FE-FC Holden Discussion Forum

I know it's not quite an FC but from behind you can't tell ,These pics are of my ute at various stages ,
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This was taken at home minutes after a coat of stealth bomber black ,But it lacked a little something so the following day
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(http://photo.starblvd.net/~flame/1-3-3.jpg) We masked her up and threw a few rattle can's at her ,This was 2 day's before summernat's and battling to get there, I was still cutting  perspex screen's 11pm the night before
(http://photo.starblvd.net/~flame/1-3-4.jpg) As luck would have it I peeled off the masking and rolled it out into the paddock to catch the sunset,,This next one is at Oran Park Drags I didnt test out the old grey but Im sure that when my dog can fall out of the back then catch up and jump back in that my ET would be pathetic .      
It's a good comparisom to stock height I lopped out 4 1/2 inches
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The baby moon's I pinched off a mate's Wyllis  
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This last shot was the last day out in its former skin as you would notice I don't like driving something some one else has ,The grille jumped the fence from a 56 cusso any comment's on this would be GREATLY appreciated,,,Harko

Nice rendering, but does your car actually look like this?
or is to going to look like this, and if so, what stage are you up to?
the idea looks good

Ed

Hey Ed,

I saw your name as the "Last Poster" for these boards and I thought, "Cool!  At last... some new pictures of Ed's beast!"  Oh well :-/

RET

Hey Harko,

nice ride, fantastic job!, I remember poring over it last AHD, because there arent many chopped old holdens out there.
Could I grab your email, I would like some advice from you, on a similar planned job.  I have done most of my planning but need tips on a few finer details.

Email me ed-ho@ihug.com.au

Richard,
Pictures are defintely forthcoming, bear with me as i dont even own a camera!...
progress is good, I have it fit up and ready for colour, however, I may rework it to make it that little bit more special...
Ed

PS why did Harko's post have only a red rendering yesterday and has returned with pics galore?

 8) Thank' ED for the comment's and I will post a pic of 2inch chop FC sedan in the next couple of days along with some build up shot's ,,,,Harko

Hey Harko
So the screens are perspex, do you know of any chops with real glass, I have always been curious about this. How do go sitting in it, I have always thought chop-tops are cool but a little inpractical for someone who is 6'4".

What sort of rims do the baby moons go on, I was told you can use HKTG Holden 14 inchers.

BTW, the grille looks good, only it seems it was squeezed in with no room top and bottom.

The screen is glass in the last photo and covered up because its cracked ,it was the 2nd attempt and it worked fine but minor detail's prevented it from slipping in without breakage ,The wheel's are off a HG Monaro, 14 inch ,As for headroom I'm 5`8 and have no problem ,Heat in the cabin is quite bad on a summer's day but then the car is black , Sit in your FC and check how muck head room you have ? Roughly 2 inches or so , well I dropped the roof 4 1/2 and lowered the seat 4 inches, "It must be coool if Ive lowered the suspension roof and seat" The grille well I dont think it will be there forever -it came about through my Brother in law's sketches and a swap meet bargain..,,Harko

Just a short post to update - Where's all the comment's ,"Put ya 2 bob's worth in" or does it just need that extra 1/3 of FC to hit cool status
At the moment I'm slotting in a 350 very slowly and finishing the proper paint job which I ran short on time to do the first time I'd love to hear how you think the car should look  as in Wheel's Paint scheme Interior "Fire away" I dont care if you think its another poo mobile in altered context...Harko

Hey harko.
Thanks for the pics. It is interesting to see a top get chopped. What colour is the new paint going to be? Will you have it at the next All Holden Day? Come over and say G'day if you are there. Now where's the pics of that FC top chop you promised us?
Regards
Alex

Alex  and ED I posted the 2 inch chop FC in Practicality over History Technical Board
,Hope you like ! although I lowered it..
I've been thinking an orangish shade of candy gold or dark purple or dark dark metalic green or red,,Get my drift , I perform a lot of tasks on different cars and the hardest I find is choosing a colour
Wheels will hopefully be a set of three spoke billets
Dont know if I'll make it to the AHD ,To busy building a 56 beetle

Harko,

Here's one that will appeal to you....



cheers
RET

PS - There's something a little funky about that URL, so if the pic doesn't appear for you, try this link: http://www.zombiehotrodwear.com/showcase/admin/pics/SEGGJIcr7.pjpeg

Rich ,I love the originality but not so appealing to me ,
And thats a good point ,where would we be if we all liked the same thing ? Thanks for that pic I love to see creativity..

