Below 265 SQ/FT Hewey's 1950s single garage & cottage
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Geoff289
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Wow, that's fantastic Hewey. I certainly thought those schemes were a total scam.
When you hinted at some exciting news a while back I was expecting it to be a small human, not a big truck. Do I understand Mrs. Hewey is going to drive this to work? Hope her parking spot it generously sized.
When you hinted at some exciting news a while back I was expecting it to be a small human, not a big truck. Do I understand Mrs. Hewey is going to drive this to work? Hope her parking spot it generously sized.
Coolabah
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Fantastic !!! Looks like a fun filled future 
Lyndon
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Congratulations Hewey!
Thanks everyone! The best thing I'd ever won was a pair of sunglasses, so this was certainly a step up. And I've lost all rights to ever complain about my wife buying tickets in draws we've got 'no chance of winning'
Look we'll be using it for towing our mini, and doing some offroading - in both categories I'll be comparing it to a Subaru Outback, which it's going to completely upshine. I don't have any other ute experience to compare it to. And don't get me wrong, I LOVE my Outbacks. I've had 3 in a row as work cars, having each for 2.5-3 years. They're do lots of things really well, but still feel like a car and not a truck. You feel fresh after driving it interstate all day. I believe the Outbacks provide really good value for money for their capabilities, compared to a 4WD ute. But the Super Duty this will just tow and offroad better.
After reading and watching a tonne of reviews, my consensus on the Super Duty is: It's worth considering if you're doing lots of towing near your weight limit, and need the extra GVM and don't want to mess with warranties and dealing with aftermarket upgrades. It's not going to tow fast either, its actually detuned compared to a standard Ranger to meet emissions (and probably boost reliability). And the tray capacity impressive too. It's worth considering if you do lots of ******** offroading and need the improved capabilities. If you're not going to do either of these things, it's a hell of a lot of extra cash. If I was spending my own hard earned cash, I couldn't justify for my needs.
There's pretty strict rules and regs around gambling and prize give aways. The larger mobs who have been around a while have a big enough profile that they've surely had to get the approvals and things sorted because they can't fly under the radar.
Yeh no kids planned around here. My wife's work days are split between two sites. One is a plant that has its own parking that is only used by staff and visitors, and has heaps of room. The other is an office in Parramatta, so she catches the train in. She's very protective of her Yaris, so she has a favourite spot where there's a pillar on one side and a walkway on the other (that's the far side from the station so gets little use), so no chance of careless door dings. There's one on every level, and she gets there early enough there's always one free. The height is going to be tight though, it depends on how much 'buffer' there might be in the carpark measurements, but the 2m height listed at the front suggests we'll only have inches to spare. When we get rego we'll go down and do a reccy together at a quiet time on a weekend, so one of us can be an external spotter. We'll have to make sure anything we add doesn't add extra height or is easily removable.
Look we'll be using it for towing our mini, and doing some offroading - in both categories I'll be comparing it to a Subaru Outback, which it's going to completely upshine. I don't have any other ute experience to compare it to. And don't get me wrong, I LOVE my Outbacks. I've had 3 in a row as work cars, having each for 2.5-3 years. They're do lots of things really well, but still feel like a car and not a truck. You feel fresh after driving it interstate all day. I believe the Outbacks provide really good value for money for their capabilities, compared to a 4WD ute. But the Super Duty this will just tow and offroad better.
After reading and watching a tonne of reviews, my consensus on the Super Duty is: It's worth considering if you're doing lots of towing near your weight limit, and need the extra GVM and don't want to mess with warranties and dealing with aftermarket upgrades. It's not going to tow fast either, its actually detuned compared to a standard Ranger to meet emissions (and probably boost reliability). And the tray capacity impressive too. It's worth considering if you do lots of ******** offroading and need the improved capabilities. If you're not going to do either of these things, it's a hell of a lot of extra cash. If I was spending my own hard earned cash, I couldn't justify for my needs.
There's pretty strict rules and regs around gambling and prize give aways. The larger mobs who have been around a while have a big enough profile that they've surely had to get the approvals and things sorted because they can't fly under the radar.
