Rare and Exotic EK ute build.

In the Shed · Post by **In the Shed** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 10:40 pm

Great work Wot, looks like you can never have enough vice grips to do that sort of work. Always interested to read and see progress on this ute. Thanks
Stephen

wot179 · Post by **wot179** » Sun Jun 08, 2014 3:43 pm

Finally finished the subframe repair.

Marty K Bird · Post by **Marty K Bird** » Tue Jun 10, 2014 9:59 am

I just read this thread and i must say it is a good read and i like the attitude you have to the job and the way you get things done!
Looking forward to the progress~

wot179 · Post by **wot179** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:04 pm

A small update.

I finally got the channel that I made for the tunnel stiffener shaped,trimmed and fully welded in.

Heres a pic of some offcuts so you can see what it looked like before it went in.

I folded a channel out of 1.6, then ran it through some rollers, then hit it a bit, then hit it a bit more, then after I trimmed about 5mm off the back edge to allow

for the slope of the tunnel it fit just like a bought one.

Then I pushed it into place with a trolley jack, tacked and welded it

Sounds easy if you say it fast.....

wot179 · Post by **wot179** » Sun Jul 13, 2014 8:46 pm

This has ground to a halt for a little while....I bought a jigsaw puzzle HK wagon as well now....

I should be back on it shortly.

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Mon Jul 14, 2014 12:35 pm

Nice work Wot, do I spy a straight axled HR?

Mick · Post by **Mick** » Mon Jul 14, 2014 12:44 pm

HD DR but there is a chopped HR stashed in there aswell

wot179 · Post by **wot179** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 12:02 am

Geeze...cant a bloke have any secrets?

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 8:18 am

wot179 wrote:Geeze...cant a bloke have any secrets?

Not when they're that interesting. Got any more pics of both?

wot179 · Post by **wot179** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 8:55 am

There ya go.

I will get back onto them one day.

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 12:47 pm

Thanks Wot, nice work they both look great. Although if I had to choose the HD Gasser would just win out. Just.....

Post by **Blacky** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 5:33 pm

You need to get yourself some more inlet manifolds ............................

Mick · Post by **Mick** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:11 pm

Blacky wrote:You need to get yourself some more inlet manifolds ............................

he has they're on the other wall

if he were short of cash he wouldn't even need to worry about ebay he could retire just in scrap value

kelleigh54 · Post by **kelleigh54** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 11:56 am

Sweet As ! HD Gasser , about time someone showed some style . Looks like you had some spare head gaskets along with the intake manifolds , a bit of f/glass and all of a sudden you have a light weight bumper !!!
Wanna swap sheds ?

wot179 · Post by **wot179** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 12:10 pm

Thanks.

Its a steel bar.

Its covered in masking tape from where I marked out the holes.

There are 202 holes in it at the moment.

Took bloody ages (and a lot of bourbon) to holesaw it.

Burned out a drill doing it...lol

I have lots of build pics and will start a thread when its closer to completion.

fbekholden.com

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