FB wagon

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Mon May 25, 2009 9:08 am

Trev wrote:
Hoping the motor goes as good as a stock red motor , I think thats about all I can wish for and if it goes any better it will be a bonus .

Trev .

The joys of greys

Looks cool as mate love the engine

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Mon May 25, 2009 11:51 am

Trev wrote:I have a magazine with a car painted with a roller and a lot of rubbing after every coat, it actually came out pretty good , Trev .

we knew a guy years ago that painted his car with a brush using propper automotive acrylic paint TONS of cutting back before buffing but it came up BRILLIANT like glass

i have an old book around australian home carpentry illustrated it has stuff in it ranging from how to build sheds to how to build yor own inground pool

and painting yor car with brush choice tips etc

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Mon May 25, 2009 12:46 pm

Really looking good Trev. All that rubbing paid off.

Air cleaners look good, but aren't the carbs on backwards? Very nice looking Grey though! Might have to find time to duck over and have a squiz.

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Mon May 25, 2009 3:06 pm

Devilrod wrote:Really looking good Trev. All that rubbing paid off.

Air cleaners look good, but aren't the carbs on backwards?

Would have worked it out sooner or later

, Trev

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mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Mon May 25, 2009 3:37 pm

Devilrod wrote: Air cleaners look good, but aren't the carbs on backwards? Very nice looking Grey though! Might have to find time to duck over and have a squiz.

DR you've let the cat out of the bag re: trev's performance secret
ever heard the one about putting pistons in the wrong way round suposedly gives a performance benefit but shortens engine life

Thommo · Post by **Thommo** » Mon May 25, 2009 5:41 pm

Trev wrote:Hoping the motor goes as good as a stock red motor , I think thats about all I can wish for and if it goes any better it will be a bonus .

Hot greys arnt about going fast trev,
Its all about looking & sounding good while cruising

Wagon look great mate, good work.

Cheers
Jeff

MINT62 · Post by **MINT62** » Mon May 25, 2009 5:52 pm

Nice job trev

rims look cool as!

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Mon May 25, 2009 8:53 pm

Thanks for the comments guys

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I fixed the carbs

, Trev

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EK JAY · Post by **EK JAY** » Mon May 25, 2009 9:34 pm

looks good for your first paint job Trev

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Mon May 25, 2009 9:46 pm

THOMMO wrote: Hot greys arnt about going fast trev,
Its all about looking & sounding good while cruising
Cheers
Jeff

so if it doesn't go anygood you'll have to pull all yor front panels off and cut away the inner guards, cause "while cruising" nobody is gunna know what's under yor bonnet so you won't be cool

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Mon May 25, 2009 10:13 pm

Trev wrote:Thanks for the comments guys .

I fixed the carbs , Trev .

Could always start a new trend. Easier to mount and run fuel lines from the inner gaurd with 'em backwards....

I think Rex has been busy. Spotted the yellow beast go past two weekends in a row. Must be upto something, hasn't been out in a while....

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Tue May 26, 2009 4:11 am

Probably blowing the cob webs out, I think he is coming up to Bendigo on the sunday

, might give him a call today, Trev

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Trev · Post by **Trev** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 8:51 am

Been doing a bit over the past couple of weeks

Getting the engine ready to put in the car.

Dick came over to help on Friday night.

Using a slide hammer to remove the manual spigot bush (a pain in the ass that my wife thought was quite amusing

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After stuffing around with the fitting up of 1 auto then worked out it was stuffed, gave up for the night

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Took the auto and a spare one to an auto joint to swap the bell housings around (needed the 360 deg one) found a place that was open on Sat morning

, they did a great job and found out it would have had no reverse so they fixed that also

, and only charged me $30

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Back home to fit it up

Stick it in.

Find out the auto hits the floor so get rid of that

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Bolt it in and stick the carbies back on for a pic

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See how the front suspension came down, just have to drop the back to suit.

Trev

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matchew · Post by **matchew** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:02 am

looks cool
i only jus noticed that the stainlrss above the rear window sits alot lower on the fb, or is that jus ur fb?

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:23 am

Looking good Trev (The car that is) you will be all grined up when you get to fire it up
I agree on spigot bushes pain in the arse
I used a 3 speed input shaft to hydrulic the one out of Lisa's waggon much easier especialy when the engin is still in th car