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Absolutely superb

hmm I wonder why the tail lights arnt on
At this stage of the build id be hanging to see those fins finished with chrome
maybe another mod to look forward too


Can not wait to see this finished
well done

That is absolutely gorgeous

Your just teasing us now leaving the chrome work and such to our imagination.

Totally awesome

Absolutely awesome

Yum yum! I can't wait to see the EK with my own eyes (all four of 'em )
at Bendigo, she's a real work of art.

Scotty.

J wrote:

V8EK4us wrote:

ummmmmmmm
Interesting shot of yer dogs there ay

the interior and your "speaker" looks awesome
not sure about the headrests, if it was me I wouldnt have any, but do what ya like to your own style... I spoze u need them there as well cos whenever you put ur foot flat ur gonna sink right in to those seats!

im not a hundred percent on this but im pretty sure with the mods done to this car you would find it hard to get it engineered without the headrests, correct me if im wrong.
also awesome work v8ek4us one of my fave fb/ek's for sure ilove the shot from the rear showin all that rubber

the headrests may be an issue. but considering that originally the car had low back seats i can't see there being too big a problem.
the car loos absolutely awesome. i love that threatening stance the rear has, if for some reason you came up behind that beast you wouldn't even bother pulling out to overtake, it just screams "DON'T EVEN TRY!! "
can't wait to see it with the rest of the chrome on it and no straps to hide the true lines and attitude of this magnificent machine.
congrats on such a high quality product without having to "outsource" every part of it.
L&K&K

Cheers guys.
J, mmmmm I have to agree, the dogs are a major worry to say the least!!

The headrests are not the ones that will be in the car (as long as the replacements turn up in time , joys of living in Darwin!)

I finished fitting all the rubbers today (doors and boot) and they went on very well, had a "fitting tip" which helped heaps!!! Tomorrow is "finish the boot day", will post some pics when it's done (if it looks ok!!)

Rick, the chrome has not arrived yet , but they did send the door handles (outside) by express post so at least I got them on and finished fitting the internal door trims .

Thermo fans, Grille, bonnet catch (modified) are fitted, will polish and fit the radiator O/F tank and washer tanks tomorrow.



Have posted pics of gluing the rubbers, please don't take offence< I have just read alot about people having problems with rubbers so I thought I would put it up just incase it helps someone in the future
This is the rubber door/boot seal and the following pic shows the glue (dots), basically I was told to treat the rubbers like the newer cars (they have clips every 100-150mm) and glue in spots rather than fully glue the rubber, I glued it at 50-60mm spacings and seems to have worked really well, doors shut and are still in line (harder to shut, but that is expected)

Rubber - no glue:




Dots are the glue:




Do about 150mm (6") at a time, then apply more as you go..... slow and steady wins the race....apparently ...




Rubber fitted:






Door handles on:




Thermo's, grille, bonnet latch fitted:




Trim finished on left side:

Lookin gooood

What glue did you use for the rubbers?

SC00BB wrote:Lookin gooood

What glue did you use for the rubbers?

This is the glue SC00B, as the label says for "difficult to bond rubbers". One bottle will do 4 doors and the boot.

Hey Gary,
Cars looking good, nearly there.

What brand of rubbers have you used?

Regards Greg

EK283 wrote:Hey Gary,
Cars looking good, nearly there.

What brand of rubbers have you used?

Regards Greg

Thanks Greg, I used all Rare Spares rubbers, they fit very good.

I better get back in the shed, about 6 weeks work to do in 6 days

The higher temps of Darwin help with those rubbers


Are you leaving or painting the insert on the flash kit ....

cheers for postin the pics of the rubbers, the dots of glue are somethin i didnt no about so cheers, should make my job a lot easier

actually i have a question, wood it be easier to put rubbers on after doors are on or before?
cheers matty

nice Garry you have combined stlye and tuffness perfectly
the speaker cover and the interia colors
are not over the top great job mate