FB First Photo

[Cliff Regan]

I've been at this for a number of years and thought I might show where I"m up to

Put a full Commodore through it

V6, 4 speed auto, 4 wheel discs, a fairly standard build I guess

Got a bit to go but making a bit of progress lately

[In the Shed]

Hey Cliff,
Looks like you have made quite a bit of progress up until now, which looks great. Interested to see some more pictures as you continue.

Regards
Stephen

[Blacky]

looks great Cliff, be good to see this beast parked next to Neils ute at a club run in the not too distant future

[Errol62]

Wowee Cliff. Very tidy looking project. I notice you’ve got an EK front bumper on it. Just thought I’d pitch in before some other rivet counter does. Look forward to more pictures and dialogue.
Cheers
Clay


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[FireKraka]

Hi Cliff
Nice one mate welcome to the V6 world, from what I can see in the photo you are using an ecotec engine or is it another one?
My FC Sedan and "Frankenstein" the EK ute are both the same setup as yours but I like the earlier VR engine.
Looks like you are a fair way along mate, how much more do you have to do and you know I have to ask what colour yours is
Regards
Neil

[EK JAY]

[Cliff Regan]

Thanks for the comments guys.

The colour is from GMH (Devil Yellow)
Running a VN Diff and a V6 Conversions front suspension
Wanting to run 16" Commodore rims, the rear end is OK for the track but will have to find a couple of 26P's for the front
Chassis kit from Waddingtons
Collapsible steering column from Alien Retro Spares
Engine is the 3.8 Eco Tech
Transmission is 4 speed auto from the Commodore donor car
I will go with Minimum Chrome (Yes the bumpers are EK, but I have a Licensed EK Ute and another one in very poor condition but OK for parts now and then. Also got a FC Sedan that was done around 1996 and a FJ in the shed (not enough time or money, big mistake tackling 2 at a time
I think I have enough gear to get it finished but might be looking for a grill or grill bars

[FireKraka]

Nice setup Cliff
I'm running commodore 16" VS SS mags 205 rear and 195 up front I narrowed the diff to suit the rims, I seem to be ok up front as well as the commo rims have a lot of (not sure if you call it positive or negative offset) the rim inside, on full lock I am not touching my HR wishbones. I'm a bit low at the moment and have to pick him up a bit in the front.
Rims as per the pic mate.

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Anyway good luck with it and keep posting photos mate, I look forward to seeing it on the road.
Regards
Neil

[Cliff Regan]

Nice looking ute.

Has it passed Rego/Engineering yet? Who are you using for the engineering?

What profile are the tyres?

[FireKraka]

Hi Cliff
I'm still finishing 'Frank' off, my build sheet was accepted by Modified Vehicle Section about 18 months ago so have to have it finished by November, tyres are 50 profile and Sam Rossi is my engineer great guy and he did the engineering on my fc sedan.
Neil

[Cliff Regan]

One from somewhere back near the beginning

[Cliff Regan]

A bit of bling on today and one showing the internal of the FB

[FireKraka]

Nice mate nice that first photo reminds me of where we all seem to start from
Neil