Hey! Here is my project.
It all started when I saw a photo in a shop, spoke to some people and went and had a look at the car in the photo. It turned out to be nothing like what I wanted and not good for any kind of restoration at all (maybe good for a top chop if you were building a FX Holden (Auzzie speak for old car).
After being a bit disappointed, my brother turns around and says "I know a guy who has a truck in his farm and wants it gone!" so a couple of minutes later he found himself on his friends farm showing me the car. What was there was a 39' (maybe, possibly) Bedford Truck. The body is in pretty good nick considering its been sitting there for 70 years (give or take a few) untouched and unloved. In Australia, we have much harsher conditions than LA It rains here a lot! and the next day it can be 25c and through summer its like 40c and where the car is sitting its been snowed on too... so for it to be in the shape its in is almost magic, and to be mine at the cost of a couple of bottles of bourbon for the tow truck driver is even sweeter!
The car is still in the paddock, I have a Morris Mini Panel Van to hide somewhere and a Ford Laser to sell to make some room for it. But when the truck lands in my carport, the plan is to salvage what I can and ditch the rest. Over here in Kangaroo Country we have bitch laws stopping us from registering anything fun. The Traffic Authoritys are like a missus. which means I am not aloud to register anything pre 1940. I have to do some road rule research before I get too excited, but for now the plan is to use a HQ Holden chassis or maybe a 70s F100 chassis to slide under it and register it as a re-bodied one of them
It will probably get some mat paint, v8 (351/308), manual, LPG and a small tray. Chop, channel and its still 50/50 on fenders staying or going.
Anyway, who cares right? heres the pics.
It all started when I saw a photo in a shop, spoke to some people and went and had a look at the car in the photo. It turned out to be nothing like what I wanted and not good for any kind of restoration at all (maybe good for a top chop if you were building a FX Holden (Auzzie speak for old car).
After being a bit disappointed, my brother turns around and says "I know a guy who has a truck in his farm and wants it gone!" so a couple of minutes later he found himself on his friends farm showing me the car. What was there was a 39' (maybe, possibly) Bedford Truck. The body is in pretty good nick considering its been sitting there for 70 years (give or take a few) untouched and unloved. In Australia, we have much harsher conditions than LA It rains here a lot! and the next day it can be 25c and through summer its like 40c and where the car is sitting its been snowed on too... so for it to be in the shape its in is almost magic, and to be mine at the cost of a couple of bottles of bourbon for the tow truck driver is even sweeter!
The car is still in the paddock, I have a Morris Mini Panel Van to hide somewhere and a Ford Laser to sell to make some room for it. But when the truck lands in my carport, the plan is to salvage what I can and ditch the rest. Over here in Kangaroo Country we have bitch laws stopping us from registering anything fun. The Traffic Authoritys are like a missus. which means I am not aloud to register anything pre 1940. I have to do some road rule research before I get too excited, but for now the plan is to use a HQ Holden chassis or maybe a 70s F100 chassis to slide under it and register it as a re-bodied one of them
It will probably get some mat paint, v8 (351/308), manual, LPG and a small tray. Chop, channel and its still 50/50 on fenders staying or going.
Anyway, who cares right? heres the pics.