Voisin C27 1931 handcrafted model. I made this car model from old spoons and forks and pieces of an old cake plate. I make any pre world war 2 car preferably tourer or sports. They are not expensive as I only need to cover my costs and not labour.

[Brian Cox]

[Guest]

Nice work Brian.

Is this just a hobby for you?

Greg

[Brian Cox]

I suppose it is now. Twenty five years ago (I'm approaching 80 years old) I took early retirement and for a hobby  I started making jewellery from old spoons and forks and because was so different to what was being done by others I became very well known and made a reasonable amount of money. My story is quite long and a bit strange so I won't bore you with it. Anyway I still make a bit of jewellery for a couple of galleries I support but I love making the cars generally on commission but I make some just because I fall in love with them. They generally sell for around 150aud to cover my costs and usually take 2 to 3 weeks to make. They are not melted down and cast but each piece is cut from a spoon or fork or maybe a cake plate and silver soldered. A keen eye can pick what parts of the car were made from what part of a spoon or fork or cake plate.

[Ozstatman]

G'day Brian,

 

Can you give us an idea of the scale of the car, or it's size L x W x H? And where in Oz are you?

[Brian Cox]

I don't try to build to any particular scale. I don't use plans or kits but what I try to do is to capture the essence  of the car. Generally the size is around the 150mm long and 40 to 50 high and wide. Some may be smaller some larger. Generally the size is dictated by the piece that needs to be cut from and spoon etc. If you get onto my facebook page you might see other examples of my work. The reason I say I prefer to make pre war sports or tourers is because their shape generally lends itself to being copied in spoons and forks. I have done things like E Types and not many cars have more multiple curves than those but they are something of a nightmare to do. The first car is a Railton (ordered by the man who owns the actual car) and the second is the E Type. (ordered by the owner of the car)

[Ozstatman]

Brian, Thanks for the update.

[Brian Cox]

My address is Hamilton NSW 2303 Phone 0249691510.