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what paint did you choose for the black? 
are you going to clear coat or just keep them polished?
 
i had a chat to Panko during the week about polishes, and his choice was to use 2 different ones (total cost is around $50) 
 
but while i was watching youtube clips, i came across several using Mothers Alloy and metal polish which is under $20 at supercheap currently (which i plan on buying)
i'll be blacking out maybe even the back part of My wheels also 
 

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just tagged you in My gemini project for the wheels i'm cleaning up, 
one of these type nylon wheels might be handy for hard to access spots
there's a few different shapes, from supercheap(pic is from google, the one i have fits in a impact driver )

there's a few videos from memory

Awesome Dean ill have a look at that, cheers👍

Peter Anderson did a full teardown and rebuild on the thermoquad, might be worth a watch. 
 
 

People get scared of anything that's not a Holley but carbies all work on the same principle and have very similar circuits. It's just that different brands go about things in different ways to try and achieve the same thing.
 
These were an emissions carby so a lot of the fittings and gadgets hanging off them weren't directly related to how well your car went with them. I like a lot of things about these that make the Holleys look a bit agricultural. The primary metering circuit is far superior, and the spreadbore design is ideal for a street engine. You could have these on a 302 standard, at 780 CFM or whatever they were and they would run sweet, try bolting on a Holley of that size to that engine and watch the fuel gauge go down as your speedo goes up
 
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They were a mystery carby for me, too. Early days in the FC I had to remove it, (LPG) and never put it back, but it ran better than the 600 Holley I put on there. Overhauled a couple now, and started to get love for them. Good enough for Clevo and Hemi guys, good enough for me.  😁

I'd love to have a play with one of these one day, sadly they're getting pretty thin on the ground now. Mine was beyond salvage but I did end up getting the modern version: a Street Demon. They're basically a mongrel version of a Thermoqad using a few Holley parts, copying a few Edelbrock ideas and some Rochester bits thrown in too. But I do like the fact that TQs have a 3-step needle in them. Mine only has 2, power and cruise. Yours has an extra step for economy.

That t-bar you were tinkering with is effectively a power valve but it has a mechanical linkage to a throttle-operated cam down inside the carby. Moving the screw up or down is changing the point at which it mechanically takes over richening the mixture, over and above whatever engine vacuum is doing.

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Anyway i took her for a spin an she was bogging down on take off so turned the screw in once & made no difference so turned it out twice & got it much better then turned it back a qtr more & she feels really good now not hesitating & bogging down on takeoff. So what have i learnt today? Dont be a fkn idiot & go out spending money on things first before fully checking everthing first & have a break & start fresh the nxt day with a clear head haha

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Anyway i took her for a spin an she was bogging down on take off so turned the screw in once & made no difference so turned it out twice & got it much better then turned it back a qtr more & she feels really good now not hesitating & bogging down on takeoff. So what have i learnt today? Dont be a fkn idiot & go out spending money on things first before fully checking everthing first & have a break & start fresh the nxt day with a clear head haha

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Just bought a carb off Luke from rusty fords so hopefully i can swap out the parts i need for my one

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Yeah i go past the cops all the time, i do get nervous though, this Monday i went down a back st & did a detour to avoid a speed camera on duke st  & ballarat rd in Braybrook (which i got done for in the past) & turned left & by the time i got nxt to the shell servo i noticed a silver vf in my rear view fly up behind me, im thinking wtf is this, turned left onto Ballarat rd & the vf turned too....HWP. The lights at Ballarat rd & duke st were red & i know the RH turning lane onto duke st always goes first so got in that lane, the cop stayed in the far left lane & continued on down Ballarat rd toward Maidstone  

Anyway i took her for a spin an she was bogging down on take off so turned the screw in once & made no difference so turned it out twice & got it much better then turned it back a qtr more & she feels really good now not hesitating & bogging down on takeoff. So what have i learnt today? Dont be a fkn idiot & go out spending money on things first before fully checking everthing first & have a break & start fresh the nxt day with a clear head haha

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Never got questioned with my FC, 13 years on the road, just other stuff......
 
Speeding,
Window tint,
Too low,
Too loud,
 
Blah, blah, blah....
 

yeah but you guys have roadworthies where we don’t so cops can tend to be on the more a-hole side here if they ‘think’ they are right

that’s awesome. I’d be keen for a chat with him one day if he’s up for it

Anyway i took her for a spin an she was bogging down on take off so turned the screw in once & made no difference so turned it out twice & got it much better then turned it back a qtr more & she feels really good now not hesitating & bogging down on takeoff. So what have i learnt today? Dont be a fkn idiot & go out spending money on things first before fully checking everthing first & have a break & start fresh the nxt day with a clear head haha

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He said he is restoring it, not sure if he is modifying it or not but id be happy with it either way. He sent me these 2 pics before when i sent him a pic of the progress i had made with the FC wheels i bought off him

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79 Cartier 351

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Ive only had one FC in the past & now one FD,  me too, the seeing part haha. I need a new seal for my sunroof
 
The bloke i bought my fc wheels off is restoring his FC cartier 351

and as far as I’m aware, the only legal black tail lights in Australia 

I’ve had too many FCs and FDs to put a number on them but I don’t think there has been a time in the last 20-25 years that I haven’t at least had one. I’ll always have one. They are just way too cool not to! Especially with those tail lights.
 
hey that’s cool, good to know he’s restoring it! Is he doing anything to do it or keeping it stock?

Coolest tail lights in Ford history....