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Re: Rusty EK,s Ute

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:28 am
by Rusty EK
Here you go Fatboy , bit hard to get up under dash and get a decent pic sorry .

The bracket that the gemini booster bolts to fits neatly inside the ek pedal box , so all I did was to cut it off and weld the bracket on the inside so that the brake rod was the right length to join up to the pedal that I used , this in turn made the pedal box assembly about 6mm longer than original .

So I cut off the end that bolts to the dash 6mm and welded up the holes and redrilled to suit , then I just modified the brake pedal to sit in the desired location .

Hope that makes sense?


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Re: Rusty EK,s Ute

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:04 pm
by Rusty EK
Made it back out of the shed today , working brakes and handbrake :D ,thanks to Trev for the last slide pin brakes work great , looks like am going to have to do a flare job on it :x , didnt want too

Have finished off the tub , and blocked back most of the car again and spot puttied a few more spots , plan for the weekend is to finish blocking all the curvy bits , and do a flare job now , and put the last coat of primer on it .

Hopefully another week or so and we will look at throwing some colour on it ,wont be perfect , but will be tidy :thumbsup:

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Re: Rusty EK,s Ute

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 4:24 pm
by Mick
what about getting the rims made smaller as in not as wide, if they are 7's now get them put in a 6" rim and even change the offset a bit if you have the room to spare inwards

Re: Rusty EK,s Ute

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:20 am
by Rusty EK
No money left this week for wheel changes Mick , just paid my engineer and for all my new rubbers :( , think they call it broke :lol: , will have to be a hammer and dolly massage , much cheaper :P

Re: Rusty EK,s Ute

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 3:59 pm
by Mick
Rusty EK wrote: think they call it broke :lol:
nup i call that normal :( :D

Re: Rusty EK,s Ute

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:44 am
by Rusty EK
Getting close , got some more primer on to it and found a few more little spots to fix up .

Still have the stone tray to repair and a bit more work on the second bonnet to do , but should be close to ready this week :D

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Re: Rusty EK,s Ute

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 4:52 pm
by holdenutechick
Looking like some pretty nice work there Rusty keep up he good work :thumbsup:

Re: Rusty EK,s Ute

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 5:43 pm
by Trev
Thats a neat flare job :thumbsup: .

Re: Rusty EK,s Ute

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:21 pm
by zl296
eeexxxxtra cab..
looks very 2011.. :thumbsup:

Re: Rusty EK,s Ute

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:56 pm
by Rusty EK
Thanks guys
Borrowed a new carby off a mate tonight , WOW , what a differance , just could not get mine to run right , only trouble is now I thought the gearbox was slipping , nup its wheelspin , he, he :P , she is a lively little thing :D

Re: Rusty EK,s Ute

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:08 pm
by Mick Jagger
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bigger tyres

Re: Rusty EK,s Ute

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:32 pm
by fbtim
wheel spin with steering and brakes! good one.

Re: Rusty EK,s Ute

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:59 pm
by Rusty EK
And no tree stumps , got to be happy :lol: , have put 20 litres of fuel through it and havent been out the drive yet :shock:

Re: Rusty EK,s Ute

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 6:32 pm
by Rusty EK
Treated the old girl to a day out last weekend , there was a fundraiser car show on to raise money for upkeep of our local hall , thought I would take her out to boost the numbers , but there was a pretty good turnout considering the forcast , rain held off for most of the day and they got somewhere around 100 cars turn up .
This is only the second year they have held it , from about 20 cars last year , looks good for continued growth in years to come .

Chucked a few bits back on her to make her look a bit more presentable :) , got quite a lot of interest during the day .

Sorry not many photos , spent too much time talking :esmile:
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Re: Rusty EK,s Ute

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:24 pm
by russo
that last one is definitly tasmanian :shock: :shock: :) :)
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