RAT DAY (Photos for all)

[Retroline]

Well, here are some of the cars from this years rat day.
Not quite as good as past ones but still a good day.
Enjoy the shit quality until Brootal puts something up.

[Retroline]

another

[Humboldt Cat]

Cool pics! Hey, at least you posted them. I got to the Cruzin' Eureka, Saturday, the tail end of it right after I got off of work, didn't even have time get home and fetch my camera. The Kodaks in my mind are pretty sweet, it kills me that I forgot to bring the camera to work.
Tell more- what's Rat Day? Where was it held?

[Retroline]

This is the fourth year for Rat day,It's held in Sydney's southern suburb of Tarren Point at some factory units.
This year it was on Father's Day and I felt that the numbers were down a little.

[Retroline]

but the quality was still good,which is what counts in the end eh????

[Retroline]

I'll have to down size some photos to get more on.....
Here is another.............

[Retroline]

That old time channeled 32 was just bought recently and was in that condition. Been hiding from the world for 35 years.

[Cruisin']

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif<font color="brown">THANX</font>http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Retroline]

I'll post some more later... Here's one to go.....

[Mai Ki-Ki]

Thankx Skippy!

Love that hudson sled....some nicer aus cars appearing in the last year or so! More style finally showing in my opinion...as in less billet shit!

Cheers

MAIKI http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[CruZer]

Thanks Skippy. That Merc is awesome !!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[manyolcars]

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Thanks Skippy. That Merc is awesome !!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[/ QUOTE ]Hudson with Merc taillites

[Retroline]

Hudson is correctomondo, It won top custom,the timewarp channeled 32 took out top open rod,the metalflake '29 took 2nd open rod. Here is the winner of the Day............

[Retroline]

A shot of the Ardun in the above 33.......

[AHotRod]

Thanks for sharing the pixs.

[Brootal]

Man! Were you standing behind me when I was taking my photos?? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Here's a few of mine... Real photos that have been scanned. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

http://www.the-rumbler.com/ratday2k3/goldroadster.jpg

http://www.the-rumbler.com/ratday2k3/burgopickup.jpg

I guess great minds think alike.

Here's that Merc... I mean Hudson from the front.

http://www.the-rumbler.com/ratday2k3/lowhudson2.jpg

I like this shot. Pity the owner of the coupe is a bit of a nutcase. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

http://www.the-rumbler.com/ratday2k3/joescoupe.jpg

Some Aussie stuff. An FC wagon and an EK sedan.

http://www.the-rumbler.com/ratday2k3/fcwagon.jpg

An FX sedan.

http://www.the-rumbler.com/ratday2k3/tufffx1.jpg

Soemthing you don't see to often.

http://www.the-rumbler.com/ratday2k3/32rpu.jpg

Here's that old timey roadster again. It's on a Model A chassis with '39 running gear by the look of it.

http://www.the-rumbler.com/ratday2k3/oldtimerfront.jpg

Including the dashboard.

http://www.the-rumbler.com/ratday2k3/oldtimertrim.jpg

This thing has looked like this for about 20 years according to Carps.

http://www.the-rumbler.com/ratday2k3/primer32.jpg

I've seen this roadster pickup a couple of times now. I really like the white wheels and caps. Something different.

http://www.the-rumbler.com/ratday2k3/blueArpu.jpg

And last and least, the Rod Rider spotted again!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif (You had to be there.)

http://www.the-rumbler.com/ratday2k3/rodrider.jpg

[Mai Ki-Ki]

hEY NICE PICS BROOTAL!

Any more pics of that ek sedan?
Finishing mine off atm..in purple too!

Fuel Filler Gone..just boot lock to remove and rear indicator lense left make...


Gotta finishs her so i can start on my rod!

Cheers

MAIKI

[Brootal]

Nope, sorry mate. The guy had just rubbed the paint back, so it was looking a bit worse for wear. It had a light purple body with a darker metallic purple roof. I spoke to the owner and he said he was going to put some jumbo flake on the roof. The door handles were shaved, but with the buttons left on, pretty neat little trick (if you know what I mean) and it had some sort of custom grille, but I'm not sure what he used.

The rest of it was pretty stock. Someone else may have some photos of it. Skippy? Drewfus?

[Mai Ki-Ki]

cool..thankx Brootal!

I'm gonna be running the Ek handless but with scentral locking on the 1/4 vent windows...saves hassles with solenoids/poppers etc etc...Hoping it werks..Once the 1/4 vent windows open..its easy to open door.

