fc clint nz new toy

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ops the stable this time

[fc_clint_nz]

Thanks for posting the pics Craig, i would like to show you all a pic of the the dash in the van it is out of a hr holden this van was restored some 20 years ago and has held out exceptionally well, Whomever did this van has spent a tonne of $$ on this. So all you van owner please make yourself known i may need to talk to at some stage for help. Thank you  fc clint nz, fc freak. ps i know it needs new wheels.

[HARKO]

Actualy clint ive never liked those wheels "ever" But they actualy look OK on your van.
Looks cool mate - Id guess youve already seen my Van in previous posts.

[Phantom]

Here are some more pics of Clints great looking car
                             Rusty

[Phantom]

Another

[Phantom]

One more , sorry about the three seperateposts  but i dont know how to post all the pics in one go(i think i am clever just to be able to post a pic at all)
                                           Rusty

[fc_clint_nz]

You are smarter than the average bear rusty awesome mate. does anyone know if the rear of this van is correct? no spare wheel door and long bumber? i have not seen this before. Thank you Cint.

[RET]

Rear of the van is typical for a Station Sedan.  Where's the spare wheel?

cheers
RET

[fc_clint_nz]

Hi Ret,
When you lift the window and drop the door there is a lid under the carpet and a wheel well for the spare. Can i find out more about this van with the id tag numbers? Cheers Clint

[FATBOY]

clint what youve got at the rear where the door compartment is usualy is what im doing to mine at the moment  looks great

cheeres fat

[RET]

It sounds like this beast has a wagon style rear; vans had the spare in the little door between the bumperettes, wagons had them under the floor in the cargo area, under a timber cover.

Can you post the ID plate and chassis number details?

cheers
RET

[fc_clint_nz]

Ret,

Body fc 229 9885 a
trim 254 658
paint 253 658
rpo 253 5300

Regards Clint

[TorqueFC]

can we possibly have the chassis no and the if you still have it the original engine no wich may be on your engineers report...possibly

cheers
torque

[4hammers]

Hi Guys.
Been watching this with interest. Look at those numbers!
A: It is an Australian import, not delivered new to Kiwiland.
B: It has a few Wagon bits (Rear bumber, spare wheel section)
C: It actually has a wagon ID.
Maybe it is actually a full on Wagon to panelvan coversion? It seems the original owner spent big dollars on the dash, so maybe he went all the way.

Clint, Can we get a few shots of the interior rear? Along where a wagon usually had its rear doors? Maybe have a look from the inside, right where the spare wheel may have door been filled. You will be able to see if it has been modified there.

Rob J

[RET]

Rob,

The trailing "A" on the ID says it was Manufactured in Adelaide, as almost all FC wagons were.  (A very tiny number were manufactured in Melbourne in late '59).  You need the Chassis Number to determine the Assembly location.

Clint,

I wondered also whether it might have started life as a wagon, and it appears that it did.  Has it got a back seat?  Can you provide the chassis number?  It should be on the driver's side inner guard, either 8-xxxx-X or FC-xxxx-X.

cheers
RET

[4hammers]

Hi RET.
Yes, I know that, but what I meant was this. All the other NZ cars actually had a totally different body number system. Kiwi posted one awhile back & it was just FC #### NZ (or something similar).
Didn't all "Export" cars to NZ have that?

more info discovered today
fc-225-1791-nz
rego bn3917
67534 miles
dispatched gm petone nz plant (wellington) 14/11/59
motor no 619530
colour vicount/farina grey
interior colour red /black
gm aust shipping docket 6116
dispatched from manthell mtrs gm wellington  16-11-59
driven awayby customer
key no 8474
shipped ckd ex australia on steamer waimea/koraanui
arrived for assb at gm petone 9-11-59
(last fc made by gm nz was dispatched 28-11-59)
making this car the 5 th to last nz assb fc holden



f y i
first nz assb holden was
fe-225-1-nz
gypsy red/ corbet grey
sold manthell mtrs
to gm petone  ceo   25/3/57
fe-225-2
was sold privately
25/3/57 to mr gleeson from napier
also gypsy red/ corbett grey

all this info can be verifyed found a guy who has the nz gm vehicle register handwritten!!!!!!!!!!

This (I have tried to post a "Quote") is from Kiwi's FC sedan.

Rob J

[Ed]

Nice van Clint,

Do like the wagon rear, funnily enoug at one time I thought a van rear on a wagon would be nice.. the grass is always greener  

more driveline info would be nice too.

I do like the dash conversion as well, it fits nicely and looks at home IMO.

Cheers

Ed

[fc_clint_nz]

Hi guys,
Well this is turning in to a new mission for me, the chassis number is not there i made a few calls today and found out after the rebuild it was registered as a s/w but was told i can re register it as a van?

A couple of scenarios maybe it is another tag.
maybe it was a s/w
Or maybe it was rusted very bad in the rear and they put on a s/w one.
Either way if it was a s/w and now a van i got two cars for the price of one. I found out that this was in the N Z hot rod mag in the late 70's early 80's
so now im trying to find that issue to see what they did. The guy who did the restoration is now living in the states. Ed it has a 308, 3 speed auto, nissan r&p disc front and hr rear i will make this one very nice van/s/w in the next little while it need a new lease on life. Thank you all for your imput i will get to the bottom of this. Regards Clint ps i have got some pics of the rear inside but not that good on posting, any takers?