Mattml430 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 Our club is going to build a coffee van / bbq van. For our rally’s and events we have. Jude and I picked up the 29 DA dodge today from South Australia. We got 2 cars,3 engines 10 wire wheels, heaps of guards, 2 radiators one brand new core. And a heap of other bits and pieces. The body is in excellent shape with almost no rust. The wheels are also in great shape and we have the drums to suit them. Axles. wire wheels 1 of 3 engines. tourer body complete with windshield bonnet and engine curtains. end result will hopefully be something like this. Im hoping to create a bit of interest with club members to get on board and give a hand with the build. Basically anyone that wants to learn a thing or 2 and be part of it all. Not sure how long it will take. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 The body looks pretty straight. Will Ron be supervising? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 Devils advocate here... Is it a Touring or a Phaeton? Looking at The Dodge Story and comparing it to the cars on page 67, it looks like it's a Phaeton. If it's a Phaeton then there can't be but 1,000 or less of them produced. If that's the case, then why not just hunt for a original late 20s panel body or complete a Phaeton project with what you have? I think the group would still learn just as much while respecting the heritage and history you'll be salvaging. After all, isn't that what we are trying to save as being members of the "club"? Awesome project, and I commend you guys for taking this on. Good luck and enjoy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted August 13, 2023 Author Share Posted August 13, 2023 3 hours ago, 30DodgePanel said: Devils advocate here... Is it a Touring or a Phaeton? Looking at The Dodge Story and comparing it to the cars on page 67, it looks like it's a Phaeton. If it's a Phaeton then there can't be but 1,000 or less of them produced. If that's the case, then why not just hunt for a original late 20s panel body or complete a Phaeton project with what you have? I think the group would still learn just as much while respecting the heritage and history you'll be salvaging. After all, isn't that what we are trying to save as being members of the "club"? Awesome project, and I commend you guys for taking this on. Good luck and enjoy! The other body is in a bit worse shape so it will probably be the one we sacrifice. Trying to find a panel body here would be very hard. The back section has to be built to health standards on the inside. So while it will look old outside the inside will have to be to what the health department standards are for serving a bbq and coffee. I have built many food trucks for Melbourne so the inside will be done by myself. This is the other body 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 (edited) 15 hours ago, Mattml430 said: The other body is in a bit worse shape so it will probably be the one we sacrifice. Trying to find a panel body here would be very hard. The back section has to be built to health standards on the inside. So while it will look old outside the inside will have to be to what the health department standards are for serving a bbq and coffee. I have built many food trucks for Melbourne so the inside will be done by myself. This is the other body As long as you keep that curved headlight bar I'll approve I've always wondered what a DA or U Dodge panel would look like with one instead of the straight bar. Edited August 14, 2023 by 30DodgePanel (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28 Chrysler Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 You may what to do a version of one these using the front doors and making a big metal box. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_Greenlaw Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 If anyone can do it you can Matt !! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minibago Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 I like this one Matt, Coffee and cake!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted August 15, 2023 Author Share Posted August 15, 2023 Unloaded it all today and got a bit of hot wash cleaning done. The body and chassis are in great condition with not much work needed on the timber work either. body off ready for a clean. blasting 90 years of crud off. It sets like concrete that oil, grease and dirt Body cleaned , dead animals and bones removed. It had all original upholstery on it or what was left of it. seat back. 10 wire wheels most with lock rings. Brand new hub caps. Headlight are in almost perfect condition. The bar will need to be re Nickle plated. The radiator has good flow and no leaks. Will do a light pressure test on it. Radiator surround will need some TLC to get it back. Has some rust down the bottom. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted September 11, 2023 Author Share Posted September 11, 2023 Alan the fella we bought the 2 cars off was good enough to bring the other car and parts over from South Australia which is a good 9 hour drive from me. I thought that was an extremely generous thing for him to do. So we got another complete car and engine. So from here I’ll work out what needs to be sand blasted and get that organised. There is 2 sets of hood irons and bows in this car. Rear guards are in excellent condition as to are the front guards. few buckets of parts. