on the FB/EK's through my life.
The EK van in these pics was my Dads.
Its an ex ETSA (Electicity Trust of South Australia) service van from where he worked.
Dad always bought his work cars, because he knew the history on them.
Thats me on the tailgate with my Mum in 1966. I wasn't quite 2yrs old then.
The next pic shows us on a picnic with friends, up in the Adelaide Hills. still 1966.
The van on the right,(Dad never washed his cars) and our friends with a nice FB special.
Note Dads classic wood burning BBQ, and long neck beer to wash down the lamb chops & snags.
The third pic, shows us on the lookout, over Port Lincoln in early 1969.
by this stage the van had a fair bit of rust on the headlight peaks.
On our way over to Lincoln, we hit a cockatoo at highway speed, right on the rusty headlight peak.
It smashed out heap of rust, and half a cocky was jammed in the gap. feathers went everywhere!
We stopped, jumped out, and had a look, it was grusome.
Further down the road, at highway speed again, theres a snake in the middle of the road.
Dad lines it up, then hits the skids right over it, He backs the van up, jumps out,
grabs the trusty BBQ, then guts, & cooks the bloody thing on the side of the road.
I wouldnt get out of the van. Even when he was cooking it! Bloody snakes.
This was my first EK
I bought this one as a stocker of a little old lady, back in about 1984.
I liked it because of the unusual two-tone on the body.
the lightening bolt paint divider, on the front gaurd is from an old Austin I think.
It must have been painted like this when it was near new.
As soon as I got it home, it got the budget treatment!
Wrecking yard chromies, second hand tyres from 'Jack The Scab', oxy- torched front springs and a stereo.
Jack the Scab, was an old house on Old Port rd, The property was covered in old tyres, stacked to the hight of the house gutters, front, back and sides,
with just a narrow path down the side, to get around the back, tyres cost around $5-$10.
Driving this car on wet roads, after it had rained, water would fling of the tyres, out through the rusty gap over the headlights, then be blown back onto the windscreen.
I sold this one after a young lad at work, thought it was the coolest thing ever, and just had to have it.
I picked up my current car, exactly as you see it here, in about 1992.
It was bought from a young couple who were right into the 50's thing.
They were only the second owners, and only had it for a year,
until I think it was their who Grandpa passed away, and left them a plymouth belvedere,
which was right up their ally, so the FB was sold of.
When I got the car home, It was instantly lowered,
(This time I did it properly with heavy duty lowered springs)
And a hidden stereo fitted, It was used only as a weekend car for the next 10yrs.
During that 10yrs, I knew what I wanted to do with it, so I slowly collected all the bits I was going to need.
I obtained a HR drum front, EH diff,a brand new floor shifter, an external sunvisor and another motor,
all these bits were completly renewed to what they are now before I pulled the car of the road to do it up.
Also during this time, I came across a wagon for sale.
This one also came with another wagon shell, without the front clip, but in exellent condition.
You can just see the front of that one behiend the black car.
The black one had a sad motor in it, and was rusty underneath.
Starightaway it was Thommoized just like the rest of them,
wrecking yard mags, Stereo, and a second hand 161 painted up and bolted in straight onto the original running gear.
The red was a great motor, and run like a two bob watch.
The upper tail gate was permanetly up in this position the whole time I owned the car, rain hail or shine. It just looks cooler like that!
The car didnt have any door locks, and you could start it by simply turning the ignition switch withouy a key! I'm suprised it never got pinched!
I had this one for about 4yrs until I come across that HG kingswood you can see in the background. Although it looks dirty in this pic, the HG was low mileage & perfect.
so the wagons went to a young lad down Kieth in the south east of S.A.
I'd love that blue shell back now, I've got a hankering to chop a wagon!!!
Anyone from down that way seen it?
Finally in 2003, I pulled the grey sedan of the road, and set about finnishing it off.
All I really did was have the engine bay sprayed, And I spent a few weeks on my back underneath, scraping it all clean for a good coat of body shutz.
All the parts I'd already done where just fitted into the car, and thats about the extent of the rebuild.
It was back on the road in 2004, and has remained that way since.
All I've been doing since then is collecting different wheels and peices, so I can change it around to suit my mood, or car shows.
More details of this car can be found in My FB/EK Gallery, 'Retro FB Special' if you haven't already seen it!
In between these cars, I've had various other Holdens & Chevs,
but I will just stick to FB/EK's for this post.
Thanks for taking the time to read all this if your still here.
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