Thursday, 3 July 2014

Hodgey's '34 Tudor . . .

 I've said a few times in the past that "We like sparks ', but fair go brother, this is shit loads of sparks! Something must be cooking . . .
 This is the result of all the sparks and by the thickness of that plate something 'heavy metal' is brewing. . .
That's a big arse and they're some big arsed wheels. Hodgey's next trick is to make up guards to cover those wheels. If you closely, you can see those mud-guards sitting on the ground at the rear of the car. That huge friggin base mount that you see in Hodgey's big paw is the start of the mounts for the new mud guards. . .stay tuned.

HJ Prem . . .

What kind of tool leaves a mint condition door standing around in mud for months on end? This is the result of a mint Statesman door left in the mud at a wrecking yard. . .FN unbelievable!
 The only 'normal' work to be carried out is the welding up of the side protective strip's mounting holes. I can't believe the lower damage on this door due to being left slopping around in mud?
My mate 'D' hard at work on my Prem again, this time filling in the holes left by the side mouldings and making a new section in the bottom of the door due to rust damage from sitting around in mud. . .

Danny and Chris . . .

Dylan is a busy boy at the moment. This time he's turned out a new tail-gate for the 'Little' Pick-up and it's certainly looking good at this stage. .

Wednesday, 2 July 2014

'56 Ford Victoria . . .

 This is how Hodgey gives us all a 'Master Class' in fabrication. The chassis rail is just cut at the right point and moved inboards the width of the frame rail and then the custom 'S' curves are welded in . . .
 This is what the finished product looks like. Quite simply, it looks like the frame rails are standard issue from Ford . . .
Michael dropped by the other day and was quite surprised to see his chassis sitting in the jig so quickly after he dropped off the car a couple of days earlier. Wait until he see's what's going on today . . .

Shorty's Other Shit . . .

Dylan has finished the engine bay of the EH and is now making up seating brackets for Shorty's Harley/Bobber that is slowly but surely taking shape in amongst all the other rigs that just happen to be cars. . .

Danny and Chris . . .

Danny and Chris have fallen in love with the supposedly 'new' work ute and decided to make Andrew an offer for it. Sure enough, it's on its way to a new home and Dave is busy at the moment making the extractors fit around the steering arm. . .

EH Station Sedan . . .

 After reading an old magazine recently, I found out the Holden didn't call their early cars 'Wagons' and all the early cars from '57 onwards were called 'Station Sedans'. Not to worry, extra knowledge never hurt anyone! Moving on, we have Dylan working on filling in all the unnecessary holes  in the engine bay and I think that it looks great. . .
Can't ask for much better than this? Dylan has certainly answered the call on this job, well done 'D' . . .