1961 Holden EK

jazzar02 · Post by **jazzar02** » Sun May 10, 2009 6:36 pm

Well this is my 1961 EK. We got the car about 8 years ago and we where driving it on the road for 2 years, then when we got a new car we stored the EK out in the weather and for sure the weather has taken it's toll so now it's sits under a car port. It only has heaps and heaps or surface rust and some very very bodgy bogg jobs. It has 22 893 miles on it and yet the engine still looks like it has done 100000 miles. Here are a few pics of what the cr looks like now.

NoMAD · Post by **NoMAD** » Sun May 10, 2009 6:48 pm

sould make for an interesting project,

i imagine the engine has done a lot more than 100000 miles, that odd has probably been round a few times....

you should list your full plans here...

cheers
NoMAD

Aussie Bob · Post by **Aussie Bob** » Sun May 10, 2009 6:58 pm

Hi SPL, looks to be an original Twilight Turquoise. Please put up a pic of the ID plate if you can.

Love the white trim with green inserts.

Steve

jazzar02 · Post by **jazzar02** » Sun May 10, 2009 7:00 pm

lol yeah i was thinking 122000miles. Here are my plans

Buy 202 red motor from ebay $102.50 so far
Re-cond red motor
Hr front end with ventilated disc brakes
HR diff with drum brakes
Re-cond the gear box (3 speed manual off grey motor)
re-spray in baby blue with 2 white strips down the middle
some 19" chomes
re-chrome all the chrome pannels
re-trimmed seats
Fix up all the rust and fix bogged over pannels
install under body LED'S
full SPL stereo install (around 3200WRMS)
modify the 202 motor
add a red airfilter that sticks out of the bonnet.

jazzar02 · Post by **jazzar02** » Sun May 10, 2009 7:02 pm

Steve Jackson wrote:Hi SPL, looks to be an original Twilight Turquoise. Please put up a pic of the ID plate if you can.

Love the white trim with green inserts.

Steve

yeah for sure i can put up the ID plate, tommorrow after i get home from skool

. Is that a rare colour or something?

Aussie Bob · Post by **Aussie Bob** » Sun May 10, 2009 7:08 pm

Hi SPL, Twilight is more so on an EK 585-9932 than an FB 585-9931. I think twilight in this era is the only colour to get two different paint numbers.

Rare colours: any original factory finish is a rare colour these days! Though some colour on paint tags are much less common than others.

If you are going to re-trim the seats and the ones picture are in good condition, I would like to buy those and give you an old set of seats you could recover.

Steve

jazzar02 · Post by **jazzar02** » Sun May 10, 2009 7:19 pm

lol i will get a picture up of the ID plate tommorrow, also if you don't think the seats need re-triming then you have saved me heaps of money.

also the paint has some like creamy looking under coat, is this normal or does that mean that is has been re-sprayed many years ago?

Also did i leave anything out in my plans ? lol

Aussie Bob · Post by **Aussie Bob** » Sun May 10, 2009 7:35 pm

It has had paint around it. The inside colour looks original.

(AUST)Mod · Post by **(AUST)Mod** » Sun May 10, 2009 8:35 pm

Can you weld mate?

Looks like a heap of work, but it sure will pay off

Andrew

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Mon May 11, 2009 12:40 pm

SPL camry wrote: Re-cond the gear box (3 speed manual off grey motor)

Not such a good idea! Even the EH non synchro boxes don't take much punishment! Look at an all synchro 3 speed if anything. Some mods will be needed to the crossmember though.

Looks like a good solid enough start.

FB MAD · Post by **FB MAD** » Mon May 11, 2009 5:26 pm

Yep, what DR said.

jazzar02 · Post by **jazzar02** » Mon May 11, 2009 5:55 pm

first off i carn't weld be we know a local pannel beater who will do cashies for us, also i will go down ever saturday and help him pull it apart and sand and fix up the rust. Also what would be a good gear box for the red 202?

(AUST)Mod · Post by **(AUST)Mod** » Mon May 11, 2009 6:03 pm

SPL camry wrote:first off i carn't weld be we know a local pannel beater who will do cashies for us, also i will go down ever saturday and help him pull it apart and sand and fix up the rust. Also what would be a good gear box for the red 202?

5 speed from a Celica?

Otherwise go for an auto?

t700 looks the goods in NoMAD's FB

Andrew

FB MAD · Post by **FB MAD** » Mon May 11, 2009 6:04 pm

"Also what would be a good gear box for the red 202?"

You'll probably get a hundred different answers to that question

jazzar02 · Post by **jazzar02** » Wed May 13, 2009 7:11 pm

Well today i picked up the motor from the guy, very nice guy too. He told me the motor has only done around 90 000 and has never ticked over once. He told me to get a high tourque starter and a 55A/H alt. But i would like to get a bigger alt as i want to run a few things stereo etc....

Here are some pics