Yeh no kids planned around here. My wife's work days are split between two sites. One is a plant that has its own parking that is only used by staff and visitors, and has heaps of room. The other is an office in Parramatta, so she catches the train in. She's very protective of her Yaris, so she has a favourite spot where there's a pillar on one side and a walkway on the other (that's the far side from the station so gets little use), so no chance of careless door dings. There's one on every level, and she gets there early enough there's always one free. The height is going to be tight though, it depends on how much 'buffer' there might be in the carpark measurements, but the 2m height listed at the front suggests we'll only have inches to spare. When we get rego we'll go down and do a reccy together at a quiet time on a weekend, so one of us can be an external spotter. We'll have to make sure anything we add doesn't add extra height or is easily removable.
Geoff289
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It won't even know the Mini and trailer are there.
I guess you read DFB's typically thorough and well researched write up on the Super Duty on his thread?
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/dfbs-garage.519939/post-11429492
I guess you read DFB's typically thorough and well researched write up on the Super Duty on his thread?
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/dfbs-garage.519939/post-11429492
Certainly did, as always @DFB researched it thoroughly and then did a great detailed run down on it, he'd know it better than I would. The comparison of the suspension arms to a stock Ranger really stood out. There's also some other interesting threads where some of the Americans can't cope with the concept of a heavy duty medium sized pickup
Friday night we headed out to Sydney Motor Sport Park (I still call it Eastern Creek if I'm honest) for the opening round of the V8 Supercars. I hadn't been along since the late 90s when some bloke called Peter Brock was still racing, and we went to Oran Park, which is now housing - so a fair while. I happened to see a facebook post flagging there was free spectator entry - my favourite price!
This year has seen the introduction of the GR Supra to the line up, to battle against the Camaros and the Mustangs. I gotta say the Supra Supercar looks amazing in the flesh, and has a slightly higher pitch note at full noise (think a dash of Ferrari) which made them stand out from the Mustangs and Camaros. Great to see the variety in there. It was a good night, I certainly got my free tickets worth of value.
What V8 supercars long term future is tough to say though - both the Camaro and Supra are discontinued models that you can no longer buy. Pretty happy I'm not in charge of that one!
A stand out to me was Victor Bray's old burnout car. This is the original burnout car that in recent years has been given a makeover in the racecars most iconic livery. We didn't get to see it in action, but seeing it in person was still pretty cool.
This year has seen the introduction of the GR Supra to the line up, to battle against the Camaros and the Mustangs. I gotta say the Supra Supercar looks amazing in the flesh, and has a slightly higher pitch note at full noise (think a dash of Ferrari) which made them stand out from the Mustangs and Camaros. Great to see the variety in there. It was a good night, I certainly got my free tickets worth of value.
What V8 supercars long term future is tough to say though - both the Camaro and Supra are discontinued models that you can no longer buy. Pretty happy I'm not in charge of that one!
A stand out to me was Victor Bray's old burnout car. This is the original burnout car that in recent years has been given a makeover in the racecars most iconic livery. We didn't get to see it in action, but seeing it in person was still pretty cool.
Geoff289
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Did you take the new Super Duty down to the Creek and everyone got out of your way in the carpark?Friday night we headed out to Sydney Motor Sport Park (I still call it Eastern Creek if I'm honest) for the opening round of the V8 Supercars. I hadn't been along since the late 90s when some bloke called Peter Brock was still racing, and we went to Oran Park, which is now housing - so a fair while. I happened to see a facebook post flagging there was free spectator entry - my favourite price!
This year has seen the introduction of the GR Supra to the line up, to battle against the Camaros and the Mustangs. I gotta say the Supra Supercar looks amazing in the flesh, and has a slightly higher pitch note at full noise (think a dash of Ferrari) which made them stand out from the Mustangs and Camaros. Great to see the variety in there. It was a good night, I certainly got my free tickets worth of value.
What V8 supercars long term future is tough to say though - both the Camaro and Supra are discontinued models that you can no longer buy. Pretty happy I'm not in charge of that one!
A stand out to me was Victor Bray's old burnout car. This is the original burnout car that in recent years has been given a makeover in the racecars most iconic livery. We didn't get to see it in action, but seeing it in person was still pretty cool.
