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john charlton · 06-07-2018, 05:13 AM

Australian open cars were part wood construction ,body sills etc etc . This was to add local content and cut down import duties . Other Commonwealth cars were all steel like USA and Canada as there was no local car builder to protect like Holden in OZ .Some OZ built open cars are here in UK but are a pain to restore as the sheet metal has to be adapted to accept repro steel subrails etc etc . To replace the wood would be like a cabriolet restoration for sure .

John in lovely summers day Suffolk County England .

06-07-2018, 05:13 AM	#15
john charlton Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,304	Re: Sound deadening in a roadster door Australian open cars were part wood construction ,body sills etc etc . This was to add local content and cut down import duties . Other Commonwealth cars were all steel like USA and Canada as there was no local car builder to protect like Holden in OZ .Some OZ built open cars are here in UK but are a pain to restore as the sheet metal has to be adapted to accept repro steel subrails etc etc . To replace the wood would be like a cabriolet restoration for sure . John in lovely summers day Suffolk County England .