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An unfortunate sale of the FE. My dad's health has taken a turn for the worst and we have decided that we will not go ahead with such a big project. It is on ebay but we want what it owes us which is $3250.

We will be selling the other hot up grey parts seperately.

If anyone is interested it is best to call me on 0418253351.

Cheers. Don.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300447461306

How much for the headers and clutch master cylinder? And postage to 3153? Also I am after the bracket to bolt on the slave to an aussie 4 speed and clutch slave and pin and throwout lever. Cheers. Don. 0418253351.

PM sent Omalley Re chromies.

I have an old Impala shifter handle only. From what model I am not sure. In the next few weeks I am going to drag the FE out of the shed so I can start getting ready to repair the concrete. I'll take some more pics of the stuff I have accumulated so far.

I don't want to get too finniky about it but I want the main things to be right. I don't care if the rocker cover and manifolds are from the 70's etc but I want inside and outside to be pretty spot on. Except for the rims. They will probably from a HT.

Were people putting on 14 inch steelies back then or converting their 13's to 14's?

With my FE, I want to stick to period correct modifications for a Hot Rod. No mags, twin carbs etc but one of the things that puzzles me is, when was the Impala or Speco floor shifter available? I am torn between getting a floor shifter for it or leaving it on the column.

Cheers.

Cheers guys.

It is kind of funny that, as a young kid in the early 80's, a couple of the neighbours had FC's and they were one of the first cars that I fell in love with. But I have never considered buying one as I have always felt that they shouldn't be fitted with bucket seats and small steering wheels. To me at least it wouldn't seem right. As those were the things that I wanted I went for HG's first, then torana's. As a youngling I was surrounded by Holdens. My old street in Strathmore had about 6 or 7 hotted up holdens and at Harry's old place there was never any shortage of burnouts. My dad and Harry were for a long time best mates and I would be forever in the shed alongside the boys messing around with stock cars and smashup derby cars. Dad had a menta LC GTR and later a warmed over one one tonner then the old HT Brougham. Grandpa had a FE, Red and Black, fitting for an Essendon family living near windy hill, and Dad still remembers getting Booed in the car visiting Uncle John in Geelong... But I digress.

One imparticular FC up the road, one of 2 in the drive driven by husband and wife, was a dark, almost a midnight blue, lowered with jelly bean mags and that big gleaming bonnet bird. It was a very impressive sight and one that has never left me. Even their son, Nick went on to create a beast of a FC sedan.

Scott, you will be pleased then to know that the colour scheme will remain.

We will do our best with the bodywork ourselves and the interior will also remain mostly origional, the pattern on the bench will probably change slightly and a floor shifter is a definate, I had pondered fitting a aussie 3 speed to it but I'ss get another gearbox for now, pull one down at work and suss out if I can beef it up a bit. I might have a go at building my own impala style shifter for it. In a H style but with a very close shift. I have been hoarding a Impala shifter lever for about 15 years now waiting for the right car to use it on but I have no mechanism or linkages to suit. I'll have to get my brain out of neutral and make one myself. I'm sure the boys at work will love the idea and give me a hand.

G'day guys,

I thought I'd just share the latest project that has come home to roost. This is the earliest holden I have owned. I have had a swag of them over the years, From a factory auto HR X2, LC  LJ LH LX torana's, HK HT HG HQ HJ kingswoods Premiers utes and vans. Not from a wrecking yard point of view, they always looked rough but I have always had them going hard. I always used to go between Holdens and Datsuns. Although it only recently become apparent that every time I sold a Holden to buy a Datsun, everything turned to crap. Bad luck would settle in. I'm not a crystal hugging, candle sniffing hippy or anything like that but I do believe in Karma, and that the car that my Dad and I chose together as our project car will remain a family heirloom and that is was meant to be in my driveway.

Bought after several months of searching out a project that Dad and I could agree on was difficult. It had to be Holden or Chev and Old. We decided a while ago on the FE or FC but most of the ones we looked at were averege. I am sure that if we kept searching that a better one would have turned up but I am pretty happy with what we have and what the plan holds.



As she rolls into the drive way I have an instant gut feeling about it. It's a very solid starting point with bugger all structural rust but plenty of surface rust. The guy who previously owned it planned to Slam it on airbags and leave it as is, rat style but I would rather clean it up, 50's hotrod style. I plan to retain the grey, I've already started getting some old school carbs and alloy rocker covers. I have to do a fair bit of work on the shed before I'll start though. It's pretty tight in there.



So here it is, in all it's glory. When work begins I'll update, it won't be too long, I'm already itchy.

My blurry vision this morning was a bit off. I thought I saw a rear door handle on the passenger side. Oh well. I guess there will be no 'observation of the year' award for me after all...

I just thought I'd post this up. It's a worthy investement to save another 3 door wagon.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Holden-fe-fc-panel-van_W0QQitemZ380196694362QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Car_Parts_Accessories?hash=item58857d295a

I'm off on a parts pilgrimage today, visit a few old mates and see what I can dredge up. Fingers crossed. Hope they are home, it's been a long time between visits.

G'day guys,

I am starting the rebuild of my new aquisition, a 1957 FE sedan. The old 3 speed has dropped out 1st gear and I have busted a few old crunch box's over the years but I do not want to modernise the vehicle too much. I will be reatining the grey motor, with a few tweaks of course but I want to use a impala style floor shifter. I am thinking of using the humble old aussie 3 speed. At least you can randomly get a speco floor shifter for them but I guess my big question is. Who makes a bell housing to suit? Or does anyone have one locally for me to buy. I am sure CRS would probably do one. Also, does anyone want to part with a 3 speed floor shift?

Thanks heaps for that. I was searching for ages. I must be using too many key words.

G'day guys,

Can anybody reccommend somewhere to get new floor vinyl for my FE sedan? Plenty of mobs do carpet but I want to stick with the vinyl.

Cheers. Don.

Where abouts are you? I Need some door trims and random bits.