Customs 1950 Australian Ford Ute

My name is Barney, I live in Florence , Oregon. I've been a member of the HAMB since 2008. Last Jan. I traded for a 1950 ford Ute from Australia & am trying to find any of its history. I have traced it back to Oct. 2009 , where it was purchased at Bernie Zieminski's collection auction in Medford , Oregon. It has a vin. - modification tag on the left side of the firewall from Queensland , Australia dated July 2000. When bought in 2009 it had a 351m ford engine & c6, it has been chopped, wheelwells restyled, tailgate filled, converted to left hand drive, Toyota front clip, 9" ford rear end, Hard tonneau w/ wing, etc. Does anyone from here or Australia remember this car or know the builder ? The body work is very well done. It now has a twin turbo SBC w/ twin turbos & fuel injection. Thanks , Barney

 

NOT Hamb material.....

Are you planning on 'de-street rodding' it?

 

Neat car, but loose the wing.

 

Already done . got rid of the Boyds wheels also.

 

Steve, I'm going to change a lot on it . What would you suggest ?

 

Can you post a photo of that blue 'Qld' modification tag, it may help.

 

Maybe you can decipher this, it is meaningless to me. Thanks,

 

Coolio Barn!

this is a tight little ride!

 

Nice Ute. Sure glad you ditched the wing.
It shouldn't be to hard to come up with some info.

 

It already looks a lot better.

 

Is it me, the angle or is the roof flat? Cool ride for sure

 

What Toyota front clip was used on this?

 

It is the photo , it has a slight radius.

 

No idea, since they have different models than we have here, I needed a idler arm & matched it up in Napa online parts catalog. That was 78 Toyota corona 6 cyl. 4 dr , rotors are 5 lug pickup. It is from a full size Toyota, not a subcompact like we're used to.

 

Mgtstumpy already found who built it & deciphered the modification tag !!!

 

Looks like hamb material to me. Just have to make it your own. Oh and change your name ratrod isnt taken fondly around here.