mez ek 2door project

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:32 pm

Welcome mez,

The car looks very good and will be great to see it finished.

So tell us, why have you been sitting on the fence watching for so long

Will be good to see the progress pickies.

Cheers

Hope to see you at Yamba.

Harko · Post by **Harko** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:17 pm

Nice wheels dude !
Is it gunmetal grey ? and how did the conversion to two doors come about .
Would love to see a side profile of her .

My guess is this is why you have been sitting on the sidelines ,No Qs to answer

mez · Post by **mez** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:00 am

the car was brought as a unwanted project,not sure why (rolling body std front end etc)
the 2 door conversion was done and done very good
the roof chop and rest of the car was done not so well
id say by someone else(maybe why it was for sale)
the guy i got it from new nothing about it to help me

when first home

easy stuff first- cleaned up, shaved door locks on doors and boot, repaired
doors and primed
started to set up buick type chrome for two tone (not sure if ill run it any more)spats sitting round shed for long time (in same boat as buick chrome)

roof repaired (approx 100 hours more pics to come)ugly fuel door in side filled ,orig fuel door fixed,other rust all done
rear screen sorted and dummy fitted(lexcen)
4th front screen cut and broken(next screen i got it close to right,just cracked it fitting it)
6th time lucky i hope
64 mustang foldin bench seat fitted

engine bay a week or so ago firewall notched to allow heaps of room
for the tripples,hr coloum ec

dash and int so far

mattymartin · Post by **mattymartin** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:18 am

hey mez,

thanks for more pics... do you have ant with the airbags working...

also did you us the HR sterring column becuase of its length being a bit shorter..?

have you painted the spatts yet... if so let us have a look at the on with the car dropped...

you should sheck out bagged ek in my ek/fb... he has just put his spatts/ cruiser skirts on & they look sweet...

i like the sound of your future plans mez, especially the large whitewalls...

keep up the pic's for us all to enjoy...

thanks
matty martin

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:02 am

I'm glad someone made use of that car, it was on ebay a couple of times.
I like the clean, no strips look. Just my opinion, Trev

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mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:23 am

ahh it's that car, i wondered but the chop wasn't so obvious in the first pic

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:36 am

Noooice!!

Welcome Mez, nice colour choice. But I like green cars

Gauranteed to stand out. All good! Certainly put some time in it. More piccies is all I can say.

Smooth customs · Post by **Smooth customs** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:21 pm

Mez

Another custom about to hit the streets!

Its a big job to build a custom from scratch, but possibly harder at times to finish off what someone else has started

You have done well, and it is looking great

Cutting glass can be so frustrating, hope this one survives for you

I personally like a little brightwork to break up how big the side of a car can look, but that will be up to you.

Is always easier to add it than take it off.

Am looking forward to seeing it when its finished.

Sunnymick · Post by **Sunnymick** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 11:40 pm

Mez its funny I have spoken to you a quite a few times never twigged that you were into FB EK's. I drive a fairly stock Green white 59 chev and run the car show for Lori Lee @ Greazfest. You need to post a photo of some of the other stuff thats lurks in your life. Like that caddy it would flip their wigs. I may come past your work at Sherwood and say Howdy. Cheers Mick

Sunnymick · Post by **Sunnymick** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 11:57 pm

Mez I forgot to say if you are looking for hubcap ideas you should shoot down to my place at Mount Gravatt East. I have a real problem with hubcaps especially if they are spinners. Here is a snippet of one wall in my garage. Like I said. Its a sick disease. Wish I collected spoons.

mez · Post by **mez** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:09 am

hey thanks mick ill take you up on that offer one day
(its a bit hard getting around at the moment-no licence 99 days to go
but whos counting)i now your chev super clean pale green one real nice
ive hade 2 eks and a fb wagon and i had darryls old fc panelvan kustom
for about 4 years(should never sold that one)

i dont have the air bags working yet i still have to do a bit of wiring and
stuff but wont be long
spats are about to go this week(will post pics )
i run the hr steering as its shorter and had one sitting around it was a little
work but not too bad
will post some pics asap

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:24 pm

i don't even live near QLD and i've seen him somewhere before

Mephious · Post by **Mephious** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:26 pm

Nice ride Mez, looks very clean and smooth !

Interesting colour also, cant wait to see it finished with more chrome on it.

Post by **Blacky** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:33 am

Welcome to the forum Mez, good to see someone making good use out of that car, how much has been put into the doors ? I put 200mm into mine.

minifb · Post by **minifb** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:29 am

Looking Great Mez,Who done your ink?? Cheers mark

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