Rusty EK,s Ute

[EKjimmy]

Looking good Rusty!

[robbyrr]

hi rusty, hell of a lot of work you have put in this one,looking mighty fine,well done is that a hotrod project i see

[Rusty EK]

Hmmm , probably would have been finished now if I started with a whole car

Thats my next project , 26 Chrysler for the wife , have been doing little bits on it when the ute gives me the poo, going to do that one and the EK sedan together , EK should be easy ,fix a little rust and paint it and just bolt all the original stuff back in to the original spots, oh joy

[oldnek]

Well Rusty,!
What can I say.
Thats one hell of a customising job. Fabrication is top notch mate. Love all those Massive little bits you've done to keep em guessing.

Great Work.

Regards John

[Rusty EK]

Thanks John and I read that you have a new project in the pipeline , so any more info

[Ed]

nice work Rusty. those tail lights (amongst the heap of other good mods) look good.

Cheers

Ed

[Rusty EK]

Thanks Ed, have been following and enjoying your work on miniFB,s wagon as well , when are you going to do an FB/EK

[Ed]

Hey Rusty,

I'm considering doing one next year. It would need to be a ute so I can truck my dirt bike about though. I've still got some V8 conversion gear so I will probably use that.. only a 253/trimatic but that's enough.
Cheers

Ed

[Rusty EK]

Sounds like a plan , cant wait to see it , 253 should pull the bike around and would have to be super low to get the bike off easy

[Rusty EK]

G,day All , another small update on the Ute

Have finished putting the passenger side tail light on, now have a pair of 56 tail lights , have also been playing with the brake pedal box and setting that up with the the brake pedal and a gemini booster .

Have also had to modify the Torana steering column that I am going to use , cut out the ignition switch and welded up the hole where it used to be , had to shorten it 120mm also to fit , no photos yet, is only all tacked up , will take some photos when I pull them out to weld them up .

Have finished welding all the tub panels in that I made about six months ago , just have to make a couple of removable panels for the sides, a box for the battery to go in and a hatch for the spare wheel well and then smooth it all out .





Thats about all for now .

[shmeagain]

ITS SHMEAGAIN You do good work looks cool nearlly as good as me

[Blacky]

Very

[Rusty EK]

Thanks Guys , Shme you are kicking my arse , you are going to be cruising in yours soon

[Ed]

wow.. that's awesome!

[Mick]

Thanks Guys , Shme you are kicking my arse , you are going to be cruising in yours soon

slight bit of differance in the 2 utes shme's basically needed a few patches yors only really needed 1 patch...............BUT it was pretty much the whole area from just above the sills down, for the full length of the car
it's good seeing somebody taking on a job this size there wouldn't be too many cars that people could say "my car is too far gone" after seeing what you started with, i know it's stopped me throwing away the ute i have, and when the 2 door is done and i'm a little more confident with the welder i'll be hooking in i reckon around spring next year when the weather cools a little