ok whos seen one of these before

[pilot Dave]

they look very similar these 2 but there is 10yrs difference top one 1937 bottom 1947 (although mine is 50 below)



and heres a conv 37

[Oldcol]

Yep, there is a guy near here , in Neerim who has one. First one I've ever seen and it's a neat looking car too. It was for sale in Unique Cars some time ago, thought about it but it was way over in SA and I got a bit lazy .....and the grille was trashed too and I figured there was about nil chance of finding one anywhere. Hasn't stopped Dennis though,he made up a pressing tool and has built the bars from sheetmetal as original...clever guy!

[pilot Dave]

Yep, there is a guy near here , in Neerim who has one. First one I've ever seen and it's a neat looking car too. It was for sale in Unique Cars some time ago, thought about it but it was way over in SA and I got a bit lazy .....and the grille was trashed too and I figured there was about nil chance of finding one anywhere. Hasn't stopped Dennis though,he made up a pressing tool and has built the bars from sheetmetal as original...clever guy!

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bit like the pilot grilles Col that self destruct without any help at all
and by the way i dont think lazy is in your vocabulary even more so now after trying to go thru that excellent thread you have going well done to you and Kris just goes to show if you are fair and do the sort of work you turn out you deserve all the accolades unlike a certain other "retired" business owner we know

[Oldcol]

Thanks Dave....and yes,there is an awful lot of that going on...especially now since hotrodding became a mainstream pursuit . Shifty blokes look at the dough being spent and see dollar signs, and generally the intention is to move in and make a big noise about how clever they are, ream a bunch of folks and then disappear....with the dough of course and often leaving a trail of destruction that sees the reamed out folks usually giving up and moving on....no more effin' hotrods for them. It always surprises me though, just how many folks will commit their build to someone who has never finished a car and can't show an example of their work to a prospective client...

[pilot Dave]

no thanks needed Col credit where its been earned not made up with bs by that certain lardhead
now back to your great thread for me

[pilot Dave]

here some more pics of Matford models someone put a pic of my pilot when i restored it dont know how he got pic in UK just shows how our pics get around on the net

http://dvole.free.fr/matford/album.htm

[pilot Dave]

back in 50.s early 60.s there were 3 pilot hotrods in west suburbs i knew of
they are rarer than 32fords as only 25k were made
bit of useless info for people that dont know

[rx4ord]

We had a lovely green Pilot for our daily mid 60s.
Stock as a rock but sure did sound good. Prior to that
was a 34 Chev roadster with a ute rear added on with canopy. Us kids rode in that with
no seats and no thoughts of danger.
Great fun.

Tassie Dave

[pilot Dave]

We had a lovely green Pilot for our daily mid 60s.
Stock as a rock but sure did sound good. Prior to that
was a 34 Chev roadster with a ute rear added on with canopy. Us kids rode in that with
no seats and no thoughts of danger.
Great fun.

Tassie Dave

makes you wonder Dave how we all survived before worksafe and whatever it is now

[pilot Dave]

heres a video of a 39 few lowlifes in pics tho