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My ek wagon is still in its orig coat of paint, i've seen another ek or two out and about the same colour. The number on my ID tag in eng bay translates to cataract grey which its not so maybe its had an interesting past in another state....
What colour is it, I think maybe Glade green? Any help from anyone would be great, I want to respray the bottom half over the primer back to orig-ish! Have been to numerous paint shops locally and have been turned away, didn't think it was that big a deal to get paint matched....
Cheers guys



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Agree Sunnytim.That is a nice colour.

Must have been popular in it's day as I remember a lot of them in that colour in my younger years.

Terry.

golly that car seems to sit extremely low

There should be a law come out that says they all should sit that low. Fines for 4wd, or standard!!!!!

Sits low and looks a beauty I reckon!!

Very nice colour combo - I am looking at painting my `57 Chev similar to that.

yay, thanks soooooo much for the colour help!!!! that pic is photoshoped when i first got the wagon to see how it would look dumped, but it is actually that low now, but with new chrome 16's, commy discs etc, its still up on stands, interiors off getting retrimmed, will finish the welding over the next fortnight, get the r+p steering in, get the paint and touch her up and will be cruisin for summer!
Thanks for the colour help again guys, much appreciated!
Trev

sunnytim unless you got wide wheels there's no way they will rub you could have no suspension and the wheels won't rub ever i know i've done it
i have very little suspension left in the van and can steer it quite easly 1 handed and the same goes for just about every other one i've owned
poor handling you've got/had so many stock FB/EK's and you've never driven one every one i've owned if it doesn't handle twice as good lowered i'll give the game up
i will give you speed humps and rough roads
like i've bragged before had the van up to 188KPH last night i'de be scared at half that speed in a stocker
horses for coarses though you like 'em stock we like 'em modified i think if i had to leave mine stock hight and unmodified i might as well be driving a commodore
i hate photoshop it sucks me in all the time was pretty sure they won't go that low without serious mods

I've had alot of old and new cars too and from my experience low is good, and yes you have to slow down heeaps for speed bumps/curbs etc, but thats not a bad thing, speed bumps are there for a reason, to slow traffic and the old cars creak enough going up curbs so slower the better again...
Lower stiffer suspension if engineered for the vehicle properly provides a massive improvement on braking and corner stability.
My wife had a near miss in our lil 51 year old vw beetle, if it wasn't as low as it is with positive camber on the rear the car would have rolled for sure due to the nature of old rear swing axle vw's and put my wife in a very different situation.
I've lowered and fitted upgraded brakes and steering etc to all my old holdens and dubs, and felt/feel safer and enjoyed/enjoy driving them so much more, different generation I spose... My old man doesn't approve/understand why I lower my cars...
I'm all for keeping bodys and the character of the car orig but upgraded brakes, suspension and steering is the best investment in my opinion, just my two cents worth, sorry to the purists!

me too re:stock bodied and trim change everything else, nearly my dream car that green with flash EK that was on ebay fit a V8 pull it down 3-4" peeerrrfffect

praise the lowered! iam with you station sedan man, but have gotta lift my car up abit in the front to get my mags to fit, but dont worry, even with the mags on it will still be 1" lower than stock at the front, and the guards will be fulllll

lower the better...

see for yourself...

high


low


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matty martin

i'de love to have the van high for comfort but wouldn't like to look at it

Stuff the grandpa stock heights, Low's the go!!!! that should stir a few up, the cuppa tee drinkers

any one know where i can get the code/number for the Castille Green, it doesn't come up on searches I've tried on old gmh/holden paint code sites, will save me grief when i go to get the paint, cheers!