Fordy

According to my pal who is into them on the data plate under the hood a genuine two door convertible should have "tourer" as body type. He went on to detail differences in doors and trunk area as compared to 2 door sedans which most of the fakes are built from. I inadvertently unleashed his "inner nerd" by asking. There was one at today's swap (2door sedan) fitted with an LS1 V8)

A "Factory" convertible - they were all 2 door and there are a lot around that have been faked - some poorly and some that it would be hard to tell. Windscreen header where the roof joins would be the giveaway. I am no expert but a Pal I am seeing tomorrow at a local swap meet is into them so I will seek some counsel from a more informed mind. Steve

I thought the traveler was a woody type wagon for the Morris? Steve

Statistics don't lie. For example, I have never lost a Wimbledon tennis final or a Formula 1 race. True I have never competed, but it is equally true that I have never lost. The people that push their agenda onto others can find "facts" to support them just as the other side can also find "facts". Now a couple of "factual" points. - carbon is now pollution and since we are mostly made of carbon as is every other life form on the planet that we are aware of then "life" is a pollutant. - consumerism drives economies and encourages new for old and this also requires population growth - more of the biological pollutants as above. - humanity as a whole is the greatest threat this planet has and frankly the place would be much better off without us. - if we are to survive, we need to have better housekeeping and seriously reduce our numbers so the only place we have to live can keep sustaining us. The tit for tat clash of personalities and opinions in this thread is not why I joined this forum or the AACA for so will the combatants please pull their heads in and agree to disagree. Peter - as a moderator your role is to smother flames before they take hold and to remain impartial whilst you do so, not to add fuel. I take it from your comments that you started this forum and for that you have thanks from many people but, and it's a big but.... Whilst it may be your "baby" it now has a life of its own and trying to use it as a platform for anything other than discussion on old vehicles should be discouraged. In the last 24 hours, you have started 2 topics which seem to "push an agenda". Yes, they are relevant to the hobby but clearly stirring up a hornet's nest, please consider how you present them, so they do not degenerate into what this one has now become. Thanks Steve

I have had success with CRC "Tyre Shine". It comes in spray cans and goes on as a foam, wipe off when the foam all disappears and the plastic parts look great for months after.

Consider how much carbon is created in the manufacturing stream for most products like automobiles and how it is way many times more than keeping older vehicles on the road despite any "dirtier tech engines". Throw into the mix a bogus scheme that we have in Australia where tree "planting" is done by aerial dumping of seed on barren Commonwealth land. The brains trust behind it claim to be planting millions of trees per annum. Quite likely just 1% may germinate and of that another 1 % may make it to maturity. Meanwhile someone somewhere is raking in the cash!

Perhaps you shouldn't have posted it like a sales pitch? A small intro first with some thoughts to promote a healthy discourse perhaps were in order?

You may be thinking of vintage and classic reproductions in Queensland. Frontpage - Vintage & Classic Reproductions (vintageandclassicreproductions.com) If they can't help, go the 3d printing the scanning and fixing faults is affordable and printing direct to metal is also getting cheaper. Steve

Fairly soon there will be no significant places of historical interest left! Here in Australia the government puts things as "Historical Listed" to stop that sort of thing happening. All sorts of hoops for owners or developers to jump through to do anything to them. It's one sided though - here we have built in our parklands a police barracks from colonial times that the cops use for their horse mounted branch that is on that list. The government have announced that they are bulldozing it to build a new hospital and there is nothing any protest will do to have them play by the rules the rest of us have to! Steve

Should be a lot of fun and easy to maintain. There is lots available ex UK to keep them running at their best. Plus, the way gas prices are going it is a cheap beast to run. Steve

I am the guy 'Imlach" is trying to find. I think I have his contact details via the Australia & New Zealand Hupmobile Register. I think he couldn't message due to small number of posts. Chime away! Even a seemingly random interaction can sometimes yield a result. Thanks Steve Ford

More recently than that! One of the "glitches" here is that if you can't remember login details you seem to need your login details to change them - throw in a change of email because I changed provider and I had to rejoin with a new user name. It was just the easiest option, I have been here all along. Steve

Thats me - just posted in the hupmobile section looking for details on the rumble area so I can remove the "ute" part and get it to what it is supposed to be! I have photos and some basic detail from this car that is located in Tasmania. Steve

I now have enough to make a start. My big issue from here will be reconstruction of the rumble lid and rear of the body as this has been cut to fit a pickup box. So some photos with measurements are being sought to guide the process. I have some very basic guides left intact on the body but I would like to get the end result as close as I can to how it should be. Thanks Steve

Thanks. there were a lot of us in support of this great addition. Steve

Has a look of model N Hupp or possibly early R series - not enough detail to be 100% sure.

Just another addition to this, my sister and brother-in law bought a brand-new off-road campervan trailer that did not even make it 100 yards from the dealership before the axle tore off from one side. Investigation revealed that the spring mounts never got past the tack welding stage. They demanded money back but no "we will repair it under warranty". They had no faith in this make or manufacturer after this incident and wanted a direct replacement from a different supplier but insurance company and the dealer got their way, and they were forced to accept the repair. They went to another dealer and bought a replacement from a different manufacturer which has been reliable and proven sound on an extended trip throughout outback Australia. The repaired one is still "on consignment" with the original dealer at a vastly reduced price and my sister and her husband take the financial hit on the chin. Gone is the concept of keeping customers satisfied. There are more people that get told about the dodgy service than the good. Steve

I was towing this Brand-New trailer unloaded from home in South Australia to Canberra to collect a Series A Hupp that I bought. This has less than 1000km on it and all the bolts holding the hitch to the A frame failed. Luckily no serious consequences and the local constabulary gave a pal who was riding shotgun a lift into town to buy new bolts and nylon lock nuts and we were on our way again. Got the car safe back home the next day. Now we contact the supplier of the trailer whose response was "all we did was put the wheels on, so not our problem". Really?? No presales once over to check everything? No warranty? I strongly suspect this was a cheap import and they slap the wheels on and their sticker and wipe their hands. I would have expected some profuse apologies and an offer of some form of "compensation". The trailer company in question is a well-known Australian brand that I thought were "respected". Well how wrong that was. What has happened to selling something and standing by its "quality"? Steve

Front looks like it may be shaped similar to Morris Bull nose but way too early for that. Rear end is not a transverse spring so rules out T ford with Frontenac radiator. Doesn't help identify though. Steve

If the generator is 3 brush and it is a regulator fitted then there may have been a small easy modification to the wiring to have the field excitation done externally doing away with the 3rd brush. Steve

My thought at first glance was Borgward Isabella but its waist line is wrong. Not a Consul as previously suggested.

I sat behind the wheel of a pal's T and understand why the "Fat Man" steering wheel got invented - I am not "fat" and it was a squeeze. Same goes with my R Hupps, tight to get in but great once you are. Steve

Had the brush insulators arrive from Langs today and completed the plate (3 more to do). The insulator sets supplied have one of the holes for the rivets slightly misaligned on the top insulator that required filing. Looks like the box of starters missing these is going to have a new life. Steve

It looks to me like the top is crimped over to hold it in place. Try gently uncrimping and pry it off - if it shot you have nothing to loose. Inside is just a coil of wire that moves a steel rod to close the contacts. You may be able to clean it all up and free anything that's stuck and reassemble it. I did that once with a GM unit that "is not a serviceable item" and its sill good many years later. Steve

Lovely work and a very informative read. Luckily someone has already done that on the A series Hupp I have just aquired - I would bet it cost them more than what I paid for the car!