Kens 1937 Chevrolet

[Koala]

Hi All
Scratching around here while the ladies of the house are watching some junk on the tele so I thought i would share with you some photos of my '37 Chev. while I polish off a couple of Turkeys.
The first photo is of the car 'as found' in a shearing shed near Cooma in 1989.

The car was 'restored' by an employee of the Canadian Embassy who spent a lot of money on cosmetic things like paint and upholstery but had done nothing mechanically. Everything was stuffed including a ice cracked block, no synchros in the gearbox and worn out diff. plus no brakes and half a turn of play in the steering. This suited me as I hate painting but am an ex mechanic so love doing the mechanical bits.

This photo does not really do justic to the colour which is really an original gold (Golden Beryl) which is quite rare to see. It looks too yellow in the photo.
The steering box is unique to 1937 Chev. Masters so I had some problems locating a new pitman arm as mine was worn out. American ones are no good due to LH drive. Went to Bendigo Swap and found a new one still in the box and paid $70 after a bit of haggling but I would have paid anything - obviously didn't know what he had.
It is still on the original 6 volt electrical system - no need to change as it works just fine but causes some headaches swapping trailers with the modern car on 12V. LED lights will work on both voltages so could be the way to go.
It has been a good car and will look even better with the teardrop following along behind.


How about a few more postings on your tow car

Ken

[will and Lyn]

I hate you Col !!!!!!!!!

I will swap you my House
EK

my chev


my f100

My V35twin turbo 6 speed skyline

and my body guard



for the red one!!!!!!!

will

[will and Lyn]

Ken
all Ive got left Is

my Bambino

and my
R series
To swap for your 37 Ken


I love the era of the Thirties in particular 35 36 and 37s
every man and his dog has got a boring 32 or 34 and like Jailbar I am sick of seeing them on the cover of every rod every mag that is published


All I will end up with is A red car a gold car
and 3 old caravans but I will be very very happy ;D
and when they dig my hole it better be with a bulldozer because I will be taking them with me

deleriously envious and Jealous
and any other words that you can think of

Will

[Deleted]

Hi ken
Great stuff mate.
Love the old Chev and look forward to catching the "koalas' , the chev and the Td on the 2007 east coast tour......
Bring it on i say!!!

Pitman arm.....Cant beat a good swap meet bargain can ya

[Koala]

I would really like to see the Bambino with a caravan behind

Ken

[Deleted]

Hey Ken ;D

My thoughts on "Will The Wicked Gnome from the West " and the Bambino xtra towcar are as follows.....

Would look cool with a big 4 poster roo bar with a 'kenworth" sticker on the lexan bonnet bug deflector heading across the Nullabour with Will behind the steering wheel sitting on three cushions so he can see over the dash, and 3 of his little concrete mates propped up inside ,all wearing black bolle wrap around sunnys sharing a few longnecks along the way .

On the towball we could have one of those old cane wicker prams with hood .. sorta like a cane teardrop with tansad co. coil springs on each corner and dunlop solid white rubber tyre running on 8 spoked Cyclops 8" wheels..
Plenty of room in the pram for 4 of them to stretch out of a night under the stars.
Only downside would be that the concrete chappys would have to put up with the big ones flatulence and snoring.

I have one of their ceramic freeloading squatter cousins living down the backyard in my 1953 fairway bondwood matilda van. He was given to me at Coledale as a momento of Will and Lynns visit to the east coast last year ( as if i need reminding :. The little bugger has eaten everything out of my cupboards ( not all the poo i find in my van food cupboards is mouse poo ) and polished off the last half gallon of my Jailbarjuice that was given to me by JBJ when he was running his illegal still a few years back .

I liken the scene of 4 of them heading east in the Bambino to the national disaster we have with the Qld canetoads making thier steady invasive march southward into NSW.

We know they are gunna turn up on our doorstep in plague proportions sooner or later ( later would suit me just fine) and there is bugger all we can do about it ;D ;D

Take my tip.
If you get a call from the CSIRO asking for money to further thier research into "Gnome eradication"( especially the west coast mutations)... hand them your pay packet...no.. wait.. give em your bank card details. i assure you it will be an investment in a vermin free future for Australia and will pay dividends in the long run.
your grandchildren will love you for it.


Reddonotfeedgnomes.

Just an "East coast dribbler" keeping the goodWILL and banter paths open between both sides of OZ

[fbmad]

Hi Ken,

Love '37 Chev's as I've got 3x '37 Chev Model GC 1/2 ton trucks in my shed ( original not restored).

Did you have any trouble finding a grill??.. seem to be as rare as hens teeth in complete usable condition.Some blokes make their own and others have imported some from the USA ( repros ) but cost is very expensive.

Terry.

[Koala]

Hi All
Seems like there are some nice cars out there - even nice to see some Fords that haven't rusted away yet. ;D ;D
Hey Will, 1 Bambino and one R series don't equal 1 X 37 Chev. so I will hang onto it for a while thanks mate
Nice Studebaker Kaybe, i guess that is the V8 so should have ample power to tow just about anything (if you can keep the fuel up to it) I always liked those Studebakers and have one on my shopping list - if my memory serves me correctly there was a model with a supercharger as an option.
fbmad - my grill came from South America. They are expensive but there is not really a choice if you want your car to look OK. My grill is not a 100% fit but hey only I would notice. The main problem is that the centre bar is not as wide as the original so the crank hole cover will not fit. You can order hot rod grills that don't have the crank hole cover - stainless if you want.


The above pictures are of the 36 Chev. Roadster that I sold a while ago - still have a soft spot for it. Had calls from overseas when I advertised it and a guy paid for it sight unseen, guess I sold it too cheap.

Ken

[WILL AND LYN]

;D
Hi Ken yep
bloody insult!
but thats all I had left
sorry mate but get that 36 Roadster back and Ill think of something !!!!!!!!
hows Reddos form insulting Ken Kennedys Gnome mobile
that is used when Ken goes cruising for Gnomettes

Will

[kb3]

Hi
Yet another KB, hi mum hi dad
This is my 50 chev that gets used as a tow car all the time, and my old 64 that has since changed hands.

I like your 36 roadster Ken, I visited a farm last week that has had one sitting there for one day! sadly I doubt one day will come
KB3

[krisbee]

Well at least KB3 stays true to the thread,both cars have something attached to the towbar. ;D Night son
Ken, good thread to start, it is always interesting to see the wide variety of vehicles used to tow our VV'S around.
Don't forget that anyone can do the same as Ken and start a thread to show their cars, we all need a tow vehicle,lets see what you have.

Kris.

[kb3]

This is the 36 I mentioned, It would make a great car


For years this 37 was in a old shed and definitely not for sale, a while back I found out from the local scrap guy that they were picking up the cars as scrap. I did the quickest drive to Cockatoo ever to find they had bulldozed all the cars into a pile This was taken moments before a 30 ton Kato squashed about 15 cars into a bin

seeya


Well ,spoke to soon,was on track,he took a turn somewhere.
Hey, at least I got to try out my new powers. ;D ;D
Kris.