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Finally found a wagon i like everything is new or rebuilt
179hp with a fat cam
X2 headers and carbs
Disc front beutiful car ..
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You gotta get a bigger shed! 8)

You forgot to mention 'stance'......, nice

Wheels off already, mate I would be driving that old girl everywhere first, seen as though all the others are in various stages of rebuild.

Once again Pete, I am in a fit of envy over your collection.

Enjoy it all, you have worked hard to get it all.

Craig

Very nice Pete.

Put    the    wheels    back    on    Pete....

No tidy up, tweaking, or just fix this as we all know what happens lol

Great buy and enjoy your dream car mate!

Ha ha
Dont stress he wanted the wheels back was the deal.
They rubbed horribly and so its not off the road i gave up finding a mint set of tasmans so ordered wheels today.
And will fit tasman look alike caps that i will engrave at work.
Drives awesome.
Oh and that air cleaner haunts me i dont like it so bought a x2 one that ill chrome
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Looks the goods Pete  ;)

I'm so envious  real nice wagon  want to swap for an A model sedan  ::).....FC427.......

That's a great looking wagon Pete.

Hmm nah i have a full set now and this is the first car i ever wanted
Stoked..

Pete great looking Wagon. Enjoy.
Cheers,
Graham

 Very nice Pete. I was just commenting on how i liked the air cleaner and then read you don't ;D, if you want to sell it i would be interested. it will go on my HR wagon with Thomas cover.
cheers
Scott

Back to work doesnt leave much time for cars.
But fitted venetians
New recod grille badge
Recod the paint in the tailgate badge
Black 10mm leads
Tacho on the column.
Still waiting on wheels
White faced autometer water / oil guages.
Took her for a drive the other day and shit a fuel pump so fitted nos one running sweet as.
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Found the suspension noise the local suspension joint had the sway bar hard on the shocks ?
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Need a van now Pete!

Love it.
I'll be going with a white wheel, and white indicator & gear knobs.
The white faced combo gauges are interesting. Any chance of a close-up some time?

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I have a windowless van silly billy lol

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Whoops, silly me >:(

Really nice set up there Pete, Little bit jealous of the room let alone the selection of cars.  cheers to you  ;)

Do you ever get time to fly the planes Pete?

I sold a few off had 30 odd.  A lot of the bigger 80 90 inch wingspan ones were hard to transport.

I still go out once a month  mainly fly electric now for ease but still have a supercharged 4 stroke in a big spitfire and several other 4 strokes and a few 2 strokes.

I sold recently a 80 inch wingspan decathalon with a 26cc zenoah lovelly plane..

I have a pretty good boat collection too really like 40s and 50s pleasure craft and im right into brushless motors and lipo batterys so my old vic smeed huntsman has a big brushless outrunner with water cooled speedy its def a wolf in sheeps clothing.
Also have a few brushless race boats but dont get much time for them.
Having 3 daughters i have to take a boat they can put their dolls onto lol  

New wheels finally arrived...

Centre caps were gaaaay plasticy rubish so had a set of GTS caps i got to fit perfect


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I wasn't so sure when you showed the wheels Pete, but on the car they look great.  ;D You gunna  head up to Port this year for the classic cruise?

I agree Pete those rims are sweet..  Great work again

Hopefully i can bring the van up for a run behind the fe

Hope to see you there

Yep same was a top weekend last time I went.

Sweet ride Pete, the van would look just as good behind the wagon. I'm looking at the PW100 rims for mine(not sure about painted or polished centres yet) what offset did you get on the rims? they look like a snug fit in the guards.
Jim

Really good choice of wheels Pete, suit the car perfectly  :)

Hi Jim only just seen your reply.
They were just the ones listed we worked out the offset and the face is the same as standard the offset is all inwards.
But in saying that they are a little bit more outwards than standard for some reason.
Its very low nearlly on the bump stops in the front and does not rub.
I hit a pretty large bump with some gear and my daughter in the back and heard it scrub once.
Tyres are Falken 205/50/15

