Tony's FB Ute

[YelloYoot]

Installed a Pertronix Ignitor in the old girl today. It was a good excuse to buy myself a Dremel multiwhizzer Had a few issues getting the dizzy to mesh back in the right tooth but got it in the end. Also fitted the Flamethrower coil i had laying around (painted yellow) and some sexy yellow plug leads. I increased the gap on the plugs to 0.85mm and timed her up. No pinging, even on yucky regular fuel

It seems to go a little better, not sure if the timing was optimised pre fitting, but at least its going again, i quite often break things trying to make improvements - the old 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' thing.

2 of the leads were too short so i've just sent an email, hopefully the bloke sends me the correct ones.

Before


After



I've got a carby synchroniser http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/carby-balanc ... 3378e8c82a on the way from eBay land, so that will be my next tinkering session, try to stop the occasional popping backfire at idle.

Tony

[michaeljohn1234m]

a bit of Yellow makes such a big difference I like it heaps

[YelloYoot]

Thanks, the set of leads I received were for a red motor, new yellow grey set is on it's way now apparently

[(AUST)Mod]

Where did you purchase the yellow leads? I would love to grab some for my FB

[YelloYoot]

eBay mate, $31.50 delivered, pretty cheap i reckon.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Holden-Grey- ... 3cc8b0287c

when you purchase just make sure you add in the note to seller section which colour you want, he makes them in red, blue, white, yellow, pink & grey.

Tony.

[EK-selent]

heya thats an amazing collection of photos!! all in WA right?

Great ute you have too. Im in Donnybrook with my 61 EK sedan. might see ya cruzin

[YelloYoot]

Yeah mate, all around the wheatbelt / goldfields areas.

your EK looks very tidy, I'll keep an eye out for you.

I'm in the process of buying a house over in Busso at the moment so will be able to get the ute out cruising more often i reckon, and have a decent shed. i've been keeping the ute in my mum's shed, which makes it that little bit harder to just take it for a spin.

[YelloYoot]

So we've moved into the new shed, oh, and house about 6 weeks ago, definitely enjoying having a shed, been missing out all these years

The ute looks at home



So I figured i should get my other ute from its hiding spot for the last couple of years to keep the old girl company



The boat got evicted to the patio



Luckily I found the missing window trim piece in the back, had blown off during the trailer ride, it originally blew off on the Nullabor but i got a replacement, glad i don't have to find another one.

Tony

[vintageholden]

there is a set of tasmans on gumtree/perth if your interested..

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/maylands ... 1009645905

[YelloYoot]

Today Mum brought around a DVD she made of the ute during its restoration, she didn't know she had it and stumbled across it the other day, i managed to grab a few photos off it, average quality as they're screenshots from the dvd but a bit of a stroll down memory lane, hope you enjoy them.









Who needs a rotisserie?? I can remember it well, about 6 young lads and a mattress!






















The date on the last photo puts it nearly spot on 10 years ago it was ready for rego

Cheers,

Tony.

[MeFB]

Awesome stuff! Your old man did a great job bringing it back from the brink (or slightly over the brink by the looks of it).

Hopefully one day you'll hand it down to another family member who'll treasure it as much as you do

[In the Shed]

Hey Tony,
Love your ute, very tidy and wheels set it off. Your Dad had his work cut out for him but the end result looks just spot on. No doubt it will be a keeper?
Regards
Stephen

[parisian62]

Good stuff another one saved Check out the tailgate in the first pic...

[MeFB]

Good stuff another one saved Check out the tailgate in the first pic...

What tailgate? I just see holes and rust

[Harv]

I just see holes and rust

That's very expensive NASCO tailgate rust. I thought all utes were fitted with it from the factory

I shouldn't laugh... the lower tailgate on my wagon had more cancer than I thought.

Cheers,
Harv