My bagged EK - Final trim fitted......

element5au · Post by **element5au** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:56 pm

WOW!! this is an awesome looking car

oldnek · Post by **oldnek** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:05 pm

I second that...........

Awesome lookin grill. Love the design
Just have to be careful that you will still get get airflow to the radiator.

Regards John

Harko · Post by **Harko** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:41 pm

Heres the GREek version

element5au · Post by **element5au** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:46 pm

LOL...Pimped

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 11:43 pm

Gorgeous car all round, love it with no air & colour is fantastic!

did you ever sort out your overheating problem? i have similar grief with mine, i have same radiator setup as you, ( or in your past pics)

ken

EKK001 · Post by **EKK001** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:59 am

Harko, thats sick man, thanks..! Thats exactly what i was looking for...
Will post a real photo when its done, ha..
As for the overheating, we havent really been running it lately..
We havent taken any active steps to fix it so i can only assume the problem is still there....
Will be towing it up to Port Macquarie for engineering hopefully within the next few weeks... will keep you posted...

Paul

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 4:16 pm

with overheating had a hot red in one of my EK's with a torarna/HR radiator as soon as we got hot weather at highway speeds would boil it's head off put a triple flow desert cooler radiator in never even looked like getting hot again

dave68 · Post by **dave68** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 6:20 pm

Yep thats what I did and it's "cool"

now.

matches · Post by **matches** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:21 pm

come on, where's the update

cheers, luke.

Mick Jagger · Post by **Mick Jagger** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:36 pm

should have stuck with the grey,ha freakin ha,
Ive had hot reds before and the were fine with what
they came with,fit one of them and youll be right,
hk fit in them with some trimming ,
new radiator and pump ,drove a 72 homolagated xu1
on the streets for 3 years,didnt have a starter motor
but it never overheated even sitting on 160
for 3 hours,broke a speedo cable running over a dead roo though

EKK001 · Post by **EKK001** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:29 pm

Ok, so its been a big week... Wednesday saw a 4am rise, arriving at Port Macquarie by 8am.. Dropped the car off to the Engineer and found ourselves with a whole day to kill...
Thankfully, Matches came to the rescue and provided some fantastic hospitality by means of a snag sizzle and a cuppa and a comfy seat to kick back in for a couple of hours.. Checked out his beast and talked cars for a while, was great to put a face to the name, thanks again bro.
Received a call from Mick the Engineer at about 2:30. The car was right to go. Didnt knock it back on anything and was overall very impressed with the build.. A nice 10 page report and a blue slip in hand, we went to the RTA and sealed the deal with some more $$$.....
After champagne and cigars, we loaded the car back on the float and by 4pm we were back on the road South.

20 minutes into the journey, we were overtaking a B-double gas tanker going down a hill and all of a sudden the trailer started to buck and fish tail pulling the ute and us inside back and forth from left to right. Coming within inches to the tanker and the trees on the right, I thought it was time to say goodbye.. Thankfully, we gradually slowed down and pulled over, changed our underwear and thanked the appropriate gods....
The bucking of the trailer caused the car to jump 12" all the way over to one side of the trailer and scraping a few chunks of paint off in the process... Front guard, bottom of both doors....

But, all in all, a momentus occasion.. Took it for its first legal cruise yesterday afternoon, a little bit of overheating but plenty of interest from onlookers... Thanks again to Matches for putting me on to Mick, the Engineer... he was awesome.. very legitimate.

A few finishing touches need to be applied, its going in for a final buff next week, then we can add the moulding, spats and visor...
A couple of photos...

NoMAD · Post by **NoMAD** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:34 pm

shame about the miss hap dude...

however looking sicker than ever! man i bet you enjoyed that first legal drive!

very cool!

Cheers
NoMAD

matches · Post by **matches** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:45 pm

good to see the damage wasn't too bad

told ya you should've driven it home

your most welcome to come visit again whenever you like

your car looks even better in person than in the photo's (they really don't do it justice) so it's not surprising you got soo much attention.
enjoy it dude, you deserve it

cheers, luke.
ps: now kimmy wants me do do my seats and door trims like yours (but in black) she was really impressed how nice the snakeskin looks

FB MAD · Post by **FB MAD** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:40 pm

Bet your as happy as a pig in excrement now!!

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Cool photo of you in your OHS Workcover approved fongs!!

Good to see a positive outcome

Pity about the paint damage but could have been worse damage or personal injury so guess that is something.

Car looks great

Good onya!!

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 4:22 pm

that's just a reminder "say no to trailers"

you need the trailer i use the guy i borrow it off said he's towed at 160

i've had it to 140 towing an EK behind a VQ statesman

but as you've said having heating issues makes it hard to drive