FE-FC Holden Discussion Forum

Its a shame to see this Forum not hussling and bussling like years ago.
I think everyone's  on Facebook Groups now
I miss seeing all the project builds etc

Yeah it’s been slow of late on here sadly. I don’t get Facebook myself. Love the forums. The Torana forum is about the only one doing much traffic really. Im on the FB EK forum a fair bit. There are less than a dozen regular contributors currently. Guys with projects on the go. Despite the slowdown it is still a fantastic support resource, and also I find it a great way to document what I’m doing on my cars. Not to mention the inspiration I get reading other people’s build threads. Hopefully we will see more on here soon.




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g'Day 2 brite and Errol  .your comment is interesting, I cant say anything on forum history as I am a new member ,I certainly do enjoy the forum ,and yes it has facilitated things for me  ..It may well be face book taking over ,I am not on face book ,but I may well have to be as there are things on there I learn from my family that I other wise would not have known about , my son was selling his Triton ute on Gumtree for 6 weeks ,going nowhere ,he put it on facebook ,sold in a week . I think we are getting to a time things change so quickly ,soon we will say " Gumtree " whats that ?  .Like The Trading Post paper gone .There are no more newspaper to the door deliveries to my family in Bathurst ..not enough people buy papers ,getting their news MSN9 or similar on a device..Christmas cards thing of the past ..we listen to ABC702 of a morning for news ,how it has changed ,last week Buck and Harmer are hosts , item .." Jenny on the central coast has just "TWEETED " in,its so hot ,she has put ice cubes in her cats drinking water " ...SPARE ME !!!!!!
NOW..On my FC resto.
I have put two cloth buffing pads on an old 8" bench grinder on a stand,using metal buffing soap on one side ,and polish on other side ,and then hand polish with Autosol metal polish, very happy with result on all stainless trim ,Vern

I get more requests to join the FE-FC Enthusiasts page on Facebook in a week than I get here in a month. And once I filter out the spammers (here), you could say it’s more like a week there equates to a quarter here.

And there’s a concomitant amount of daily traffic as a result.

Price of progress, I guess. Just as EBay sucked the life out of swap meets, so too has Facebook drained community websites (and newspapers for that matter) of engagement. If you’re a commercial or non-profit enterprise you don’t have a social media presence, you may as well not exist.

I'm still here although I haven't done much lately .Too busy with the kids and their computerised rice burners ,and struggle with resizing and posting photos . I will try to get more involved .If we don't stick together and share this knowledge it will die with us .

 lm  the same , happy to help if l can with spare parts and advise people are  after  ,but my own project has been sitting on the        rotisserie  at the back of the shed now for 18 months . other projects sometime take priority over the wagon but l will get there one day   ,  l still check in  at least three times a day and enjoy looking at builds .
 l have plenty of pics but getting them up is frustrating sometimes especially  for us oldies

   keep up the good work moderators   , great site

    fcwagoon

I find FaceBook is like talking to your mates in a pub about cars... lots of passion, sometimes knowledge, heaps of bs, the topics change real quick, and the next day it’s hard to find what you were talking about.

The forums are more like walking into someone’s garage. More knowledge, logical arguments, some politeness, and you can generally find that nugget of treasure from 5 years ago if you look for it. You may have to wait longer for a response, as the garage owner is often elbows deep in their own work.

Seen a lot of forum guys help out with free parts or labour, less so on FaceBook.

Cheers,
Harv

I still like checking in on this forum.    Search facility has come very handy.    Technical info retrievable.  
Members have helped me with interest in vehicles interstate.   Can't get that on Facebook.  

Plum57

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I'm noticing a common theme among contributors to this thread: a decision to avoid the Zucker-verse.  Me too.

Rob

To me Facebook is broadcast, whereas the forums are both discussion and tech resource.


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I'm with everyone's comments here I don't facebook my wife does and what I hear from her comments is that there are a lot of supposed experts and a lot of BS and I just don't need it or want to get involved with it I much rather get on the forum read interesting posts on a subject that I am really interested in and from other like minded people who are actually involved instead of just being arm chair or should I say computer desk experts.
Keep the forums alive.
Neil

I was a big fan of the forum prior to joining the Facebook page. One of the biggest issues for me is the difficulty of uploading photos, I’m not a computer whiz and even navigating the tapatalk app is confusing to me. Uploading photos on Facebook is a piece of cake, but I must admit, I use to love checking out the projects under construction. Another problem is the amount of so called gurus on the forum. There would be a handful of gurus on here who I really respect, there are others who have achieved guru status just through the volume and not the quality of their posts. Overall this is a great site and I have met a lot of like minded helpful enthusiasts here, so I will revisit it more often.

This has been raised before Ole & I'm one of the members you refer to. I have been on the forum for some years & enjoy learning about the experiences posted here & contributing where I can help someone. I'm grateful that such a forum exists & that it makes people welcome regardless of their level of knowledge or skills. I share an interest here but I don't claim to be a guru in any aspect & I'm more than happy for the title to be changed.

My interests have changed, I am now building an as found bodied hotrod but still love to see what’s going on in FE/FC land. I’ve dumped farcebook because it led me where I didn’t want to go!


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Facebook has its place, but I do prefer the forums. I tend to put more faith in a person I have kind of got to know through their posts   and pics etc.

Much more reliable information and more in depth.

Keep the forums alive.


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I'm still here  ;D
Whether that is good or bad is debatable.

