Daves EK

[ekdave1962]

ok guys i have had this old girl about 6 weeks .. ill slip up some pics of her as i go .. she has a lot of cancer and i got it 4 the challange .. lol
bear in mind i have not worked on a car for 20 years and gee i wish i still had my GTS Monaro now i see what there going for ..

ok here she is as i got her still regisitered then and drivable . fitter with HR disk front end red motor and hadfield chassis

[minifb]

I like the colour of it. Cancer can be fixed(sometimes) good luck with her. Cheers Mark

[ekdave1962]

ok lets see where do we start .. she came with lots of spare most stuff the complete her ..

ill toss up a few images of the cancer

Sills both in about the same state .. A and B colums with matching rust



fire wall , both sides match also // the sub frame is not orginal look at her she has some work done on her in the early 90's going by the date painted on kick panel wall .. 9/91



The ususal guard rust and guess what the right side is not matching in good nick ..



Dog legs both matching




some nice holes chopped in fire wall .. hmm i think so they could fitter extractors



Front floors matching .. the rears are not to bad some minor pin holes but i havent stripped the rear floors yet so who knows





lots of rust around rear window .. i undid the 2 screws holding the chrome and the window fell out ..




well theres more but thats enough for now .. D

[karsten]

looks like a bit of work mate but not near past it just lots a time and money and it will turn out nice i like that colour i had a mate that had one like that at a place near goulburn nsw twelve years back thanks for the reminder of him buy a mig or tig if you dont already have one and a hammer get some good scrap its a challenge but its not imposible with a few bundy cans the imagination will kick in

[ekdave1962]

ah she well under reno just have not posted pics yet

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[Mephious]

Love the flashkit dave, they are so bloody hard to find.

Be sure to throw it back on once the rebuild is done !!!

[captainbill]

Some work ahead of you for sure dave.Nothing that cant be fixed though.Been there before.enjoy.

[munro]

looks like you've got your hands full.
but if you take your time and do it right you'll be able to enjoy it for years.
cheers tom

[ekdave1962]

Hi Guys,

have replaced right sill and column supports and floors to date its coming along ..







I just cut section from the donor part as i didnt have the full sills to replace but as the girl sits on a hadfield chassis im sure that will take a lot of the load .

[mattymartin]

wow...

SCAAAAARY stuff... glad its you & not me.




matty martin

[Malcolm]

Hey Dave,

Mate your doing a great job, keep it up and keep the pictures coming, everyone likes pictures.
Looking at your car make me feel very lucky, as my sedan when I got it from a wrecking yard had stuff all rust saving me a lot of extra work.
Also love the side flash.
You can't beat having a donor car to steal from.

Keep up the good work.
Cheers

[ekdave1962]

yeah the flash kits is rather different and will be going back on for sure .. am thinking doing a paint scheme filling in the space btw the flash with a cream colour running up to the roof .. and the body candy apple red so my daughter tells me, i was thinking a soft yellow .. but who am i to agrue with my daughter ..

Mel your car is amazing i was thinking that your will be stripping it for painting so whilst its in the shop u could start a convertable .. that way i can see how it should be done

Karsten yeah i have a mig (loaner) but im not to happy with the results using gas less wire can be very messy finish .. i must prefer my henrob but thats slow going .. sp maybe i need to get some agron for the mig just not sure which way to go just yet.

[ekdave1962]

ok guys heres a few more pics . i welded the holes in fire wall and etch coated the sills and part of floor .. looks like i will be going with gloss floors and apply sound deadner to insides so a quick inspection will alert me to any future problems


New floor welded and a little filler to make it look pretty



a pic ot the sill partial replacement u can see the seam where i oxy welded it in .. a little filler and she will be sweet . did this sill in 3 part replacement section .. the tight side im going to weld the whole piece in 1. i think


and last pic for a week back to work tomorrow .. i work a little like mel 4 on 5 off

this repair of the axe holes in fire wall (see pic in early post ).. have not decided if ill weld the big man hole up or fit a screw on panel .. someone cut the hole for a reason ?



Just waiting for the filler to set on sills .. and a sand and prime ,,

[Blacky]

Lots of the wrecks I see have a hole there- I think its for replacing the welsh plug in the back of a grey motor without removing the head.
If it was my car I would weld it up.

[Devilrod]

Wow, I never thought the car was that bad! I looked over it when the previous owner picked up the trim. I didn't notice the firewall though

Keep up the good work can't wait to see it finished. Candy is good