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“Well, we had a nice episode this morning at 70’s mph  the rod that holds the spring off the hood they come from the manufacturer, broke off,...
Nice 36 Aussie car lives not far from me.
Was at my friends place last night and he has been building a 32 Hiboy over the past 3 years and now close to completion. He is assembling the...
We were lucky enough to stop there in 1995 and spend some time with Lucille before she passed away. She was the loveliest and friendly lady.
Well he might be talking about the roof as he is working on the roof chop now.
Hupmobile
The stepdown Hudson. Of course unibody to allow the floor to be lowered into the body structure but still keep the inside space comfortable for...
They are 56 Lincoln Premiere. That car was completed in 2012 and now I see those wheelcovers everywhere on hot rods. Not soo much in Australia as...
In a FB post later in the morning Greg Thomsen gave a little history. The 3 cars in these pictures(repeated from above) are Greg's Tudor(one of...
One of our favourite Suday morning runs is to Randy and Herbie Bayers shop. Randy is a long time member of the club Rods Inc and has his 36 Ford...
I did a recent update on my roadster and went from rear buggy spring to coil overs. They used Vikings with compression and rebound adjustment. Wow...
Here are a couple of links to YouTube coverage of the show. Also watch CustomMikes on YouTube for several good walk arounds of the different...
Also watch CustomMikes on YouTube for several good walk arounds of the different buildings. https://www.youtube.com/@Custommikes And Mike...
My son has a Sandwich Bar business and recently opend a new store north of Brisbane and put on a car meet for exposure to his shop. We have been...
No pitting or rust just dull looking chrome in some places. Yes $1400 Australian for that job. Chrome platers here, because of small numbers and...
The front bumper bar on the Hudson was chromed about 18 years ago and has lost some of its shine. I enquired with a local chrome plater to do a...
That isn't the original Lucilles but a modern reproduction at Weatherford.. We stopped at the original Lucilles in 1995 and met the lady and she...
Back story on this. That photo was at Santa Maria in 2018. I took the 1948 Hudson to USA from Brisbne Australia and the car landed at Oakland....
Ed is that the degreaser product or one for whitewalls specifically. It is availabe here in Australia but only degreaser.
One of our great custom car and early hot rodding enthusiasts is staging a custom cars only event here in Australia in early March. Michael Morris...
That was a USA built car and now resides in Australia.
And still around after all these years. A history of hot rodding and Bonneville activity.
On January 8th Bob Bowman one of our hot rodding pioneers and a legend in our hobby passed away. I met Bob back in the early 70's when I moved to...
And the one Chris got has an antenna on RHS.
I love 56 Lincolns!!! A 56 with a 57 front(double head lights) would look good too.
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This is the final chapter. Yesterday family and friends assembled for the Celabration of the life of Aden Jacobi. It was an incredible turnout of...
I have a set on my roadster. Beautiful caps and just on regular 15inch wheels and never a problem. [ATTACH]
Honey I shrunk the car!!
A celebration of Aden's life is planned for Friday 8th December 2-6pm. Details as follows in this link for Aussies who would like to attend....
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