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FB 225 "Lilac Grey / Cathay Grey" Sedan

Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:43 pm
by Aussie Bob
This is the one I took to the Nationals, that I am now not re-painting thanks from the feedback here on the site.

95% original paint, 62,000 Doc miles. Lilac Grey / Cathay Grey. Wacky rare trim.

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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:02 pm
by Trev
Thats one excellent looking car Steve 8) ,
Trev 8) .

Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:11 pm
by Aussie Bob
Thanks again for your excellent advice Trev. I am growing to love the colour myself.

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:45 am
by EK 9893
Steve,

I too am glad you are not repainting her, she's just beautiful the way she is.

Tony

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:42 pm
by Aussie Bob
Thanks mate!

I see the "Marine Blue" FB on ebay & I would love one in that colour again.

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:14 pm
by mrs ratbox
don't you know how to use ebay? :D

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:19 pm
by Aussie Bob
I was waiting for you to buy it for me :D

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:10 pm
by mrs ratbox
i'll buy it for you but you'll have to transfer the funds to me

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:40 pm
by Aussie Bob
Thanks Mick, I rang about that car & it is a colour change! Blue with red door trims ....mmm.

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:31 pm
by 61FBspecial
Hi Steve,

I spoke to you at Berrima about this 'wacky trim'. One of these days, I will pass on some photo's of my old red wacky trim and the plate to compare codes.

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:39 pm
by Aussie Bob
Hi 61FB-S, great to hear from you! Hope you get time to join up with the FB NSW Car Club.

Smooth put a pic up of Smurfs & my trim.

http://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2107

Maybe you could post some pics there!

Jacko

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:43 pm
by 61FBspecial
Hey Jacko,

will do as soon as I teach myself how!

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:49 pm
by Aussie Bob
That'd be great 61FB-S.

Where did you get that FB from with the wacky trim?

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:08 pm
by 61FBspecial
Well..... I bought it in 2003 from a lady in Rose Bay. She bought the car from the original owner who lived in the southern suburbs of Sydney, his first name - Percy. Unfortunately, I don't know which dealership it was bought from originally. I had intended to return it to it's former glory, however, after stripping it down I decided that the rust was too much to handle for my experience (very little) and I had no where to store it either.

A quick call to a scrap metal merchant saw the end to the dream but most parts were kept. These included the seats with 'the trim', however, my parents moved house, there was definently no where to keep the parts and a large skip was filled within hours.

As I mentioned, the seats were literally 'chucked out' with in a few weeks of speaking with you.

I promise to pass on the details soon to assist in your research.

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:17 pm
by Aussie Bob
Thanks for your detailed reply. What a shame, oh well. A simular thing happened to me a while back & I lost a lot of great parts.

Russell Cooper had a White with Red insert FB with the same wacky red trim. I wonder if Russell got pics...