Thank's for the advice Harko
Just a wee bit confused about your reply the original paint is an acrylic and i am going to be painting in an acrylic using several layers of undercoat. do i still need to take it back to bare metal


REGARDS MICHAEL

Hey guys,

just begun the tedius task of stripping back the paint on my ute is there any real reason or benefit in stripping back to bare metal what is the general feeling about it or is it enough to take it back to the undercoat.


Regards Michael

Thanx for that what condition is the gearbox in do u have it's history? And is shipping included in the price thanks for the help

Regard Michael

looking for some advice on my fe ute

ah it has a hr front end and the front subframe is rusted out in both corner's below each side of the radiator much beyond repair i was wondering if i could buy a new one from say hatfield's amd if so how much? but also what are my options with making a new one

On another note i just pulled out the buckets  (there not originals) and found that that they are actually mounted on four pieces of box section the two at the front are roughly 100 ml high while the ones at the back are much lower is it possible to build a flat platform underneath the seats. What are the regulations regarding such a mod. Or can you mount the seats directly to the floor, the reason i ask because it seems to me  that the seats will be too low

any help kindly appreciated

REGARDS Michael

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253 COMPLETE RUNNING BUT NEEDS SOME WORK ALONG WITH AUTO TRANS
$250
WILL SEP AND NEGOTIATE
THANX MICHAEL

i have a similar p-roblem in my ute, the front rails that are supporting the bumpers etc are rusted whats the best solution to fix it does it unbolt or does it have to be cut out and a new section rewelded
thanx, Michael.

thanx for that fellas much appreciated

thanks alot for the info any idea on the price?


Thanx Michael

hi guys wondering if rare spares still makes replacement weld in panels for the fe's i was told the used to but wasn't sure whether they still did.

thanx

I know that when i did a hz panelvan i had the car bare metaled in about two days using a combination of paint stripper from the auto paint shop and a special sander that is very similar to a nine inch grinder with a plastic like sanding disk that cost me about 50 dollars. The disk lasted me so i didn't need to get two you should be right remembering this was a panelvan.

all up $50 for the hire
         $40 for the stripper
          $50 for the disk

The ute project should begin soon
a friend of mine has told me to put a banjo diff out of a HG in is that a common mod in the fe's

got the ute on the bitumen and with a bit of tinkering got the old 186 to kick over but it doesn't select the gears right all i can get is reverse and 1st out of the three speed any ideas  

thanx for the advice i am probably going to keep the 186 thanks to your advice
fortunetley for me the 253 came for nothing from a friend who owed me one and i have been ofered $150 for it so ill probably take it and splurge it on the ute cosidering this is it worth fully rebuildin it and then selling it or do u guy's think i should take the money and run

consideing the car doesn't have an engineers report and i will have to any way is it worth the changeover
to a 202 are the benefits signifecent enough for the hassle

also i have a friend who has offered me a 253 which needs some work what are the possibilities of using that and is it leagal for power to weight on my P's and how hard is it and whats it worth

also thanks for the info on the paint

apreciate it

thanx for the advise i do think i will go with the 202 for now anyway but at the moment the utes got the hr front end with a 186 is it a lot of work considering how far it has already been and do i still need the engineers cert.
is it worth the time and money with the comparison of the motors and the idea that i will probably change the motor later on anyway is it worth just rebuilding the 186

one more question what would a 327 shev set me back with gearbox

in answer to rets question the car isn't reg'd at the moment but i have set about twelve - eighten months to get it finished

finally in regards to the seat belts the ute has the ugly bolts protuding from each side i noticed a while ago that someone said you can do it without the holes is it possible to reverse that

with only one more question i amm looking for an estimate of a price for an acrylic respray if i strip the car back it has a bit of rust but it isn't to bad and there is some old repairs that aren't to flash as well

any help greatly apreciated.

Thanks for the help
i do think i will go with the 202 i already have a hr front end so what do u think i will be looking at for cost and time do it myself
also what is in changing the 202 to a 308 when i get off my p's
what is the general feeling about leaded fuel and old cars isn't there a cataylitic converter or sumethin

thanx

looking for advice with my fe ute

I had my heart set on putting a vn six cylinder in my ute but i am now reconsidering and thinking of 202 with a 308 later on. Hoping for some arguments to weigh it up apart from the obvious economy and fuel benefits taking into mind time and cost.

any help from someone who has been their or maybe not would be greatly appreciatted

michaels57,

 I do remember being 17, and figured that your comparative youth went some way towards explaining your thin skin.

Unfortuneltry some of us have a thinner skin then others and cannot not take a joke. i shall take my problem to another computer 'enthusiast'

 
wondering if how you guys managed to put an fe front on a hq, i am looking for a program that will generate an image that i can cut and modify to make it look like a couch and i heard there are a few of you guys out there who are really into computers and design and stuff

h/w you know how it is even if it was a long time ago



apprecate it

 

ANd THEY ALL YELPED RETREAT!!!!!!
AND SCOURED AWAY