Motu puts his hand on the girl in the bikini

[scumdog]

wow.... glad he got it sorted.
my boss in the eighties had a car collection...
everything from about 5 model T's to a phase 3 GTHO only run on race days.
'57 continental, old chevs.. you name it!
luckily i was able to drive them all
pretty stoked as a teenager, as i always had an interest in old cars!
even restored myself a 59 zephyr ute about 6 years ago!

that crestline looks beautiful!

Had a big-block powered '63 Galaxie convertible that had spent some of its life at Raumati Beach, probably in the '70s. Grouse car!!

[Motu]

These 2 in today...had some Everly Bro shit playing on the radio.

[scumdog]

These 2 in today...had some Everly Bro shit playing on the radio.

Motu, what a coincidence, just towed Mrs S.Ds '62 Fairlane from the paint shop to the uphosterers today, it's jet black and FLASH! the chrome just arrived from Texas a couple of days ago and we're on a roll!!!

[Blakamin]

Motu, what a coincidence, just towed Mrs S.Ds '62 Fairlane from the paint shop to the uphosterers today, it's jet black and FLASH! the chrome just arrived from Texas a couple of days ago and we're on a roll!!!

You guys are just cruel.....
my dog in aus is called ford.. i have a mustang gt350 model i got for my 32nd b'day over a year ago that i cant finish due to not being able to decide on wheels... my will states i'm getting cremated and am to be put in a mustang ashtray... i've had a ZD fairlane, 2 XB coupes and a 73 aussie LTD (its still sitting in aus lookin crap) not to mention zf-zg's, xa-xd's, panelvans, sedans, wagons etc. all V8s

AND YOU GUYS TEASE ME WITH REAL CARS!!!

[Blakamin]

These 2 in today...had some Everly Bro shit playing on the radio.

*drooooool*

Very Nice! :cool2:

[Gasman]

How did you learn to drive? this is a 1959 ''Morrie Thou'' it's had a repaint but other wise is a genuine 57,000miles original,best 'Morrie' I've ever driven - even when new! The tyres measure 90mm across the tread with drum brakes about 7in dia,no more.

My brother and I both had 54 Minors,he wrote his off pretty quick and when I got mine we were riding bikes... the car was used as a parts chaser and Queen St on friday nights.2nd gear up the Harbour Bridge,then we used to take it on all the steep hills - a quick double clutch into 1st to get up Kitchener St,miss it and you had to back down again,no way could you start off on a hill like that.Before the motorways were put in you could go from New North Rd to Great North Rd...King St was the steepest,a mad full throttle blast down the hill then down through the gears to 1st and crawl up to Gt Nth Rd.My brother came home one day and said the diff had just ''blown up''......yeah,right....

I learnt to drive in this car,but never got my licence while I had it - one day I had to pull it out of a blackberry bush on a gravel road,the locals wanted to call the cops,but I wasn't too keen on that and hauled it out by myself while they watched.

I learn't to drive in a 58 Morrie, but Dad had a Holden Special, which was much more fun. Man, those things are light in the arse!
I had to go up/down King Street every day to work. One day I broke the clutch cable in my beloved Vauxhall (first car), half way up the hill, with a very slow truck in front. Thank God I was in second. Had to crash the gears all the way to work....had never learn't how to do that! I lived in Bond Street in those days, so used to watch the nutters going down King St. Quite often they'd only go down! One day I saw a guy having to reverse up the other side. By the time he got to Niger St (which in those days joined King St properly) the thing was stuffed...steam pouring out. I think it was a Vauxhall 12 (no, I'm not that bloody old, the car was already old by then!)

Anyway, happy times. I went down King one day later on a Honda CB100, full bore 2 up. Man, that was a big bump at the bottom! We made it up OK though. Probably rooted the suspension.

[Motu]

Motu, what a coincidence, just towed Mrs S.Ds '62 Fairlane from the paint shop to the uphosterers today, it's jet black and FLASH! the chrome just arrived from Texas a couple of days ago and we're on a roll!!!

That one's a 63,we used to work on it for the old guy who had it from new,of course I didn't find out it was for sale until it was sold - prick! All they did was a repaint and new wheels....it's a real sweety to drive,that 260 is just a gem.The 58s a 2 door,M T rocker covers and factory cast iron headers - I should of got a photo up on the hoist,showing the gloss chassis paint and stuff.A few more coming in soon,but those silly old things with radius rods,I'll show you soon.

