45 years of Custom Auto Chassis Eng.

coupe36 · Post by **coupe36** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:39 pm

Oldcol wrote:Hiya '36 Coupe, do you mean this one...?...

....yes...

Yep!....that's the one , oh man that car is just sooooo beautiful. Where did it go?
I did love Eames's Willys coupe when that was finished too

Gojeep · Post by **Gojeep** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:10 pm

Great to see all your work Col. Have always looked up your driveway when out for a Sunday walk. Always good to see what goes through your place.

monte · Post by **monte** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:21 pm

Congratulations col and kris ,some lovely cars there , hope there is a lot more ,also thanks for all the help with the front end advice and other stuff ,regards ,monte.b

NOI53Y · Post by **NOI53Y** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:51 pm

Damn you have built some cars. Congratulations on all your efforts. Thanks for posting the pics.

Oldcol · Post by **Oldcol** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:14 pm

coupe36 wrote:
Oldcol wrote:Hiya '36 Coupe, do you mean this one...?...

....yes...

Yep!....that's the one , oh man that car is just sooooo beautiful. Where did it go?
I did love Eames's Willys coupe when that was finished too

Hiya Kim, it's still in the general area, one of my long time friends put his hand up for it as soon as I mentioned I was thinking of selling it....but he doesn't use it a lot, though it was at Port Fairy the other week. I guess you were meaning Eames's green '41 coupe, not the orange '40?...got some pics of it under construction but they're a bit daggy from being on the workshop wall....I'll put 'em on over the weekend for you...

Oldcol · Post by **Oldcol** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:20 pm

monte wrote:Congratulations col and kris ,some lovely cars there , hope there is a lot more ,also thanks for all the help with the front end advice and other stuff ,regards ,monte.b

No sweat Monte...my pleasure.... hope you enjoy your......

....380 kilo's of Clevo.....

....and hope nothing got busted off in transit, cheers, Col.

compact · Post by **compact** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:28 pm

ahhhh so thgeer ya go..the cats out the bag....he couldnt bear to go other than a ford...good fella monte

I knew you were justhavin a bad day

i keep coming back here col...keep em coming

Oldcol · Post by **Oldcol** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:33 pm

Gojeep wrote:Great to see all your work Col. Have always looked up your driveway when out for a Sunday walk. Always good to see what goes through your place.

Come and say Hello...I'll leave this in the drive.....

JohnL · Post by **JohnL** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:02 am

Congratulations Col - please keep posting. What an impressive display of all the technical skills and the quality hot-rodder's sense of style. Best of all you're a mine of information and a continual help to folks on this forum. No wonder you're still got a good business after 35 years!

John

rowie · Post by **rowie** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:02 am

You're making my brain turn all funny Col, with all these awesome pictures and stories!

Congrats on such an awesome achievement to you and Kris.

Totally inspirational.

'26bits · Post by **'26bits** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:53 am

Hey Col, that '46 Merc coupe wasn't this one was it?

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Ian.

Oldcol · Post by **Oldcol** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:36 am

No Ian, that one looks like it's had too many trips down the boat ramp.....

..... The green/mint? one came in from Canada via. Select Auto's here in Vic.....it had a few rusty bits on it , needed sills and lower pillars.....and someone had brazed the back fenders on and filled all the deck lid holes with brazed in big nuts....caused a few headaches.....

, but was still a pretty nice old unrestored car.....lot of hassle tracking down all the stainless and die cast stuff for Merc's though..... this job came about while I was in the middle of doing another Merc Coupe....guy came in to ask about having something in the A-'34 range done.....saw the other Merc and got a bit excited about having one for himself, so I sent him over to have an optic at this one...he bought it , we gave it the big fix, and now it's used as his daily driver.....has a Flatty with C10, Jag front, Cusso rear and springs, leather trim, tilt column,etc. Built it to run as a straight gas car, but it was so dismally underpowered we went back to petrol, much better....

'26bits · Post by **'26bits** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:08 am

Interesting trying a flattie on gas

That one I posted was found somewhere in Sydney in the early to mid 70s. The bloke who had it was buying and selling old Fords on spec/wheeler dealer. Wouldn't have a clue what happened to it but yeah, it sure was rusty and probably fell in a heap.
Rare body style in this country.
When did you ever find time to eat and sleep?

Ian.

Carps · Post by **Carps** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:08 pm

Oldcol wrote:......trained observers would recognise this car from it's permanent lack of glass.....and altitude....

Looks vaguely familliar as does the driveway, but how did you come by that pic? The fellow who did my chassis was a young guy with lots of hair.

That big yeller pommy barge did do good smokers.

Oldcol · Post by **Oldcol** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:42 pm

Howdy Mr PITA....that old Roller was good for sumthin' wasn't it.....

. Didn't that pic show the '33 in Hooper's drive?...or was it Anne's folks place?.....now that y'all is here, I was trying to scan those neat B/W 's you shot of Kris's Willys with the blower on, but they won't come out....or maybe it's just us....

.....can you do it and stick 'em on here somewhere?, thanks ,Col