Rare and Exotic EK ute build.

wot179 · Post by **wot179** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 8:33 pm

I bought this ute off Mick a little while ago and

as Ive been mucking around with it a bit I thought I would start a fred.

Its my first EK, though Ive owned a couple of dozen HD-HGs.

The day it arrived.

wot179 · Post by **wot179** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 8:52 pm

I knocked a few dents out of it and bumped the wheel tubs back into shape.

Im not getting carried away with the body.

Just bumping it up and leaving it.

Im only planning on painting the guards and tailgate as they are different colours, then buff the hell out of the rest of it and leave it.

wot179 · Post by **wot179** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 8:55 pm

The diff fell out.

wot179 · Post by **wot179** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:07 pm

Cleaned up and painted an EH diff for it that Mick supplied with the car.

Back in.

And new brakes and handbrake cable installed.( yeah...I know...the shoes are on backwards...gotta do it again tomorrow....doh!)

I wirewheeled and painted under the back half while it was apart, too.

All black paint including the diff has so far been semigloss KBS.

Randomly made a new S/S battery tray at work.

That will do for a while.

bootlegger · Post by **bootlegger** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:39 pm

Looks like an awsome body. Looks like another rat on the way.

wot179 · Post by **wot179** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:45 pm

Im not a fan of the term "rat".

And don't get me started on that overused term "patina"...its just old rooted paint.

Rats are generally shitboxes .

I just want to keep the original paint.

The rest will be clean and tidy and mechanically good.

fbtim · Post by **fbtim** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 6:03 am

Done heaps already, what motor you gonna use?

NoMAD · Post by **NoMAD** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:47 am

nice work... i like builds like this

Cheers
Nathan

wot179 · Post by **wot179** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 3:24 pm

Im putting a 149 red in it.

Just a good second hand bottom end with a recently recoed 173 head.

I pulled all the tins off, cleaned and tapped them up, put new gaskets through it and gave it a nice coat of jam.

Mick Jagger · Post by **Mick Jagger** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 4:10 pm

Nice ute coming along nicely,,wow thats a rare ray engine ,second one ive seen

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 8:33 pm

Third one for me...

Should be a good budget built ute when done

wot179 · Post by **wot179** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 9:43 pm

That's the plan.

Thanks for the interest, guys.

wot179 · Post by **wot179** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 3:37 pm

Finished the front brakes today.

Ive been doing bits and pieces cleaning and painting and getting the drums machined.

It was good to have it all back together.

Filthy filthy brakes!

Cleaning cleaning..

A bit of paint

I ended up rebuilding the original wheel cylinders.

I found some new rubbers in the shed, so that was a bonus.

They weren't pitted, so I gave them a clean and a quick hone with some scotchbrite wrapped round a socket extension in a pistol drill.

And back together.

hewey · Post by **hewey** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:11 pm

Nice build

Its great to see someone building a practical ute, not something over detailed that'll never work another day in its life. Keep the pics coming

parisian62 · Post by **parisian62** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 2:46 pm

Ditto what Hewey said. This is the sort of build I was hoping for with my wagon...but given the condition I found it in...it wasn't to be.

Stewart

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