Family Affair Ek Ute

[FireKraka]

Good score Sneezy makes your beaters life a bit easier.

[Sneezy1211]

Hi all

We did a trip to kingaroy today and picked up another K frame that appears to be a much better starting point to the one we had . Finger's crossed its still as good once blasted .

The original colour of the ute is cottesloe cream but I'm struggling to find any pictures of EK's this colour on line . Is it not a common colour?

Cheers

Col

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[Mick]

pretty sure that's actually an EJ colour, i had one years ago i'm sure that was the name of the colour and that's what i was told, so must have been one of the last down the production line, we found a cool thing on mine when we removed the door trims on the backing was a hand drawing in pencil of an EJ ute so one must have been around in the factory somewhere that someone did a sketch of it

[Sneezy1211]

pretty sure that's actually an EJ colour, i had one years ago i'm sure that was the name of the colour and that's what i was told, so must have been one of the last down the production line, we found a cool thing on mine when we removed the door trims on the backing was a hand drawing in pencil of an EJ ute so one must have been around in the factory somewhere that someone did a sketch of it

Thanks Mick , I think you are spot on from what I can find it's a EJ colour but come out on a few EK Ute's at the end of the line .

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[Sneezy1211]

Things are moving along , stopped in at the little brothers tonight (it's his ute now ) and gave his card a hiding on rare spares and a few other places ..

The panel beater is kicking along and making big progress . Fire wall is done for the tripple webbers, inner and outer sills are done , floor pans done , tunnel done it's all happening...

We did a trip to kingaroy on the weekend and came home with a K frame that looks heaps better then the Swiss cheese we started with . It's at the blasters so should know in a couple of days .

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[Errol62]

Excellent Col. You’ve really got momentum. Work looks great.


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[FireKraka]

Great progress Sneezy wish I could move that fast

[Sneezy1211]

So me and the little brother went on a rare spares shopping spree this week and it all arrived today .

We already have 2" lowed new springs I bought for it years ago but does anyone know if you can buy new rear springs lowered? Or do we need to get the old ones re set ?

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[Errol62]

You can’t get them off the shelf sneeze. I used a $130 8 tonne press to reset mine cold, after watching some other cowboys YouTube clip.


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[Mick]

i think it's Kings Springs that list them, though they're expensive, just look for a spring works and get yours reset

[EK283]

As Mick has indicated, most spring makers would be able to reset the originals.

I had a set of top leaves reversed (eylets) so the springs sit 1 inch lower with the standard travel, the spring makers did this by rolling the curve the opposite way on the main leaf, unfortunately i couldnt use them because my diff spring pads were also made one inch bigger to lower the car and my enginneer knocked it back because i didnt have 70mm bump stop clearance.

Spring makers will make new leaf sections if they are worn, most are on these old girls and are surprisingly quite affordable.

Regards Greg

[Sneezy1211]

Cheers for the info gents , will call some local spring guys Monday.

I have another question for the brains trust ...

Does anyone make these replacement parts for the subframe where it mounts to the firewall ? Seems to be a regular rust spot hoping someone does them.. this is a second subframe we picked up last weekend and is much better then our original.

Thanks for all you're input so far

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[Brett027]

I dont think anyone is making them.. Easy to fab up those sections though and I think where yours are rusted is hidden in the firewall. The bottom half shapes are more complex so hopefully yours are ok.

[Errol62]

Walkers Bodywork’s, Inverell NSW.


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[Brett027]

Well, that's good news. Thanks Clay.