Where are my priorities
I would like to think that I'm not the only one who bight's off more than he can chew , The much loved ute has been sitting in this position for a good few month's now - 350 powerglide ,disk front ,power window's ,central lock ,alarm ,and chassis kit built , all ready and waiting for me to straighten out my priorities .
One of them being a VW ,I think I might be a little off track here !
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Hey Harko,

ive had loads of distractions from the tru project over the years, if i hadnt poured so much energy into other "fun" projects, I could've finished the wagon off ages ago.. anyway im focussed on the wagon at the moment.  I have a US Postal Jeep wanting attention after this....  


Ret,

that EK wagon, do u know where it's from?  A guy they nickname "Bubble" built something similar a couple of years back, but i never saw the end result.  is that it? (i donated the guards..)

He also built a 2 door chopped pink EK..



Harko,

Where did u get your louvre's done?

Cheers

Ed

Don't know if this is the guy or not, but here is the referring page: http://www.zombiehotrodwear.com/showcase/post.php?post_id=30

cheers
RET

Hey Harko,
                Nice work mate,maybe some purple around the flames,and a set of satin finish US centerline autodrags.
Oh and dump the ass a bit more.
Anyway theres my two bobs worth :P.
Well done......CHEERS.....BRAD 8)


 

harko,

now i think your priorities should be putting your projects aside, and begin working on my car!

you've seen my concept pics, when can i deliver the car!  ;)

on a serious note though, i saw a new monaro drive past yesterday, and it was a very nice shade of green (have you seen it? looks like my colour but slightly deeper and metallic). just picture your ute smothered in that shade with some colour coded steelies and whitewalls.

don't forget the airbags!

Ahh we speak on the same wavelength simon and I love that green too but do you think it might end up like tiger mica and see it on everything from show winning Street Machiners to 120 y's (or are they both the same thing) ?
I still have my heart set on black after all it is a colour from the great depression and I feel that every day I walk past it.
Rest assured the car will be dumped as low as humanly possible .and then a little more.
ED the louvre's I press in here ,I M me and I can give you some more detail's
and I do have a plan but it will be a little different to this pic , Ive been toying with the idea of cutting off the door frame then welding it onto the body with a larger back face so that I can suicide the door's and allow the glass to roll up without a pillar or frame like a HQ Coupe

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Heres the 350 waiting for duty .
No progress otherwise . :'(

Just wondering if anyone else isnt seeing the previous pictures ,or is it my computer.
Let me know and Ill get back to starphoto and see if I can rectify the situation.

I thought this thread needed an update  and some new pics because the previous ones seem to dropped out.
Also since Jan this year we have gained a whole bunch of new members that may be interested :) However dont let the model steer you away from the real cars, The cars we base this forum on.

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This is the car in original form along with the finished thing superimposed along side
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A strange glint in my eye
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Pay off!
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Enjoy  ;D

that's one very tough custom there Harko.......*drool*

Luke.

I dips me lid to you Harko, thats 1 mean lookin machine  >:(

Thanks guys ,She is one unlean lookin machine huh, How did she get to be a promotional girl anyhows :)

I think she matchs the number plate on your ute Harko ;D
John M

Look what just came out of hiding and made it back into the yard ,hopefully into the dressing room soon.

last chance to sell it to me at a reduced price harko!!

well even if i am never goingto get my hands on it, i am glad that it is going to live again! Where the hell are you going to put it? don't you have around 500 cars jammed into your garage already?!

Last night I finaly put the wheels I had bought for the car years ago on to it and they fit bloody byurdifull.
Couldnt slow down there though ,I dropped the commodore disks onto the front standard king pin stubs and bolted up them and they fit bloody byurdifull mate.
So then with the momentum going I dropped the coils out and bump stops and lowered it down by letting the jack ease off slowly so as i could stand back and watch as it got lower oooh oooooh.
Then the tunnel ram went on top of the bonnet .
And then the wife didnt see me untill 3 in the mornin, I cant tell her what I was doing ,secret mens business hehe.

