FantaC`s FantaE

[FCRB26]

FE is under the battery tray isnt it on some?

[mcl1959]

Look on the other side just above the battery ;)

Ken

[FantaC]

Thank you for your replies .... but i still cant find it .. wouldit be under the battery as FChoon said ?

[mcl1959]

No wont be under the battery - it should be either to the left or the right of the wire retainer tab spot welded to the skirt - It is much smaller stamp size than FC uses on the driver's side. - Having said that there are 2 possibilities why it may not have one at all. It may have had an accident at some stage and a replacement subframe or just the skirt itself was put in, or for some inexplicable reason a some FE's appear to have no chassis numbers at all and they do not appear to have ever been repaired. I have seen about 6 or so FE's like this - all 1957 models and the only logical answer I can come up with is that maybe they had an accident when they were very new and the repair has been done to original quality and it has aged so that it looks original now.

I can't see why any car would leave GMH without a chassis number - The number has to be on the sales docket!

Ken

[FCRB26]

Mine has no numbers but has had "police numbers" im told very dodgy stamping really long number.



pete

[FantaC]

thank you for your replies i will look around and see if there are any strange welding where it may of been repaired

[FantaC]

FOUND IT :)  thank you all again for your help ( Ken you are worth your weight in Gold )




7-2844-P The vehicle was assembled during 1957, and was the 1,844th FE (in any bodystyle) assembled in Perth

[FantaC]

[FantaC]

put a tail light on and noticed no indicator bulb and the hole where it sits is blanked of with a plastic plug ,

[zulu]

Lookin good FantaC, that plastic plug is where the reversing light option would normally go

The tail light you are using would have had the brake and blinker operating off the same globe (red blinker)

Gary

[FantaC]

Thanks Gary  .

[FantaC]

would that still be legal here in WA ?
or would i need to hook up the indicator ?

[Stewy]

Thats how they came out of the factory.
Indicators only options on the standard models, Specials (225,229) had them from factory, so would have to still be legal in oz.
I think you should be able to argue the point unless they can find legislation to prove otherwise.

Cheers Stewy   8)

[FantaC]

Thanks Stewy

[FE_UTE]

Hey John

There are a few FC's driving around Perth with taillight indicators, so you dont have to worry about that

Geez you need to get out more.. ;D ;D ;D

Cheers   
Gary

[FantaC]

Thanks Gary lol as soon as its lic i`ll be out there :)

[FantaC]

anyone know where i can get the gaurd bolts from ?

[pedro]

I don't know where the post was but Pete(FC hoon) was telling us about Rivnuts not long ago, you fit them into the front end and they are threaded to take a normal bolt instead of the dodgy standard ones that strip all the time.
                     Pedro

[DN2168]

Rivnuts would be the go.....nothing worse than a dodgy stripper, hey Pedro.. :P ;D

Dean.

[FCRB26]

Nutserts they are called
check the chart off my supplier
http://www.ovesco.com.au/products.php?catname=Threaded%20Inserts%20and%20Tooling&cat=8&sub=31&subname=Threaded%20Inserts
http://www.ovesco.com.au/products.php?catname=Threaded%20Inserts%20and%20Tooling&cat=8&sub=32&subname=Threaded%20Insert%20Tooling



now the tool is expensive if you check out FEVANS build he did the bolt trick check out his build.


Pete