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Heres my first efforts at a collage  ???


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I understand theres probablly issues with copyright infringments on the Holden logo it was a sample to see if i could do it.


Pete

Wow. Impressive. I'll be in touch for a few things when I get further along. Great work mate, Regards, Martyn

How deep does the engraving go?
I had a set of centre caps machined up years ago with blank centres and was thinking of getting stickers made, if you can engrave deep enough (1-2mm?) I could paint them instead.

Their cnc routers travel is about 80mm deep for timber ect.
We do the infill with stndard colours.
Ill send you pic when I get to work.

This was one we did for the engravers ute just covered his tow bar.

We have learnt a lot more since this note the paint is slightlly scuffed from cleaning up whilst still a bit wet.


have it all sussed now..
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Pete, I think you will find that the logo is under copyright, this is why Olden1 had to stop making the grill emblem inserts for the FC grill badge.
Regards Jim

Yeah understand..

Funnily enough it was a sample logo that came with the machine.

I didnt plan on doing any more it was just to see if it worked.

BTW, Rare Spares holds the current copyright for the NASCO logo.

A couple of us from the VIC Club were there today and they had their copyright registration for "NASCO" in the front office reception right beside the RSP Business registration so I think they take copyright seriously as well....

Trevor_B

There you go i didnt know about the nasco logo.


Dont really care either the amount of NASCO stuff on ebay thats knocked off im sure im the least of their worries
Mines modified for the waterjet so therefore its more than 10 percent different so it doesnt breach copyright..

Thats what happened when a competitor copied one of my products that has a patent any more than 10 percent they cant do anything.



Pete

Pete
I think you will find there is a difference between patent and Trade Marks copyright
Les

Pete what size s/s exhaust flanges are you producing  Thanks ......FC427........

Whatever you want pretty much.
2 bolt 3 bolt tapped 1 side or bolt together.
Tell me what you're after. .


Pete

Pete Will measure up and let you know Thanks ...Fc427.....

Pete need  8 x 2 1/2''  & 4 x 2 1/4'' center hole size ,, all 105mm bolt centers with 10mm holes all bolt together in S/S Please ....FC427....

Pete PM sent

Hi Pete, can you give me some info on your exhaust hangers please? I am after some to suit a 2.5 inch system. Do they bolt together or how are they attached to the pipe. My system has flanges on the ends of each section of pipe.
Regards Ole.

todays mission to repro grille badge bracketry for keith
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Very nice job.

Looks great Pete.  Look forward to receiving it.  Thanks

Keith

Will make sure they fit tommorow then i will post

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So far so good
Just need to fit to a grille tonight.

Pete

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Fit it to mine, fit it to mine!!   ;D ;D ;D

Fitted up today very happy .
Ill post tommorow keith
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Thanks Pete look forward to fitting it to my badge.  PM me the cost.

Keith

Well Pete has done his magic again.  The grill badge bracket arrived today.  The quality is excellent and will never rust as it is made of stainless steel. Very happy with the bracket.  Thanks Pete.

Keith

Thanks Keith.

I reckon the badges just finish a resto off cant wait to see it fitted.

As i i said to Keith my badge was fitted with the 2 small angle clips to retain the badge as the original tiny pins were broken they may need a tickle as im sure the thickness varies for the badges this was a good length for mine so should work fine.

Pete

Pete
Anymore on the production line? ;D ;D ;D

I made some of my own but the finish on your look fantastic.

Cheers

Craig D

Yep I can make some more

once their programmed their on file.

Pete

PM me the costs including postage.

Thanks

Craig

 I have reccesed brake booster mounts in stock
I had a metal spinner make 20 of
They are 190mm inside 80mm deep

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Pete

Have you had a crack at anymore clock mounts?

Regards

Craig D

yep i have 10 on my bench i went to fold in a larger V block and they pull into the access holes making the fold un square.
So im going to try it on monday with a piece of colourbond under it hoping it doesnt pull into the hole.

Will let you know monday.

Thanks Pete

Speaker recess too maybe??

Pete , have you ever taken a look at the lower tailgate internal mechanism . Just because they seem to wear at the slots where the wires go on and have been told they are difficult to repair . Cheers Haydn

How much are you asking for the booster recesses Pete? I am definitely interested in one.
Cheers Ole

I have repaired a few for people if anyone is stuck msg me.
$50 each plus delivery

I can do the weld in speaker recceses as well would just need to confirm the dimensions of your speakers..

A new one today what a mission to get the fold sequence right 1st go tho came up awesome
Hr engine mounts for firekraka and v6 conversion mounts
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Exceptional work again Pete  ;) ;)

Well done

Nice work Pete!

