This ad has been on Oz Dat a few times now... "CA18DET 1200 UTE 1972 Yellow Ute, custom tailshaft, supra front mount, brand new reconditioned radiator, Not engineered, Not Registered, Has plates UTE-18L,engine fitted, has preliminary engineers report, No dents, has a little rust, comes with brand new bonnet (with scoop), L/R front guards, L/R rear quarters, fold down tray bit-all new panels sprayed in primer, CA18DET gearbox, VL fuel pump, 2.5" exhaust, hi flow cat, brand new boost guage (autometer), CA18DET computer just fitted, air filter, front stanza struts with discs.
Price: $3500 Location: Gladesville
Contact: Henry Email: hjpallett@yahoo.com.au
Phone: 0403 264 525"

I had a look at it last time i was in Sydney and all the work is pretty dodgy, and its all a bit neglected but he is in a hurry to sell it. If you were after a 1200 ute shell it'd be ok (not for the price though). The new panels are all good. The bonnet has some really neat vents cut in it, would look awesome.

I have a couple of pics if anyones interested.

yeah id like to see pic of bonnet if possible, the local 4x4 wrecker has an Andrew Dennis style patrol scoop for $85 would love to get that, unfortunately my birthday isnt coming up though

nah, sorry, haven't got pics of the panels, only the car. Not very flattering ones though.

can ya post em ? just to see what it looks like for us

Done: pic 1 of 6

The engineer's report from BD4's (?) @ Gladesville was a 2 page list of things to do/fix/redo properly.

hmmm nothing special

hope someone who has no idea doesn't rock up thinking there getting a bargain, but still a lot of the work and money is done just need a real good going over

[edit] ooops i forgot the doesn't, im not really that mean

it would be worth it for all the parts alone to convert into your own shell. Save lots of headaches if it ran okay