My 3 FE's

[Dave Lakin (Davo Lako)]

1971 and my first car ....

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

[Dave Lakin (Davo Lako)]

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

[Dave Lakin (Davo Lako)]

Some Young Hoon sitting on her bonnet ...

[Dave Lakin (Davo Lako)]

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

[Dave Lakin (Davo Lako)]

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 ...

[Hobbo]

Thats truely one of the saddest stories I heard for a while Dave, Typical Ford driver ! Breaking the heart of a Holden Lover. :'(

[FE 4 ME]

no wonder you cried, im sure all of us feel more than a bit sad when we see the FE picture bruised and battered....  even more painful when it's terminal


we feel for you mate !!!  :(

i hope after all the years things in your Holden FE world have turned for the better



"Have A Great Holden ( FE ) Day !!!" :):):)



FE 4 ME

[Dave Lakin (Davo Lako)]

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

[Dave Lakin (Davo Lako)]

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 !!!

[FE 4 ME]

hehehehe well at least you had a few beers to drown your sorrows and get prospective   ???

i look forward to better days in your FE/FC journey  ;)

keep em coming

nice work, love that purple and black fur  ;D ;D ;D... it was the 70's.... also not being critical but Man they were a set of side burns too  ;D ;D ;D

thankx for taking the time to photo share with us...it's all been great



FE 4 ME

[customFC]

Nice looking FE, I like the colour combo.
I dig the way Barbara dressed to match the car also.
Looking forward to #'s 2 and 3.

Regards
Alex

[Dave Lakin (Davo Lako)]

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]

and it looks like the same colour too.. !! ??  must be twins ?? bonus no need to respray the gaurds to suit..... i guess we will see in the next installment of  " FE AND THE BEAUTIFUL "   :P :P :P

Keep the show running please..the story line is far better depth   ;D ;D

Thankx david


"Have A Great Holden ( FE ) Day !!!" :):):)



FE 4 ME

[Dave Lakin (Davo Lako)]

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 .

[Damo58]

FE #2 seems to have the same rego as FE#1  8) 8) ;) ;)

                                                Cheers Damo58

[Dave Lakin (Davo Lako)]

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 !!!

[Dave Lakin (Davo Lako)]

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 !!!

[jack_fc]

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 !!!

yeah, right.... ::) ;)

(it wasn't because you were a bit excited over getting the FE back on the road was it??  ;) ;D)

[Dave Lakin (Davo Lako)]

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 !!

[RET]

Great story (apart from the rude interruption by the Ford Prefect, of course!)

Keep it coming.

cheers
RET