EK Freshen Up

[Marty K Bird]

Yeah great to see all the previous cut corners are no longer!! It looks great with the fresh paint .... well and truly on the home straight now!

[Cal]

Thanks fellas . Yeah, some of the old repairs were woeful, looked like someone had fixed it up in a hurry to try and sell it at some stage of it's life.

Just goes to show that even if the car looks ok from the outside, you don't know what nasty's lie underneath

[Cal]

Hopefully heading up to Dave's on Saturday, so I'll take plenty then, Tim

[Cal]

More progress

Front and rear bumpers went on. The back one was a bit of a bastard to put on. Thanks again Scotty for the rear over riders and number plare lights









Brand new door handles went on, plus door trims and internal handles and window winders









New quarter vent window rubbers




We then tried puttibg on the front screen using the original rubber. It started breaking apart when Dave tried installing the screen. Dave had recently bought a Rares rubber for his FB, so we decided to trial fit it to see if we can use it on my car. Obviously miracles don't happen.

The recess where the windscreeen sits in the rubber is just not deep enough, as you can notice by the marks left from the old rubber. i'll be ordering a Betta rubber on Monday to go with the back one I bought last week











Highlight of the day was going for a hair raising ride in this beast. 427 cubes of American muscle




Next up is install seatbelts, front and back screens, interior, some underbody paint then hopefully that's it

[parisian62]

Well that's gotta put a smile on ya dial!

[Cal]

What, the 'Vette? I was farking petrified

[samprinci]

Hey guys lookin good.. Pete I had the pleasure of a ride in the vett too. I'm still smiling... very cool ride

[Sputzwagon]

Hey guys lookin good.. Pete I had the pleasure of a ride in the 'Vette too. I'm still smiling... very cool ride

I too have had a ride & driven the Vette in question..LOTTA ENGINE for a SMALL CAR!
Good to see the overriders came in useful ..better than sitting on my bench gathering dust.

Scotty.

[parisian62]

What, the 'Vette?

...both...

[gnomester]

What a sweet looking car

[Cal]

Thanks gnomester.


Some more progress.....Windscreens in,








seatbelts installed, and seats in. Made a bit of a stuff up by buying the belts to large, but still useable.







Was hoping to have it ready for the NSW club Xmas part next weekend, though there's still a bit more to do

[Cal]

A few photo's Dave just sent. Can't beleive he worked on it today. 40 degrees here in Sydney

Getting closer

[bootlegger]

I think you better let me drive it to the xmas party.

[ben]

Well done guys, looks very nice. Im sure your going to enjoy the cuise to your xmas party

[samprinci]

looking good guys..

Pete! I saw this in the flesh last weekend... looking real good. Actually I helped Dave for about 5 minutes with the windscreen, but had then to run..