nearchoclatetown Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 How about an update on the Chebby? Or the club coffee car? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Ok 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!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintageben Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 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. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted March 18 Author Share Posted March 18 You are going to have to translate to English. What is a pommy javelin Jupiter? I got the bonnet thing. I'm actually a little disappointed, thought the Chebby would be in primer by now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutdown Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Its a Jowet Jupiter. Sports car version of a Jowet Javelin [ well sort of ], made in Bradford England. Only 31 came to NZ, which included a complete new chassis [ which was homed in the street next to where I grew up in Titahi Bay ]. Mead built some bodies and I think Farina built about 4. One Farina exists here in NZ just north of Whangarei. My first car was a Bradford van and then I went on to own a Javelin. Did a lot of miles in that car. One of the nicest original Jupiters is in the Southward Museum at Otaihanga. As a mechanic, I did a lot of work on the Bradford and Javelin. Learned how to make rod brakes [ Bradford ] work really well, which helped me to understand and get the brakes on the Dodge really good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 Thanks for the explanation, Cutdown. That is pretty stylish. Our Javelin was an American Motors car, not real sporty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutdown Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 (edited) 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. Edited March 21 by cutdown picture (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutdown Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 They originally had piping. Remember it's aluminium [ correct spelling ], and softer than steel. It will look nicer with the piping. Sounds like you are a panel beater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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