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Viv W · 09-13-2017, 04:35 PM

Hi All,
I thought you might like to see my 1930 open cab pick up. I have loaded some pictures of it as found in 2007, one of the body being done around 2010 and some of it now its finished. The engine I know is the wrong color, but at the time it was the only paint I could get here due to foreign currency shortages and I wanted to get on with my project.
Hope you enjoy see ing my little truck
Regards
Viv

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ModelAMike1930 · 09-13-2017, 04:42 PM

Really nice job-thanks for sharing.

JohnLaVoy · 09-13-2017, 04:44 PM

Very nice! I've heard of the problems with getting parts and the cost due to exchange rates being hard to deal with. I visited some Model A owners in south Africa and they talked about it at length. Hope you can get your truck out on the road for people to see.

Mike Peters · 09-13-2017, 04:46 PM

Very nice indeed! Did you acquire these old Ford projects in Zimbabwe? How difficult are original parts to find locally? Do you order your repro parts from the US like the rest of us? Very impressed with your roadster pickup. mike

Synchro909 · 09-13-2017, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike Peters

Very nice indeed! Did you acquire these old Ford projects in Zimbabwe? How difficult are original parts to find locally? Do you order your repro parts from the US like the rest of us? Very impressed with your roadster pickup. mike

It's RHD so unless RHD specific parts are available locally, they can't be obtained. American parts vendors don't sell much RHD. For that reason alone, that is an excellent job of restoration. Congratulations.

1931 flamingo · 09-13-2017, 05:29 PM

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Very nice ! ! ! Thanks for sharing ! !
Paul in CT

700rpm · 09-13-2017, 06:20 PM

Beautiful work.

WHN · 09-13-2017, 06:37 PM

I am amazed!

Looks great. Can't believe you got it done.

Enjoy your truck.

JDupuis · 09-13-2017, 08:04 PM

Well done Viv W! Looks great! Jeff

henry's 31 · 09-13-2017, 08:13 PM

Great job and thanks for sharing with us. Now enjoy it and drive it!

john charlton · 09-14-2017, 04:57 AM

Normally Model As with a sidemount spare has it fitted on the drivers side I suppose Henry thought it would be easier to change a flat in the street and not in a ditch !!! I cant see if your restored PU has dual sidemounts maybe it has. I have LHD and RHD they have the spare on the drivers side . Your PU is a super restoration and doing it in Zimbabwe must have been a real challenge for sure congratulations . Could be it started life with the spare on that side maybe a special order .

John in dismal rainy cold Suffolk County England .

Paps31 · 09-14-2017, 07:04 AM

Beautiful truck! Doing a project like this in Zimbabwe no doubt has added challenges. Even more impressive!

BILL WILLIAMSON · 09-14-2017, 08:22 AM

Viv,
What an AWESOME job you did!!!! Can't IMAGINE the HOURS/DAYS of blood, sweat & tears, to do a job this well!!!---Show me a PIC of your HANDS & SCARS---NLOL
Bill Salutingyou

Great Lakes Greg · 09-14-2017, 10:05 AM

Nice work. I am always amazed at how the right handers have all of that stuff packed around the carburetor.

burner31 · 09-23-2017, 01:44 PM

They are "They are never, really. finished" at least I hope not

CHuDWah · 09-23-2017, 02:24 PM

And it only took you 10 years - that's quick work by my standards.

I'm especially fond of RPUs and yours is a beauty - well done!

09-13-2017, 04:35 PM	#1
Viv W Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Harare Zimbabwe Posts: 160	My 30 open cab pick up is finished Hi All, I thought you might like to see my 1930 open cab pick up. I have loaded some pictures of it as found in 2007, one of the body being done around 2010 and some of it now its finished. The engine I know is the wrong color, but at the time it was the only paint I could get here due to foreign currency shortages and I wanted to get on with my project. Hope you enjoy see ing my little truck Regards Viv B4 restoration.jpg IMG_0250.jpg projects 030.jpg projects 031.jpg projects 032.jpg projects 033.jpg projects 035.jpg

09-13-2017, 04:42 PM	#2
ModelAMike1930 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Illinois Posts: 382	Re: My 30 open cab pick up is finished Really nice job-thanks for sharing.

