Folks Of Interest What we get up to in the land of OZ

Yes '51 Fords in Australia are know as Twin Spinners.

 

Love your work Luke, great thread keep em coming.

 

Next up was to pull the body of the chassis so it could be squared up & make the little modifications needed

unfortunately our chassis bench (Master Bench) had another car sitting on it so we used one of our normal work benches to sit the chassis on (still a lot more sturdy then most peoples chassis benches)

One of the modification after straightening the frame was to notch the chassis for spring clearance on the front
We notched the cross members so that the Fuel & Brake lines could run through them neatly
We also fitted a through brake line fitting in the rear cross member so that it would look a lot neater
The last modification (that I can remeber off the top of my head) to the chassis was to change the hairpin mount brackets to suit tie rod ends instead of rod ends

 

Being an expat, I chuckle when I see “boot” & “bonnet”.
That FJ was my dream back in the 60’s. I built and fitted a rolled pan, filled the bonnet, rolled a 3/4 tube into a big oval and welded it to the front sheet metal and slathered on the bog to fair it in. Wife and I bought that car for $25.00 when we got married. All the work was done at my place of work.
You blokes are doing great work there.

 

Neat work, love the channeled '34 it looks like the one I had back in the 50's bobbed rear fenders and all. Mine had a '34 grill though. Always wanted to see down under and here's another reason.

 

Of cause you have pic's "patzfab"

 

Great work, please more when possible.
Could you explain the club permit license plates?

 

Great work mate. Much love from central vic

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Top work. Keep it up. Just sold my FJ ute to a bloke in Bendigo. Always a good body style. What happened to the roadster?

 

Sure like the Eye Brows nice touch.. The whole car Rocks.. Great Job!

 

I wish I had pics, as you may know, the price of film and then the cost of developing and printing in those days, mid 60’s in Aus, were out of reach to us kids. I was 18

 

The Club Permit Plates are a cheaper & often easier way for rego on older cars (over 25 years old) in Australia, with Club plates you are limited to 90 days of use a year & cost just over $100 (I think, I don't have anything on it) whilst Full Rego is a lot more expensive at around $750 a year ( gets very expensive when you have a few cars on it)

 

His son was driving it on the freeway, when somebody decided to pull out & clipped the rear tire, the roadster bounced from armco to armco & hit another car, luckily no body was hurt

 

We also spent a bit of time fixing some of the flaws in the Brookville Quarter Panels Here you can see the measurements of the belt line on the L/H side & how much they very from the door

Here is the Right hand side for comparison

We figured the best way to fix the issue was to section the belt line on both side to match the top of the door & make them the same from side to side Since this photo was taken we have tapped them up a lot better, but now they match both sides, we will also modify the doors so the belt line will flow seamlessly

 

If it is true, I like what I was told happens in Switzerland, where you can own one set plates and are able to se them on which ever car that you wish to drive on a particular day.
I am guessing that may still only apply to classis or vintage style vehicles...

 

Nice job on the belt line, stuff like that drives me nuts......

 

I thought I better put up an update as has been nearly a year
First up is the Joe Botti F100
We have lowered it back to how it was rebuilt in 1964 & also replaced the ugly smoothies & radials with original Appliance Plating Reversed Steel Wheels & Cross Plies

 

Been a while since I have put up an update
here is some work my Father (John) did around 20+ years ago
Jaguar XJ6 Headlight rings in a Buick Roadmaster

 

I thought boots and bonnets are for babies,, only kidding,,, If you every get a chance to get to Melbourne you have to go and check out their shop. Amazing place with lots of neat stuff and real talented guys,,cheers