Back from holidays...gotta do more blogs!!

had a nice drive on Easter Sunday to the Sundowner pub, for lunch with the bunch! Stuck behind an old 33 Ford!....come on Doug....lets git goin!

Munch munch..pass the salt...yeah, Cascade light please...Really Les, you're going to eat that?...No Mal, you've had enough!...Shane, how's the coupe?...Doug...don't push those bikes over....

Check the height on each rear window opening.....Hard to beat 3 deuces...

Another Deuce disrobed...The Winter coupe is getting just a bit more of a freshen up before it hits the road.

Really good body, once all the paint was removed.....now...to pick a colour...I'm thinking flat brown oxide....

here's proof of how different frames can be...I never checked the width of my US built frame, and have fitted the body and the fuel tank.....and the spreader bar i bought at Toowoomba is the right width by the books....my frame is about 3/8ths too narrow......."such is life"

Back to project sedan...looks like it needs just a bit of tidy up here and there, and plenty of spares. I want to print all your ideas on what I should do with this old girl...send your suggestions to greg@comstar.com.au and we'll all have a laugh!

I love  "aussie explanations" and "aussie assumptions"....like.."comes with a ton of spares!"....well, almost...maybe a half ton....and this included parts of a VW...HQ..EA..maybe some old truck fuel tank, some perspex..some roof guttering...floor pan from a Skoda?.....I'm still wondering why I thought the spares were to suit this....hahaha.

Maybe I should drag out the 33/34 frame and start on it as well.........I need a closed cab body and bed for this...flattie powered, on vintage rego, and no fenders.....please send parts....

OK..at the Toowoomba swap meet, I may have let it slip that I had a new project sedan at home...well, here are some photos to show it so far......someone told me I had to get it  "in the weeds"..so I did. 

I was thinking of going to the "basic" interior look...and...."hello!"  I think I've done it!



longer wheelbase should make it handle better.

pedals..shocks and rear end bits!

It's handy having it up on a stand, high enough to get anything done underneath, and not too high to work on from above....and I made it so that I can push around easily...took a full day to make, but it's been worth it.

Just enough room to get some fender brackets up there....or maybe I could just leave them off....I wish!

Love my new So-Cal spring hangers, they look the part......now to figure out how to hang the.....................c..y..c..l..e..fenders on them somehow...not a lot of room left down there.

The Pete n Jakes ladder bars went on easy, but I will still have to do the 30% C notch in the frame for a bit of extra clearance. Will have to look for some rear shocks now that will work, and I may even try to get a sway bar up in there somewhere.

The front shock brackets I tried to use didn't seem to work out, I had three different types, but in the end, I just fab'd these ones from some box tubing with a heavy wall insert..they will work fine. I have a new spring ordered from Darren (Oz-Rods), as the Speedway Motors one has too much arch, I want the car to sit reasonably low...even though I'm trying for a 60s style anyway.

The ROD-TECH manual pedal setup arrived a few days ago, so I can start on this area. I found some small Ford Escort pedal pads that will work, so set about making the little bolt on adapters to suit. It all worked out good, they are just big enough (or small enough?) in the limited room in a rhd 32.

rear end..front end etc.

Time to fit the actual diff i will be using. This is a 56 " wide 31 spline round back, housing done by OZRODS, and custom Yukon axles by Aussie Diffs. My home brew alignment jig uses more clamps,levels,magnets than you would find in a Trade tools store! But the main thing is, with lots of measurements, it gets the job done. I checked the engine and it is 3degrees to the rear, so rear end will be set at 3 degrees up to compensate...well, that's what all the chassis books say works.Supposed to stop tailshaft vibes!

Look at these cool new spring hangers from So-Cal Speedshop. I had intended using the Pete n Jakes hangers at first, but these only work with the original style curved spring, and I ended up with a 40 Ford style So-Cal spring, so a quick call to SoCal and they were here in 8 days!..great service!A1.

The lights are mounted now, and I'm trying to figure how to mount the tank, in a way that the front licence plate can be incorporated without lookin too ugly...think I might put it on a pivot under the spreader bar, and let it get bent up outa sight! maybe I can just get the letters/numbers painted on the tank?? Working out shocks and the mount style too..I have some flat plate ones from Toowoomba R&C, or I have F100 style, also got some off a Harry Potter car that might not look so bad....

don't look too close..it aint finished yet!...but you see the idea of cutting out the firewall to use an angled toe board, and notice there is an extra pedal there now..the toploader is back in. even a factory XA shifter I have is bolted on and just clears the low tunnel I created...Think I'm getting somewhere, lots of little jobs seem to sort themselves out with not too much trouble.

Stopped by the garage of Les Winter today!

This model a sedan delivery was first put together in the 70s...it has had numerous changes over the years, and the current revamp is looking great!can't wait to see it back on the road!

Traditional looking rear axle uses a quick change that is mounted with  So-Cal parts, Model A style spring, sway bar, ladder bars, it's like a W....on P..k v....n..pure and simple!

A good jig or bench  helps, and this has been built to put the frame up at the right work height . Really makes life easy! Check out the drum brake frontend..cool!

Les found this steel 32 coupe in California earlier this year.Plans are to just fix up the flattie running gear and keep it running as is, at this time.....maybe fix it up in later years.

Les has now changed to a toploader 4 speed, so a bit to re-work on the new frame, and as you can see, the re-birth of this sedan delivery will be outstanding!

Plenty more projects like this gennie deuce coupe...then there's the old 55 Top Doorslammer car next to it!

Quick Change rear end looking tough!

Glenn Watts ..a man on a mission..another hot rod almost finished!!

As usual, this is the best part of the hot rod build..everything nice and shiny..

You can appreciate the time and effort that goes into projects like this, and if you could have seen the body before it was steeled out!!, a massive effort in getting it all straight.

This frame was originally from under an imported US 33 five window, but now has been "upgraded" to suit the roadster ...

Lots of work went into building the custom lift off roof....nice shape that will have the "look" after it has been padded and upholstered

The small block chev has been smoothed, lots of new polish, and a 4 speed auto will get the job done!

As of Jan 2012, the frame is just about finished, and running, now all effort will go into the body, and hopefully, be ready to paint and mount to the frame sometime in Feb.You think this is nice!...wait until you see the 5 window....all steel....fuel injected Scat equipped flathead.....5 speed.....independant Rod Tech front end....9 inch rear....knowing Glenn, it will probably get finished for the 2013 Nationals!!