My Red EK sports

jimbompaleen · Post by **jimbompaleen** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:20 am

Thought I should post pics of my EK.
My dad made me do it.

Still fixing a few things up.
5 speed manual with 2.8litre early commodore engine.
Runs on petrol and LPG.

Post by **Blacky** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:28 am

Welcome to the forum Jimbo , cool ride you have there mate

reminds me of my first EK

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 3:57 am

Your dad is a wise man

, welcome

dave68 · Post by **dave68** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:44 am

Welcome to the nut house, and who is a hitch hikers fan???? Have seen this car before, are you north Brisvegas?

EK JAY · Post by **EK JAY** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:00 am

Good on ya dad

welcome Jimbo
good looking cruizer cant beat dragways
on ek 's nice color aswell

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:49 am

Nice car Jimbo, great colour to..

Never seen gas tank in one of these yet, fits in boot neat!

Jack - check
spare wheel - check
spare tail light - check

Ken

Cal · Post by **Cal** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:38 am

Cool looking car

What's that thing sitting in front of the brake booster?

Harko · Post by **Harko** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:21 pm

Impco gas mixer maybe

parisian62 · Post by **parisian62** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:49 pm

My dad made me do it.

yeah right. I think you love EKs...

welcome aboard

Stewart

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:57 pm

welcome aboard mate
It's a shame your dad talked you into an EK but he is does have a good sense of humor so its to be expected I guess

Thommo · Post by **Thommo** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:22 pm

Welcome to the forum Jimbo

You'll thank your dad for this later

(AUST)Mod · Post by **(AUST)Mod** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:27 pm

Thommo wrote:Welcome to the forum Jimbo
You'll thank your dad for this later

My Dad bought my FB for me and has funded the majority of modifications to it (including the recent smash repairs

) .

In the beginning I didn't thank him, but now I do

Andrew

PS - ENJOY IT!

Harko · Post by **Harko** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:13 pm

SunnyTim wrote:Get a job Andrew you lazy student

Then a small block chevy would be on the cards

Finny · Post by **Finny** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:37 pm

It was me ....................

My wagon is the one under cover.

But I didn't make him get it. He wanted it, I just did the buying.
He just wanted a manual one, preferably floor mounted.
What I made him do, was join the forum and post.

Although he doesn't seem to be responding again.

Thanks for all the positive words. If only you knew it was "ME".

Cal, that thing ? Harko was close !
Apparently he told me it's a "Flux Capacitor"

Or the A/C or power steer

or the LPG unit.

Car runs a little rough on Petrol and misses at the start on acceleration, but on gas it purrs, flies and doesn't miss a beat.

Car looks good from a few feet away, but the paint and panel work is not that great.

No real rust but probably will need to be stripped back and a respray at some stage.
Paint is actually good, just the prep work sucked big time.

He was driving his Honda, but it cooked it self. Fixed and back on the road again now, but the EK still needs some repairs, so he's back to driving it again.
I would have to admit, that it is a big difference, even with the enhanced mods.

So many things on the Honda Preludes, beyond my repair ability.
His is a 5 speed also, so happy to have the same in the EK.
EK also has central locking, which is nice to have, but may need to change that steering wheel.

parisian62 · Post by **parisian62** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:15 am

goodonya Finny.