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Hi folks, I thought it about time I introduced my 'Patty' Wagon to you all. I've been reading the forums for a while and have to applaude every1 for their dedication to these great machines Its a constant inspiration to me so keep up the good work!

This '61 Ek is virtually 'original' with most parts reconditioned. It runs the 138 grey and I am to keep it neat and clean, but its got typical rust in the sills, tailgate and doors which need attention. Its had one respray in its life but my plan is to get it done again once the rust panel work has been done. As its my daily driver, I can't afford the luxury to strip it back for a full restoration although this is what it needs.

Anyway hope you like

Mattso

cool wagon, i love the colour. keep us posted on the fix up. doesn't bother me if its a full baremetal spray car, as long as your out in it enjoying the sun, who cares?
welcome to the forum.
L&K

Welcome love the color

matches wrote:cool wagon, doesn't bother me if its a full baremetal spray car, as long as your out in it enjoying the sun, who cares?
welcome to the forum.
L&K

excellent well put matches that was perfect, i'm like that don't matter if it's a mega dollar resto/modified or a $1000 beater so long as yor enjoying it is all that counts

Welcome Mattso63.
Nice wagon
Enjoy

Dead right there matches and ratbox.

You can enjoy the FB/EK owner lifestyle no matter what sort of $$$ build the car is.

Welome Mattso63, Good to see another one used for whats its intended......Driven .Worth keeping your eye out for a rust free lower tail gate. They come up now and then, and are probably are cheaper and safer option than trying to fix the rust.

Ben

Gday Matt,

Good to see some pictures of your wagon.
You made it sound like a real nightmare when I met you at the show last Sunday. I think it is perfectly suited to cruising with the other fellas rust and all.

Feel free to join us whenever you like

Hi Matt,
great car..

as above - if your enjoying the car your gunna love the cruze with others... the more that cruze - the more to enjoy

welcome to the nut house..

Dee

trust me - yours is in good condition! If in doubt wait till you see some pics of mine!

looks great, you can't go past a good wagon

Welcome Mattso, nice looking wagon with heaps of potential. Best thing is you can drive while patching and not miss any of the fun...

Thanks everyone for your kind words . I should add that I have a 'parts' car as well, which I think is the best way to go. I try and do most of the work myself or with my m8 helping out, and the most recent fun-n-games was with the front end that i swapped. The spare one was in better shape as I had it recond a few years ago, so I cleaned it up and swapped it over ...

What sort of condition is the parts car in

Looking by the front end you swapped it can't be too bad.
Or was the front end holding it together

Hi all, its been a while since I posted any progress on my wagon but I'm happy to say things have been moving . I started looking for someone to replace my sills back in December but got sidetracked over the new year. I finally bit the bullet and put it into a panel shop in February, and as one thing leads to another, the project grew and grew! So after 6 months, I've had the sills replaced, all rust in the floors, doors and tailgate has been cut out and replaced with customised panels. There's also new rubber seals in the doors and tailgate, and I had a 2-pac paint job finish the work. So yeh, I'm pretty happy with the result!

I've got pictures of it all in photobucket - http://s864.photobucket.com/albums/ab20 ... mview=grid

Enjoy!