Rusty EK,s Ute

[Rusty EK]

Here you go Fatboy , bit hard to get up under dash and get a decent pic sorry .

The bracket that the gemini booster bolts to fits neatly inside the ek pedal box , so all I did was to cut it off and weld the bracket on the inside so that the brake rod was the right length to join up to the pedal that I used , this in turn made the pedal box assembly about 6mm longer than original .

So I cut off the end that bolts to the dash 6mm and welded up the holes and redrilled to suit , then I just modified the brake pedal to sit in the desired location .

Hope that makes sense?

[Rusty EK]

Made it back out of the shed today , working brakes and handbrake ,thanks to Trev for the last slide pin brakes work great , looks like am going to have to do a flare job on it , didnt want too

Have finished off the tub , and blocked back most of the car again and spot puttied a few more spots , plan for the weekend is to finish blocking all the curvy bits , and do a flare job now , and put the last coat of primer on it .

Hopefully another week or so and we will look at throwing some colour on it ,wont be perfect , but will be tidy

[Mick]

what about getting the rims made smaller as in not as wide, if they are 7's now get them put in a 6" rim and even change the offset a bit if you have the room to spare inwards

[Rusty EK]

No money left this week for wheel changes Mick , just paid my engineer and for all my new rubbers , think they call it broke , will have to be a hammer and dolly massage , much cheaper

[Mick]

think they call it broke

nup i call that normal

[Rusty EK]

Getting close , got some more primer on to it and found a few more little spots to fix up .

Still have the stone tray to repair and a bit more work on the second bonnet to do , but should be close to ready this week

[holdenutechick]

Looking like some pretty nice work there Rusty keep up he good work

[Trev]

Thats a neat flare job .

[zl296]

eeexxxxtra cab..
looks very 2011..

[Rusty EK]

Thanks guys
Borrowed a new carby off a mate tonight , WOW , what a differance , just could not get mine to run right , only trouble is now I thought the gearbox was slipping , nup its wheelspin , he, he , she is a lively little thing

[Mick Jagger]

bigger tyres

[fbtim]

wheel spin with steering and brakes! good one.

[Rusty EK]

And no tree stumps , got to be happy , have put 20 litres of fuel through it and havent been out the drive yet

[Rusty EK]

Treated the old girl to a day out last weekend , there was a fundraiser car show on to raise money for upkeep of our local hall , thought I would take her out to boost the numbers , but there was a pretty good turnout considering the forcast , rain held off for most of the day and they got somewhere around 100 cars turn up .
This is only the second year they have held it , from about 20 cars last year , looks good for continued growth in years to come .

Chucked a few bits back on her to make her look a bit more presentable , got quite a lot of interest during the day .

Sorry not many photos , spent too much time talking

[russo]

that last one is definitly tasmanian
Russo