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Im a bit boring, ive always owned ek's, i bought my first ek in 1985 for $350, i was 17 years old, the car had no rego, i had no licence and hooned around in it for 3 months, then sold it to my next door neighbour who was the drummer for dave and the tall boys ,(rockabilly band of the time).
My second ek was a kathay grey sedan,i bought that car for $500 and i hooned around in that for several years and dropped a couple rods and blew a big hole in the side of the engine block while doing an oil aided burnout in lygon st carlton, i fitted an ej motor into it and within 12 months the car got written off at the front of my parents place by a drink driver.
In 1990 i bought another ek, beige in colour for $600 drove it around as a week-end car for 12 months, then pulled it of the round for a restoration/modification, painted it mazda classic red, fitted worked 192, hr disc front and 3.08 lsd diff, kept that car for 15 years, sold it to a guy who lives in st clair nsw.
2 years later i had to have another ek, now i have the green ek ive just restored, have had this one for 3 1/2 years.
Spose a new commodore every 3 years (company cars) since 1990.I did have a &*#@ bf wagon on straight gas as company
car for 3 years, went well, lots of grunt and 700 klm on a tank!
will try to scan and post pix.
Cheers.

Forgot, my scanner isnt working, so will try to borrow one from my mate.
cheers.

this is my &*#@ xl windowless delux van im finishing of , was almost going to throw in a late model v8, luckly i relised its to rare so its staying stock, 170 manual marino white , with only a set of mags going on it.(not the one on it!) i have it all blocked back just waitin for some my time i didnt need painting as it was a supa clean rust free car from the bush...but i started to touch up a scratch, and this little ding , then i took the windows out, took the doors ,guards bonnet , off , motor out ...why ...why , anyway it will look cool once its finisnhed

Don't mind a nice &*#@, Xl is very nice. I owned a ZD 'lane many moons ago. Lovely car 302 auto and not a &*#@ badge to be seen. Fairlane by &*#@

1st car was a 64 Frd anglia van,windowless!(i have to mention that?),literally ran on the smell of an oily rag
a stock grey would be twice as fast though,great little Angy,I loved it
current work utes a BA bought new done 90000 not a problem,you just have to be gentle on them,have you driven a FQRD lately

Re: &*#@ cars You owned & admit to!
by mr hydramatic » Sun Nov 28, 2010 7:17 pm

this is my &*#@ xl windowless delux van im finishing of , was almost going to throw in a late model v8, luckly i relised its to rare so its staying stock, 170 manual marino white , with only a set of mags going on it.(not the one on it!) i have it all blocked back just waitin for some my time i didnt need painting as it was a supa clean rust free car from the bush...but i started to touch up a scratch, and this little ding , then i took the windows out, took the doors ,guards bonnet , off , motor out ...why ...why , anyway it will look cool once its finisnhed Attachments
XLVAN4.jpg (31.11 KiB) Viewed 124 times ya dont know performance till ya have driven a grey motor with a hydramatic....
mr hydramatic

Don't take this the wrong way mate but isn't it funny how we all start becoming "restorers"when we realise that some old cars are worth more in stock form I've done the same thing with my 1936 &*#@ that I brought as a restored car and was going to put a chev/auto etc. in the end I became a V8 Flathead fan and it now runs a rebuilt 39 Mercury flathead with Edelbrock heads etc.
What I really regret is selling the XT Fairmont I had on P plates, first of the 302 windsors I swapped the auto out after I killed it "learning"the fine art of burnouts and put a 4 speed manual in. It was in pretty good condition when I first got it,shame I couldn't say the same when I sold it to a wrecker in 1977.

newman wrote:Re: &*#@ cars You owned & admit to!
by mr hydramatic » Sun Nov 28, 2010 7:17 pm

this is my &*#@ xl windowless delux van im finishing of , was almost going to throw in a late model v8, luckly i relised its to rare so its staying stock, 170 manual marino white , with only a set of mags going on it.(not the one on it!) i have it all blocked back just waitin for some my time i didnt need painting as it was a supa clean rust free car from the bush...but i started to touch up a scratch, and this little ding , then i took the windows out, took the doors ,guards bonnet , off , motor out ...why ...why , anyway it will look cool once its finisnhed Attachments
XLVAN4.jpg (31.11 KiB) Viewed 124 times ya dont know performance till ya have driven a grey motor with a hydramatic....
mr hydramatic

Don't take this the wrong way mate but isn't it funny how we all start becoming "restorers"when we realise that some old cars are worth more in stock form I've done the same thing with my 1936 &*#@ that I brought as a restored car and was going to put a chev/auto etc. in the end I became a V8 Flathead fan and it now runs a rebuilt 39 Mercury flathead with Edelbrock heads etc.
What I really regret is selling the XT Fairmont I had on P plates, first of the 302 windsors I swapped the auto out after I killed it "learning"the fine art of burnouts and put a 4 speed manual in. It was in pretty good condition when I first got it,shame I couldn't say the same when I sold it to a wrecker in 1977.

not wishing to offend anybody here but i don't care i'll cut up a car to have it how i want it don't have anything against stock or restored cars i just don't want one my austin A40 windowless van is an extremely rare car and didn't faze me at all cutting the firewall out to fit the 179 and trimatic in it
don't want to seem like i'm praising Jesse James but some of the rarer stuff he's been cutting up on monster garage gives me a special feeling

I think it has a lot to do with changing tastes too. 20 years back I wouldn't have looked twice at a restored or original old Holden. As soon as i bought a stock car it was a case of ripping offthings mudflaps and weathershields and trying to stuff the fattest rims you could onto it.

Now I get (as Mick calls it) a special feeling when I see an original .

Not that I don't like a good modified car either.

It's got nothing to do with what they are worth, or whether they are too precious to cut up or whatever.

Cal,

You hit the nail on the head, its "changing tastes" Anyway back to the original thread, I had a V8 XT in the seventies when you could buy $5 worth of super and go cruising with mates,28 Hiboy,30 Roadster pickup and still own my 36.
My other cars are my FJ and HR

Mick

I had an XY Fairmont fully optioned. The air con worked a treat. Totally original one owner car. Spewin I ever got rid of it, just a really nice car.



Dave.

Geeeeeeeeeez Dave looks good for a toilet, I thought you pissed on those though.

That would get some good dollars now!!! Very nice. ...

Thats not my point of veiw, but other members of my immediate family.
Yeh, if it was in the condition now as when I sold it, it would pull quite a few dollars.
And yes, VERY NICE

Dave.

Any lowered black 1950 &*#@ single spinner - looks Cool... I'd have one tomorrow if I came across a good low rust one!

years ago my ex and I owned a XA superbird 302, went like the breeze .Had white interior, the exterior was light green and olive green on the bonnet etc.. havent any pics but you could prob google it .... but sold it for a Holden HR x2 Premier

EK Dreamer wrote:years ago my ex and I owned a XA superbird 302, went like the breeze .Had white interior, the exterior was light green and olive green on the bonnet etc.. havent any pics but you could prob google it .... but sold it for a Holden HR x2 Premier

You'd be kicking yourself if you knew what those Falcon coupes are worth now