Mattml430
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Yes it looks a bit odd sloping down from the bottom
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6 hours ago, Dodgenz said:
As a slight diversion I recently managed to acquire my build card, which in itself is great as we need such info to re-register our cars for the road (to prove it is 'New Zealand new'), and on this it also lists Amuri Motors who were the New Zealand South Island Dodge agents. There is a bit online about them, but i thought it might be of interest to add another Australasian dealer into the mix.
Great pics. Who was the body builder it gets blurry when I zoom in.
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15 hours ago, 30DodgePanel said:
True Minibago, but I think Doug meant with the wings on the can. I too was wondering about the addition of the wings.
Nice touch @Mattml430
What was the wings emblem originally used on (if you know), or was it some sort of smaller hat pin originally?
It was a hat pin and I just took the pin off.
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21 hours ago, nearchoclatetown said:
Matt, where did the killer oil can come from with the DB wings?
I found the oil can on eBay and the wings were generously given to me by someone on here, I just forget who. That’s pretty bad of me isn’t it. I thought that was a great place for them to go.
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Well done mate great to hear you have it all back together and running again. 👍👍
And you’re welcome, more than happy to help. I have received so much help from this forum so it’s nice to give back.
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Here is some more. I’ll get underneath tomorrow.
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I have a new harness in my Victory six so I’d imagine it would be very similar. So if you have no luck finding a standard I’d be happy to take some pictures for you.
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I got the chassis and wire wheels painted after all the work was done.
Brake drums are done in gloss black for easier cleaning. 
side of the chassis above the running boards is also gloss black. The rest is in satin black.
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Beautiful weather this time of year. Looks like a great day out
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7 hours ago, 30DodgePanel said:
Guessing the gent on his knees in photo 7 is still getting used to his cheaters. Sometimes you have to get down and steady to see things properly, the only problem is getting back up in a few years.... you've been warned.
Great photos, looks like a fun and productive day.
I think I spent more time looking at the parts and the tools in the shop than the work the people were doing.
Sweet anvil stand!
My knees are already buggered from my apprenticeship cabinet making. Spent most of the time on my knees not realising. Deep sea krill oil and magnesium keep them moving these days.
I made that anvil from scrap I found at the metal recycling place near us. It’s made of solid steel pieces welded together. It must weigh about 250kg. There was all these different size round discs about 1”1/2 thick. So I welded them all together and then shaped it all. Took me bloody hours of grinding. The main bed of it was already that shape and that’s what gave me the idea. It had been cut that shape with a oxy torch so it must have been a serious bit of gear to blow through 8” steel.
It makes a beautiful ding when you hit it with a hammer. I cooked it upside down on a fire for a day and then drop it in a bath of oil. It’s probably not tempered as good as a normal anvil but being so solid it still works well.
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We had a great day today with our club coffee and chat working bee.
we had 17 people turn up to give a hand with the car and there wasn’t a clean hand in the workshop. Everyone got stuck into doing something and we got so much done it was great.
Jude , Lynne and Glenda kept the table full of food , coffee annd Tea and the they cooked the BBQ for lunch.
There was definitely no shortage of food.
Job’s we got stuck into were getting the brakes all together.
Rich and Terry got the brakes altogether while a few of us others started on getting new bushes into the springs and chassis.
Trev and Arnold getting things ready to fit up.
Not sure who that other idiot on his knees is looking rather useless. Making out he’s doing something important.
Once the bushes were in the boys got the front axle fitted up.
Looks like Rich is overseeing the brakes being fitted, Cracking the whip.
We gave Grant an axle of another car and just told him to stay busy pulling it apart to keep him away from the real thing. He was none the wiser and felt he accomplished a lot for his days effort.
All jokes aside for a second or two Grant was here at 7:00 and has spent quite a few Saturdays here with me and Rich getting a lot of the parts cleaned and ready for today.
More food and another coffee break and a fair bit of BS being discussed between mouthfuls.
Kevin , Frank and grant got the rear springs all bushed up and bolted the rear axle in.
Once that was in they fitted up the rear brakes and drums.
We lost Frank for a while out at the sand blasting cabinet. Every time we looked he seemed very attached to it so we left him be. We thought best to not take a photo of that.
Kirk and Jim pulled the rest of the engine down and got it ready for a good steam clean.
John , Ross, Jim and Grant got stuck into all the sanding of the wheels, cowl and bonnet parts ready for a bit more paint to be applied. Doesn’t appear to be much happening just at this point in time but they got heaps of sanding done. The Wire wheels will be getting their cream top coat some time this week coming.
Trev and Kevin finishing of mounting the gearbox in so we can work out the placement for the overdrive.
Rear axle fitted up.
Gear box mounted.
Front axle all done.
A huge thank you to everyone who turned up today and gave a hand. Everybody put in a huge effort getting a massive amount of work done in just one day. We will have it rolling around the shed in no time soon.-
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I have been getting a few more parts ready for our coffee and chat working bee this Saturday.
Getting all the brake parts ready for reassembling. The new linings should be ready today or tomorrow. The master cylinder has been resleeved.
Front axle has new bushes and bearings also.
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How good would it be to walk into a Warehouse and grab one of them when we’re doing a restoration. 😧
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A few of the cars at the Easter fund raiser for the royal children’s hospital.
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7 hours ago, nearchoclatetown said:
No big deal John, you are still 99.98 % correct all the time . I will try to remember to take a picture today.
