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yes thanks fella, was just looking it up on google earth.  ;D I'll call him in the morning  ;D

Hi Yogi,
I tried to PM you but it wouldn't play the game. I will speak to the guy again tomorrow and get his number and exact location for you. Then, I'll direct email you.

ta

About 50ks north of Geelong.

near colac ??? this is my email, can you/he contact me for more info

markjohn_stone@hotmail.com

I came across a bare FB/EK ute shell today. Nice and rusty. No front sheetmetal, subframe, doors, tailgate or spare tyre tailgate, engine, box, tailshaft, glass, nothing. Rear quarters and roof looked ok.
It does have a rear end in it and a steering column.
I think he wants $200.
Interested?

yes... ;D where is it ??

Graham, VERY few people are willing to buy projects - It's hard enough to get it back together when you have pulled it apart yourself!
Maybe your car is worth $6000 but you will most likely have to be patient and spend some money on advertising in order to find the buyer.
I would consider that your price is top dollar for what it is - a completely stripped shell in good order.
Still needs masses of work to finish and plenty of dollars to be spent.

Hope this helps

Ken

my other hobbie is collecting old bottles and the way I see it, is somethings only worth what your prepard to pay for it, i.e I bought a "BROKEN" moonevally cordial bottle for $250 dollars and when it arrived the GLW was not real impressed that I paid so much for a broken bottle, but I wanted it and gladdly paid the dollars for it, otherwise its just a broken old bottle that could have ended up in the bin.

howdy fella.

Floor pans and inner adn outer sill panels ae pretty good nowadays, and if at all, just a little trim here or there.

The rear spring hanger bit will have to be fabricated, but what I do...  ::) is cut the section right out, clean it up, then make the section out of CARDBOARD, then you fold and cut it to shape, then take it to a fabricator and see what they can do. OR listen to the experts here who have done this repair before.  ::) oh and supply heaps of pics !!!!!!!

sikoflex

Are you interested in a (more or less) complete ute?

yes a bare shell would be okay, send pics to

markjohn_stone@hotmail.com

are you in Victoria ???

found these links on old holden .com

Fudge  >:( :D

the fudge will fit though.  ::) make some fudge springs  ;D

g'day les    thread is titled"wa club run" in general section...page 4    sept 29
  mark owns    1  fc van with s/c red
                       1  fc ute    chev 283
                       fc convertable
     has just bought low milage fc sdn

  have a look at gary's pics ...by link
   be warned .. you'll be impressed
                     cheers  trev

I cant find the thread, is it just me...  ::)

the main point here is your ability to be able to it yourself (hopefully) then tell this bloke you give him half what he asking, mind you show him the cash and be prepared to walk away. The other half get the undercarriage sand blasted, not the top half.  ::) then if its not going to work out, recpoup your losses buy sectioning the good bits for other guys rust repairs, cant gaunetee you'll get it all back, you might though. I would hazzard a guess that quite a few blokes here have thrown good money away on projects that never got past stripping a car.

GOOD LUCK

Hey Guys,

A quick question... how bad does rust have to be for a project to be unviable? The Images are of the cross member. There are some other rust areas, but this one is my main concern.





Everything is fixable, but when do you not bother? And if I went ahead, how much do you think it would cost?

Feedback is appreciated guys...

PS: I haven't bought the car as yet

Cheers,

Neil

Howdy guys, I'm after a rusty shell, in Vic with nothing in it or on it, needs to be rolling, I'm bored and want a short term project.

I've added a few more pics to the thread at the fb-ek site, if your interested.   ;D

http://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=819&highlight=

was there no FE wagons on show ??? looks good all the same, great pics... ;D ;D

Here's a update on my mates ek wagon

http://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=819&highlight=

( few more pics... ;D) and we all love pics, dont we ;D ;D

as you can see ive been shopping at the nos warehouse.

WHAT THE NOS WAREHOUSE????, sounds good??.. ;D

nice.. thanks Shane.

how do u link this pic?  

this is what to AVOID...
http://gallery.oldholden.com/ReaperHR/ReapersHRPics/Inside_Reapers_Cars/P1020769small.jpg.html

I like those car seat covers....mmmmmmmmmm ;D

some guys came over last wednesday night to give a hand to get the van back on track one grinding one welding and me holding a piece off copper over the big holes so that the welds didnt blow thru
cheers fat

I'm sorry for such a stupid question (because I dont know ???) But does the copper reduce a concentrate of the heat in a area and therefor reduce the blowing of holes in thin gauge metal....  ??? ???

here's a link to another forum of my mates Fb wagon, I'm helping out fix up, a few pics to look at, will up date as I go along.

http://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2741#2741