VIOLET THE FC HOLDEN PROJECT

[njf690]

AFTER 7 LONG YEARS VIOLET IS COMPLETE AND ON THE ROAD AT LAST . JUST A PLEASURE TO DRIVE AND THE KIDS AND WIFE JUST LOVE IT , SO MUCH SO THAT THE WIFE IS ALWAYS TAKEN IT OUT LOL.


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HOPE THE PHOTOS WORK . PHOTO BUCKET SHRINKS THEM FOR SOME REASON

[Longman]

Beautiful. Very nicely done. How did you hookup the column shift to the commo gearbox?

[njf690]

had it modified to the collapsible column( but a shit job by rods racks ) had to fix that , then run a marine shifter cable and gearbox adaptor off summit racing . bit of a hassle but works great now really wanted to keep the original look to the car .

[mcl1959]

Really nice looking car.

Well done.

Ken

[hsv-001]

Yeah , the problem with the cable [b&m] connected column shift  is every bend in the cable creates movement between inner and outer and therefore slop in the shift and was never a real success . And interesting idea I noticed a while back was that early Hillman Minx with 4 speed manual boxes used a cable through a steel [fuel line ] outer and only enough flex at either end for mounts . Just a piece of engineering history for people who want to think out side the norm. Haydn

[JB]