09-13-2017, 04:44 PM	#3
JohnLaVoy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Rocklin, CA Posts: 779	Re: My 30 open cab pick up is finished Very nice! I've heard of the problems with getting parts and the cost due to exchange rates being hard to deal with. I visited some Model A owners in south Africa and they talked about it at length. Hope you can get your truck out on the road for people to see.

09-13-2017, 04:46 PM	#4
Mike Peters Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: South East Wisconsin Posts: 1,279	Re: My 30 open cab pick up is finished Very nice indeed! Did you acquire these old Ford projects in Zimbabwe? How difficult are original parts to find locally? Do you order your repro parts from the US like the rest of us? Very impressed with your roadster pickup. mike

09-13-2017, 05:29 PM	#6
1931 flamingo Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: new britain,ct 06052 Posts: 9,390	Re: My 30 open cab pick up is finished Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Very nice ! ! ! Thanks for sharing ! ! Paul in CT

09-13-2017, 06:20 PM	#7
700rpm Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 5,903	Re: My 30 open cab pick up is finished Beautiful work. __________________ Ray Horton, Portland, OR As you go through life, keep your eye on the donut, not the hole.

09-13-2017, 06:37 PM	#8
WHN Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Connecticut Shoreline Posts: 1,821	Re: My 30 open cab pick up is finished I am amazed! Looks great. Can't believe you got it done. Enjoy your truck.

09-13-2017, 08:04 PM	#9
JDupuis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Maryhill Ont Canada Posts: 834	Re: My 30 open cab pick up is finished Well done Viv W! Looks great! Jeff __________________ Let's let pylons, be pylons!

09-13-2017, 08:13 PM	#10
henry's 31 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Columbus(Cataula) Georgia Posts: 849	Re: My 30 open cab pick up is finished Great job and thanks for sharing with us. Now enjoy it and drive it! __________________ Henry' s 31

09-14-2017, 04:57 AM	#11
john charlton Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,304	Re: My 30 open cab pick up is finished Normally Model As with a sidemount spare has it fitted on the drivers side I suppose Henry thought it would be easier to change a flat in the street and not in a ditch !!! I cant see if your restored PU has dual sidemounts maybe it has. I have LHD and RHD they have the spare on the drivers side . Your PU is a super restoration and doing it in Zimbabwe must have been a real challenge for sure congratulations . Could be it started life with the spare on that side maybe a special order . John in dismal rainy cold Suffolk County England .

09-14-2017, 07:04 AM	#12
Paps31 Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 34	Re: My 30 open cab pick up is finished Beautiful truck! Doing a project like this in Zimbabwe no doubt has added challenges. Even more impressive!

09-14-2017, 08:22 AM	#13
BILL WILLIAMSON Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: FRESNO, CA Posts: 12,560	Re: My 30 open cab pick up is finished Viv, What an AWESOME job you did!!!! Can't IMAGINE the HOURS/DAYS of blood, sweat & tears, to do a job this well!!!---Show me a PIC of your HANDS & SCARS---NLOL Bill Salutingyou __________________ "THE ASSISTANT GURU OF STUFF"

09-14-2017, 10:05 AM	#14
Great Lakes Greg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,369	Re: My 30 open cab pick up is finished Nice work. I am always amazed at how the right handers have all of that stuff packed around the carburetor.

09-23-2017, 01:44 PM	#15
burner31 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Shawnee, Ok Posts: 3,471	Re: My 30 open cab pick up is finished They are "They are never, really. finished" at least I hope not __________________ Keith Shawnee OK '31 SW 160-B

09-23-2017, 02:24 PM	#16
CHuDWah Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Kritter Krick, Flaw-duh Posts: 1,158	Re: My 30 open cab pick up is finished And it only took you 10 years - that's quick work by my standards. I'm especially fond of RPUs and yours is a beauty - well done!