The Supercars have never been my main motorsport interest, but I usually went to the local rounds until a few years ago, and have been to Bathurst several times, the most recent in 2009 while living in Canberra. I think the powers that be have always done a pretty good job of establishing and maintaining parity between the brands. They are really up against it with relevance though, with as you say the Camaros and Supras being superseded models (but so was the last Falcon that raced for a few years after production ceased), the Camaro not being actually sold in this country, the Supra not being sold anywhere with eight cylinders (like the Volvos and Nissans of a few years ago).
This problem is also faced in drag racing, my main motorsport interest where the Supercar equivalent category, Pro Stock, is similarly these days just carbon fibre panels hung on a generic chassis with the profile and wheelbase departing from the road cars and representing cars you can't buy or at least car and engine packages you can't buy.
I've seen Victor's burnout car many, many times along with his son Ben's and they certainly know how to light them up, although such circus acts don't do that much for me. Victor hasn't been travelling too well of late with some serious health issues and the passing of his wife Marie who was the rock that team was built on. The pair of them were always a particularly class act with the fans.
kitdoctor
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Cheers @kitdoctor
@Geoff289 the Super Duty isn't quite on the road yet. It had a blue slip (unregistered vehicle inspection) done yesterday, now that's done we can organise CTP (compulsory third party insurance), and when that's done we can finally pay the rego (explanations for our non Aussie thread visitors )
On the carparking note it did take us about 20 minutes to get out of the carpark after getting in the car, and that was after the 1.5km walk to the car from the grandstand - on a very humid and stuffy night.
Yeh there isn't a lot of 'stock' left in a Pro Stock car!
I've been a massive Victor Bray fan for years. Years ago in the late 90s he was doing a fan meet and great at one of the local auto parts store. They'd given away some tickets and my brother had missed out. Anyway my brother was getting something signed and Victor asked if he got some of the free tickets, and my brother said he'd missed out. So Victor gave him his personal pit pass, he had to get his wife to drop it off at the shop from memory for my brother to pick up. Really went out of their way when they just didn't need to. So that combined with his massive half track burnouts is why I'm such a fan.
On the car front the mini has passed its rego due date, so will have to re-register it when the engine is finished. The Statesman I've let lapse as well, will be taking that off the road for now. A few reasons, we've got too many cars, and it needs a few things sorted which I'm not prepared to throw too much money at till it's properly under cover. I don't want to rush into selling it and regret it either. So for now it'll be parked up till I work out what I want to do. It's eligible for club rego in a couple of years so that's definitely a consideration.
In other car news, on Monday I got my latest work car, a Hyundai Santa Fe hybrid. I've had 3 Subaru Outbacks in a row, or about 8 years of Subie driving. The Santa Fe was an opportunity to step into a hybrid and something different, and was ordered back in September or so. I've only driven to work and back a couple of times, but first impressions are very good. Super nice interior, heaps of space inside and even the 3rd row seats have plenty of legroom. The hybrid is a non plug in variety, but recharges all the time, and super efficient for its type. On the drive to work (which is mostly downhill) its running primarily on electric mode, and it's showing consumption of about 3L/100km for the overall 30 minute trip. On the downside there doesn't seem to be radio controls on the steering wheel, and even swapping radio stations requires going into multiple sub menus which is hard to navigate on the winding highway. We've worked out that if we combine the cars we've both owned (and my work cars) and we've had more Hyundais than anything else. They definitely have impressed with their reliability, and the Santa Fe really steps up the game in terms of how nice it is.
@Geoff289 the Super Duty isn't quite on the road yet. It had a blue slip (unregistered vehicle inspection) done yesterday, now that's done we can organise CTP (compulsory third party insurance), and when that's done we can finally pay the rego (explanations for our non Aussie thread visitors
)On the carparking note it did take us about 20 minutes to get out of the carpark after getting in the car, and that was after the 1.5km walk to the car from the grandstand - on a very humid and stuffy night.
Yeh there isn't a lot of 'stock' left in a Pro Stock car!
I've been a massive Victor Bray fan for years. Years ago in the late 90s he was doing a fan meet and great at one of the local auto parts store. They'd given away some tickets and my brother had missed out. Anyway my brother was getting something signed and Victor asked if he got some of the free tickets, and my brother said he'd missed out. So Victor gave him his personal pit pass, he had to get his wife to drop it off at the shop from memory for my brother to pick up. Really went out of their way when they just didn't need to. So that combined with his massive half track burnouts is why I'm such a fan.
