fc wagon

[graham_fuller]

Hey Just 40 what are the details on the FE is that Gypsie red over Cabot Grey.Can you post the id details.I am restoring an FE to this colour.
Cheers,
Graham

[Just40]

fe numbers
fe 225 28838-a
trim 245-703
paint 207-745
rpo 256-7698
body no. 6.3514.b
first motor no.L303886.

[RET]

just40, Graham,

That ID plate suggests the car was originally Castle Grey over Etna Maroon, which the Paint numbers bear out as well.  (The boot-lid looks like the original body colour, and that paint number should be 207-7457).

Are you sure about that Body ID number?  Both the engine and chassis numbers suggest the car was manufactured October 1956, but that ID belongs to a much later vehicle.  Perhaps it's FE-225-8838-A ?

Here's a link to a pic of a car that's the mirror reverse (Etna Maroon over Castle Grey) - don't want to hijack your thread with photos of other people's cars...

cheers
RET

[graham_fuller]

Thanks Ret.
Cheers,
Graham

[Just40]

the body number is very faint to read,but that looks right to me.

[Just40]

anyway back to the wagon,this car was so badly pitted.
when it was washed after 20 years it tore the cloth to bits.but it is coming up ok as a daily driver.
should all be done by the end of this week.

i ordered the rubber kit 3 weeks ago,so hope it will be here this friday.

[Just40]

one rear door to go.

but still waiting for my rubber kit.

[FC-V8]

Just40
          The wagon is coming up a treat, love the colours they look great. keep up the good work.
Glenn

[Just40]

still no rubber kit,so just tacked a few things on to see how it,s going to look.

i think it look a bit better then when i first started.

[fccool59]

now im really getting pissed of with how long my car is taking, obviously I am doing something wrong.

[customFC]

Nice work just40.
The car is progressing quickly......looking good.
Regards
Alex

[graham_fuller]

Your wagon looks great. Keep up the pics.
Cheers,
Graham

[Just40]

fccool59 i just am not right in the head,i work min 10hrs a day 6 days a week then spend 3-4 hrs on the car,but i get home most days at midday so i have all afternoon to work on it.and i have a few mates who are helping when they can,which is just great.

[2brite]

You and your mates have done a fantastic job in so little time.
I love the before and after shot LH side

cheers Nunzio

[Just40]

this is the sun visor,as you can see the pitting is starting to get bad.

put the 3 back windows in and tail lights.

[Ol_Girl_58]

Your wagon is progressing beautifully, Just40.

Like others, I am astounded at the pace with which you are working.

Top effort.

Ol_Girl_58

[Ed]

nice work on the wagon... very very fast.

were the rear windows easy to put in?

do they require sealant as well?

Cheers

Ed

[Just40]

we hade the 3 windows in about 30 mins flat,steve one of my mate was in the glass game for 35 years so he had them in quick as,have not put any sealant in yet and i dont think we will have too.

[Blown_FC]

Just 40, well done on the rebuild....looking real nice.  I'm also at the point of putting my car back together and am getting more impatient the closer I get.

The only advice I can say, is that you have done a beautiful job so far, the car is near on 50 years old, just a couple more months or weeks or days or whatever it takes you won;t matter in the scheme of things as long as you get it right.
There would be nothing worse than rushing now, and stuffing something up, like that beautiful paint work !

When something won;t fit after 10 goes.....give up, clsoe the shed door, and go inside and have a beer !

Come back tomorrow night  !

Well done....it's a credit to you !

Mark

[Just40]

thanks for the peep talk Blown_FC,i am happy so far,but like i said it,s just a daily driver,the body was just to pitted.
it looks ok but not so good up close,and it has not cost all that much so far.and at some time it has also been in a hail storm with a lot of small dints showing up when we buffed it.but like i say,i am