My EK Panelvan

[Grimbo]

Been lurking on here for quite some time know. So I thought I'd show you all my pride and pain. My Panelvan.






It's 308, Th350 and UC torana lsd, 2 inch drop spindles, and HQ brakes all round.

Cheers
Sam

[smooth]

Hi Sam,

Sweet project you have there.

I've got one that looks very similar 'cept mines an EK

Will be looking to see your progress.

Regards, Smooth

[EK283]

Hey Sam,
Allways good to see the right amount of cylinders present!
Mate keep the progress happening ,there is a lot of projectss surfacing this year, how goods that!
Keep the old FB/EK girls rollin!
Regards Greg

[Devilrod]

Good to see you on here finally Sam. Got any more progress to show?
Or has Jamie been keeping you sidetracked?

[Grimbo]

I've made a fair bit more progress with the car , but haven't taken any photos .
The next few weeks I hope to get the car drivable, so I can take it to the CRAKK run and do a few laps of the park .
It won't be regoed though.
I'll have to post a few more photos of the build, could take me a little while seeing I'm on dial up.
Cheers
Sam

[oldnek]

G'day Grimbo.

Welcome and good to see something come out of Canberra worth looking at and worth reading instead of political bulls@#t that goes on.
And I'm with Greg you know what they say about us 8 potters the more we smoke the less we choke but gee we get cruiser. Just Joking

Regards John

[Grimbo]

oldnek wrote

Welcome and good to see something come out of Canberra worth looking at and worth reading instead of political bulls@#t that goes on.

Thanks John, I tell you what though if my panelvan turns out 1/2 as good as your sedan, I'll be stoked. That car is awesome . As for Canberra I've been here now for ten years but grew up in Mossy Point just south of Batemans Bay. Must have been where I got my good car tastes .
Cheers
Sam

[FATBOY]

hey grimbo i grew up in broulee parents had the flats in clarke street. ill be at the craak run hope to catch up with ya
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cheers fatboy

[NoMAD]

Thats a good looking pano mate,

best of luck with the project, keep us posted!

cheers
NoMAD

[Grimbo]

FATBOY wrote

hey grimbo i grew up in broulee parents had the flats in clarke street. ill be at the craak run hope to catch up with ya
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Yeah I'll be at the CRAKK run rain hail or shine , I hang out there with my club the OMENS. Even "IF" I don't get the panny there, I'm now living in sutton which is a 5 minute drive so you can check it out.

By the way FATBOY my full name is Sam Gifford and was born in '79, what's your real name?
Cheers
Sam

[FATBOY]

sam full name ian filmer i think i used to coach your brother tennis
cheers fatboy

[ipg]

hot van! im jealous now....(goes back down to the garage)

[Grimbo]

BTTT so windowless wonder can have a look.
Sam

[windowless wonder]

Gday sam,

Real nice mate, i can see all the work you've put into her. Keep it goin, she'd be a show stopper if u finished her. I see what you're sayin with your priorities, would be nice if u could finish her though.

Would be cool to put the back seats in the van like smooth suggested, considering the same floor plan. my old man suggested the same thing to me when i did up my original van (RIP my good friend), although i never went through with it.

Cheers mate

[Grimbo]

Well didn't get the van finished for the CRAKK run and we had our baby, shes 11 weeks old now and I've managed to slip a little time out in the shed.
Fitted a H/ duty HQ radiator had to scallop out some of the subframe to do it.






Had a chance to undercoat, seam seal, c-guard and paint the floor.









and play around a bit more with the rollpan I started ages ago,





added some 6mm round bar around the number plate recess, to try and give it rounder look rather than a hard edge.

Cheers Sam