On the car front the mini has passed its rego due date, so will have to re-register it when the engine is finished. The Statesman I've let lapse as well, will be taking that off the road for now. A few reasons, we've got too many cars, and it needs a few things sorted which I'm not prepared to throw too much money at till it's properly under cover. I don't want to rush into selling it and regret it either. So for now it'll be parked up till I work out what I want to do. It's eligible for club rego in a couple of years so that's definitely a consideration.
In other car news, on Monday I got my latest work car, a Hyundai Santa Fe hybrid. I've had 3 Subaru Outbacks in a row, or about 8 years of Subie driving. The Santa Fe was an opportunity to step into a hybrid and something different, and was ordered back in September or so. I've only driven to work and back a couple of times, but first impressions are very good. Super nice interior, heaps of space inside and even the 3rd row seats have plenty of legroom. The hybrid is a non plug in variety, but recharges all the time, and super efficient for its type. On the drive to work (which is mostly downhill) its running primarily on electric mode, and it's showing consumption of about 3L/100km for the overall 30 minute trip. On the downside there doesn't seem to be radio controls on the steering wheel, and even swapping radio stations requires going into multiple sub menus which is hard to navigate on the winding highway. We've worked out that if we combine the cars we've both owned (and my work cars) and we've had more Hyundais than anything else. They definitely have impressed with their reliability, and the Santa Fe really steps up the game in terms of how nice it is.
We got rego on the new ute. There were a few hiccups, like the GVM not being entered (and then the system automatically entering 1000kgs not 4500kgs!), and then discovering that some of the paperwork had a typo in the VIN All sorted now, but was less straightforward than we'd anticipated.
Of course we had to take it out for a decent drive on the weekend. It's been raining for what feels like weeks, and lots of local trails have a bunch of clay in them so get pretty dicey in the wet. So we made the trip out west to a spot we've bene talking about getting to for ages - Dunns Swamp out near Kandos and Rylstone.
Stunning drive in, through all of the sandstone pagodas.
The wetlands themselves. Really pretty spot, and a well laid out site with campsites spread out so everyone's not on top of each other. We're definitely keen to get back with some tents and stay a few nights.
And the new rig looking right at home! Ironically the trail in was in great condition and we could have driven the mini in there - so hardly a proper offroad test for a 4WD! Ute drives great, I think a bit better than I remember my brother's Hilux being in terms of ride quality. But certainly not as comfy as the Santa Fe is for a full day.
And the carpark test at the local train station, where my wife commutes to work from. Yeh there isn't a lot of freeboard there! And it actually got tighter on higher levels.
All sorted now, but was less straightforward than we'd anticipated. Of course we had to take it out for a decent drive on the weekend. It's been raining for what feels like weeks, and lots of local trails have a bunch of clay in them so get pretty dicey in the wet. So we made the trip out west to a spot we've bene talking about getting to for ages - Dunns Swamp out near Kandos and Rylstone.
Stunning drive in, through all of the sandstone pagodas.
The wetlands themselves. Really pretty spot, and a well laid out site with campsites spread out so everyone's not on top of each other. We're definitely keen to get back with some tents and stay a few nights.
And the new rig looking right at home! Ironically the trail in was in great condition and we could have driven the mini in there - so hardly a proper offroad test for a 4WD! Ute drives great, I think a bit better than I remember my brother's Hilux being in terms of ride quality. But certainly not as comfy as the Santa Fe is for a full day.
And the carpark test at the local train station, where my wife commutes to work from. Yeh there isn't a lot of freeboard there! And it actually got tighter on higher levels.
Thanks Mike!
The weekend just been was the Aussie Taildragger Kustom Invitational, held on the Central Coast (couple of hours north of Sydney). I put a bunch of pics here:
The show was great, so many amazing cars and super rare to see more than a few really high end customs at a show, so to see this many all together was really special. We headed up just for the Saturday show and shine, and after the humidity almost killed us we retreated to a local pub for lunch and some cold beverages
My personal fave was this custom FX/FJ Holden. An absolutely perfect example of what an Aussie custom actually looked like back in the 60s. Frenched headlights and tailights, custom grille, louvred bonnet, warm Holden 6 under the bonnet, HR Premier seats, Maxrob steering wheel, Speco floor shift. Just a perfect authentic Aussie style build. While I'm keeping my mini's body stock (original paint and all that), this is very much the kind of car that has inspired my build.
