EYY's HJ Ute

[Sandman]

Great to see some more pics of the build. Not sure where in vic you are but any chance of bringing this to Port Melbourne in a couple of weeks?

 

[383 hatch]

They're both referring to me. Looks very similar to mine, except mine already has the correct amount of pistons, just the crank is a bit short on throw (as all 304's are), that's all.

 

[ari666]

^^^lol


if you dont mine me asking, eyy, what do you do for a living?

 

[EYY]

Great to see some more pics of the build. Not sure where in vic you are but any chance of bringing this to Port Melbourne in a couple of weeks?

Distance isn't a problem for me, I don't mind driving. I don't want to rush putting it all back together though so I'd rather take my time and be happy with the end result. I'll have to come to one of the chrome bumper meets though! I was keen to go to the last one, but the was off the road at that stage too.

They're both referring to me. Looks very similar to mine, except mine already has the correct amount of pistons, just the crank is a bit short on throw (as all 304's are), that's all.

After reading the start of your thread, it's strangely similar. Even down to the 304 coming out of a vq statesman...

I didn't choose the colour though, that was already chosen for me. The PO already painted the interior and I decided it would be easiest to continue with the colour, and now I'm happy that I did. It's kinda grown on me. The dude I brought it off said that they planned to make it a sandman mockup with the sandman decals and everything. I thought about it, but the stickers are too expensive for me at this stage.

if you dont mine me asking, eyy, what do you do for a living?

I've worked in hospitality for the past 6 years or so. I'm at uni and will be for the next couple of years, so the hospitality work gives me the money I need to fund my projects. Essentially, I'm just a poor uni student

 

[ari666]

I've worked in hospitality for the past 6 years or so.

wow ok! im pretty impressed at those welds then, i wouldve guessed you as some form of trade for sure.

wish my welds looked like that when i first started on the impala maybe then i wouldnt be re-doing everything.

 

[EYY]

wow ok! im pretty impressed at those welds then, i wouldve guessed you as some form of trade for sure.

wish my welds looked like that when i first started on the impala maybe then i wouldnt be re-doing everything.

But then your build thread wouldn't be nearly as interesting

I learned to arc weld when i was 15 because I wanted to make a motorbike trailer, and things just escalated from there lol. It started out as a 3 bike trailer for road use, now it's a 5 bike trailer for off-road use and 4x4 tyres. Fair to say it's seen some real abuse. It hasn't broken... Yet

 

[EYY]

Okay so a few more pics:
A shot of the roof after paint

cleaned up and painted the inlet manifold and extractors

Got some colour on the bonnet

Decided that I didn't want a cable or linkage clutch. Went to the wreckers and found a master and slave cylinder out of a mazda 626 and bolted it on to see if it would work (a bit poorly at first - pretty flimsy

This is the guard I welded the flute into

Nosecone

Made a bit of a start on the interior

Got the new windscreen put in and cleaned up the stainless surrounds a bit - ready to take the v8 out

The 6 left a lot of empty space in the engine bay... - you can see the master cylinder mounted in the corner. I used another brake pedal as the clutch pedal, just modified it a bit (read: a lot) and now the clutch feels great and I havent had any problems with it so far. It's a really neat setup. I don't have any recent photos of the final adjustments I've made with the bracket though.

Started putting the front end back together too.

 

[EYY]

Small update...The pistons have been fitted to the rods and i'm going to pick them up tomorrow, hopefully i'll have the motor back together by the end of the week. Then I'll try and do the engine swap next week sometime.

Anyway, a few more pics

Wired in a fusible link box and put some relays in for the headlights

Once I had driving lights on one car, it became mandatory to have them all of my cars

A shot of the interior - new carpet and the seats look like they've just been upholstered. The interior was actually in really good condition, and the previous owner purchased a reproduction lower dash for it.

Ari, you requested polished wheels?

etc etc.

p.s. i need a better iphone for taking pictures.. sorry about the crappy quality

 

[Wombles]

You disappoint me with the spotties.. But the rest is amazing.

 

[GetToDaChopa]

I think the hidden lights is a nice touch. How would you wire up extra lights?