So after four and a half years of frustration and failures its about time I put my build on the forum
after the first three and a half years of trying to do my first rebuild by myself and failing , I called up someone I knew from our car club to see if he could come over and give me some advice, anyway long story short he has given me a great deal of his time , support and guidance to help me get this build back on track and I will forever be gratefull .
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Nice looking car. Are you painting it in acrylic? Is your upholstery new?
Cheers,
Graham
Hi Graham
yes it is acrylic , the upholstery is all new leather ( very lucky to work in the auto industry and we have a sew room and a very lovely lady that redone all my trim and I refitted it )
What are the colours of the paint? You are lucky with the trim.
Cheers
Graham
All original colours
paint is 256-7449 cabott grey with etna maroon
this is an original one colour car
Coming along very nicely, will be a sweet ride when done. Congratulations on a job well done.
Thanks,
I have a car identical to yours that I am in the process of restoring. Going to paint the roof Red rather than the single tone exterior. Would you be able to email me the photos to graham.fuller@dorma.com. They maybe of help to my resto.
Cheers,
and thanks.
Graham
no probs Graham
will do tonight when I get time
cheers Phil.
Looking Great Phil, looking forward to seeing it one day.
Do you want an FE speaker grille instead of that modern FC one? :)
Cheers Stewy 8)
Cheers Stewy
Mine is in poor condition , I have been looking for one at swap meets with no luck so far , but if you have a good one you would like to sell please pm me
cheers Phil.
Looks great Phil.
Hi Phil,
Any more updates on your build?
Cheers
Hi Graham
had a few health issues lately , felling better now , done a few of the smaller things on the weekend , still lots of fiddley bits to nut out.
should get some more photos next weekend and put on.
cheers Phil.
Hi Phil,
Sorry to hear you haven't been well. I will keep an eye out for your update.
Cheers
few more jobs ticked off , getting closer :)
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Looks very clean & tidy.
Looks great Phil.
Cheers,
Graham
Doesn't look too bad ;D ;D
So after almost five years ( yes it was a one year project ) I am ecstatic to say my build is finally complete. ( but are they ever really finished )
I would like to thank the following people , without their help I would have never reached this point.
1. My beautiful wife for putting up with me whilst doing this project , and the other 39 years of marriage :)
2. My work mate IMAN for all his help with fabrication and welding.
3. Another work colleague VAL for all the cut and sew of the interior trim
4. Last but by no means least SCOTT ( aka COLLECTOR ) for EVERY BLOODY THING ELSE. Someone that I have now the absolute pleasure of now calling a mate .Who's knowledge and know how on FE & FC Holdens is incredible and without his help this car would have never been completed.
I would also like to thank everyone else who puts their cars & builds on the forum, I would imagine that a lot of others like myself , don't put much on the forum but are on here every day checking on other builds that can help with our builds and getting inspiration to continue and complete.
To the other forum members that are still into their builds , all I can say is keep going, there is nothing on earth in my opinion that beats just CRUISING in something that you have poured your heart , soul , sweat ,blood and money into.
HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL ON THE ROAD SOMETIME. cheers Phil ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Outstanding Phil I know both the thrill of the chase and the thrill of completion. Nothing beats the latter. Well done.
Regards
Wayne b
Thanks Wayne
Congratulations Phil. It's beautiful.
Cheers Dave
Hi Phil,
The car looks great its a credit to you and all that helped. Have fun driving the tyres off her.
Cheers,
Graham
Hi Graham
As you can tell I am very happy with the result ,its not a show car but its MY car and that's all that matters. A lot of family issues happened just after I started the build .
So money was very limited , so without the help of some now really good friends and mates I would still be trying to complete it.
Yes i am driving the wheels of it EVERY DAY ;D
cheers Phil.
Another awesome car to drool over wow :o :o :o Great work Phil
Cheers Man ;D
Awesome build!
Thanks bud ;D