Rick,
Welcome. We are all newbies at some point. And I still am!
The good thing is the people and the knowledge on this forum.
Be prepared to search the back catalogue as there is a heap of info on here.

All the best John

yep thats the one.. the one with the petrol tank inlet hole in it.
Then it bends 90 degrees to go under the bumper.

I have someone else looking for one as well, but best to keep options open.

Rear boot panel.

If you ave them.

Cheers John

Left rear quarter
Spare wheel well

He has some good stuff, but prices and postage seem high. Some stuff has been on there for months, so his strategy is that someone will eventually buy it.

thanks Jim.

sorry to hear you're crook Jim.
that time of the year though.. cold in these neck of the woods.

i would be up for some.. i like the 14" idea..

if you know of another, let me know.. mine is looking like swiss cheese. 

looking great..
what did you do the plenum panel? replace?

Very good Scotty 
I was thinking of replacing the V6 with the standard red and put the german beast in the FC... Not.

Seriously, John is happy to deliver to a workshop. Have engine stand ready.

Stash

Wayne, I think the missing bits have gone to some FC fanatic.
Such is life. Keep things moving in small steps.

Thanks TTV6FC, yeah new fuel pump of the old EBay mate...

bought from this guy:

Ebay Item # 251030359791

some parts now to add to it:




and some more work on the rear quarter.






if any one is after the top part, pm me.
in perfect nick, surface rust only..

things still happening.
panel work has slowed a little and still trying to find rear panels and one nos sill.. now i have a passenger one

Work on the 186 is well underway, here it is sitting in Scotty's back yard:




stripped, dipped and clipped (well machined)





all new everything, cylinders, cam, gears, valves etc etc.

Very nice.
Are they 14s with cokers?
195/75s?

Cheers

Well someone has been good enough to sell me a passenger side.

Anyone got a matching drivers?

Here's hoping

Gone

awesome link explaining it all..

so why in the late 70s did Holden name their car after a bad 70's band headed by Lionel Ritchie?   

Monaro was named after the town.