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Finny · Post by **Finny** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:23 pm

Hey Chez, wise decision to get on board, you'll really love it.

Lots of good info and fantastic pics. Ute's are the Australian tradition, look forward to seeing some photo's.

VS355 · Post by **VS355** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:32 pm

Hi chez,

Love your ute mate i have been lucky enough to see it in the flesh a number of times

Hope to see you posting some pics up soon

Lmunro · Post by **Lmunro** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:38 pm

Hey Chez.
Mate,your ute (personally) is the best one i have seen anywhere.I have every pic of it i could find on the web and is my computer screensaver (is that creepy?) Itsa Very kool ride and I'm jealous as f@#$

parisian62 · Post by **parisian62** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:17 am

welcome chez...have always admired your ute. very

regards
Stewart

mattymartin · Post by **mattymartin** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:46 am

hey ekkool,

first of all welcome to the site... its a good place to find out & or offer help to those less fortunate... (me being one of them)

i saw you ute at the recent rained out nostailgic drags at wsd... here are some pics i took then...

i really like the ute, wheel & trye combo, stance, colour, louvers, chrome/(one piece bumperbar), no wipers, frenched aerial & interior... great job!!!

i would like some more info on stance/ wheels & tyres...

what springs, blocks & or drop spindles are you running

what wheels, HT 14's ??? & what tyres...

thanks & welcome
matty martin

EKK00L · Post by **EKK00L** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:44 am

mattymartin wrote:hey ekkool,

first of all welcome to the site... its a good place to find out & or offer help to those less fortunate... (me being one of them)

i saw you ute at the recent rained out nostailgic drags at wsd... here are some pics i took then...

i really like the ute, wheel & trye combo, stance, colour, louvers, chrome/(one piece bumperbar), no wipers, frenched aerial & interior... great job!!!

i would like some more info on stance/ wheels & tyres...

what springs, blocks & or drop spindles are you running

what wheels, HT 14's ??? & what tyres...

thanks & welcome
matty martin

Thanks Matty it looks like you have more photos of the car than i do ha ha. Its really cool to see those photos mate, thankyou. Its funny when i first built the car i was only going to cruise around in it for 6 months and then sell it to finance my other projects. But it has just been one of those cars and now if it was sold it would be like losing a limb!. Im sure you guys know what i mean.

Anyway to answer your questions yes they are standard HT-HG rims with 195 x 60 14" tyres The ute is dropped via lowering blocks built into the diff housing, and reset springs. Front is dropped spindles and stock springs with from memory 1.5 coils evacuated.

Well done on picking up the front bar you would be amazed at how many people stand in front of the car scratching their heads wondering whats different to their stocker!

Cheers Mate

EKK00L · Post by **EKK00L** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:47 am

VS355 wrote:Hi chez,

Love your ute mate i have been lucky enough to see it in the flesh a number of times

Hope to see you posting some pics up soon

Thanks bud appreciate it.

minifb · Post by **minifb** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:54 am

Here are some pictures from Narrandera Rod run.....

Would love to get the van this low..Cheers Mark

EKK00L · Post by **EKK00L** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:17 am

Lmunro wrote:Hey Chez.
Mate,your ute (personally) is the best one i have seen anywhere.I have every pic of it i could find on the web and is my computer screensaver (is that creepy?) Itsa Very kool ride and I'm jealous as f@#$

Hey i have someone elses car as my screensaver so that must make us both freaks Ha ha!, thanks for the kind words mate heres a photo to show that it has not strayed to far from its roots

matches · Post by **matches** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:32 am

love the ute, and love that its still being used as one!

question, what are the search lights about? i'm not picking at it i just plain and siply don't know, were they a period accsessory or just look cool, i've seen a few with them now so i thought i'd ask as i want to do an ek period correct (well mostly)

EKK00L · Post by **EKK00L** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:32 am

lukeandkim wrote:love the ute, and love that its still being used as one! question, what are the search lights about? i'm not picking at it i just plain and siply don't know, were they a period accsessory or just look cool, i've seen a few with them now so i thought i'd ask as i want to do an ek period correct (well mostly)

These are just a dummy spotlight, a replica of an Appleton spotlight that were popular on Kustoms in the US in the 50's. They are still used on american police cars today. But of course they are the real deal and not just for show. Cheers

Mai Ki-Ki · Post by **Mai Ki-Ki** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:09 pm

Welcome!

Always one of my favourite Ek's....I reckon a lot of stuff about mine was influenced by your clean / mild custom look....!

Cheers

MAIKI

NoMAD · Post by **NoMAD** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:21 pm

EKKOOL,

like most, i've use your you ute for a lot of inspiration and has once or twice graced my laptop of work computer as a background...

ITs awesome hopefully mine sedan will turn out as good as your ute!

Cheers
NoMAD

mattymartin · Post by **mattymartin** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:16 pm

hey mate,

are they the same wheel & tyre combo as in the other photos

matty martin

Lmunro · Post by **Lmunro** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:07 pm

EKK00L wrote:
Lmunro wrote:Hey Chez.
Mate,your ute (personally) is the best one i have seen anywhere.I have every pic of it i could find on the web and is my computer screensaver (is that creepy?) Itsa Very kool ride and I'm jealous as f@#$
Hey i have someone elses car as my screensaver so that must make us both freaks Ha ha!, thanks for the kind words mate heres a photo to show that it has not strayed to far from its roots
Ah shit,kool as ute AND a bike I used to race moto/supercross then superbikes,so now ya just pissing me off with ya toys! Caps look cool too