A bit of history behind the purchase........I moved to Melbourne around 3 years ago & didn't really have anywhere to build a car as i live inner city and just having a car park is a miracle let alone having your own garage so that has been a big show stopper plus it didn't help that the crew I work with in the corporate world had no interest in cars.......but the HP bug has still had me firmly in its grip and I found out that I was going to be a Dad a few months back so I decided that now is the time to get something while I have the $ and I got the Mrs to agree that it will be a good "Teaching Aid" for the bubz
I started out looking for a new Torrie project and I was blown away by the amount of junk that is out there!!!! and even more so by what people are asking for them! at the time the aim was to spend a bit more then i normally would and get something that had a good body and paint and I wasnt too fussed about the drive-line as I would probably change most of it anyway, so a long story short when i had almost given up looking I happened to stumble across the HK and I instantly wanted it, mainly because of how unique it is but also because the money spent in the right places and it provided a good base to work from....after a bit of negotiation I flew up to QLD picked it up and sent it back to Vic......and this is where the project starts,.
So obviously its a 1968 HK Windowless Panelvan, running a worked 308 and a heap of other good gear, the guy i bought it off did a great job of completely rebuilding it around 4-5 years ago (he had quite a few killer cars in the garage)...some may think it is pointless project as it is already had a heap of work done and is already great streetcar however the original build has started to age quite a bit and as with all streetcars its hard to maintain the original build quality when they are driven quite a bit.
The purpose of this build is basically to take the mint body, do a complete strip down, update & refresh and then take it to the next level, I have provided some pics that were taken a while back when the van was first finished and I will provide some more details on the planned next steps soon!
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Edited by DeNMaSteR, 15 April 2010 - 02:51 AM.