FE is on the bitumen but where's the Humpy off to ?/

Some B&W pics of FE and FC's racing ...

Obviously this FC is about to lap this gaggle of Humpies !!!

Re-activating  my FE after it has been "Idle" for 8 years and (surprise) the front brakes were siezed ...

Managed to back off the brake shoes and get the drum off one side but the near side will not budge ...

Tried backing off the brake cylinder but the adjusting cover of the  wheel cylinder is siezed on both ends ...

One can of WD40 and two weeks later it won't budge ...got to it with a big hammer but no good ... got a BIGGER hammer but no good ... got a F####  big hammer but still jammed ...

Short of attacking it with an angle grinder , has anyone got any ideas ??

Will removing the bolt from the brake anchor  help ?

If I have to resort to more violence (ie , the angle grinder) , has anyone got a set of drums for sale

Regards , Dave .

Sorry ...

The Barsby Racing FC ...

http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/Barsbyracing.jpg

I think this was a V8 FE ... anyone know about this car ?

Last Humpy for now ...at Sandown ...

Ha ha Jack LOL ...yeah I was excited , but I'm sticking to the "CAR KEYS" story ... Barby was happy too 'cause we didn't have to go to the drive-in in her Mini any more !!

Good to see and will follow with interest ...

Just a question ... what model/type are those bucket seats in the Red and white wagon ?

Cheers , Dave .

FE#2 . Here she is after her we put her together ... Actually she should really be FE#1 1/2 because she was a combination of the best of both cars ...and a few extra parts ... Anyway I reckon she looked pretty good ...as you can see I decided to keep the original white roof ... and the panels came up pretty well with a bit of polish and a lot of sweat ... didn't even have to give her any paint ... except the interior which was all black (including the headlining)

Here I am in late 1972 with the old girl ... and before anyone says anything .. In my right hand I am holding  my CAR KEYS and Barby's purse ... OK !!!

Damo58 ..I don't like to admit this publicly but as #2 was not registered I took a chance and borrowed the plates from #1 just to get her home ! ... a brave move when you consider that she was belching out more smoke than a bushfire and would have easilycaught the attention of any coppers ...but then again , I was only 19 and didn't think much of it ...of course , I wouldn't think of doing such a thing nowadays !!!

Ok , so this old girl was to become FE#2 ....

The task of stripping all the good parts from FE #1 commenced  ... and at the same time we scrapped all the bad bits from FE#2 ...

I can tell you that my Mum and Dad were not impressed because the front yard and driveway looked like a wrecking yard ... they were even less impressed when I would leave the whole mess and buzz off to Torquay every weekend with Barbara and my mates to go surfing ,  hit the Speedway and the Torquay pub ...

Eventually , and under threat of eviction , we (Dad and I) got her together using the best bits from both cars  ... and I finished up with a good supply of spares .

Also put on some twin  carbs and extractors during the heart transplant  ... New 7"x13" wheels ... and Layback seats (the back benchseat springs were too noisy according to Barbara !!!)

Sadly I didn't take any pics of the rebuild , but will post some of the old girl when I got her back on the road ... Cheers , Dave .

Thanks FE 4 ME and Alex ...Eventually found an old "Bomb" and swapped 5 x $10 notes for her (1972) ...

As I recall , on the 20 mile drive home from Sunshine , she went through more oil than petrol !! ..never seen so much smoke !!

All the way home I could hear sirens chasing me !! ..but apart from terminally rusted front guards , the body was in surprisingly good condition ...I suspected that all the smoke had reacted favourably with the metal and had preserved the floor and other panels .

Anyway , here she is on the day i got her home ...after the smoke had cleared !!!!

FE 4 ME ..Yeah She was terminal alright and to make matters worse , when the F*** hit me , the old girl hit the kerb and flipped over on to the drivers side...stuffing both doors and the front guard ...the only things salvagable were the interior , motor , bonnet , bootlid , front near guard , front pass door , 3 wheels ... and 2 VB stubbies !!!

Yeah , thanks fellas ... as you will see , things got better ... eventually ...

Then one day (actually one night on the way home from the Hoyts Skyline Drive-in , South Oakleigh , Vic .) some idiot in a Prefect slammed into me ...you should have seen the Prefect too ...



I cried ...

The old girl parked next to a brand new Kingswood ...

Some Young Hoon sitting on her bonnet ...

She had a smooth black custom dash (velour) ... The FE , I mean ....

1971 and my first car ....

Here she is ...the first love of my life ... and Barbara ...