Congrats John
Photos look great. Can’t go wrong with an Adelaide bodied car mate even if it was assembled in Perth! Look forward to seeing what you’re doing with it.
Cheers
Clay
Thanks, Clay. Yeh, at least I know it would have been put together right.
Thanks, D-Man.
Yeh Neil, I'm very happy with her. I want to keep her as original as possible but may have to change a couple of things to get her licensed, depending on what the inspectors want. For instance, the body has surface rust (I hope that's all it is) all over the place, both the reversing light lenses are cracked, the rear indicator lenses have mostly lost their "amber'' colour - is there a paint to redo these?
Other than that, most of the other things are electrical type problems which I'll work my way through. She came with two engines, I have the original that came with the car, which the previous owner pulled out and fitted all new rings and replaced two pistons. It's still disassembled, but I'd like to get that back in the car sometime. I'll probably get the car licensed with the the motor that's in it now.
Let me know what's involved with the club sign-up.
There is just something about an original car.....Very nice! 
Thanks, Oz-ek. Yeh , I agree. My youngest daughter said "eeeewww, it's ugly", but the other 3 kids love it.
Great score you grabbed there. Like the fact you have been fortunate to obtain the original documents. Would be great to see if there are any old pictures of the car available. Is the original owner still alive?
Ta, Stephen. I told the previous owner I'd give him a call to find out if there was anymore info on the car or owner. All I know so far is that it was bought by a school teacher, living in Rockingham, WA from Shacks Holden in Fremantle. He then moved to the wheatbelt, Wyalkatchem we think, where he, followed by his daughter drove the car until 1985 and then it sat in the shed until about 5 years ago when the last owner got it.
nice score mate gotta love an FB 
have you got on the WA licencing website to see if the original plates are still available ???
Thanks, Blacky. I've always had a soft spot for the FB as it was the model we had growing up as young kids, before being replaced with the HQ. I still remember going with Dad, taking the FB to the tip and leaving it there!! The LH front passenger door was held on by fencing wire, the radiator had to be filled before each trip and rust was everywhere.
Oh, and goodonya'
MATE, you just cost me $200!!!!
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