My F BOMB

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Post by classic_62 »

cheers thommo been trying to get it ready by x mas but time and money maybe stacked against me :lol:

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Post by mrs ratbox »

money can be an issue, but nobdy can use time as an excuse uless you work 12-14 hours a day but then money shouldn't be a problem, i've prolly only averaged 2 hours a day and maybe half a day on a couple of weekends and i've gone from basically a bare shell to a near driving car in a few weeks i'm taking the car for a rego inspection in 3 weeks and unless something goes bad basically motor or gearbox i'll have it done fairly easilly
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Post by classic_62 »

bloody hell ratbox you must be preaty productive i tend to get in the shed and forgot why i went there half the time :lol:
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Post by mrs ratbox »

yeah i usually have a plan on what i want to do when i go out there so i know exactly what i want to do and just go at it :)
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Post by classic_62 »

So wasnt sure how the parcel shelf was gonna turn out as first attempt at giving one a go...

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After bit of late nite drinkin at the water hole got up n finished it off this morning before work...

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Post by Dakam »

Hey, looks good. What vinal did you use for the parcel shelf? I am looking at doing the same thing, but was wondering if theres different types for different purposes.
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Post by EKSPCL »

Pretty good for a first attempt :wink:
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Post by classic_62 »

cheers guys, not sure what vinyl it was called just went to the local auto upholsterer and said what it was for the guy did a preaty decent job of gettin the same type of material.
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Post by classic_62 »

So thought id put some more pics up finally as been a bit slack so here goes..

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yes i know i cut the original door trims :roll: well they were off the ek so thought not so bad
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used some sound deadner in the doors as well as parcel shelf for bit better sound.
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Thought id also use the rear venetian out of the ek as well and spray it up in some spare bright white 2 pak i had lying around.

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also put the rear seat in to make sure id done the parcel shelf correctly.
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next was to refit the venetian.. didn realise ya gotta take a few nicks out of the window rubber for the b@$tard to stay in there properly.
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Thought id also pinch the EKs taillights for now as there in better nic too! :lol: and put all new rear lamps in from rares.
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came up preaty good after a bit of a polish with mequires metal polish.

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startin to look like a car again!
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Post by classic_62 »

been workin a bit on it lately but its been 40 odd degres :roll:
heres a couple of pics of whats new...

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window guys came to fit this but were 2 hours late then took it in and out 3 times before finally tellin me need to take it to there office so they can get the "specialist guy" to look at it. :evil: bloody aftermarket glass!
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Post by classic_62 »

finally got the horns wired up and mounted...

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this is hooked up via a switch to run original horn as well. so no defect! haha :roll:
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Post by shmeagain »

ITS SMEAGAIN LOOKING good .what color is it going to be black is cool 8) 8) 8)
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Post by mrs ratbox »

yes the aftermarket glass sucks :x one years ago there was no way in the world it was going in and the one in the van was basically sikaflexed in, prolly best if you can find a good original even the rubbers cause some grief, i was lucky with this car as i had front and rear original glass with good rubbers on them i've never fitted a screen before and my mate had done some but never FB/EK which people say are quite difficult we had front and back in in 15 minutes :)

i'm onto a factory green front screen 8)
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Post by classic_62 »

its gonna be matt black for now so can just drive it, too many shiny cars cruisin round i say :lol: :lol:

maybe shiny down the track when drop the 202 ive got for it and hr front end 8) .

yeah didnt realise the glass has a really bad green tinge too it! :evil: ive een other after market glass on old holdens that wasnt like this! :roll:
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Re: My F BOMB

Post by classic_62 »

So has been a while since my last post and had the car on the road briefly before taking it off the road to " fix issues".

Here it is anyway back in 2010 after i had resprayed it in "factory" :lol: matte black 8)

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