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HR Panel Van

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:21 pm
by Sean Hammond
Hey guys, devilrod directed me to this site, lots of neat stuff here!
From a hot rod background, although my dads first car was a lowered ek sedan with a tube grille. :D Collecting parts for my first hot rod project, a '35 &*#@ pickup. Have a complete EK dash to put in it so that might be a love/hate thing from EK fanatics. haha.
Im an apprentice panel beater by day and play in a few bands here in melb at night.
This is my daily driver/band equipment hauler/female attractor unit.
Was a one owner car until mid '06, I bought it off the nephew in-law of the original owner. Pretty much in original condition, paint has been touched up here and there but has held up well for forty years, although a friend at work planted a bug in my head about re spraying it this summer. (same colour of course!)
Runs a 202 with a 186 head, electronic ignition, 350 holley with extractors. Was only meant to be a temporary motor while i freshen the original 161 up..plans changed when i found out this motor hauled ASS. hahaha.
Early commonwhore seats re trimmed, premier steering wheel painted to look marblized. Car is lowered about 4 inches but depending on how many amps are in the back can get to about 6" :D

Sure hope the old dude that owned it likes side pipes :)
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:56 pm
by matchew
how ya goin mate, the car looks familiar, was this the one from young guns in street machine not long ago, any way the car looks very 8) , and youve done an awesome job

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 1:10 pm
by Devilrod
Yeah certainly was. Nice pics Sean. Should look good with the planned changes :wink:

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 1:32 pm
by spyder6052
noice van mate :D

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:03 pm
by robbyr
Hi Sean,sweet van,looks great, 8) Love the 35 pickups 2,Ihave an old 37 &*#@ pickup,found it in an old dry creek bed not far from my place

Re: HR Panel Van

Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 11:45 pm
by MR HP
nice van sean i love HR panel vans especially yours your car is very familiar i have seen it on the net before

cheers
mike

Re: HR Panel Van

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 2:40 am
by NoMAD
welcome sean... love your panno dude... like most seen it a few times before....whats the bay and the back like?

make sure you hang round and put some pics up of your hot rod!

cheers
Nathan

Re: HR Panel Van

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:31 am
by EKfanPaul
Great car. Windowless old holden vans look great!

An ( unrestored but in good nic) FJ windowless van got passed in on Ebay this week for $32,323 was the top bid of 17 bids.
Reserve not met! Now that shows what sort of money some cars are going for these days!
Paul

Re: HR Panel Van

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:11 am
by Mick Jagger
nice shaggin wagon mate

Re: HR Panel Van

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 1:21 pm
by EKjimmy
Cool van mate, those commonwhore seats suit it pretty well.
How did you do the pearl effect on the wheel? No way in hell am i paying 700 to pearlcraft wheel redone

Re: HR Panel Van

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 2:40 pm
by Trev
You guys might be waiting a while for a reply, this post was done on Aug 07, 2008, Sean might not get on here much any more :wink: , Trev 8) .

Re: HR Panel Van

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 5:19 pm
by EKjimmy
Dammit that's Mikes fault for bumping the thread :lol:

Re: HR Panel Van

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 6:15 pm
by ben jones
not his best effort though he's dragged another one up in the spotto section that was just over 5 years old

Re: HR Panel Van

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 6:57 pm
by hewey
Hard to tell, but looks like it might have some flake in the paint on the wheel?

By the way, heres some updated pics of the van
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Re: HR Panel Van

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 11:08 pm
by MR HP
ben jones wrote:not his best effort though he's dragged another one up in the spotto section that was just over 5 years old
mate if ya dont like it dont read it no one wants stupid replys like that on this great forum

as to the other FRIENDLY fellas with no problems :roll: sorry about that haha i love going through all the old posts that were posted before i joined its a great car and i had to put my 2 cents in :roll: :lol:

AND READ THE DATE FOR YOURSELF NEXT TIME!!! :roll: :lol: :x :lol: :) :D HAHA

cheers mike 8)