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tail lights came from eBay, they were pretty cheap and have glass lenses not plastic
cheers barnsey
bee hive | eBay

Chris 32closedcab with Andrew 32Coupe

Both cars look great Barnsey!!!! Now, as for the dudes standing beside their respective rides with the adult beverages, well...............

Originally Posted by lamin8r

..Cycle fenders on the rear of a coupe/roadster,look all wrong,,as I know a lot of Aussie's feel the same..but its a legal issue in Australia,so they are stuck with it..

Have the same legal issue here in parts of Canada.
A friend recently had to flat deck his rod home, because the cops cited him for no fenders. Some cops will let it pass, others will not. Must depend on whether they are "into" cars or not..

Originally Posted by barnsey

tail lights came from eBay, they were pretty cheap and have glass lenses not plastic
cheers barnsey
bee hive | eBay

I'd be 99% sure that that's what they are. (Morris Minor Traveller.)
So, if you're unfortunate enough to break/lose one, you'll know what/where to look for a replacement.

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A few of the other guys who came over for the weekend, had em all parked out the front of home on sat morning but i forgot to get my camera out for a group shot so took these out at the cave park where they stayed while they were here.

Terry and Tanya's Aust bodied 34 coupe



big block chev in a chev



Terry and Tanyas T Tudor


Gordons 34

steves bucket

Eltons 39

forgot this guys name


Dodge

Andrews coupe

Great thread coming along , specially with pics of the road crew using up the asphalt .

Thanks for the pics! Looks like you guys were set for a good day of roddin'!

A Humber 80?
That's an unusual choice for a rod.

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lol its a Hillman wagon and they are getting rarer over here now, it belongs to the guy who built my engine, well it belongs to his wife, Steves rod was off the road for a freshen up so they bought his wifes Hillman, it has a supercharged starfire engine in it, pretty much the same engine as mine with the front two cylinders cut off, all parts from my engine are interchangeable with there starfire 4
barnsey

Originally Posted by barnsey

lol its a Hillman wagon and they are getting rarer over here now, it belongs to the guy who built my engine, well it belongs to his wife, Steves rod was off the road for a freshen up so they bought his wifes Hillman, it has a supercharged starfire engine in it, pretty much the same engine as mine with the front two cylinders cut off, all parts from my engine are interchangeable with there starfire 4
barnsey

Cool cars! Would make a dandy rod!

Yup,those Hillmans have all but disappeared over here,now..Have had a few myself,in the early days as a teenager..They took a good thrashing..

Yep: I had one too...the second car I ever owned.
The first was a '34 Ford tudor, which I traded in on the Hillman.
Thought I was moving up in the world.
How dumb was that?

But the Hillman had a bench front seat and a column change...far more comfortable for "hand to hand combat"!

Sigh.

Don't miss the Hillman; but I wish I still had that '34!

On the plus side though; I've still got the girl...forty-five years on the 24th June just gone.

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Congrats on keepin the girl !

Had today off so i thought i would have a look at making a belt tensioner , well after farting around all day i came up with this.
it uses all three bolts down the left side of the timing case and also mounts off the engine block and engine mount, it has crush tubes where the two alen key adjusting bolts are and i welded the nuts to the back side of it, i have boxed it all in as well, it just slides back and forward to tension the belt and the alen key bolts lock it in place, seems to work ok and looks a bit better than the last idea i had for this when i had it hanging under the snout, its mounted a lot stronger and doesn't have any movement in the bracket like the last one i was making, just need to make a support bracket from the underside of the snout down to the block to support the snout and its done,
barnsey.