New Guy From Victoria Australia

[Plushy]

Hi Everyone ,
I have been lurking around here for a short time and thought i better post up some photos of my Shed and House. The Shed is 50x30 feet with around a 25 foot high roof peak .

These Three photos were taken shortly after we moved in march 2006





These next three are the house ,shed and the yard .




This is where i pull Flatheads apart .


One of my Current Projects .



Cheers Plushy

 

[thetastelingers]

Nice. Looks like some roadrace plastics in one of those pics.

Thanks for showing the pics!
Welcome to the board!

 

[Chip_er]

Sorry, not sure if I could say this here!

New guy here also! Plushy

I like to ask you a question, don't take it the wrong way.
I've noticed in Australia there are a lot of car's converted to flat bed trucks. what is the reason for this, I'm not complaining, just curious! and I wouldn't mine doing that to one of my old cars. Nice if I could see more pics on how you mounted the bed. thanks!

One more thing, is that a CMP truck if so what year is it. looks great.
I have one, it's a 42 F15a If I remember.

 

[Big N8]

Looks great.

I have fiends that live in Australia.

Cheers
Nate

 

[Quiksilver]

nice looking place.

My wife and I went to Australia on our honeymoon. We loved the time went spent there and really want to go back,probably won't be very soon, but I don't look forward to the flight.

To help with Chip er's question, the "cars" that you are refering to are called utes, short for utility and they are all over Australia. They are much like the El Camino or Ranchero that were sold in the US, but they are built with a bed that is not integrated into the cab. The bed is a seperate component, just like our regular pickups here.
Why so many are converted to a flatbed, that I don't know.

 

[HOTFR8]

Hi Plushy. Where in VIC are you ? Like the old Blitz project can you tell us more ?

 

[HOTFR8]

I like to ask you a question, don't take it the wrong way.
I've noticed in Australia there are a lot of car's converted to flat bed trucks. what is the reason for this, I'm not complaining, just curious! and I wouldn't mine doing that to one of my old cars. Nice if I could see more pics on how you mounted the bed. thanks!

Converted ? We get them from the factory as Utes or as in Plushys workshop a one tonner tray. Both Holden ( GM ) and Ford make versions of those for the market here using the front sheetmetal from the sedans.

 

[Plushy]

Hi Guys ,
Thanks for the Welcome . The Ute or One tonner is a 78 HJ one tonner runs a 308 v8 with a T400 gearbox and a custom built Nine inch Ford diff running Holden Axles .
Heres a photo of how it looks without the racks on it and the street tyres on it .


The Raceglass is for my R1 .I do track days at Phillip Island and some other local tracks .


The Truck is a 1943 Cab 13 F15A CMP or Blitz as we call them. I actually have two of these for restoration as well as recently buying a 1941 Cab 11
F60L which is a Long nose version .

Heres some photos of the blitz under restoration .
This is from when i first got it .



In the Shed and Disassembly has started .

Roof is off

Nose is off .

Cab is removed and chassis is getting stripped .



this is the other F15A that i bought not long ago at auction .

 

[Plushy]

HOTFR8 i live about 30 mins down the road from you near ballarat , miners rest to be exact .

If i can get the shed cleaned up a bit i will take some new photos of the shed so you can see the changes .

Cheers Plushy

 

[HOTFR8]

HOTFR8 i live about 30 mins down the road from you near ballarat , miners rest to be exact .

If i can get the shed cleaned up a bit i will take some new photos of the shed so you can see the changes .

Cheers Plushy

Well about 40 Minutes from me. I do know the area ( a little ). I know a guy here into the GMC 6 x 6's and has a few to restore.

 

[Plushy]

HOTFR8 i was up your way today i picked up a long wheelbase chassis from axedale near bendigo . It was a slow drive back with the chassis , i had the 16foot trailer maxed out i reckon , it was wiggleing all over the place had to stick to 60 kays . The guy i got the chassis from has some ripper 40`s and 50`s Fords for resto/rodding next time i am up there i will try and get some photos to show you .

Cheers Plushy

 

[russlaferrera]

Plushy, That is one nice set up. I love your UTE different from anything around here. Hope to see more of your projects as few members do trucks. Welcome to the board.

 

[HOTFR8]

HOTFR8 i was up your way today i picked up a long wheelbase chassis from axedale near bendigo . It was a slow drive back with the chassis , i had the 16foot trailer maxed out i reckon , it was wiggleing all over the place had to stick to 60 kays . The guy i got the chassis from has some ripper 40`s and 50`s Fords for resto/rodding next time i am up there i will try and get some photos to show you .

