Chopped EK Van Project(recent pics Pg23)

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Nice timing Stinky :)
My body man Len, was around late last week.
He has managed to free up some time to enable us to get back into it.
Lens a bloke who finds it hard to say to say no to helping mates,
even to the detriment of his own projects.
He has finished some other projects that needed to be done,
and we will be into it this week.

We will light the torch thursday night :wink:

Some stuff has been done since the last update,
New wheels, rebuilt auto steering column,
rebuilt shortened diff & collecting of small parts.

Jeez mate, you would have had to dig deep to find this thread :oops:

Hows your new aquisition :wink:

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THOMMO wrote:Nice timing Stinky :)
I could feel it in my nuggets :lol:
THOMMO wrote:Hows your new aquisition :wink:
Not sure, gotta get it home first, sills, floors, motor, shiny red rims and interior and I'm away "rat-style" :P
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Trial fitted the new narrowed diff today.
EH housing cut bown to suit LJ Torana axles.
Comes in at 1'1/2" shorter each side.

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Before (stock width)


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After. I should be able to lower the van right down over the wheels now 8)


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With 2" lowering blocks fitted


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Evan those deep dish 8" fit within the gaurd now, just.
But only without the blocks.
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The Donor van gave up its panel sides the other night.
We should be starting to weld them in this week.

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Great work!!

What width tyres are you running with the torana diff? I cant see myself getting anything wider than 205s in with my torana diff. The donor looks like a sweet colour :)
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Hi (AUST)mod
The deepdish 8" rims wear 225/65/14
The 6" chromies have F70/14 Mickey Thompson Indy Profile's
Both rims have 3"1/4' backspace.
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Hmm, that means I need to give my inner guards a bash then :lol:
Craig wrote: Andrew you have a red so I wouldn't race it :wink:

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gee i wish that donor van wasn't so far away :( i can see a roadster ute there 8)
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Started on filling the side windows tonight.

Tacked with mig first
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Then oxy welding them in
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Slowly, but surely :)
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8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
Craig wrote: Andrew you have a red so I wouldn't race it :wink:

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Very seriousely looking like it coul;d be built by the end of summer :)

Not sure if you knew or not but you should contact your local council about power , I hear some suburbs of adelaide have it now :lol: and it saves buring those candles , or is that one burning at both ends !
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Harko wrote:Very seriousely looking like it coul;d be built by the end of summer :)

Not sure if you knew or not but you should contact your local council about power , I hear some suburbs of adelaide have it now :lol: and it saves buring those candles , or is that one burning at both ends !
Hahahaha

Keep up the good work Thommo its looking great !!
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:lol: :lol:
Looks good Thommo
Better dead than red

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Harko wrote:Not sure if you knew or not but you should contact your local council about power ,
I hear some suburbs of adelaide have it now :lol:
Oh Harko, please stop it with the jokes,
I've just got out of hospital, from having my sides stiched up :roll: :lol: :wink:

Progress report;
Still welding the side windows in,
Len also repaired the gap in the rain gutter where some was missing.
The panel between the gutter and the van window was also replaced, as the
metal was so thin in that spot along the old chop join.

When the welding is finished, (other side has to be done yet)
I will measure just how many meters/feet of hammer welding
has been done to repair the old chop & fill the windows.

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I have also picked up the torch (should have learnt something by now :roll: )
and started filling all the badge holes in the guards & bonnet.

Slowley but surely, it will get done :D

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