My girls' "kelsled"

xxl · Post by **xxl** » Mon May 21, 2007 9:27 pm

This is my better half's car- it was one of my first attempts at a rebuild so it was pretty ordinary! Now we're having a baby so I'm building into a family car. Mods will include,v6/turbo 700 b/w,leather interior with a dakota dash and boyd coddington smoothie 2's (17x8,17x7) colour will be hothouse green.her's some pics so far

these repairs are all still in progress but I'll post some more as I get further

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Mon May 21, 2007 9:33 pm

Looks like you're not scared to get stuck in to it, keep us updated xxl, keen to see how you go mate,
Trev

Harko · Post by **Harko** » Mon May 21, 2007 10:14 pm

That wont end up a family car hehe , sounds too good

xxl · Post by **xxl** » Mon May 21, 2007 10:55 pm

well maybe a really nice family car!! We were going to do a wagon but when we started stripping it it kind of folded up! I also have an ek panno that will be a 'toy'! I also have a swb fj40 cruizer with an ally body(that's my business) with a 6/71 blown 350 going in it

Harko · Post by **Harko** » Tue May 22, 2007 9:17 am

too cool , A mate once had a jeep with a blown 312 thundertbird engine in it - What a scarey ride that was , It had massive mud tyres but itd pick em up across the intersections , and then at high speed it just felt a little unstable for my undies

Sounds like you love your fun

Sammy · Post by **Sammy** » Tue May 22, 2007 1:21 pm

very good base for a project!! and it should be a nice thing once the v6 goes in there!

smooth · Post by **smooth** » Tue May 22, 2007 1:56 pm

Harko wrote:too cool , A mate once had a jeep with a blown 312 thundertbird engine in it - What a scarey ride that was , It had massive mud tyres but itd pick em up across the intersections , and then at high speed it just felt a little unstable for my undies
Sounds like you love your fun

That would be Batchy?

Regards, Smooth

(AUST)Mod · Post by **(AUST)Mod** » Tue May 22, 2007 6:18 pm

hey mate, would love to come visit you when your putting the v6 in as i really want to do it to my car also:)

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Tue May 22, 2007 8:27 pm

i like the before photos if someone said they were gunna paint an EK that colour i would be a bit

but instead i think

hot house green is a colour i've been thinking of for my van if it gets shinny paint

xxl · Post by **xxl** » Tue May 22, 2007 8:38 pm

haha yeh we copped a bit for that paint job!! It was panama green if anyone wants to know.Anybody that wants to have a look feel free to pm me and I'll give you my details.
I love my toys!! the cruiser I've had since I was 18 and now it's gonna be a promtional thing ,I specialize in custom ally work,at this stage the motor is looking to be a conservative 450 hp and the whole rig weighs 870 kilos!!

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Wed May 23, 2007 12:00 am

i have an idea v6 turbo 700 in the landcruiser
6/71 and 350 in EK

xxl · Post by **xxl** » Wed May 23, 2007 12:32 am

funny you should say that..... The chev will probably end up in the panelvan! I made my own twin butterfly style injector hat which covers the carby's -makes it look like mechanical injection plus I'll have enough room under the bonnet (almost-I think it will poke through an inch or so)

(AUST)Mod · Post by **(AUST)Mod** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:08 pm

any updates?

xxl · Post by **xxl** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:34 am

Sorry Guys,been off the airwaves a bit with work etc but I've got a few more progress pics. We've changed tack a little bit as now we have an Hd wagon I quickly threw together for a family cruiser.I'll chuck some pics up when I get some more time

It had a rear quarter thrown on it in a previous life so I put the filler (vp) over the join -it worked out well as it cut out a bit of bog work and the filler is in just the right spot

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will have a remote boot release so no more holes!!!

I massaged the firewall a bit but it looked crap so in a rare fit of energy I put in a flat one out of 1.6
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ummm yeh,about the wheels,they kind of got bigger.much bigger!

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The motor kind of got bigger too!!! The manifold should give away how much fun this is gonna be to drive!! yeehaa!!!

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ek61 · Post by **ek61** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:50 am

good stuff 671 lots of fun 4 sure

wheels look great aswell
keep the pics comming

cheers dave