Cheers Plushy

Photos, great. Sounds like you had they trailer overloaded.

Just noted that heater of yours. I bet it gets a workout in the winter. I have one very similar.

 

[Plushy]

My Oath it gets a work out ballarat gets very cold during winter I have got the chimmney glowing a bright red a fews times . I am trying to workout a way to distribute the warm air around the shed more effectively though .

I am also going to insulate the whole shed as well to make it more user friendly all year round .

 

[HOTFR8]

Try setting a fan to blow over it and see what happens. Should move the Hot air.

 

[Plushy]

Yeah i tried that but i was thinking more like fan that runs around the flue and pushes air down and out across the floor .

 

[Storm King]

Nice Yammi; half the wheels, twice the fun!

 

[Plushy]

Wow its been ages since i updated this .

This is my new Toy that i recently bought its a 10,000 pound Hanmecson Car hoist

I will add more update photos tomorrow

cheers Plushy

 

[Old61]

Nice shop, nice lift & cool toys. You got it made down under.

 

[tatra]

why so close to the wall?.............if you want to pull axle etc. you have to turn the vehicle..............i understand about the room one of these take up but looks like problem to me..........maybe i'm missing something?

btw, any old staghound armoured cars you know of out there?.........dad was a wireless, loader operater in one in belgium during the ww11 and the aussies used them too...........

 

[HOTFR8]

A nice addition there Plushy . When you over this way next let me know as a mate of mine has just scored a DUKW.

 

[flyng_fool]

This thing looks like it should be in a Mad Max movie!

 

[Plushy]

why so close to the wall?.............if you want to pull axle etc. you have to turn the vehicle..............i understand about the room one of these take up but looks like problem to me..........maybe i'm missing something?

btw, any old staghound armoured cars you know of out there?.........dad was a wireless, loader operater in one in belgium during the ww11 and the aussies used them too...........

Its close to the wall simply because the shed is only 30 by 50 feet and its overflowing with projects and parts . I am aiming to be building a new shed 60x120 feet later this year on a new property so the car hoist will get moved then to a better location in the new shed . I also tend to drop the whole diff out when replacing axles as i find it easier .

I do know of a few mk1 staghounds but none are for sale at the moment .

A nice addition there Plushy . When you over this way next let me know as a mate of mine has just scored a DUKW.

No worries iam hoping to be up your way in a few weeks so i will pm you then .


cheers Plushy

 

[Gaz from Oz]

Its close to the wall simply because the shed is only 30 by 50 feet and its overflowing with projects and parts . I am aiming to be building a new shed 60x120 feet later this year on a new property so the car hoist will get moved then to a better location in the new shed . I also tend to drop the whole diff out when replacing axles as i find it easier .

I do know of a few mk1 staghounds but none are for sale at the moment .






No worries iam hoping to be up your way in a few weeks so i will pm you then .


cheers Plus

Its close to the wall simply because the shed is only 30 by 50 feet and its overflowing with projects and parts . I am aiming to be building a new shed 60x120 feet later this year on a new property so the car hoist will get moved then to a better location in the new shed . I also tend to drop the whole diff out when replacing axles as i find it easier .

I do know of a few mk1 staghounds but none are for sale at the moment .






No worries iam hoping to be up your way in a few weeks so i will pm you then .


cheers Plushy

Just trolling your old thread - you had a great collection of projects happening back then. Loved the high pitched shed roof - I went to 15 degrees, but more would have been nice. One penalty is heating ...

I see you had plans to move and build a huge shed - did it happen? These things can take a long time ... my new shed was pegged out for about 15 years

 

[Plushy]

Just trolling your old thread - you had a great collection of projects happening back then. Loved the high pitched shed roof - I went to 15 degrees, but more would have been nice. One penalty is heating ...

I see you had plans to move and build a huge shed - did it happen? These things can take a long time ... my new shed was pegged out for about 15 years

Yeah i did move from Miners rest back to the Family Farm at Sulky ,have built a few sheds since then, some for storage and for the Farm and a Workshop shed which is a constant mess . I still have the Old Blitz truck , the Tonner and the R1 and have collected a few more projects along the way . I should probably start a new thread or resurrect this one with updates sometime.

 

[Gaz from Oz]

Yeah i did move from Miners rest back to the Family Farm at Sulky ,have built a few sheds since then, some for storage and for the Farm and a Workshop shed which is a constant mess . I still have the Old Blitz truck , the Tonner and the R1 and have collected a few more projects along the way . I should probably start a new thread or resurrect this one with updates sometime.

I did guess the older pic's as Miners Rest Glad you now have more space and more projects to fill it Sounds like you might need to start a new thread ...