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Well I have had the ute since Easter and I have finally got around to posting some photos of it. Now when I bought it, it was a running registered car from Adelaide but it was a bit rough here and there and it had a fj motor in it and it came with a fc motor that was supposed to be the original motor but it turns out that it's about six months younger than the ute but at least it's a fc motor so I have had it at Duggan Balancing and it has been completely machined, new pistons and rings, bearings and cam and crank have been reground new valves and guides and new hammock balancer, crank flywheel and clutch balanced and I have had the distributor rebuilt and the carby rebuilt so it should be good for another sixty years. And I have pulled the diff, rear springs and fuel tank out ready to clean up the underneath the ute. I am going to put new bearings all round and new rear wheel cylinders and I have replaced the front left king pin already. Cheers Greg
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Hey Greg
Looks like a nice solid start to your project.
Thanks for sharing and good luck with the build.
Regards
Alex

You’ve been busy Greg. Looks like the ute’s getting a decent going over prior to hitting the road again.
Good luck and keep us posted 😀

Cheers,

John

good work Greg ..Its very rewarding isn't it ,My panel beater mate passed my rust repairs around the boot seal area on my FC ,I am quite chuffed ,its never too late to get better and better ..Vern

So that's where Mattys ute ended up. Always good to put your own touches on them.

Well it's been awhile since I have posted a update on the rebuild, so here is a few photos of the motor rebuild. Cheers Greg.

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Well I have had a good day in the garage today and I got the inlet and exhaust manifolds, carby, distributor, fuel pump, hockey stick breather, fan and the generator installed onto the motor. Next is the gearbox to get some love, new gaskets and seals then repaint. Cheers Greg
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Good to see you’re getting on with it Greg.


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Looks nice Greg. Keep the pictures and updates coming  :)

Okay guys I have just about finished the diff and rear suspension and I have a few things to fix on the under side of the ute then I will be looking at repainting the under side and diff and suspension and I am thinking about using kbs chassis paint, any good or bad reportson this?  And also I was goingto use gloss black everywhere or should some parts be Matt black? Cheers Greg
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Nothing is matt black, the underfloor is chassis black and all the bolt ons are gloss black. The springs are an exception which were originally oil blacked, hard to paint them because the separators should remain unpainted. Depends how fussy you want to get. It didn't take very long for the oil blacking to wear off and the bare metal was all you saw.

Ken

Thanks Ken. Cheers Greg

Greg ..I used the KBS gloss ,very happy ,use gloves ,sticks to you , the rust buster I had probs ,light surface rust quickly as I wiped it off as instructed ,so wiped off before paint ,but if just putting aside for a short time ,I left it on neat ,then washed off immediately before primer ..I have posted some images on members cars under restoration..Vern

Well its been a while since I have posted a update on the rebuild and as I said on my last post I was just about to paint the underneath of the ute and the diff and springs after fixing a few issues on the chassis. I then was talking to my neighbor about it and said it would be a lot easier to do with a rotisserie and he turns around and said that he has one that I could have, so now the ute is finally up on the rotisserie and spinning. Now I have to get around to repairing the chassis and floor pan then repaint the underneath. So now that I have the use of the rotisserie I am going to do a full rebuild and repaint . So its going to take a lot longer than I first thought. Cheers Greg
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Hi Greg you will not know your self now you have a rotisserie, Im not sure how I would be doing any of my work with out one.  Keep up the great work.

They call it scope creep in the project management world Greg. You will end up with a solid car. Get the structure sorted and then the aesthetics.
Cheers
Clay


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Hi guys, got a bit done on the weekend, slowly getting there cutting out the previously very average rust repairs.I am glad that I decided to replace the previous owners repairs as they were a plate welded over the top of rusted out floor sections.  I have new floor pans to go in and some new cross menber repair sections. Cheers Greg
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good on you Greg ,do it right ,remove the rough work and renew ,very satisfying ..Vern

Found out on the weekend that the outer sills have some rust and some very average rust repairs done to them so now I am going to replace them as well as the floor pans and cross menber outer sections, oh well more time and money! Could be worse I suppose. Cheers Greg
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I forgot to mention that the inner sills are in good Nick so thats a positive!  Cheers Greg

You are right Greg could be a hell of a lot worse but you will appreciate it at the end of the day.

Neil

Another good day in the garage today finally got the new floor pan and cross menber in and welded up on the passenger side and now I need to replace the sill and then do it all over again on the drivers side. I am happy with the Finnish its coming up well just taking my time and doing the best that I can. I have been painting the metal parts that get covered over before I weld them in so hopefully it should last another sixty years! Cheers Greg
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Some more photos of the repairs. Cheers Greg
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That looks great ,what sheet metal did you use ?...Vern

Vern, all the repair sections are from rare spares, the floor pans needed a bit of a work to get the ribs to align up properly and the folds on the side where it attaches to the side kick panel needed a bit of reworking to match original. Cheers Greg

Nice work Greg  :)

Cheers, John

Interesting comment about the rework of the floor pans to make them fit. I recently fitted Taylors floor pans to  the front of my FB and had the same problem with alignment of ribs. The outer edges where the meet the sill were 8 - 10mm short! I fitted Rare Spares rear pans and they dropped right in with no rework apart from trimming the edges. Cheers, Fraze

I had the same issue with Taylor's panel in my EK van front passenger floor pan. Haven't done any others yet but have a Taylor's front driver and rares rear passenger to go in.

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Hi guys the section of the floor pan that needed adjusting was the ribs right on the far edge of the repair section as they were not as defined as the rest of it I think that it was just in the pressing of the pan and then there was the fold on the section that goes up on 45deg angle up against the side wall it was folded up instead of down like the original ones are. Cheers Greg

Removed the passenger side sill on the weekend only the revel this ugly mess that I need to clean up as well now. Cheers Greg
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everything regardless of who makes it needs rework unfortunately.. still better than a flat piece of steel  :P

Looks like a previous repair under the A pillar, Greg, but the rest of the inner sill looks pretty good in the photo.

Have fun,

John