It’s one thing to take a picture Doug but do you know how to post it so we all get to see it. 😂
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7 hours ago, cutdown said:
One of those cars won the 2 litre classis in the 1951 Mont Carlo Rally. Not bad for a naturally asperated 1500 cc flat four eh.
Is that yours matt or just a job for you.
Hi Matt, looks like I have 3 copies of this book. Let me know your address and i will send you one. It only has black and white pic in it but shows a few of the different cars as well as history. A Javelin was severely modified for racing in Aussie [ the Wylie Javelin ], and is pictured in this book. Doesn't look anything like its parent car.
It’s just a job not mine. It started out as 2 little infills behind the bumper and now he wants me to prep the whole body and paint it. Then when that’s done he has a second one he wants done. There’s a fair bit of work in it to get it ready.
Thanks for the offer of the book Dereck but I don’t think I’ll need it. If I need to know anything I will ask you. 😂I’m trying to fit the guards together so they don’t need the piping.
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Hickory of course. 😂
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I managed to get all the drums machined today and the rest of the shoes and backing plates blasted.
They came apart ok and just need to do the brake cylinders.
Grant got the rears done on Saturday and the I finished the fronts today.
I managed to make up one good master cylinder up out of the 2 we had. The inside of on was just mush.
This actually cleaned up ok.
This and the brakes are going in tomorrow to be redone. The master cylinder will get a new stainless steel sleeve and a new kit put through it.
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Thanks Dereck I’d never heard of one until it came into the shed.
After getting all the rear end back to bare aluminium and the guards fitted properly it has a nice shape to it.
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Grant Rich and I have been spending a couple of Saturdays on getting the axles ready to fit them up to the chassis. The club is organising a working bee on the car in April so we have been trying to get a bit of the time consuming stuff done. The rear axle is almost back together and the brake shoes are going off to be relined. I actually machined the rear drums today so the brake guy will fit the linings to each drum for us.
Also machine the rear seal carrier to fit a modern seal.
Grant got all the rear backing plates sandblasted and they came up like new.
Some pics of before we started here.
The cylinders came apart ok and cleaned up well.
The engine is almost completely apart now after a mammoth job getting the pistons out.
Some of the pistons may need some JB weld to get them back together. They were the most stuck pistons I’ve ever come across
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17 minutes ago, Vintageben said:
The Chevy should be an easy enough project and parts shouldn’t be too difficult but I’m a little bias as I think at the last count there are 4 Chev 4’s that are goers in my shed and enough parts to build a couple more.
I’ll keep that in mind in case I need some parts. 👍
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Ben and I have been trying to fix a bit of an oil leak on the rear main seal. I removed the sump and trimmed back the gasket so there was no overhang in the slinger trough. Not sure of the exact terminology of that. It improved a little but still leaked after that, so now the cars back with Ben he’s trying to make it better. Going to try sticking the gasket to the sump and make sure there’s no overhanging bits and no gap at the crank. The gasket we got was not really a perfect fit so we’ll try make something a bit better.
Definitely not the easiest rear seal to make no leak.
Going to try it this way.
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The Chevy has been pushed into the shed under the overhead crane ready to pull to bits. I’m just not sure where to start on the bloody thing. I guess I’ll just take it all to bits down to the chassis and go from there.
I have actually been working on a pommy javelin Jupiter of all things. It started out as 2 little bumper bonnet infills and now it’s turned into a complete prep and respray. It’s an aluminium body so pretty forgiving to get it to were it has to be.
Also had a 26 dodge tourer come in for rear doors and it’s also now a full rebuild and paint. 🤦🏽♂️ Busy!!
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Can’t say that I’ve seen one before on a hinge edge.
Brake drums are done in gloss black for easier cleaning. 
side of the chassis above the running boards is also gloss black. The rest is in satin black.
There was definitely no shortage of food. 
Trev and Arnold getting things ready to fit up. 
Not sure who that other idiot on his knees is looking rather useless. Making out he’s doing something important. 
Looks like Rich is overseeing the brakes being fitted, Cracking the whip. 
We gave Grant an axle of another car and just told him to stay busy pulling it apart to keep him away from the real thing. He was none the wiser and felt he accomplished a lot for his days effort. 
More food and another coffee break and a fair bit of BS being discussed between mouthfuls. 
Kevin , Frank and grant got the rear springs all bushed up and bolted the rear axle in. 
John , Ross, Jim and Grant got stuck into all the sanding of the wheels, cowl and bonnet parts ready for a bit more paint to be applied. Doesn’t appear to be much happening just at this point in time but they got heaps of sanding done. The Wire wheels will be getting their cream top coat some time this week coming. 
Trev and Kevin finishing of mounting the gearbox in so we can work out the placement for the overdrive. 
Rear axle fitted up. 
Gear box mounted. 
Front axle all done. 
Front axle has new bushes and bearings also.
They came apart ok and just need to do the brake cylinders. 
Grant got the rears done on Saturday and the I finished the fronts today. 
This actually cleaned up ok. 
Also machine the rear seal carrier to fit a modern seal. 
Grant got all the rear backing plates sandblasted and they came up like new. 
The cylinders came apart ok and cleaned up well. 
Going to try it this way.
Have you hugged your Dodge today?
in Dodge & Dodge Brothers
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She got a wash and told how beautiful she looks on Sunday just gone.