Been fixing a few things that i didnt want to have to fix.
 Alternator died yesterday so replaced that with a mini unit but its still doing some weird electrical things so will replace the battery today.
Brakes squeal like i have never heard before pulled them apart there must be a tube of red anti squeal on the pads also there was fibre tape on the back of the brake pads so its done it for a while i pressume.
Discs look a little glazed so will get them skimmed and fit new soft pads.
Back into the FE this week try get the fuel lines fitted.
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Pete

One of the best color scheme Ive seen. Looking really nice.

he sits it there to scare the rust out of it so it won't end up like the one behind it!

 thats so it looked better when shannons were doing the insurance on it .. :D

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hey Pete
here is the start of your search for some roof racks. ;D

Got one last week allready repaired powder coated


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Been fiddling getting wagon ready for port maquarie show.
Oversized rice burner  exhaust tips are a pet hate of mine and i was getting fumed out so just shaped a bend and welded on.
Made some number plate surrounds another thing i rip off old cars plastic number plate covers.

Sorry to sound like a whinger.

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As always Pete, its the detail of your work that makes your cars....

ooooh I do like the plate frames Pete

Very nice Pete.

Do you know how hard those junkie needles are to buy ?

I had to show i didnt have track marks to get them  :D

I found a new program with free 1950 texts you simply import into word awesome as i can import into the engraver very happy how they turned out.

Do you thin the paint to flow through the junkie needle?

Sure do works so good i have re done all my badges on the cars using a ultra fine needle ..

$2 for 10 needles  you need to use enamel i got sample pots from supercheap  so thin it out in a small cup i use model plane epoxy cups cos i had them and pull the centre of the needle out and tip some in.

Now this is what my business is based on engraving so i have been doing it a while but cheap shit enamel seems to stick the best we normally use hichem stuff but whatever u can get..
we do it another way without the needles thats top secret witch craft tho.. ;D

Probably a bit much text on the front ..

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Found my stash of number plate centreing bkts
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Love the cable rack Pete.

As John said great cable rack. Where do you buy the needles from Pete?
Cheers,
Graham

great results Pete

I love the number plate surround!!

The local chemist has them you just need to show you dont have track marks  :D
I have  a friend who now works at a chemist so can get them off her .

After doing a wedding the rear tyres scrubbed so i am fitting a lj diff to the wagon.
Total time spent on diff is 1 hour so nearlly ready for powdercoat
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G'day Pete, Happy Easter to you and yours.  I hope this is not the start of another one of your "quick" tidy ups   :D :D :D  Cheers, Graeme

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Happy easter to you too.

I have allready been warned of world war 3 if i pull anything off it..

SO i have another set of wagon springs to have re set and i have another centre so should be able to change it over in under an hour without her knowing.

I have to remove the residual valve from the circuit because it had a stock fc diff with disc front end now im running lj wheel cylinders it will not need it.

Looking good Pete,  Was out this morning checking out your saddle you made and sent me. Wishing I had the day to play in shed, off to the family function.   :)

Yeah I know that feeling all too well Pete, World War 3 will happen here too if I try anything on mine.....

We are off to a family doo as well but i snuck out earlly and made the brake lines and fitted the brake line tabs.

One thing i would check is the face of your banjo i knocked all the studs out and gave it a good clean with a fresh ceramic disc and a hard backing pad was very uneven i would say thats why it leaked . also it was weeping oil and the seam and one axle tube had a weird hole i filled.
So the powder coat should seal everything up on all the seams ect.

should look neat.

Sorry Pete you lost me with the ceramic disc, can you give me a little more on the info.  I get what you trying to do with making sure that the surface is level. But i have never heard of ceramic disc. Whats it look like and what does it do to the metal , Does it perform more of fine grind then a harsh metal grind...??  Also does it cover the entire area which comes in contact with the diff center. ???   


Some days I wish I was that little apprentice in you control, asking all the stupid questions. Would be lapping it up like a dog..   ;D

Sorry Pete also for got to say Happy Easter to you and your family, hope you day was great as mine ..  And to every one else is reading this great forum..   ;D ;D

Just a good new soft pad will do check it out first yours may be fine and you use gasket glue anyway so should be fine.
We run a new disc at work looks like a soft pad but they are ceramic coated not glass so dont get hot and cut metal awesome they are called Pferd kombi clicks we use hundreds a month we do not use hard disc wheels anymore these superseed them.

