FE-FC Holden Discussion Forum

im looking at buying an fc to do up

and i have a few ideas what i want to do

but one of my ideas was putting lake pipes on the car

what are your thoughts

are they even legal?

Ive got them on my fc ive had no dramas but they are dummy ones.  Real ones u would have no hope

http://s14.postimage.org/400eejpa9/4410_1139875425157_4271548_n.jpg

This is Paul's FC with Lakes pipes & dummy spots

Ken

thx for the replies

so im tipping if you had the real deal on your car the rozzers will be all over you 

they do look the part though

the ol girl looks very nice paul

The rule is 300mm past the last opening so pretty much has to go behind the back wheel if you wanna be legal.. ;)

thx hoon if they have to be behind the rear wheels that will totally ruin the look no thx

ooh one more thing i love the look of the tasman wheels but weren't they banned in the day for faulty design or sumthing

i know ppl have them on their cars now is there any problems with em

are there any repos out there

or should i stick with dragways

im just bouncing a few ideas around n you guys have been there done that

so any info will be taken onboard before jump in at the deep end

thx again

They should have been banned for being fuglly im not a fan..  ;D

lolz @ hoon  for each their own i guess

me im just thinking of keeping it period

paul how much are you selling the wheels for out of interest

btw does the car go with them  ;D

I know of a set for sale  ill see if he still has them

If not  my neighbour has 2 on his trailer and another mate has 2 on his trailer LOL


I didnt know they made them in 4 stud i seen a HB torana 2 door with a set on it yesterday..

Pete

thx hoon but atm the fc fund is a lil to short to be thinking of buying wheels

i guess it would be a bit like putting the cart before the cart so to speak

Sammy,
            When i got the idea to put lake pipes on i got the idea off a green fc on here from a member "grimbo" I then did my ol girl up in the class of a late 50's early 60's yank car!!!!   I ran big bubble spats with whitewall tyres etc which im going back to, hence selling the tasmans.  I kept the lakers on as they were a bitch to fit and didnt want them off at the time.  If u go into olkat rebuild you will see the look i had.  Jamie chisholm has my first set now on his fe which i bent up from exhaust!!!!  His fe is golden!!!!    Check his out on herev also.  I bought mine (bubble spats) of the late John katsanis who used them on his kustom FC which also ran dummy lake pipes.  When i first started showing my FC people had opinions, but then when i started taking it to rockabilly shows etc it was a massive hit.  Each to their own......   It now lives in a dark but dry shed as i wk in the mines wa.  Ids steer clear of trailer tasmans if i was you, specially if u gunna put them on ur pride and joy.    Good luck with the build mate!!!!!

Stuffed up.... not grimbo was   gree.   Harko now has that car

Should be ok on a ute/van to have exit at the front of the rear w/arch,there just not user friendly on speed humps if they sit to low. ::)

hey guy thx for all your help

i have been lurking on this forum for almost 1yr now n i must say it has to be one of the most friendly,informative group of ppl i know

unlike some forums i goto n no im not gunna name n shame
 
thx fink but i was after a sedan spec

my idea is for a period looking modified/custom/rod with maybe modern running gear

not sure about the engine tho should i stick the gray maybe a red 202 or a commodore v6 hmmmmm

 

Apologies if this appears to be hijacking your thread , but just a point of order if I may ...

Those wheels are NOT Tasmans ... they are ROH Rockets  ... produced by Rubery Owen Holdings (formerly Rubery Owen Kemsley) an Adelaide based company founded in 1946 ... ROH (formerly ROK) was also a leading supplier of steel rim bands to the majority of other Australian wheelworks ... as a result  , a number of mid 60's aftermarket or factory rims will feature either ROK or ROH stampings  , depending on their age , thus further clouding the ID process

Tasmans are acompletely different 5 spoke mag wheel produced by the Sydney based Tasman Wheel Company founded by John Scott in the late 60's .

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/Rocketwheeladds001.jpg)

These are Tasmans ... actually these are Mark 1 Tasmans ...

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/tasmanadv.jpg)