EK wagon- advice PLEASE!! Photos added

[DeadElvis]

Hi all,

I am going to check this EK wagon out this week...anyone know anything good bad or indifferent about the old girl???


http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/holden-ek-wa ... 2a25c5dca6

It is up in the Hunter region

Asking around $8500

[wot179]

Theres a good pie shop at Medowie.

[Trev]

Having a first hand look is the best thing to do, get rite under and poke about as much as you can.
http://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewtop ... 23&t=15787

Have read of this link.

[parisian62]

What Trev said. Go over every inch of her.

[DeadElvis]

Thanks for the link....a bit intimidating ......I have been reading all the excellent posts on the many rebuilds on this site and can appreciate the amount of work that can go into a rusty body.......not sure I have the space, time or money for that comprehensive a build.....

My quandry is wherether to pay more for a rust free example ( if there is such a thing) or buy one with some rust and get it fixed when I have the dough????

I definitely do not want to have an EK that owes me over $50k in respray and rebuild costs......

[DeadElvis]

Theres a good pie shop at Medowie.

Awesome...at least if the car is crap I can get a good feed......

[DeadElvis]

There is rust in the LHS door frame....and some in the back Tailgate section ...apart from that the floor looked solid enough...car needs some ork but that is the whole point...

Guy also has a set of extractors and a set of twin strombergs and manifold which can be mine for $400 more......?????

Any help advice would be useful.....

Can you see these photos???

http://i1311.photobucket.com/albums/s66 ... G_0804.jpg
http://i1311.photobucket.com/albums/s66 ... G_0796.jpg
http://i1311.photobucket.com/albums/s66 ... G_0799.jpg
http://i1311.photobucket.com/albums/s66 ... G_0802.jpg
http://i1311.photobucket.com/albums/s66 ... G_0801.jpg
http://i1311.photobucket.com/albums/s66 ... G_0798.jpg
http://i1311.photobucket.com/albums/s66 ... G_0797.jpg

[Cal]

You can upload photo's onto here from Photobucket. I can't see much in that link you have, just one small photo

[NoMAD]

im on it...









Cheers
Nathan

[DeadElvis]

How do you get the photos to load???

Thanks man...appreciate it.....

Is this worth $8500 with a set of extractors and twin strombergs added in?????

[Mick]

hard to say is it worth it i wouldn't pay that for it BUT i'm a tight arse they are getting harder to find but 9 times out of 10 if there's some rust you can see there's more you can't see but it's probly better to buy a car that looks like it hasn't been touched paint/body wise with a bit of rust than a mint looking freshly painted car unless you can see what was done prior to the paint some cars get shonked just for sale
just because a car is very expensive doesn't allways mean it's good

[WayneXG95]

It's pink....

[Cal]

It's pink....

Nothing wrong with pink.

That rust in the door jamb is not an easy (or cheap!) fix. Like Mick said, just coz a car costs more doesn't mean less rust

[WayneXG95]

I love it here the fishing great....

[Mick]

no fishing just an opinion, seen plenty of cars that are all shiney but under that skin they are a mess, unless there is before and after pics you don't know what you are getting
for instance look at cal's car the stuff that was done in the roof rail you don't do to a car you plan to keep someone at some time was tarting that car up to sell