Looking exceptionally pleased with her purchase. :)
Been in storage for 60 years! First 20 in a paddock in
Koraleigh, then here for the last 40, mainly as garden art, in Heathcote.
Getting ready to load her up.
Ready to hit the road home.
Quick stop in Heathcote for lunch first at the same exact spot I stopped bringing the first Willys Truck home too!
Lisa trying out the driving position. :)
Not a bad size at all inside. If it wasn't for the big taper in the body width towards the front, 340mm or 13.5" of taper, it would be the same as our Cherokee.
Came with the original wire wheels but missing 3 caps.
Termites really got to the front doors and ate all the frame
away!
6 cylinder engine, L-head, 192.9 cu.in., 65 h.p
Even got a crank handle which still turns over the engine!
Tiny distributor!
Oils clean.
Door skins are good even if the timber frame was eaten away.
What they looked like when restored. This is a US 1933 'model' year version. They were actually built and sold from June to December of 1932. Note the different shaped front screen and the vent doors along the side of the hood/bonnet.
This is a 2 door coach version that I'm going to turn ours into. :) The US one also had the window line drop down in the late '32 builds.
Australian advertising for it. Note that in Australia, from the cowl back and floor up, the bodies were made by the Holden Body Builders which made bodies for up to 20 different makes. By the time the ship from the US arrived with the rolling chassis, driveline, front clip, guards/fenders and running boards, and then the rest of the body made, it wasn't released here until February 1933.
Getting a bit 'artsy'. The grille is missing the the Goddess Mascot on top of the radiator, but fortunately it came with a spare grille that still has it on.
Proposed 126mm/5" wide body photo hack to see the proportions. This is needed just to clear the width of the front of the HEMI as well as cover the extra track width of the donor driveline and interior.