Hi all I bought a FC van four years ago and I have just started to build it up, once I work out how to put photo's on I will do a story on it. If anyone can help with putting photo's on would be very helpful Thanx, steve
http://fefcholden.org.au/forum/index.php/topic,5613.0.html (http://fefcholden.org.au/forum/index.php/topic,5613.0.html)
I found this page very useful. It is essentially about getting an address between "[ img ]URL[ /img ]" The URL is the web address of the location of the image [img]. I also joined Photobucket before I started and have all of my images on that web bases photo storage in my own album.
Regards Wayne
Thanks wayne got all photo's in bucket now just got to work out how to add to my post
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This is the van when I got it 4 years ago.
Success at last well done Steve. Looks like a great find. Hope it goes well.
Regards
Wayne
Hi got 1 photo up went had smoke now having trouble again not real easy(http://[url=http://%5Bimg%20width=600%20height=448%5Dhttp://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab288/FCV8VAN/FC%20Van%20Project/IMG_0132-2-1.jpg)IMG]http://i872.photobucket.com](http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab288/FCV8VAN/FC%20Van%20Project/IMG_0132-2-1.jpg)IMG]http://i872.photobucket.com[/url](http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab288/FCV8VAN/FC%20Van%20Project/Photo0005.jpg)(http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab288/FCV8VAN/FC%20Van%20Project/IMG_0133-1.jpg)(http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab288/FCV8VAN/FC%20Van%20Project/Photo0047.jpg)(http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab288/FCV8VAN/FC%20Van%20Project/Photo0029-1.jpg)(http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab288/FCV8VAN/FC%20Van%20Project/IMG_0654.jpg)(http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab288/FCV8VAN/FC%20Van%20Project/IMG_0648.jpg)(http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab288/FCV8VAN/FC%20Van%20Project/IMG_0695.jpg)(http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab288/FCV8VAN/FC%20Van%20Project/IMG_0656.jpg)(http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab288/FCV8VAN/FC%20Van%20Project/IMG_0702.jpg)(http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab288/FCV8VAN/FC%20Van%20Project/IMG_0704.jpg)[/img] Sorry no commentry had enough trouble just getting photo's up but as you will see we moved house & got smaller shed but is big enough,lost 2 months moving so not much been done to car yet. Will try & work out how to do 2 things at once and will get more photo's with commentary up, better with tools than computer
Hey Steve
Looks like you have a nice solid van.
By the pics, progress does not look too bad.
Keep at it and keep the pics coming.
Regards
Alex
Nice work Steve.I sometimes wish I had started my thread when I got to the stage you're at....Keep up the good work and the pics.Cheers,Jamie.
G'day Steve, welcome to the forum, nice van you don't see too many of them that straight and rust free nowadays.
Pedro
Progress always progress whether a little or a lot. Looks like she is coming along nicely. Got to love a van. :)
Hi Steve, what plans do tou have? Colour........ drivetrain.......etc.........?
Sorry do you have. (Should use spell check)
Hi all the colour is factory light blue,once I found out the right colour from dulux & ppg. The van will look original from the outside but the running gear will be black fuel injected VK motor with 5 speed which I have sitting in shed,but making it so I can easily convert it back to original running gear which I also have in shed. The next pictures hopefully will have commentary with them so I can show better shots.
Just a bit of catch up here found some more photo's of ongoing work(http://[img]http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab288/FCV8VAN/FC%20Van%20Project/FC/IMG_0647.jpg)(http://)(http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab288/FCV8VAN/FC%20Van%20Project/FC/IMG_0641.jpg)(http://)(http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab288/FCV8VAN/FC%20Van%20Project/FC/IMG_0642.jpg)(http://)(http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab288/FCV8VAN/FC%20Van%20Project/FC/IMG_0645.jpg)(http://)(http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab288/FCV8VAN/FC%20Van%20Project/FC/IMG_0646.jpg)(http://)(http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab288/FCV8VAN/FC%20Van%20Project/FC/IMG_0694.jpg)(http://)(http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab288/FCV8VAN/FC%20Van%20Project/FC/IMG_0701.jpg)[/img]
Still can't work out how to do 2 things at once(Leave photo and talkies) but think Ive got it nutted out now. Any way these photo's are of the subframe That I found from early repairs that were done by previous owner to ongoing repairs to the end result of a rust free subframe.
