FE-FC Holden Discussion Forum

Gday Guys and Girls, Im very new to the site. Im about to start working on my FE which has been in the family for awhile but sitting in the shed for 10years atleast. So far ive had a look through the site as much as i can and it looks like it will be alot of help to me.

But yes I just thought I would say Gday

G'day and welcome to the site Jimiemick, you will find a lot of helpful people on here and a lot of very useful information. Good luck with your project
Cheers
jockster

Jimiemick,

Welcome to the site. It's good to see someone else with an FE. You will find plenty of help and advice on this site.
Which area are you from.

Cheers Rusty ;D ;D

Im from Gisborne which is about 40min from melb heading towards bendigo. The car is my perants but I just sold my VR Clubsport (which won best origional VR at the All Holden Day this year)
Mum said why dont you get the FE up and going, (which was my plan in the long run not right now) but I might as well start now. Im wanting to just keep it 100% origional (as much as possible) and then eventually get a FE or FC wagon and put something with a lil more go in it.

I want to go tow it out of the shed right now but me and dad need to sort out if we will put up a new shed just for it.

G'day Jimiemick
Welcome to the site.
Good luck with the project.
Keep us informed of the progress.
Regards
Alex

Welcome aboard Jimiemick, make sure you post up some photos too.

Gday there Jim,
                         Just thought I would say the FE's look real good with a bit of Kustom work and dropped down about 5 inches!!  Have you thought about joining the FE/C club of Vic?  Good luck with yr build.  Got any good pics of the ol girl??

                                                                 tayz

Ok well a lil bit of progress since last night (I was thinking all day about it at work)
I spent the last 2hrs moving all the parts and what not from in and around the shed that the FE was kept in. I didnt relise that my dad has been getting all spare bits and piece's for years, there is gearboxs, springs, dash's, steering wheels, hubcaps, engine parts, guards/doors/bonnet off what im guessing are a FC.
And I found some interesting details while i was doing this
Its a 57 FE special that was last rego'd in 91 and has rusted on brakes (so moving it out of the shed might be a task)

Here is one of the pictures that i took off my camera phone, but Ill take more once my sister finds her Digital camera

And yes my self and my dad will be joining the FE/FC car club. Just need to get off our butts.

No mojor work will be done to the FE untill we can decide where to build the new shed (I know where and how big i want it but dad said there is such thing as a shed thats to big.......

http://s80.photobucket.com/albums/j162/jimiemick/FE%20Special/?action=view&current=FESide.jpg

 ;)MMMMM A barn fresh  FE!!looks like its in good condition,good luck with the resto,cheers jamie ;)

 Cool,
I'd do the brakes and register her as she is.

"Do" a panel at a time and when the time comes "lick her".
It looks like a fairly straight forward "rolling resto".

Wish mine was!

Plenty of top folks here who can offer advise and make your project go much smoother.

Good luck, Rob.

G'day Jimiemick, and welcome to the world of FEs and FCs.

Looks like you've got a good starting point for your restoration.

Apart from all the fascinating boards on this site, learn to use the Search function (magnifying glass in tool bar at top of the page) and search the Restoration Help  and General Technical  boards for all the information you need.

Get yourself a workshop manual (they come up frequently on eBay) and don't be afraid to ask questions here - make a new topic and ask away.  I continue to be surprised at the great depth of knowledge the people on this site have.

Hope you can get the girl running soon.

Martin

its time to learn how to post pics now...
Jump on the cars area and swing by www.tinypic.com .

oh and welcome to the site