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Yay uni had finished so its fc time for the holidays. Im looking foward to many days in the sun with the old girl, oh and with the car to  ;) .

lol The brakes actually arn't working at all. I thought it might have been the master cylinders because every now and then the clutch also slips and sticks. Im going to get a friend of mine to look at them. If its not them could it be somewhere along the lines???? Are they prone to blockage or something? When craig alderson had a look at the car im sure he said that the master cylinder needed a new sleeve and that the wheel cylinder needed replacing. Im guessing brake pro could put the new sleeve in for me?
   Thanks Srvlives i'll ring him as soon as my exams are over.
Once the brakes are done ill send her off to get the rust work started. It feels good to get the project started. :-)

Thanks guy,
yeah i have the workshop manual that came with the car i just need to find it lol. That new wheel is going to wind up like the old one if i cant find someone to fix the leak in the axel. I have exams for the next 2 weeks but after that does anyone know of someone who does home jobs? Id hate to see that pritty wheel go like the other one.

Update on the FC
Today we got the car up and put the new tyres on as well as pumped up the other three tyres that were low. I also got the brake thingy's off and will take them this week to brake pro. We found out that the brake fluid was leaking onto the rear left tyre, thats why it had blown so altho i have the brake thingy's off out of the engine bay i need to figure out how to fix it at the wheel and soon.


this is the wheel with the leaking brake fluid before and after we changed it.



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Hey thanks for the support guys
I just got my hands on the work shop manual (stoked)
Does anyone know what kind of oil i should get for it, i think if i can put some oil in it she'll start. Ill hopefully get it out of the garage and get the new wheels on her. ill get some photos while she is out in the sun. lol actually i think its going to rain tomorrow but well see.

hey guys,
In terms of space the garage was built in the 1920's and I think the owners never planned on owning a car of the 1950's and skipped right to the 1990's because it is tiny as lol. There is barley walking space on either side of the car. As for doing work myself i have recently discovered that if I want the money to do the car up i need to work, and with full time uni as well that leaves stuff all time. Half the problems I have are because over the last 12 months I haven't had time to run the engine or do the house keeping on the car so I really need to get the work done by someone else. $2000 is really just the start, I plan to put a lot more into the car after the december holidays. As for the motor being good, its good enough to get an RWC with the exhaust replaced but as far as being good enough for what i want in a finished job i would prefer something better. The paint is crazed but is fine for the moment, trim is also fine for the moment but would definatly look at revamping it in the future.
 Â  I guess I would look at getting someone to take the car and fix the rust, but with it not road worthy i would need to find someone with a car trailer who could take the car without a working foot or hand brake.
Here are some pictures i took but in the cramped garage i had trouble getting good shots.
lol and as far as keeping the missus involved i guess i should seeming as its really hers, im just directing the project.
   engine bay
    bonnet
   back seat :p
    Dashboard

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Hey thanks heaps ridgey_didge.
I about to head off to work but i have quickly grabbed the numbers you asked for,
Trim Number : 272 - 637
Paint Number : 256 - 203 or 266 - 203
Id Number 225 - 5769m.
I cant really climb under my car before work so ill grab the engine num later.
   About 9 months ago craig alderson came over and looked at the car and gave us some pointers but as we were still finishing our HSC and didnt have jobs most of his wosdom was lost and the car has changed a bit since he seen it last.
Also i took some photos but will have to nut out how to post them tonight.
Finally we live in epping, we have a budget of 1500 to 2000 at the moment.

 
Hey all.
This week me and my gf have finally saved up enough money to do something serious on our FC. For the last year we have just been doing bits and pieces and not getting anywhere. So the question is where do we start? First ill let you know a bit about the car so you can give your opinion. The 1959 FC is currently unregistered and garaged, over the last 2 years the car's carpet has been removed (dont ask me i dont know how it got there lol). The chrome bonnet emblym and special badges have been romoved and boxed. The two loose fins on the boot have been removed as well as the arial. The seats have been removed and sun visors as well as handles. The chrome has been removed to be polished, the interior bits have been removed to be recovered and stuffed. A week after we got it the "brake slave something" broke and it now has no foot brake. It has rust in the doors right at the bottom and the floor pans. The exhaust bracket that attaches it to the engine is broken. It needs all 4 new tyres as well.
     I know this car sounds like a bomb but it really is a beautiful carin the original green or acqua (debatable) and cream colour. We have almost hit the 2000 mark and would really love to jump into the restoration project soon.
 Where should we spend our movey first and how would be the best way of going about it.
     Primarily i would love to have someone come take a look give a quote, take the car away and give it back rust free and with working breaks but this isnt a perfect world lol.
Please give thoughts, Trip and Gloria

i have unfortunatly hit a barrier.    Im up for the conversion still but people are giving me different (very different) quotes as to how much value i would loose with the conversion. does anyone here know around about how much we are going to loose if we do it or is it not worth doing. maby just having the engine rebuild and all the systems cleaned and put back on the road straight away would be better?  

  Im crystal's boyfriend who is doing up (vicky) the FC. Thanks  for all the tips guy's. Does anyone know if the length of the FC is roughly the same as the HJ kingswood or any kingswood's in that period.  The Exhaust for some reason is leaking at all the adapters and joiners and i want to transfer the exhaust off a kingswood along with the engine and gearbox? Pluss im just going off what people have told me but the chassie rail in the FC should fit the RED 202 from a kingswood or an earlie model commodore?  The other question i had was is there a place that anybody in sydney knows that does carpet for the FC?    Thanks for all your help