FB or EK ute wanted - NSW or QLD
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2017 3:38 pm
The kids are getting old enough to drive, and will learn to drive in my FB (everyone needs to learn three-on-the-tree 
). After that, they end up with some form of vehicle that they work for (and on). The two older ones are on the right path - both can do their own grease and oil changes, and are slowly learning at Harvs School of Tool Abuse (my son recently asked for his own cheater bar... made his old man proud 
). I failed to convince Number One Son to get an early Holden... he wanted a VL Commodore. Managed to find one a way back, and am now daily driving it for him to iron the bugs out of it (this is only the third car I have ever owned with air conditioning... modern sorcery).
I've had more luck with Number One Daughter, who wants an FB/EK ute
. So the hunt is on for an FB or EK ute. I know there is at least one out west, but I am hoping to limit my search to either NSW or QLD. May have to widen the search later if I'm not successful, but I've got quite a few months to find one. I'm looking for something relatively original, though not perfectly so. Happy to look at something that has had the HR front end/red motor upgrade. Equally happy to buy something with no engine/gearbox provided the rest of the car is pretty much complete. Rust is OK, as long as it is moderate - happy to put in new floor pans, or door skins or the area behind the seat, though not looking for something where everything below the doors is missing. Dents and crappy paint are OK, as is torn trim. Special bonus points for NSW rego.
Not looking for a $25k restored car, more a $5-$15k viable vehicle.
If it would sweeten the deal any (or convince someone to give up a ute that they are keeping for a "one day" project) I can potentially dip into my stash of old speed gear... Norman superchargers, Impala floor shifter, Howarth injection, Cain triples, Repco inlet manifolds, Vertex magnetos....
Cheers,
Harv
). After that, they end up with some form of vehicle that they work for (and on). The two older ones are on the right path - both can do their own grease and oil changes, and are slowly learning at Harvs School of Tool Abuse (my son recently asked for his own cheater bar... made his old man proud ). I failed to convince Number One Son to get an early Holden... he wanted a VL Commodore. Managed to find one a way back, and am now daily driving it for him to iron the bugs out of it (this is only the third car I have ever owned with air conditioning... modern sorcery).I've had more luck with Number One Daughter, who wants an FB/EK ute
. So the hunt is on for an FB or EK ute. I know there is at least one out west, but I am hoping to limit my search to either NSW or QLD. May have to widen the search later if I'm not successful, but I've got quite a few months to find one. I'm looking for something relatively original, though not perfectly so. Happy to look at something that has had the HR front end/red motor upgrade. Equally happy to buy something with no engine/gearbox provided the rest of the car is pretty much complete. Rust is OK, as long as it is moderate - happy to put in new floor pans, or door skins or the area behind the seat, though not looking for something where everything below the doors is missing. Dents and crappy paint are OK, as is torn trim. Special bonus points for NSW rego. Not looking for a $25k restored car, more a $5-$15k viable vehicle.
If it would sweeten the deal any (or convince someone to give up a ute that they are keeping for a "one day" project) I can potentially dip into my stash of old speed gear... Norman superchargers, Impala floor shifter, Howarth injection, Cain triples, Repco inlet manifolds, Vertex magnetos....
Cheers,
Harv
