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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:34 am
by retro
yeah it will be a six, a sweet cam in a grey motor, hyda crappy box and even a stock single spinner diff, i think that should keep her slower than my car, i dont her flying away from me on the freeways.
Oh and the colour, well original grey, well that will look better than the proof coat of coral its in now.
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:48 pm
by DNA
retro, you going to do paint yourself??
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:07 pm
by retro
yeap, its already started.
I love sniffin paint fumes, i can buy it over the counter, get high and still be legal to drive to the bottlo to get a liquid dinner.
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:26 pm
by parisian62
good work Retro...the hydra that is...not the sniffing...
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:08 pm
by retro
lol sw, I cant wait to sort it all out and get it roadworthy again.
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:26 pm
by mrs ratbox
if you need a gearbox why not go a trimatic ?
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:55 pm
by retro
yeah thought of that rb, but its more or less getting club plates so its gotta be original.
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:08 am
by Mephious
retro wrote:yeah thought of that rb, but its more or less getting club plates so its gotta be original.
Think Wayne's worried the EK will out perform the FB
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:08 am
by retro
I can only laugh at that scott, Im not spending all that money again to build another hottie greymotor and then just dump it behind an auto. So we both know that will never happen.
Unless i get the bugs, sell the fb
, well then it will get a sneaky engine swap.
Anyhow, if all works out, i may even get another ek tonight.
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 12:05 am
by retro
Works so far.......
Another perfect subframe and firewall...
perfect-rust free original gaurds, (a set on new ones were also in the car)
paint crazing that has to go...
turrut surface rust....
Date under the boot mat..
Rubbed back the proof coats on the front panels,etch primed and under coated drivers side sections needing paint. Hopefully saturday the weather holds up so i can start the boot lid, top rear gaurds, roof and passengers side.
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:29 am
by EKSPCL
Good stuff Retro
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:37 am
by EK 9893
Retro has an EK hydramatic..
...i know he has always wanted one of these classic's but he had to settle on an earlier attempt at one.
Looks like a very clean one..
and hey post more pictures.
Regards,
Tony
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:16 am
by retro
Big Tones, if i didnt see the id tag and body number, i would of told anne that we will wait until they want to sell rosie, and we'll buy that back.
Going to clean mine up for tonight, hope the weather holds on, and i may even start working on the ek again.
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:32 am
by EK 9893
