Sunnytim's Cameo Beige EK 215

[EKfanPaul]

i was curious when I saw the ad that NASCo lumped 3 separate items in together and called it a 'beauty kit'
Maybe it was because they knew the EJ was coming and they wanted to clear the accessories for FB & EK?
Paul

[Sputzwagon]

I remember back when Tony, Pete & I were young blokes...we had literally draw full's of 'H' emblems & door handle 'scratch plates'!
Wish we still owned them now. (although Tony probably still has a stash of 'em somewhere..amongst all the other various F O R D & mixed brand spares & radios & Mixmasters & unopened model kits & books & Lloyd Hartnett door hinges & Austin Freeway radio aerial mounts & k-tel record dust removers & Joe the Gadget Man can openers & Armstrong Piddly headlight buckets & AWA television tubes & glow-in-the-dark cricket umpires & an ever expanding coffee cup collection & display wine boxes &1950's era slot car chassis &Tank Fairlane advertising posters & Holden SS pushbike chain kits & Fathead sixe's & 'white leghorn' lawn bowls attire & small furry creatures from Alpha Centaury & WD & HO Wills cigarette cards of the great moments in sporting history & a box full of those little black rubber balls that go "NI NI NI" & Fomoco windscreen demist towels & his 1984 era Medicare card & stupid but funny faxes we sent eachother in 1990 & 14 tons of pub drink coasters with drawing on the back... etc)

Scotty

(we now return you to normal transmition .... sorry )

PS... where are these long awaited photos of the Nasco bits you promised??? waiting...

[space ace]

Scotty but true also This may wake Brian Westlake from his slumber
Pete

[EKfanPaul]

Sunnytim,
i got that ad out of a 1961 Royal Auto magazine. Victorian autoclub members magazine.
i've seen a few EK's over the years with H medalions on. Anything to be different, i suppose.
Cheers
paul

[Cal]

Tim, only if you've got one available, can you post up a photo of the interor that has a shot of the steeering wheel in it?

I'm thinking of doing mine white.................just curious what it would look like with the cameo dash. Thanks

[Woody01]

Nice looking car

[Trev]

Real nice .

[Brian Westlake]

Thats a truly great EK and worth its salt!
Tony.

[MeFB]

It's an absolute gem that car. I love the fact that it's a 215 dressed-up to the nines. I also love the fact that it's had so much use. Good man Tim

[rustysdungers]

[quote="Stygian"] That's more NASCO than Russell Cooper can poke a stick at

Don't bet on it !!!got my first nasco items when I was about thirteen ask Brian westlake they were his when he through them out at the tip I put them in my pocket the first nasco option I ever got and still have them .you can never have enough

[Brian Westlake]

I was finished with old Holdens for good and I threw a quite good Warmaride heater and some FB H Medallions into the rubbish at Blaxland Tip in the early 80s. RustysDungers was so horrified he dived into the rubbish like a dolphin and recovered them. I think he was about 12 years old. His old man wouldn't let him take the heater home and I think Rusty nearly had tears in his eyes! Fast forward 30 years and now he's selling me FB/EK parts and really looking after me, though I don't deserve it! There is a certain irony in this!
I left an Opal Green EK Wagon body in a guys yard in about 1982. I was meant to take it away but I just took some parts off and left it there. When he saw me in town one day, he wasn't happy that I hadn't taken the whole car away. The stainless fuel filler surround from that car is the one on Rustys Parisian Lilac car that he has to this day. I have been distracted by Tank Fairlanes for 30 years (Still am!) but it's great to have a Holden Hottie again.
Tony.

[rustysdungers]

I had a hr at this time like to for get that.sold it and got 2Ek's from springwood one was a all white special the other a shallimar blue one got pics here some where Tony had to help my old man take them to Katoomba to my uncles place a few years later I had about ten in his yard oops not happy Jann

[Brian Westlake]

Getting back to Tims car, I can't recall seeing any Standards with any sort of side flash. They were always on Specials and I can recall a few on wagons, and maybe one on a ute. The fact that Savell Bros. did this car and seemed to offer it as a package makes it all the more interesting. The all white EK Special that Rusty got was owned by a old grey haired guy with a red face and a moustache. It had black and white plates (Personalised) S H and a low number. I think when Rusty bought it, it had been pranged. I can't recall the Shalimar Blue car but I'm sure Rusty is correct. I remember when I used to go to Swaps up here in the early 90s, I would see Tim, Ben and Micheal Hall leaving just as I was getting there, with all the good gear that I may have seen if I had got up early, and more often than not, they were in Tims Pink Standard or his FJ or Bens Castille Green Special with that flash looking side trim. All these cars are quite familiar on Brizzy roads.
Tony.

[Brian Westlake]

looks like Coffee at Theos. EK 215 stands proud amongst Porsches and Maseratis etc.
A legendary Holden in my view and great hair also.
Tony Noverriders.

[steved57]

True, the car still looks great - but does the hair?