Pa's Ute

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OldMan's Lacky
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Pa's Ute

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Hey everyone,

I would like to post a few photos of my Dad's EK Ute. It is obviously a work in progress but nearing completion. My old man (Ron) has been a bit crook lately and so work on the ute will cease for a little while. Reason I am posting is that I want to acknowledge all the hard work that he has performed on this beautiful machine and hopefully it might provide some inspiration to others. Really proud of you dad and thanks for letting me do this (he is not the type to seek praise himself). Hope you all enjoy and I will post photos of what she looked like in her not so glory days soon.

Cheers.

Danny

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Very nice, kudos to your dad.
I love the inside of the tub. I see the flush pulls, so does 2/3 of the whole floor lift in 2 separate sections?
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Wow Dads doing a great job 8) 8)
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Very nice. Hope your dad gets better soon
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Cheers Pete.

Cal - thanks for your well wishes.

UTEK - Thanks and I believe it lifts into 3 different sections. I'll get the old man to confirm and see if we can get a few more photos.

BTW - as can problem be seen from the photos we are struggling in getting an adhesive to do a decent enough job on the rubbers (door). Has anyone got a product they can recommend that is effective?

Thanks in advance.
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That's a credit to your old man mate
Nice work.
Hope he's back on track soon
(can't help you with the rubber question but I'm sure someone else can - or just do a search)
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I'm not quite sure what the best glue to use is but i do know that the outer rubber gets glued to the edge of the scuff plate. Its hard to tell from the pic if you have a colour-matched scuff plate on there or if its not on yet at all. If its not there i'd be putting that one first then glueing your rubber on, all that being said i'm no seasoned veteran with this stuff- anyone second my opinion?
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Looking good as for glue Loctite Prism never can remember the number though.... 406? Do a search it will come up.
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i used like a superglue on rubbers just went to an industrial shop and asked for a glue for sticking rubber to painted metal, what they gave me was chemfix 8406 which i think they told me was a generic loctite
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I used Loctite 406 (very sparingly! a tiny dob every 100 - 150 mm) with good results...
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loctite 407 has a longer working/setting time
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Always good to see a nice resto Danny. Hope your old man makes a speedy recovery.
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Looks great, nice work by your old man :mrgreen:
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Congratulate your old man.. doin a real nice job.

Good on ya for putting it up.
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Enjoyed looking at the pics. You're Dad is doing a top job! Well done. 8)

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