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This car was sold two weeks ago is now on ebay sorry for not answering any messages i havent been on the forum in a long while got busy with other stuff

late 59 fc special sedan original resto required some resto started new brakes done drivers side floor pan replaced passenger side needs doing good sills one small hole right rear sill car runs good interior minor panel damage lower left rear quarter easy repair originally fountain blue and india ivory good car i dont do original well all mine are modified and i have too many projects Simon Addison  photos to follow  when i can get them up $4000.00 car in outer eastern melbourne suburbs

top day today oops didnt take any photos

yeah spoke to the engineer recently he was still happy to proceed as it was on his books before the changes

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Started this 8 years ago - dusted & cleaned it up! 350 Chev, Ford Top Loader gear box, 9" rear end with disc brakes, Hadfield chassis kit, currently Hadfield front end but changing out for UC Torana front end !  Rust in front floor pans & A pillars - partially repaired.  Installed Hadfield trans tunnel, rear chassis rails to be relocated to fit wide rubber !  Car has had initial Engineer's Inspection - 5 years ago - all good ! time to get stuck back into it !

an extension lead of inapropriate size our length will certainly cause problems due to voltage drop

im out of here about to leave home flight to perth see my wife son and car and start to party its nationals time here i come lookout

wrinkle nails

just bypass the resistor wire to your coil

it now runs properly again after installing supposidlly good motor last saturday found camshaft was lobe less on six lobes oh joy. have now replaced camshaft and lifters got it running tonight now to just finish body work and paint and istall stereo before the nationals that carnt  be to hard can it

Why bother joining a car club? Ill tell you why its 5.00 friday night you wander out to the garage to change over modified red motor that is not going to make it from Melbourne to Perth remember we are less than a month from leaving for the Nationals. I decide i wonder if i ring steve from the club will he come and give me a hand with no notice. Of course he does come straight around from 1/2 an hour away .we have a huge night old motor out . replacement motor prepped and ready to go into car .Steve leaves at 12.30 saturday morning leaving me feeling that why its one of the reasons we join car clubs to have the company of like minded souls who are not only keen to have their car on the road but to see yours there as well thanks Steve and to all the other people who do the same sort of thing

                                   Simon Addison

This will be our FE's 3rd Nationals - each time she has had a different gear box & engine.  So keeping with tradition & only 34 sleeps left, looks like some late nights ahead ? :-[  Still to do list includes - finish rear end, take motor out! put rebuilt motor in ! & finish the bonet

for those that are interested the vic club have  seven FEs and FCs making the treck as a convoy leaving Melbourne onSunday 1st april staying at Port Wakfield Monday 2nd april to Ceduna Tuesday 3rd April to Cocklebiddy Wednesday 4th April to coolgardie and obviously Thursday 5th april to Perth . there are other cars coming  from victoria at different times . Bring it on all the best Simon Addison

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dont spoil yourself kevin thats how full restos start  :D

I do appreciate your "Edit" Ed - thanks
& as for the amount of pics at once - I get a bit slack in posting them - Most of the stripping
was done in May 2011

thanks ed min will appreciate that

  We ground the excess paint off with a "scotchbrite" disk & finally put some etch primer on - its great to see her all in one colour ! YAY

PAINT STRIPPING My Wagon -




180 mts glad wrap & approx 8 ltrs of very toxic paint stripper










A revolting, smelly messy job - but how awesome watching the paint just fall off!













My wagon did look quite ridiculous wrapped up in gladwrap