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Re: Rare and Exotic EK ute build.
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 10:40 pm
by In the Shed
Great work Wot, looks like you can never have enough vice grips to do that sort of work. Always interested to read and see progress on this ute. Thanks
Stephen
Re: Rare and Exotic EK ute build.
Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 3:43 pm
by wot179
Re: Rare and Exotic EK ute build.
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 9:59 am
by Marty K Bird
I just read this thread and i must say it is a good read and i like the attitude you have to the job and the way you get things done!
Looking forward to the progress~
Re: Rare and Exotic EK ute build.
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:04 pm
by wot179
A small update.
I finally got the channel that I made for the tunnel stiffener shaped,trimmed and fully welded in.
Heres a pic of some offcuts so you can see what it looked like before it went in.
I folded a channel out of 1.6, then ran it through some rollers, then hit it a bit, then hit it a bit more, then after I trimmed about 5mm off the back edge to allow
for the slope of the tunnel it fit just like a bought one.
Then I pushed it into place with a trolley jack, tacked and welded it
Sounds easy if you say it fast.....
Re: Rare and Exotic EK ute build.
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 8:46 pm
by wot179
This has ground to a halt for a little while....I bought a jigsaw puzzle HK wagon as well now....
I should be back on it shortly.
Re: Rare and Exotic EK ute build.
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 12:35 pm
by Devilrod
Nice work Wot, do I spy a straight axled HR?
Re: Rare and Exotic EK ute build.
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 12:44 pm
by Mick
HD DR but there is a chopped HR stashed in there aswell
Re: Rare and Exotic EK ute build.
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 12:02 am
by wot179
Geeze...cant a bloke have any secrets?
Re: Rare and Exotic EK ute build.
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 8:18 am
by Devilrod
wot179 wrote:Geeze...cant a bloke have any secrets?
Not when they're that interesting. Got any more pics of both?
Re: Rare and Exotic EK ute build.
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 8:55 am
by wot179
There ya go.
I will get back onto them one day.
Re: Rare and Exotic EK ute build.
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 12:47 pm
by Devilrod
Thanks Wot, nice work they both look great. Although if I had to choose the HD Gasser would just win out. Just.....
Re: Rare and Exotic EK ute build.
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 5:33 pm
by Blacky
You need to get yourself some more inlet manifolds ............................
Re: Rare and Exotic EK ute build.
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:11 pm
by Mick
Blacky wrote:You need to get yourself some more inlet manifolds ............................
he has they're on the other wall
if he were short of cash he wouldn't even need to worry about ebay he could retire just in scrap value
Re: Rare and Exotic EK ute build.
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 11:56 am
by kelleigh54
Sweet As ! HD Gasser , about time someone showed some style . Looks like you had some spare head gaskets along with the intake manifolds , a bit of f/glass and all of a sudden you have a light weight bumper !!!
Wanna swap sheds ?
Re: Rare and Exotic EK ute build.
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 12:10 pm
by wot179
Thanks.
Its a steel bar.
Its covered in masking tape from where I marked out the holes.
There are 202 holes in it at the moment.
Took bloody ages (and a lot of bourbon) to holesaw it.
Burned out a drill doing it...lol
I have lots of build pics and will start a thread when its closer to completion.