Hey Harko, Wotch it Mate, keep her indoors happy ! or else. >:(
I purchased an EK wagon many moons ago & cleaned it up & sold it on.
In the back there was a box (amongst other treasures) with discs & calipers, the bloke told me they would fit a grey front end & that they were off an early bommadore.
How do I tell if they are the right stuff or boat anchors & what else do I need to make em work if they are correct???  ???
Regards, Gary

harko   thats lookin mighty serious......stop teasing & give us some full frontals

Not sure Gary ,These are VN and the wheels are commodore fronts so I was just trying to get em on for the appeal.
The arm that connects the steering, backing plates together had to have a couple of washers under it just to clear the disk - Note "dont try this at home"
My approach was only to get the rims on - Id bet money that the bearing tolerances and all the rest are not right to run on the street.
Sorry to be of absoloutely no help Gary but I cant say Ive heard of it before either.

Trev the frontals will have to wait untill shes wearing her jewelery. - soon

These are just play shots you know - Ive got all the brightware back off as of today .
Shame this cant happen ,maybe a gm 671 underneath hmmm and some 22 inch rears , Muscle machine style

Wheres the comments guys ,I miss em hehe.
Put all the chrome on to post a pic here then pulled it all back off to continue with what Im doing and NO comments (boo hoo).
Updates will come with fewer pics unless I get atleast one bit of something here  :'(

haha     ill meet your demands  harko...dont want you spitting the dummy
 it looks awsome ;D 8)

What's that thing hanging out of the bonnet?  Is it one of those vacuum wiper motor things?


Spinner

G`day Harko, I`d love to see your photos, unfortunately I can`t open the ones at the start of this thread.I am building a two door EK sedan for croozing and I have a HQ monaro to satisfy the need for speed , so I think you have impeccible taste in cars!

Wow Blacky ,Just saw your comments and realy appreciate it mate , Ive been picking up on a few of your posts of late too and must agree that you too have the edge on all those restorers hehe


Heres some pics so I can get some opinions on wheel size and hopefully what style of wheel is going to suit an EK ,Flat dished late model 5 spokes I like !

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The more comments the merrier..........

Sorry Harko , I can`t seem to open any of the photos in this thread , must be this old kerosine powered computer of mine .......really should get a new one

Nah blacky its my posting or linking abilities that need a bit more work.
OK RET make it two beers and give me a tip on what Im doping wrong to link to village photos .

or these.....?

Either of `em looks fine but I reckon it needs to be a bit lower  ;D

if you wanted my two cents i'd scream 'stick with the whitewalls!'  ;D

Ditto for Gree.

But to choose between the two, I feel that the 5 spokers have a more modern appeal and are in line with the current US open wheel look for rods and customs.  The other wheels scream mid 90's.

Have you lowered it yet, or are you waiting to cut those springs?  ;D ;D ;D

Cheers I can hear you screamin from here Simon...
Chuck thanks for your thoughts mate and yep I agree ,I like the spoked style for the same reasons ,and I think the dragways give it a more drag style look which Im not keen on at all.
But what I was realy hoping to get some opinions on was
a) What size of rim ,Dragways are 15s & ROHs are 17s
b) What style, I dont care for either of these on the ute realy so chose a wheel style you think would suite .
Dragways new range of older style wheels are pretty cool and I do beleive you can buy any diameter steelies from AJs Wheels but the rim compensates for the extra diameter and looks a little out of proportion or should I say the wheels arent proportionaly larger...

Harko

IMOHO the 17's are the go, no doubt about it.

Chuck

hey harko, are you thinking of giving the ute some mods ::)
i prefer the spokees in 17" 8)

Yeah Trev airbags all the way - all the way from indianna hehe.
The ute is sitting about 20mm lower than full drop with em in and they give me about 6 inches of travel so hopefully the guards will clear the wheels in motion.
And that aint a EK subframe under there any more Trev .

You know mate I just get bored and do a bit of cutting here and there but at the end of the day when ya stand back and look at what youve done ,Ya realise how carried away ya got in the heat of the moments.

Id be a terrible hair dresser.

There's a signature-line if ever I saw one.... ;D