Projects "I'm here to pick up the rubbish"

got my 35 wires back from abrasive blasting. One came up pretty bad. More progress!

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i have a selection of tyres ready to go but will probably run the black wall big littles.

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Always like to see this sort of build, subscribed

 

Wow. You hit the jackpot. People just don't find deuce roadsters like that anymore.

 

Thanks Edwardlloyd, I hammer the internet every day to find this gear and love it!

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Finally got the chance to pick up the flatheads and front ends etc from glen Innes nsw. Drove from Adelaide, what a long drive! Around 38hrs in total! Got some of the parts i need though, fast forward my project with a big hit of parts! I'll post photos of my finds as i sort through buckets of parts and piles of gear boxes.

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I also am in negotiations with a 1950's aluminium caravan to tow along to long distance swap meets!

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My tool box in the back of the ute is also full of flatty parts! the caravan is a paddock find but will clean up well like the one in the photo has been.

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There is a luggage rack in amongst the parts that is in quite good condition. I thought it was model A but it looks wrong and might be early chrysler. I'll post some photos when i get the chance.

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are those Canadian heads aluminum?

 

Yeah, there are two with canadian alloy heads. 4 out of the 5 engines will clean up well and have clean bores. I have alot of sorting and cleaning to do! 10 gear boxes in total in various condition.

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I've been going through the top loaders tonight checking on vanpelt to identify them. I believe i have an early 39 pickup trans and a couple of earlier 37-38's which would make sense given the flatheads that came with the lot. The canadian 21 stud heads are pretty clean. I'm not sure if they originally came with flat top pistons in 37? But I'll check to see if it is standard bore tomorrow.

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Wow, those heads are super clean.
Looks like you picked up a pretty good hoard there!

 

got the first parch in, after all my hunting for parts it's time to do some work. Ideally i would have rounded up the parts before starting the post but i was too excited to share my find! .

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i keep a scrap bin in the shed for 1930's patch panels. Sometimes it saves me making patches from scratch. This time i cut part of the patch out of a 33-34 dodge sedan quarter window. Using the corner radius for the inner radius of the roadster quarter. Worked all right and saved me alot of time.

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luggage rack, might be 32 but seems too narrow. Any ideas?

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shed is full at the moment. I put the chassis on the rotisserie on the weekend to make it easy welding up some holes that won't be necessary using the copper block backing method. I still have to chase up front and rear end components to get it mocked up and rolling. I'm hoping the bendigo swap meet will be a winner for me! Steering box is going to be 40 ford along with the steering wheel, which will have a modified 56 horn button.

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just need to remove the box. I have been thinking of modifying the cross member for motor mounts, and maybe using the column out of this toasty old truck. I have spotted a good idea on here using the original motor mounts on the cross member for the 21 stud fabbing mounts to reach forward. Looked neat.

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When Chick and I were in Australia, I remember a buried yard outside of Tumit,
It might be there, it might be gone,,, but it was loaded including a Pilot Ute, Ill have to find the photos

 

Cool! Alot of cars were buried, my grandpa has told me stories of pushing car bodies and porcelain signs etc. piled up into a ditch and covered up with dirt. Lost for ever.

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The most common i find is 1917-22 ford fenders. My grandpa has an 80 acre orchard and that was his method of cleaning up as was with most larger properties. Avoid carting it and getting someone else to bury it.

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Ah! The ruby sheep.

 

Ruby sheep?

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Flynn's is the yard outside Cooma in the Snowy Mountains. Tumut is nearby..

Still there and you still need to look out for the snakes!

 

Thanks snakes are ok, leave them alone and they'll leave you alone. Or carry a shovel!

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Helped clean out a widow's garage recently.

 

Sure, where we take the rubbish

 

Wow! What did the guy you helped get?