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This is my FC 219 Standard Station Sedan.
I had to borrow the tailgate badge for my ute for The Nationals.
I had been scouting around for one of these for a while and approached a couple of people that had one, but they were not ready to sell yet.
Finally one appeared on ebay. It had a 179 and trimatic but the conversion was very much a backyard job and the floor had not been modified to take the auto so it hung down a lot at the rear. Because of this it would be easy to refit a grey and gearbox. I was the only bidder and won the car. There was a heap of parts with it but they could not be sent with the car so I had to work out a way to get them from VIC.
Loading the car was difficult as there was an offset muffler mounted sideways to make up for the weird angle the motor was on. The muffler fouled on the trailer and stopped the car. With a better run up it was on but getting it off was also difficult.
I had won the car on ebay on a Saturday, and the club newsletter arrived on Monday. "FC Standard Wagon for sale". DOH! It was local and mostly original. Even the same colour. I went and had a look and but it was 6 of one and half a dozen of the other as it had bucket seats fitted and for some reason the vent in the cowl had been bogged up. The handle is still connected though, so one push and it will pop up. I did not buy it but I bought 10 bumper over riders in good nick for $50.
Time passed and the guy with the second wagon rang me up and offered it to me for $1000 off. It was just after Christmas so money was short and I had to decline.
Then it appears on ebay a couple of months latter and it does not meet its reserve. He re listed at a lower price with no reserve and it was now getting tempting. I won it by 10 cents due to the quirk of ebay. When I spoke to the owner he congratulated me and reminded me to bring the 10 cents.
Anyway I now had both, deliberated for a year or so as to which one to keep, removed some goodies from the one I was selling and sold it on ebay and it went back to VIC.
So this is the second one. As you can see there must have been an issue with brake lights as there are 2 in the back windowand 2 below the bumper as well as the original ones. Maybe the Tamworth sticker has something to do with this. It also came with lots of spare parts and about 5 sets of keys. There is a CB radio and dymo labels under the bonnet of the engine and chassis number. There is even a light under the bonnet.
The story of how I got the parts that came with the first one is an adventure in itself involving a road trip, a HR and a car trailer.
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