fbekholden.com

That looks good.


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

Ya cant help yourself can ya

Plans ? Full resto with lots of NASCO bling ??? You ARE getting on a bit

Blacky wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 11:48 pm Ya cant help yourself can ya

Plans ? Full resto with lots of NASCO bling ??? You ARE getting on a bit

Tailgate is open to slide in a rear-mount hemi... wheelstander must be the only thing Mick hasn't built

Cheers,
Harv

Looks like a great starting point Mick

Blacky wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 11:48 pm Ya cant help yourself can ya

Plans ? Full resto with lots of NASCO bling ??? You ARE getting on a bit

it has a red in it, and yes i'm getting old because i am kinda thinking about putting a grey in BUT only because there seem to be more crazy people with money to spend on one with a grey, but i think i'm on to a guy that will turn a blind eye to a 149 so for my own pleasure that's probably where it will go, speaking of accessories it has all the accessories i like guard wind splits, door handle scratch plates and H hub caps

it's a great starting point was painted 15 to 20 years ago and has lots of issues but holds a shine, no rust to repair besides 3 spots in the roof from it being under a tarp for all those years, just gunna do the basics lower it and drive it

I gather this is the one that was on Marketplace Mick ? Looked to be a good thing

yeah that's it, has a good story aswell, was sent off to be painted i think they said 15 years ago, anyway recently the painter got in touch with the then owner (some sort of miracle in itself after 15 years) do you want your car i'm retiring and shutting up shop come and get it or it's going to scrap, so owner turns up removes tarp paint looking worse for wear after 15 odd years under a tarp also some rust spots and worst the floors rusted out, the owner then complains to the painter all the floors are rusted! painter then replies what do you think you've left the f#ckin thing here for 15 years but old mate that i got it from has had all the floors done and done well

some people were dropped on their heads at birth or something .......

Blacky wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 1:27 am some people were dropped on their heads at birth or something .......

The original owner and the painter both by the sound of that !

Greg

How do you forget that you sent your car to be painted for 15 years and if the painter did paint it what the f@%k was he doing waiting 15 years to get paid

Micks young bloke bought his FJ sedan off a bloke who had it painted and it then sat in the panel shop for FORTY years !!!!!!

FireKraka wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:14 pm How do you forget that you sent your car to be painted for 15 years and if the painter did paint it what the f@%k was he doing waiting 15 years to get paid

the way the bloke told the story i think he was paid or a good majority of it, i got like a diary with a couple of pics and entries of progress payments

just call me Dora the restora, nearly $900 in stock brakes (that will most likely end up getting turfed because they're useless) and for the first time ever i pulled a stock diff housing out and i'm going to put it back in after i clean and paint it, still not silly enough to put a grey in it though

Mick wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:14 pm just call me Dora the restora, nearly $900 in stock brakes (that will most likely end up getting turfed because they're useless) and for the first time ever i pulled a stock diff housing out and i'm going to put it back in after i clean and paint it, still not silly enough to put a grey in it though

I just hope you put a red center in it with the ubolt universal, probably something a bit more robust than the 70 horse limit of the original one !!

Greg