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, Mattml430 said: Alan the fella we bought the 2 cars off was good enough to bring the other car and parts over from South Australia which is a good 9 hour drive from me. I thought that was an extremely generous thing for him to do. You guys must be growing them on trees over there... Kudos to Alan,... not many are willing to give so freely. Edited September 11, 2023 by 30DodgePanel (see edit history) 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 That DA touring body would be a rarity in the US. Very few of them. And it looks in good condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted September 11, 2023 Author Share Posted September 11, 2023 Yeah Doug both bodies are in great condition. Hopefully someone will want to use what we don’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted September 30, 2023 Author Share Posted September 30, 2023 (edited) We had a Saturday working bee on the car today. Grant and Rich came over and we got stuck into pulling it all apart ready for sand blasting. Got the chassis up on the hoist so us old bastards don’t have to bend to much. Grant giving the Diff a hot wash. we gave the gearbox a good clean and it is In unbelievable condition so it got some fresh oil and will be buttoned back up. Dukes inspecting the chassis to make sure we got everything of ok. This is also in great shape and after a sand blast it will be painted. No repairs needed. All the chassis parts. we gave the hinges a good soaking of MDW40 and they were freed up by the afternoon. Our sandblaster is pretty busy so hopefully he squeeze us in soon. All the guard’s ready for blasting. The need a bit of repair. I will make brand new running boards. Edited September 30, 2023 by Mattml430 (see edit history) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 Matt, it's good to see you are not just sitting in your lawn chair watching the cows eat grass. That car looks pretty solid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted September 30, 2023 Author Share Posted September 30, 2023 The whole car is amazingly good Doug. The guy we got it of thinks the milage is close to original. 47,000. He thinks something happened to the engine at that mileage and it was parked up into a shed and left. Looking at the condition of some parts I think he’s not far wrong. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 You would never find one that good here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert b Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 I have only seen one gear box that good , and that was after I put all new gears in it and than 300.000 miles later I sold the car , should have kept the gear box !!!!!. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted November 13, 2023 Author Share Posted November 13, 2023 (edited) Our sandblaster turned up this morning and did all the blasting for me today. All the parts are in amazing condition. Beautiful day for it in the cow paddock. The cows were all pretty interested in the car until he started and then they spent the rest of the day over the other side. Chassis ready for a coat of etch primer. will probably only use the axles and tailshaft out of this diff. Once I get the wheel of it’s not coming off with out a fight. I managed to get 5 really good wheels out of the 10 we got with the car. I will give these another coat of high build primer and the give them a good sand, before topcoat. They will be a great set of wheels for the car. No repairs are needed on the cowl, and I’ve given all the old timber a runny coat of epoxy resin. It all looked a little dry but with the resin soaked in it will be all good again. The bonnet hinge pins came out ok after I set fire to them with a bit of thinners. Heated them up just enough to burn the crud out. The guards will need some work to get them right. I’m going to put the spare into the left hand side guard I think at this stage. I’ve just got to see what will work the best. Edited November 13, 2023 by Mattml430 (see edit history) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Cowl looks good, Matt. In the US a wire wheeled DA would have dual side mounts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted November 13, 2023 Author Share Posted November 13, 2023 5 hours ago, nearchoclatetown said: Cowl looks good, Matt. In the US a wire wheeled DA would have dual side mounts. It’s in amazing shape Doug, I do have the other guard but it’s in very average shape so I’m just going with the one spare. It will also keep the weight down with everything that’s going into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nat Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 On 8/13/2023 at 5:05 AM, Mattml430 said: Our club is going to build a coffee van / bbq van. For our rally’s and events we have. I hope you get the first cup and the last bit of bbq. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieBuick Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Matt, An interesting project do you a design in mind ? Norm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share Posted November 14, 2023 Yes I’ve got a bit of an idea. the back will have 3 lift up doors, the coffee machine will be on the left side and the bbq will slide out the back. the right side will be sinks and a stainless steel prep bench. That’s the plan at this stage anyway. I’m hoping it will end up a bit like this. Same colour also. