First Project

[muzzie]

G'day,
        My names Leigh. Im new to the forum, Picked myself up this FC off a bloke down Melbourne i've had it for about 12 months now and i've decided to start it (always busy on the farm). Shes pretty rough but it is a good starting point, There a little bit of rust in the body and floors but nothing you cant fix with a bit of work. Most the chrome is fairly faded and will have to get re-done.... Can't work out how to put pics on??

[coolaride]

welcome Leigh

we would all like to see pics .. you need a photoalbum such as http://photobucket.com/

import the pics to photobucket then too this site .

its the 3rd icon along  , next to the you tube icon . click it , then between the brackets paste the link
from photobucket . the link from photobucket is labeled "direct link" .thats it !

hope that helps

coolaride 

[muzzie]

Worked it out thanks coolaride.

[muzzie]

[NosFEratu]

Hi Muzzie

Welcome to the forum.  I'm sure you'll find plenty of info to help you in building your car.  And if you can't find what you need - just ask, there will be plenty of people willing to help you out! 

Good luck with the build, we look forward to seeing it progress.

Kathi   
F4+ =^{^^}=

[muzzie]

Thanks Kathi, i'll keep taking pics of itand put them on. The pics what i put on first were when i first got the car (date on camera is wrong) here are some from today, bloody awful day so i worked on it.

[customFC]

Hey Leigh
Nice looking project to start with.
Looks fairly sound, just the usual problems.
Must be handy having a pit in the garage, should make things a bit easier.
Good luck with the project, and keep us updated.
Regards
Alex

[NosFEratu]

Hi Muzzie

Saw the shot of your dad's car on the other thread.  I can see how it's motivated you to build yours which should look very striking in candy apple red with pearl white flash. 

And, the Charger in the background above?  A future project? 

Kathi 
F4+ =^{^^}=

[muzzie]

Hi Kathi,
           The charger is my  mrs's car, she loves bloody valiants, im a holden man myself and i dont go much for chargers or any valiant in fact. The charger was done up by the owner before her and he done a very good job, she has had it for about 7-8 years now  and the motor has driven up to chryslers on the murry every year in Albury. Anyway enough about valiants.
                                                            Leigh

[EffCee]

Leigh,

Nice looking start that you have, good luck with the rebuild, make sure you keep us updated

Keith
F4+

[pedro]

G'day Leigh, Have to agree with the others looks like a good sound car, have a look at some of the rebuilds other people have done with rusted out wrecks and i think you'll be very happy with your score , good luck and keep the pics coming.
Geez you've got sharp eyes spotting that charger Kathi, I'm still having trouble picking it even though i know it's there
          Pedro

[mcl1959]

Nice car Muzzie, can you supply details of the ID plate and chassis number. The car looks to be Ice green and White with Black and White interior - a very unusual combination.  I'm interested to confirm the ID plate details.

Regards  Ken

[muzzie]

How are ya Ken?
                     Got the details off the plate but i did'nt get the chassi no
                     
                     Body-FC225-22988m
                     Trim-401-637
                     Paint-256-7776
                     Insert-256-2100
                     Top-2567770
             Regards Muzzie.

[muzzie]

Hi All,
      Done a bit more last night, pulled the motor out thats when i found the gearbox mount was broken and the engine mount was stuffed. I took a pic of the rust in the engine bay and i was wondering if anyone can tell me what i can do here? Can you buy a repair panel or make somthing?
                                                Thanks Muzzie.

[cajerridoc]

Those trim and paint/insert numbers don't match too well. I'm guessing the paint is 7770, India Ivory but the trim code says single colour Ice Green.

Nice car though. I had not seen the black and white interior in anything other than the Terraglow cars.

Robin

[FX1975]

My suggestion would be to find another front subframe for that side as the rust may be more extensive than it appears. 
                                                           hope this helps
                                                                 Frank

[TTV6FC]

Depends how handy you are with the tools...Could be repaired but will be a bit of work.

[mcl1959]

No patch panel available - it is all handmade in this area. There will probably be rust on the other side of this box section as well.

The paint code is quite rare. 401 is Ice green and India Ivory. This car was part of a batch of cars made to experiment with new FB colour schemes. The 400 series includes Volcanic grey and white, Ice green and white and Cape Ivory (yellow) and white. These 3 colours went on to be very popular as pastels in the FB along with the softened Terraglow and mushroom combination. They had new names then and slightly different hues, but essentially the ides was there.
My guess is that there was only one run of these cars and that only a few hundred of each colour were made. All the cars I have data from date to around the same time in 1959

Ken

[NES304]

My suggestion would be to find another front subframe for that side as the rust may be more extensive than it appears. 
                                                           hope this helps
                                                                 Frank

Where are they sold (if they are still made)

[Rabbitoh]

Where are they sold (if they are still made)

Ahh if only they were; the queue would be very long and would start behind me!