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Thanks Errol, appreciate the correction.

Hey All,

After 16 years we’re putting Ruby up for sale.

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Asking $27,000 - the car is located in Beaumaris, VIC.

1962 EK Holden Special. Still running the original 138ci grey motor with a Performance brand electronic ignition. Manual 3-on-the-tree, seats 6 with colour match ...

As id be keeping the grey would i need to do any mods to the FB to make it legal in Victoria and should i do any mods to the Motor its self to make it more reliable and able to reach the speeds id need to reach?


If it's stock / as per factory, you won't have any trouble with reg in VIC - it's ...

Here's us on the track:
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Here's one for DR:
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Courtesy of Jim Gow ...

Mine's for sale (in Melbourne though). Rego's due, have too many cars, don't have time to do what I want to it... If willing to transport, I'll post details and more pics.

mikey_ok wrote:
the family wagon - xm


- m.

I've been lowering the car slowly as bits come along... and have pics of the progress and details of the setup for comparison. Wheel/tyre choice seems to make a big impact on the look of the ride height of the car - bigger wheels will raise it back up a little bit, but getting the wheels to tuck ...

parisian62 wrote:Crikey that looks the real deal Great pics - thanks for posting.

Did you have a car there Mikey?

Stewart

The Ruby Red EK is ours:

mikey_ok wrote:

Its my evil twin!!!! This car is simialr to mine but flat white and full side trim.
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Just did the day trip in the roadster and what a trip it was.
Four hours to get there :shock: :shock: Mates car had issues... but it was fun.

Oh, okay... I just saw the car from the front and thought "I'll ...

Thanks SunnyTim, Scotty thanks for the inspiration. Yeah, it's slowly coming downward - would be good to see a little less air between the tire and the guard! I've been tossing up the spats idea... can you get ones that you don't have to run the rubber strip around the join? (I think I read on here ...

A pic of the car outside it's ancestral home in Pt. Melbourne
(which just so happens to be my new office).

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