mate hate to say it, but look carefully on ebay, it pops up every now and again. i recently bought the red lot and paid and arm and a leg for it.

Im after an ok set of front door trims in a white/red combo with a matching front bench seat to give my ute a real 50's flare it should have got when i first done the interior.

dont need to be the best show winning trim, but half decent so it will look the part and fairly priced.

please contact wayne'o on 0402 946 097.

got one, im in sydney. phone 0402946097.

Hi guys,

im slowly gaining parts for the ek im about to restore with a flash kit. But as always i want to know my trim is original and in reasonable condition. The current stuff is basically sunburnt but not torn.

I need the red/silver combo that was issued within the ek specials. also a few door trims to match will also be great.

also needed are kick plates, decent engine mounts, front grill, front bars, and a radio or ventians would be nice.

Pass/rear door and boot would also be sweet

Im in sydney and can be contacted on 0402 946 097.

call me john, i have a few reds around.

0402 946 097. the box i cant help you with sorry, mine all have manuals attached at the moment.

hey that fb seat, if the trim is ok can i scam the cover only, seeing you are goin to retrim it? Is it my favorite colour RED?

PM or call me on 0402 946 097.

its owned by one of the galea boys in horsley park. I believe its a red motor 6cyl with xu1 specs.

he also has a pretty cool stockie fe ute.

i would do this stuff to the ute, but i never really took many digital photos of her when she was out and about.

But anyway, i know its a bit modern for some of the folk here but here we go.......

mate uncle prune sound like all the maltese here in sydney, mind you my mrs (maltese) loves it and when i rocked up with the ek, her fathers comment was "another malta car".

those photos for uncle prune have been sent, to me, well he sounds like a man that taste and style.

yeah she is my fb, i actually love it to bits and would sell my limbs before i part with her. The ek was bought to be my second wedding car, but my mrs has told me that i have to keep the ute and the fb. The ek is ok to sell.

The whitewalls to be honest are crap, they come apart very easy, and have began to tear off. Is there a better set to get?

mate im more than happy to issue with some good photos, i have always made sure it is well seen, and it was also put on aussie muscle cars site.

As for the kats tail on the ariel well, i cant bring myself to drill a perfect rust free gaurd for it, but im sure one the boys may paste one on for ya in photoshop.

being honest and very critical of my work, shes not 100%, and still work require a bit of tlc.

mate that side plate is something that was in the back of the ute when i bought it back in 1999. I forgot i had it until i saw one on ebay.

I have had many ask for it, and  its sorta weird that every one seems to have a rocket cover but not many have the matching side plate.

I like it, so i think i better keep it at the moment.

well it was red back in 2000 on wards, silver is ok ill have a good think about that one, i did not even think about that. If you look at the UTE 23K returns listed in this section, this was this ute and every car i have is red. I sorta wanted a period colour to keep with the general look of the car, besides its probally one of the only ones with a factory ventian and spats it.


the weels i was going to run were either these dragways or a c and d 14' tasman styled rim.
if i go on the 14's id probally drop it as far as i can go, but the drag ways already scrap with the ek at 1' lowered.



id even thought that white walls (atlas type) on stockies with a big drop and thumbprint dress rims.

guys you know ive seen this machine ponder around and never really took notice of its track potential. How does it not strip first gear during take off? also if alex and john wanna come around and help me make my ute as hot as this and tune my motor (with similar head and cam specs) well come on over, john knows where i live and im more than happy to fill the fridge with coldies, and also listen to their advice.

UTE 23k Aka Retro.

Well all the sorta hard body work is now done, ive gotten rid of the tail gate badge i always hated, and now im stuck on a big decision in relation to colour.

Any ideas, the trim is grey (retrimed) it was originally 253-7773(on tag) and may of been the colour it came to me in ( its like a creamy greeny grey colour i remember) or do i go the old monza red it was spayed in 1999/2000. You gotta admit the red looked cool as alex stated in the UTE 23K post.

nuthin a bit of nikki and harkos twenty mins rule cant fix.

yeah she stands out alot.

a bit like a little red ute.

mate anything is for sale at a price, had toyed with the idea for some time now, dad wants me to keep it, the mrs wants me to keep it, mum wants me to finish it and take it home, my mates dislike the ute because it only sits two and i cant take them anywhere in it (thats why i originally bought it), im not 100% sure i have the time to complete. but i do have some fond memories in the old girl.

The thing is near straight, no rust in any panels, floor or shell, all complete with some goodies like ventian blind, nos hubcaps, new interior, good mechanicals (neg if you want to modify) and a boat load of fe/fc spares that will make room for my fb/ek collection.

PM me with an offer that will make me consider a let go. Remember the car has been prepared and is almost ready for a cosmetic paint and all works and drives 100% with new brakes, clutch, etc.

As for changing to the fb, well its all the same, if i had my time again, i would of keep the ss torana and my mums charger or vl turbo but we must learn from mistakes and keep everything our wifes let us.

thanks alex, you have put tears in my eyes. That was the stage she was a bit of a hottie.........

Oh well im just playing with the idea to return her bach to originial colours (i think its a greenish colour) or have her match the rest of the collection with the return of red. Not sure.

As you can see and would of known she was not a bad old ute with no cancer.

can i get those pics emailed to me as all my old pics were deleted from the computer some time ago.

My email is waynexerri@hotmail.com

Alex i also posted on of roknrol for ya in the other section, i drove past and had to have a pic.

Cheers RETRO.

Sorry buddy but its a bit of a hobby of mine, when i see a car i think is worthy of my screen saver up comes the company digital camera and i snap them.

Thanks to my brilliant brother in law who decided that this toy was not worthy of his garage and did the sly move into the rear yard out of eye sight from the back door, this little girl now needs a bit of a touch up here and the due to paint fade and elements.

Thank god no rust still, but im very p'd off with him, and have now refused to help him paint his new house.

This car was well known about two years ago when i took it to almost every swap meet, local show and drove it around with a huge smile on my face as i think its a typical Aussie battler car.

Also included was its replacement, i know its an fb but hey you gotta admit she scrubbed up alright.