Well guys, as promised, I headed to the show and shine to better capture the EK Commodore. Below are a few taken today. The weather wasn’t very good, with rain and wind keeping many people at home. I just managed to get these shots before the rain came down……..your thoughts…..?
i spoke to the owner and pointed him in the direction of this site, hopefully he will join in and contribute to the discussion and answer a few questions. Street Machine Commodore Magazine did a photo shoot last weekend and will run the story on it next issue.
And the underbonnet shots, show where a lot of time and work goes and is seldom seen.
Combining all the parts required is a major job, and way beyong many people.
And as critics looking at the finished car it is to easy make comments about what we believe needed changing.
This type of car is a very personal way of expressing their individuality, and will always attract comment. As long as the owner is happy with the end result, thats all that matters
If someone believes they can do a better job, have a go and let others judge your finished work if it gets there.
If the owner builds another one there will be things he will possibly change.
We will just have to wait and see.
As I said previously, I would like to see this tried on a ute or wagon.
yes paul it's easy for people that have never done this type of thing to judge it and like i said before, those of us that have actually taken to a car with a grinder/oxy/mig/tig are the ones who seem to appreciate it, not that i'm anywhere near yor league
i'm hopeing i bump into it at wintersun would really like to see it in person and wouldn't mind a chat with the owner
ratbox wrote:yes paul it's easy for people that have never done this type of thing to judge it
i wouldnt do this type of thing to any car. it is absolutely hideous.
i can see the amount of work that has gone into it, but at the end of the day ... would anybody actually want to BUY something like this? would anybody else actually do THIS to any other car? very very few, if any.. i can bet you.
good on the guy for "having a go" he did it for himself.. so any negative comments he gets should be water off a ducks back, shouldnt it?
if everyone liked the same things what part would you play in the world, ratbox?
what in the hell are you on about, i would have to have had the biggest collection of different/modified FB/EK's on this forum and every single one of them i built with some help, not one of my cars is something that i just bought and added some personal touches
i don't make comments on what you say or do so keep yor comments about me and what i do to yorself, cause i gaurantee you will come off second best
In the late 80's to early 90's several Americans converted then current model T Birds by adding Single Spinner &*#@ front and rear sheetmetal.
Later one of these guys made fibreglass panel available and more of these cars have been built.
Several other companies now offer a range of alternative to suit different makes and models and body styles
I have seen several of these at Paso and they are not offencive to the eye.
On my trips to America I have seen attempts by owners to adapt all types of panels to late model cars and only a few have achieved a good result.
This is a new experience in Australia, and being the first or one of the first to attempt such a conversion is a brave move. And as we have seen, change can be a hard thing to accept.
Compare this to the guys that customised 50's and 60's cars years ago, the general public could not understand why someone would ruin a good car by modifying it. Today we hold these visionaries and trend setters in the higest regard.
paul i was just lookin at it talkin to my friend and we were saying
it just like the single spinner/tbird thing.i like em i gusess its like putting
a new skool roof on a old car but puttin old skool front and rearend on a
new car (make that out) not realy my bottle of beer ,but dang the work
/workmenship/time/energy UNREAL
hope to pop down this week paul to say hi maybe thursday
are you doin the nats/wintersun
RATBOX what can i say(hope to meet you sometime over the week
pm sent
having done 80%of the body work on my ute (that includes the chopp) and my trade is cabinet making you gotta appreciate the amount of work involved to get that commerdoore to be in the proportions that it is i say well done to the owner and all involved
paul where is yor shop i'm off to QLD on tuesday not for long enough though staying at burleigh heads would love to pop in PM me a phone No, i hope to catch up with mez REALLY want to see his car
thanks for the bit of suport guys, of the few of you that don't want to upset this big mouth know it all cause they think they might get at something there not gunna
to the mods if you feel like banning me for my comments go for yor life as i'm really gettin' pissed off with some of these new blow ins that buy a car and think they know all there is to know
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and like i said before, those of us that have actually taken to a car with a grinder/oxy/mig/tig are the ones who seem to appreciate it, not that i'm anywhere near yor league