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Ah more wasted time on the wagon.
I had a weird temp spike coming up the freeway a few weeks ago and i knew it was the radiator.
Closer inspection all the cores were blocked.
So i ordered a pwr radiator by the time they added their packing fee box fee and i ordered a thermo fan with it by the time i got the invoice it was 1300 dollars
270 bucks for a thermo fan but the mounts suited their fan so i reluctantly orderd it.
What i didnt realise was the lower neck was larger for a red motor and it was heaps thicker so it did not clear the waterpump.
So my hands were tied could not send it back so what else do you do but cut up a 1300  dollar radiator.

I have all the neck swaging tools and make customer intercoolers so next time i will order a core and make my own.
So i countersunk water pump bolts
Ground snout of pump flush
New mounts
Reccessed lower tank 15x15mm to get the bottom to go in.
Now i dont know what people do for upper hose but im going to cut a 6mm thermostat housing spacer so i can turn the upper housing around as its hard on the rocker cover and no room for a hose to go on.
Then my adjustable thermo switch died as the probe jammed in the thermostat nearlly cooking the engine.
So i fitted a new 190deg switch to block and tapped out the heater tube pipe for the temp guage.
1 saturday lost but a happy engine now.
Heater core was full of mud and so was block 2 hrs of back flushing I hope its clean.
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Diff went to powdercoat
Also chasing a straight axle if anyone has 1
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I don't normally like to comment on builds, but I love reading your updates Pete. You get done in one afternoon what would take a lot us weeks to get done and it's all top notch.

It was keeping me from sleeping worrying about it so started work at 4am to cut new tabs and bits then took it hoome and welded it all up finished running by 10am..

I ordered a TFS111 switch for the thermos but its got a 160 thermostat and its getting too hot for my liking seems to switch around 200 for some reason so i ordered a TFS 110 and that switches at 180 deg see how that goes

Is the axle  for the LC LJ rear ......Fc427......

Yep 1 has a twist in it and looks ready to shear the splines off.

Will take a look for you in the next few days ...Mark

Pete, there is a pair of custom axles on eBay at the moment. Not sure of the price or if they will suit you.
Jim

Thanks Jim

But the studs will be too big to get my wheel studs in..

I will find 1..

Doesn't VPW carry ones you can trim down?

But they have drilled the flange out to suit bigger diameter studs/nuts mine only just fit now if u get me so mine use a 19mm socket they will be 21mm wont get that in there

Ahh yep that's a problem.

Pete I only have a complete diff but ebay  Item: 261408558922 might be ok  Mark

Pete;
Blacky on the FB EK forum tells me that you can get wheel studs that have a larger diameter spline area for pushing into the flange but maintaining the original thread diameter???????????? I don't know where you can get them but he said that he has used them.

May solve the issue with the VPW axles

Regards
Neil H

Hi pete, do have an axle here (in gawler s.a.) you would be welcome to it ,but freight is the question.if you cant source one there  locally we will have to work it out...phil.

Hi Pete   Have a look at this listing I see there is a LC axle in the pile of bits might be worth looking into.   ebay ($2)

Finished the wagon last night .

So things I have found doing a LJ torana diff conversion.
LJ axles are left and rh sided ? only a few mm in it but enough to upset the planetry gears  I thought they were universal.
Handbrake cable was another one. I went to chop the ends off a HR cable and adapt to the FC cable then I did a ebay search and they make them to suit the conversion  for $120 so that fixed that.
I knocked out the studs on the housing and gave the face a quick hit  with a ceramic combi click disc as it had some rather large lumps from having a heap of centres over tightened.
I put new copper washers onto the studs with some sealer before pulling the studs back in.
If using nolethane spring insulators they are wider to suit EH hr style springs so need a groove die ground into it so the u bolts can slip past them.
I am having a custom made rear hose made today but a HR one should work fine.

The tyres tuck in really nice now only around 15mm inside clerance either side.
If they rub i will go longer studs with spacers to get them sitting perfect.

