Yeah, righto!

I am a bit of a stickler for originality paint wise, even on modified's. Why not paint the FC in it's original colours?

O/T but JOD34N has a hilariously funny Avatar!

Very cool memorabilia!

These hoists probably don't go much more than a metre or so off the ground. They are used in tyre shops where you only need to get the car high enough to clear the ground and change wheels etc. Either way, makes work alot easier and I too are jealous for not being able to have one!

I have been driving my FB to work everyday for the last while. It is in original unrestored condition and has vacuum wipers and crossply tyres, it doesn't bother me one bit. You just need to adapt your driving to the capabilities of the car ie. leave extra room for braking and start braking early, take the corners easy (I have to because of the tyres!) and if people want to ride your tail - well, let them (to put it really really pollitely).

I have a couple of different types at home as well. They should all have a red enamelled insert, maybe it's just the light in the picture making it look black. The earlier ones read "By STACK" and are of a totally different style. Some don't have the red underlined section. There are also repro's, of which I have one.

Does anyone have the STACK parts department Christmas drink tumbler's? They bought them out every year, the year printed on them and a different colour each year. It had printed on them "Merry Christmas from STACK spare parts department 1963" or 64, 65 etc. I knew a bloke who had successive years 1960 - 1967, I must get back in contact with him.

I am quite a fan of early Holden Dealership material.

One word, envious. After seeing the demo car at All Holden Day today, I really wish I'd done my trade in Panel Beating /Spray Painting instead of Mechanics.

Yeah, I love a good yarn. Any other's out there?

Thanks, I have only joined today, I will keep looking.

I went through the same thing a few years back with an HR. I went to the RTA with the Application for Registration form and the Blueslip and they did not ask for anything else. I may have caught them on a good day!

Firstly, I am new here so I don't know the reasons why I can't add to Alfio's black FC project thread.

I personally find the progress so far to be very helpful and extemely informative to the restoration of our own cars. I would like to hear and see more, will the information on restoration of this car be updated as progress is made?

I hope someone can update the details if the member has been suspended and can't. I am very interested.

I heard this story a couple of years ago, still don't know how valid it is because I can't find any info about it on the net. This is how it goes -

A Member of a Packard Club in America, also a railroad buff, attended a local auction of disused rail road artifacts that sat in an old isolated rail road siding. The siding sat alongside a disused freight train line that had not been in operation for many years and in most places the tracks themselves were buried through the sands of time. The county was clearing the site and the tracks for developement and they held an auction to dispose of the items.

This particular member noticed that there were a couple of old goods carriages still on the tracks in the siding and thought, amongst other things, they might look alright displayed on his ranch. Assuming they were empty, as they were not in the best condition, he bid and bought them for next to nothing.

Upon removal (using a crane and trucks) the carriages were broken open just to make sure they were empty and that nothing would move during the procedure. So what did they find?.......2 cars covered and tied down, both of them turned out to be 1930's something Packard's which had apparently gone astray during transport from the factory to a dealer in the 1930's.

Allegedly, both Packard's were in 'as new' condition apart from minor paint damage and flat tyres etc!

Well, a very interesting story, but it raises several obvious questions to me. An 'Urban Myth' or true story, I'd like to see or hear more about it.  

thanks.