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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:48 pm
by oldnek
Sputzwagon wrote:
I know a bloke around these parts that has front struts on an EK & a &*#@ diff??
Scotty! Struts is right but &*#@ diff, NAHHHHHH
It's a Toyota Supra diff.
Reedy
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:39 pm
by Aussie Bob
Tim has got it right, but you haven't got the whole "Unbiased" story.
On the economics ...
General Motors Holden spent 7,850,000 pounds
developing the FB Holden. To test the market to see if it could withstand a downgrade (for the forth coming EK model
), Holden made the FB 215 Poverty Pack.
However, Holden did put a few bucks into the EK .... It was a stroke of genius holding back the Hydra-matic for the EK, to make it feel like an advancement in technology
Anyway, that's the story I got from Sunny Tim
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 12:37 am
by Blacky
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:56 am
by FB MAD
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:53 am
by oldnek
Well there you go, Thanks Guys!
Thats a question that Google did not know, See I always thought that the knowledge here was huge.
Sunnymick and Steve you guys should put out a little book on FB/EK history, on the info that all the other writers left out.
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 6:42 am
by Aussie Bob
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:29 pm
by Aussie Bob
Re: Holden EK 215 "Rare Standard Auto" Snowcrest White
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 9:58 pm
by EKH00N
This one for sale on eBay soon Steve?
Re: Holden EK 215 "Rare Standard Auto" Snowcrest White
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:16 am
by Aussie Bob
No,
Some of the ones on eBay are not for sale
Re: Holden EK 215 "Rare Standard Auto" Snowcrest White
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:51 am
by John
God I love this car.
Re: Holden EK 215 "Rare Standard Auto" Snowcrest White
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:11 pm
by EKH00N
Steve Jackson wrote:No,
Some of the ones on eBay are not for sale
That's a shame. Always wonder what you think it would be worth, Larry Harped and Harped for me to buy it for $7k just before you bought it. Would have but didn't have the moneyvat the time, He even tried to sell it to me the day u went to see it
Re: Holden EK 215 "Rare Standard Auto" Snowcrest White
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:22 pm
by Aussie Bob
Couldn't remember what we paid for it, was it that much?
Hard to put a value on it now days. Regular 215's in similar condition are fetching over $20k
I think of Larry when I am on my way to Dr Terry's every time I pass Berala Railway station
Sure was a find!
Re: Holden EK 215 "Rare Standard Auto" Snowcrest White
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:26 pm
by EKH00N
Steve Jackson wrote:Couldn't remember what we paint for it, was it that much?
Hard to put a value on it now days. Regular 215's in similar condition are fetching over $20k
I think of Larry when I am on my way to Dr Terry's every time I pass Berala Railway station
Sure was a find!
He didn't want to let it go for the 6k u offered but was in a very bad place and had no choice, unfortunately not much later he lost his job.. Think of poor old Larry everytime I see that car.
Re: Holden EK 215 "Rare Standard Auto" Snowcrest White
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:57 pm
by Aussie Bob
And I has second thoughts on buying that day too. Specially when Larry started the car in gear and the wheel went over my foot.
The car drove terrible and I almost walked away. It had four unmatched retreads
Once they were changed the next day, it drove much better.
Back then when I purchased this car, there were a lot of great FB's and EK's for around the 6-7K I purchased some of them too
