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[Silver]

thanx for the comments guys, yea i know the wheels need polishing, they were painted yellow then grey then gold not by me, im just the poor sucker that has to strip it all off iv striped 3 wheels with paint stripper, RHR to go, then ill wet rub,autosol them.

yea im hoping to go to the nats, ill wait for a convoy to come past my place and ill join in

Let me know when you are heading through, I am headin Friday......

[fb cruzn]

well i got her rego'd on the friday of the nationals, took it cruising locally to sort out any bugs, went great
planed to get away early on sunday morn for the show n shine, but i didnt get on the road till 11:30am ish.
i got some directions from a lady at a servo who put a extra 100ks on the trip
by the time i got to narrandra it was on dark and nobody was around
i chucked a few laps of the main, and headed off
all was good on the way home till i got to junee and there was no servos open , i tryed gettin help from a fellow fb ek'er in a blue/white pannelvan but they didnt stop, got a couple of liters from an old guy and pushed on to cootamundra.
so all in all it was a good trip, 610ks round trip and the grey didnt miss a beat

[mrs ratbox]

there's another dizzy at terry's

[fb cruzn]

thanx ratbox, i picked it up, striped it, cleaned it and wacked it in, its going better now

[Sputzwagon]

Gotta go the Pertronix kit..I can't recommend them highly enough..my EK runs fantastic with it installed!

Scotty.

[fb cruzn]

yea i saw the kit you got on your thread scotty, it got me a bit excited

im not sure what to do, keep grey or upgrade, grey goes really well but only does 80ks on the open road, and all my driving is hwy.

[Bigbird]

You in a hurry?

[Stygian]

If your FB is a daily and you are doing alot of highway miles, then a red motor and a 3.08 diff is the better option.

[fb cruzn]

its not a daily but i do like to use it a couple times a week. i just bought a vn v6 motor with loom, g/box and every thing for the conversion.....but im gonna use the grey for a while.

i think if you go to the trouble of modifying the floor, change the crossmember, up grade the brakes and get it all enginered for a red 186,202 etc i may as well use a injected v6. i only chose vn over vr/vs engine because vn has a tin sump rather than aluminium.

I just noticed Ratbox was banned again, its a pitty because he has allways helped me out with bits and peices, big thanx to you Ratbox, without your help my car would be missing bits

[mrs ratbox]

he thanks you and can be contacted if need be

[Sputzwagon]

yea i saw the kit you got on your thread scotty, it got me a bit excited

im not sure what to do, keep grey or upgrade, grey goes really well but only does 80ks on the open road, and all my driving is hwy.

Have you changed the diff center?? As mine will sit on 100k's all day without a sweat! Plus the electronic ignition make it a bit more grunty down low, so it leaves the line rather well (for a Grey) and it has a 3.36 diff center in it. I'm as happy as mud.

Scotty.

[fb cruzn]

na scotty i havnt, its still standard. at 100ks it does 3800rpm, it sounds like its revving its head off, it purrs at 3000rpm. its almost like i need another gear

[Stygian]

Like sputz, I had a stock grey with a 3.36 diff. Was much better on the highway than the stock diff, except for the hills. A bit sluggish off the mark too. But it could be a good fix until you put in the V6.

[fb cruzn]

uploaded some photos today, thought id share

the ol fb is goin really well, been driving it to work couple times a week

[fb cruzn]

Had a small mishap that turned into a large one

being so low i touched a speed hump with the underside of the ol girl, lowest part is the gear shifter, the speed hump bent the shit out of it, only had reverse and second limped it home in 2nd, 30k trip in second gear not good

bout 5ks from home i noticed strong smell of exhaust fumes, thought id stop and check, the speed hump had wedged the tailpipe up behind the rear bar, the heat had melted the paint off the rear pannel and boot it was like a couple of big bubbles under the paint, the heat also melted my mooneyes number plate lights

the rear pannel was in bad shape, i had to use bog on the last repair because i couldnt get it dead straight, all the bog had lifted and curled.

so bugger it, ill cut it up and make a new one



heres a piece of hq door skin that i had to bend/hammer/cut/bash for a couple of hours



then i had to add the hole from the original piece for the filler neck, i was going the leave it filled but then id have to change fuel tank, new filler door/flap etc etc, its become my daily so its gotta be repaired for monday. so standard will do



All welded in



ground and ready for filler and paint



Not bad for a days work