FE colours with an FC grill

If you are trying to work out what number plate you should have on your 1958 car then you need to work out what letters and numbers there were in those years, My December 1956 FE had original GOA 001 and my November 1959 FC had original HBA 592. It sounds like your car is going to fit in between these.

You could go for this kind of look. .

At least you can take it to the shops and not worry too much about it. I have had so much fun in this car and it has taken me all over this country already.


Or this kind of look

This car has also given me enormous enjoyment and fulfilment and is always driven, but I always worry where I take it. I have gotten better but still.
This is my pride and joy.

Watching this build with interest, can't wait to see it on the track. Those colours are very similar to John and Alex's Miss Behaving.

I'm booked,

Staying at the same place as you Deano, great rates too. $153 per night for a cabin that sleeps 4.

I Have a Speed Boat this colour

Went through the tank sealing process on the weekend and while rinsing the KBS Rust Blast from the inside of the tank, i measured the tanks capacity. It took 80 ltrs to fill it to the top, so that has doubled the amount of fuel i can carry now.
 The tank has been sealed inside now, and it takes 96 hrs to fully cure. This KBS Tank sealer is amazing stuff. It actually expands, like expander foam, while it is curing. Then it cures as hard as a rock.
Just have to do the outside now with KBS Rustseal, then it is ready to use.

I still havent finished the spare wheel well and the coating of the floor the tank fits into, but that will be next, photos to follow.

Also remade and lined the Glove box to house the new car radio/ bluetooth/ usb, and the MSD 6AL ignition booster.
Just love being in the shed on a cold day with the fire going and the footy on the radio, having a beer with my Dad while also working on the car.

I'm expecting the size to be somewhere 65- 70ltrs, instead of the standard 40ltrs. I won't know until i fill it once it is sealed, hopfully this weekend.
The tank has been sandblasted inside and out, and then i put it all together. Now i am going to seal it with KBS Tank sealer then paint the outside of the tank with KBS rust seal.

Hope to get a few more Klms to the tank with my bigger fuel tank when travelling to Tassie
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Hope everything picks up for you Kev, I am always thinking of you. Hope to see you, with or without a car at the Tassie Nats if your health improves enough.

All the best Scotty

Hey Ed i will ring you tomorrow, i am interested in the lot, it will be good to catch up.
Cheers Scotty

Beautiful job with the whole build. Can't wait to see it in the flesh. Good to see another Chev in an Early Holden. We should meet at a drag strip some day and have a play.

This workshop is not your typical Panel beating workshop, most workshops get you to have your car delivered then strip it, then in 12 months time decide to start to do some work on it. At least with yours there is always something getting done to it, and slowly you are getting closer to the end.
Well done and keep up the good work Deano.
 Cheers Scotty

Just noticed in my Hot Rod magazine that the Hot Rod Nationals are on the same time as our Nationals in Tassie, so i would say you need to book the boat early if you dont want to miss out on a spot.

I wouldnt think it would be such an issue to turn the engine over a fair few times before it fires because you are getting oil pressure up to the rocker gear and other places before ignition which isnt a bad thing.

I will be there in my trusty Hayshed FC, very much looking forward to seeing you all again. lets just hope the weather is better this year than past titles.

Hi Nes, do you still have the spare wheel well?

Is that an extension of the Nasco boot stay?

My opinion on the best Grey motor to rebuild is the EJ. As for the Canadian Block, MYTH.
 The reason the EJ is the best is that Holden put all there refinments and technology at the time into building the EJ motor to be the most reliable and economical it posibly could be before changing to the Red motor and the last of every model has proven to be the best.
Cheers Scotty

My very first FE/FC (and mind you i have had a few since) was a business sedan and it was in about the same condition as this, same colour too. I only paid $75 for it and that was 24 years ago. I think i still have parts from that car that get used. It's a pity that back then i didn't realise more about which parts to keep and which to throw out.