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hey guys im new to this forum but i figure you guys are who i need to be talking to about a project im looking at under taking. i would like to get an fb/ek sedan and turn it into a coupe, chop the top, fit a supercharged v6 and possibly some suicide doors and a few other custom tricks. i work as a panel beater so i will be doing the body work myself and as much of everything else as possible. what i would like to know is if anyone there has done something similar and what kind of engineering/expense was envolved. any tips to do with that or the chop would be greatly appreciated because i want to know what im in for before i undertake this big project.
cheers

Welcome, check this link http://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewtop ... 495#p26495

And there are a couple of chopped vans with good info on here too.
Good luck and post pic's of your progress , Trev .

which state are you in ? i've done an EK convertable, made a delivery out of a wagon, a chopped pillarless 2 doored sedan and am just about to primer a 2 door sedan (when the weather clears )

gus92 wrote:hey guys im new to this forum but i figure you guys are who i need to be talking to about a project im looking at under taking. i would like to get an fb/ek sedan and turn it into a coupe, chop the top, fit a supercharged v6 and possibly some suicide doors and a few other custom tricks. i work as a panel beater so i will be doing the body work myself and as much of everything else as possible. what i would like to know is if anyone there has done something similar and what kind of engineering/expense was envolved. any tips to do with that or the chop would be greatly appreciated because i want to know what im in for before i undertake this big project.
cheers

Sweet,

you'll have to be a piccy poster, when you start.

Sounds good. One of you're biggest expense will be a chopped screen. Best to talk to MiniFB or Mez about theirs.

+The screen cost depends on which way you go about it , you can cut a laminated screen down with success ,sink one into the apperture or make one from scratch ...
Good to see another welder onboard welcome.

thatnks for the responses guys, the link for the green ek 2 door is awesome. ive been looking at this for a while and ive just got to get rid of my commodore then ill be getting right into it. does anyone know of a good engineer in W.A?

if yor in WA have a talk with vintageholden off here he had an unfinished body that was chopped and 2 doored that he was trying to get rid of, this was a while ago so it may be gone

Gus , are you North or South of the river ? I use Dan Pitic for engineering stuff, he is in Kingsley or thereabouts.
Theres a bloke in Lesmurdie who is pretty good as well apparently.

cheers blacky, im about 150 kilometers north east of perth so ill have chat with the north of the river guy hes probably the way to go to save a little bit of travelling