates etc). The triple carbies were all rebuilt and as I left for the Navy I was in the middle of detailing them, so 2 of them were painted in gloss red paint, the 3rd was not painted. It had a 3 speed box with floor shift. HR drums all round and they were near new, having been fully rebuild a year earlier.

The old rego plates from memory were still on the bumpers, 6XG-953 I'm pretty sure it was. There was a gemini fuel tank to be mounted behind the back seat. It had a sports steering wheel with original centre cap and a home made boss kit.

Hi all, now I've started my new FC project,  it's got me thinking about my old FC. Perhaps one of the Perth members may have come across it. It was sold in 1992 for $600 (she thought that was a fair price!) my mum in Rivervale. It was stripped down rolling shell. Monza red paint was still on the roof. It was distincive in that it had flared rear guards, twin Jaguar XJS fuel fillers recessed behind the rear windscreen. All rust was removed and the boot floor had fuel tank and wheel well removed. Inside had been painted in black tar. It came with a new 208 race motor, triple xu-1 strombergs and other parts. I would love to know what happened to her.

Thanks Marc, back to it tomorrow.

So today I started with the tear down. The car has been sitting in a shed for the last 28 years and was full of all sorts of junk, found a lot of 1 and 2c coins! My aim was to get the interior out today. After a full days toiling, I only managed to get 2 doors off, rear seats out and drivers side front seat out, bolts were all buggers to get off. I've removed the carpet, underlay and sound proofing and am happy to report that the drivers side floor is rust free and in excellent shape, rear drivers side floor is good too, with one small rust hole due to a leak of some sort, but will only require a very small patch. That's some good news. Whilst under the car, I checked the inner sills and no sign of rust, outer sills look solid as well. It looks as though the biggest issue will be the boot area, most of the weather seal lip will need to be replaced and drivers side lower quarter is gone.  I will get the passenger side interior out this weekend, I can only hope that side floor is as good as the drivers side.

Thanks Peter. Is there something better than photobucket that I should use?

Hi Pete,

I'm in Mount Hutton.  I've emailed you the pics, not sure why they didn't work in the post?

Hi,

When I was 16 and living in Perth, I bought my very first car. It was an FC sedan, stock body and 2 tone green paint, it had a 149 red motor and Opel 4 speed. I paid it off at $100 per week, which was my entire pay, for 10 weeks. My sister drove it home and the good old Opel crapped itself on the drive. Long story short, it never got back on the road, and I didn't even have my licence yet. I sold that and bought an FC van a few months later, which my sister drove for a bit. I ended up trading that for a monza red FC sedan with chromies, 3 on the floor and a 161 red motor. I drove that car for several years once I got my P's. I was mid resto on it when I joined the Navy and moved away, leaving it at my mums house. She up and sold it on me for $600, the sale included a $3.5k race motor. I was miffed to say the least and I never quite got over it.

25 years on, I now live in Newcastle and the time was right, with my lovely wife saying "Why don't you get a car to work on?", bless her heart. We just bought a house with a big double garage, so I jumped on her offer as fast as I could. The budget is/was tight, given we just bought a house, so I sold one of my guitars to fund the purchase. I managed to find an FC sedan that was hot rodded in the 70's and 80's and I will be looking to bring her back to life.

It has a 202 with mild cam, big valves, holley 350 and extractors. The gearbox is a Sigma 5 speed (odd choice I know), and I have the receipt to show it was personally installed by Rod Hadfield at Castlemaine Rod Shop in December 1980. I have since discovered the logic of using a Sigma 5 speed. The box is a good strong box that can easily handle a mild red motor, and it's size means that the trans tunnel does not need to be modified from stock. At the back is a HR rear with LSD and upgraded sway bar, up front is a HR front with discs. Inside is a hand made solid timber dash and glovebox lid, with smiths gauges (I will be keeping this dash as I like it), premier seats, seat belts, a Sanyo heater blower and it has windscreen washers installed. All in all, she would have been a cool old gal back in her day. I have the owners manual with service history from new and she was last registered in 1987.  I have no idea what's under the paint or carpet, so fingers are crossed. So this build is full circle for me, finishing something I started back in 1989 and never got to finish. This is a hobby build, so I won't be rushing anything. A few pics:









If these images don't work for you, try this link. Photobucket make it as hard as possible to hotlink to images on their server these days, so they can show you scummy ads. -RET

Thanks Ken. I missed out on that one, got sniped in the last 2 secs. Went for $290.

I'm after a grille badge.  Prefer complete and in excellent,  good or restorable condition.  Good price paid.  Post to Newcastle.  Thanks.