Thanks guys, I bought the FB from Mr Colin Robertson Lindsay who lived in Dinmore near Ipswich in Jan 1990. It was a bit run down and needed a bit of TLC to both front guards and one rear door. Mr Lindsay had run into the side of his old car shed a few times. He had bought it new in I think May 1960 and had immediately used it as a wedding car for his son who got married in June 60. It was still running it's original grey motor and had about 90K miles on the clock. I had the panel work done and resprayed the front guards and the lower half of the rear driver's side door. The rest of the car was still in it's original paint!
I had owned a few FB/EK's is the 80's and had a whole pile of Nasco accessories as well as 5 spare parts cars stashed at my parent's place in Gympie. When the FB was new it was fitted with interior door handle pull-to's and a bonnet lock, I fitted a clock, radio, venetian, side flash, vacuum wiper washer, parcel shelf, spats, hub cap H's, oil bath air cleaner, door handle scratch guards, hand brake warning etc. I think it had about 30 Nasco accessories by the time I went to the Nationals in 92. I was in the Air Force at Amberley at the time and also a member of the QLD FB/EK car club and can remember Tim Gall and his brother, and their girl friends, but my memory of everyone else is a bit sketchy.
I think I sold it in 93 and bought a HJ Monaro, then an EH, an ex-police HZ Kingswood and now I have the Chevy. All the cars I've owned were as good as the FB and I made money when I sold every one of them. The Chevy is a genuine 62 SS Impala sports coupe painted Anniversary Gold (1962 was 50 years of Chevrolet) with a 327 and powerglide. It was sold new by Bale Chevrolet in Little Rock Arkansas and was imported in 2004. Here's a few more photos of it.
There's a big difference bewteen aussie and yank cars of 1962, but even though I've got the Chevy now, I still have a soft spot for FB's and EK's.
Cheers, Carl