Morning Grey FB

fb cruisin · Post by **fb cruisin** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:57 pm

Hi guys I thought its about time I put up some pics of my FB

Here's a pic of my Morning Grey sedan with Brown Bears (Matt) wagon.

cheers Rob

fb cruisin · Post by **fb cruisin** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:02 pm

We finally got it started yesterday after sitting for a couple of months.
It now has a reconditioned head refaced rockers, reco'ed carby, and a nasco alloy tappet cover

still a long way to go though.

cheers Rob

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:02 am

Looks to be in good condition mate, all standard?

fb cruisin · Post by **fb cruisin** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:20 am

Yeah its still got the old grey with crash box.
my plans are to first get it registered, then lower it and fit twin carbs extractors, and put in a bigger cam to give it a nice note when cruisin

I still have to finish the front brakes, which will be power assited drums with a VH24 booster,
I need to pull the gearbox out and fix oil leaks from the gearshift selecters and fit a new clutch, and maybe the motor as I think it has a slight weep from the rear main bearing seal.
I have a set of door scatch plates to fit aswell, and I'm gonna powdercoat some EJ rims (welded not rivited) red to match my interior, and red numberplates with white lettering I have ordered in, FB60FB

cheers Rob

FB MAD · Post by **FB MAD** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:52 am

Looks good Rob,

The front on pic with Matt's wagon looks like it could of been taken in the 1960's with the similar period houses in the background and no modern cars showing.Wonder how the same shot would look in black and white?

Had a yak with Phil Ilfield on the telling bone a couple of nights ago and a small part of the 2 hour conversation was about fixing selector shaft oil leaks in the grey crashbox.

He said he fixes his with an approx 1/8 th inch to a 1/4 inch diameter or so rubber "O'" ring that goes over the shaft.I'm not particularly familiar with the original seal but Phil said, in his words, that the original seal was a "corky cone shaped sort of thing".His modern seal repair works well he said.

I've got to do the same seal repair on one of my grey boxes soon.

Hope that info helps,

Terry.

camstuart52 · Post by **camstuart52** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:53 am

Something like this???

Yeah I think it looks pretty cool!!! Great pic!!!

Just my thoughts!!!

fb cruisin · Post by **fb cruisin** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 2:05 pm

thanks guys.
I like the black and white photo so I thought I would try it in sepia

cheers Rob

strogger · Post by **strogger** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 3:23 pm

Photo looks great in B/W and in sepia.

Very cool

retro · Post by **retro** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:56 am

Mate she looks to be a good thing. But when she has a cam, twin carbs and extractors, well its going to be a great thing. Oh and brown bears looks tops as always.

For the photos sake, can someone photoshop in mats missing white wall?

Brown Bear · Post by **Brown Bear** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:20 am

Photoshop would improve things, however, tyre shop fixed that problem last weekend....

Rob's FB will go better once its on the road!... number plates first, twin carbs later!

retro · Post by **retro** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:08 am

can i see a pic of them tyres you bought, i want to get some rubber for mine, and wanted to see whats available, i know things can look a lot different on the car than on the shelf, and those shops try and sell anything for a buck (here in syd).

fb cruisin · Post by **fb cruisin** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:30 pm

FB MAD wrote:Looks good Rob,

Had a yak with Phil Ilfield on the telling bone a couple of nights ago and a small part of the 2 hour conversation was about fixing selector shaft oil leaks in the grey crashbox.

He said he fixes his with an approx 1/8 th inch to a 1/4 inch diameter or so rubber "O'" ring that goes over the shaft.I'm not particularly familiar with the original seal but Phil said, in his words, that the original seal was a "corky cone shaped sort of thing".His modern seal repair works well he said.

I've got to do the same seal repair on one of my grey boxes soon.

Hope that info helps,

Terry.

Matt and I have been busy on the old girl .
We pulled the gearbox out last friday night, aswell as removed the flywheel.
I changed the selector seal and replaced the old cone shaped cork gasket with an O ring, aswell as a new extension housing seal,and got the flywheel machined.
after all this I gave it a pressure clean and a new lick of GMH grey paint

Tonight we will be putting in a new clutch, which is an early red motor one(8 1/2 inch) which is the same bolt up as a grey motor clutch (8 inch)
and re fitting the gearbox.
Next week front brakes

come on Nationals

cheers Rob

fb cruisin · Post by **fb cruisin** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:40 pm

Thanks retro it will be good with a nice note and a bit of old school bling

but as Matt said I can't wait to have it finished and driving more than sly laps around the block

at least it will be another fb out there cruisin the streets instead of sitting in a paddock, cause thats where this one come from.

cheers Rob

fb cruisin · Post by **fb cruisin** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:31 pm

Hi Y'all
I've been busy on the front end of my fb,
I took the steering connector rod, the front brakes, backing plates, and steering arms off and cleaned the built up grease and dirt off them and painted them in black enamel.
I also replaced damaged springs and cups inside the connector rod, and fitted 2 new tie rod ends.
Aswell as getting the drums machined and new brake shoes liners fitted, new wheel cylinders, wheel bearings and flexible lines( the old ones were still the originals)

cheers Rob

fb cruisin · Post by **fb cruisin** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:39 pm

I had a little set back yesterday.
While taking off the bumper brackets I foung a little rust in the subframe, so I cut open a little hole and found the corner was full of red dirt.
So I assumed the other side was the same and cut open another little flap that I can re-weld back on and this side was the same, full of dirt

So after half an hour with some hose and some compressed air the subframe is dirt free with 3 rust holes to fix and 1 hole I made to repair

cheers Rob