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On the road again  ;D ;D ;D

Still plenty of bits and pieces to do but its come along well and I can drive it again!







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Doug

Hit a nice milestone today, good to hear it make some noise at last!





Engine start

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Doug

[one door short]

Feeling a little ripped off now  ::) ::) ... but in answer to the question about how much to do a ute I can tell you that the Megapack 7.7 square metres was one door short ;) of doing the whole ute (including right up behind the dash, entire roof, rear divider wall etc - a complete coverage). I paid just over $400 delivered from the states from ebay for the megapack plus another $75 or so for a door kit which will cover the remaining door. That doesn't include the Dynaliner, which is available much thicker and should make a big difference, its designed to go over the top of the Dynamat and costs about the same again - pretty expensive and if I had of done some more research and found actual users of both products so they could report on the effectiveness of one against the other, the other options might well have got a guernsey - but in the end I decided to go with the known product as I'm only going to do it once ...

Hope this helps.

Shells are pretty light, I transported the ute on my timber trolley on the trailer to the blasters and then on to the painters with no issues until we went to push it into the spray booth. The small castors fell into the grate of the floor - took some prising out! (Naturally the width was a perfect fit so both wheels could drop in at the same time!)

Just rolled it on, tied down the trolley, and used a couple of ratchet straps through the door ways for good measure. Trip was about 100 km over rough roads and on the highway.






Sorry I forgot to take a photo of it on the trailer - busy day that day ::)

Guys I've come up one door short! Anyone have any left over????

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Doug

Nice one Tim, thanks for that.

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Doug

Stinky have sent you an email.

So ... WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Should be out driving it ::) ::)

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Congrats

Chasing the boot lock, striker, solenoid, link and the remote release button from the glovebox if anyone has one they can spare ...

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Doug

Should make a nice ride when it comes together Ed, those Toyota Quad cam motors are real nice ;D

Thanks Dave the flames are airbrushed by the same guy that painted the ute, very talented fella!

Progress pics, the air cleaners have been a bit of a project to get looking right to my eye at least - they are part of an upgrade to a fully sealed PCV set up, I am sick of trying to keep up with cleaning up oil vapours!



Trans cooler (had to make a scoop, its sits about 25mm below the front bar), there is no space for one anywhere else!



And Dave, now theres a spot to put up your FJ Ute! Are you on the FX FJ forum too??

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Doug

Woohooo!! I do feel privileged! ;D ;D ;D

Its a good idea as I am sure there are plenty of people that have an interest accross all the early Holdens, but you have to draw the line somewhere in how many vehicles you own!

Thanks RET

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Doug

Thanks Ole, the ute came off the road in January, I am aiming for GM Roundup (30Sep) to get it back on the road.

NES, will keep lookin'  ;) :D

G'day all

I am a 'returning' forum member I haven't got an FE - FC any more, but still have an interest in all the old Holdens, and some new ones!

Just thought I'd put up some pics of my ute, for those that might be interested ...

As it was last on the road





Looked OK, but the paint was gone since I owned it and started getting pretty ratty, so ...





























And as of yesterday:



This is a great site to poke around on, really enjoying it and looks like a lot of you had a ball at the nationals!

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Doug

Excellent thread, just thought I'd add this Youtube clip of a door seal installation on a humpy by the team at RSP - the same principles apply.

[youtube=425,350]x99mQ3bchZY[/youtube]

Just as a side note, the recommended Loctite (424) is also available in gel form, much easier and more accurate to place than the standard product ....

Doors MUST come off

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Doug

This is normally a great event! See you there ...





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Doug

Just like to thank Brett and the other contributors for the info, hope you don't mind I have added a link to the FX FJ site as there is good info here needed by plenty.

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Doug

Thanks Ken, got to agree the FJ isn't the greatest handling car in the world  ::) ::) ::)

But not to bad, just needs to be driven within it's limits. ;)

Yep I was close but no cigar!

Glad it wasn't in from the outset ... would of made the 48 -215 a GC :D

Thanks for the correction  ;)

[vintage van site]

G'day Darcy

Nice looking rig that makes.

If you want to find out more about th evan, check out the vintage van site someone on there will almost certainly know something about it. Unless the aluminium is over the top of bondwood, I think its probably more like '60s than '50s, but I aint no expert!

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Doug