Dont panic sarge - I aint going anywhere.... As I said previously  People only like me for my body...........work....... Good for something is better than being good for nothing I guess... Spent today cutting rust in a mates f...d and  lead wiping my EK Van... this is a new skill I have tought myself and whilst its very succesful ,I now know why even the old panel beaters dont do it any more.... apart from the health implications.... Cheers streetneat Where abouts are you based buddy?

Ok guys - not quite FC but this is the van I am building...  The final colours will be candy apple red ... The van can be seen at the Brisbane hot rod show in May in bare steel with the body mods finished...This gives an idea of the finished product...The rear is FC and now has a full FC sedan Rear bar and lift up tail gate... not sure how much of your cars content is to be FC to be  posted up here..... cheers streetneat

Thanks ret ... (PHEW!) ... I'm glad we all understand each other at last.... I really enjoy FC holdens restored / modified or other wise... Actually the FE is my preferred model as is all the other odball holdens such as EJ , AND HD...I try very hard not to be an instigator but things seem to go that way from time to time. I am still to find out if there is a national body( for FE/FC s)  that gives the same rights as a club or is this not possible? If joining a club is the only way around any of the sticky issues then I would do this as long as it meant I do not have to attend meetings and runs... I  ONLY attend events and meetings  if there is no pressure to do so ... Is this the case with the QLD club?  I seem to get conflicting reports  that say you must attend meetings or privledges are stripped  on the other hand members have posted to my introduction that they never attend meetings ... If this can be clarified I would be appreciative and may even join to help keep the peace... I just cannot be a part of all meetings or events due to running my business and other commitments... Plus I get too involved with the politics as I seem to get drawn into  debates that just go in circles with no resolution.... In a nut shell I would join a club or national body as long as I could come and go of my own free will. Most clubs  expect a certain level of participation and input that I cannot promise due to other commitments... I f you or someone else can provide simple concise answers to these questions I would appreciate it... My aim is to get the most out of this FC affliction  and help others ... without the politics.... Cheers and thanks again for your well thought out reply...Streetneat

Hey kiwi - wots with this guru status thing !? Pleasing Kiwis is dead easy... I make it my main prioritory daily.... Hmmmm better not go there....Actually I met my kiwi wife over here my first drunken words to here at my 21st many many moons ago was "who the f*#k are you and what are you doin' 'ere!".... SEE... pleasing kiwis just comes natural for me... End result of that meeting was she married me .....eventually... Now she wants to do up her own FC ... (actually pinching some of my stock for her own use - but thats what its there for I suppose....) here is a link for you guys to peruse at your leisure....   http://gallery.oldholden.com/Streetneat   Feel free to wander all the sub albums and leave your comments ... Some of you may have been here b4  but we welcome repeat offenders....  here is a pic of the wifes project as dragged home for $500 a few weeks ago.... It pays to use your FC 's daily as I was stopped in my FC Ute on the way to a swap and this bloke offered me his entire collection for $500.... came with a very neat car umpteen parts and motors etc and the fellow was a panel beater... so most of the hard work was done.... Bugger I like a challenge... Plans call for wrecking a FC standard I have in stock for its red motor running gear and its hr disc front etc... enjoy fellas.... cheers streetneat

Lol   -what can I say?.... Seems there is a freindly rivallry going on between two birds here....I 'm staying out of this one!...heh heh heh.... On a more serious note I seem to be ruffling feathers unintentionally with the a debate on clubs.... Check the main page .... I hope they get the message that I'm not here for an argument...Just I dislike clubs and want to leave it at that... A bit hard it seems on a club driven website any how cheers and you two birds fight nicely now ......Streetneat

Gday mate and thanks for the kind words... I have nothing against the QLD FE/FC club or any other clubs... Rule is rules and I accept that ... sort of... I guess outsiders dont have a say and if I want a say I hear what you are saying that its for club members only  Point taken .... ( did you follow all that ?) So I will leave this topic alone ...until someone else brings it up with me.... Like I said earlier I am here to enjoy the web site and this is all just entertainment... The web is a big place so if the entertainment costs money or gets nasty I leave and move on to somewhere else...  I am not free loading I feel as I can offer some sound Body work related advise for those who ask for it... I'm not sure if you were hinting at joining a club as the clubs pay for this site.. if thats the case then Im out of here.... Cheers streetneat

Oi sarge - Im not the kiwi ... the missus is! I am a born /bred brisbane lad that still lives at the same adress I was born at!... I have great admiration and respect for the kiwi people - but that doesn't make me one!... I only visited the place.... Try not to confuse me with mrs streetneat!... My painter that works with me is a kiwi  so I guess I am surrounded. .... Cheers streetneat ( the Aussie version!)

