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Met Gene when he was guest of honor at the Sydney(Australia) Hot Rod Show in 2017 and I won his Personal Choice Award for the Hudson. What an...
So got around doiung a test today. Set the meter on voltage and the car running and charging at 14V. Then turned on the lights and no change to...
Will do the load test at the battery with parkers/headlights on first.
I don't drive a lot at night so this issue was just noticed lately but may have been there forever. When driving the Hudsoncharges correctly at...
I attended 6 years ago when I shipped my custom 48 Hudson 2 door over from Australia and did a USA road trip from Oakland(where the car into) down...
I posted recently about Chip Foose buying an original 32 Ford Tudor and his plans to clean it up and getting it to run properly. This is almost a...
This is my 32 roadster. Built about 12 years ago here in Australia and got a freshen up last year to get it riding better. Tossed the transverse...
I posted this elsewhere on the HAMB but it also belongs here....
Chip scores a great original 32 Tudor and just intends to wash it,get it running and roadworthy. [MEDIA]
Maybe he is rich but from hard work going back decades when he worked with his father and learnt a lot restoring cars with him and being savvy in...
Mark I hadn't noticed the mirrors but they are ugly. Some nice chrome round ones would look nice.
I think Wayne is a genuine guy and that is why his show was so successful. No bullshit stuff with all the drama on so many other shows.
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Wayne has always been a hot rodder and has a few 32's including a roadster and a Moal built coupe. Here is a clip where Wayne gets a Mercury he...
“Well, we had a nice episode this morning at 70’s mph  the rod that holds the spring off the hood they come from the manufacturer, broke off,...
Nice 36 Aussie car lives not far from me.
Was at my friends place last night and he has been building a 32 Hiboy over the past 3 years and now close to completion. He is assembling the...
We were lucky enough to stop there in 1995 and spend some time with Lucille before she passed away. She was the loveliest and friendly lady.
Well he might be talking about the roof as he is working on the roof chop now.
Hupmobile
The stepdown Hudson. Of course unibody to allow the floor to be lowered into the body structure but still keep the inside space comfortable for...
They are 56 Lincoln Premiere. That car was completed in 2012 and now I see those wheelcovers everywhere on hot rods. Not soo much in Australia as...
In a FB post later in the morning Greg Thomsen gave a little history. The 3 cars in these pictures(repeated from above) are Greg's Tudor(one of...
One of our favourite Suday morning runs is to Randy and Herbie Bayers shop. Randy is a long time member of the club Rods Inc and has his 36 Ford...
I did a recent update on my roadster and went from rear buggy spring to coil overs. They used Vikings with compression and rebound adjustment. Wow...
Here are a couple of links to YouTube coverage of the show. Also watch CustomMikes on YouTube for several good walk arounds of the different...
Also watch CustomMikes on YouTube for several good walk arounds of the different buildings. https://www.youtube.com/@Custommikes And Mike...
My son has a Sandwich Bar business and recently opend a new store north of Brisbane and put on a car meet for exposure to his shop. We have been...
No pitting or rust just dull looking chrome in some places. Yes $1400 Australian for that job. Chrome platers here, because of small numbers and...
The front bumper bar on the Hudson was chromed about 18 years ago and has lost some of its shine. I enquired with a local chrome plater to do a...
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