Old Kat Rebuild

[TAYZ]

For any one interested,
                                          I pulled my FC off the road early in June as i fitted dummy spots one night at my mates place.  On reversing out of his shed I busted the linkages inside the column.  I drove it home in second gear and luckily got it into the shed with a smelly clutch........   Then a week later after a few Platinum extra drys I pulled it apart.  Stripped the interior and column.  The floor is not in bad nick but the rear passenger floor is shot so I picked up a nos pan for $10-.  FE HOTROD is helping me rebuild it so we cut out my gerarbox tunnel as I bought a trimatic and a trimatic conversion kit to go in it.  I have now got the hony pot smoothed over and you would never know it had a shifter on it at all!!  I have sanded back nearly half of the car but have got a lot further to go yet let me tell you.  I have also purchased 2.5 inch flappers which should also look good on a new set of cross plys.  With crossplys it will have to go an inch lower at least.  I am also fabricating a swan shifter which will be at dash height to change gears on the trimatic.  A new kustom grill should be doon soon also which should hopefully look ok as i have sold all my nasco bits now.........  and I have now got flame throwers!!!!!!!!  will have to be careful though as hoon legislation is now in in Vic.  The FC is in a lot of bits but it will be back on the road this year with a whole new look.  I cant wait as i really miss driving it around.  The twin headlight are now on the back burner as it will be a real hard job for someone like me.  I will take some pics and get em on real soon, mind you not much to look at but I got 98% of all bits ready to get it back on the raod.  It will look like areal olskool cruzer a bit yankee ish though, but that swhat i like.  I realise my FC is not real popular on this sight but I like this site even though most cars are resto ones.  Anyhow I will keep regular updates if anyone is interested, cheers all

                                                      Paul TAYLOR(TAYZ)

[HARKO]

  I like it  

[SRVLIVES]

I realise my FC is not real popular on this sight                                                 

Get out!

Post dem pics!!!

[customFC]

 I realise my FC is not real popular on this sight but I like this site even though most cars are resto ones.

I don't know why you think that, but I for one am glad you saved that FC from a restorer.
Now find a pair of spare guards with a bit of rust in the peaks and give that twin headlight idea a go. If it don't work out, you only stuffed a pair of guards.
Let's see the pics.
Regards
Alex

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

Anyhow I will keep regular updates if anyone is interested, cheers all

There's lot's of people interested TAYZ, bring it on!

[minifcvan]

Nothing wrong with your car tayz.... There should be more customs out there like yours everyone has the right to do what they want with there cars .. If someone dont like your car they can close there eyes if they dont like the sound of a car they can stick there fingers in there ears when they see it at the nats next time cant they   ... cheers mark

[TAYZ]

Probably didnt come out right, sounded like I was sooking a bit!!..... what i meant was I dont think kustoms , especially old holdens are real popular, anyhow enough of that.  I now have a good digital camera and I have a week off work next week so i will get some some pics on.  I have got onto some old guards and I will eventually try some twins but not just yet as i need to get it back on the road before summer or I will go around the bend.  It is in a very sad and sorry state at the moment but that will change shortly.  I have some good ideas and with FE HOTROD helping (doing most of the work while I swill stubbies.........) it will be a pretty good old cruzer.  my mates old man worked for Repco here in ballarat all his life and i have heard some stories about Repco heads possibly flaoting around, possibly....... be a nice pick up if it is true.  Probably another ghost story but I will dig a bit and see what enlightens.  

                                                                tayz

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

I now have a good digital camera and I have a week off work next week so i will get some some pics on.  

Always selling yourself short Tayz, I'm sure you'll have it worked out by the fourth or fifth day  

[Ed]

customs suck...

...copious amounts of petrol.

show us some pics!

Cheers

Ed

when i saw the title "old KAt" i thought it was gonna be a cool old Suzuki Katana... then i remembered it was an FE FC forum.

[collecta]

Hey Tayz,
are you changing colour schemes, or running with what you whipped up for the nats.
Cant wait till its finished and i will  have another screeen saver pic kewl.
bring on the pics.

cheers
Scott

[TAYZ]

Collecta,
               Those saw teeth were disgusting....  but for a first time and they only cost me $30- I shouldnt complain but they were the first to get sanded off.  Original paint but with proper scallops the same as the 54 blue chev on the fr4ont of July edition of OlSkool Rodz mag, they are only small ones not like the monstrosity I had..............  I probably should put a set of ol tasman mags on it with no springs, that would look kool.

   

[rat]

tayz you can come cruzin with me any time in the oldkat as its cooooool as

[minifcvan]

hi tayz,
           im with collecta cant wait to get it on to the screen saver .will it be finished for my party in early november?? hope so would love to see it in the             flesh    cheers mark

[NES304]

any pics?

[fe hotrod]

 ;)HE HE HE, with days like today,tayz we need to pull fingers out of bums and get stuck into it,cos even my old dunger pulled plenty of looks today!!mmmmm must be the chrome!!!cheers jamie

[TAYZ]

I will take some pics but its in a single car garage so it will be a bit hard to get good pics.  Next week i will take a few.

[HAD 708]

Not interested in your car paul i DONT think so i love catching up on all your updates and this site is for all types of cars mate resto modified custom whatever!!! Keep the updates coming and just make sure it is ready for Mt Gambier Nationals fella as you owe me a scotch!
Brett

[TAYZ]

Well, me and HOTROD worked on the FC last sunday trying to fit up the trimatic.  Unfortunately with modifying old cars we got nowhere...... as the flex plate was all wrong and the trimatic kit only fits EK hydromatics.  Still we will prevail and keep going.  I have kept sanding it back and all door handles and scratch plates are off now.  I have to stop buying bits for it but i cant help myself.  I probably have bitten off more than I can chew but I KNOW i will have it back on the road not to far in the distatnt future and it will be a real Kool ol car for cruzin.  Stuff the footy finals Im working on it all weekend(sanding only.....)  Ive got 3 weeks off soon so hopefully gearbox will get done and i will have ut rolling again, once rolling it will be full steam ahead.  Ive got plenty of pics but i still cant work out photobucket.  Ive picked up 2.5 inch flappers which should look pretty good i think but I reckon I will go back to crossplys for more of an older look.  This thing will look more like a yank machine but thats what im after.  Pics soon soon soon.............

                                                                         tayz

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

Almost three weeks later...... WHERE'S THE PICS!  

[TAYZ]

Ive got pictures but still cant work out how to post em I give up