Have just got my FB back on the road after a heart transplant, Trimatic and HR brakes all round. The colour has been on for a while and that was thanks to some good info from CraigA and RET. The main colour is an original FB Castille green but the flash is F**d Meteorite. Drove it for a bit with a tired grey motor and 3 speed. New engine is a rebuilt 186, yella terra head, X2 carbies with extractors & twin system exhaust. The interior is an FC front seat re-trimmed in the FC pattern in case I want to fit it in the FC once she's finished. A bit of advice on choice of colour when using wool mix material for seats - don't use black!! It shows every speck of lint, dust and whatever else is in the air >:(
Engine bay
Interior shot.
Photo quality is a bit off because I haven't learnt how to adjust the new camera yet.
cheers,
Leigh
very nice leigh even with the f%#d colour on it
cheers trev
Well done Leigh, the FB looks really nice. Must sound alright too with dual pipes on a six!!
There was a bit of a fad in the 80's when everybody with a hot six put dual pipes on. Makes quite a nice sound when done properly.
Cheers,
Craig.
Very striking looking FB mate.
You have done a nice job putting it all back together.
Regards
Alex
very stylish Leigh.. I like the centre console.
Cheers
Ed
Leigh,
Great looking car.How long has it taken you?And how much?
Cheers,
Graham
Nice job Leigh...!!
Sweet lookin' FB..!! Love that number plate!
Cheers
Les...
FB looks great Leigh.
What radiator have you fitted??
Earlee
Is that Wonder Woman hanging from the glovebox? Nice touch.
David
Thanks for all the kind words guys.
I'm pretty happy the way it has turned out. I started it off as a first car for my son about 3 years ago. There was heaps of bodywork to be done and because I hate doing the body stuff, I just went out and kicked the tyres most weekends, but once I had it in primer I hired a panel shop spray booth and a painter finished off the colour for me. When I saw the finished article I knew the young bloke wasn't gunna get near it so I bought him a HR instead.
Craig - I had the exhaust built by a local expert who has 5 Hot rods and knows how to get a nice note out the back. (I'll be recommending him in the new section) It can be driven quietly but I can stand on the loud pedal and it really barks. Trying to lose the old fart image I guess but I really love that sound and the twin pipes are something different on a six.
Graham - Because it sat about a lot in the early days it's taken me about 3 years. Once painted it took about a month to refit everything as a stock grey and just recently it was off the road again for about 4 months fitting the new engine etc. Haven't been counting the dollars but it's been a fairly cheap car so far.
Earlee - Radiator is HK auto. The FB's are easy as to fit a wider radiator. You just cut a bit out and drill new mount holes because it all sits squarely behind the bonnet catch bar.
EJ_Dave - Yeah that WW is a real hornbag eh?
me & the missus.......... I wish :P
That is a nice looking FB, like the X2 carby setup just adds a nice touch.
What wheels, 13 or 14 inch and what dress rims. Are they a deeper dish than standard dress rims
Cheers ChrisB 8)
Rims are 13 x 6 Torana with reversed centre. The trims are just a standard set I picked up at a swap.
Leigh - thanks for the info about the radiator.
What type of kickdown have you fitted?
electric on a different pedal setup?
mechanical as on early trimatics?
or none (ie manually select as required?)
Earlee
Hi Earlee,
I've used the accelerator pedal & kickdown switch from UC Torana (as well as the normal vaccum kickdown). The switches are self adjusting which is good because I had to make a new bracket to mount it off the pedal near the A pillar. Easy to do but there are other pedal set ups in HJ's etc which are all in one with the switch bracket & pedal as one unit.
I just wandered through a wreckers to find what I felt was best to fit.
cheers,
Leigh