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Crikey. Some serious engineering happening there Mick. Amazing work!

Got some good gear going in to that build, love the chassis work .

That is going to be one i'd like to see -Great work

Nice work, love that x member

How did the engineering go with the 4 link?

Cheers

Gazza

Welcome aboard - where have you been? apart from flitting all your coupons on a soujourn around Oz....?

I can't for one moment believe that this build is for the missus - to take to the shopping centre - but being a Ute, it will most likely be able to carry a slab or two ..... oops, nah - can't do that - those great road rollers will use up a lot of your tub.... guess it's a case of having to run the mission solo.....

Amazing on what you have shown us, I expect you have your engineer well and truly current with all work - the factory shows signs of other vehicles in state of re-juvenate.....

Love your work on the chassis - just one question - the opening for the radiator, I expect will be "stretched" just a little..... it's the only part which sticks out in my mind at present....

And, by the way - you have at least three others in the Croydon area...... although you might only see one from time to time on the road... if you're lucky....

Again, welcome aboard - will be watching this build with my hand on my heart.......

frats,
Rosco

Geez fingers, you'r keeping a closer eye on my ute than me. I haven't been there for a couple of weeks so those latest pics you posted are a real treat for me. Rosco, that sojourn, as you say, was 25 years ago.....thinking about it I can't believe it was that long ago...anyway its taken me that long to save up enough more coupons to even think about finishing off my ute the way I want it. Originally I planned to do all the work myself, cause being a vehicle bodybuilder by trade I have the skills, but having a business that owns me, and a family to look after I really don't have the time. The front end and all the chassis work you see in the photos is by the hand of Heath and Luke at Southern Chassis Works in Warragul. As you can see they are doing an awsome job in creating my modern day tribute to Johnny Z's EK ute. Yes, you Betcha, after heath has finished it going to get the pillars shortened by about 2.5 inches. Rosco, you have got a keen eye, the radiator opening will be modified after I have the radiator built, just to make sure we have a neat fit. Haven,t seen many around the streets of late. There used to be a nice light blue ute with dark blue signwriting on the door (the name escapes me at the moment) and a guy named Mark had another light blue ute, chopped I think with a smoothed off tailgate. both of which I haven't seen around for a few years.

Got more photos mate will get the posted over the weekend

man thats a hum dinger

Hey mick, got a heap more pics for you today, not that computer savvy re uploading the pics mate, So I sent them through to Fingers email for him to upload, motor has gone in a treat as you will see in the next lot of pics, starting to really come to shape now, hope you like them mate

cheers Heath

I hear you mate, I haven't got a clue how to post the pics either. Lucky fingers has half a clue and not bad with the kodak as well i must say. The pics you sent to me today are grouse. You are really bringing it together. I cant wait to get down there in a week or so and check it out.
Mick

aint that hard to post pics work it out and hurry up
we want pics

Hey Trev,
Can you change the name of this thread to Micks chopped & tubbed ute or something like that.
Regards
Mick

Sumpthin like dat,...on a mural on the tailgate
with that i though i saw a pussy cat character, all evil and mad
well it would be cool if it was 1979
yeah,Tweety bird with a gas axe in hand

far out man, First i thought" what are you on" and then read it again and thought "mmmmm" you could be onto something. I like the tweety bird with a gas axe thing.

62MLOO wrote:Hey Trev,
Can you change the name of this thread to Micks chopped & tubbed ute or something like that.
Regards
Mick

Done