Gimme 5 years
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cut up a few bits of carpet for the back wall
Patrick
Patrick
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luxury 

I started with nothing and still have most of it left.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
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took the tail lights off and spent a fair bit of time sanding the body - lots more to go.
contacted a tonneau maker and will probably get a blank made up and then I'll put in common sense fasteners along the front and eyelets on sides and back and run ridiculously long stretch cord (same as it was)
stuck some rubber on the tail light access panels
contacted a tonneau maker and will probably get a blank made up and then I'll put in common sense fasteners along the front and eyelets on sides and back and run ridiculously long stretch cord (same as it was)
stuck some rubber on the tail light access panels
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Hey Patrick
Not sure where you plan to get your cover from but I got my tonneau cover off eBay and was very happy with it. You can order it with a variety of fixings. That would allow you to eliminate that bungee cord set up which looks a bit odd! Keep up the good work.
Regards
Stephen
Not sure where you plan to get your cover from but I got my tonneau cover off eBay and was very happy with it. You can order it with a variety of fixings. That would allow you to eliminate that bungee cord set up which looks a bit odd! Keep up the good work.
Regards
Stephen
A day in the shed beats a day at work!
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Hi Stephen, yeah, I've looked at all the options and was thinking of getting rid of the stretch cord; but, the missus said nah. Patrick
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I have some vinyl from SMS if you want to get one made - it’s as close as I could get to the original grain
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thanks for the offer, but I'll just go with what they supplyFJWALLY wrote: Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:02 am I have some vinyl from SMS if you want to get one made - it’s as close as I could get to the original grain
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the windscreen on the ute was scratched when I got it (but there was a spare windscreen all wrapped up in the tray). I ended up with a third windscreen (which was scratched) when I bought windscreen chrome and other bits (and the guy said part of the deal was I take the screen).
anyway, I unwrapped what I thought would be a good windscreen yesterday and it's also scratched
three of them to get rid of
rainy day today so I went and picked up an new windscreen
Patrick
anyway, I unwrapped what I thought would be a good windscreen yesterday and it's also scratched
three of them to get rid of
rainy day today so I went and picked up an new windscreen
Patrick
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Your last name could be O’Brien 
FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie
getting my FB ute on the road
EK van on rotisserie
EK van on rotisserie
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ye gods, who am I then ? I have about 15 of them , front and rears.Errol62 wrote: Thu Nov 12, 2020 2:35 pm Your last name could be O’Brien
FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie


I started with nothing and still have most of it left.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
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more rain so I just put the trim on the windscreen
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Did you test fit the corners? Rearspares had issues with a batch of rubbers
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I bought the full kit from Better Auto Rubber
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Had some good weather so put the screens in (with the help of my son). We fought a bit with the stiff rubber on the rear one so the front was almost a pleasure. I'll make up a centre cover tomorrow out of a spare bottom corner.
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Well done. I had it the other way. Did the front first and found it tricky then the rear was easier.
FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie
FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie
getting my FB ute on the road
EK van on rotisserie
EK van on rotisserie