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Thanks Ken.

Thats clear and sounds quite achievable.

Terry - yeah, we are good with Australianisms.

Cheers,

Phil

Thanks Roybeth and Gary,

Very useful information.

I'll start my research, in the meantime I'll happily accept advice regarding who could do this type of job. I.e is it something a competent home mechanic could do or should it go to an engineer?

Cheers,

Phil

Thanks Ken,

Yes your correct, those are the tabs.

Please excuse my lack of knowledge, but could someone explain more about the crush tubes?

Cheers,

Phil

Hi All,
I'm about to mount a period towbar to my FC sedan and I have a question regarding mounting points.

Although I have a chassis hole that lines up with one of the bar tabs, there is no welded nut or thred to bolt onto. Should I leave it and just use the mounting bolts with the rear bumper, or do something with the tabs?

I'll be towing a 750kg vintage caravan.

Cheers,

Phil

Thanks Ken,

I've gone for the Monroe GT Sport.

Ordered from eBay and arrived in 36 hours.

Cheers. Phil

Hi All,

I've just received my KHFL-21 Lower King Springs and wondering if I can just order standard shocks or do they have to be special ones for slightly lower springs?

I'm going for Monroe GTS Gas front & back.

Cheers,

Phil

Thanks Mark & thanks Brett.


Phil

Thanks for the tow bar Mark. My mate picked it up from your son over the weekend.

Just a quick question, the plates on each side seem to align well to the bumper mounting bolts, gen there are two tabs. One seems to align to a bolt hole well but the other doesn't. Any idea if that's normal and only one is needed or if i need to drill another?

Cheers,

Phil

Thanks Mark and Ken.

Mark - I'll be in touch. I have some friends who travel through the Bay regularly. We can see if it falls in line.

Ken - Thanks for the advice. I'll check look around.

Hi All,

My vintage caravan is finished and I'm looking to set the FC up for towing.

Looking for s suitable tow bar and helper springs.

Any advice on what other things I need to consider is welcomed.

Prefer CBR and surrounds, but easy freight okay too.

Cheers. Phil

Hey Luke. PM Sent.

Hey Deano,

Yep a themed taxi. My car is a Sydney car and hasn't seen any service as a taxi, I'm just looking to have some fun with friends and family. Nothing permanent except a taxi rail if I can find one.

City Cabs ran in Hobart and I've found their colour scheme and logo's would be best for my project.

I just read through your restoration post. Looks like a great car to own. I've been spending hours on research too, don't you wish the taxi companies just kept images, records, adverts etc. for us :)

I'll let you know if I come across anything for Black & White Taxi's.

Cheers,

Phil

Hi Deano,

2 Pack. I'm not sure what brand but I can call the paint & panel shop to find out. I'm very happy with it. Even in direct sunlight there is no colour loss i.e., apparently black can sometimes have a faint chalk/gray appearance in direct sunlight. I dont know why...maybe cheaper paints or a bad job.


Cheers,

Phil

Oh yeah, Dave - I chose Moruya as a mate works down there and the jobs I've seen were excellent.

Here are a few more.









Cheers,

Phil

Another spare minute....so here are some more pics.

Hi All,

I have a small project that requires the old City Cabs logo that appeared on the Hobart FC cab doors and roof light in '59+.

I can only find very low res. ones on the net and they are all on the TRAX Model TR13H model.

If anyone has a clear image of the logo and the print on the roof light I'd really appreciate you posting or emailing it to me. Even a close-up shot from a Trax model may do the job.

I've been in contact with the company now running City Cabs and although they have some pictures and business cards, they have been unable to scan and send them to me.

Here is what I've been able to find, but I need a clearer one.








Cheers,

Phil

This might launch the show.

http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/program/750901

Thanks Dean.

Yeah I was lucky. When I bought the car I though there would be more work required, but the car has been well looked after its entire life.


Here are a few pics as it progressed through the painting process.

I then drove the partially naked FC down to Moruya on the south coast where the remaining body work would be done and paint applied.

Short stop and Bungendore.


Arrived at Moruya Paint and Panel.


All the guys in the workshop were looking forward to this job and within an hour, they had started.



Cheers for now.

Phil

Then it was time to start prep for paint.

Off with the rest of the trim.




And tackle the old door rubbers. Some were part rubber part black silicone.



The Dremel helped keep the rear 1/4 badge pins in tact by carefully cutting the clip. Although saving the badge pins, I then had to search and search for replacement retaining clips.



Cheers,

Phil