Tuesday, 11 December 2018

end of year sale...Having a major cleanout!!

 My stalled project..may as well be sold....it's $34,500 as is, but comes with details as follows..Deuce Customs body, with new Red Fox windshield assy., Rootleib hood, new Walker radiator, 327 Chev engine with a T350 auto, Ford maverick 8" rear end, has triangulated 4 bar rear with coil overs, and SoCal split hairpins on the front..has had it 1st Qld TAC inspection. The 327 was bought as a supposed genuine 80,000km low mileage, good running engine, and the auto had good clean oil, but new buyer can decide to try them as is, or rebuild both.(the red steel wheels are no longer with it, replaced by the new 15x5 and 15 x 6 Chromies and baby moons shown in pic below) Also now has a dropped headlight bar with small headlights..
Comes with the chrome wheels shown, also has a set of gauges, a wiring harness kit, Lokar shifter, column and wheel are fitted, headlight bar, headlights, shocks, I have a spare 307 supposed runner engine, so would drop price by $1000 if I remove the 327.....I will get a more detailed list together if you need it, just email me at greg@comstar.com.au
rolling chassis from under a 35 Ford pickup, as shown, $1000
Fibreglass tail section for 33/34 Fords..the one on the left..$60
 XD/XE Falcon auto column with small sports wheel..$60
 Electronic copy of a Vertex magneto, suits all s.b. Chevs..comes with some spares..$500
 33/34 Ford radiator, just an old one maybe good for doing setups etc. $50
 spotlight..was $65, now $50..
 twin four adapter to go on a 6-71 blower....$100
Victor Jnr. intake for any s.b. Chev..$250
 fibreglass 28/29 Tudor Tourer rear fenders $300 a pair  ***  SOLD  ***
 these are Chev Powerglide dust covers.fits the small flywheel style, $30 each..alsdo have quite a few like this to suit T 350/T400s, they will be from $20-$25 each.
 1932 Ford closed car windshield frame..has rust areas, but still a rare piece..$300  ***  SOLD  ***
 pair new alloy pulleys suits short water pump s.b. Chev..$50 a pair.
 4 separate parts here..pulley..fan..bracket..cover plate..$20 the lot.
 flexi dipstick to suit T400 auto, $50
 custom alloy covers to cover the disc rotor, with the clearance for the calipers..cool product!..$300pr.
 Flathead radiator that came off an old welding/generator setup..heavy as!!..$100..probably worth that much in scrap value!
 1935/36 Ford windshield frame..not real bad at all, and a broken part off another.$200
 new folding top for a 1932 Ford roadster..all new wood bows from LeBaron-Bonney, and not sure who made the new Stainless bar work..$1200 for all.

 the spare rotor and cap for that magneto
 an old Accel twin point for a sb Chev...$35..and I have an old Accel Yellow coil to match, the big one, $25 for it.......old school 1970s ignition!!

 got a few original sb chev distributors..prices from $20 up to $50, dpending on how complete they are.
 licence plate surround, but only fits USA size plates..$30
Lokar shift adapter..$30
 
and below ..the pic didn't load properly, but its a sb chev to early ford trans adapter..$250.
 
 
There will be many more parts to list as I dig them out..this is just the tip of the iceberg..
any more details, sms or phone me on 0437323133, or greg@comstar.com.au


Tuesday, 4 December 2018

Your Tuesday night entertainment..

 The end to my two month trip in USA..left on a cruise ship , crossing the Pacific, frl Los Angeles to Sydney..you know, every trip I make to America..I reflect when I leave.."Will this be the last time I visit?"...been saying that for a few years now, and somehow always find the money, and an excuse, to go back over...I love USA...but no place like home..AUSTRALIA..best country in the world!!
 a glimpse...mighty big place out there..makes you think about all those famous sea battles in WW1 and WW2....big area to go looking for the opposition..
 and for those that came on my honeymoon in '76..remember this place..The Moana Hotel in Hawaii where most of us got our first taste of everything America has to offer...(fancy taking your new wife on a honeymoon to the Street Rod Nationals in Tulsa...with 60 or so Aussies...what was I thinking)
 hmm.crossing the Equator...a nice line in the water...lol.
Yep..that was my home for 28 days..loved every bit of it..cruise ships are fun!
 back to hot rods...really hot day this last weekend, and Sunday was the day for coffee...it was huge..90 or more cars, and I didn't get many pictures..just so many people to talk to..
 couldn't resist a pic of our resident hot rod inventor..Paul Jones stuck this electric motor in front of a powerglide, and drives his little pickup around the island he lives on..has a safe 30km radius..perfect for the island..
 96 volts hidden under the tilting bed...
 so..my pics...not too good..this was about 7:30 am, and already it was so hot on the blacktop..




 those Falcon hardtops must be breeding..three turned up this time..









 that's all I took..sad..but if you do facebook..there are hundreds on their under Cruise Photography, I think it was called..
 
Now, I have been acquiring books for my collection for the last ten years, and am now officially a hoarder..and need to move lots of them out...I have a full set of Custom Rodders, complete from #1 to #121...on ebay at the moment, but will sell them all for $400..just email me at greg@comstar.com.au
 also have about 1/2 a set of Aust. Street Rodding..will sell any..rarer low number ones, around $5 each, but later ones...$1 a piece in lots of 20..
 likewise pricing on all my spare Cruzins.....
 I went out on a limb recently, and purchased a full set of Rodders Journals, just to get the 25 or 30 I was missing...but I had bought a few other lots over the years, hence I have about 40 to get rid of, mainly in the #30 thru to #60 area...not cheap at $12 each, but still about 1/2 of new price..
And lastly..American Street Rodders..have a few hundred spare..early ones a a few $$ each, all the others, $1 each in lots of 20..........
 
 
 another picture that means a lot to me, taken at last Sundays coffee morning...the three guys that sat together at Yeronga High School, and said, lets start a hot rod club...we were 14...
L to R.....Tom Fulton, Peter Crain, and myself...
still got the old boks we started with from 50+ years ago...
and I like to think, we three did a bit to help hot rodding get started in Brisbane..with the other major clubs of Roadstars and Cheetahs paving the way..these three clubs started an interest in cars, created events like shows and runs, and more importantly, friendships that are still strong to this day...