 Oh dear Youve excited the missus ... this could be dangerous..... Was surprised you have met Morrie... H e had a white FC Ute when we were in rotorua in oct last year... You have to send him to oldholden.com so he can checkout the pics of my fc ute... under streetneat in the sheds/galleries section. If hes on the net that is... He might  looka bit strange stepping into my mates wardrobe where oldholden.com lives... wont see much that way either..... Tools in hand heh ? well the missus wants to move back to nz but There is too much aussie in me for the pissy kiwi weather to be tolerated ... mind you the heat and humidity here is enough for an invasion from QLD to ensure.... Pukekoe weather  looks great  today though or is that just the way our Aussie screens see the weather every where? Some "choice" cars you snappped pics of there .... The trouble with being a panel beater is that people only like me for my body...........work..... Cheers streetneat

Yep its an addiction.... Hope to inflict you further... Been through the same dilema myself at what to do about family.... I found a two door car to be a pain but you work around it ... Just remind the missus - its not how you feel its how you look!......Works a treat on mine ... specially if shes driving! I designed my FC the hard way -actually I do a lot of design work on the computer but the fc and the current chopped ek was designed by trial and error... more trial than error... The computer  does not overcome metal not co operating and I get very annoyed at people that thinks its easy ... they normally try it out for themselves and scream for my help when they have stuffed it up.... Normally  the phone has technical difficulties when this call comes through.... Check out my shed ( sheds/galleries ) on oldholden.com under streetneat  on the second page ... Its not quite fc related but heres a pic of my EK Van... they do have an FC bum AND share the same floor pan! cheers and thanks for the reply  streetneat

 Gday ret and thanks for the reply ... No offenece intended to be levelled at any one...( see this is why I cant be in clubs - here on the first day I am upsetting people!)  My point is that one of I have other commitments without being  available to attend meetings and club runs etc. I was notsuggesting that people that do these things need to get a life!...I have been in many clubs of different types and they are most definitly not for me... I think its very important they exist and with out them none of us would be driving old cars. I get my restricted rego by being a member of the asrf  -a national body that recognises people in my position. I am a hot rodder that has come full circle and gone back to playing old holdens... Most hot rodders do not belong to clubs... When a rodder joins a club he/she automatically becomes an asrf member. . There are more non- club members on the asrf  list  than club members and this works out fine... This might seem irrelevant but I hope it makes my point plain that whilst I am not opposed to clubs or people in them I personally choose to stay away from them. I also have not joined any clubs  just to get the benifiets of restricted rego- plenty of clubs of different kinds exploit this for their own means  but as I am a member of the asrf I have no need for this sort of thing. I fully appreciate where you are coming from with your statement of you get out what you put in .... clubs survival relies on this so I understand your stance. I have met some of the guys from the qld club and these guys where the ones inviting me to the nationals.... nice bunch of blokes I agree but still a club and as a club they assured me that I need to attend meetings and be a financial member to attend the nationals - this I found out way too late.. I still think its a joke that there  can be  a nationals  that only invites its members - other car clubs  invite all-comers to their nationals to boost the publics interest and even recruit more members... However this was not the case with the FE / FC nationals and the only way I will attend is by not being a member of a club...I am happy to be a member of a national register though and if this overcomes the problem ,then well and good. I must also clarify I have no real desire to win more trophies .... My FC Coupe has a 99% strike rate at winning first place every time at every event... It becomes embarissing after a while and I now only concentrate on major events ... Unfortunately I dont have the ego to go with  the car to enjoy beating people every show... no competition makes for a hollow victory. I seem to recall meeting you at the gold coast event and enjoyed the oppotunity to meet and talk with you and to put across my point of view...I bring my car out for others to enjoy and I enjoy seeing their cars which in my view are every bit as good as my own ... the quality of what I have seen at the nationals was very high and I was pleasently suprised that there were so many well turned out cars.  Finally I f I have upset any one with my views I unresevedly apologise... Take a look at the sort of cars I build and you will see that I think quite a bit differently to many other Holden owners. ... Cheers streetneat  

Gday mate - thought you may be interested to see this one... I designed this some time ago and its based on a photo I took at fernvale  of a foordoor FE wagon... This is quite a possible proposition and I have looked at your posts and like what I see. If you want any advise on cutting or body work dont hesitate to ask.. this advise is free and I have been down the same road b4 with other customs I have built...Dont be widening that roof!.. I reccomend leaning the posts in as this will save you a lot of work!... Cheers streetneat

 Another  interpretaton of what should have been.... This was a design I was contemplating but did not come across a suitable doner car...(Streetneat design)

