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ok this is the third time he has set a deadline and missed it
the part which hurts the most is that this time he PROMISED me that id have it driving today.

This is all that has been accomplished in 3 weeks.


My sister comes back from Sydney on sunday, its not about having my car cos I love it, now its about having it back because I need it..

Someone said on another forum... it's a 2 day job...... this has been going on for months

we did the V8 conversion on the van drive in red 6 4 speed drive out 308 auto in 5 days part time

with all the parts and tools on hand what you are doing could be done in a day but 2 days easy, don't know what the guys problem is, not very good buisness unless he's doing it for free or DIRT cheap it shouldn't be getting pused back/put off

Just to set the record straight - I took this job on for Jay knowing that it would cost me more time than I would charge for, which ultimately would cost me money. But he seemed keen and I wanted to help him out. I offered to let him come in and use the workshop and learn more about his EK. We run a very busy mechanical repair business with myself as the sole mechanic so time is limited. In fact there where quite a few parts missing before we could start the build which caused a time delay. Despite this it has progessed more than stated and with a few more hours work it would be up and running. In fact I did apologise for not finishing the job on Friday and told Jay that I had Monday and Tuesday free to solely work on his vehicle. I found out through friends of mine what has been said on this forum and I am very disappointed in the outcome. Unfortunately the impatience of youth and lack of knowledge is not a good combination when modifying vehicles.
I wish Jay well with his project, but would advise a little more patience!

Unfortunately the impatience of youth and lack of knowledge is not a good combination when modifying vehicles.

Not wanting to get in the middle of this discussion / debate / argument whatever it is you guys want to call it, I don't know what arrangement you had with J, and welcome you to be able to stick up for yourself and your business (i had not heard of it before until J's, your work does look good from what i've seen & have seen from other places, given the ammount of shops out there not prepared to do that sort of thing, i say good on you for at least taking this on), but I will say there are a lot of youth out there and on this forum (including myself) who do put a lot of time and effort into all aspects of the car, in my case I’m building an FB, from doing the work and researching everything I do (myself & father are building this thing ourselves in our excuse for a shed, neither of us have done a full car rebuild before or work in the industry) but we get in there and give it a go after carefully planning things out, we gain as much knowledge as possible on areas we are unsure about and we in doubt we ask questions, People like My old man & Blacky just to name a few, have been very helpful to me and i owe them alot for there assistance no matter how small or large it is...

Now I hope you and J can come to some sort of resolution to which you are both happy with, but please everybody remember before this gets out of hand (if it does) this forum is for FB / EK enthusiasts of all ages, and the aim is to be able to discuss / show/ educate etc... and not argue about our rides, if you want to do that do it in another place!

If this message gets taken the wrong way them i'm happy for the Mod's to delete it...

Cheers
NoMAD

SunnyTim wrote: Instead I had a shifting spanner and a lot of other tools that made the job 20 times longer (come to think of it I still do)

Don't worry SunnyTim, times haven't changed, thats whats been passed to me!

cheers
NoMAD

SunnyTim wrote:Geesus D you're a generous bloke! What I woud've done for someone to give me the use of a workshop when I was J's age
Instead I had a shifting spanner and a lot of other tools that made the job 20 times longer .

Youre not wrong Tim , I built a HR ute on my mates front lawn - using a tree for an engine hoist and a tarp for protection from the rain in between jobs

Its a shame but i will not be working on the car anymore,it really took me back to my youth and working on my(dare i say it F*rd)
Whats worse i have lost a days work today and J would be driving it home on weds.

BTW - I have an EK wagon coming in next week from a regular customer and am happy to post pics?

Bring them on - we LOVE pics

DP wrote:BTW - I have an EK wagon coming in next week from a regular customer and am happy to post pics?

Sounds good, just check they're happy to have them posted up here first.

J, time to make some hard decisions huh. I know what I'd do especially going buy the quality of the work done so far......

if he hasnt already shot himself in the foot

aidan...

my70wg wrote:if he hasnt already shot himself in the foot

aidan...

was just about to say looks like J is going to be walking with a limp as he seems to have shot himself in the foot

Well............... Update?

Gearbox crossmember is all ready,
a kinda gentleman welded some plates on the end, I drilled some holes and I plan to bolt it up tomorrow!

Otherwise all the temporary fuel lines are complete, just have to do transmission coolant lines... aaaaand im pretty much done.

However the linkages do not quite clear the extractors.
Wait till u see what im doing with the exhaust

just reaffirming DP's status. i own a plumbing company and ALL our vehicles go to his workshop. ALL of my toys goes to his shop, and thats a f***king lot of toys. 3 eh's, 2 ek's, 2 xl falcon's, 2 landcruisers, 1 hilux. ALL of my business partners toys goes to his shop. my brother in-law put me onto DP and have been more than happy. as for running a business the service has been second to none and the pricing is fair and just..... but yes j great to see how keen you are, don't let it blind you in other areas. ive just recently caught you ek bug, still an eh junking but changing my drug....haha
jim