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Nice work Pete... so that what I need to get mine to look like  ;D

Great job Pete. You set the bar higher & higher.

Well i took the wagon for a run and it rubbed.
So i found that trailer studs at the local parts shop are perfect about 15mm longer i did have to redrill the flanges to 14mm then i made a brass spacer with a chamfer so when i rattle the studs in they pulled straight.
perfect nice and tight then i cut 2 6mm spacers on the water jet in aluminium  there is still a bit of axle sticking thru the alloy spacer.

Took it for a run beutiful quiet as very happy..

now to wire up the brake controller and trailer plug.

Hey Pete have you got a picture of it on the ground.???

ill take one tommorow with the van on i had 30mm taken out of the springs it should of sat 10mm lower than where it was and its got rake which i hate so if it doesnt settle im pulling it apart and getting 50mm more taken out ..

That's it Pete. Fk with it till it's the way you want it

All finished.
Took friday off to fit new towbar and tongue which i made and had powdercoated. (Half original towbar half new)
Wire in new  trailer plug with braided line and sealed gland nut.
Wire in redarc brake controller.
Rip dash cluster out and re wire the birds nest so it actually looks half tidy.
After towing the van to its first show i was pleased i only heard to tyre touch once when i hit a large bump and took out top display.
Only 1 dampener for the day a lady tried ripping the door off the van saying it doesnt even open i said its locked to keep people like you out.



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That looks frickin awesome Pete.

Smooth Pete.... Hope she drives as good as it looks..

Very tidy Pete, they both look great, love the awning

Yep unless you're there with it it's best to keep it locked, when we had our van at Motorfest a few years ago I got an angry "excuse me I was here first" from a lady while I was trying to get into it to get a beer out of the ice box!

I think you had better step away from the spanners & go on a holiday now

Well done Pete,like I said earlier in the post, the van looks good behind the wagon! The combo blends well and it is a pity that there are some idiots out there that don't respect other people's property.
Regards,Jim

Fantastic Pete. As Jim said now enjoy it.

Regards

Wayne b

Fair enough I think.

It's brilliant Pete, and it displays your absolute dedication to produce the ultimate. Thanks for sharing the journey.

Thanks all

I have a big trip in 2 weeks to a show out west cannot wait to get a few days away with my dad and mates ..

Gday,
Very nice wagon and work done on it.
Would you have any more info or pictures on the wheels on the ute

Thanks

The ute pics are here http://forum.fefcholden.club/index.php?topic=22469.760

Wheels are from the states. Very heavy but cool 17x7 and 17x8 Vintiques.

On another subject

A lesson learnt on the weekend. I have been having issues with a gutless red motor.
Really underpowered to what i was expecting turns out the front carby was not working due to a slipping linkage also whoever made the throttle linkage had messed up changing the pivot point so it was only getting half throttle. Also the accelerator pedal had a lot of slop in it. After fixing all these problems she is now a thoroughbred totally different car i am quietly confident it would even spin the wheels now.

Ready for its big trip friday out west towing the van so we will see how it goes.

Learning to love a red are we, Pete?  ;)

Enjoy. Look forward to photos.

I dont know about "Love" learning to deal with it because my wife will kill me if i touch it more so.

And theres a 1 owner low km RB30 sitting about 1 metre away from it just so it knows its not irreplacable lol ;D

Love it Pete

Thanks for that ,
Interesting about the red donk, i also need to look at my linkages sometime.
Man those wheel look great really digging them it suits the ute perfect.
Unreal projects mate :)

Well i made the annual trip to mendooran .
Head on into a 50kmh westerly.
The poor old girl got buffeted pretty bad the wind was relentless throwing the van and wagon around.
Glad i have electric brakes to straighten her up.
Its 6.30 am freezing cold flogging down rain and the wind has started to howl.
The little van is very comfy and annexe has not pooled with water.
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Great stuff Pete.

Regards

Wayne b

Looks like a great camp spot. Hope the weather improves for you.

Nice pete looks great!!
Brett

Great to see you enjoying the car and van Pete ;)

Hot off the engraver my new centre caps.
Yet to be painted but they will go inside the gts caps.
I drew it on corel draw they modified in solidworks
Pretty happy with them.

