Pilbara FB Project
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:16 am
G'day every one,
My name is Jason, now that I've worked out how to post stuff (well hopefully, we'll see if it works) I thought it was high time to introduce my self.
I live up in the sunny Pilbara in a town called Karratha, WA (about 1400kms north of Perth).
I currently have three FB's and one EK all in various states of dis-repair. The plan is to rebuild two of the FB's back to their former glory and use one for bits (the donor was a complete car when I got my hands on it but is pretty rusted & well beyond restoration, I hate chopping up these old girls but hope fully its death will resurrect another two. The running gear seems in really good nick so I suspect that the seller was being honest when he said it is only in its second time around the clock so has only done about 113,00kms. Though the bit about his granny driving it only to church on Sunday's, I'm not to sure about).
I ended up with the EK when I bought one of FB's because the seller would not separate. It has a red motor, HR disc front and 4 speed aussie gearbox etc. I'm not really sure what to do with this one but I will probably (eventually) turn it back into stock again as modifying them isn't really my thing though after seeing some of projects on this site I've come to realise that anything is possible. It might be fun to give the mods a crack.
Here are some photos of the old girls when I found them.
http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee35 ... 0_2211.jpg
One of the old girls to be restored, she looks a bit rough in the photos but is actually in pretty good nick rust wise. Still, I enjoy a challenge. Sometimes I just need to remind myself.
http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee35 ... 0_2275.jpg
The other FB to be restored
http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee35 ... 0_2214.jpg
The donor, The car was complete when I bought it but just riddled with rust. I'll post some more photos as I pulled her down to the bear shell as this photo doesn't really show it.
http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee35 ... 0_2271.jpg
Finally, The modified EK
If this works I'll attach some more progress photos as the cars do not really look like this any more
My name is Jason, now that I've worked out how to post stuff (well hopefully, we'll see if it works) I thought it was high time to introduce my self.
I live up in the sunny Pilbara in a town called Karratha, WA (about 1400kms north of Perth).
I currently have three FB's and one EK all in various states of dis-repair. The plan is to rebuild two of the FB's back to their former glory and use one for bits (the donor was a complete car when I got my hands on it but is pretty rusted & well beyond restoration, I hate chopping up these old girls but hope fully its death will resurrect another two. The running gear seems in really good nick so I suspect that the seller was being honest when he said it is only in its second time around the clock so has only done about 113,00kms. Though the bit about his granny driving it only to church on Sunday's, I'm not to sure about).
I ended up with the EK when I bought one of FB's because the seller would not separate. It has a red motor, HR disc front and 4 speed aussie gearbox etc. I'm not really sure what to do with this one but I will probably (eventually) turn it back into stock again as modifying them isn't really my thing though after seeing some of projects on this site I've come to realise that anything is possible. It might be fun to give the mods a crack.
Here are some photos of the old girls when I found them.
http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee35 ... 0_2211.jpg
One of the old girls to be restored, she looks a bit rough in the photos but is actually in pretty good nick rust wise. Still, I enjoy a challenge. Sometimes I just need to remind myself.
http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee35 ... 0_2275.jpg
The other FB to be restored
http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee35 ... 0_2214.jpg
The donor, The car was complete when I bought it but just riddled with rust. I'll post some more photos as I pulled her down to the bear shell as this photo doesn't really show it.
http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee35 ... 0_2271.jpg
Finally, The modified EK
If this works I'll attach some more progress photos as the cars do not really look like this any more