FC drawing I drew in 2000 while in East Timor, that's what I'd always wanted since I was 17 (32 now), but couldn't get one that
Date: 24/09/04
Pics I was sent of the FC before I bought her
Date: 24/09/04
More fc wagon pics before I bought it
Date: 24/09/04
Chris found me this fc wagon from a old bloke in Mackay, wouldn't sell it to anyone but Chris, long story there, she's all origi
Date: 24/09/04
Chris in Caretaker mode for the FC
Date: 04/08/04
Hey the caretaker's using it to haul old EJ's around?
Date: 04/08/04
or is that an EH
Date: 04/08/04
The morning I arived back from buying the FC from Mackay, the longest trip the FC had travelled in 32 years, but she did it with
Date: 24/09/04
The original donk in the FC clapped out less than a week after I bought it, I knew the engine was tierd, but hoped for a little
Date: 24/09/04
Not only did she get a fresh motor, but re-built Nasco heavy core radiator, all engine ancillaries got a look in and dulux reco
Date: 24/09/04
Nice new donk, but geez that engine bay looks pretty shabby now?
Date: 24/09/04
New shocks, springs and stripped, cleaned and painted front end.
Date: 08/09/04
The odd bush needed doing and new brake linings all round too just to be sure,,,,
Date: 08/09/04
First night the new donk went in.
Date: 09/09/04
bloody flange was leaking big time, cracked brass gasket, so off with the old and in with the new,,,, what next?
Date: 09/09/04
Hmmmmmmm I'm thinkin' twin Strommies,,,,, anyone second that?
Date: 09/09/04
The FC now has repro plates, they were set aside for my custom FJ, but I needed a set of plates for the FC's rego so guess these
Date: 05/10/04
Freinds recon we look like hillbilly's now driving about in the FC after selling the Commodore, so some neighbourly fuedin' bull
Date: 05/10/04
I've given her a decent buff (by hand with very light compound) and rubbed in some Garuna wax to give a little sheen to the thin
Date: 05/10/04
fresh new lick of gloss black on the rims sets the look I'm after, maybee some pin-stripe whitewalls or a set of porta-walls to
Date: 24/10/04
friggin carby kit was sitting on the shelf for weeks, but other things came up and I never got to putting it in, then she leaked
Date: 12/10/04
flames on the bonnet?????, shit yeah I love a car with flames, but not real ones??????
Date: 12/10/04
the damage was pretty minimal considering the fire, I used my favorite Holden shirt to contain the flames, then the smoko van dr
Date: 12/10/04
just a bit of melted conduit, a bit of blistered paint and melted gasket on the tappet cover, and slightly bent Strommie, ah plu
Date: 12/10/04
a closer look at the warped stromburg, the camera flash made this look ok, but in life everything here was just black
Date: 12/10/04
I had just put the hubcaps on and the young fella came out to check if his car is still alright.
Date: 24/10/04
All back together again, I repainted the hub caps while I was waiting on parts for the carby to arrive.
Date: 24/10/04
We did a midnight run to Brissy to pick up a trailer and ride on mower for my business and I couldn't resist putting some signag
Date: 20/02/05
This trailer is friggin' huge, and yes we successfully towed it back to Townsville from Brisbane. I ran it over the scales at th
Date: 21/02/05
Another angle of the trailer that was like a mobile fortress, it dwarfed the little FC and I got some looks of amazement on the
Date: 21/02/05
Here we are going over southside of the Gateway Bridge, Brisbane at about 45Mph. On the way down from Townsville we steped her u
Date: 20/02/05
The FC is bound for Victoria to her new owner, I couldn't resist getting a few last shots.
Date: 05/05/05
At least there's another car in front to cop any bugs and whatever else may be flying through the air.
Date: 05/05/05
Almost done
Date: 05/05/05
The truck driver is just lashing down the back and he'll be off to Brisbane real soon.
Date: 05/05/05
Tied down it's looking pretty kewl lowered
Date: 05/05/05
And that's the last I'll see of the FC,,, maybee we'll catch up again later?
I actually had sad feeling when she went off down
Date: 05/05/05