I just pop in to see what everyone is up to
or ask a question...   Like why did my wagons indicators stop flashing ???...  I think it threw a hissy fit because I rode the hot rod scooter to work for a whole week  ::)

and I'm a Guru  :o :o :o ???
which proves GURU status has absolutely no relationship to knowledge about FE/FCs (or computer stuff or most other things)

I use Facebook but find it very instant and things disappear quickly never to be found.  and to many posts just turn into verbal abuse between two or three people and degenerate into gutter trash.

I'm going away now.....
but I will be back


 8) 8) 8)
A GURU

I am back.
Was on a 9 month deployment.
Back into the building now
Have 280 posts to read through...

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yeah i wish it was like the old days 10 years ago but its hard to post pics on here.
facebook is just easy but most people on here, :) are on there arent they? :)

I too am sad to see the decline of the forum ,being a country member of the

Sorry guys ,stuffed that up ,was going to say as a country member ,the forum is about the only involvement we have ,would like to be more active and would like to post some pics of my mods to my engine bay ,but have no idea on posting pics ,sad . :( :( Steve

I’m still here, albeit in a in a lesser capacity due to ill health of my wife. Haven’t had much time to work on the car over the last year, but still keep an eye on what’s going within the forum. The big thing with Facebook is the amount of armchair mechanics and builders that like to put down others hard work just because they don’t like the look or the finished job. While these guys are in the minority, most people are generally great and will help out just as the members here do. I t is always great to check up on how projects are progressing (or not in my case) and keep a lookout for anyone who needs a hand or parts.
Regards,
Jim

I'm still updating my build thread, and still find heaps of good info.

Easy to post photos. GET TAPATALK ON MOBILE DEVICE.

Apologies for the caps but I’m getting sick of saying how easy it is to post photos this way. Jab the camera icon, point, snap, select resolution, bingo.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190730/e28a81dd70b00ee8cbc6de2946b0ce58.jpg)

Facebook is a hostile planet to me. Hence I’m always on here.
Cheers
Clay


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I'm still here, still

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and can add photos..
if I can do it anybody can  ;D

I just clicked on the  Add image to post
clicked on resize (for message board)
opened a photo from my photo files
and Hey Presto... it's here   (I hope)

and if I try hard I eventually manage to post pics from my mobile phone using  Tapatalk
so it can't be too hard    (I just need more practice)

 8) 8) 8)
still here & still a GURU (despite knowing bugger all about cars or computer stuff   :D )

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and resized for 15" monitor (or any other resize) comes out the same size ???





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Hi Waynos & Fcee , if you want to learn how to post photos, just shout out.

If you want info, do you use a mobile phone/Ipad/tablet to take your photos and can you download App's onto your device?   Or do you take photos with a camera & download them to a desktop computer or laptop (Windows or Mac) and can you download a image hosting site? 

The method's a bit different, depending on the device you use.  I use both ways, though I find a mobile device and App is quicker & more convenient (you can post photos anytime you have your phone with you eg. sitting on the dunny or while you're working in the shed), but if that doesn't suit, you can use a computer.  I can do a step by step with pictures for either way if you want.

Hey Surferboy, I don't seem to get the Add image to post option on the computer - is that a privilege for Gurus, or am I partially blind?

Cheers, John

Hey surferboy ..I tried again to post images ,followed your step by step ,add image ,resize to message board ,etc ..when selected image from file and opened,in this box I got ..( I wont enter it all ) url=htpps:// posting .cc/30xh  ,but no image ..

Resolution on photos you posted is not good surferboy, all three. Could be the originals I suppose. Here is one from my gallery, posted via Tapatalk.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190730/219f5f8fed5587fcc25723029198251a.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190730/5845191c4d381b9eee35234380d2aee3.jpg)Resolution is 1008x756. This was sent to me via text. No fiddling with accounts or resizing. SIMPLES!


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Champion van ,so what are these white side walls ? How do you clean them ?

Van belongs to Mark Reilly at Hoppers Crossing Vern. He don’t mind a chat. I’ll pm you his number.
Cheers
Clay


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Hi Guys
I don't understand how it all works.
I just do what I think is going to work and cross my fingers  ::)

RET would be the man with all the answers for computer stuff

I was using Photobucket until they mucked it all up  :( ??? :-X


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I'm still here Surferboy.

Seb.

I use a free Imgur account, drag photos in and it gives me a compatible link to copy into my post.

Clay ..I rang Mark Reilly and had a chat ,he has "flappers 'white walls with no worries ..Cleans with Ajax powder ,and bit of arm muscle ..cheers Vern .

Good one Vern. Doesn’t mind a bit of a chin wag.

Would you believe WD40 I’ve heard used with success on whitewalls.


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This is how I do it as well. Start with two browser windows open - one on the forum, one at imgur.

When you drag pics into imgur, one of the "share" options is a link suitable for bulletin boards and forums. Just copy and paste that into your forum post where you want the picture to appear. Use the "Preview" button before posting to check it's doing what you want. It will look like this:


PRO TIP: if it previews the picture at some ridiculous size, you just amend the img tag code you just pasted in as follows:


note the " width=800" addition. That ensures the pic is scaled to 800 pixels wide.

Can’t see any pics ret. just a broken image icon. It all sounds complicated compared to Tapatalk.


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Hi guys,
I'm new here.

Hi Bookshelves ..Are you a member of a club ,what vehicle/s do you have ?