Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:25 pm
Cars coming on a treat there Scoobb, nice one.
John
John
Car is looking very nice.........
Better than new.... Page 5 of 34
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:06 am
Love the chrome.
Car is looking very nice......... Better than new....
Car is looking very nice.........
Better than new.... Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:44 pm
Well it has been a while since my last post.
Decided to finally get my finger out and work on the old girl again, got a couple of mates around to help and spent most of the day making log headers as per Gary (V8EK4US). Thanks Gary.
here are a few progress pics.
Fit the boot rubber
No exhaust shops open so had to get these from truck supplies
work space
cut off old extractors
not the best view
site manager 1
Site manager 2
mates working
tacked up ready for final welding.
Decided to finally get my finger out and work on the old girl again, got a couple of mates around to help and spent most of the day making log headers as per Gary (V8EK4US). Thanks Gary.
here are a few progress pics.
Fit the boot rubber
No exhaust shops open so had to get these from truck supplies
work space
cut off old extractors
not the best view
site manager 1
Site manager 2
mates working
tacked up ready for final welding.
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:53 pm
Good update, some nice work getting done
fb v8
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:23 pm
ITS SHMEAGAIN.Nice fb scoobb.are we neighbors there,s a rouse hill in the Lismore area 
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:35 pm
Like basic.green's FB, there's something about this car which makes you just want to keep looking at it... probably the excellent choice of colours, styling and finish...
Really good that you have gone to the trouble of making your own headers which avoids the cutting of holes in the skirts (I really don't like the look of that with V8 modifieds)....
Great work SC00BB!
...must fight urge to build 5L FB...
P.S. With regards to electroplating, the best guy I know is Shane at Electroplating Technologies in Queanbeyan. He does it the old way (repairs the piece properly first, the plates it in copper, then nickel, then chrome - none of this chrome straight on top of the steel business) and if you find any blemishes, there are no problems taking it back. And his workshop is hospital clean - not a skerrick of dust anywhere...
Really good that you have gone to the trouble of making your own headers which avoids the cutting of holes in the skirts (I really don't like the look of that with V8 modifieds)....
Great work SC00BB!
...must fight urge to build 5L FB...
P.S. With regards to electroplating, the best guy I know is Shane at Electroplating Technologies in Queanbeyan. He does it the old way (repairs the piece properly first, the plates it in copper, then nickel, then chrome - none of this chrome straight on top of the steel business) and if you find any blemishes, there are no problems taking it back. And his workshop is hospital clean - not a skerrick of dust anywhere...
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:40 pm
dont fight it.....just go with itEdna Blueflash wrote:...must fight urge to build 5L FB...
looking great SC00B
aidan...
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 4:21 pm
Very nice, much cleaner look too.
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 5:02 pm
Looks great Scoob! Rouse Hill as in Sydney/Hills/Windsor? If so might see you around once she's on the road!
You must have spat the dummy when those scratches happened on the firewall! or is it just a funny reflection?
Jimmy
You must have spat the dummy when those scratches happened on the firewall! or is it just a funny reflection?
Jimmy
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 12:31 am
Yeah Rouse Hill in Sydney Hills area.
scratches
scratches
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:01 am
Look what arrived the other day.
open it up and mmmmmmmmmmm gauges
Some new 57 chev Bezels
little bit of light grinding required
mmm fits nice
time to polish, before and after
finished product
open it up and mmmmmmmmmmm gauges
Some new 57 chev Bezels
little bit of light grinding required
mmm fits nice
time to polish, before and after
finished product
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:04 am
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:40 am
gauges look .
shouldn't the tacho be sitting at zero considering its not hooked up and running?
great progress.
cheers, luke.
.shouldn't the tacho be sitting at zero considering its not hooked up and running?
great progress.
cheers, luke.
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:57 am
Great progress SC00BB! It's good to see you use the log header idea, it looks like it should be there not like the CRS headers that you have to hack the inner guard out for. Performance from the Log header is actually better than the CRS style as it flows much easier, nice job on them they look great, are you going to have them Jethot coated? The coating looks good but also helps reduce the engine bay temperature. How did you go with the handbrake cable clearance on the header? I relocated the hole on the firewall up 20mm and relocated the pulley in the engine bay to give more clearance (you may not need to do this with the Holden V8).
Love the guages, can I ask how much?...would be nice in Sue's EK. Did they supply the speed sensor for the speedo and is it programable like the Autometer speedo? ... if not you can get them from Summit Racing and the exchange rate is great at the mo'.
The wheels set the FB off nicely, I like the moon caps but not a fan of the Saturn moons, the Simmons still keep with the ol' skool look, nice choice.
Keep up the great work!
Love the guages, can I ask how much?...would be nice in Sue's EK. Did they supply the speed sensor for the speedo and is it programable like the Autometer speedo? ... if not you can get them from Summit Racing and the exchange rate is great at the mo'.
The wheels set the FB off nicely, I like the moon caps but not a fan of the Saturn moons, the Simmons still keep with the ol' skool look, nice choice.
Keep up the great work!
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 4:50 pm
Nice work with the dash, beats finding places for all the extra gauges!