Cheers
John

I've sent you a PM Pete.

Cheers Ole.

Cant take all the credit tho.
Neil took the time to do the drawings.
I just programmed and did the rest.

Engine mounts look better than factory  ;D when are you moving to Sydney .......Mark

Dont start me on sydney i hate the place.. :D

You'd love the folk in punchbowl then Pete !!!

Ek seat trim clips if people need them.
I made them like fc.
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Hi Pete. Just a suggestion, but obviously time is a factor, but with some of the items, it would be good to have a small pic within the same catalogue of the piece fitted in a car. Some of the parts like the gauge one are things people would buy if they could see it in a car. So if you have some more pics of them in cars can you get some ppl to post them up. Thanks.

Just one more thing. Im wondering if you have made an insert for the spring/shocks tower where the springs seat. If you haven't I was wondering if you could. I would like to put some in my standard front end. Would need to be a hard but absorbing material perhaps like nolathane. (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/18/a55ae9db7b83802e0b773d7030c76c7e.jpg)

Those plastic side skirts & moulding strips are the most elusive part to find, especially for the right hand side.
May need to look seriously at making some for FC in the new year.

Well its been a while
Heres a new one ive been selling Historic number plate adaptors.
As you will know if you have fitted them the holes do not match anything

Forum price $40 pair plus delivery so lets say $50 neat delivered anywhere in OZ

Please check they are going to suit your inner hole centres 165mm (thats 6 1/2 inches for the older gents)

Theres 2 foam tape round buffers behind to stop scratching.



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Where does it say sedan or special or station sedan !?!?!?

Ha Ha we won a pretty big job so both engravers are fllat out. battling to get these on the waterjets atm.

Heres another to the list

Windecreen wiper body to pivot seal

10 bucks a pair delivered anywhere in oz
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Hi Pete
I'd like to get a couple of the wiper pivot seals.  I'm in NZ; can we make that work?  I'm able to transfer to Aussie bank accounts from my internet banking.
Wim

Don't worry about this.  I've found that Rares have the seals here in NZ.
Cheers
Wim

Hi Wim sorry only just seen this big week at work.

Would not of been a problem i would just sent in a CD box so they dont break out like a envelope.

I have some extra speaker blanks in stock.

2mm aluminium powder coated satin black .
Can also do them to suit certain speakers.
$32 free delivery anywhere in Australia.


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Hot off the machine
FE FC headlight bucket gaskets
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$50 pair free delivery.
($40 pick up  $10 postage)

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Holden red 6 thermostat spacer.
These are needed when fitting a red 6 and stock FE FC radiator.

They will be 6mm stainless $30 delivered
Mild steel $25 delivered


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Pete

Nice work, Pete.

I'll take a set of headlight bucket gaskets.

Add that to my injector order from you  :)

Hey Pete when are you going to make a grey motor air con compressor bracket in this current weather they would sell like hot cakes?
Cheers,
Graham

Ill try remeber to look on weekend theu are here somewhere.
Air con for greys im not wasting any power on air con.
But if you really want it i can have a look.

I'm wondering if those headlight bucket gaskets would fit FB EKs


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They fit Bosch headlamp buckets, not sure whether FB EK had Bosch headlights.
Lucas were more common

Ken

Hi Pete,
I think there would be some interest in Air Comp Brackets for a grey if they were easy to fit.
Cheers,
Graham

the gaskets have odd cutouts that do not line up with anything so i will try them on Lucas as well.

The Bosch gaskets must multi fit a few different makes of Bosch headlight buckets. Not all the cutouts are needed for the FE FC buckets.

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Lucas gaskets are totally different

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Ken

Pete,
Like Graham, I would be interested in a grey air con bracket set up as well
Cheers, Gary

What compressor would you be thinking of using ?

Or do i get a hyundai excell one or similar size ?

Maybe hilux ?
My logic in that is they are the most gutless car i have ever driven so surelly that compressor turns pretty easy.
And its a single v belt.
It would have to be setup to use the rares style harmonic balancer with a v belt off the front of the 3 puller holes in the balancer.
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Sounds good to me Pete. Do you know of a pulley as well?
Cheers,
Graham

The aftermarket grey motor balancers can use a GMH red motor twin v-belt pulley. These will bolt to the aftermarket grey motor harmonic balancer using the three “remover/puller” holes ((3/8-24UNF on a 213/16” (71.44mm) PCD). Be wary though that GMH pulleys are two different groove sizes on the one hub. For example, one groove is 5.25” diameter, the other 5.10” (the other pulley I have is 5.23” and 5.09”). Doesn’t sound like much (and hard to see by eye unless you are looking for it), but it means you can't use them as twin v-drives (two belts driving say a supercharger). They are however perfectly fine for driving two different units (eg an AC compressor and a power steering pump).

