Thanks guys, will check them out and get back to you.
First day back of school - year 12 - it sucks !!!!!!!!!
Have worked all thriugh the holidays so finally have money but now no time to work on Effie.

Ok, have the engine out of the FE and stripped. What I now need is someone to do the machine work for me. Any recomendations for someone in the Brisbane area (Southside preferably).
Have made one enquiry and that was 3K+ for parts and machining only. Assembly will be done by me and my Dad. I have to learn somewhere...
Angus

Thanks for the advice. Think I will stay with the original front end for the time being. As it was pointed out, there are lots of other things to take up my hard earned $$$.

Wanted it for the disk brakes. Any suggestions?

Ok, Angus hasn't posted any progress on his project for a while, so i think i'll take over.
A quick update of where we stand:
It's been an interesting year. Angus finished paying for the car at the end of last year which meant we could start to strip her down and get the motor out. Then the 'twat' (and I use the term lightly) decided to buy a skateboard and promptly fall off it! (He was 15 at the time) Cue a ruptered ACL and supsequent knee recontruction.....So now not only could he not get under the car to work on it, he had to give up his part-time job as well so lost his only source of income!! As we all know, No money No resto. So now nearly 9 months down the track he started back at his part time job so hopefully things can progress a little further. Hope to get engine off to get get reconditioned over the New Year break. Looking to get them to do machine work only + supply new parts. We'll do the assembley when it's all back.

I Want to look into a HR front end. Where's the best place to look and what sort of $$ should we be expecting to pay?

Will post details of ID plate soon.

Hi there,
Just posting pics of my first FE. Its a 57 FE Station Sedan that I have recently purchased from a friend of my Dads. It had been in the same family since new and was last on the road in 95 and during it's life has crossed the Simpson and been to the rock. Apart from having a re-spray 20 years ago and picking up a new engine at some point its in origional condition. It even has the original tailgate with minimal rust which i'm told is fairly rare.
I''m planning on a 2 year restoration project that I will be doing with my Dad so am hoping to have it done for my year 12 formal in 2013! By the way i'm only 15 and can''t get my learners for another 11 months! I won't be able to start work on it for a few months as I used all my savings up to buy it.
I want to get her back to as near origional condition as budget will allow so once the project is under way proper i'm sure i'll be asking for heaps of advice. I know it's not very origional, but I have called her Ëffie........"

Angus