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Dee - Loui has the car bug bad like he rest of us...66 Mustang in the rebuild, 66 Porsche...and some talk of hot rod down the road sometime...He has an understanding mrs...and just enjoys working on cars...EKSPCL - for sure the amount of rust had me scared. Terry's on the money...I was one of the lucky ones...to find it after being long lost...it's not often you get a second chance like this...

Stewart,
ain't goin' to need a third chance to get this - what Loui is doin will out live your time with the old timer, I'm sure..

Think Loui's mrs and mine might share a lot of understandin..

Terry, if Stewart had only found a hub cap of his grand dad's car - Loui would have a bit more work to do to restore it..
Great to see a dedicated build..

and..

warning to everyone - don't even think of asking him to put a price on it..
money just doesn't belong in the same sentence as this dear old timer..

Dee

mate hang in there, once all them holes are gone its all down hill.

Mate if it were me, id of given up ages ago, but thats why i respect the build more, your presistance, perserverance and patience. Even if the car comes out as an inferior ek, its the love an passion that you have applied to the wagon that will also make me envy it.

Cheers, retro.

Excellent work Stewart and Loui , keep the momentum going, it will be well worth it in the end and will last another 40+ years.

cheers
Garry

Very nice work Stewart - and Loui.....

Like many "builds" on the forum - we'll know where you've come from ...... many just don't see what history evolves when a vehicle is given the look over........

You know you are doing this right - and it is right what you are doing......

Tomorrows just don't seem to come quick enough - enjoy the journey.....

frats,
Rosco

Stewart, I am kicking myself for not stopping by & seeing your wagon.

I hadn't read this thread before. Wayne mentioned it. I forgot about your search for the Parisian. What an amazing story!!!

Please let us know if you want a hand at any stage. It's coming along nicely.

Steve

many thanks for all the feedback fellas its much appreciated. Steve - not a problem...I can't see us finishing it overnight so I'm sure there will be another chance...

to finish this section off...

a brace was welded in prior to cutting the outer sill....


c pillar...swiss cheese...




inner sill...this received wire brushing plus metal ready plus deoxidine plus 2 coast of por15 plus numerous coats of top coat plus at a later stage fish oil...nothings going to get through that sucker...


rebuilt outer skin section of bottom of A pillar...


lining up...it was good to get the door and guard on even temporarily...making it look like an EK rather than some carcass...


ready for tacking in...


tacking in...with the bottom of the a pillar and the outer skin section already welded in.


There is "The Stig"...and then there is "The Mig"...action shot...


latest is that its all fully welded in and I've finished grinding back the welds.

So thats where I'm currently at...

Well done on the progress, can't wait to see the finished product....

You & Loui are doing an excellent job Stewart
Keep up the good work

Good work Stewart,
Your mate does know what hes doing.
Those are Rare spares sills by the look of that, a real bugger to install but you made it look easy.
I searched for a couple of months before I found the NOS ones.
Keep the pictures coming.

Regards Greg

dam fine story stewart . im home sick from work and your story filled in half an hour thanks . grandads wagon is comming along fine good to see another one saved from the scrap heap

Just finished reading this thread with my wife. What an adventurist story. Someone should put all these stories together with photos and make a book. It would make great reading.

I just bought back my FB in which I sold about 10 years ago. It has been sitting in a garage just 5 minute drive from where I live. Bought it back for a similar price that I sold it for back then and it has a reconditioned motor in it now. A real bargain I think.

Mick

Greg - there is a rares sill in one of the pics but the sill which was welded in came from Maryborough - http://www.retrorodsandrestorations.com.au/ The Maryborough sill had no 'c end' section so we cut the rares one up and blended it in. You can see the blend in the 7th pic down.

Thanks for that guys. Stillute-ed - you've gotta love a story behind an FB or EK. Mick - how lucky was that! even better that its been sitting in a garage and not under tree...and a reco engine too...

We’ve swapped over to the passenger side to do it all again...

First thing was bottom of A pillar and inner sill. The inner sill where the front subframe was totally gone and so too was the underfloor section.... What we started with


The donor section which I unpicked


Various holes were patched in the donor


It started to get a bit messy so for $20 it was off to the blasted to get it all clean


Cutting out the corner section with donor section on the floor painted with por15


Cut out with bracing


After a solid morning of trial fit, trail fit - Loui had the donor section welded in


happy happy

Unreal, great work guys.