And since we're talking old Holdens, here's a couple of others. Slammed EK sedan.
And a really special wagon. This started life as a humble 4 door. The nomad roof with indented ribs, 2 door conversion, customline trim etc are all custom. A lot of work creating something that's actually quite subtle.
The weekend just been was the Aussie Taildragger Kustom Invitational, held on the Central Coast (couple of hours north of Sydney). I put a bunch of pics here:
The show was great, so many amazing cars and super rare to see more than a few really high end customs at a show, so to see this many all together was really special. We headed up just for the Saturday show and shine, and after the humidity almost killed us we retreated to a local pub for lunch and some cold beverages
My personal fave was this custom FX/FJ Holden. An absolutely perfect example of what an Aussie custom actually looked like back in the 60s. Frenched headlights and tailights, custom grille, louvred bonnet, warm Holden 6 under the bonnet, HR Premier seats, Maxrob steering wheel, Speco floor shift. Just a perfect authentic Aussie style build. While I'm keeping my mini's body stock (original paint and all that), this is very much the kind of car that has inspired my build.
And since we're talking old Holdens, here's a couple of others. Slammed EK sedan.
And a really special wagon. This started life as a humble 4 door. The nomad roof with indented ribs, 2 door conversion, customline trim etc are all custom. A lot of work creating something that's actually quite subtle.
It's been a while since an update.
Easter saw a trip down to Bright in Victoria to visit my folks. One day we did a day trip to the high country, from Mount Hotham and then across to Dargo. After near 30 degrees at home it was down to a chilly 6. Good weekend, but a lot of driving and we were glad to get home.
Anzac long weekend we stayed closer to home, with a trip down to the south coast for the day - absolutely perfect weather. Took some time to watch some people throw themselves off the cliff with only some ropes and nylon to prevent them tumbling to their deaths
And then Sunday was a cruise from Bathurst to nearby Portland, raising funds for Can Assist. Some great cars, but definitely down on numbers compared to previous years.
This pro street Desoto was a Street Machine feature car back in 2002 or so. Check out the size of that rear rubber! Still rolling on the period early billets, and still looking amazing.
Some nice shades of green.
The organiser owns these beautiful bomb style lowriders. Relatively rare in Australia, but slowly growing in popularity.
Hot hatch parking. Yaris is still going great, though we try not to take it out on double demerit weekends.
GT Falcon with brown 'blackouts'. This is an original Bathurst sold car, and has only been put back on the road after being parked up for a number of years. Still includes the dealer sticker on the back window.
Easter saw a trip down to Bright in Victoria to visit my folks. One day we did a day trip to the high country, from Mount Hotham and then across to Dargo. After near 30 degrees at home it was down to a chilly 6. Good weekend, but a lot of driving and we were glad to get home.
Anzac long weekend we stayed closer to home, with a trip down to the south coast for the day - absolutely perfect weather. Took some time to watch some people throw themselves off the cliff with only some ropes and nylon to prevent them tumbling to their deaths
And then Sunday was a cruise from Bathurst to nearby Portland, raising funds for Can Assist. Some great cars, but definitely down on numbers compared to previous years.
This pro street Desoto was a Street Machine feature car back in 2002 or so. Check out the size of that rear rubber! Still rolling on the period early billets, and still looking amazing.
Some nice shades of green.
The organiser owns these beautiful bomb style lowriders. Relatively rare in Australia, but slowly growing in popularity.
Hot hatch parking. Yaris is still going great, though we try not to take it out on double demerit weekends.
GT Falcon with brown 'blackouts'. This is an original Bathurst sold car, and has only been put back on the road after being parked up for a number of years. Still includes the dealer sticker on the back window.
kitdoctor
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@hewey we did a trip to Darwin recently.
In three days we packed 57 tea chest size boxes and 9 book boxes for a first uplift. I did not leave the house, so did not get to see how it's changed in two years lol
I don't think that's Jewel Green which is the factory metallic colour but it's still very nice. An XY GT is the one muscle car I've always pined after but I missed the boat back in the early 2000s.