Cheers
MAIKI http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[MarkX]

Why are all the steering wheels on the WRONG side? .......... LOL

[MarkX]

Oh, wait, I get it ...... the pictures were taken Upsidedown ...er ... Downunder! ................LOL

[old beet]

WE haven't heard from that "nutcase" lately....OLDBEET

[Retroline]

Some more shots that even Brootal forgot.........
Reidys 34 coupe.

[Brootal]

Nope... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

http://www.the-rumbler.com/ratday2k3/reidrear.jpg

http://www.the-rumbler.com/ratday2k3/reidfront.jpg

I just want to leave some for when I do the web page. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Retroline]

Sorry,no shots of Gurus E.K,but I know he has done major little mods on that car,like shortening the quarter glass to give the impression of a longer door.
Here are more pics though..........

[Retroline]

O.K ,O.K........One last shot of a real purty engine.......
Guess you got this one too huh???????

[Brootal]

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O.K ,O.K........One last shot of a real purty engine.......
Guess you got this one too huh???????

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Yep. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

http://www.the-rumbler.com/ratday2k3/hotflatty.jpg

Maybe some of you historians out there can fill us in on a few details of this engine. It's twin spark heads (Evans I think) and twin Grant's distributors(?). Must be fun to tune up!!!

[Retroline]

The car belonged to the late great Lance Gleeson but is now in the hands of his nephew.Brootal,those twin plug heads you're admiring happen to be Hogan twin plug (New Zealand)and yes twin Grant maggys fire all that spark.This car ran at Castlereagh while I ran around the pits in my nappy.

[Broman]

Hey you two better check your family trees, you might be separated twins or something. I mean damn the not just taking pics of the same cars but at the same angles and everything.

Cool show. I like the little ones, you get a chance to mingle - meet people -ask about how they did this and that, just walk around slowly and take it all in. No hurry to see it all - do it all - hear it all - eat - do it all again because the cars are all different after you've already gone through once. I like big shows too, but small ones are always cool in their own way.

Anywho, you Aussies got some rad stuff, too bad there isn't a highway to connect us to you....

[Brootal]

You are truly a fountain of information Skippy.

Pull it out of that big ol sloper and chuck it in a little roadster. Yee HA!

I knew I was wrong with the heads, just knew it was a fairly short surname. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[QQMOON]

Hope there is no bullshit going on down here im watchin !
Whoo Hoo thats scarry
G,day BEETLE

[Brootal]

Ah shit! He found the door again!

So you figured out what your password was eh?

I've got a Hi Res photo of your car at home. Do you want a copy of it. Would look beeyoodifull as your wallpaper. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Retroline]

Or Doormat http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[old beet]

QQMOON, nice to hear from ya!! Looks like the fellers are still havin a good time........OLDBEET

[BARNETT]

Thanks for posting the pics!

[Humboldt Cat]

Can't get my mind wrapped away from that purple fenderless '34 coupe...! Glad my computer's now downloading the pics again (had some troubles yesterday). Made me think of the trip to Oz in '91, and the cool rods I saw all over the place. None as sweet as in THAT event though. Great pics!

[Retroline]

Hey Humboldt, check out issue 22 of R.J,on page 76 you'll see what that coupe looked like the first few years on the road.Paul wanted to build a copy of Jakes Coupe and under the car you'd swear it was it but Paul still has a Nailhead and muncie in his.The purple finish was a last minute decission.

[Brootal]

Finally finished making up some pages. All up there's around 70 pics spread over 5 pages, so it shouldn't take too long to load each page.

Hope you like the pics and the commentary.

Click on the link in my sig, then click on the "Car Shows" link. The Rat Day is at the top of the page. If that doesn't work CLICK HERE (http://www.the-rumbler.com/ratday2k3-1.html)

Here's a teaser...

http://www.the-rumbler.com/ratday2k3/brownrigg.jpg

http://www.the-rumbler.com/ratday2k3/dagospeedshop.jpg

http://www.the-rumbler.com/ratday2k3/bluearpu.jpg

http://www.the-rumbler.com/ratday2k3/choppedchevy.jpg

[fc ute]

hey brootal, how come skippy's photos look better on the computer than yours? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[haring]

Man, that gold 32 truck does it for me. Thanks for the picts.

[scarliner]

Hey guys thanks for the cool pics-- torn between the purple coupe and the black primered roadster pickup.Looks like ya know how to have fun down there.Really enjoyed the pics.