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Have you seen what you pay for a decent one these days Mick ??? A week or so and it will be good to go
Got the rest of the passengers A pillar sorted today grabbed this section from my mate next door to help with making templates

Hhhmmmm





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Great work there Blacky

Nice work. Definitely saveable, and a good price, but then, it is only a HZ.


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

Errol62 wrote: Tue Dec 31, 2024 1:00 pm Nice work. Definitely saveable, and a good price, but then, it is only a HZ.

Only????? Other than the pollution gear, they were a damn fine horseless carriage.

Cheers,
Harv

You may scoff you unwashed heathen - but just you wait until I get it hopping !!!
Midday report - fixed a few fiddly bits and chopped out the pinhole in the firewall ….



Using the tried and true CAD system



Glued in



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Other one done


Aforementioned pinhole cut out , now having coffee break before making a patch piece



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Harv wrote:

Errol62 wrote: Tue Dec 31, 2024 1:00 pm Nice work. Definitely saveable, and a good price, but then, it is only a HZ.

Only????? Other than the pollution gear, they were a damn fine horseless carriage.

Cheers,
Harv

I’m probably a bit biased having owned a HX which was worse for the anti pollution power drain. Also the HX was between HK and EK in my ownership profile, and I fitted 225 tyres all around on 7” rims. Tyre shop advised that was the widest practically, but it made the steering very heavy.


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Blacky wrote: Sun Dec 29, 2024 12:29 pmNo GTS guards mate - keeping this a stocker pretty much.

Blacky wrote: Tue Dec 31, 2024 2:44 pm You may scoff you unwashed heathen - but just you wait until I get it hopping !!!

Another bit done - cut out donor piece and scribe



Trim, fettle and tweak - a lot




Use electric glue gun



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Passengers floor ready to weld in tomorrow- that’s enough for one day - going next door for a small shandy or 7
Happy new year ya filthy animals





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Blacky wrote: Mon Dec 30, 2024 11:13 pm Have you seen what you pay for a decent one these days Mick ???


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i paid $800 for mine delivered from Brisbane and felt ripped off, but i did only buy it for parts and only for pissy fiddly parts that a panelvan i had didn't come with, i figured nobody would want this and sent it to SIMS, maybe i was wrong

HHHHMMMM - be a lot easier to tek screw the bastard in - chop the bottoms off them and a bit of seam sealer and nobody would be the wiser



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Another step closer , a bit over 100 welds some of which actually stuck


Then made this bit up and zapped it I. To complete this side of the old rusty shotbox




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Looks like fun


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Errol62 wrote:Looks like fun


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It is in a way - be more fun if it wasn’t 38 degrees again today 26 in the shed so not too bad though

Drivers side cowl/plenum this arvo, bit of a mission- the ute has a new name - the ogre- because it has lots of layers and it makes you cry ……
Top layer off -


Then the next -


Made a patch panel


Next layer



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