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They may look a bit scratchy but they will come up smick.

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Neato  ;)

I found some time to paint and fit the wheel cap centres.
Probably not everyones cup of tea but they look better than the faded holden ones.
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Two thumbs up from me big fella

And two thumbs up from me not-so-big-anymore fella!

If i can just stop eating chocolate i will be right lol.

Me too!

Awesome day at the catalina festival again .
Some great cars.
Exciter wire snapped the narva brass spade off so had a flat battery.
New crimp lug and shes good to go.
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Well long time no post.
No i didnt need another project but old girl blew the gearbox and the motor was smokey so starting replacing it all out for stuff i had put away.
Its still regoed so its took priority to get it back running .
Heres so of what i have been up to in the pics.
All drawn and cut and made by me.

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Well done finding the time 👍
Outstanding detail as always.

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Cheers mate

Last pics our tube straightner a mate designed i made it uses simple screen door rollers works awesome and bends pipe smooth too.

Metal is like putty in your hands Pete
Couldn't help noticing your lovely Wagon petrol tank in one of those shots, the tank I'm putting in my FE Wagon looks a little rugged, not to mention holed on top
is your one from the Stainless Steel bloke that remakes them?
Gary

Pipe bender looks simple. I've got the same flaring tool. Very effective. Done my brake and fuel lines bent using dowel and vice jaws and not entirely happy with some of the tighter bends, particularly the fuel line near the tank which I all but crimped.

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Its actually the original tank and it was painted 7yrs ago with the car i just cleaned the diff and tank . as its all 2K and powdercoat so comes up like new.

Thats the rear mount sorted .
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All morning welding up the exhaust while the bush fires near by burn ferociously.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191207/58e449fc608014b9670cdf1206701df7.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191207/395e9e455400be31c824f78ecc272b28.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191207/67e508fc3af091a32a818062266997e5.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191207/abfca294c72a887aba6273bf3aac0f35.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191207/2d640b1e8ba8edbe5da375a1b6fe7ac7.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191207/aa5bbeb4730768ceaf9cba2ed701a5a9.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191207/751fd2982f89e74163b90cc8aa8c00f8.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191207/13bb3fe76fa83b31eba9372ebdd66d2b.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191207/e7764b37d864dc2feec7cdcd860d7338.jpg)

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You’re an artist. Looks quiet in the workshop.


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Far out Tapatalk is annoying rotating the pics painful .

Saturday i cleaned up after the boys left nice and quiet.

Pete there is a reason you have the Guru status mate that exhaust like all of the stuff you do is a work of art I just wish I was closer so you could do mine  ;D ;D
Neil

Thanks Neil

motivations hard to come by i didnt think the business would grow to what it has i miss my days off playing in the shed.

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Nice

Another problem i have encountered is the clutch line hit the subframe rail so i changed out to   a banjo style 90 deg hose .
Tracked down a 7/16 unf blanking grub screw to block rear outlet off.
Also bought a massive turbo off a mate for another project.
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Did you get rid of the brake booster with the new wilwood master cylinder mate.

Hey Pete . Your HP block ,are the cylinders bored ? ..If so to what size and is it sleeved ? And which cylinder head have you used ?

Yes hoping she pulls up ok still.

Im using a 186 in this 1 now with 12 port head the old 179 was std bore with new rings needs boring as its got blow bye.

Trying to get this car back on the road really been struggling.
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Productive day.
Debeers paint is some of the best i have used went on beutiful no runs.
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Ooo err that’s very nice Pete. Yes de beers so I’ve heard on the tranna forum. Is it two pack urethane or enamel?


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Wow Pete that looks a bit flash ... nice

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Finally getting somewhere.
All honey pot and colum parts rebuilt.
Waiting on vrs kit to put sump back on.

Seen this trick on facebook with the paint tin something so simple and works awesome no slop in the groove.


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HI Pete , whats the harmonic balancer your running there ..?  And that is a very handy trick with the paint pot, I will be doing that next time .

Its this one im pretty sure

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