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunsmoke Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Great club project, I'm surprised we don't hear of more club projects like these. I realize someone has to take the initiative and offer/find a space to do it all (at least 600 ft sq for 6-12 months)), and that is often a challenge. Thanks for taking this on and keeping us posted. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 28 minutes ago, Gunsmoke said: Great club project, I'm surprised we don't hear of more club projects like these. I realize someone has to take the initiative and offer/find a space to do it all (at least 600 ft sq for 6-12 months)), and that is often a challenge. Thanks for taking this on and keeping us posted. I'm sure the facts you pointed out have much to do with it, but I too would like to see more of these club projects. Here's an idea I found while doing some research that I believe would draw a lot of interest into the DBC, especially for the mid to late 1930s crowd. Since Coke has had such a universal appeal I believe it would be something maybe even the Corporation could get behind for funding. @Mattml430 can you maybe touch on ideas for funding that you may have came across incase others are willing to take up that mantel? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted November 19, 2023 Author Share Posted November 19, 2023 3 hours ago, 30DodgePanel said: I'm sure the facts you pointed out have much to do with it, but I too would like to see more of these club projects. Here's an idea I found while doing some research that I believe would draw a lot of interest into the DBC, especially for the mid to late 1930s crowd. Since Coke has had such a universal appeal I believe it would be something maybe even the Corporation could get behind for funding. @Mattml430 can you maybe touch on ideas for funding that you may have came across incase others are willing to take up that mantel? So far we have my paint supply guys looking at doing something for us. I want to see if the tyre guys will help out in some way. We have a couple of old tyre suppliers in Melbourne. We will have a few working bees on the car where club members can come and give a hand. Dennis our local antique bearing supplier is going to supply us with all new bearings and bushes which is fantastic. When it comes to building the back section I’ll take a few weeks off and get it knocked over. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nat Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 10 hours ago, 30DodgePanel said: can you maybe touch on ideas for funding that you may $15 per cup? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted November 20, 2023 Author Share Posted November 20, 2023 27 minutes ago, nat said: $15 per cup? Yes our $65 a year membership certainly goes a long way. We all get very good value for money in our club. We won’t be charging for coffee or anything out of the van but personally I think it should be a gold coin donation to contribute to the cost of running it. So 1 or $2 in our country. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minibago Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 I think it was Churchill who said NEVER WAS SO MUCH OWED BY SO MANY TO SO FEW Around the world we have clubs and groups of all persuasions relying on very skilled and dedicated but some times unappreciated members to keep everything working. There are three types of people. Those who make things happen Those who watch what happens Those who wonder what just happened Thank you Matt for supplying the majority of the project without fanfare. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted November 20, 2023 Author Share Posted November 20, 2023 Those who make things happen Those who watch what happens Those who wonder what just happened That made me have a bit of a chuckle. 🤣😂 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minibago Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 Too often true tho. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodneybeauchamp Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Watching with interest. Would make a hit (and some $$’S too) at a local Coffee n Cars event! Amazing what a small group can accomplish. Rodney 😀😀😀😀😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted December 26, 2023 Author Share Posted December 26, 2023 We are hoping to get some work done on this around February. Getting the 25 dodge done is number 1 at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nat Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 21 hours ago, rodneybeauchamp said: Amazing what a small group can accomplish I think that's you Matt. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted March 18 Author Share Posted March 18 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 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Looks like some of the pistons lost the fight. They seem to have a different compression ratio then the others. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 (edited) 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. Edited March 19 by Mattml430 (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 What kind of wood do you use for the sleeve in the master cylinder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 Hickory of course. 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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