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04-25-2016, 06:30 AM | #1 |
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shed find 1934 Aussie Roadster Deluxe
Just thought i would put up a few pics of the 1934 Ford 6 wheeled equipt Roadster Deluxe that i scored and are getting road ready again,it was restored back in 1975 and then stored in a shed in 1980,has original 56k miles and has no patch panels.matching numbers car.
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04-25-2016, 06:49 AM | #2 |
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Re: shed find 1934 Aussie Roadster Deluxe
Wow - congrats! Looks very well preserved for sitting in a shed ....
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04-25-2016, 07:01 AM | #3 |
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Re: shed find 1934 Aussie Roadster Deluxe
i was very supprised to find no rust after sitting idle for 36 years.
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04-25-2016, 09:22 AM | #4 |
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Re: shed find 1934 Aussie Roadster Deluxe
Wow, that's one sweet ride!!! Wish I could score like that!!!
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04-25-2016, 09:45 AM | #5 |
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How lucky you are!!!!
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04-25-2016, 10:09 AM | #6 |
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04-25-2016, 10:53 AM | #7 |
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That's a great find, good luck with it.
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04-25-2016, 11:33 AM | #8 |
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Re: shed find 1934 Aussie Roadster Deluxe
Holy cow! Pretty much the holy grail of such finds in my book.
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04-25-2016, 11:42 AM | #9 |
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Re: shed find 1934 Aussie Roadster Deluxe
Oh, man. What a barn find !! Don't see finds like this very often. I am sure you will enjoy it.
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04-25-2016, 07:49 PM | #10 |
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Re: shed find 1934 Aussie Roadster Deluxe
when i first drove it i blew both head gaskets,Doh.so i took the heads off and cleaned it all up ,fixed the corrotion in the heads with Devcon and got the heads faced,put it all back together and drove it 500mtrs and the head itself blew a big chunck out of it.luckily i had a spare head hanging on the wall and replaced the broken one.got it all back together but i had radiator problems,so i put another radiator in that i had lying around but that leaked to,so a little black pepper in it did the trick,put new water pumps on and have been driving it,but still having over heating prblems,so i got the old radiator recored and that will go in today and hopefully fix the overheating problem
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04-25-2016, 08:04 PM | #11 |
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get onto the guys in sydney who make the new alloy heads ,I have a set on my 33 no dramas.
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04-25-2016, 10:32 PM | #12 |
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Re: shed find 1934 Aussie Roadster Deluxe
Thanks Lawrie.
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04-26-2016, 01:35 AM | #13 |
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Re: shed find 1934 Aussie Roadster Deluxe
That is one sweet find
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04-26-2016, 04:00 AM | #14 |
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Wow great find .Ted
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04-26-2016, 04:50 AM | #15 |
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Re: shed find 1934 Aussie Roadster Deluxe
Great Find! One of the absolutely best styled Fords ever made . . . in my mind, a much better looking car than a 32. Looks like it probably has some rust in the valves (just guessing from the pictures) - may need to go through that engine in the somewhat near future. How much compression does it have?
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04-26-2016, 05:11 AM | #16 |
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thanks Guys,havnt done a compression test,car runs fine until i get it to around 50 mph then it starts braking down,may be fuel?.not sure yet,i put new plugs and coil on it but havnt driven since.putting the new radiator in at the moment.
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04-26-2016, 12:43 PM | #17 |
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Nice find. A lovely looking car. You can see from the pics the gap between the rockers and the running boards. I understand this is the difference that denoted the body as Australian production.
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04-26-2016, 01:15 PM | #18 |
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Very cool! I love the twin side mounts. Have fun with it.
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04-26-2016, 05:26 PM | #19 |
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Looking at all the rust in the water jackets me thinks that you really need to clean that block up before you put in the new recored radiator. All that crap is going to end up in your new radiator.
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05-01-2016, 01:08 AM | #20 |
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Re: shed find 1934 Aussie Roadster Deluxe
Love your new "find". Any 1934 Ford with 6 wheel equipment is especially rare. What is the Body Number of your Gem? It should start off with 40R ? |
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