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#601 _Ozzie Picker_

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 08:48 AM

Here is the other car that came with the van for the vans reconstruction.Done heaps of hours on the van,but zillions to go,more fun than fishing.Got the ute up and running again,runs smooth as a swiss watch.

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#602 wot179

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Posted 23 July 2012 - 11:07 AM

Ya cant beat the mighty 161!

I reckon it would run smoother than a swiss watch.

It would be great to see some progress pics of the van,mate

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#603 _Ozzie Picker_

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Posted 29 July 2012 - 07:44 PM

This is where i,m at with the van,found bog in quarter,bit of a dint to knock out.

Prolley looks like not much done,but the yellow came off,then green back to grey and the red lead lastley,$4O paint stripper and a few cutting discs,the front Y frames were very rusty,the van shell is perty good,floor pans in front,and the rest in the chassis rail behind passange wheel.

Need to make a new rotisserie,alot smaller than the last one.
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#604 _Romper_

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Posted 30 July 2012 - 02:22 PM

Saw this peice of pooh on the side of road for sale today,when did you last see one of these for sale, out the front near the road.

Where about's was this XY Replica mate ?

Have a mate who's a Ford nut i was telling about it and his sort of interested but wanted to know where in Australia it was..

Also how long ago was the picture's takin of it ?

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#605 _sunburst73-xu1_

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Posted 30 July 2012 - 07:09 PM

This is where i,m at with the van,found bog in quarter,bit of a dint to knock out.

Prolley looks like not much done,but the yellow came off,then green back to grey and the red lead lastley,$4O paint stripper and a few cutting discs,the front Y frames were very rusty,the van shell is perty good,floor pans in front,and the rest in the chassis rail behind passange wheel.

Need to make a new rotisserie,alot smaller than the last one.

Looks good Craig
Another mission begins

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#606 _Ozzie Picker_

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Posted 31 July 2012 - 07:42 PM

Hi romper,

the coon pictures were taken very close to the day i posted the pics,30th june 2012.

The car is in Tamworth N.S.W

Hi Dane,

Another enjoyable project,weeee.

Some may think i,m nuts doing this project,when Monaro,s lay around,but i,ve done to many of them, and I,m happy with the ones i have..I have a friend with a HD van,which to me is stunning,so i want one to.Have no spare money to buy one,so its being completely done by me,back yard style,hehehe.Also i,m enjoying the shaping of the different body lines ,no orbital tools shaping this old girl.

Scroll down the page and there is a picture of Ians HD van , with his son Craig driving.
http://streetmachine...e/feature_cars/

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#607 Stinga

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Posted 31 July 2012 - 08:53 PM

HD's rock, let me know if you come across a wagon. i need a wagon and van to complete my set

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#608 _Ozzie Picker_

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Posted 04 August 2012 - 07:12 PM

HD's rock, let me know if you come across a wagon. i need a wagon and van to complete my set

HD vans are wicked,

Had a strange day today,went to buy a HD Prem at a sale,arrived to find a rusty peice of shit.So i thought the bucket seats would go good in the van,and console.Me thinks go $ 300 for the heap,first bid $500 plus gst.Frock it was a flintstone special and had been under water many times,only thing was it is a manual prem,which were rare,this was unrestorable,even the interior light on roof was rusted out.Anyways found a VW in the long grass so brought that home,not sure if its worth having?First forein car i,ve ever bought home.I,m sure ive seen hot roders turn these into split window.This shell has hardly any rust,probably case there is nothing left,hehehehe.
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#609 wot179

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Posted 04 August 2012 - 07:41 PM

The Volkswagon guys will go nuts for that,especially with that paintjob.

What did the HD Prem finish at?

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#610 _Ozzie Picker_

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Posted 04 August 2012 - 07:48 PM

$550,he could of had it cheaper,cause the most i would have gone, would be $400, being excited with the auction thing.There was alot of people looking at it,but if you look at floor near the tunnel,your looking at the ground,look beside the carpet.Under the carpet was nothing,the Y frame at front was rooted where it attached to body.The VW is imack compaired :-))

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#611 Neils LX

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Posted 05 August 2012 - 12:12 PM

Shame the HD was no good looked okish in pics. Glad you saved the VW, theres still 17 year old girls out there who are madly in love with them. That VW stickers cool.

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#612 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 05 August 2012 - 03:48 PM

I would very very happily give that VW somewhere to live.....

Cheers.

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#613 _Ozzie Picker_

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Posted 11 August 2012 - 08:31 AM

Hi guys,

i don,t mind the look of the small oval window on these old V Dubs,my new garden ornament ATM.

Went and looked at this Pontiac Sloper ,and 4 door jobby last weekend,he wants way to much for them:-(

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#614 sagman

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Posted 11 August 2012 - 10:57 AM

those slopers are pretty cool cars , i had a '37 chev sloper many years back ........ thats a jag rear in the pontiac , what front end ?

Laz

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#615 _Hamster_

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Posted 11 August 2012 - 04:35 PM

You should make your own tv show.
"Australian pickers"

Love reading this thread top job

Thanks

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#616 _Ozzie Picker_

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Posted 16 August 2012 - 07:35 PM

Hi Laz,

I,ve taken to the slopers,Norm educated me to them in recent times.Yes a Jag rear end,but i didn,t see what type of front end he was going to use.

Hi Hamo,

It would be good to video my movements on the weekend up here,best i can do is share some pics,as i,m sure others have the same interests in cars as i do.

And a fella i knows sloper,i think it,s very cool.

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#617 2600s

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Posted 16 August 2012 - 08:10 PM

Now that's a real nice looking Sloper there mate....:-)

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#618 fenz

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Posted 16 August 2012 - 08:12 PM

Hey Craig was just reading up on a project HK prem that a guy is doing in Adelaide.
Pics looked a lot like your yard when he picked it up.(black hk 307)
Hes building a couple of rather nice cars actually lucky bugger.

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#619 _Ozzie Picker_

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Posted 17 August 2012 - 07:25 AM

Alot of my finds go south,that guy is building some nice prems,and that one was a pearler.Told him about it,2 weeks later he is on my doorstep with a car carrier,rust free cars are worth the traveling,a few days driving compaired to months of rust work.

I like that sloper also :-))

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#620 sagman

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Posted 18 August 2012 - 10:33 AM

Sold my Chev sloper to a guy from Silverdale , don't know if it's ever been finished .

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#621 yel327

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Posted 18 August 2012 - 04:31 PM

I got offered a '38 (I think it was '38) Sloper rod when I bought my '57 Chev back in the early 90's. It had a 307, TH400, HT front crossmember and usual such mods. It was a lovely car. He had to sell one of them and I chose the '57 - after all that is what I went there to look at! The sloper was either dark blue or purple. My mrs at the time loved it.

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#622 _2wild4u_

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Posted 19 August 2012 - 09:50 PM

that oval window vw is a classic, worth shitloads

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#623 _Ozzie Picker_

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Posted 28 August 2012 - 08:59 PM

that oval window vw is a classic, worth shitloads

I,m going to use it as a garden ornament for a while.

Went to visit a friend on the weekend,he is a master with steel, and glass hot rods.

I,ll show you around his place,slowly.

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