Thread: PASSED Road Worthy today !!!

Great result are you going to register it as a seven seater

Cheers Paul

11 seater Paul, it's a 109"

Cheers,
John

Wow, looks great. Congrats on getting rego.

Well Done! that looks bloody great!!

Originally Posted by JohnboyLandy

Here's a few pics of what it looks like :

That's no motor vehicle. That's art on wheels.

Just beautiful.

By the looks of it its more a case of being a surprise if it DIDNT pass inspection. Great work.

Thanks for the applause guys, it's been a long 2 1/2 years :-)

Cheers,
John

Did the inspector give you any heartburn about braking performance? A mate is into a certain 50's -60's pommy make and has restored three of them over the last 10 years or so. One of them was not going to pass the test and he was sent away to improve the braking. Small 4 wheel drums on these. The entire system was eventually replaced and still no pass. He found a guy who worked for his local dealership for many years and had him drive it. First comment was " It's got good brakes". Managed to eventually convince the inspector that 50 y.o. cars with unassisted drum brakes don't stop well and this one was right up to "as new" standard.

Other guys in my car club have had the same problem with other makes of old cars. Young mechanics (under 50) have had little to do with early vehicles and their poor braking performance. I wonder what he would have thought of the 1926 Chev. I owned when aged 16. Two wheel contracting brakes. Almost no braking in wet weather.