Chopped EK Van Project(recent pics Pg23)

[Devilrod]

Wow!!!! Way Cool Thommo, can't wait to see it finished.

[ek61]

nice work thommo

still reccon u need to slam it 2 the ground though

[Harko]

excuse the shitty photoshopping
but

The next "new thing", scribble walls

Thats gold lmao .
But Ive had em before too

[RAT138]

I get the look that thommo is going for, its like a 70's almost cartoon car style. Definately unique and a head turner. But wow slammed on its guts that thing looks ridiculously tough. Not sure if you could get it that low though without bags?

[TAYZ 58]

I reckon its the ducks guts Thommo, every car is multi low now (and mine will be too) But I like the 70;s raked look, its different and thats whats its about, be a beast once its done for sure

[katman]

WOW it looks great, it is so good to see the work in progress, most people couldn't even imagine how much work is involved. Good Work and i can't wait to see it when it is finished.

[axeman]

hey thommo the van looks wild , cant wait to see how she turns out in the Gasser style



Cheers
Axeman

[Mephious]

Any updates Thommo ??

Its good to see it all coming together !

Not sure what your doing for wheels, but I spied these on the ozrodders site http://www.ozrodders.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=26887, might not be what your after thou.... will require a bit of tubbing His asking $1500 for them and located in Vic



Rims

Fronts.......14" x 7" with 3 1/2" b/s
Rears.......15" x 10" with 4 1/2" b/s

Tyres

Fronts......175 / 70 x 14 Michelin
Rears......285 / 70 x 15 BFG T/A's

[minifb]

looks great mate..Cheers mark

[Sunny Rob]

Looks great Thommo. Damn the crowd, straight axle that mo-fo.

[Thommo]

There is progress, but it doesn't look any different.
The last pics posted were a mock up of how its going to look.
well, there's a lot of work to be done to these parts to get it finished properly.
Lots of welding, fabricating panels to join the rear guards to the underside of the van to stop
mud/dirt accumulating and causing rust later, hammer & dolly work,
Shrinking of the windowless panel side area to get it nice and flat, etc

I have the wheels Mephious, the chromies fitted.
I have two rear sets, 14x6 & 14x8 with skinny fronts

The diff is narrowed on the van the same as my sedan, so I have over 4
combinations of wheels to share between the two cars.

Thanks for the lead on the weld wheels, but I'm keeping the van to a Pre 1975 theme

More pics to come when it looks different to what it is now

Cheers
Jeff

[Thommo]

Gday folks

We are still plugging away with panel work.
Progress has been slow, I know, we have missed a lot of weeks
for various reasons beyond our control.

The main body is all finished, all the welding that is,
We worked on the second front gaurd tonight, one is done.
Besides the usual rust repairs, we had to convert an EK gaurd to a FB gaurd.

Had to search to find this thread, it had dropped back to page 3

Anyway, here's a pic of the gaurd conversion.



Cheers
Jeff

[parisian62]

Hi Jeff,

Good to see you and Len are still chipping away at it. I know what you mean about missing weeks..

Stewart

[bigalhusband]

you wouldnt want to be too tall getting into the van I recon you will need a stack hat so as to not bump your head(could give you brain damage -woops too late)

[reidy]

Great job Jeff, coming along nicely. There's a sh!t load of work there and it's good to see someone who knows what they're doing.
Hope to see it on the road "soon".
Regards Bill