Re the Aussie '37 Chevs, I like the Aussie version way better. Those tapered louvers are a work of art. I'm guessing they were pressed out right here at Holden's at Woodville in S.A.
I don't dislike the Aussie design I just prefer the other. I reckon most designs of the thirties are neat, curves and the Art Deco thing... Neat little something roadster by the way.. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
There is an interesting discussion on the Model T Forum about Australian legislation preventing importation of built up cars and the gov support of local body makers. Seems you are hard pressed to find non aus bodies post 1917. Apparently even 26 27 T's had wood frames in Aus. http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/257047/295639.html?1356820096
The 2 26/27 cowls I have appear to have had wood frames, same with the tourer centre pillar but the doors are all steel. The centre pillar still has the original wood in it.
I have a couple utes. 37 Chevy is Holden (GM Australia) built, and the 37 Ford is by Ford Australia. 37 Chevy: 37 Ford, I hated this color that was on it when i bought it, and it is now in-process of changing it and some body fixes for poor older repairs: I love the slopers, would like to see more pictures of those.
Speedway '34 coupe hammered '34 coupe channeled '34 coupe a Holden bodied '39 Willys a decal on the back window of an A Tub ( been in storage since the late 60's) '33 sedan as found ( early 70's). Note the rear of the body. Here they carried over '32 sedan rear panels , quarter panels & rear doors '40 roadster '36 roadster. Aussie '35 & '36 roadsters were based on the 5W coupe. US roadsters were based on the 3W coupe.
Here's my '66 xp falcon ute. was my daily driver for 10 year's till some twit did a u turn in front of me and I hit him at 65 mph. the other is my 39 roadster. No windows in the doors from factory. T win carb flathead, straight through side pipes.
My shop truck in Adelaide, Australia from the mid 80's. It was my daily driver for more than a year with mechanical brakes and tires about the same width as LP records--lots of fun on wet pavement. It is a Holden built body and you can see the differences to the US product. Door upper frames are a simple channel and there are no rocker panels as such with the door wrapping under like a GM body of that era. The basic rear half of the body sides (firewall back) was pretty much the same as the Chevy version although the Chevy did have a split windshield probably due to the fact that it was wider overall. The Vauxhall version also appeared to share the same panels. I moved to the US in the late 80's and when my brother followed me in 1991 he shipped the ute over. It now lives in Wisconsin with a Willys collector. Roo
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