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Looking great Stinga,

Some of those things are a real bugger to get hold of these days.
What's the story with the hubbie's? - they seem to be taking forever.

Regards, Smooth

smooth wrote:Looking great Stinga,

Some of those things are a real bugger to get hold of these days.
What's the story with the hubbie's? - they seem to be taking forever.

Regards, Smooth

thanx smooth
yea, bugger to get hold of and a budget tighter than a fishes arse ....no, its all good we're getting there mate
as for the caps, still waiting on moon to supply the local rod shop

cheers ray

G'day Ray,

Lookin good. Must've been good to fit it all in your own time rather than the day before Nats show n shine

regards
Stewart

G'day Ray, really looking sweet with all the chrome done, very envious of your overriders. Is your tow bar orig /recon, or new ?.

Ben

thanx, mephious, stewart, ben

yea, good to fit em all up with with no pressure etc

love the chrome on these cars, unsure bout the towbar, it was on it when I bought the car 6 yr ago
Its fitted well though, glad the trailer plug isnt mounted on the body of the car - its on the towbar

regards ray

Hi
it took me bout an hour searching through hundreds of old photos, but it was worth it as I found a photo of our old parts car
it had holes in the floor and rusty Y frames
picked it up for a "grand" full of fb/ek parts-doors, stainless, bumper bars etc etc, (infact it actually took me 2 trips to get all the parts home)

I drove it around for about 3 months, then pulled all the goodies off -visor, radio, scratch plates, door pulls, heater

then sold it for $1100 -and focused back on the project

I saw it 2 or so years later in the trading post for $1500

cheers ray

Gday Stinga
The wagons lookin good mate.
Was that an old RAA badge mounted on the visor of the parts car?
And, do you still have it?
I've been looking for one
I'm also looking for original style, bosch semi-sealed headlights.

Cheers
Jeff

G'day mate
thanx, yea its an old RAA badge
sorry, pretty keen to hang on to it tho
i'll see what brand my spare headlights are, let you know

cheers ray

Gday

some more progress over the last 2 weekends
after purchasing some repo ek station wagon rear load floor vinyl from super trim in victoria
it came in a 3 metre length, enough vinyl to redo the back of the rear seat, load floor, spare wheel cover, and tailgate
and while I was at it I rubbed & repainted the metal strip edging on the rear seat and tailgate etc
heres a before shot, still the original vinyl except for the spare wheel cover

as you can see still sporting the original "valve" radio

heres a comparison of the original vinyl & repo vinyl-not spot on exact copy, and a little bit softer, but hey....im not complaining

after shot of the back of rear seat


- tailgate


as you can see just needs sticking down in some spots, and the edges also need sticking down....not bad for $165 dollars and a little bit of spray paint
simply removed the metal edging from the back of the rear seat/tailgate and removed original vinyl, and used it as a template to cut new vinyl to shape - did it section by section
after painting metal edging, fitted it all back up with the new vinyl......and voula
will finish off tomorrow

cheers stinga

lookin good there stingray

gday

dont mind me
just updating my thread with some newly downsized build pics
also thinking of using some of these images for a display board for shows/club displays, now that im a bit more proficient with a computer
adds to the story


before

STINGRAY wrote:
heres a comparison of the original vinyl & repo vinyl-not spot on exact copy, and a little bit softer, but hey....im not complaining

Where do you get the material Ray?
Trev .

Stinga,

Looks good, nice and shiny, what type of paint did you use

morning gentlemen

trev - purchased the trim from supertrim, not sure what suburb cant find invoice atm - but they do sell on ebay
they didnt have any advertised at the time, I just asked the seller a question
hope this helps

mal - nothing too flash, just protec 2K 606 with a fast hardener, hope that makes sense/helps

cheers ray

Supertrim vinyl hardtops pty. ltd.
abn 65004678228
43 Charles St, North Coburg, Vic. Australia
PO Box 270, Batman Vic 3958.
Ph 93541275
Fax 9354 0455
supertrimvh@bigpond.com
hth guys