My 30 open cab pick up is finished

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Viv W

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Hi All,
I thought you might like to see my 1930 open cab pick up. I have loaded some pictures of it as found in 2007, one of the body being done around 2010 and some of it now its finished. The engine I know is the wrong color, but at the time it was the only paint I could get here due to foreign currency shortages and I wanted to get on with my project.
Hope you enjoy see ing my little truck
Regards
Viv

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Very nice! I've heard of the problems with getting parts and the cost due to exchange rates being hard to deal with. I visited some Model A owners in south Africa and they talked about it at length. Hope you can get your truck out on the road for people to see.
 
Very nice indeed! Did you acquire these old Ford projects in Zimbabwe? How difficult are original parts to find locally? Do you order your repro parts from the US like the rest of us? Very impressed with your roadster pickup. mike
 
Mike Peters said:
Very nice indeed! Did you acquire these old Ford projects in Zimbabwe? How difficult are original parts to find locally? Do you order your repro parts from the US like the rest of us? Very impressed with your roadster pickup. mike
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It's RHD so unless RHD specific parts are available locally, they can't be obtained. American parts vendors don't sell much RHD. For that reason alone, that is an excellent job of restoration. Congratulations.
 
Normally Model As with a sidemount spare has it fitted on the drivers side I suppose Henry thought it would be easier to change a flat in the street and not in a ditch !!! I cant see if your restored PU has dual sidemounts maybe it has. I have LHD and RHD they have the spare on the drivers side . Your PU is a super restoration and doing it in Zimbabwe must have been a real challenge for sure congratulations . Could be it started life with the spare on that side maybe a special order .

John in dismal rainy cold Suffolk County England .
 
Beautiful truck! Doing a project like this in Zimbabwe no doubt has added challenges. Even more impressive!
 
Viv,
What an AWESOME job you did!!!! Can't IMAGINE the HOURS/DAYS of blood, sweat & tears, to do a job this well!!!---Show me a PIC of your HANDS & SCARS---NLOL
Bill Salutingyou
 
And it only took you 10 years - that's quick work by my standards. :D I'm especially fond of RPUs and yours is a beauty - well done!
 
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