At Last!!!

Cal · Post by **Cal** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 5:57 pm

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Trust me, it's a lot rougher than what it looks like in the photo's.

A bit of bog here and there, and crappy paint, but interior is mint and mechanically it's tops.

And I spent about half what my budget was

bigalhusband · Post by **bigalhusband** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 6:25 pm

Thats a perfect start point. What you saved start to spend fixing the bogged bits Trust me its worth it in the end especialy if your going to hang on to it. What a good score the best thing you have done is save a classic from some (#$@!!&^^) putting it into a pole or dogging it up.
I dont know you from a bar of soap but I like you, again well done.

Cal · Post by **Cal** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 6:34 pm

Thank you.......

It's not too bad. It's the sort of thing you can drive for a few years without spending too much on it. I was initially looking for one that didn't need much or any work, but they were too overpriced.

Oh, I like you too.......you've got one hot looking machine

bigalhusband · Post by **bigalhusband** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 6:41 pm

me and my old bomb have been to hell and back we have gone from Sydney Woolongong to surfers back and sydney to melbourne twice then sydney to hobart where we are residing lots of hills down here smashed up 3 times not my fault on all ocasions, my friend down here has a EK the exactly same colour as yours (verry nice)

again well done.

EK JAY · Post by **EK JAY** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 6:47 pm

Well done Cal looks like a good start

now you can relax and go cruzin

Jay

ben · Post by **ben** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 6:57 pm

Good news Cal, looks like a nice car
Sounds like you have some play money to add your own touches

Cal · Post by **Cal** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:54 pm

Thanks, EK JAY and ben.........

I don't want to blow a fortune on it. I'll see what needs doing first (I'd say the body) and take it from there.

The bride insists I put seat belts in it...........though I can find better things to do to it with the $1500 the belts are going to cost

Oh, what made the deal is that it came with 2 spare rust free left (front and back) doors

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:03 pm

Good one Cal, just drive and enjoy it for as long as you can before doing the body, keeping it in a garage will save it from the elements while your not driving it, Trev

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Cal · Post by **Cal** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:24 pm

Thanks Trev.

The cosmetic stuff I aint going to touch. If I find any nasty rust I'll have that fixed.

I had a pretty good look at it before buying, but coz it was pissing down rain I couldn't look properly.

The rubbers are all shot.....I had to get the drill out to make small holes in the side wells of the boot to let the water out

The floors seem OK. A bit of bog on small sections of the sills.

The Rav 4 and Commodore have been booted from the carport

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 10:41 pm

Looks good just add miles
drive it for as long as posssible before taking it off the road

gota love that colour

1500 for seat belts sounds steep (Stogger got a price of around 850 in colour of your choice thats in bris but should be no different down your way) see if you can install them yourself and get them complianced

Cal · Post by **Cal** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:04 pm

That's where the difference is, Craig. The price includes installation. Drive in - drive out. I got that price from a mate who has belts done to his FX

The colour looks hot, though it's one of those 10 metre paint jobs......

Looks good 10 metres away, not so good close up

The belts can wait till further down the road...

I tell ya what pisses me off..... Because my daily driver has ABS equipped 4 wheel discs, I was taking it easy in the EK, getting used to the drum brakes.

The amount of pricks that were cutting me off was unbeleivable

I was surprised with the drums. Not as bad as what I was expecting. Though braking heavily from a reasonable speed is a bit hairy.....

Keeping the thing in a straight line isn't easy

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:10 pm

well done i know somebody else that was after that car, i was sposed to look at it for them last week, but after they spoke to the now previous owner they told me he's a wakker don't worry about it

so you may have dodged a bullet

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:13 pm

yep so many have the its an old car gotta be in front of it attiude

and 850 was supplied installed and complianced

Cal · Post by **Cal** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:15 pm

Yeah, nice bloke once I was there, but not the most talkative on the phone.......

Put it this way, I got it for less than what it reached when it was on Ebay last week.

If it had been in any worse condition I would've walked away. It was bordeline

Dakam · Post by **Dakam** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:31 pm

Well done. Love the color. Hope you enjoy it.