The "rust free " EK

[yogie]

Hi chap , good work there, Now with out trying to hijack the thread, in the pic I've re-posted with those arrows pointing at those cross member bits that run down the car, are those the factory auto supports or are those part of a chassis kit, hope this makes sense.

[earlyholdenfan]

Hi Blacky!
Lucky you didnt have to do any work to this one, just jumop in and drive it!

Matt
(your work is still an inspiration to us all!)

[Blacky]

Yogie , thats a factory auto floor brace - Matt , after all the bodgy shit ive seen on this thing an engineers report means nothing more than its tricked one idiot into believing that this vehicle is roadworthy !
The diff is in and finished, this is my high tech pinion angle setting device :-

[Blacky]

.... and this is the finished product - minus the sway bar because some idiot about my size has managed to lose the brackets and bushes

[Blacky]

Front end is back together , panels are on , its starting to look like a car again .. if only I could get this much done every weekend.

[yogie]

Yogie , thats a factory auto floor brace - ]

thanks chap, and is that a 2 door I see in the back ground, brings back a few fond memories of my own "57" mind you it was the 210 sedan.

[EK283]

Hey Blacky,
God damn nice shed mate!
The next house I move into is going to have a garage with enough height for a car hoist.
Im getting to old to lie on the floor. Did you sort your steering column out? Noticed the fuel tank as well what is it out of?
It is ashame that people do half assed jobs then sell knowing there is problems. Did the car you bought have some rear quarter damage as well? Thought I saw it on ebay in NSW.
Regards Greg EK283.

[Blacky]

Yeah Greg , thats the one . Bought it in August last year , the fuel tank is out of a VN Commondore. Steering column is next on the list , have stripped it and cut it down , need to find some brass or acetal , etc , round bar and machine up a bush for the bottom of it.
The hoist makes life easy , cost me four cartons of midstrength ! When 100 series Landcruisers came out all the minesites had to get rid of their two post hoists because someone pulled the rear diff out of one and the whole shebang fell over forwards !

[FB 60]

Hey Blacky

Your project is moving along nicely – noticed that the hoist is a latter addition – not pictured in your Toys topic. Great price

Love the flutes in the front panels.

[Blacky]

Drove it out of the shed yesterday - hasnt gone for six months , hooked up the battery and she started first kick! Ya gotta love fuel injection !
Has gone to the autosparkys for an electrical tidy up , then is off to the exhaust place , then home for the final fiddly bits- the drop spindles are coming off as it sits too low now, sort out the park brake cables ,finish the column and steering wheel, replace a front suspension bush and its off for a rego inspection.

[King]

I'll have to come over some time soon for a bit of a look. It might inspire to pull my finger out and do some work on the FB.

Hayden

[Blacky]

Finally got back into it - have been inspired after seeing everyone else enjoying their cars last weekend while the missus and I missed out
Thought about the brake booster fitting problems and decided that instead of making the booster miss the bonnet hinge I would fit the booster and then make the hinge fit around the booster.
Step one was to drill the clearance hole for the booster shaft

Step two was to drill the mounting holes and bolt the booster up to the firewall.

Step three was to chop up the bonnet hinge to clear abovementioned booster.

Step four was to make up a new back brace for the bonnet hinge - instead of the hinge mounting to the firewall it now mounts to the inner guard as per the front part of the hinge.

This week I will make up an adaptor bracket to fit a Commodore master cylinder to the Gemini booster and hopefully we will have brakes again!

[beersy]

Geoffro I didn't realise Sharni's car had HQ vent how are done, welded or stamped.
Beersy (Dave).

just shut ya mouth & put the thing in gear...

[yeprat1]

hey blacky did u endup taking your drop spindles off if so how low did your car sit andwhat are u doing with them

[Blacky]

Beersy , the guard flutes are welded in .
Yeprat , I have taken the drop spindles out for the time being , will get it licenced and refit them with another set of springs to get the ride height where I want it.