Annies hydramatic special

retro · Post by **retro** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:34 am

yeah it will be a six, a sweet cam in a grey motor, hyda crappy box and even a stock single spinner diff, i think that should keep her slower than my car, i dont her flying away from me on the freeways.

Oh and the colour, well original grey, well that will look better than the proof coat of coral its in now.

DNA · Post by **DNA** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:48 pm

retro, you going to do paint yourself??

retro · Post by **retro** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:07 pm

yeap, its already started.

I love sniffin paint fumes, i can buy it over the counter, get high and still be legal to drive to the bottlo to get a liquid dinner.

parisian62 · Post by **parisian62** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:26 pm

good work Retro...the hydra that is...not the sniffing...

retro · Post by **retro** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:08 pm

lol sw, I cant wait to sort it all out and get it roadworthy again.

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:26 pm

if you need a gearbox why not go a trimatic ?

retro · Post by **retro** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:55 pm

yeah thought of that rb, but its more or less getting club plates so its gotta be original.

Mephious · Post by **Mephious** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:08 am

retro wrote:yeah thought of that rb, but its more or less getting club plates so its gotta be original.

Think Wayne's worried the EK will out perform the FB

retro · Post by **retro** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:08 am

I can only laugh at that scott, Im not spending all that money again to build another hottie greymotor and then just dump it behind an auto. So we both know that will never happen.

Unless i get the bugs, sell the fb

, well then it will get a sneaky engine swap.

Anyhow, if all works out, i may even get another ek tonight.

retro · Post by **retro** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 12:05 am

Works so far.......

Another perfect subframe and firewall...

perfect-rust free original gaurds, (a set on new ones were also in the car)

paint crazing that has to go...

turrut surface rust....

Date under the boot mat..

Rubbed back the proof coats on the front panels,etch primed and under coated drivers side sections needing paint. Hopefully saturday the weather holds up so i can start the boot lid, top rear gaurds, roof and passengers side.

EKSPCL · Post by **EKSPCL** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:29 am

Good stuff Retro

EK 9893 · Post by **EK 9893** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:37 am

Retro has an EK hydramatic..

...i know he has always wanted one of these classic's but he had to settle on an earlier attempt at one.

Looks like a very clean one..

and hey post more pictures.

Regards,

Tony

retro · Post by **retro** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:16 am

Big Tones, if i didnt see the id tag and body number, i would of told anne that we will wait until they want to sell rosie, and we'll buy that back.

Going to clean mine up for tonight, hope the weather holds on, and i may even start working on the ek again.

EK 9893 · Post by **EK 9893** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:32 am

Forget about the FB, get to work on that EK....