FC 219 Standard Wagon restoration

[Hewart]

Looking great Gary!!!

You won't see this message because you're chained to the garage , working hard, but I hope it all goes well with the finishing touches! I'm looking forward to seeing the wagon over at the Mount.

We leave in the morning so I won't know until you get there which car you end up taking.....

All the best!!
Les....

[graham_fuller]

Go for it Gary,you can do it wagon looks great.
Cheers,
Graham

[leon]

 ;)Good on you Garry, with all this hard  and worrisome work and determination,you'll get there. I know it's the time, that's the problem.
Go for it Zulu, it really looks good.
I like this one mate.
Regards.
Leon

[zulu]

Well, we made it to the Nationals at Mt Gambier, albeit on a trailer, kindly loaned to me by Ted Lowe, thanks Ted, let me know if you get any camera speeding tickets in the mail..........not 

Here are some pics of the motor & Hydra-matic


Thanks to Rusty for giving me a hand to bolt the box up to the motor



And thanks to the long suffering wife Deb, for helping me to fit the whole assembly into the car



Here are the seat mounts for the bucket seats, only one bracket on each seat lined up with and bolted down the seat, from there I propped the seats up and made tin templates. Took the templates up to my local engineer & he made them up for me in mild steel.



The brackets are a bit clumsy compared to what I have seen others do & will require a bit of shimming to straighten them up, but the seats turned out OK and are a big comfort improvement over the bench



Here is a pic from a recent run to Grey Pride (Berima)

[customFC]

Hey Gary.
Your car is a standout.
It has many unique features that you brought together to make 1 very cool wagon.
Regards
Alex

[sexyfc]

Done a great job, like the colour scheme!!
cheers
john

[smithy]

very nice gary, you got to be happy

[pedro]

Love that sideplate cover, if someone started remaking them they would sell heaps, you've done a really good job Gary definately not your average FC wagon.

[FC427]

Pedro Aussie Speed are making the side plates and the rocker covers and H bolts for the Grey  I spoke to Mark at Aussie Speed last week and forgot to ask if the first run had been cast .......FC427......

[pedro]

Cool, have to check them out, do they have a website.

[NosFEratu]

http://www.aussiespeed.com/details/

Have a sticky on here!    They do some cute v6 finned rocker covers too!

Kathi 

[EffCee]

They can't be too far away from making the alloy sideplate as i noticed that they are taking orders and deposits for them.... Gotta love the finned alloy air cleaners

[pedro]

Thanks Kathi, they've got some good stuff there, feeling better today

[NosFEratu]

Not really, but I'm not dead yet! So that's gotta be positive!  Thanks  Pedro

[weddo]

Every day above ground is a great day Kathi no matter how crook you feel

regards
weddo

[NosFEratu]

CART MASTER: Bring out your dead!  Bring out your dead!  Bring out your dead! Ninepence.
CUSTOMER:  Here's one.
CART MASTER: Ninepence.
DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead!
CART MASTER: What?
CUSTOMER: Nothing. Here's your ninepence.
DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead!
CART MASTER: 'Ere. He says he's not dead!
CUSTOMER: Yes, he is.
DEAD PERSON: I'm not!
CART MASTER: He isn't?
CUSTOMER: Well, he will be soon. He's very ill.
DEAD PERSON: I'm getting better!
CUSTOMER: No, you're not. You'll be stone dead in a moment.
CART MASTER: Oh, I can't take him like that. It's against regulations.
DEAD PERSON: I don't want to go on the cart!
CUSTOMER: Oh, don't be such a baby.
CART MASTER: I can't take him.
DEAD PERSON: I feel fine!
CUSTOMER: Well, do us a favour.
CART MASTER: I can't.
CUSTOMER: Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be long.
CART MASTER:  No, I've got to go to the Robinsons'. They've lost nine today.
CUSTOMER: Well, when's your next round?
CART MASTER: Thursday.
DEAD PERSON: I think I'll go for a walk.
CUSTOMER: You're not fooling anyone, you know. Look. Isn't there something you can do?
DEAD PERSON: I feel happy. I feel happy. [“whop” smack on the head]
CUSTOMER: Ah, thanks very much.
CART MASTER: Not at all. See you on Thursday.
CUSTOMER: Right. All right. [clop clop clop noise] Who's that, then?
CART MASTER: I dunno. Must be a king.
CUSTOMER: Why?
CART MASTER: He hasn't got shit all over him.

 

[NosFEratu]

Zulu - Sorry about stealing your thread.  Just couldn't resist Monty Python!

Very nice build on your wagon and an interesting history too. 

Kathi   

[pedro]

For stealing this thread we want a "SHRUBBERY" NI NI

[NosFEratu]

 

[EffCee]

Gotta Love Monty Python,