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FB 215 ... For the crusher ..... or rebuild?
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:47 pm
by Aussie Bob
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:59 pm
by Trev
Damn big job by the look

, I hate to say it but it looks like a spare parts car now

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Trev

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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:04 pm
by Aussie Bob
Thanks Trev, it was left in a padock in the rain for about three years! Ouch!!!
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:34 pm
by Trev
That'll do it

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Trev

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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:57 pm
by FB MAD
G'day Jacko.
If I saved it, how much would it cost me to relieve you from posession of it??
I'm in Upper Hunter N.S.W. just a couple of hours down the road from you.Send me a P.M if you are going to sell it.I'll give it the good under cover home it deserves with some of it's brothers and sisters!!
Terry.
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:09 pm
by Aussie Bob
The car is in Sydney & I have tried to get work done in Armidale, though, due to the hail late last year the Smash Repairs are booked up for a year.
They car has for memory 68,000 mile & drove like new before going off the road in 2003 for a QUICK pain-t job.
I hadn't thought of selling it, mainly saving it. Having five FB's it would be very handy all the spares, though, I would like to see it saved.
Roof lining is mint. Original floor mats are near mint.
I will PM you Terry.
Steve
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:52 pm
by EK JAY

Hi steve
I wouldnt put that anywhere near the
crusher it looks like a saver to me; to many of these
type's of cars are being sold for scap
i dont know if you know the area but
there is a wrecking yard just north
of Grafton NSW (BRUSH GROVE)where i used to get
parts from; he had ek+fb's stacked 6 high
and rows of them; mate the day i went
there and all the old stuff was gone i cried
gone to the scrappy's he said i could'nt believe it

jay
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:12 pm
by Aussie Bob
Thanks Jay, I am going to way up any feedback that posters here are kind enough to leave & make an informed decision.
I do remember that wreckers. I got some two tone blue FB fleck trim out of one of the sedans in 1992 after the Tamworth Nationals.
Take care,
Steve
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:18 am
by mrs ratbox
i'm looking for something to cut up, so you can take the bits you want and GIVE the rest to me, if it's too far gone i won't let the scrappers have it i'll just leave it to rust peacefully into the ground

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:04 pm
by oldnek
Ratbox.
You wouldn't have much to cut up, just loosen the bolts and she will come apart in seconds, you may have to sand the roof though the paint might make it a tad hard to remove easily.....................':lol:'
Regards John
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:05 pm
by FB MAD
Steve, P.M sent to you.
Terry.
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:10 pm
by Devilrod
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:27 pm
by EK JAY

too right devil rod
my ek had some rust holes
on the gaurds +doors that
you could fit your fist in
i repared them not replaced
them and that was in 1990
and not a spec of rust has
returned

with steve's car
its the original paint so what you
see is what you get no hidden
bog up job's

jay
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:01 pm
by Aussie Bob
That is amazing DevilRod, I guess in another 30 years they'll be doing the same thing to our models. My car is definitely repairable after seeing that!
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:37 pm
by Devilrod
Sure is, it blew me away!