Hello from Adelaide

Hello everyone,long time listener,first time caller....
I have a '51 Ford Custom Sedan (Mild Custom Custom Meteor ?)
In the final process of completion (if that even exists)..lotsa sore back, lotsa being broke , lotsa angry partner , lotsa help from my mates are making this dream of mine come true.
Looking forward to boating her around Adelaide and diggin through the custom / shoebox related goodies on this site for knowledge / inspiration.
JR

 

Welcome mate from Brisbane love twin spinners ...Rod

 

Cheers Rod...

 

G,day from over east ,got a 50 myself . Whats a custom meteor???

 

hello from tasmania twin spinners are cool and yours looks very nice car well done

 

Hey,
From Melbourne.....

 

All that hard work and head aches will soon be forgotten.

. . . . . . . .Until something else packs up.

We'll be here to help.

This is the place for you now.

CM

 

Ahh! Good Captain great you asked.The 51 is a "Custom" as you know, and mine is a "Mild Custom" shaved boot/hood/petrol filler/lowering blocks etc, but i have sprooked it out with parts off 1950 and 1951 canadian meteors (the canuk shoebox). Diff Taillights, horn ring, hood ornament / dash emblems..even have a 49 Meteor (merc style) grill soon to be on its way...

so i guess its a 51 FORD M.C.C.M....
Meteors never came down to AU,are pretty rare in USA,and even as scarce in canada..but i managed to stumble across a couple of good folk in canada who had a stockpile of parts..and i thought..aye..our Oz shoes came down from canada anyways..the ol 8ba heads are canadian..so why not do a semi-Meteor clone...to sort of a extent.Some may say im polishing a turd being a four-door...but it gets me creative side flowing.Havin fun!

JR

 

Thanks Chester.(Insert Star Trek hand signal here). You guys kept me going on the right path.If i was left to my own devices..id hate to think

 

Thanks Tub, all it took was to see my first one at a car show down here in Adelaide...and walla!..Infection spread. My father in law had two in the 60's and still had the Green Bible and workshop manuals. He gave me the manuals..then the hunt started.Not too often you start with the manual first before you even have the ride

JR

 

Hello, welcome.

 

Welcome from NY !

 

Welcome TheLogLady from Newcastle,..well normally but its Melbourne tonight, good luck with the final parts of the puzzle

 

Greetings from central Iowa!

 

Welcome from another Aussie.

 

dosnt matter were u start from log as long as you get what you want, i started with a 32 grill shell now have enough parts for two complete 32s yes one has a tupperware body but the other is all henry ford wish i had a twinspinner though maybe one day

 

welcome from vic,aust

 

G'day to another Aussy, I've said it before and I'll say it again "We're taking over!"
Don't worry about it being a more door, just as cool and you will love it all the same because you built it.
Never did understand the two door four issue some people have.
Cheers,

Doc.

 

tnx for the warm welcome chaps! the two door / four door issue is simple i think... (4 doors = 2 extra doors to cut rust out of ??)
James

 

hi, looking the goods.

 

Greetings from Texas--my high school car was a '51 shoebox. Lotsa fun

 

welcome from Sweden

I are chopping and rebuild my shoebox

/Stefan

 

Welcome from the Netherlands!

 

The two extra doors come in handy when your all out cruisen and one of your buddies drops a pearler fart, usually after after a few beers and a late night session at Mc Dnlds and you have to exit the car REAL quick....

 

hahaha..never thought of it that way..! yes,that happening in a business coupe would be less fun...

James

 

g'day from eldoradoville castlemaine, you've posted on my thread but i just found this, always a winner in spinner so they tell me.
des

 

cheers bloke...might catch ya @ chopped if i keep working hard enough and have it ready by then..dont wanna hex myself..but fingers crossed..!

james

 

oh you'll catch me there, im in the same boat but gotta stay confident
des

 

Hi fellow South OZ
Good to see you on here

Aaron MS

 

G'day from Sunny Qld. Mines a 55 fordor - suits my purpose. I've also got 2 dr hardtop for the days I wanna be Joe cool!
Good luck with completion - Is a Cool Kemp ever completed?
RodL