The interior and motor got a bit of once over in 1983.
Pat dropped it off to a mate of his to do it on the side in his spare time... he picked the car back up again 7yrs later in 1990.

By this time, his wife had passed away.
He could never bring himself to sell it, so since 1990 it has sat in his drive (with a cover over it), with a refreshed motor, brand new brakes, re-tarred underside, and the interior retrimmed.

Like these old guys do, he's kept every receipt relating to the car.
He's paid 20k on rego and insurance since the car was last driven.

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Great car mate.
My missus had one years ago but now she has an 04 wrx and a 99 foz.
Still have some windows for the EK. Front and back if your ever in need. Might have some dash bits too and a headlight from memory.
Have fun with your car Matt. Might see you on some chrome bumper cruises.
Think there's one on Sunday.
I'll be the one in the version 6. Lol.

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Thanks for the offer mate. I'll be in touch if I'm in need of anything.

Unfortunately not. I'm in QLD at the moment, and wont be back for another 10 days or so.

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yeah i'm keen to come check out the 1600 when you're back in town matt shoot me a pm when you're back in WA

No worries at all.
Looking like the 1st - 9th Feb at this stage. I'll keep you posted.

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Congrats on owning a piece of history. Love the old classics, they will never die off and are appreciated by more and more car enthusiasts everyday.
The interior looks great and makes the car stand out. A really good restoration on this and it will be good for years and hopefully it will be kept in the family through out generations.

Agreed. It looks great just the way it is.
Passivate any surface rust & keep the original paint.

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I've only seen the car for a total of about 3hrs.
When I get home in a few days I'll reasses.

IF (and that's a big if) I do do a full respray, finish wise it will be a close to original looking as possible. Definitely no candy on this one.

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First update.
I've sorted a heater. There were a number of heater options available from factory, and quite a few popular aftermarket options around at the time too.
The car was originally bought in Jan 1962. A heater was the last thing on his mind.
Anyway, here it is.
It's a cast box, with a fan and a core. The flaps on the front are doors. They open and close to control airflow and direction





And a radio.
It's what they call a picnic radio. It slides into the cradle, which is mounted into the dash.
When it's in the cradle, it operates off the car's battery, however, you can slide it out and run it on its internal battery and take it with you on a picnic, or to the footy etc.
Aftermarket options like this were very popular back in the day, especially given the price of the factory option.

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the 1st anti-theft cradle system? love it

my mate picked up a barn find datto 1000 on the weekend, these oldies seem to be coming out of the woodwork