While Alex had a real thing for ’34 Fords, Grunt seems to have cornered the market on ‘35s. He’s got a super nice Tourer and a pickup in the build and the sedan he owned for many years was recently purchased by Sam. There’s also a ’35 Pickup in the build and it will eventually become the daily driver, and because you can never have enough things to do, there’s a ’51 Ford Club Coupe getting the Maric treatment as well.<\/p>\nWith so many cars to choose from, it can be a bit difficult to choose which one to take out, but there’s never a shortage of family members to drive the car, and they do get driven. “We drive them all as much as we can, we went up to Queensland to the 2013 Street Rod Nationals at Easter — drove them up there — we took my sedan and Dad took his Tourer. Harley will usually drive the coupe and because Tennille and her partner have a two-year-old, they take the Vicky,” Sam says.<\/p>\nWhen you’re growing up, your cousins are usually your first friends — it’s that whole; blood is thicker than water thing, although it appears there’s a fair bit of high-octane coursing through their veins as well.<\/p>\n
“Usually when we’re playing in the shed it’s me, Harley, Kade and Dad, just the four of us and we all hook in. Kade is building a ’32 3-window coupe, pretty much along the same lines that the ’34 coupe is; big-block, big wheels. Kade’s a mechanic, so he does the mechanical work and I do the engineering side of it. Harley and Dad are supervisors and there’s always beers involved, that’s for sure!”<\/p>\n1934 FORD COUPE<\/strong>Harley<\/strong><\/h4>\nTHE coupe now belongs to Harley and he has kept it exactly as his dad built it, and why would you change it? Apart from the obvious sentimental connection, it’s pretty much perfect as it is. The coupe doesn’t just look the business either. Under the hood is a Mk IV 454 big-block Chevy sporting a Victor Jr. hi-rise manifold and 850 Holley double-pumper. The Turbo 400 has a 3200 stall and the 9-inch is filled with 3.70 gears, LSD of course.<\/p>\n1934 Ford coupe<\/strong>Paint:<\/strong> FLAT GREEN<\/p>\nDONK<\/strong>Type:<\/strong> Mk IV 454 ChevroletInlet:<\/strong> Victor JrCarb:<\/strong> 850DP HolleyHeads:<\/strong> PortedCam:<\/strong> Comp Cams ThumprPistons:<\/strong> LunatiCrank:<\/strong> StandardConrods:<\/strong> StandardExhaust:<\/strong> Loud<\/p>\nSHIFT<\/strong>Box:<\/strong> Turbo 400Converter:<\/strong> 3200 stallDiff:<\/strong> 9-inch, 3.70 LDS gears<\/p>\nBENEATH<\/strong>Front end:<\/strong> 4-inch dropped I-beam with 4-barsShocks:<\/strong> Chrome tube shocksBrakes:<\/strong> Harley discs (f), Ford drums (r), parachute<\/p>\nROLLING STOCK<\/strong>Rims:<\/strong> 15×4 spindle-mount 12-spokes (f), 16×11 Magnesium small-window Halibrands (r)Rubber:<\/strong> Skinny radials (f), fat dirt trackers (r)<\/p>\n1934 FORD VICTORIA<\/strong>Harley<\/strong><\/h4>\nTHIS was originally built by Ray Quon about 30 years ago and is an all-original body and chassis with some good old hot rod thrown at it. A 4-inch dropped Super Bell gets it down at the front and a 289 Windsor four-barrel gets it going forward. Inside is all blue leather, until you look up, where you’ll see a whole lot of artwork instead of a hoodlining. Ray Alldrick did the body and paint while Geoff ‘Whodaky’ Rea did the striping on the rear.