hey harko i just got back from overseas and saw this post.

it is great to see the new lease of life you are breathing into the car, i only wish circumstances would have allowed me to do the same. i had such grand plans for it and was happy steadily chipping away at it, but as i am sure everyone knows other committments come to the fore at a certain time in your life and you have to let go of a few things. (every time i get into the (gasp) mazda i am driving now i still feel a pang of loss).    

it certainly has had a varied life, and when thinking about it i owned it for about 6 years as well, and i remember when chuck first swapped his new and very shiny ek ute for it - we all thought he was absolutely insane (especially because of its taxi yellow colour - i can still hear the taunts of the guys in the workshop before chuck painted it "taxi!") i remember cruising around in it in my highschool days when each sometimes reckless but always blissfull experience only served to draw me deeper into the old car culture - building great memories of great cruises and friendships.

i loved seeing it transform slowly after i bought it, planning and gradually changing towards the car i always wanted. there was a perfect time with this car for me (all one colour, skirts and lake pipes, nice and low with whitewalls and smooth caps, custom grille, welded bumpers etc etc) before the old lady (not my wife but an actual old lady) ran her car down the side of it resulting the primer finish it had when i sold it.  

nothing beats that feeling of cruising down the road with the arm out the window with that distinctive burble ringing in your ears. ahhhhhh think i will cry again! i have never had so many looks - not that that is what it is all about of course!  

anyway my whole point was that i am really glad that you ended up with it harko so that its life can continue to evolve in the way i saw it happening with me before i had to part ways with it. i know that it will contribute many more memories during its lifetime. I am really looking forward to seeing how it turns out... keep the pictures rolling in.

ha! well there you go  

i am out of the game these days (sob!) but the flat is definitely the go chuck. the other one would look out of place

car has been sold...

waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh  


STINKY - the skirts were made by john's rod and custom in melbourne. he also does the portawalls

slim. would like to meet you on sunday but i am working until 5. if you could come after then that would be great.

the car will be in kingsford by tomorrow at a friends garage, so i would have to meet you there. if you are interested, msg me and we can meet up in the evening.

[GOOD THINGS]

hi guys. been ages since i have had time to come on the forum, and it is the lack of time, space and other committments that forces me to offer my car for sale  

it is the green FC that a few of you are familiar with. it was getting to where i wanted it, so it is a great basis for your own project with not all that much to make it your own. here is a run down...

GOOD THINGS
• rego  ran out in mid jan - so still time for a new pink slip
• VK commodore fuel injected 202
• thermofans
• alarm system with central locking and engine immobiliser
• HR front end with torana discs
• hadfield chasis kit
• hadfield dropped stub axles (2.5")
• lovells 2" lowered coils
• celica steel cased 5 speed
• HR diff and rear brakes
• smooth push button door hadles installed - legal
• custom grille - very cool if i do say so myself
• 14" HK steel wheels with 'portawalls' whitewalls
• full moon hubcaps
• custom built lakepipes
• full rear fenderskirts - not spats - but full skirts that run right to the rear bumper
• one piece bumpers with concealed mounts
• all rust recently repaired
• boot lock shaved with hidden release
• extra bonnet, door, and chrome trim
• custom pearled steering wheel with centre chrome bullet
• bullet dash knobs
• great heater
• new handbrake cable
• ek speedo - the cool growing bar one!
• mechanically good - i don't think it will need anything for rego. i drove it around without the paint this last year and it passed fine.

and i am sure i am forgetting lots of things...

NOT SO GOOD THINGS
• needs a repaint - is patchy with hi fill from repairs
• needs new front carpet ($120)
• no stereo

PRICE
i am asking $4800 ono

LOCATION & CONTACT
Pyrmont Sydney NSW, call Simon on 0401 038 567

LOOKS
before the rust repairs and door handle mods...



as is now - with all the bits and pieces to make it look like it was


you can email me for more pics at s.mcintyre@unsw.edu.au

hey ed! car looks great. i have not had time to get back here for a long while - and sadly my car is on the shelf for a while, but it looks excellent! you must be stoked!

awwww nuts - you beat to the draw, i wanted to mention that it is an FB too. was feeling all clever and everything. too slow  :-/

two tone treatment looks great

if you wanted my two cents i'd scream 'stick with the whitewalls!'  

hi ed, i would also like a set. let me know how they are going, and how i can pay you when you finish them...

thanks eddie. do you happen to have a contact number?

i have a friend who wants to recondition the motor and possible transmission from his 60's chev impala. does anyone know any good chev reconditioning guys out there?

last chance to sell it to me at a reduced price harko!!

well even if i am never goingto get my hands on it, i am glad that it is going to live again! Where the hell are you going to put it? don't you have around 500 cars jammed into your garage already?!

they called you a madman!

i didn't know they had met you!

ahhh harko. you are indeed a man of action - unlike me  

no time, no space (even no electricity in my car space!), and no guts all add to me driving around an ugly duckling with no light at the end of the tunnel in the forseeable future....

so sad....

good for you . put up all the photos. you are an inspiration to us all!!

ps. with all these projects gogin on, that ute of yous must be taking up valuable space! remember who is first in line if you want to sell it!! (and if it isn't me, tell me where they live, i'll fix em)

never used - hadfield shortened FC Steering Column to fit rack and pinion. shaft never machined - so you are free to fit any intermediate shaft you like.

$80 kingsford sydney. call 0401 038 567, 02 9662 3219, or email gree@iprimus.com.au for pics.

i got some rear slave cylinders for hr brakes a few months ago for $17 each - brand spanking new, fully assembled with pistons, seals etc. bolt them up and go.

got them from a place in parramatta (sydney) called brake pro.

i had exactly the same thing happen in my car. put an earth strap from the engine to the firewall, and it has never happened again. battery never goes flat and starts great

the lake pipes i made bolt onto my 3/4 chassis - a made special mounting points. i also made up mounts and welded them onto the pipe slightly higher than the bottom so you can't see how they join when you look at it. the usual way is to buy clamps that go around the diameter of the pipe, but i didn't like the fact you could see it easily....

the pipes cost a bit to bend up, because i got it mandrel bent, i didn't want those nasty press bend indents... i had to draw up fully dimensioned plans for the guy to go from as well. (i wanted it to fit exactly)

as far as the wheels go.... if you are using HK wheels i had to do a lot of juggling to get everything to work... see this previous thread:

http://www.fefcholden.org.au/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=hotup;action=display;num=1044919178;start=2

i noticed that someone on this thread said use HT wheels because they are offset more, but i used HK because my front wheels are tucked up way under the guard lip, so i really needed the extra inset

yours will look great in satin black. make sure you post some pictures....

i got a new cable made up from a place in lidcombe called "general auto instruments". just take in your old one and they make it on the spot while you wait. 02 9649 1442

i have never bought anything from rare spares that i didn't have to take back because someone gave me the wrong part.