steve mcqueen

Poor cat (lmao)

Get one made up. Plenty of decal shops out there now that can do it quick smart. Have you got a pic of what you want? If so, take it with you and show them and presto, all done.

Bear, yeah me still lurking about, i pop in from time to time. I was living in Mudgee NSW at the time and the car belonged to a friend. That would have been 17 years ago?? I dont know what my mate Mark did with the Falcon, i dont think he owned it very long. I have not spoken to him either for prolly 10 years??

sexy ^^^^

Didn't the single rail in the v8 work off a Hydraulic clutch? The 6 was cable the v8 was hydraulic.

Saw brambles red on a XC GXL from factory years ago. I had to respray the bonnet for the owner. 3 different brambles red from my knowledge so make sure you get the correct colour for your car.

Awesome write up bear, thanks for going to all that bother and uploading the results. Im a G clamp man myself and find they do the job perfect.

I have an old EL falcoon with a dead fuel pump so every time i want to move it (just so i can mow the grass around it) i spray that cheap as export degreaser straight down the throttle body whilst i sit in the engine bay and my wife drives it. Whilst doing this the engine revs up like it would normally so am able to select gear and move it. Anyway.... I was thinking,,,, if you did this to and found you could rev the car up that would almost determin that the fuel pressure reg is not working??? Im sure there is a simpler method of testing the fuel pressure reg but im just thinking out loud here.

I never put on Goldie, looks ok and is good for an extra 10 kilowatts at the back wheels with out it I think Nana still has her's but its all hard and cracked. Once you remove the glue residue and give that part a bit of paint you'll be like "Hey, that looks good" Wonder what Clark rubber have you could whack in there??

I was told by the smash repairer who made the bonnet on my Project Goldie that Sika flex shrinks back apon drying out and can cause warping of panels. The bonnet on Goldie was bonded together with some sort of glue but it wasn't Sika flex for this very reason. I have no foggie do what the adhesive was called so more home work needed before gluing together. I cant go back and ask em as the smash repair has changed hands but im sure if somebody rocked up to a 'prestige smash place' (somebody who repairs european cars, BMW, MERC etc, they glue a lot of these together now) they may give you the product name?? I was told its expensive stuff to. Explore the sika flex range by all means, hey they might just have the product for the job, just want to relay what i was told is all. Im all for this idea.

The Big Red's are a great brand and made very strong Ando, now's the time to get one at that price if you keen. Safe buying.

http://www.classicfalconspares.net.au/

No, I just so happen to work at Repco, been there for 6 years. Im not plugging Repco and that why i say "shop around" because you have to in todays world. There are bargains out there

Yes, some of the ebay light bars are very good for the price, the 2 i have seen work looked very good and infact the Rep from Great white said "that one there is very impressive" but it let water in which the owner new about but just hadn't sealed it up yet. The great white brand is a serious light, even this smaller one from them will impress... http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/GREAT-WHITES-WHITE-GWB5091-9-LED-12V-DRIVING-LIGHT-LIGHTS-BAR-STD-MOUNT-6000-/290820663183?hash=item43b643278f:g:vRoAAMXQKLdR1hEK and is around the same price, perhaps a tad cheaper then what we could do. The Big Red brand is also very good. I understand you being tight on price, most people baulk at price on items but some just go, yeah they'll do. Any 4x4 owners around where you live?? Ask them 'what they suggest" See one in a car park with the owner, ask them "hey, what light bar is that? blah blah blah Just the smaller lights like the Narva 180's or those nite stalkers because of their small bodies and the way they mount up are hard to get a good light from. If you plan on sticking with those type's of lights, go with the round type and not the square. Round will give better spread and spot over the square one's.

