Mattml430 Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 Ron sent me some pictures of some of the cars on the rally today. He said there is 33 cars. I was not able to go because of work commitments and to many animals at home. The rally is in South Australia this year and they traveled to the National Museum at Burswood Mill today. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 Thanks for posting the pictures, Matt. Any info on the boat tail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minibago Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 A local South Australian chap with a background in building horse drawn vehicles including the wooden spoked wheels, highly talented and skilled. Graham does all the work himself, design, timber work, wheeling the panels including the painting without a booth. He also has this one. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Gregush Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 All those wonderful cars and I find myself drawn to the one with the corrugated iron roof along with the two convert ones! Thank you for posting. Forget about Sun birding in Arrizon, how about down under! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 20 hours ago, Mattml430 said: he rally is in South Australia this year and they traveled to the National Museum at Burswood Mill today. I believe you will find it is Birdwood Mill. About 50km north east of Adelaide in the hills. It's a good museum but sadly lacking in the resources it needs as a "National" institution. Once upon a time they had people undertaking conservation and restoration work and you could actually research things through them. State government penny pinching and a "nanny state" mentality regarding the volunteers (to many rules re OH&S + insurance costs). If this was more centrally located I believe it would get more funding. As it is, it is the only real tourist draw card this town has. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 1 minute ago, Fordy said: I believe you will find it is Birdwood Mill. About 50km north east of Adelaide in the hills. It's a good museum but sadly lacking in the resources it needs as a "National" institution. Once upon a time they had people undertaking conservation and restoration work and you could actually research things through them. State government penny pinching and a "nanny state" mentality regarding the volunteers (to many rules re OH&S + insurance costs). If this was more centrally located I believe it would get more funding. As it is, it is the only real tourist draw card this town has. Thanks Fordy I think I wrote that originally but Siri may of decided to correct it to what she thought it should be. 🙄😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 Some more Pictures From Ron today on the 3rd day of the rally. Today we have driven to Anlaby Station Fantastic venue that was founded in 1839A great place for a photo shoot I’ve been adding up the ages of all the blokes there and not the ladies, and then the age of all the cars and the cars win by miles. I think the cars are holding up better. 🫢😂🤣 hahaha will I get in trouble for saying that. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted November 8, 2023 Author Share Posted November 8, 2023 Ron sent this picture through this morning to see if anyone has ever seen a headlight lens like this one. I think it looks pretty special. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Killer!! Is the white area frosted? Never seen one before. Any idea who made them? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted November 9, 2023 Author Share Posted November 9, 2023 5 hours ago, nearchoclatetown said: Killer!! Is the white area frosted? Never seen one before. Any idea who made them? Doesn’t appear to have any branding on it from what I can see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22touring Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 It is clear to me now that I would be a lot happier in Aussie land. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC5 Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 Look at all those Dodges! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_Greenlaw Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Thanks for Posting Matt and to Ron taking the photos. Boat Tail is special and amazed at the talent. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullfrog_eng Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 A few more cars from the rally. John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 I wonder why I never see a 1931 DB in the down under photos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullfrog_eng Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Good question, not one that I had thought about before. I do not recall ever seeing one and I could not see one listed in the Members Vehicle Register for the DBCA. All due to the depression no doubt, but someone may have more idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minibago Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 On 11/9/2023 at 7:27 AM, Mattml430 said: Ron sent this picture through this morning to see if anyone has ever seen a headlight lens like this one. I think it looks pretty special. I think the frosting was done by bead blasting the glass, pretty but not sure it is effective as a headlight nor perhaps, very legal. Shop front glass is also done to look like this on occasion (not DB of course) these days the frosting is simply a decal which is stuck to the inside of the glass. Either way you cannot see through it so not very effective as a headlight glass. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin bc Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Keiser Kevin BC from down under near the rally. John would be right, that there are no 31's around our neck of the woods, I have two 30 Dc's, the first I picked up in 1969, and the second in 1982, we think their were only about around 50 DC's bought to Australia from Canada?? in Mechanical Kit form in 1930, due to the depression, plus a handful of Budd Coupes and roadsters.(4 Budd Coupes came in apparently, there appears to be a few more roadsters than that), plus I know of one DC Budd sedan restored in Sydney. 1931/2 would have been at the peak of the depression, and it looks like there were no bulk imports of 31's , could have been a few Budd sedans cars privately imported. have seen a few 32 bits. I have been a DC man since 69 , and can say that I have never seen any 31,s in my travels, or even bits from one. Parts have not been a problem for my Dc's as no one has wanted the parts that were around.I have sold a few Budd parts that I got at swap meets back to the US, as other than mechanicals , very few Budd parts will interchange, even door handles are different, sidelights are different, bonnets and latches are different, doors wont interchange, steering box is different(worm turns the other way), sunvisors are different too, dash is separate and removable on Aus car, whereas on a Budd car it is part of the Cowl, plus the windscreen headboard is wood, and has a pressed steel winder mechanism, unlike the Budd one with its diecast cogs. The DC's in Australia had bodies(built of wood framing, built by Richards body builders in Adelaide, on them, and I have seen photos of several DC ambulances built in Melbourne. regards Kevin 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 I would ask why no 1928-32 panel trucks but I don't wish that tortuous research on anyone (else). I love this shot btw: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 John, I think all the 31's are in the Pacific North west. I know of one coupe in New England and that 's it. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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