Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute

[Brett027]

Thanks Clay, Blacky. Just have to check if bucket seats have enough space to put retractor unit on pillar.

[Errol62]

Bands and BYO at local hall, including daughters Loose Units. The second photo is more realistic by my recollection.

FB ute driver, EK van project

[Errol62]

Setting up the fuel lines is proving tricky using the T-union I got due to tube length required to flare the front carb pipe fouling on the tappet cover. Solution was to bend it down. Then the rear needs to be lower again so it all runs parallel to the rocker cover.

FB ute driver, EK van project

[In the Shed]

Nice

[Errol62]

Got this gasket from a bloke on the torana forum.

FB ute driver, EK van project

[Blacky]

Oh wow - you have a HP block , they had titanium crankshafts and you could bore them out 750 thou - it must be true I read it on Bookface , some blokes uncles neighbours garbo had one that ran nines with just a carby upgrade and some methanol ..........

[Errol62]

I’m glad they set you straight on there blacky. It is the font of all knowledge after all. Surf club rally today bugger it. Away for work all next week. I want to get it running before it is trailered to the exhaust shop, which leaves next weekend.

Looks like the original throttle linkage will foul the back of the inlet manifold so HZ cable to be adapted.


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

[Errol62]

All plumbed up bar PCV, throttle cable oh and the exhaust. Choke setup came out well. Loud doesn't adequately describe the noise on first fire up through open headers. Need to back off idle. Filters are pretty cosy. Slight clearancing of the bottoms.

FB ute driver, EK van project

[ardiesse]

Clay,

Nicely set up. To make the chokes easier to operate, take away the cable-outer clamp on the front carburettor.

Rob

[Errol62]

Thanks Rob


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

[Errol62]

So……….. jelly bean fats back on for a bit?

No Stephen but thinking of swapping some bigger fronts on to the steeliness. In the meantime it’s nice having tyres that don’t rub.


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

[Blackdog]

Hi Clay,

Looking great.

The twins are great.
Got them on the grey.
Curious, will you need to run carby restriction rings with the red?

While most just operate one choke, I used a hacksaw blade to connect the choke for the two carbys.
It has the right spring properties to work push and pull
The little hole on the blade, undo the back carby choke wire screw and feed though the hole and use as normal
Mark up the front one and Drill the second hole on the blade
Trim the end to length and snip the teeth off the blade and file to finish
At The front carb you will need to scallop a little out of the top of the blade to get full range. Makes sense when you get there

From what I gather from the Ute build, choice of paint Colour can be hot rod orange, red motor gm red, wedge wood blue, chassis black, or interior grey.

Blackdog.

[Errol62]

Thanks for the tip Blackdog. Actually I used some wire from the silly EK bonnet cable I fitted which snapped on the way to the nats. Same as choke wire. I was able to feed it back through the rear carb choke wire hole. Works fine.


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

[Errol62]

It’s a factory correct setup so no mods required to the carbs. I’ve got next weekend to set up the throttle cable before it gets trucked to the next town for the exhaust Tuesday week.


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

[Harv]

I’ve got next weekend to set up the throttle cable before it gets trucked to the next town for the exhaust Tuesday week.

Not that I've ever done such things , but a short blat to the muffler shop with open headers might convince Raff to trade the Impreza in on something red-powered

Cheers,
Harv