These are just like your Narva 180's so you wont like them either. The issue is the adjustment on them. They have 1 mounting bolt and will either go up and down or right and left. You get them spot on where you want them, do them up tight then after a drive they need doing again.. What LED light bar did you have? We have had 2 evening light displays at my work both with Great White and Big Red and we had at least 8 4x4's in with a mixed bunch of owners all with different light bars and spotties. Some were even el cheapo jobbies off evil bay. One guy with a light bar off ebay, his light bar impressed us quite a bit with how far it lit up and how well it lit up but,,,, it did leak water into it but that could be fixed with a tube of all clear. Another guy had 2 "Great white, no expense spared" round spotties (we asked him to come and demmo them aswell) and they were the ducks guts light!!! But at over $1000+ for 2 lights, not cheap. Big Red, also do a mean light bar or spottie. A staff member i work with has 2 big red brand spotties on his Patrol and he wanks over them every day, bloody loves them that much!!! HID's are good but have lag from warming up but once on, really really bright to. Go back to LED light bars or a LED spot light Because LED future is now. LED light bar once you fix it on and adjust, will hardly move and give you optimum light for night time driving. Im no expert with light bars and spotties, just going off what i have seen and heard from happy customers who come to my work and our 2 light displays and seen results. Repco has an up coming sale on light bars from Hypo and big red. They also sell the Great white brand light. Shop around still because there are savings out there and i hope other's can 'shed light' on this topic

Yeah i love the station wagon in these things, they look trick

10 out of 10 just for the photo shop skill alone. I like the back end work with the ute tail lights, also reminds me now a little of a Centura.

I like the no bars treatment on that ^^^^. It sort of says "ute meets ZH Fairlane?

Ok,,, One for you BA Falcon peeps. I have a BA Fairmont and the rear diff bush is ka put, buggered, rat shit and i have 2 quotes of 1k plus to supply and fit a new diff bush. I know the rear 'cradle' has to come out so my question is,,,, Can i replace this bush at home say over a weekend with basic spanners?? I dont need a press or ta fistacated tools to remove and replace do i? Nolathane? Super pro? Any other brand better? Cars, what a pain in the tush!!

Thanks for that. looks like i have to sign in to read it so ill build a quick profile and presto.

James, you got a link?

If you do end up just running a after market fuel pump, use an FPE240 bought from Repco or online (online price prolly better) its a heaps quiet pump and works a treat. Put it through a z200 fuel filter.

Spider gears in the LSD, I had one age's ago do the same thing, it wont last long, well mine didn't. Same clunking noise you have described in the only forward gears. Find another diff Get one from a EA-EB-ED station wagon.

Guys. I had a recent fuel leak with project Goldie, and i dont want to have it again so,,, I want to upgrade her current system to something more "i dont have to worry about". Her current system is a Bosch 044 EFI pump and after market alloy filter, seems to work ok but, i cant stand the noisy fuel pump, Fark me!!! Im using the standard XD Fuel tank, running EFI hose from the sender unit to the pump, through the filter then on to the fuel rail looks like this....... Now a week ago one of the small hose's between the pump and filter split open and pumped half a tank of fuel out and left me stranded on the side of the road,,, close to home thank goodness. Anyway....I been thinking about changing the tank, for a couple of reasons,,,, 1) so i can use an internal fuel pump that will give me almost zero noise from it 2) but also reliability and looks neat so i been thinking about using a fuel tank from a EF/EL station wagon, i was going to do this way back then when building Goldie but just didn't. I have measured a wagon fuel tank and made a template to fit the boot floor as it will have to be cut out to fit and looks like...... Now using this method it has its flaws . I would have to get the tank modified as the XD has the fuel filler behind the number plate and the EF/EL use's the passenger side rear quater to fill it up from then goes into the tank from the side, so a cut and shut on the tank to get it close to the original filler location for less headaches. Plus, i would be doing away with the spare wheel well in the XD boot floor. The EF/EL tank has the spare wheel sit on top of it but nothing like the XD. I have it sitting between the rear leaf springs in this pic so they shouldn't pose a problem but the rear chassis rail may need surgery for it to fit???? Ok, after market fuel cells/tanks. I have had a brief look on line and dont no anything about them. So,,,, if i bought one,, lets use this one as an example. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/15-Gallon-57-Litre-Lightweight-Polished-Aluminium-Fuel-Cell-w-Sender-/191782241545?hash=item2ca71cc509:g:NJYAAOSwKtVWwAc5 Can i use it legally? Can i get one with an internal EFI pump? where do you fill them up at on the tank, do i have to open the boot every time??? If so, these have flaws to. lets say,, this Castrol box is the tank, if its mounted in the center of the boot floor i will be doing away with the spare wheel well and if its located off to one side all the weight will possibly make the car sit lop sided?? So, what to do???? Custom drop tank maybe??? Fuel tank from another car??? Also building this new fuel system i want to run all steel lines so i guess Pirtek or Enzed will be helping with that part. Guys, i need your imput and idea's XE and XF sedan tanks are out as they dont fit under the floor pan correctly.