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ek61
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"THE JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES BEGINS WITH A BROKEN FAN BELT AND A FLAT TYRE"
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Post by Devilrod »

Nice looking cars. 8)

Was the wagon in the background of the first shot the one on ebay recently?
Speed and Style........... One day I'll get the speed bit.
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yeh it was the one on ebay
nice wagon the new owners should be rapt with it
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Post by Trev »

Nice cars, how long have you had them? Are they original or modified in any way? Are you coming to the nationals?
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Post by ek61 »

gday ive had the ek for about 3yrs 202trimatic hr disc front
the rest is pretty much orig its my every day driver
had the fb for about 6mth all orig grey 3spd

dont think id make the nats this time round
cheers dave
"THE JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES BEGINS WITH A BROKEN FAN BELT AND A FLAT TYRE"
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Post by parisian62 »

Cool 8) Eye catching avatar too!

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Feelin free in a '61 FB.
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Post by classic_62 »

g'day mate good to see another south oz on this site. Are you aware of any local clubs (FB/ Ek) cant seem to find any. When my car's back on the road have to organise some sort of classics cruise
S.A- The No drag strip state
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Post by ek61 »

ok had the fb up 4 sale for a while no takers so time to strip it down and respray it , it will be the origional white with tuscany yellow insert (instead of origional yellow) to match the ek wich will be done origional aswell tuscany yellow with a white roof
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Post by southcoastkustom »

Hows the rebuild coming on dave?
not too shiny thankyou.
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Post by ek61 »

mate you know how slack i am
not real fast
motors ready to come out then ill start in the engine bay

need motivation
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how much did u have the fb up 4 sale for???
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Post by ek61 »

just been cleaning up the engine bay sprayed the firewall orig white and a bit of 2k jet black 4 the rest of it cleaned up the motor and painted it aswell used a bit of the body flash colour 4 the alloy cover and manifold
all ready to go back in
any suggestions on what to clean up the extractors with?

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cheers dave
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Post by Thommo »

Lookin Good Dave 8)
smooth

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Have the extractors blasted and aluminum sprayed or ceramic heat coated.
Things are looking pretty. :D

Regards, Smooth 8)
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Post by southcoastkustom »

Nice work Dave,
I like the touch of using the flash colour for the rocker cover fins, you sure gave that a good polish!!! 8)
Are you gonna keep it when finished mate?
not too shiny thankyou.
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