My FC Project

[FCRB26]

Well done.

doesnt fresh shiny chrome just make you wanna smile.

[Old_Mt_Isa_Boy]

Great stuuf. What a project you have got there. The red theme is looking good.

Regards


Wayne

[NosFEratu]

the grin must be starting to hurt your face by now - but it won't be hurting anywhere near as much as it will when you first drive it!  keep at it Dianne! 

[JB]

MMMM shiny bits!!!

[dianne]

thanks guys, we held up the chrome on it just to see how it will look and the tears were coming to my eyes....luv it....

[Blade]

Hi Di,

 I am new here too, and I am about to buy my second FC tomorrow. The first FC I had, was when I was 14yrs old I used to drive it around the paddock on our property back in 1980.

So I have always wanted to get one to restore, fingers crossed the one I am looking at tomorrow is good to go!!

Great work on yours, the chrome has come up a treat, just wanted to check what size rims you have on, I mean I know 14" on the back and 13" on the front I was wanting to know the width are they 6" or 4.5"?

Regards

Duncan

[dianne]

Hi Duncan,

Welcome to the Forum, the rims on the front are 13 x 6 and the back are 14 x 8. Hope this helps and good luck with purchasing the fc tomorrow. We had an fc 20 years ago done it up just needed to be put back together, ended up selling it (dont know why).Then i started missing having a fc around so we bought this one for 1400.00 and then because we knew the guy we sold the original fc too, he didnt want it anymore and he didnt do anything to it so we bought it back, but it was too far gone to do up so we used it as a donor car for this new one. ill post some pics on how it looked before we started fixing it up so you can see how it looked.


Dianne

[dianne]

this is our first fc we had 20 years ago, we restored and then sold it, (i know dumb thing to do). Anyway we ended up buying it back the way it was after 10 years, but the weather got to her..



this is our fc that we have restored now, this is how it looked when we bought it.

[EffCee]

There has obviously been a lot of work happen to change what you started with to where the car is now, well done, love the new chrome work. You have had liking for these cars for many years by the look of it, once they get in your blood, they tend to stay there.

Keep us posted on the progress, not too far off now.

Keith

[dianne]

this is the steering wheel,(home done job) looks pretty good.




and now this is the finishd product..

[bebop67]

Hey Di, looking grouse there, looking like you'll have the fc on the road in no time at all. Hey Tom keep up the good work and less of those tommy turners! 

[newman]

Hi Di,

Cool car what type of paint did you use on the steering wheel? I've tried a couple of times and can't find anything that lasts. I know with any painting prep work is the key and I thought I had this covered, any tips on how you've done yours would be appreciated.

Mick

[dianne]

My car is finished, she was finished in november and now is on the road,,i havent been on for a while, been busy cruising, take a look at this photo i entered her into the Victorian Hotrod Show at the exhibition building. Not bad for an everyday driver...g]

[dianne]

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[dianne]

here is another pic with my husbands 1930 hotrod and a couple of friends with their 56 chevy and 28 hotrod

[dianne]

[Paul In Ireland]

Very nice!

What's the funny thing on the door?

P
 

[dianne]

a very large fake spider,, we had a horrow theme as you can see on my husbands hot rod it was full of severed heads...

[customFC]

The finished product looks good.
Interesting way that you have added the second colour.....i've not seen it done that way before.
Regards
Alex

[dianne]

thanx just a few modifications here and there..