Hav'n a go -59 FC Ute

[Old_Mt_Isa_Boy]

Thanks Tony, Ole and Pete, very exciting now. It is amazing how many times you think it must be over but a new issue pops up. I wait with baited breath and hopefully no more issues.

Regards

Wayne b 

[fe350chev]

Well done Wayne, what an achievement. You support and encourage a lot of other people so it's great to see her proudly in the driveway inspiring the rest of us.

[FCV08]

Wayne

The ute looks fantastic.
How long before its on the road?

Hopefully we can catch up at some stage.

Cheers

Craig D

[Old_Mt_Isa_Boy]

Craig work permitting hopefully end of Jul and yes I think we should catch up. Maybe we can get Pedro out as well.

Thanks to you as well fe350chev 

Well done Wayne, what an achievement. You support and encourage a lot of other people so it's great to see her proudly in the driveway inspiring the rest of us.

Regards

Wayne b

[pedro]

Looking good Wayne, you must be so close now, yeah i don't mind meeting up at some point, hopefully in another few months we'll all have our cars on the rd. and we can cruise somewhere.
  Pedro

[Old_Mt_Isa_Boy]

Nice idea Pedro. Hopefully yours will get out of those shops so you can finish.

Regards

Wayne b

[Old_Mt_Isa_Boy]

Minor update. Out of hospital again back in a few weeks. Know what's wrong now just a few more tests and then fix it. No alcohol, no sugar or no salt for 6 months is loosing its appeal. The car has been in a garage trying to get the underbody stuff done for rego whilst it is on a hoist.



Rear Sway Bar.





Leaf Spring Mounting. Bought a conventional sway bar for an FC and no issues with the commodore diff.

The next few are of the Celica Gear box mounting points. Used a Commodore mounting plate from Dellow between the 2 longitudinal rhs sections welded in place while the car was on its back. A piece of angle line welded to that frame was used when the gearbox location was known.







Hopefully they make sense.




The next are of the pesky rear handbrake cable.





The following is of the HQ rubber mounts turned upside down and mounted on the axel. Thanks to Haydn for that and the handbrake solution.



Anyway I am hoping that September is still achievable, need to get this thing on the road.

Regards

Wayne b

[NES304]

Good effort mate. Bout to do my diff instal so good to see this one. How'd you go with the hand brake cable on the springs?

[FCRB26]

Hi wayne

always a relief to get a diagnosis.

why cant you use original handbrake \BKT on backing plate ?

[Old_Mt_Isa_Boy]

Mine did not have the original bracket on. What do they look like? It is a tight squeeze to get the cable under and over into the back of the disc.

Bout to do my diff instal so good to see this one. How'd you go with the hand brake cable on the springs?

NES will find out next week from the engineer how he feels about the cable being on the spring.

Regards

Wayne b

[FCRB26]

Better off running original bracket ill see if i have some

[FCV08]

Wayne

Agree with Pete.

I used the original clamp mount and manufactured some new saddle clamps to hold the outer.

Regards

Craig

[Old_Mt_Isa_Boy]

Pete or Craig a photo would be great of what it looks like.

Regards Wayne

[FCV08]

Will do Wayne

[FCRB26]

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[Old_Mt_Isa_Boy]

Thanks Pete.

Regards

Wayne b

[FCV08]

Wayne

Please see below

I have used the complete VN backing plate, cable etc including the front cable support brackets.











Hope this helps

Regards

Craig D

[Old_Mt_Isa_Boy]

Thanks Craig, will have a look at the disc backing plate and see what bolt holes are there for the bracket.

Regards Wayne b

[FireKraka]

Hi Craig D I am using the same V6 Conversion speed sensor to mechanical drive as you but where did you get the 90 deg adaptor I am having a little trouble with the bend on my speedo cable into the box being tight that adapter looks like it makes it easier to connect is it jsut an adapter or is it converting the ratio as well?

Regards
Neil H

[FCV08]

Neil

PM Sent with Website Link

Cheers

Craig D