FE-FC Holden Discussion Forum

After having Old holdens years ago , EH's FC Panel van etc , i got into other things , I found this old girl up in Mytleford and picked her up , i can weld a bit but no expert , she is pretty rusty ,but possibly worth doing , rusted out floors some bits of chassis rails, as well as plenty of other places , i will be asking lots of questions , seems a great place for the info , with some amazing resto's and talented people ,these are a few pics ,i got 5 or barrows of leaves and mulch out of her
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Welcome to the forum first of all.

Hopefully when you get it cleaned up and all of the crap out of it you will have a good platform.

Keep the photos and the questions coming... Plenty people here will to help.

Cheers
JB

Welcome the forum!

Ute doesn't look any worse then mine did when I started. Looks to be all there so its a good start. If you have questions done be afraid to ask I am sure any issues you have I or someone else on the forum has had the same one 10 times.

Goodluck and show off your work as you go  ;D

i just spent 3 hours reading your build JB , far out , not gunna happen with mine, i found a local guy who gets old holdens and i picked up a door , seat , and glass , i also went for a walknear my place and found some old dumped holdens that have been well hidden for 30 years , they are stuffed but i will be going back to raid some parts , i am going to be trying to keep the Patina and fix it underneath , just running a grey motor and a HR front end for now , my mate has an old Volvo 250 with a disc brake rear , i have heard of guys fitting these
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Sad case. Bonnet looks OK.

Cabriolet?

First car I've seen with 2 trunks!!! :D

Hello
would anyone know if an EH seat will fit in an FC ute
cheers in advance Dave

i got a chance to give her a bit more of a clean out to see where were at , may be able to sell the excess metal as pasta strainers , wont get a chance to start until i build a new shelter for my jetski , so then i can get her in under cover , may be a chance to clean outone of my sheds that wouldnt look out of place in American Pickers
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Wow, good luck. Looks like a bit of work there.

You may not be the best welder now but when you have the ute on the road you'll be a guru. A bit of work ahead of you but glad to see one being resurrected rather than left to rot. Good Luck, Derrick.

Have a look at this one, could be a brother  ;D
 http://www.ozrodders.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=49434&start=1635      ($2)
It goes to show commitment some people have good stuff

Massive task ahead of you, we all look forward to seeing how it comes along.

What I have noticed on this site if you need advise, parts or help all you need do is ask. Somewhere someone will have done what you are about to do and maybe they might have some materials you can use as well. :o

happy building

Craig

i went and collected some parts today , i got an engine ,with extractors and speco finned rocker cover, possibly rebuilt a long time ago ,and not used, tail lights, really good tail gate and spare wheel hatch, disc brake front end and booster , so soon the fun will begin, i got them off a guy who has some other FC and EK parts , lots of chrome trims and tail lights ,if anyone is interested

Sounds like a good score.
Good luck with the build.
Nick

I think I must be partially blind as I just don't see the rust.All I see is all the solid stuff.That just looks like "a little extra effort"!If you lose interest and want it gone,give me a buzz haha.Get it blasted first then start cutting that shit out.Not that hard.Really looking forward to the build pics mate,good luck.Cheers,Jamie.

Don't loose the lock for the spare wheel door. They are costly to track down. Ute looks like it will need some work, but they all do. Good luck.

Rgds Wayne b

I love a good rescue,will be watching your progress on returning her to the road.

still trying to organise, my undercover area to start work , but having fun researching how to do a few things ,and have been collecting parts, here is my ID plate , not sure how to read it , what the numbers all mean, if any one can tell me , i would be interested to know

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Punch those numbers (and the chassis number etc) into this page here:

http://fefcholden.org.au/techinfo/idinfo.html

More details on what the numbers mean can be found here:

http://fefcholden.org.au/techinfo/idplate.html

cheers
RET

RET beat me. This is a great source.

MODEL: FC/2106 (Utility) -401M (401st manufactured in Melbourne)
INTERIOR: 355 (Ascot Grey) - 648 (Fall Red)
PAINT: 253 (Lacquer) - 7773 (Ascot Grey 1959)

Big project. Good on you for giving it a go, it would be beyond me. All the very best, keep us posted on progress.

just about getting game enough to start, a mate got me this at a market this weekend , not quite Fc iknow , 1 year out ,but it has plenty of the same stuff , i love it , nearly as good a find as the ute
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i think i found a good supply to get my floor and other rust replacement parts , i fc sedan 3 x utes and 2 x wagons

(http://thecanoeguy.smugmug.com/FC-UTE/i-QkZMD5F/0/L/P6040008-L.jpg) ($2)

WOW :o

ok I need to know where this place is...... LOL

I will certainly pass on the location, the farmer is happy to see the stuff getting used , my mate dragged out a salvagable FJ ute

Car dumps like that are rare these days. Scrap steel is back in price at the moment, so a few may be saved.

I would be scrounging hard there would have to be old oil bottles and collectables in amongst that lot..
Whats all the paper work ?

well i have been collecting parts for this project and had a few other things on over winter , i happen to come across another FC ute that is a lot less work than this one , so i am selling this one , it s on the for sale site , i hope some one brave enough will take it on , i have collected a fair few parts , so only asking $500 for this one, i will put up pics soon of the new to me one

my ute went off to Grafton , i hope he will be posting some progress on here , I now have my new FC to to hook into, i will start a page for it when i get a bit more organised
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Hi. I'm trying to do 2 trucks, an fe and fc. I'll read this more later but welcome. The Dana diffs are ok from Volvo but parts might be harder to get like centura etc. Not totally sure. I just finished my shortened diff from a late model v8 Ute with the lsd.