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Craig,

I've got one, but don't use it often.  Instead, I use the harmonic balancer as the alignment tool: with the timing cover loose, drive the balancer onto the crank just far enough to engage the seal, then tighten the screws.

Rob

Hi Team,

Is the timing cover alignment tool something worth making/buying or is it just a nice to have.

I didn't use one on my last grey motor rebuild (in the 80s); but I'm no longer 17 so I'm not doing the rebuild on a shoestring budget under a tarp the driveway.

Cheers

Jolls

Hey gurus,

At the moment I'm an imposter, I don't own an FE or FC but I aspire to in the near future.

I've got a line on one in Melbourne (Dandenong area) but I live in Adelaide and I'm quite apprehensive about the logistics and risks of buying from interstate, possibly sight unseen.

I was hoping someone in Melbourne who knows FCs back to front and inside out might be able to scout it out for me and tell me what i'd be getting myself into. Happy to throw a bit of dough at you for your time too.

Currently waiting for some more photos back from the seller but if it passes that test it might be worth an inspection.

Thanks for your consideration,

Glenn

The easy side first.  Here's a section of the HT upper boot floor cut'n'shut into the FC's upper boot floor where the access hole for the top shock absorber mount used to be.  I even managed to get the drilled spot weld holes into alignment:



I then turned my attention to the big hole on the left side, but, predictably, it rained.

Rob

Cheers Joels 😎

I am now "working from home".  Or -

My "coronavirus project" is now indeed my coronavirus project.  Well, it's been two years since my last case.  But this time I have no symptoms, except maybe the hint of a sore throat from time to time.

I am isolating by working outside.  Today I put in a couple more self-tapping screws, and tapped the side returns down so they conform to the bodywork and tacked them in place.  Then I took paper patterns and cut the filler pieces out of 2 mm sheet, taped them in place and laid some tack welds in.

Which leaves the gaping holes in the boot floor.  I'm going to re-use the part of the HT boot floor which was spot-welded onto the "dimples" of the rear shock crossmember.  I've marked it up ready to cut out the sections I need.

Photos to come, when it's not dark or raining outside.

Rob

. . . and today the rain held off long enough for me to zip the slot up shut, dress it down and breathe a layer of paint over it -



Rob

I would very much like to have brought home a supercharged, 427-engined '62 Chevy II coupe that I saw in the carpark of the Route 66 Diner on Central Avenue, Albuquerque . . .

But today, despite appearances, it didn't rain, so I took advantage of the lull.  I massaged the rear shock crossmember a little more, then massaged the slot I cut in the body shell, then marked up the centreline of the rear shock top mounts on the body and crossmember, and then, all of a sudden, the part I was modifying to fit looked like it wanted to fit.  So a couple of self-tapping screws and a row of tack welds later, here it is, temporarily installed:



This way I could make the bodywork fit the rear shock crossmember.  More work from the passenger compartment with a hammer, and then I laid in a row of "bridge-welds" (complete with hedgehogs, which I'll grind off when time comes to install the shock crossmember for good).



The wire-frame of the rear seat squab doesn't hit the modified bodywork, so that's a bonus.  And I think I'll fold up a channel to retain the bottom of the rear-seat-to-boot divider and tack-weld it in place while I'm at it.

Still to do: the returns at the right and left side of the crossmember.  I'll make them conform to the body's profile and then fill in the gaps with 1.6 sheet.  And then the donor piece might even look like it was part of the car originally.

Rob

Well that is as flash as a rat with a gold tooth!

One more photo from a different angle

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I did solve the problem. So the "eagle" ready to fly.....
I had machine an adapter to suit the billet steering wheel.
Come out nice....



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