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A Picture Review of the Old Cars
of Australia
Australian cars
These cars date from 1916 to
1976 and include some very interesting pictures.
Many of these pictures of Australian
Cars were sent to me by Les Pendlebury
from Australia.
Recently
Steve Levy,
Declan Foley, Graham Allum and Mark Forbes
all from Australia have contributed
a number of pictures to this page.
I think that they will be of
interest to anyone who like old cars.
If you have any pictures that
you would like to add to this page please
use the E Mail link below in
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This page was last updated on May 3, 2013
A story of a Hudson Survivor
1937 Hudson Straight 8
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Here it is, my 1937 Hudson Straight 8 In 1987, I was on a hunting trip near my hometown of Corryong in NE Victoria, when I discovered this vehicle among an eclectic mix of wrecks in varying degrees of decay and vandalism on an old farm. She looked forlorn but unscathed, except for missing rear window, all rubber seals, no floor, rust throughout, a completely concave roof (which I was later told this was from carting hay bales), smashed in RH mudguard (came off second best in a collision with a Black Angus Bull), all the windows were down and the seats were growing things local to the area, and this all fertilized and cared for by a prodigious colony of rats. I approached the owner, a laconic Yugoslav named Bish who said "Take it, it's been there for 25 years, I don't want it...frst the motor she bugger up, then the gear box it buggered. I fix the bloody gear box then the diff it buggers up, I fix the bloody diff then the bloody crank shaft it busts, no mate you can have the bugger for all I care." I borrowed a car trailer and took the old thing to my uncle's where it sat in the corner of the machinery shed for the next 14years. 1998 - enter Kevin Hickling, classic car show Burwood, Sydney, driving up the long avenue of trees to the central park at the wheel of a magnificent white 1937 Hudson 8 Deluxe. It was the first time I had ever seen a 'live' one. He was a very busy man, but somehow I convinced him to help me restore my car, and in 2001 I trailered it to Taree where he went over it from stem to stern, inside to outside and gave me an encyclopaedia's worth of advice. This translated into five years of hard work and a million phone calls. The result of patience and optimism and a love of Hudson's have put one more survivor on the road. |
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| This 1934 Ford UTE was submitted by Robert Ryan Sans
Souci NSW Australia
He had the following to say about his UTE. "This example is classed as a modified production vehicle by the inspecting Engineer sanctioning it for full street Registration. The body is totally stock as ex factory. From 1932 Fords were mostly V8's as was this one. You are not likely to see another or for that matter a better example any time in the future. All steel, full leather trim, everything under and over either chromed, stainless steel or billet aluminium. All the rare factory accessories including the Ford Greyhound Radiator Mascot. The first Coupe utilities in the world were designed and built at the Ford Plant in Geelong,Victoria. in 1933/34. Not a pickup but known as a utility
vehicle or as we know it now a ute. The back "grafted" to a 1934 x ?2 Door
Coupe Body.
The idea was for buyers to go
to church in comfort out of the weather on a Sunday and take the pigs to
market on a Monday.
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| This car is owned by Sandra Rickards from Victoria, Australia
She believes there are not more than three of these cars on the road in Australia that she can establish. It was her parents car when she was born and they drove it up until about 1955 when the fan went through the radiator and her father just parked it. Lucky he did and kept it as long as he did only to give it to her which she has had for about 10 years. It was 5 years in the restoration stage and only back on the road for February 2009 some 80 years after manufacturer. |
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in Australia by Ross Robertson |
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| This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia | This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia |
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| This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia | |
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| This car is owned by Ross Robertson, Australia.
The car has only 72,000 Miles |
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becoming someone's proud possession |
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This picture was submitted by
Declan Foley from Australia.
He had the following to say about the picture. "Attached is a photo of a 1946 Hudson Terraplane. This was the first new car to be registered in County Sligo Ireland immediately after WW11. It was originally grey and was painted black as the man that purchased it, Jack Gallagher, was an Undertaker. My Dad Gerry Foley was employed by him around the same time. My Dad is pictured here standing between the ladies on the driver's side. It was sold in 1951 and alas, I cannot trace it's history after this." |
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| This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia | |
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| This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia | This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia |
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| This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia | This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia |
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| This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia | |
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| This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia | |
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| This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia | This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia |
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| This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia | This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia |
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| This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia | This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia |
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| This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia | This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia |
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| This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia | This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia |
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| This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia | This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia |
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| This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia | This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia |
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| This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia | |
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| This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia | This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia |
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| This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia | This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia |
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The owner of this car went to US and brought the car
back
He did a total nut and bolt resto. He even made another trip to the states to get made the original interior fabric. It was also converted to rhd because at that time he was in the funeral industry. |
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| This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia | |
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| This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia |
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| This picture was submitted by Steve Levy from Springbrook, Australia |
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| This car is owned by Mark Forbes from Austrailia
Mark imported in into Australia 12 years ago & restored it. It is now right hand drive & drives fantastic! It has also won numerous Classic Car Shows & attracts attention where ever he take it. |
This car is owned by Mark Forbes from Austrailia |
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a 1958 Ford 4 Door Sedan This car was a 1955 Meteor here in Canada |
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This bus was built in Brisbane, Australia and it used a Ford Chassis |
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Lemon Tree Passage,NSW., Australia. This has been a 4 year restoration from a total rustbucket. As you can see in profile, Australian cars have a different tail to USA models. There are a lot of other minor differences as well such as inside door handles and window winders. They are not interchangeable between Australian cars and USA cars. |
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Adam & Belinda Lee, Queensland, Australia It was imported to Australia in 2003 from South Africa. The body number is 5144-36809 |
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| This truck is owned by Ross Robertson from Australia.
