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samprinci wrote:WOW!!!! awesome Stewart.. thanks for the pix.. I nearly peed my pants with excitement when I check my phone & saw the pix..

actually i did>>>??? but I was on the toilet any how??? OK too much information????

I Know you will , but make sure u video the 1st start up. cant wait to her that Lion roar

To avoid making a mess pull ya paints down before sitting on the potty haha

searsy wrote:

samprinci wrote:WOW!!!! awesome Stewart.. thanks for the pix.. I nearly peed my pants with excitement when I check my phone & saw the pix..

actually i did>>>??? but I was on the toilet any how??? OK too much information????

I Know you will , but make sure u video the 1st start up. cant wait to her that Lion roar

To avoid making a mess pull ya paints down before sitting on the potty haha

aaaaaah too funny.
thanks mate sound advicce.

Your continuing saga has given "Old Timer" a real aura of a Legend, risen from the brink of ruination, only to come back, better, after a supreme effort from quite a lot of good people. Your old wagon will always be fondly regarded by the folks on this forum who have keenly followed this story from day one. Tony.

Hi Tony

Many thanks for that. I definitely wouldn't be where I am now without the help of some key people. It's been a long and hard slog and I can't wait to finish. If I really knew what I was getting myself into 5 years ago I probably would never have started. I was pretty green. Sill am I guess but I have learnt heaps which was one of my goals. Theres not an inch of the EK I don't know.

Crikey 'legend' status... let me get a few miles under my belt first...

regards
Stewart

A few more from the last few weeks...

This traingular piece of stainless trim is just for the wagons...it was a real pain. I thought the 'tabs' went inside the gutter...whilst visitng Wayne I had a chance discovery of seeing his wagon and a realised that the 'tabs' hook over the gutter. Much easier to fit that way.





had to clean up the gutter trims


I copied the original speaker bracket and managed to squeeze in 2 speakers...stereo!

I got these out of the cupboard and fitted them up. All prepped and painted a few years back.







Still havn't adjusted them Craig...

Luis made me up a new battery tray

Made a set of A piller rubbers abnd glued them on where the guards bolt onto the body

Bolted up the fuel pump. Was cleaned up a few years ago.

Original glove box



and air levers

Installed the steering wheel and wired up the horn contact and blinkers...only took me three attempts to get it right...



original trim all polished and ready to go in

Rear tailgate assembly

Clips. Sometimes you have to re-use them.



Clean them up with a wire brush



Soak them



ready for prime and paint

The joys of windscreens. Our attempt last week didn't end well. The profile of the first rubber was too big. As the screen was pushed into place the stainless trim was being pushed out and not hooking up underneath the rubber properly.

Meet Harry. He started in the windscreen trade in the early 1970s and he is 70 years young... he came back on Friday as I had another windscreen rubber. Boy it was a difficult job. But he got there in the end.

I broke a cardinal rule - never throw anything out until your finished. So when it came to getting new fuel and brake lines I had to borrow a set from Wayne. Thanks mate. Dr Terry used them as a template to make me up a new set which I picked up today.

Looking good Stewart

It all looks well organised, its a credit to you.......and helpers no doubt.

You must be itching as your getting so close!!!

Well done mate.