[Kiwijeff]

They didnt make these at the factory, but i reckon they should have. Recently, i purchased a 34 Chev Standard, or Junior, as they were called down my neck of the woods. It was rough, and a lot of people would have passed it up. I figured it may look ok as a RPU, so i grabbed it. After presure washing it, over two days, and letting it dry out 4 another two days, i pushed it into my small shed. A few weeks of going over it, saw me getting out the cutting wheel. Heres the result.

[Kiwijeff]

The Australians have them, and i suspect the came to Aussy as Knockdowns. These are chassis, running gear, and cowl, that were sent to the Colonies. Brand didnt matter in the late 20s, early 30s, and the missing bodies were built by local coach builders. The Australian versions look like they used a Roadster cowl, and windscreen. The back panel was squared off, and dont look very pretty. The doors were shorter as well, both ways. Heres a couple of pics from my thread over on the Hamb. These are Aussy versions, and i think the cream and red one is very cool.

[TFoch]

Jeff,
Cool project!  Welcome to the forum.  I think you'll like it here.  Looking forward to watching the progress of the 34 RPU.
Tom

[EDNY]

Great having you on the forum. I have a buddy that lives in Montreal, PQ, Canada - his family immigrated from New Zealand to Canada. The entire family are "motorheads". They have many pictures of 30's & 40's Chevys they owned in NZ.

Ed

[themoose]

Jeff

First...Welcome aboard and second I agree that you have defiantly embarked on a great project. Will you use the stock engine of something else?

Moose

[Kiwijeff]

Thanks for the welcome, guys. Tom, it was good timing, i needed to find a good Chevy forum.                                  ED, Chevs were popular here, but our wet climate means a lot didnt survive real well. Mine must have been shed stored for most of its life, the put under a tree for a few years, with the right side taking the brunt of the weather.                           Moose, id like to run a small block Chev, but no concrete plans yet. The old Stovebolt seems to have some movement in it, and i just turned the car around yesterday, so i can start messing with it.

[Kiwijeff]

Figured id tell you all a little about my car life, or OCD, (old car disease). I started at age ten, and quickly decided i was a Chevy guy. 55s and 57s were it for me, back as a teenager. After a short while, i discovered other brands were cool too, and became a hot rod obsessed teenager. It didnt help, that the local hot rod club rented a large shed, over my back fence. As a yong man, i started buying Holdens, an Australian GM product that was as close to a real Chevy as i could afford. My first V8 was a Holden. My first Chev came in my mid 20s, a 48 truck. Ive always regretted selling that truck. By my 30s, my career, women, and other distractions took me away from playing with cars, and the 80s billet and pastel paint, killed my love of hot rods. I still drove cool cars, mostly Holdens, and i had a 77 Holden Premier for ten years. At the start of 2000, i found old school hot rods had made a comeback, so i threw myself back into it, and joined the Hamb in 09.

[EDNY]

Great to see those old right hand drive (RHD) Chevy's....do you have the VIN prefix (not actual VIN)?  Kinda curious - I remember seeing a post that the RHD Chevy's were built in NY (near NYC) because the export shipping ports would be closer.

Would be neat to build a RHD hotrod for over here...those RHD Mustang II racks are around $1000!

Ed

[Kiwijeff]

I brotht my first real old car in 2010, a rough Model A Truck, and proceded to tear into it. My skills were sharpened over the next year, and as i have many friends in car type employment, id had years of watching them at work, so knew what to do. I just needed to practise what id seen watching my friends doing for years. After a year of working on that old Ford, i decided to sell it, and buy a going car, as i wasn't getting any younger, and i wanted to be driving an old car, instead of working on them. I found a 1929 Hudson, that had been built over a 6 year period. It was ugly, but in my price range, and had a great stance. It just was ugly, but after years of building scale model hot rods, i knew i could make it cool. Spent 5 months transforming it, and had it back on the road, by Christmas, 2012. Its my daily driver, rain, hail, or shine. I then brought a 28 Hudson, as a project. I was missing working on old cars, so i tore into it. Im still messing around with it, but its missing a lot of parts.

[Kiwijeff]

Ed, where do i find the Vin? I thought a lot of the early 30s cars were shipped from Canada, so thanks for the info. Great to know.

[Kiwijeff]

So fast forward to November 2013, and a nieghbour buys a rough 34 Chev. Hes doing up a 61 Caddy, and decided he didnt want the Chevy. I told him id like to cut it up, and not long after, it was in my shed, getting cut. I didnt know if my vision would work, but im more than happy with how its progressing.

[EDNY]

Ed, where do i find the Vin? I thought a lot of the early 30s cars were shipped from Canada, so thanks for the info. Great to know.

Here is one link:

http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/VIN.htm

The cars were produced in Tarrytown, NY.. Factory Code "2". The car number plate on the 33 Chevys were on the floor - passenger side - near seat, made of zinc really hard to find one that has survived.

Still looking for the exact reference site, but recall reading that the RHD Chevy's were made in Tarrytown, NY for export across the Atlantic.

Ed

[Kiwijeff]

Im always real interested to learn as much as i can about any car in my stable. Unfortanatly, i cant check the link right now, as i mostly post from my cheap phone, and whenever i go to links, it shuts my phone down. The aftermarket front end you mentioned would be a nice addition, and give a great ride. Ive not yet decided what to do about the running gear. Thats half the reason im here, to learn what my best options are.

[TFoch]

Jeff,
You'll have to post some pics of your Hudson daily driver.  Would love to see a before and after pic.
Tom

[ghost28]

It's good to have ya over here. I have been following your build for awhile now.