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« on: May 09, 2012, 09:56:41 PM » |
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Just dropping in to say G'day ..
After not having an FC since 1988 but a love of them still, went out on a limb the other night and bought a windowless panel off eBay . Buying a car from photos alone is not always the best idea as i'm sure we all know but hey panels don't come up everyday and rust can always be fixed (well nearly always )..
Will post some pics when it gets home and I get home to see it as I work away consistently..
While i'm at it the FC I had in 88 was an original black business sedan which as a young bloke back then had to sell due to circumstances .. In all the years since then I haven't seen another business sedan . I took it to the Nth Parramatta FC club meetings at Maccas a couple of times back then and everyone seemed to be a little excited when they saw it , as always another one of them cars you wished you didn't have to sell .. Sold it to a bloke over Liverpool way if anyone has any recollection of it ( just out of curiosity )..
Anyway good to see all the usefull info in the tech sections which i'm a little vague on now ..
Cheers Fred
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« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2012, 10:34:39 PM » |
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Good on you I recently picked up an FE thats a good bsae to work from I paid a good dollar for her, but was sick of looking at basket cases Its gonna be good to go from playing with modern holden V8's, back to the old stlye girls.  |
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« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2012, 11:18:30 PM » |
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Hey Fred
Welcome back into the FC fold.
There are still a few members in the club from back in those days.
Enjoy the forum.
Looking forward to those promised pics.
Regards
Alex
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« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2012, 12:07:33 AM » |
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Gday Fred,
Welcome back, look forward to seeing pics of your new van also
Leon from the club has just purchased a nice factory black FC Business Sedan
regards, Gary
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« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2012, 03:48:28 AM » |
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Was it the van that was in Box hill on ebay.
Regards Chris.
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« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2012, 07:23:36 PM » |
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Thanks Men..
These are a couple of the pics that were on ebay . I'm sure there's a few surprises lurking under that primer , time will tell..
Yes Chris same car Box Hill ..
Cheers Fred
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« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2012, 07:36:43 PM » |
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« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2012, 05:30:07 PM » |
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good score love them Vans
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« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2012, 06:58:11 PM » |
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Etch primer scares me.
at least its got no windows and the floor looks not to bad.
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« Reply #9 on: June 02, 2012, 10:07:27 PM » |
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Hey Fred. When you mentioned the club drivein run on Leons post, I dug up a couple of pics from 1988 with your old black car at Blacktown drivein.   Regards Alex |
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« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2012, 05:44:37 AM » |
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how does a taxi rail go with a camp seat ?
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« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2012, 01:26:37 PM » |
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I don't think it would, not unless you want a swift upper cut while laying down & dental work on the way up
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« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2012, 01:47:23 PM » |
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Thought so
he said he had a camp seat in his at the drivein this one in the pics has a taxi rail?
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« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2012, 03:11:36 PM » |
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Business Sedans I think were fitted with Taxi Bars from the factory, Ken (mcl1959) would know for certain, my Standard FC Wagon also had one & I have seen them fitted to a few other Standard Sedans as well.
I suppose if you wanted both you would just have to be careful, or take the bar out
Gary
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« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2012, 07:12:54 PM » |
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Alex , that's friggin unreal !!! I only have one pic of that car and it was in the back ground of the said pic I have and not all there , so for you to come up with these two shots is the best ... Ahh the memories... As to how the camp seat worked , well it worked fine from what I can remember .. You had to take the front seat as far forward as possible ( this bits a little foggy now) then you would release another lever of sorts and it would go back , cleared the Taxi bar no worries .. hard to see but the seat is a little lower then the bar ( have a look in Leons thread and one of the pics in there shows this from behind a lot better ) .. Pushing the seat forward enabled it to fit in unison with the back seat , no problem worked well .. Any more recollection from here on would be just made up , so I'll shut up  |
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« Reply #15 on: June 03, 2012, 08:19:40 PM » |
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Thats amazing that its your car . need to give the ladies a mouth guard so they dont nock their teeth out on the way up.  |
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