Stinky's EK Ute

[stinky]

I've started, the car is currently being stripped of all it's paint and rust, it should be back in the shed in etch primer in the next couple of weeks.

Plans are for a "cheap and cheerful" build with the emphasis on cheap, hopefully I have enough parts around the place to avoid any major purchases aside from wiring, paint and rubbers. Still tossing up colour and style, but there's a long way to go before I have to commit anyway
Plans include doing all the work myself (the interior might be tricky though ), slot in a Red 6 and HR front end and get it low.

The story so far.

In it's "hey-day"


With one of it's previous owners


Arrival at my place


Stripped down to be loaded up for the trip to the paint stripper. Note the "industry standard" method of diff removal


Not dodgey at all if you put enough rachet straps on


Stripped, yet to be de-rusted


Is this the proper way to "smooth" the rear panel?


It's been cut 'n' shut at some stage, welded through the A pillars and the floor


Some "leftovers" from Thommo's Panelvan project should help with all the rust repairs.

[Devilrod]

Looks like its had a bit of a hard life but nothing too scary!

[Ed]

nice one Stinky...

Love the box trailer transport and hey day shots

How did you strip the paint?

I used a bit of Marks spare wagon roof to fill the spare wheel door on the trailer I did recently.

Cheers

Ed

[stinky]

The paint was stripped by Minus Paint, I earned a few favours with the owner who has sold the business so he told me to get a car down there if I wanted to redeem. The ute was my only car closest to being fully stripped for the process so it won the lottery. The whole car goes into a tank of alkaline solution that eats the paint, bog etc and then it is pressure washed. Not sure what they use to de-rust but they end up with shiny metal then etch it.
Thanks for the tip on the spare wheel door, looking at what's left I think keeping it closed will be the best option.

[jack_fc]

Hope you kept the bonnet emblem (1st pic).... will it be stripped too?

[parisian62]

Good stuff. A forklift never goes astray when having to move your FB or EK

[FBeing]

Hope you kept the bonnet emblem (1st pic).... will it be stripped too?

[stinky]

Hope you kept the bonnet emblem (1st pic).... will it be stripped too?

Not while the missus is around

[EKH00N]

You could get a better tow vechile!! A F&$d!!!!!!

[stinky]

You could get a better tow vechile!! A F&$d!!!!!!

No, I couldn't, it never gets washed, I carry 4 kids to school with it, 3 days a week it is parked in a public carpark all day, weekends it does duty as the kid's sports delivery vehicle often on dirt roads with 100kms + round trips. Cost peanuts to buy, cheap to run (on gas) and I don't have to worry too much about it getting damaged.
It's perfect

[stinky]

I got the shell back the other day, some surprises but nothing serious. For a car that made a magazine feature the "panel work" is a shocker, simple dents that even I would knock out had been bogged up



A few dents along the edge


This dent in the top edge was full of bog as was the rest of the top edges.


Driver's door is a teabag, Passenger side is OK though


Tempting to leave it black primer and run these wheels, but no, something different planned.


Usual stuff


Tailgate skin is in good condition bar this little bit of rust


Can't say the same about the inner though

[muza]

Lokkin good mate
Cheers Muza