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Hi all;
My name is Jake. I've been a long time reader here at Stanceworks, I never had anything really worth posting so I've just sat and admired until now. I am new at forum posts; but i hope that i can deliver something that may interest someone out there.
I've owned numerous cars over my licence holding years (and a couple before then). The list includes....
A 1962 Holden EK (of which this thread refers to)
A 1970 Toyota shovel nose Corona (sold)
A 1975 Valiant Ranger station wagon (sold)
A 1981 BMW 323i e21 (sold)
And a1984 BMW 528i motorsport package (manual) e28 (sold)
Please ask if you want to know anything about them; I'm always willing to share.
So I guess this is where it begins. (its a long story....)
Ive loved cars my whole life; I read the magazines growing up and always admired beautiful pieces of sheetmetal that where around. this car is a very special one to my family and has been with us now for over 13 years.
my mother bought it for my father as a 40th birthday present and he had big plans for a rebuild. nothing ever came of it and unfortunately circumstances ended with me in possession of the vehicle at about 11 years old.
i always adored the curves of this car and through my teenage years dreamed of stripping it and rebuilding it; but with neither the time; skills or money i could only dream (its probably a good thing i didnt... who knows what kind of monster we would have!).
when i turned 16 i bought my first car (the corona) and subsequently put all my effort into that car; learning what i could and doing everything to it; from learning to change the oil and bleed the brakes etc...
this meant the holden took a backseat; and has done because of each car that i have bought since. when i sold my last project/dd (the 528i) i had to buy a sensible car and have since not modified anything for a while. its now time to give the Holden the attention that it has long deserved and this is where we are now. (i appologise for the essay; university habbits die hard).
i will post some pictures of the '62 tomorrow.
My name is Jake. I've been a long time reader here at Stanceworks, I never had anything really worth posting so I've just sat and admired until now. I am new at forum posts; but i hope that i can deliver something that may interest someone out there.
I've owned numerous cars over my licence holding years (and a couple before then). The list includes....
A 1962 Holden EK (of which this thread refers to)
A 1970 Toyota shovel nose Corona (sold)
A 1975 Valiant Ranger station wagon (sold)
A 1981 BMW 323i e21 (sold)
And a1984 BMW 528i motorsport package (manual) e28 (sold)
Please ask if you want to know anything about them; I'm always willing to share.
So I guess this is where it begins. (its a long story....)
Ive loved cars my whole life; I read the magazines growing up and always admired beautiful pieces of sheetmetal that where around. this car is a very special one to my family and has been with us now for over 13 years.
my mother bought it for my father as a 40th birthday present and he had big plans for a rebuild. nothing ever came of it and unfortunately circumstances ended with me in possession of the vehicle at about 11 years old.
i always adored the curves of this car and through my teenage years dreamed of stripping it and rebuilding it; but with neither the time; skills or money i could only dream (its probably a good thing i didnt... who knows what kind of monster we would have!).
when i turned 16 i bought my first car (the corona) and subsequently put all my effort into that car; learning what i could and doing everything to it; from learning to change the oil and bleed the brakes etc...
this meant the holden took a backseat; and has done because of each car that i have bought since. when i sold my last project/dd (the 528i) i had to buy a sensible car and have since not modified anything for a while. its now time to give the Holden the attention that it has long deserved and this is where we are now. (i appologise for the essay; university habbits die hard).
i will post some pictures of the '62 tomorrow.
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