Rebuilding of Old Timer (EK wagon)

[Marty K Bird]

Yeah I'm interested to know about the door rubbers too, mine are a bit beyond saving I'm afraid....so I'm looking at a full rubber kit soon.

[Finny]

Doing a quick search and I see that your wagon is still in progress. Thank goodness I'm not alone.
And then I see Rosco's name as a current post, great to see.

[Blacky]

Cancel the flowers , Finnys still with us !!!!!!

[parisian62]

Thanks for that guys. I think I'm out of the woods and will post an update soon.

Hey Finny long time no hear. Hope all is well up north.

[rosco]

Sorry for the hijack, Stewart...
Yes Finny - still lurking... post when I can, and to what I believe I can add input to..

frats,
Rosco

[Sputzwagon]

I'm having major issues with outer door rubbers.

That's one of the main reasons I hav'nt ordered a new set of door rubbers for mine yet. At least my doors shut nicely as they are.

no invites sent out as yet....

I'm waiting by my (non-existant) letter box.

Scotty.

[rosco]

Scotty, absolute perfect example of - "if they ain't broke, don't fix 'em"... mine were/are shot, no second choice...

frats,
Rosco

[Sputzwagon]

Scotty, absolute perfect example of - "if they ain't broke, don't fix 'em"... mine were/are shot, no second choice...

frats,
Rosco

I can put up with a wet elbow in pouring rain for now Rosco..good to see you're still out there mate.

Scotty.

[rosco]

Many apologies to Stewart for swamping and hijacking..
Yes, Scotty - still running.... not on all six at times, but still pointing forwards..

Like to catch up at the Wang nats, but not sure we'll make it atm.. awful lot of stuff going on with fam at present..

Wet elbow - nuffin' - when you start to tread water, it's time for door rubbers.... or a drain plug..

frats,
Rosco

[Finny]

I changed my email address so the administrators cancelled my account, but its back on again now.

Stewart, I have now read a bit more on your progress, and I must say "Bloody Awesome."
And you are certainly a lot further advanced than I thought, well done.
It actually looks so good, I'd be reluctant to get it dirty by driving it...............
I look forward to seeing the final stages, and will be asking a few more questions.

[parisian62]

It's been a few months between posting up pics so these date back to Dec 2012.

I used a Bostik brand of sound deadener. They come in a large sticky backed sheet.



I had some Dynaliner left over from the roof so added it to the firewall and front wall for extra measure.



Front and back mats from Martin Frigo in the Vic Club. Top stuff.

[parisian62]

By Christmas I was pretty much over things so decided to take a good break during January. I did make a start on the stainless and some badges.

These clips come from Sam Crupi and are for the stainless door trim. Top stuff.



Polished up the stainless with a loose leaf buff and grey compound.

[parisian62]

Beginning of February I started fittingup the wipers.

Firstly the wiper motor didn't work. http://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewtop ... 28&t=18031

and then the wiper arms were rotating downwards towards the bonnet. http://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewtop ... 28&t=18082

I 'wasted' about 2 weekends trying to get it all sorted.

Got it in the end. All it took was turning the hex bolt on the wiper motor.

[parisian62]

Since November - December I had been procastinating about the dreaded door rubbers. Having heard a few horror stories I wasn' t looking forward to this.

By now it is mid February and I decide to tackle the easy ones first and glue on the inner rubbers. I checked how they were fitted up in the FB and proceeded carefully and slowly...or so I thought. It wasn't until I was about to glue in the last door that I realised I had glued them all in incorrectly. Basically the inner rubbers are a 'U' shape and also sometimes called 'pinchweld' as the pinch together when the door is closed. I had glued 3 doors on incorrectly...none of the doors would close. I had to rip all three rubbers off. In some placed the rubbers gave way and in others the paint gave way...disaster! I spent a day with the kero trying to soak the remains of the door rubbers off. The Loctite glue does not come off...beware a trap for young players.

That really took the wind out of my sails and I walked away from it.

So a few weeks later armed with a new set of inner rubbers and a 'can do' attitude I got all the inner rubbers in and the doors closed...hooray!

Ok so now for the outers. I had bought Rare Spares rubbers from American Autos in 2008. I dry fitted them up...there was no way the door would close. The compound of the rubber was very hard with no 'give' and also in some places the rubber was just way too thick for the channel...what to do?

I emailed Les McVeigh at Rare Spares and asked what I could do. He referred me to Lance Corby who said to take them back to American Autos for an exchange which I did. The set of new rubbers I got were brilliant. The profile was spot on and not too thick plus the rubber compound was much softer and spongier.

Plus...I had a secret weapon...Rustydungers!





Russell had them done in no time and I'm happy to report all doors shut with that nice reassuring thud...not slam.

[parisian62]

Then to top it off Dave dropped in and before I knew it the front guards were on, stone tray and bonnet. Thanks guys.

I took a leaf out of Wayne's book and grabbed the camera. Hard work but someone has to do it...

And here is Saturday's effort...















and here's a reminder 'before' shot...