[scumdog]

Ah yes! raduis rod type cars, I;ve recently bought a '37 coupe with 350 and Muncie (they do not go with the car - ex owner keeps them) and I have '69 460 Ford with tunnel-ram and 4-speed top-loader to fit to it, from what I can see and been told it is going to be a bit of a 'squees'!!

[Blakamin]

Ah yes! raduis rod type cars, I;ve recently bought a '37 coupe with 350 and Muncie (they do not go with the car - ex owner keeps them) and I have '69 460 Ford with tunnel-ram and 4-speed top-loader to fit to it, from what I can see and been told it is going to be a bit of a 'squees'!!

Surely the bay is near big enuff??? and a toploader is a tad smaller than the "rockcrusher" anyway aint it?




alright, i'll go away now

[Motu]

I've still got the Marquis here,that's got the 460 - but hell,it only just fits in the full sized body,you might need a bit of massage to get it in.Just got the lower ball joints back from rebuilding and fitted new shocks - from a 76 Firebird,they say all the yank tanks take the same front shock,but when I was wanting some for the 64 De Ville a few months ago I couldn't find any at all,even with a sample.

Hey Gasman - good to see someone remembers what Auckland was like before it was all cut up....I remember riding a bike across when the motorways were under construction,got stuck in the wet clay,I felt all of Auckland could see me down there.My father lived in Newton Gully in the 40s,coming home from work one day he raced a fire engine to see where it was going...and found it was their house on fire,they were left with the clothes they stood in.

[scumdog]

Surely the bay is near big enuff??? and a toploader is a tad smaller than the "rockcrusher" anyway aint it?




alright, i'll go away now

Nah, sump is at the wrong end (depth-wise) and the whole engine is a shit-load bigger than a small-block Chev, also the top-loader is a cast iron jobbie from a big-block '68 Mustang (close-ratio and big-input) and is heavier/longer than Muncie.

[Blakamin]

Nah, sump is at the wrong end (depth-wise) and the whole engine is a shit-load bigger than a small-block Chev, also the top-loader is a cast iron jobbie from a big-block '68 Mustang (close-ratio and big-input) and is heavier/longer than Muncie.

oh bugger....

i used to be a regular customer at castlemaine rod shop... (when I lived 50k's down the road) he was the man i spoke to when i put 460 in XB coupe... off the shelf bits for him.
so its an old muncie (not the "rock-crusher" variety)...
maybe you'd be best off going a windage tray and a aussie falcon front end...
been years since i did my coupe, but it wasnt a rare piece like yours..
CRS would have the gear tho... that guy is amazing (Rod Hadfield)

[Motu]

Guess you must be sick of seeing 36 Ford dashes from me,they are thick on the ground.Nice Coupe though eh? got of photo somewhere of my son standing on the running board taken a few years ago.A 40 ford pick up came in last week too,but I musta forgotten to shoot it - kinda rare as we were in the war in 39,so very 1940 cars were sold,this one was restored 25 years ago,then the owner died,it only just came out last year.Oh,just found the foto.

Radius rods? ,on motorcycles? - they were often used to extend the main legs of Harley springer forks - good steel with the right taper for the job.A guy in Auckland used to do that in the 70s,seen him make some forks with just plain radius rods,a ridged front end....I think I mighta told this one before(getting old eh) He was a rodder from way back,and one day he was bullshitting with mates...''hey,wouldn't it be cool to put a V8 in a Fordson''....'nah,no way,can't be done man''....'bet I could do it'...''yer on!''....So he got a flathead V8 driveline,cut out the torque tube and bolted the diff onto the gearbox...next he shortened and bent the radius rods to the front engine mount - to this he bolted a trailer tow coupling....he welded in a crossmember,with a tow ball attached,then bolted the rear spring in.Those who know a Ford driveline should still be with me here,the engine sat in the tray of the pick up,rods,cables and hoses everywhere - 6 straight copper pipes came out the back...flat black before it was cool,way before.A mate of mine ended up with it,I wanted to buy it off him for $150,but I was only 16 and my Mum said no....

[jrandom]

Guess you must be sick of seeing 36 Ford dashes from me

My cousin, who lives, oooh, about a block away from your shop (Stoddard Road, wasn't it?) has a nice blue '37 (IIRC) Chevy coupe.

I should tell him to bring it round your way sometime.

[scumdog]

Great yarn Motu, I had a drive of a CA Bedford van fitted with 272 Cusromline motor and driveline mid-mounted could wheelstand. Crashed it into a power-poles whenI had 5 people inside it (low speed but last time I drove ANYTHING that had non-functional brakes)

Need a GOOD '37 Ford grille if anybody can help?