 Some of you may have already seen this on oldholden.com  but here it is again this is my FC Splat that was built as part of a floor display for the 2002 Brisbane Hot Rod show... Its now a wall hanging . I still have the fibre glass mould so can build another ... Cost of working model is $1500 .. too many hours of work go into these and uses all new parts... Has working electrics.... I get asked for these all the time but the price turns them away... So if any one wants one then contact me and I will see what I can do.... Cheers streetneat

Thanks for the warm welcome people..... I will not be entering personal debates in this forum as I went through all that with oldholden.com...(which I am still a member of and reccomend it highly) My aim here is too  meet and chat to others with the same FC addictions as myself. The trouble with all forums is that we have to be mindfull of what we type as it can be taken the wrong way at the other end and people end up with noses out of joint... Politics in my opinion is best left to others. My stance on clubs is they are contradictory - welcoming on one hand to boost numbers and there are always good people in them  but gets a bit too clicky for those of us that wish to participate on the fringes only.  Is there a national register that we can join that would give us the same benifiets as a club with out physically having to go to meetings and runs all the time? I object strongly to the clubs that advise the transport department that the member is no longer attending meetings so therefore should have their rego rights recalled... Seems unimaginable but this has happened..  This may explain my dislike of clubs... I wont need to bring this up again I hope , as all we want to do is participate when it suits us - not others who think we have no other lives other than going to club meetings and runs etc... Cheers streetneat.....

Mrs Streetneat here, I'm a kiwi too. Born in Cambridge grew up in Hamilton. Moved to Aussie in 1982. Went back for 2 weeks last year after 6 years and boy I'm really homesick. Meet Alistar Davidson from Petrol Head and we were trying to get the Custom F.C. over for the Kumera Classic Car event in Jan but didn't happen. Attended the Summernats instead. Great to see alot of N.Z. pics. Keep up the N.Z coverage as I'll be checking them out.  

Oh dear Seems I cant hide on  the web.... Yep Thats my FC coupe... It was driven to Canberra and (second time) from Brisbane.... Glad to see everyone likes it... The things hanging from the mirror are our lepoards testicles .... (You did ask )... The centre console is early sixties Chev... Model unknown... Good to see it has fooled some into thinking its a four speed... count the pedals... The cars name is 'MISS LEAD'... appropriatly named as it miss leads most to its true identity. If viewers here know their FC holdens they can see the car is not as modified as first thought.. Its still mostly FC with a few stray cuts of VW blended in but the car uses Fc parts - just relocated somewhat... This car has  ben on the road since 2001 and is never trailered.. Runs 202 and trimatic on LPG... Air bags in the rear get it on the deck and this car is fully street legal ....Feel free to ask more questions... I am the proprieter of Streetneat panels rod and custom (07  3206 0340 /0412 032 239) in Brisbane and I have a large stock of fe- ek cars on hand for wrecking... Cheers streetneat heres a pic of the FC shop ute as well

  Hmmm I just introduced myself but in members art work area... If any are interested you might have to go there to find out more about this post.... Sorry...Any how I will add the photo here as well.... Cheers streetneat

Gday guys ...I am new here but most of you know who I am ....I'm the guy from Brissie with the radical FC Coupe...I have been posting on oldholden .com for some time now and Just discovered this site. Looks very sophisticated and well presented.I will attempt to post some of my stuff up here  so excuse me if I get it wrong... Until I get the methods of posting on this site down pat I might be a bit rusty at first... For those who dont know who I am I own and operate streetneat panels in brisbane. I have a large collection of Early Holdens mostly FE ,FC ,FB,EK... most of them wrecks and parts cars...I have the afore mentioned FC Coupe (australias most radical FC Holden ) and a restored FC Ute ( with hot 186S and five speed) on the road at present. We are currently building a 8" chopped EK Panel van  and the wife is about to start on her FC sedan resto project.( this will be her daily driver instead of the VR Commodore she restored). This new project is the reason for joining this site as she wishes to gather as much info as she can on her car. We are not members of any FC clubs as we found clubs are clicky groups of people that only serve there own personal interests and excluder others. We were invited to the FC nationals (last year on the gold coast) by several of brisbanes club members only to discover that we were not welcomed as we had not joined any FC Clubs... A bit like the Yanks have a world series game and only inviting themselves.  We turned up any how and several people made us welcome and we emptied the park when we cruised in beside it with the custom... However we WOULD be interested in joining a Australian register of FC holdens. We are a family of four that does not wish to get tangled up in the politics of clubs but would be keen to participate in more FC related stuff. I am a member of the Australian street rod federation ( ASRF)  and this means I get restricted club type rego for the FC Coupe. Hopefully I can offer some good advise in this forum for other FE/FC devotees. We look foward to some response to this posting.  cheers streetneat