Rusty EK,s Ute

[Rusty EK]

Hi all , here is this weeks update , have been trying to sort out the guards and bonnet , getting a bit down on cutting rust out ,but can see the end of it coming soon

Have made one new headlight peak for the passenger side , am happy with it , reckon it looks better than the original peak , have lost a heap of photos this week , damn computer has swallowed them welded up the join in the front guard and cut out a heap of rust in it and welded in new panels , frenched in an antenna hole where the existing hole was but only have the before photos .






Made a new piece for the bottom of the guard and welded on .




Lost a heap of photos of this process



Made a start on the bonnet , had to cut out the front section because of rust , so cut it a bit higher to get rid of the holes for the letters as well .





Had my 10 year old son come down to help me today , have been trying to get him into it since I started but has showed little interest in it , well today couldnt stop him , said Dad today I am going to fix the tail lights for you , he did too





Done it all himself , pretty good job eh




Wanted something else to do , so I got him to cut a patch for the speaker hole , thought that would keep him out of my hair for a while , the little bugger done it in about 15 min , he impressed me too , not too bad , had the curve right and all , has told his Mum dont plan anything for next weekend because me and Dad are working on the ute all weekend



Well thats about all for now , have to rest up now got a big weekend next week apparently

[shmeagain]

ITS SHMEAGAIN You mite have a panel better in the making cool my sun is fourteen and he is not showing much interest still waiting for hes nuts to drop

[Thommo]

has told his Mum dont plan anything for next weekend because me and Dad are working on the ute all weekend

You Gotta love that

Looking good Rusty

[Rusty EK]

Hey shme , he has always been good with his hands , have to get him up to speed and he will be able to do the next one for me

Thommo , its half the reason I got the ute , thought it would be good father and son bonding time , just couldn't get him going ,how is the van coming along

[Thommo]

how is the van coming along

Slow but sure

[shmeagain]

ITS SHMEAGAIN Yer rusty that's way i joined the gun club my son likes guns so we go shooting every Monday night targets not animal's

[Rusty EK]

got a clay target range next door , been going to give it a go ,but just never get there , how slack is that ?

[Brodie]

Love the headlights Rusty, they look good parallel with the line on the guards

Kinda gives the front a tuffer look too i think.......

[Harko]

ITS SHMEAGAIN You mite have a panel better in the making cool my sun is fourteen and he is not showing much interest still waiting for hes nuts to drop

Mines 5 and he shows just a glimmer of interest in the cars but do you think I can get him to clean his bike

Coming along well Rusty

[Rusty EK]

G,day Brodie , yeah think you are right , makes it look lower too , strange but true , the end of the peak sits lower than the stock one , so I guess that's it.

Harko , cant even get mine to put his back in the shed , just drops it where he is finished with it , backed over his last one , so don't expect improvement as he gets older .

The shed is starting to get a bit crowded now , car creep my wife calls it , car bits are creeping more and more into the centre of the shed , got a section of shed that I need to concrete and push all the car stuff out into that , get me my workshop back .

[shmeagain]

ITS SHMEAGAIN Grate tool you made very simple but affective i brought some of those rust repair sections from rare spares and they were crap good job rusty

[NoMAD]

Hey Rusty how about some 55 or 56 Chevy Tailights

55



56





just a thought...

cheers
Nathan

[Mick Jagger]

Headlights look awesome

[Rusty EK]

G,day Shme , Iam a cheap bugger , will have a go at making most things before shelling out on them , trying to save money for the shiney bits at the end , they wasnt to bad to make actually , took about a half hour plus, of bashing and tapping.

Nomad , have been on ebay USA looking at these , you can buy the lens and chrome surrounds , repro , pretty reasonable , have got this idea in my head that I want to try first but havent got back to the tail lights yet .

Am going to try and fit a sedan bumper to the back and alter the body to follow the bumper and make some frenched in lights about the same shape as the 55 lights.

Mick , thanks for that was hoping to get the other one done this week end , but am modifying my work trailer today so I can get a car on it , am sick of spending money on hiring car trailers , its starting to add up , and tomorrow am going to the centre of Tassie to pick up an FB sedan and some more parts , so think the ute might miss out this weekend , how is the progress going on your machine

[stinky]

Flip a set of 55's, they'll look almost like factory and have people guessing