The BLK-CAR

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The BLK-CAR

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Gday all,

Here's my Olden, Pops EK from Forbes NSW. Car was my Great Uncle Basil's who used it as a private taxi taking people from Forbes area to Sydney. Basil sold it to Nan and Pop in '65 ish. Basil would check that they were keeping her clean and serviced and looking after her right. Pop looked after his 5000 acre farm and the EK started its duties. Stories I've been told are:

That it was used to go to the tractors of a morning and being parked under a tree then driving it back to the house at night,

To driving Dad and his 4 sisters 1km down the road to the school bus and being parked there all day under a tree (it was black so hot hot hot in summer!) only to be driven 1 km back to the homestead after school,

To my aunty and nan eating minties in there (see proof of their minty love),

To it carrying the family in and out of town, Pop and Nan with dads baby seat between them in the front seat and the 4 girls across the back!

Car was parked up after 20 odd years of school bus duty in a shed. She was moved around from shed to shed a fair bit getting her outta the way but from about mid to late 80s to late 2000s. Mum remembers "the black car" being in a shed in early 90s when Mum and Dad met. Dad had always dreamt of doing her up with his mates as a teen but never did (he chopped the roof off an eh as a fox shooting car and molested that instead of the EK, EH was rolled along with a Leyland Mini). Car then went to my Uncle who took the motor out (he still has motor) and put it back on the farm, he is into Datsuns, then he offered it to Me and Dad who took her in on the 5th Feburary 2014.

This is how we got it:

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Since then I have hooked in and completely stripped it and have almost stripped all the paint.

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Car has bugger all rust and is only bad in the end of the sill on driver side and driver side rear quarter which is completely gone.

Plan is to go original grey with twin stommys, converted to trimatic, original interior paint and original vinyl seats and a fresh lick of black, whitewalls and gts rims will set it off! Aim is to get it done by the end of year 12 so 2 1/2 years away! Exactly what my head think end product will be:

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https://instagram.com/blk.car/

The nickname '"black car" came about because that what it was called by Pop and Dad back in the day and that how we refer to it now! Number plates will be either

[BLK-CAR] or [FXZ-202] fxz-202 is what I think the plates were originally but not 100% sure, just like the ring to FXZ-202, perfect if I ever put a 202 in it :lol:

Cheers!
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Welcome to the forum, you're going to get quite a few excited on here. A factory black hydramatic! The body sure has held up well, for its age and even better you know it's history. You're plans for it should make your family proud. Such a cool car. :thumbsup:
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Great to see you keeping it in the family lol!
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I remember seeing a black EK Hydro in Rooty Hill NSW. It was back in the early 80s and it was in a yard with a Bullet Nose Studebaker and an A40 ute. You could see it from the railway line when you went past in the train. Whe I enquired about it, the guy said it was Factory Black and he wanted $200. I remember opening the door and seeing the Charcoal grey paint inside the doors and on the lower dash and telling him that I thought it had been painted black. He said thats how they were and I remember thinking "What a Wally!"
As it turned out , he was right and I was WRONG! What an interesting car you have,with a great story as well. I think SunnyTim had a white with red FB Special that was driven by kids to the school bus for years also. A Black EK Auto is a rare and desirable car at any time, but the family connection makes it so much more special.
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Welcome to the forum mate, theres only one thing better than a black EK - an all black FB !!!!
Great to see a car with so much family history being cherished by another generation, should be more of it 8) 8)
I started with nothing and still have most of it left.


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Thanks guys!

My history teacher said "that's an excellent bat-mobile"!! HAHAHAH :lol: :lol: then went on to say "how many bodies could you fit in the boot" and I said t least 3 :lol:

With the help of my wood work teacher who knows something about everything, he's helped me and a mate (who's doing up a @#$! XY Wagon) make a sandblasting cabinet, pitman arm puller, he found an EK hubcap in his gigantic shed and I polished it up (driver front wheel in pics above). He is great to put ideas past and tells me if they're stupid or not!

Girlfriend (of 3 1/2 years...) "s Dad did up an old cat-eye Val and gives me lots of pointers when I don't know how to do something!

Have lots of help and the Facebook group and the forum tell me everything else!

Yeah Brian grey interior paint weird but cool! sets off the red vinyl well

This is the only time it'll look like a stinky FB! :wink: :lol:

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Better finish my sultana bran and get over to the shed, I'm set for the day; rainy, bonnet to strip and tigers are playing sunday arvo footy :lol: :lol:

Cheers, Jack 8)
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That's a cool car :thumbsup: welcome :D
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Great develop Jack, nothing wrong with it looking like a FB either remember EK's were born out of the FB's awesomeness . Any Chance it will be ready by next years Nationals??? I'll be there in my black FB. I'm thinking that all black FB's and EK's should have a group shot maybe???
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Awesome Jack :thumbsup: ...the history, the rebuild, the skills you will learn, it's staying in the family to create more memories and fun times... 8)

Welcome aboard. Definitely keeping an eye on this one.

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"Bullet Nose Studebaker" I'm getting all excited... :D
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Oh my another ultra rare black EK... :mrgreen:
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Thanks for the offer Tim, car is from Forbes on the farm but now in Canberra with me.
No way by renmark nats :( but hopefully 2017! Would be good to get all the black ones together!
True EKs were born from FBs they were just an upgrade ;) Image thanks stewart and wayne will be uploading pics at the end of every weekend so everyone can follow progress!
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Also making a time lapse and I'll upload it to youtube when I have about 10 mins worth of film think I'm at about 5 mins.
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Well as promised end of weekend update:

Bonnet letters all off (broke 2 pins grrr)

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And bonnet 3/4 stripped:

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Lots easier than I expected because there was black paint between the steel and the undercoat so it sorta went:

exterior black
undercoat
black
steel

weird because the rest of the car - quarters, doors, boot - goes:

exterior black
undercoat
steel

if anyone catches my drift any ideas why??

I'll pay more attention stripping the P/F guard and see what that bring up?

Here's a tip never buy cheap saw horses - wobble wobble wobble - :thumbsdown: :x

Cheers for the interest!!

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Post by BILLY BLACKARROW »

Where In N.S.W. are you I have some letters and which ones do you need ? And I have a section for that front guard as well
Hope it doesn't take you as long to finish your car as it has me.
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