FCRB30 Wagon

[mcl1959]

Pedro - did you try a guard fit up before final welding of the sill profile?

Ken

[pedro]

The guard matched the door and the sill apart from the profile/bulge in the guard being a little low where it lined up with the sill, the guard has had a new bottom fitted though so I'm putting it down to that, I might have to cut it off and re weld it, with the amount of dodgy work the previous owner has done nothing would surprise me at the moment, you can see in the first photo someone has made their own inner sill and outer dog leg mount that doesn't line up properely either, I'm glad i did the sills though, would you believe the drivers side had rags in it as well as dirt.
                              Pedro

[pedro]

Had a week off as i caught some bug that left me crook and totally unmotivated, back to it now though.















Haven't done any grinding yet as things rust overnight around here, will do it all when I've finished welding and I'm ready to start bogging which should only be a couple of days away now.
    Pedro

[jack_fc]

Good to see you've beaten the bug, Pedro.
Clearly, you've also survived all attempts by those ebay idiots trying to 'do your head in'!! 

[pedro]

Clearly, you've also survived all attempts by those ebay idiots trying to 'do your head in'!!

Yes I certainly recieved some rather strange queries this time, fortunately their e-bay names were rather obvious and i managed to weed out the ratbag element from the serious ones, made things more interesting though i was beginning to get sick of answering the same questions, you wouldn't have been involved in anything like that though would you Jack .
                                  Pedro

[jack_fc]

shit no, Pedro! For once, I can assure you I'm innocent...
(only because I didn't think of it first  )

[TTV6FC]

Nice work there Pedro.Repairing rust is not generally an enjoyable job but the end result is well worth it.Look forward to seeing more.Jamie.

[pedro]

Managed to get a couple more days in,



cut these out of the dunnydore



glad i did this so i could get some rust converter in here





apart from a couple of touch ups all the welding is now finished on the body







Great idea for the speakers Stinky, hope you don't mind me pinching it
                              Pedro

[Ed]

they're beauties Pedro, enough to make Madonna blush! 

Cheers

Ed

[pedro]

they're beauties Pedro, enough to make Madonna blush!

  , at least there's no doubting the sex of my car, do you think she may need a car bra
                        Pedro

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

Great idea for the speakers Stinky, hope you don't mind me pinching it
                              Pedro

Headlight bucket prices are going to start soaring, the idea originally came from a guy on the FB/EK Forum and this is about the third car I have seen with the mod 
BTW, did you check for guard clearance before final welding 

[Gary C]

Geez, you are so lucky Pedro,using original fc parts for non original means. I live in the Kimberley W.A. and any fc part are a treasure here. (there are none here)Iam looking for a few parts for my fc and all my purchases ( even nuts and bolts ) have to travel a minimun of 2400km and that is from Perth. So if you have the scews or clips left over from those buckets or any other tiny pieces laying around I would be interested. Iam jealous of you guys I have been waiting  8 weeks for engine mounts, but hey I wont let get the better of me.Gary C

[Paul In Ireland]

Gary C - you think you have distance problems? 

I just pray to the Car Gods that nothing to big or expensive breaks....

And c'mon Pedro, you seem to be slowing down when you should be speeding up!!


 

[Gary C]

Sorry Paul, tjhe wet is near and depression setting in. Gary C

[pedro]

BTW, did you check for guard clearance before final welding

  , no i didn't actually , looks like there's plenty of clearance though.

Gary C - you think you have distance problems? 

I just pray to the Car Gods that nothing to big or expensive breaks....

No problem Paul, you've got a doner FE for spares ,

Don't take what Paul said too seriously Gary he was just joking around with you , 8 weeks for delivery, do they still send stuff by camel train out there , I'm trying to raise money to finish my wagon so i have to sell the more expensive stuff on e-bay but I might be able to help you out with the more common bits though, what are you chasing.
                Pedro

[pedro]

So much for finished welding, had a couple more fiddly jobs,



Velocitator pedal now fitted



also cable and booster



All work has been checked for quality by site supervisor and security expert Merv.
                            Pedro

[Paul In Ireland]

So will it be automatic or is that rope a new style of clutch - a "rope shifter" what?

 

[pedro]

Definately going to be a sludgematic, that's my very expensive patented brake pedal locating tool .
           Pedro

[jack_fc]

Good stuff, Pedro!
Merv seems pleased with your progress too  He almost looks like he's daring me to put up a bottle of rum... 
What's the accelerator pedal off? Mitsubishi?

cheers jack

[pedro]

What's the accelerator pedal off? Mitsubishi?

It's the one off the commodore Jack, I cut out the mount and the cable locater so it's all matching, at least one part should fit when it all goes back together ,

Went psycho with the shutz gun today , feels great to be able to say that part is over with

















                             Pedro