EK JAY'S FB WAGON PROJECT (some color)

EK JAY · Post by **EK JAY** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:15 am

Mephious wrote:Wagon is looking great Jay !!!

Well done also on the Street Machine magazine !!! Seen your sedan in the readers pics !!! Keep at it, it is looking very sharp !!

Thanks Scott i havent seen the magazine yet
i will have to go buy it

FB1960 · Post by **FB1960** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:43 am

fantastic colur choice
whats the blue grey colour?

Sputzwagon · Post by **Sputzwagon** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:47 am

Love the colours, J...

If you're going the wide white walls I'd paint the rims the same as the body colour. YUM

As for the badges..on my wagon I removed the special and left the three diamonds (in your case stars) it looked neat.

Scotty.

Thommo · Post by **Thommo** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 3:08 pm

Beautiful J, that looks real nice

As for the front gaurd badges,
I wonder how a front gaurd spear from a standard
would look to compliment the flash

I cant remember that combination being done.

Cheers
Jeff

EK JAY · Post by **EK JAY** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:38 pm

FB1960 wrote:fantastic colur choice
whats the blue grey colour?

Thanks mate color is light ocean blue metalic from suzuki

EK JAY · Post by **EK JAY** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:45 pm

Thanks for the great comments guys
i think i will take DR's advice and leave
the badges till its finished and look at it again

EK JAY · Post by **EK JAY** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:29 pm

Had a break from rubbing down the wagon today
so i did some work in the cargo area im making a
wooden floor similar to some utes have in the tray
first i cut out a piece of masonite to the correct shape
of the area i then got the timber slats i already had
and cut them to the same size and shape of the masonite
i will then ues liquid nail's to stick them down to the masonite
in the right position once there dry i will sand smooth and coat
with a high gloss polyurethane clear then once dry
i will add some chrome strips spaced out evenly on top of the wood

old board

ben · Post by **ben** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:53 pm

Coming on nicely Jay. Neat idea for cargo area. Agree with others regards front trim. I've still got the stars, special and bonnet bird in a box. Glad i resisted putting them on at build time.

parisian62 · Post by **parisian62** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:07 pm

just superb.

Does the FB wagon have the exterior stainless the runs along the top of the side glass in the cargo area?

EK JAY · Post by **EK JAY** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:32 pm

parisian62 wrote:just superb.

Does the FB wagon have the exterior stainless the runs along the top of the side glass in the cargo area?

thanks mate

do you mean the one that curls around the roof edge on the outside

if so yeah i havent put it on yet im tying to find some new clips without
much luck

matchew · Post by **matchew** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:34 pm

hay mate jus ann idea here but have u thought about puttin slithers of stainless inbetween each piece of wood stickin up bout 1-2 mm and each piece bein a couple a mills thick, just an idea, mind you i like the look ur already goin for

EK JAY · Post by **EK JAY** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:36 pm

ben wrote:Coming on nicely Jay. Neat idea for cargo area. Agree with others regards front trim. I've still got the stars, special and bonnet bird in a box. Glad i resisted putting them on at build time.

Thanks Ben i do like the look of your wagon mate
without the badges and bonnet bird
looks very smooth and clean

parisian62 · Post by **parisian62** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:47 am

Hi Jay,

Yes thats them.

check out http://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8183

Stewart

EK JAY · Post by **EK JAY** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:39 pm

Hi did a bit more on the cargo area today i sanded the
wood down then put a thin coat of polyurethene high
gloss clear on it i will light sand it tommorow and give it
2 more heavy coats i also bought some stainless strip
to put onto the boards just not sure wich pattern to run
them in 2 side by side then a gap then 2 more all the way
across or one on every piece of wood across

anyway some pics

ek05 · Post by **ek05** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:03 am

Looks awesome Jay! Love the colour! Like Thommo said, I rekon the strip from a standard on the front guard would really set it off. Something different anyway!

What about having the stainless strips in the cargo area covering the joins in each bit of timber? that might look alright!
In the end im sure what ever you decide on it will look awesome!

Cheers Matt