Rusty EK,s Ute

[thropzed]

Yes Paul They came from robs ute, I still have them as Rob wouldn't let me sell the Panno with them on.
Cheers Theo Z.........................

[wot179]

How bout some 59 Chev cats eye tail lights but turned 90 degrees?

[Rusty EK]

customfc, those led lights could look cool frenched in .

wot179 , I reckon the chev lights would be too long , those things are about 15 feet wide , well they look it anyway

[Bigbird]

Drove past an mid 70's rolls today, french in a pair of those tail lights maybe?

[stillute-ed]

i'll never never never whinge about rust repaire's again .and then after seven pages of bloody hell thats trick i wake up to the fact that this is happening here in hobart .bloody hell again .keep up the good work rusty looking forward to seeing her on the road .

[Rusty EK]

Bigbird , Rolls , geez they would be worth more that the ute

stillute-ed , Good to see someone else down here in Tassie , and with a ute as well , she looks like she would nearly be the same colour as mine originally.

Did I read somewhere on here that you are rebuilding yours as well ? or was that an old post ? I have read so much cool stuff on here I cant remember now

[EKjimmy]

i vote for the upside down fe-fc lights as in scotty's design

[stillute-ed]

g'day rusty. yes mine is on the spit just starting to warm up the coals

[Rusty EK]

Thats the way , keep the pics coming then , give us a shout if I can help ya with anything

[Alastair Saxton]

Rusty.
I always think that when customising it's good to use items from a similar age car. Different make from another vehicle but of the same generation can suite. For instance HQ lights would look terrible in your ute. But I put this pic together for you.
Years ago there was a 56 Nash/Rambler in a scrap yard nearby. It's long gone but this is what its tail lights looked like. I did a search on the net and found some pics I could cut and paste. The 56 Nash/ Rambler Ambasador units look like elongated FE/FC lights. Similar style -but longer. They look like they would fit with a bit of work. The lowest of the three little picture shows a 65 Rambler lights. Not sure what they looked like from the side. They are also nice and tall.
P: in 56 N/R seem to have two different back ends on their cars. One with these tail lights and the other had fat 'Lolli Pop' looking lights. It's a bit confusing when searching the net.
Alastair

[Rusty EK]

G,day Alastair , you have a good eye , I reckon they look good , like the third one , will jump on EBAY tonight and see what I can find , have put the lights on the back burner for the moment until I can find a suitable candidate , something will pop up if I keep looking

[ek ute]

Rusty
I followed a VY? wagon yesterday; thir tail lights are thinner than HQ & fold around side (same as ute model). They are rectangular rather than rounded but might be OK. Some one on photoshop could dummy them up.
I like the original lights for me.
you have a great build going.
Patrick

[Devilrod]

I followed a VY? wagon yesterday; thir tail lights are thinner than HQ & fold around side (same as ute model). They are rectangular rather than rounded but might be OK. Some one on photoshop could dummy them up.

Ba bow.... Pass. Wouldn't look right.

[Rusty EK]

G,day Patrick , thanks for that , Got one of them sitting in the yard for parts , hmmmm , nah have to agree with Devilrod , wouldn't look right .

Thanks for the input though , something will come up .

[shmeagain]

ITS SHMEAGAIN That third tail light looks cool rusty