Looking good Steve. When you get your first photo between the "[ img ]URL[ /img ]" simply hit the enter key and you will be on the next line. You can then type some info and hit enter again and then place your next photo between the [img]url thingie.
Regards
Wayne
Thanks to Graham (spanner c) in Queensland I got this panel made to fit between the lower tailgate & the spare wheel door.
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Welded it on the other day Fun !!!!
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Finally got it done now to tackle tailgates.
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Stripped old tailgates lucky no rust at all.
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also got to paint the dash.
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Photo does not show the shine very well.
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Welded in new door seal piece more fun !!!
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All done now to paint tailgates and rear of van.
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Finally etchprimed the rear end.
Got a realy nice straight van there.
Cheers
Deano
Glad to see you got that back section sorted and a good job. :)
Keep at it and keep the pics coming.
Graham
Are you planning on surprising us by fitting an FB dash Steve ;)
Pedro
Good detective work Pedro. ;D
Rgds
Wayne
Good work Pedro but no, brother had that in his shed and just gave it to me thinking I could use it but will be keeping original dash as in earlier photo. ;D
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Finally got to paint all the fiddly bits to do with the tailgates.
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Also done the insides of all the tailgates last weekend.
Just scrounged up some plans for car rotissery so now have new project to build before finishing the van project then will rotate car to do job much easier. Tried to work under car on my back, NO MORE!!!! >:(
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Sorry I have not been on for a while but work has got in the way again, still now will have some money to play with toys which leeds me to a thing I bought the other day on a worksite I was on it is a 44 gallon drum lifter and rotatey thingymajig. I will let you work out what the hell I am going to do with it. ???
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Yep, the wife reckons it won't be long before she'll need one of those to get me in and out of the bath :P
Hahahahaa....nice one Zulu ;D
Typical I paid $50.00 bucks for this thing and get it home and start to (destroy)dismantle it to make it better.
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Changed the design 15 times so not doing too bad I suppose
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Just as I was getting fully motivated ran out of Oxy then ran out of mig wire (now depressed again)Oh well must push on for the cause :-[ Fridge looking good again.
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More pictures when finished not too long now. >:(
A spot of weld a little sanding a lick of chassis black paint and hey presto.
(http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab288/FCV8VAN/IMG_0885.jpg)
I got some lockable wheels for $5 bucks each at local market hopefully will take the weight, when I pulled the lifty jigger to pieces I used the steel which was 50mlX5ml box tubing,bloody heavy now finished but will never break.
(http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab288/FCV8VAN/IMG_0886.jpg)
So now will be able to jack the car up and down with foot pump ram and rotate the car with the 3:1 ratio gearbox crank .
Thats looks clever , well done.
Regards
Wayne B
Just as I was getting fully motivated ran out of Oxy then ran out of mig wire (now depressed again)Oh well must push on for the cause :-[ Fridge looking good again.
I think I need that fridge of yours :D :D
Great job though... Keep it up
Nick
lookiing good nick
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Think Im getting the hang on putting photo's on now (hopefully)
Anywho here is my rotisserie cranked up to 100% Revs then blue the fourth cog right out the front of the crank >:( :'( so now gone back to a manual rotate but who gives a ford it still does what I need it to do,
Oh well back to the fridge now because work is flatout at the moment so will be missing in action for a while. will get at it a bit more now this thing works. ;D
Don't forget - if it was too easy, everyone would be doing it. ;)