Wayne With A '61 EK Holden
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 1:51 pm
Ladies and Gentlemen. Meet Milkshakes garage mate "Blueberry"
I had tried to keep this rebuild quiet but got sprung at Rares and then someone spotted it at the auto electrician so the cat was out of the bag.
I was getting harassed at club meetings and never confirmed it but ya can't keep things from this lot..
I was aiming for the Nats but maybe the All Holden Day this year...
I saw an ad to sell a EK Sedan on Gumtree to sell a stalled project a while back and went to check it out, solid body and most chrome work done
abet not the best chrome but done regardless. I agreed to buy it at the right price and with some help from old mate "Rustydungers"
we trailer it to Rusty's place to work on it...
Interesting story on this car, I had done a check on that new revs site the federal Government now has and it come up as never registered?
Mmmm interesting. So I went to the RTA and had it checked, No, it's ok we have all its history and there's no problem with the car.
I later found out with some research that this particular EK was sold where I live at Camden NSW new! (Hey that's were I live)..
Well hang on a minute there's no GMH Dealer in Camden? And never was. (Or so I thought).
A little more research on that Trove site shows they had old Camden newspapers and where this EK was sold new was a GM Dealer.
Oldsmobile - Pontiac - Buick...
Must have been a flood when this pic was taken?
It was our local Toyota Dealer Clintons Campbelltown who was the GM Dealer back then or so their Ad shows in the newspaper.
Gets more interesting as we dig deeper, I was discussing this over a family dinner and my Son In Law pops up and say's that’s my building!
Huh?. Yeah I have an old pic in my office of the original building. Bugger me!...
My SIL happens to be part owner of Combined Real Estate at Camden were this building is.
So here's a pic taken yesterday of the same building.
Ok so I buy this EK that has been sitting in a backyard in Blacktown for many years and was in a shed at Teresa Park when I brought it.
So this old girl has now come home!. How cool is that?...
The plan as it stands is to make this old girl into a cruiser from the day.
A few issues have slipped by, I had intended to have her painted Warwick Yellow with a white roof but that got slammed when Rusty
Pointed out the tag numbers were Shalimar and Strata Blue which we know is quite rare so I decided to go with that.
The Hydamatic is to go replaced with the old crashbox. Dropped 2 inches, duel exhaust with Chevy drops in the back.
rebuilt triple stromies (which I picked up from Fingers)on the rebuild gray and extractors and as I'm running an alternator, a stronger wiring harness.
Here's some pics from the previus owner when the EK was at Blacktown.
Bit of a sorry sight ay?...
The triplies waiting to go on the donk!
More to come...
She's nowhere near finished yet but here's a little teaser to keep ya all interested..
I had tried to keep this rebuild quiet but got sprung at Rares and then someone spotted it at the auto electrician so the cat was out of the bag.
I was getting harassed at club meetings and never confirmed it but ya can't keep things from this lot..
I was aiming for the Nats but maybe the All Holden Day this year...
I saw an ad to sell a EK Sedan on Gumtree to sell a stalled project a while back and went to check it out, solid body and most chrome work done
abet not the best chrome but done regardless. I agreed to buy it at the right price and with some help from old mate "Rustydungers"
we trailer it to Rusty's place to work on it...
Interesting story on this car, I had done a check on that new revs site the federal Government now has and it come up as never registered?
Mmmm interesting. So I went to the RTA and had it checked, No, it's ok we have all its history and there's no problem with the car.
I later found out with some research that this particular EK was sold where I live at Camden NSW new! (Hey that's were I live)..
Well hang on a minute there's no GMH Dealer in Camden? And never was. (Or so I thought).
A little more research on that Trove site shows they had old Camden newspapers and where this EK was sold new was a GM Dealer.
Oldsmobile - Pontiac - Buick...
Must have been a flood when this pic was taken?
It was our local Toyota Dealer Clintons Campbelltown who was the GM Dealer back then or so their Ad shows in the newspaper.
Gets more interesting as we dig deeper, I was discussing this over a family dinner and my Son In Law pops up and say's that’s my building!
Huh?. Yeah I have an old pic in my office of the original building. Bugger me!...
My SIL happens to be part owner of Combined Real Estate at Camden were this building is.
So here's a pic taken yesterday of the same building.
Ok so I buy this EK that has been sitting in a backyard in Blacktown for many years and was in a shed at Teresa Park when I brought it.
So this old girl has now come home!. How cool is that?...
The plan as it stands is to make this old girl into a cruiser from the day.
A few issues have slipped by, I had intended to have her painted Warwick Yellow with a white roof but that got slammed when Rusty
Pointed out the tag numbers were Shalimar and Strata Blue which we know is quite rare so I decided to go with that.
The Hydamatic is to go replaced with the old crashbox. Dropped 2 inches, duel exhaust with Chevy drops in the back.
rebuilt triple stromies (which I picked up from Fingers)on the rebuild gray and extractors and as I'm running an alternator, a stronger wiring harness.
Here's some pics from the previus owner when the EK was at Blacktown.
Bit of a sorry sight ay?...
The triplies waiting to go on the donk!
More to come...
She's nowhere near finished yet but here's a little teaser to keep ya all interested..