Another option is to use an alluminium pulley from a Chev (eBay special). The bad thing about using Chev pulleys though is that the internal bore is much larger than the grey motor crankshaft (the Chev is 1.1” versus the 1” grey motor crank). This means it can be quite hard to centralise the Chev pulley onto the grey motor crank. I tried using one of the harmonic balancers as a template, and even taking quite some care could not get the three holes drilled perfectly concentrically. If using the Chev pulley it is recommended to either get a hub centric ring made up (a washer 1” ID and 1.1” OD), or to have the three mounting holes professionally drilled by a machine shop (3/8-24UNF on a 213/16” (71.44mm) PCD). Note when buying a Chev pulley that you will typically want one that lies very close to the harmonic balancer (rather than the “long water pump” type that stick out further). A Speedmaster PCE239.1008 item is not a bad choice (http://store.speedmaster79.com/), and is 5.457” diameter.

Cheers,
Harv

Thanks Harv very informative.
How easy are the Red motor pulleys to get?
Cheers,
Graham

The red motor pulleys are not that uncommon. They appear on eBay every now and then.

I've got two of the things at home. Was going to use to drive Normans, but can't as the grooves are not identical diameter. Naturally, I only found this out after buying two, stripping, priming and epoxy enamelling  ::). I think they cost me $80 a pop. Happy to sell one (or both) if you want one.

Cheers,
Harv

Hi Harv,
Pm sent.
Cheers,
Graham

If anyone is stuck i now have on file the rear window stainless trim backing piece with the threaded bolts tapped and tig welded into place.
2mm stainless steel.
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New to the list is Grey motor rocker cover breather gaskets

$10 including postage for initial item
any additional gaskets Add $5 extra each.



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G'day Pete,

There seems to be a shortage of FE-EK ute spare wheel clamps in the market, with prices going silly on eBay. I think I can borrow an original NOS one through the FB/EK forum - would you be interested in making a run of these please?
http://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=22665&p=228103#p228103

Cheers,
Harv

Thought I'd get my order in early for one of these commercial spare wheel clamps Pete. Accolades to Andrew for putting the pressure on.
Seriously though there should be pretty serious demand for these.
Cheers
Clay


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Hi Harv

At the moment im going to have to say no.
works gone mad i cant even get to the shed of late to work on anything looks like at this rate the ute wont make the nationals again.

No problem Pete.

Cheers,
Harv

More hr out riggers made up for the yr.
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Beautifully made. Thanks Pete.


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Hi Guys

I created a website with some of my parts.
Ebay is ripping me off and Facebook is hard to keep a track of.
Let me know your thoughts or any changes.
https://fcrb26.wixsite.com/website?fbclid=IwAR26RebqUlCFN3GkZlobzsGAsMFqiBDPspxRwE-43tw0SwLj0jMNVeAJ-BQ

Great move Pete

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Looks Great Pete.
Will share it around.

Cheers Stewy   8)

That’s excellent Pete, can I suggest a hard mail out to all the associated car clubs. This can then be circulated at meetings (when these actually are allowed again) and can be included in newsletters for the members to read.
I have been active over many years in getting parts remanufactured for FE and FC Vehicles but you do an even better job with these parts because you have the ability to make them yourself.
I wish you every success and you have my support in your endeavour

Ken

Great list Pete.

Was thinking about this the other day. A little OT, but was hunting down fuel leaks in an RB30 motor. The injector holder clamps had cracked, and the injectors were loose. Suprisingly, no-one makes reproduction RB30 injector holders. Tried hunting down a set, and got desperate. Thought I might have had to give you a call and see if you could make some (wondered if they were the same as RB26). Managed to finally find some.

Cheers,
Harv

I would have some at home harv.
 I still have a few rb30s

Thanks ken.
This is my retirement plan to get set up doing parts and get my enthusiasm back to work on cars.
Work has been taking all my time.

Do you plan on adding your chassis kit?

Not as yet but i shall look into it.

Pete ..What about rocker shafts ?

Pete
What about 2 piece weather shields?

Cheers
Graham

As in grey motor rocker shafts ?

Drivers door weather shields ? if so i will probably just be sticking to metal parts for now.

hi Pete..yes grey engine rocker shafts , they are .7925 " on the OD ..all the same 1948 to 1963 , or at least interchangeable , the pedestals changed in FJ , maybe little plug in each end need to be sourced or modified ...keep well Vern ..