Trip Report

[Bones]

G'day All.... Reading through this thread reminded me of a car I seen while riding through Murwillumbah at the start of the year, I had to go searching through photos to find it.I thought I lost it, nice old beast. Also found someone had uploaded it to YouTube.



1926 dodge still on the roads

Every year at the Ipswich Toy Run you'll see that old thing parked amongst the bikes. Half expecting Jed, Jethro, and Granny to be walking around.

[simi_ed]

Noel, don't take the lack of response for lack of interest.  I too was fascinated by your old "cage" and was curious.  Thanks for the info!  Was Standard Motor Company an Aussie company?  I've never heard of them, although back then there were a LOT of companies making "horseless carriages".


Ed

[paulfj03]

Great trip report, Noel!  Spectacular pictures!! love your old car!! Not much of a windscreen to polish, though... 



Thank you for sharing.

[Harvy]

G'day All.... Reading through this thread reminded me of a car I seen while riding through Murwillumbah at the start of the year, I had to go searching through photos to find it.I thought I lost it, nice old beast. Also found someone had uploaded it to YouTube.



1926 dodge still on the roads

Every year at the Ipswich Toy Run you'll see that old thing parked amongst the bikes. Half expecting Jed, Jethro, and Granny to be walking around.

I'd rather see Elly-May!


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Harvy

[TexasDave]

Noel

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That's awesome!
I'm trying to figure out who's older... the car or the driver...


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dI too took an interest in that nice car and enjoyed the pictures. I always enjoy older cars with the same period drivers. Thanks Noel. Dave

[rlucas]

I too took an interest in that nice car and enjoyed the pictures. I always enjoy older cars with the same period drivers. Thanks Noel. Dave

How's this? Dad picked this up about 6 weeks ago - 1922 Studebaker "Big Six" Touring Car. That's him and Mom in the pictures (sorry, no EllieMae). Dad's 5 years younger than the car.

A true barn find. Sat in a machine shed just outside of town for the last 30 years, in an actual barn before that. Illinois plates from 1939.

...and it runs.






It's supposed to look like this:





He claims he's not gonna restore it, just leave it like it is.

[ribbert]

How's this? Dad picked this up about 6 weeks ago - 1922 Studebaker "Big Six" Touring Car. That's him and Mom in the pictures (sorry, no EllieMae). Dad's 5 years younger than the car.

A true barn find. Sat in a machine shed just outside of town for the last 30 years, in an actual barn before that. Illinois plates from 1939.

...and it runs.

That is fantastic. As much as anything I like his spirit in taking on a project at that age. I hope that's me when I'm nudging 90.

And what a find to boot, a complete runner that was literally a barn find and a great car.

Err, Rossi, with those genes running in the family, does this mean you'll be on the forum for the next 40 years?

Noel

[ribbert]

Noel, don't take the lack of response for lack of interest.  I too was fascinated by your old "cage" and was curious.  Thanks for the info!  Was Standard Motor Company an Aussie company?  I've never heard of them, although back then there were a LOT of companies making "horseless carriages".


Ed

No Ed, it was a British company and you're right, it seemed like every black smith, bicycle maker, carriage builder and butcher turned their hand to making motor cars back then.

Australia did not have it's own car until the middle of the century. Our imported cars, or locally assembled cars, were predominantly from the UK and to a lesser extent other European countries. Fiats were a big seller for many years as was Mercedes Benz. Of course these days it's anything and everything.

Australia never imported American cars to any great extent but there do seem to be a hell of a lot of those 20's Dodges still getting around. There's the one Bones posted and there were a lot at the event I attended. Don't know the story behind that.

We still don't import much from the USA, Chrysler has a crack at every few years but without much success.

Would you believe we actually sell cars to the US. That's a bit like selling ice to the Eskimos. The Pontiac GTO is the latest version of an Australian car that has been in production since the late 60's., the Monaro.
There are also Police Depts all across the country that drive another Australian car that has been a favourite here for decades, these were not cars built simply to export. We sent a "Police" version of a production line car to the States for appraisal and they loved it.

Sorry, I'm getting carried away, this is a bike forum.

Ok, much the same applied to bikes, until the 70's most, but not all, of our bikes were from Britain and we have never had a local bike industry. Old Harleys are around but far out numbered by British bikes.

Noel

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A cheap way out Noel is do what I did. I bought a brand new 35 litre top box for $120.00 and mounted it on my gear sack rack. The front bar that the bag slids over had to be cut off, but otherwise everything fits well. It might'n look as tidy as the proper rack, but it's cheap, strong, and keeps everything inside completely waterproof unlike the bag before it.

Thanks Tony, I followed your suggestion and fitted it Saturday. Very happy with the result. Although I'm now limited to carring what will fit inside the box, I love it. Soooo much better than the bag.



Anyone would think it was made for the "FJay" 




Thanks again for the tip.

Noel

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[Bones]

Looks good Noel, one other thing I did that I didn't mention was I put little square plastic plugs in where the bar was cut to keep the water out. Love the mod you did to the Rjays sticker, I might copy that myself.

                                                            Tony.

[Bones]

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What's the story behind the photo Noel, looks like old mate there's had a bad day.

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What's the story behind the photo Noel, looks like old mate there's had a bad day.

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Haha, I was fiddling about experimenting posting photos from another source, to save moving them to flickr first, the phone rang, and then I forgot and then.......
I can now post them straight from my automatic photo back up. Yippee, that means more photos everyone!

I took the photo yesterday at a motorbike themed food stop I came across on a trip. Quite well done in a kitsch sort of way.





I think I probably looked the same after trying the coffee.




This was in the courtyard for sale. I didn't bother asking how much but it looked pretty sad and sorry and don't think anyone was fighting over it.




The bloke out the front looks like he might have ridden in on this.






Forget about all the Hodaka talk, this Hyabusa parked out front is my sort of dirt bike.

[X-Ray]

Wow, the things you can find when you are out and about, love it!! 
Good job with the top box!

[Capn Ron]

On the return trip I thought of Capn' Ron again, passing through the Coonawarra region. The soil in this area is unique in the world for grape growing and I doubt there is a winemaker in the world who is not aware of it's existence. There are 15,000 acres under grapes and world class reds are produced there. A shame I was on the bike and in a hurry.

Noel,

Thoroughly enjoyed the trip report and this picture!!!  We do get some Australian wines here, but I suspect you're keeping the best stuff in country.  Hmmm...Might just have to join you for a ride someday!