FTO AUSTRALIA

after having my car hit on the drivers side, the repair costs are too much and dad and i decided we might try to fix it ourselves,

does anyone know where i could get a complete fto shell? preferably somwehre in victoria...

theres a guy selling bits in geelong... who was selling a shell for cheap on ebay .

i couldnt fine nethign on ebay...do u have a link?

Are you looking at moving everything over to the new shell, or using bits off it to repair yours?. In other words, does it need to be completely intact?

Ive got a white shell with no damage to the drivers side. Most of the stuff is gone off it, but the bits you would want for that repair are still there. Im not in Vic though.

dad was thinking...i dunno if this is correct but we take off the whole shell and try to correct the metal pillars oursleves, and since the shell is dagamed, we buy a new shell and put it over the repaired body

would you happen to know any places i could gte a shell in vic?

Any shell you get from a wreckers is likely to be either damaged or a halfcut. Certainly, you have a chance of finding one with the drivers side intact, but you are looking at a huge job to get that swapped over, especially if you dont have the proper equipment to do it properly. You can buy replacement new sills and stuff like that. Id be thinking that would be cheaper and easier than grabbing a whole car. You can certainly drill out spot welds here and there, but trust me, from someone that has dismantled 5 or 6 FTOs now down to the last bolt, you are embarking on a heck of a task.

Seriously man sell the parts as cheaply as it takes to sell them and but yourself a new one there;s FTO;s on ebay for 5k.

well watever shell cant be worse than mine..right? btw wats a halfcut? if i cant get a complete shell do u know any palce where i can get the quarter panel and sill panel?

dad is grabbing his friend and they are gonan try and fix the car...they have liek saws and welding tools and they seem really keen on giving it a shot...if they still cant do nething THEN ill sell the parts and mayb buy another...but for now fixing is the main priority

half cut is literally what it sounds: a car cut in half, normally ppl get them for the engine etc, some times ppl will also want the rear cut for some of the running gear. they are cut this way because of importing laws? <- that part i'm just making up, someone correct me if i'm wrong lol

if you are dead set on giving it a try, good luck . I have a shell and just looking at it gives me a headache now (and no, you can't have it, but funnily enough i actually bought it and got it carted from Vic lol)

and the dmged shell you get from the wreckers would likely have chasis dmg as well... (that's what writes off a lot cars)

I can get brand new replacement sills and the like, but you would have to know exactly what you were looking for. Sounds like you might have access to the proper gear. Must admit, id be doing what i8AFRE said, but if this has become a project then im certainly in no position to criticise. Im making a ute out of an FTO .

yea dads dead set on trying to fix it himself and im really keen to help, but he says to find the top outer shell of the car cause hes gonna take that off our one and bang the pillars himself

if u do have a shell, would it be possible to cart it from where you are to vic?

8u8813f1uff wrote:would it be possible to cart it from where you are to vic?

anything is possible. just how much you are willing to spend (it cost me $1k to get mine carted from vic to brisbane).
or if you have a car trailer and the time and car to cart it yourself.

holy sht 1k...hmmm i think im better off trying to find a halfcut from somewhere in vic then...

8u8813f1uff wrote:holy sht 1k...hmmm i think im better off trying to find a halfcut from somewhere in vic then...

1k was the cheapest ($950 to be exact).
but something from around Vic, NSW, ACT would be much cheaper for you. and half cuts might not do the job you need, since they would be cut on the section that you would be needing , try local wreckers as i said before a lot of write offs are front end dmg

yea ive been trying local wreckers...but u know its a jap import......wreckers are filled with commodores and watnot...bit harder to find an fto but ill keep trying..if u guys know of a wrecker in vic would you please let me know

Yep i know a wrecker who has a rolling shell down vic. Ill post up the link when i get home, thats if he still has it

my frends wrecker in vic has 2 rolling shells if u want ?

sorry for stupid question but whats a rolling shell? i dont know nething about cars fyi

8u8813f1uff wrote:sorry for stupid question but whats a rolling shell? i dont know nething about cars fyi

it's what it sounds like, a shell that rolls lol
basically, no engines and all the popular bits and pieces taken off (you end up with just the shell and wheels, and maybe some bits and pieces)

woah its goona be real troublesome transplanting everyting over man...its gonna be a huge project yeah dad is gonna take