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Old Nov 6, 2016 | 02:59 AM
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Well folks, after more than 15 years of life getting in the way, I'm finally getting close enough to the end of the tunnel to start posting some pix.


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Does my butt look big in this??


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Yep......white engine!!!


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Grrrrrrrr........


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Aussie 78 Ford Ltd donor car.


351 Cleveland. Rebuilt.
Bronco Sump. Edelbrock Performer manifold. Holley 675 Avenger carb. Factory Ford electronic injection with Pertronix FlameThrower coil. Stainless extractors & exhaust. Custom local radiator incorporating trans cooler, with 2015 Ford Falcon 16 inch thermofan/shroud and Derale dual fan controller.


FMX auto. Rebuilt. New stockish convertor. Electronic speedo sender. Local custom speedo convertor box. 59 Pontiac Gauge cluster, with local Ford electronic speedo guts added. Custom Conversion linkage to convert from Holden Column shift to Ford FMX gear change indents.


Nine Inch. 3.25 LSD. Rebuilt. Stock disc brakes. Custom length handbrake cables to work via rebuilt 52 handbrake handle.


Chassis. HZ Holden (ie Camaro) front graft. P/S. Custom front discs with Ford stud pattern. Rear kick up with Valiant leaf springs. Centre tubular section with underfloor brake booster and master + Optima battery in drop down holder. Chassis completely boxed and all holes welded.
15 x 5 & 15 x 8 Indy mags.


Interior. Bench/bucket seat. RHD 59 F100 dash shortened to complete RHD conversion.
 
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Old Nov 6, 2016 | 03:34 AM
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Very nice build. Do you have any photos of the chassis work in progress?
 
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Looking good . Do you have to change it to right hand drive or is that just something you wanted ?
 
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Old Nov 6, 2016 | 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by das54
Very nice build. Do you have any photos of the chassis work in progress?

Thank You.


The chassis work was done approx. 15 years ago by a very good local shop.
Unfortunately, this was before smart phones, so there were not too many progress shots.
 
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Looking good . Do you have to change it to right hand drive or is that just something you wanted ?

Picture yourself in America, on a two lane blacktop.
You are on the RHD side of the car, and you need to overtake a big truck on the left......how is your visibility?


This is the exact reverse down here.


Technically, I could just drive it LHD, but being on the opposite side to everyone else in traffic is just weird.
 
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Wow.

I threw in my job and started my own business in 2017....just starting to really rumble now.
I bought a couple of Super Rare RHD cabs for this last year, so I will get around to putting a stock dash in.

Last week, a friend called about a truck that "I just HAD to come and look at".....
So I bought this....




 
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