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This is the best story on here so far in my opinion. Something tells me that at 51 pages it may be drawing to a close as the great videos are proving.

Once back on the road how about you 'recreate' the video and pics when you brought it home along with the stills of the kids in the same places. That car has so much of your family history it's GOLD !

Cheers mate

Dave Mac

"ITS ALIVE"
Looking & sounding damm fine too
Congratulations Stewart, thats another major milestone passed

Congrats Stewart! Great story, fantastic progress and most of all a fine looking car.

vmx-mxr wrote:This is the best story on here so far in my opinion. Something tells me that at 51 pages it may be drawing to a close as the great videos are proving.

Once back on the road how about you 'recreate' the video and pics when you brought it home along with the stills of the kids in the same places. That car has so much of your family history it's GOLD !

Cheers mate

Dave Mac

Dave I like ya thinking .... i have seen a few photos done like this before ... very cool!!!!!!!!! Throwing wood in the back of it along the same old dirt road gets bonus points lol.

Cant wait to see the next chapter!

Thanks everyone for their comments. I'm stoked with how it went albeit briefly. Next job is to get the tailshaft in so we can get some oil in the gearbox and sort the clutch slave cylinder.

Try a multi carved flatty...

that'd have to be the best sounding engine...after a grey 138 of course...

Once back on the road how about you 'recreate' the video and pics

I have a few ideas in the pipeline Dave...not sure that they involve dirt roads at this stage though Marty...

Well done fellas!!!
Top job
Is there oil in the gearbox...... crackup!!

Is there oil in the gearbox......

yeah I'm glad someone had their brain in gear...sorry bad pun intended...

Could have easily ended in tears...

Harv wrote:

Love the triples. Dave didn't need eyebrows anyway .

Cheers,
Harv

Ive go several burn scars from engines that have bitten me. Usually its the pipes on my race boats.
I did burn an eyebrow off once when i was a kid.
I got one of dads shotgun shells and after taking the shot and wadding out tried to light it with a match.
The first few goes didnt work so i stuck my head over the top and jammed the lit match in.
Off course it went up and burnt my eyebrow.
When i got home my mother instantly spotted it.
To this day i have never told her what i did.
In this day of technology look what kids are missing out on.
Btw my dad gave me my first shotgun when i was ten.
We used to go shooting rabbits all the time. We even used to shoot the in our yard near penrith.
One day the coppers came around and told us to stop it.
Imagine today what would happen if you did that.

Getting back to stewarts engine. It runs surprisingly well. I thought it would have bogged down with the three carbs

Yep, I had the "growing up with firearms" childhood too .

Gave myself the mother of all lovebites on the neck from hot extractors... even the better half walked away without laughing at that one . Have lost eyebrows to a VK Calais V8 (she thought that was hilarious). The 327 Chev in the EK has bugger all valves (they were lapped on a bench grinder ), so frequently spits flames up if the air cleaner is off... my daughter near wet herself laughing two months ago when I did the "oh f@#$%" dance with singed eyebrows.

Then again, the kids think it's funny when I change Christmas lights bulbs without unplugging it ("when it went zzzzt, we could see your bones Dad, just like the cartoons").

Cheers,
Harv

Evening Stewart and family
I have just spent a few hours rereading your story on the rebuild of your grandads EK wagon. To echo the words of many other forum members, you and your band of helpers certainly are to be congratulated on a magnificent job well done. Thank you for the many photos and helpful hints that you have posted. We are in the process of rebuilding our own wagon and your story certainly gives us inspiration to push on through the rust and 50 years of "life's" hard knocks.
To me the most impressive thing about your rebuild is the fact that it has been done in your own shed as well as front and rear yard in a suburban street.
Im sure you will enjoy many years of happy cruising in your pride and joy.
Regards Roger.

Hi Roger and Lesley,

Many thanks for your post. I'm glad to hear that you have found the thread useful - that was one of my goals and all the best for your wagon rebuild.

Yep apart from the inital bead and sandblast, the engine rebuild and the recent trip to the exhaust shop the rebuild has all been done in the garage at home...that said I am looking forward to getting my garage back in order and not tripping over stuff

Can't wait to take her to the Wangaratta Nats...

Stewart

We, and like so many others will be very excited to see your wagon at Wangaratta. (I reckon that is just about 5 1/2 months only!!!!
Will your wagon be ready for "Xmas cruising"?
We are a long way away from getting our shed back.....but it will happen "one day".
cheers
lesley and Roger

just about 5 1/2 months only

and counting!...I think it's too early for that...

We might get a 'cruise' up and down our driveway before Christmas.

There's still few things to do before I'm happy to say she is finished. All the rear cargo area needs re-trimming and the front end hanging panels need to go in too.

She was delivered to Grandad on 28 Febraury 1962 so her 51st birthday is approaching...

Quote: 51/2 months only etc "I think it is too early for that"...
I received Xmas wishes from a friend the other day and said "looking forward to catching up at the nationals, only 5 1/2 months!!!!
I agree, lets get Xmas out of the road first then we can start counting!!!
cheers
Lesley

parisian62 wrote: There's still few things to do before I'm happy to say she is finished. All the rear cargo area needs re-trimming and the front end hanging panels need to go in too.

She was delivered to Grandad on 28 Febraury 1962 so her 51st birthday is approaching...

i hope you are setting this date as a rego date, i think that would be the iceing on the cake