Ek Wagon. Time to tackle the rust :D :D

leweydafly · Post by **leweydafly** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:47 pm

well its about time to start stripping the old wagon. has a fair bit of rust but we'll try and save her. getting too rare to throw to scrap these days. pics of it can be found here

http://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5555

As you can see, there is a fair bit of cancer...... but...... anything is fixable

Will post pics as i go

Cheers

Mick

EK JAY · Post by **EK JAY** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:35 pm

Go for it Mick at least you can get rid of the really rusty
hanging panels like the tail gate gaurds doors and replace
them with better non rusty panels new floors and the rest
is fixable as you said
just stock up on mig wire and sheet metal
look forward to seeing some pics mate

jay

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:46 am

I'll be watching too, I've got a bit to do too. Its good to see how others tackle their problems.

leweydafly · Post by **leweydafly** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 4:52 pm

stripped a few panels off today. more and more rust is showing up

Pretty much that whole section where the rust is was made up of bog. with the windshield surround just pressed into the bog

Ahh well...... will be a bit of fun to fix

Cheers

Mick

EKSPCL · Post by **EKSPCL** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:13 pm

Enjoy

V8EK4us · Post by **V8EK4us** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:58 pm

Have fun!! That should keep you off the streets for a while!

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:59 pm

if yor happy to do it good on you, and yes they are getting thin on the ground, but it's going to be a BIG job i'm sure you could get a better body

V8EK4us · Post by **V8EK4us** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:21 pm

Have you got any history on it Mick?

Looking at the earlier pics (in the other thread) got me thinkin' that maybe this was owned by some waxheads??? looks like it has have saltwater running over it from unrinsed surfboards

ekdave1962 · Post by **ekdave1962** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:25 pm

Well i love a challange and boy have u got your self one there ..
but as u can see by the work dont by lots here anything is fixable ..

looking forward to the pics ..

D

leweydafly · Post by **leweydafly** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:29 pm

Will be a big job, but will be worth it in the end i think.

No history on the car. a friend of mine saw it in a panel beaters front yard in Morwell, country VIC. could see a bit of the rust from the road, but, it was cheap enough so i bought it. now i've started stripping it i keep finding whole sections that are made of bog

All i know is it was owned by an old bloke for years and years, always parked out side, and at some stage he decided it needed a nice coat of brush applied house paint

Should keep me busy for a while anyway

Cheers

Mick

leweydafly · Post by **leweydafly** » Sat May 23, 2009 5:33 pm

Stripped a bit more off it including the rusty sub frame...... and found more rust under the rust lol

Basically will need sills, floors, rails and parts of the firewall to make it a solid base again. Its only metal so it shouldnt be too much of a hassel. No rush on this one.

Im getting tired of finding fly wire and bog though

seems to be the only repairs ever done on it

Gonna be a long cold winter so the grinding and welding will keep me warm

Cheers

Mick

parisian62 · Post by **parisian62** » Sat May 23, 2009 6:36 pm

Hey Lewey, I thought I'd seen bad rust on my Ek wagon but I've got to say yours takes the cake!!!

J · Post by J » Sat May 23, 2009 6:49 pm

where'd ya find it the bottom of a swamp?
but you have my respect because ur putting in the effort to fix it

stillute-ed · Post by **stillute-ed** » Sat May 23, 2009 7:39 pm

im going to be starting on the ute in the near future and im not sure to be happy mine has not got that amount of rust or to be scared it has and i just dont know about it yet

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Sat May 23, 2009 9:56 pm

stillute-ed wrote:im going to be starting on the ute in the near future and im not sure to be happy mine has not got that amount of rust or to be scared it has and i just dont know about it yet

atleast yor not blind to the fact that it could be there

i've seen some cars that look real good but i knew what lurked beneath and some were done by shops