<\/p>\n1934 Vicky<\/strong>Paint:<\/strong> BLACK ONYX ACRYLIC<\/p>\nDONK<\/strong>Type:<\/strong> 289 WindsorInlet:<\/strong> Aluminium 4-barrelCarb:<\/strong> 600 vac secExhaust:<\/strong> Twin 2-inch<\/p>\nSHIFT<\/strong>Box:<\/strong> C4Diff:<\/strong> 8-3\/4in, 3.25:1 gears<\/p>\nBENEATH<\/strong>Front end:<\/strong> 4-inch dropped Super BellShocks:<\/strong> TubeBrakes:<\/strong> Disc (f), drums (r)<\/p>\nROLLING STOCK<\/strong>Rims:<\/strong> American Racing Torq Thrust 15×4.5 (f), 15×8.5 (r)Rubber:<\/strong> 165\/75 Nankang (f), 235\/75 Toyo (r)<\/p>\n1935 FORD SEDAN<\/strong>Sam<\/strong><\/h4>\nORIGINALLY built in the early-80s by Malcolm Church from Shepparton, the car was purchased by Grunt. The stock chassis has been fitted with an HK front-end, a Lincoln 9-inch and it rolls on polished Real Wheels which look perfect against the Spies Hecker Super Deep Black paint. Keeping it all Ford, power comes from an XT GT 302 Windsor with ported heads and a 600 vac sec Holley. It now belongs to Sam who purchased it around a year ago. Gotta keep it in the family!<\/p>\n1935 Sedan<\/strong>Paint:<\/strong> SUPER DEEP BLACK<\/p>\nDONK<\/strong>Type:<\/strong> 302 WindsorInlet:<\/strong> Aluminium 4-barrelCarb:<\/strong> 600 vac sec HolleyHeads: <\/strong>PortedValves:<\/strong> 351Cam:<\/strong> Crow hydraulicCrank:<\/strong> StandardConrods:<\/strong> StandardExhaust: T<\/strong>win 2-inch<\/p>\nSHIFT<\/strong>Box:<\/strong> C4 with shift kitDiff:<\/strong> 9-inch Lincoln housing, 3.55 LSD gears<\/p>\nBENEATH<\/strong>Front end:<\/strong> HK HoldenBrakes:<\/strong> Discs (f), Drums (r)<\/p>\nROLLING STOCK<\/strong>Rims:<\/strong> 15×6 Real Wheels (f), 15×8 Real Wheels (r) with home made spinnersRubber:<\/strong> 185\/65 Bridgestone, 255\/70 Hankook (r)<\/p>\n1935 FORD TOURER<\/strong>Sam<\/strong><\/h4>\nTHE Tourer might look like a sedate resto-rod, but under the hood is a 350 4-bolt with forged internals and a B&M low blower. It’s probably the nicest out of all the cars. “Dad and Alex built the Tourer together, so he’ll never sell that. It was just built as a driver, it’s never been trailered anywhere, and still to this day it’s winning trophies everywhere it goes. You go from one extreme to the other when you look at the coupe,” Sam says.<\/p>\n1935 Tourer<\/strong>Paint:<\/strong> BLACK ONYX ACRYLIC<\/p>\nDONK<\/strong>Type:<\/strong> 350 Chev 4-boltCarb:<\/strong> 750DP HolleyBlower:<\/strong> B&M low blowHeads:<\/strong> Match portedCam:<\/strong> Crane blowerPistons:<\/strong> ForgedCrank:<\/strong> SteelExhaust:<\/strong> Twin<\/p>\nSHIFT<\/strong>Box:<\/strong> Turbo 400Converter:<\/strong> Dominator 2500 stallDiff:<\/strong> Tank Fairlane 9-inch with 3.25 gears<\/p>\nBENEATH<\/strong>Front end:<\/strong> 4-inch dropped Vintage Chassis Works I-beamShocks:<\/strong> TubeBrakes:<\/strong> Discs (f), Drums (r)<\/p>\nROLLING STOCK<\/strong>Rims:<\/strong> 15×6 solid steel (f), 15×8 solid steel (r)Rubber:<\/strong> 185\/65 (f), 255\/70 (r) Defender wide whitewall<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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