I had the same GT in a sedan just when I was finishing university. I had one but couldn't afford to run it
Geoff289
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.... and I had one but sold it, a long time before the early 2000's. I guess I was in the boat but drove it onto the rocks.
kitdoctor
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How about a photo over on your thread and the specs? Unless it's distressing reminiscing on the decision to sell.
I wanted one so bad as a teenager and when I first starting working in Alice Springs after selling and leaving my XB GT in QLD.
jon72vega
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Thanks for sharing the car show pictures!
That DeSoto is just awesome!
That DeSoto is just awesome!
Geoff289
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I'll see what I can do.
kitdoctor
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@hewey similar to the HQ wagon 202 six banger, column auto I took to Alice Springs. It was stolen from the work car park which was across the road from the police station.The closest I ever got to an XY GT (or any muscle car) was a 6 cylinder XY wagon with dodgey paint and cracked dash
So, stolen by an indigenous 13 year old youth, then dumped, then stolen by a firm hauling a demountable school out to Harts Range (200 km north-east of Alice Springs) who dumped it again after I got wind of what they did and put some pressure on them. Then, it was reported as found by some miracle, yeah right, located on the Stuart Highway by a bloke taking a leak.
So, I took some tools, a spare tire, fuel and a battery and hitch hiked up the highway, found it, got it running and drove it to Alice Springs. Full of dust, windscreen bearing a shatter pattern where the kid's head it after hitting a tree stump, every panel caved in and the front wheels flopped either to the left or right.
Geoff289
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I think that's how Holdens came out of the factory.
This weekend's working bee was relocating an old Jeep. It's a Jeep Gladiator from the early 70s running a 302 Windsor. When I say running, its not running at all and needs a fair bit of love and some rust work. A mate tried selling it and got sick of dealing with idiots, so was just happy to see it go to a good home. My brother was more than happy to put his hand up for it. His wife wasn't so sure, but accepted it. To be fair I turned it down for the same reservations
Friday night was loading it up on the trailer. First challenge was getting it lined up to pull out of the driveway. At around 2 tonnes and needing to move about 5 metres sideways. Cue some trolley jacks and brute force we managed to get it across. No we didn't have go jacks or anything of that nature.
Loading onto the trailer was the next challenge, again noting the weight and not running, and the trailer not having a winch. We managed to pull it on using a separate vehicle, with a 4th vehicle providing headlights in an otherwise pitch black carpark.
And unloaded at my brother's place, where gravity helped us unload it with ease. It will be moved undercover when he frees up a little space, and wait its turn for some love along with a line of other projects.
To be fair I turned it down for the same reservations Friday night was loading it up on the trailer. First challenge was getting it lined up to pull out of the driveway. At around 2 tonnes and needing to move about 5 metres sideways. Cue some trolley jacks and brute force we managed to get it across. No we didn't have go jacks or anything of that nature.
Loading onto the trailer was the next challenge, again noting the weight and not running, and the trailer not having a winch. We managed to pull it on using a separate vehicle, with a 4th vehicle providing headlights in an otherwise pitch black carpark.
And unloaded at my brother's place, where gravity helped us unload it with ease. It will be moved undercover when he frees up a little space, and wait its turn for some love along with a line of other projects.
Lyndon
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.. Snip
And RH drive. That's an interesting looking old bit of kit. Should come up well.
Lyndon
Geoff289
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I'm not 100% sure but I think in the '70's those things were assembled in RHD form from knock down kits by Australian Motor Industries (AMI) better known for doing the same with Ramblers. It would have had a Rambler straight six or V8 originally, most likely the former. They were a slug but the 8 was a good thing, packing either 360 or 401 cubes and the same donk that was in Javelins. If it was the 6 originally, then obviously putting a Ford in it was a good idea.
Ralf99
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Pretty sure they were indeed assembled from AMC kits by AMI in Port Melbourne, in a factory that later formed part of the Toyota plant from the end of the 70s.
I used to own a 1970 Rambler Rebel wagon with the 360 V8 that was built in RHD form in this plant - it was pretty awful but I really miss that car!
I used to own a 1970 Rambler Rebel wagon with the 360 V8 that was built in RHD form in this plant - it was pretty awful but I really miss that car!