thebrotherj wrote: Wed Mar 21, 2018 5:09 pm
Just to confirm Harv, once you paid the stupid annual fee of $105 for what are essentially standard plates (I have done this before and I resent it entirely), did you have to run the new ones they made you? Or did they let you run the oldies?
And with the CHO576 plates - did you 'store' them at home? Or did you have them stored at the RTA? I had to keep GHV 548 with the RTA when I moved myself and my Monaro to Melb for a year, then dig em out for a fee when I moved back home.
Sadly, the seller had stored the plates with the RTA. No-way were they going to hand over the old plates. So I ended up with new, shiny CHO plates.
Mmmm.... UC Sunbird . Even with the Starfire
Cheers,
Harv
327 Chev EK wagon, original EK ute for Number 1 Daughter, an FB sedan meth monster project and a BB/MD grey motored FED.
Hey J
Silver solder is also your friend just as good as soft solder.
If you have access to oxy & accetalene, fill tank with water and use a little flux very easy to use mate, this is how I moved the filler neck on my commodore tank and blanked the old hole.
Neil
Member of WA FB/EK Car Club
Frankenstein EK V6 Ute
The Reverend FB Station Wagon Project
You said you wished it was still that simple.
The FX was last registered in 1979; we bought it in 1982, and I re-registered it in 2005.
Of course - between '79 and '05 the DMT, no, the RTA, no, the RMS switched from paper records to a computer system, which would have prompted a massive departmental case of amnesia.
So when I applied for JX-408, I was told the number was available. And that was when you only had to pay the one-off fee.
FireKraka wrote:Hey J
Silver solder is also your friend just as good as soft solder.
If you have access to oxy & accetalene, fill tank with water and use a little flux very easy to use mate, this is how I moved the filler neck on my commodore tank and blanked the old hole.
Neil
I don’t have access to an oxy right now. My partner’s a jeweller and she uses a neat propane torch that i setup on a bbq gas bottle... for her sterling silver work. I might pinch her setup and see if I can get a result with silver solder...
Restoring my tail light assemblies this afternoon (these things are very well designed & executed units I have to say!) and I’ve found that I’m missing one of the little clear plastic ‘windows’ on the back. See pictures below.
Would anyone have a spare one they could part with?
Nice work Joe,
You have polished up the lenses a treat. I did the same using Brasso then Autosol, makes a big improvement. Are you stripping the tail light surrounds to paint them body colour or did I spot some chrome ones in an earlier picture?
Blacky wrote: Thu Mar 22, 2018 7:58 pm
what the hell are those things even for ? I put duct tape over mine .......
Yes good question! I can't even remember whether my ute had the plastic window in place. I obviously didn't pay enough attention when I had the covers off!
Blacky wrote: Thu Mar 22, 2018 7:58 pm
what the hell are those things even for ? I put duct tape over mine .......
Yes good question! I can't even remember whether my ute had the plastic window in place. I obviously didn't pay enough attention when I had the covers off!
Stephen
I assumed they were intended as illumination for the boot of an FC-FE Sedan... mind you I’ve never actually been in the boot of either of those models, just a guess.
I just want mine in place to keep the dust and water out.
In the Shed wrote:Nice work Joe,
You have polished up the lenses a treat. I did the same using Brasso then Autosol, makes a big improvement. Are you stripping the tail light surrounds to paint them body colour or did I spot some chrome ones in an earlier picture?
Regards
Stephen
I couldn’t save the red brake/tail lenses, so I bit the bullet and bought new Rares items.
I saved the indicator though, I have some fine Glass polish that I used to use on windscreens back in my mechanic days.
I’m actually going to leave the taillight surrounds chrome. Bill also swapped out the dash cluster for a chrome one, so I’ll leave it as is. Done the track, if/when I get serious about the bodywork, I’ll return the car to Pittwater Green and colour code it a-la factory Standard spec.
Joe I haven't forgotten about the overider for you, I have been looking for the second (I think I have a second) one but can't find it in amongst my pile of shite, my ute is going to panel and paint easter saturday so will have time to look then if you are not in a rush.
Neil
Member of WA FB/EK Car Club
Frankenstein EK V6 Ute
The Reverend FB Station Wagon Project
FireKraka wrote: Fri Mar 23, 2018 2:51 pm
Joe I haven't forgotten about the overider for you, I have been looking for the second (I think I have a second) one but can't find it in amongst my pile of shite, my ute is going to panel and paint easter saturday so will have time to look then if you are not in a rush.
Neil
you're a legend Neil, lemme know when you dig them out and I'll wire some $ to you. I'm in no rush at all.
I wanna revisit the front bumper as I'm not happy with one of the chassis mount bolts anyway
. Even with the Starfire 
I can't even remember whether my ute had the plastic window in place. I obviously didn't pay enough attention when I had the covers off! 