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by Mick
Fri Jan 02, 2026 9:53 pm
Forum: Driveline
Topic: 5 speed conversion to grey motor
Replies: 12
Views: 240

Re: 5 speed conversion to grey motor

Blacky wrote: Thu Jan 01, 2026 11:34 pm
Mick wrote: Thu Jan 01, 2026 10:39 pm how will this save you from cutting up the floor hump?
It won't Mick, this is for a mates car - I would like to do it to my ute but I don't want to cut the floor
ah ok i thought that somehow you'd found a box that fit in the original hump
by Mick
Thu Jan 01, 2026 10:39 pm
Forum: Driveline
Topic: 5 speed conversion to grey motor
Replies: 12
Views: 240

Re: 5 speed conversion to grey motor

how will this save you from cutting up the floor hump?
by Mick
Tue Dec 30, 2025 9:50 pm
Forum: My FB EK
Topic: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Replies: 4553
Views: 349237

Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute


Sounded a bit rattley when I fired up this morning. Even more than usual.
Oh well. Just drive the thing and forget it.


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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: you're a comedian, here comes another 37 pages of you disassembling half the engine, removing the gearbox and ...
by Mick
Wed Dec 24, 2025 11:02 pm
Forum: My FB EK
Topic: Red Rattler Revamp
Replies: 996
Views: 126050

Re: Red Rattler Revamp



You've probably checked it, but it's worth asking that your blade orientation is right for pushing or pulling air (not just direction of rotation).
These fans will loose up to 30% of rated air flow if they are fitted the wrong way. This is nothing to do with clockwise or anticlockwise.


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by Mick
Wed Dec 24, 2025 10:53 pm
Forum: Parts for sale
Topic: FB bonnet bars BRAND NEW
Replies: 5
Views: 173

Re: FB bonnet bars BRAND NEW


You can only imagine the howls from the peanut gallery on bookface when they see them for this sort of money though - "I bought a whole car for $25 in 1974" etc etc etc .............. :roll: :roll: :roll:


and that "whole car" would have been an EK :wtf: :crazy: :roll: :lol:
by Mick
Sun Dec 14, 2025 10:53 pm
Forum: Brakes, Wheels and Tyres
Topic: HT HQ Brakes onto lc lj diff a how to
Replies: 16
Views: 8148

Re: HT HQ Brakes onto lc lj diff a how to

are you sure they're HT they look huge compared to your feet :roll: :lol:

i've had 13" wheels on HK/T/G brakes
by Mick
Sat Dec 13, 2025 10:09 pm
Forum: Spotto
Topic: FB/EK Race Cars
Replies: 76
Views: 20681

Re: FB/EK Race Cars


I reckon they look great with radiused rear wheel arches 8) 8) 8)


was always the plan with my black 2 door then every man and their dogs were taking any sh!tbox they could make move hanging wheels out the rear guards and jacking the front up and calling it a "gasser" so scratch that idea
by Mick
Thu Nov 27, 2025 10:17 pm
Forum: My FB EK
Topic: Red Rattler Revamp
Replies: 996
Views: 126050

Re: Red Rattler Revamp

how does one car cause so much grief, i could never drive it if it ever got finished (it never would get finished if i owned it) i'm to superstitious it would be cursed as far as i was concerned
by Mick
Thu Nov 27, 2025 10:09 pm
Forum: Parts for sale
Topic: FE to EK Ute / Van tailgate.
Replies: 12
Views: 552

Re: FE to EK Ute / Van tailgate.

Errol62 wrote: Wed Nov 26, 2025 10:06 pm If I were closer…..


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie
i'll probably just hang it on the fence cause i know how hard they are to get, also have a door it's gunna suck leaving that outside cause it'll end up filling with leaves dirt and water it will end up sh!t
by Mick
Wed Nov 26, 2025 9:57 pm
Forum: Other cars of interest
Topic: Harv's FED thread
Replies: 374
Views: 81141

Re: Harv's FED thread

you still didn't get a big enough shed :lol:
by Mick
Wed Nov 26, 2025 9:51 pm
Forum: Parts for sale
Topic: FE to EK Ute / Van tailgate.
Replies: 12
Views: 552

Re: FE to EK Ute / Van tailgate.


Funny business Phil. Not that long ago it seemed like there were dozens of ute projects going, along with people seeking tailgates to re-skin. Rusty items were going for twice your asking price. I always like to keep spares, but I’ve managed to get my hands on a couple of reasonable ones. I ...
by Mick
Mon Oct 20, 2025 9:37 pm
Forum: My FB EK
Topic: Family Affair Ek Ute
Replies: 249
Views: 46102

Re: Family Affair Ek Ute

it is more an EJ colour, i also had a ute in that colour, interesting story and i may have told it before when the door trims were removed from mine on the back of one was hand drawn in pencil an EJ ute
by Mick
Sun Sep 28, 2025 9:28 pm
Forum: Cars for sale
Topic: Shake Rattle and Roll
Replies: 3
Views: 2828

Re: Shake Rattle and Roll

Blacky wrote: Sun Sep 28, 2025 8:55 am Yeah that’s Val’s car, he also has the ‘57 and the rammer out of the movie, he built this a fair while ago


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and it's just had a refresh also
by Mick
Wed Sep 17, 2025 9:59 pm
Forum: My FB EK
Topic: Elle’s 1960 FB 225 mild custom
Replies: 304
Views: 51168

Re: Elle’s 1960 FB 225 mild custom

Errol62 wrote: Wed Sep 17, 2025 5:03 pm
Christened the drivewayImageBit weak but with the LSD I didn’t want to launch it into one of the carport poles.

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the LSD doesn't look like it's doing to much LSDing
by Mick
Tue Sep 16, 2025 9:31 pm
Forum: My FB EK
Topic: The loooonnng term EK 2 door project
Replies: 201
Views: 52245

Re: The loooonnng term EK 2 door project





does the mesh in there have a name been looking for some but only know it as mesh lol and when i search for mesh i don't see anything like it
thanks


Just expanded mesh Mick , that's actually the original stuff that was on the donor section with a quick squirt of silverfrost on it - can buy ...