G'day all, I've just joined HAMB & figure I'd better get started. I'm in Melbourne Australia (must say it's good to see a few other Aussies here also) & am about 3/4 through building a 5w '36 Ford Coupe. I got started in rodding back in the late '60's with a '34 Coupe then dropped out until '99 when I bought a '32 Roadster to use as daily transport. After 3 years of getting either sunburnt or soaking wet chickened out & bought a very tired '36 Coupe, thinking I'd have it on the road in 12 months. Ha!!! What a joke. Anyway, it's getting close at long last. This is the first time I've joined anything like HAMB & I'm looking forward to getting in touch with you all. Cheers, Peter.
Welcome, coupes are for chickens. Seriously your current project sounds cool as well, post some pics if you can.
Welcome, Its good to have another aussie. there are alot of you here. I'm three generations removed my self.... cool ride have to see some Pics
Thanks Joey, I'll post some pics if I can get my darn scanner to work. Some details in the meantime , I'm running an 8BA flattie with a 3-speed trans ('36 housing, '41 ge****t, '48 Freighter mainshaft for open drive) all going to a '70 Ford rear axle with 3.23 gears. Ventilated discs on beam axle with drums at the back. Having trouble fitting headers around '39 steering box & will probably have to make 'em from scratch. Stromberg WW 2- bbl carb on an 8BA Mercury manifold (4 studs). 15" steelies with Moon Discs & whitewalls. Body is about to be painted & will be light yellow / primrose. No chop & I've retained the soft patch in the roof. Can hardly wait to go cruisin.
Welcome from another newbie. I've been here less than a week,and you can see my introduction as "Introduction" by Arthur. There are a couple of photos of some of my cars there,and I'd like to see some photos of your 36. The solution to your exhaust problem is to find a flathead "big Ford" truck,1.5 ton or larger,and pull the cast iron exhaust manifolds off that. You will then have flathead cast iron dual exhaust manifolds. This was the old-timey "poor boy" way to put duals on flathead powered rods. Besides being a LOT cheaper than headers,you never have to worry about them blowing out gaskets. They are getting kind of hard to find here in the US because most of those big farm and business trucks either lost their original engines long ago,or they have gone off to the crusher. The good news is that rural Australia should be lousy with them. Good luck,and don't forget to send us some photos!
Welcome ( better late than never ). lots of melbourne guys slipped in here unoticed it seems! Welcome from me though, wanna see pics of your coupe! Cheers Maiki
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