I ordered one today, will report back one I receive it and fit it.

 I run Monroe gas shocks in my FB ute and have no complaints, it does  a reasonable amount of km every year so not just a sunny sunday car.

 How did you go Newby13 Did you end up ordering one of these ? We just got back from the FB/EK Nationals and after driving for a smidgen over 7000km a steering wheel cover would be a nice to have ......

 Nice work - looks great  Kudos to you for sticking with it and seeing it through to the end - so many of these end up getting parted out or scrapped because it is a lot harder than it looks on the shows on the telly ........

 They look good, I would be interested  in one for my FB ute

We have stayed at Wudinna pub a few times, the first time was because we couldn't get a room at Kimba and when we got to Wudinna they had the fire roaring, a great feed and at the time freshly refurbished rooms at a great rate. We have returned a couple of times since on the strength of that.

 Hi Geoff,
 
 A couple of points from personal experience -

 Fuel at Penong and Nundroo is the last of the cheaper stuff heading west. Last time we drove through there was fuel at Yalata again which has been closed for years, it was cheap as well but don't take that as gospel as I have only seen it the one time. We normally fuel at Penong then Nullarbor , then Border Village.
 Overnight at Mundrabilla then stop at Cocklebiddy then Caiguna for fuel and the obligatory photo at the sign then Balladonia then Norseman.
 

 Madura Pass roadhouse is  a dump , try and avoid if possible, we have stayed there 3 times over the last 20 years and every time the rooms are filthy, dirty sheets etc. Never again.

 Mundrabilla roadhouse is a good stop , I had one of the best steak dinners I have ever had there last year , the station processes its own meat 

 I see you are looking at Wave Rock , the straight road from Norseman to Hyden is dirt, good dirt but dirt nevertheless. If you are looking to go to Wave Rock/Hyden best to go the long way if you value your paintwork. You can head North or South from Norseman to get there , much of  a muchness.

 Beautiful job mate, are you bringing it to the Nationals ?

 one of our club members took some stuff to Bali to be rechromed - the quality was average at best.

 Thanks Phil but I have found one - in my own shed ............................

 I have too much stuff ....................

 Looking to put a heater in my ute and am chasing a lower thermostat housing with the heater bung in it.

 I am in Perth but happy to pay freight.

 That is next level cool Mal, how do you go sealing them up regarding water/heat/noise ingress into the cab ?

 You never fail to impress with your innovative ideas 

 Sorry to hear that Rob, our condolences to you and your family

 Any updates Mal ??

 Are you going with original style material ? There is  a bloke bringing in a lot of very good quality reproduction material for old Holdens now and he also has the molds for the pressing of the welded lines

 The engine mounts themselves or the brackets that are welded to the crossmember ? If the former you need to put up some pics so we can try and figure out what they are from ??

It's amazing the little mistakes you find when you look really close.

Now I've been using these wiring schematics since the late 60s & yet I just found another mistake in the FB drawings. On the FB 215, 219, 225, 229 diagram they list 2 versions of the dome light wiring, one for FB/217 & one for all others.

Given that the 217 model was discontinued mid FC, the FB/217 never existed as a production model. Looks like they forgot to tell the electrical drawing room this info & they went ahead & drew a diagram for that model's dome light. If we end up re-drawing the FB & EK diagrams we should delete that bit.

Dr Terry

 I only noticed this myself a couple of weeks back when doing a standard to special upgrade on my FB215 

 Thanks for the update Mal , always enjoy your posts and marvelling at your craftsmanship.

 I have a set of manual quarter window cranks for the 2 door EK I have been building since forever but making your own powered units from scratch is next level and then some 

 Richard at Billetworks does excellent work , he is now looking at gearing up to make interior door handle mechanisms , i said best to just make the springs so you could replace the spring in your existing mechanism but I think he is making the whole thing.

 She looks pretty crunchy