The truck has been in his family since it was new. |
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| These pictures were submitted by Eddie Ford, Australia | |
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| These pictures were submitted by Wayne Newman NSW Australia.
The truck is owned by a friend and is going to be restored. |
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This UTE is owned by Lang Kidby, Brisbane, Australia
This Coupe Utility was built by GM -Holdens in Melbourne Australia. Continued as civil production after the war until the body style change in 1946 (but still continued as a model in that new style). Lang has restored it in it's WW2 colours and is shipping it to Istanbul, Turkey in Feb 09 to drive all the way to the 65th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy France. Seats on side are standard GMH and were offered after the war to civil market as the "wellside" option. |
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| This car is owned by Mitch West, Queensland, Australia
My grandfather bought this car new. It was passed down to his father who had it for 30 years and now he owns it |
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| These pictures were submitted by Nick Gye from Australia.
They were taken "The All Australian Car Show’ in Western Australia." The owner is the 4th owner. He bought the Hudson from someone in Queensland. It had been sitting in a shed for many years. It was purchased new in 1952 for 2,4000 pounds – a lot of money. Hudson’s were imported into Australia in knock down from and assembled here in right hand drive. |
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| This UTE is owned by Ray Angove, Australia | |
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| These updated pictures were submitted by
Jeanette Angove on Jan 2, 2011 |
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| This picture was submitted by Graham Allum from Australia | This car is owned by Graham Allum from Australia |
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| These picture was were submitted by Russ Jago and is owned by his father who lives in Victoria State of Australia. | |
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| This picture was submitted by Graham Allum from Australia | |
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| This picture was submitted by Graham Allum from Australia | This picture was submitted by Graham Allum from Australia |
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| This picture was submitted by Graham Allum from Australia | This picture was submitted by Steven Greentree, Australia.
It as taken at a hotrod show in Port Fairy Victoria, Australia |
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| This picture was submitted by Greg Massey, Cairns, Queensland, Australia and it is owned by his father. It has won concours several years running and was rallied around NSW and Victoria by its previous owner. A great piece of history. | This car is owned by Mike and Clare Stephenson,
Wollongong Australia They were enjoying a Sunday afternoon drive to a small fishing port of Kiama Australia. They even had fish and chips |
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| This car is owned by Alison and John from Melbourne, Australia | |
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| This car is owned by Irene Smith, Australia | This car is owned by Irene Smith, Australia |
| This car was supposed to have come from CANADA - sent to
Sth Africa for the Canadian airforce during the war - was then purchased by someone and apparently knocked down and sent to Australia, with another whole car, in a crate. The people never assembled her and eventually - according to the story - they went to an antique dealer for furniture and were short of money so Charlotte was part of the payment. The old fellah then put it together - probably about 20 yrs ago. Consequently the mileage is around 10,000 miles! The 'putting together' is very average and eventually we will spruce her up. |
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| This car is owned by Irene Smith, Australia | This picture was submitted by Leanne Grogan who is from Donald,
in the state of Victoria Australia
The car belonged to her grandfather, Ulick James Grogan. At the time they owned the car they livrd in Corack East, and were farmers. |
| The following series of pictures were provided by Richard Tapp,
Australia. Richard run the photo gallary seen at
http://picasaweb.google.com/crcasa.web He has allowed me to use many of these pictures. The following is a selection of pictures from this site. |
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Owned by Steve Lovell CRCASA member |
Owned by Trevor Unsworth CRCASA member |
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Owned by Roy and Norma Schopp CRCASA member |
Owned by Richard and Raice Tapp |
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Owned by Trevor and Lorraine Beythien |
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Owned by Kevin and Barbara Williams. |
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Owned by Trevor and Lorraine Kramm |
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Owned by Brian Walsh |
Owned by A Cross |
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| This UTE is owned by Skip Sails.
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| This car is owned by Dave Roberts, Brisbane, Australia | |
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| This car is owned byBen Brignell, Ipswich, Australia |
The following pictures are of the Hudson Essex
Terraplane Rally held Sept 2003
Click on the Image to view a larger view which
will open in a new window.
Don't be confused by the date shown on the
pictures.
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