Out of the Past pt13 - FB EK Customs of the 60's

Sputzwagon · Post by **Sputzwagon** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:44 pm

That's a REAL nice 60's kustom there RB!!!
Two door, roll pan front 'n' rear, frenched twin cantilever headlights, tube grill, frenched rego plate mid grill, radius & flared rear guards & chromies with baby moon caps!

Scotty.

Thommo · Post by **Thommo** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:53 pm

Aussie custom culture at its best

Smooth customs · Post by **Smooth customs** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:32 pm

This is how it looked before being sent off to scrap, because no one was interested in it.
So I was told

Was a Custom Rodder cover car as well.

Mick Jagger · Post by **Mick Jagger** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:12 am

V8EK4us · Post by **V8EK4us** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:28 am

Smooth customs wrote:This is how it looked before being sent off to scrap, because no one was interested in it.
So I was told

Bet there would be alot of interest now (if it still existed

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Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:33 am

I was going to say we have discussed this car before. Can't remember which post though.

Smooth customs · Post by **Smooth customs** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:30 pm

Me either
So I just posted the photos.

Thommo · Post by **Thommo** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:55 pm

I haven't seen it on this site before.

I bet you all know what i'm going to ask now

Does anyone have this copy of 'Custom Rodder' with that Car on the cover?
Drop me a PM please

Thommo · Post by **Thommo** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:35 pm

THOMMO wrote: Does anyone have this copy of 'Custom Rodder' with that Car on the cover?
Drop me a PM please

Anybody???

Smooth customs · Post by **Smooth customs** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:48 pm

I do, somewhere.

Will get it out and scan it, when I find it.

Thommo · Post by **Thommo** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 7:28 pm

Ta Paul

customfc · Post by **customfc** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:42 pm

Paul sent me a note about this post requesting me to dig up this article.
Here it is, enjoy!
Cover shot from Custom Rodder 30

The article.

Regards
Alex

Smooth customs · Post by **Smooth customs** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:47 pm

Thanks for finding that one Alex.
Still looking for my copy!

customfc · Post by **customfc** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:27 pm

Here's the story of the car as told by Pontiac Jack on the ozrodders forum, back in April 08.

I've told this tale before,but for the benefit of any recent arrivals,heres a quick recap.
The car was built in the mid 70's by John Comber,Keith McKie and Steve Dann. It's front doors were extended 6" and the back doors were welded up,turning it into a coupe.
Sometime in the late 70's (78 or 79?? ) I got a call from my sisters boyfriends brother in law,a bloke named Gary Brown. He knew I had a heap of FX's and FJ's and an FB and said he had something I might be interested in.
I went to his factory in Glen Iris,and sitting there was the remains of Steve Danns EK.
It had been stolen and stripped and Gary had brought the rolling shell off Steve.
He said he didn't want to put it back together,so if I wanted it,it was $200.
Due to being 16 or 17 and having cars taking up every square inch of land around the house already (and having a mum who was getting pissed off with it ),I passed it up.

I was told later that the car went to Simms and was turned into half a dozen Toyotas
UNTIL!....
Last week I had a call from Matty Brown (Gary's son),he said he'd been digging around looking for pix of Gary's 34 coupe and had found a few things I might want to see.

He found 7 or 8 pics of the coupe from around the time it was sold in 79,but he also found some pix of his old "cubby house" - Steve Danns EK!

So the updated story goes like this:
Matt's not sure when,but sometime after I passed on it,Gary brought it around to his ex wifes place in Black Rock and left it there in the back yard. The kids played in it for a year or so,and then it was sold to a kid who worked in a servo in Aspendale.
It sat around the back of the servo for a couple of years,then the servo closed down and the kid and the car disappeared.
I wish I could say the story had a happy ending,but no one knows where it is now.
And Matt has no idea who the kid from the servo was.
At least we know it survived a few more years.
It might still be out there,somewhere........

Regards
Alex

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:43 pm

50 bucks for anybody that finds it for me

i want it couple of things i don't like but in general i love it

was sad when paul first said it had been crushed but now there is still a glimmer of hope

although very minor