June 2009 No. 184

HEADLINESWest Coast Street Rod Club Invades Wanderers Pizza Night 14/5/2009. A surprise trip to the Wanderers Rod & Custom Club’s regular Pizza night, by the editor, was indeed a surprise. On arrival, after the publicised start time, there were no recognizable cars in the car park. Thoughts of an organizational stuff up were put to rest when Jeff Ewence was spotted through the window. Once inside, Nell and Joe Galipo were also found. Eventually, West Coast members numbered nine before any Wanderers arrived. Eventually, Wanderers members Brett and Yvonne Ramsay arrived. Then we all gobbled up pizza and then went home. EW.

Address: Unit 1, 12 Cusack Rd, MALAGA. WA. Ph (08)9249 9632General meetings: 3rd Sunday of each month at 7.30pm. Visitors wel-come.President: Kevan Best Ph. 9571 0025.. Vice Presidents: Brian French 9377 7837 Alan Barton 9448 0110 . Secretary: Mel Broun 9447 1975 Treasurer: ASRF Delegate: Jeff Ewence 9339 4337TAC Delegate: Ken MyersWAHRP Delegate: vacant, representative required.Management Committee: Executive committee (above) and B. French, Dave Krause. All members welcome to meetings. Get in-volved or get left behind.Social Committee: D. Krause, A.Lawrence , Maurie Searle, Ian Swin-bourne, Jim CandidoStrata Committee: Neil Gibb, Jeff Ewence, .Eric Warren Klaxon Editor: Eric Warren 9574 6440 or fax 9444 3299 or email on rodder@gidgenet.com.au Deadline is 7 days before the meeting. Klaxon Distribution: Peter Hunter 9445 2493.Contributors:: Mel Broun, Cover: WCSRC Members at the Wanderers Pizza NightClub Merchandise. Phone 9249-8553.

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Hello again all you hot rod funsters...The time is upon me again to panic and beat the printing deadline for another Klaxon. Life as the socialite editor of such a publication is not all beer and skittles. In fact, the only perk is the free parking at home. Anyway, here I am again with computer and EHS (empty head syndrome) about to satisfy the knowledge thirsting readership. Enjoy.. It is that time of year again, regardless of the weather, the hot rodding events have all but died out, as if it is magically controlled by the solar system. What now? What happens next? Do we stop putting together and attending rod runs just because it rains or it’s colder, as if controlled by nature like the leaves falling off trees in Autumn? It seems so doesn’t it. I realise that there are show cars out there that are allergic to dust , damp and winter road grime, and that some rods don’t have roofs and windows (toughen up) but many rodders do have all rounder all weather cars, so maybe we should have a big winter event each year where the sooks can stay home and the men can come out and play! Who will take up the baton and run with this notion?Let’s see who attended the Peter Dawson Run to Dwellingup ,whether it hailed, rained or shone! Well, as it turned out, it was a perfect day and the event was well attended by Perth and Mandurah roddders. Check the story and pictures within.

So if you are not driving the rod for the next few months, what are you going to do? Contribute an article to your local hot rod magazines, do some small jobs on the rod, get fat or do some overdue jobs about the house? If you read yankee rod magazines, you might just pluck a brand new hot rod from a wallet or your bottom, in just a few months..! In reality, only Mike Bida can build a rod that quickly. Right? And he’s a Canadian! One flow-on affect of this annual rodding hibernation is the lack of events to feature in the Klaxon (or Rod Tork). Without other filler articles and contributions from the readership, the magazine will lean down over

the darker months, like a hibernating bear. So if you want to stretch your artstic ability beyond the end of a welding hand piece, send in some sort of aticle to share with other readers. Tech articles, photos of your new project, your thoughts about the rodding scene etc. On a different note, good news from Mexico is that none of the local Klaxon staff there have contracted swine flu. Staff in the Melbourne office have been moved to Tassie for safety sake.

This month’s Klaxon features a DIY article. Something a bit different. The long awaited “Tale of two tail lights” or “What Was He Thinking?”. It is an article to show what a bit fiddling in the shed can produce. Nothing rocket science, but possibly an eye opener to newer rodders who may think everything has to be bought from a shop or by mail order. The rat rod fad has done a good service to promote a genre of hot rodding that is affordable for the budget rodder. It’s all about doing as much as you can yourself, with what you have scrounged, if you want a low buck rod. This aricle is all about that. It is still possible to build an appreciating and driveable asset, over a few years without selling a kidney. Alternatively, if you want a big buck show stopper, you can do that too. That’s one of the great aspects of our hobby. Horses for courses, hot wodding for wallets.(sorry ‘bout that one). All said and done, it has been a great summer and autumn of hot rodding. Great events, great participation and great west coast weather. If you have been a fringe rodder to now, make a decision to get stuck into it next summer. For now, take care, keep warm

and well. Extreme E

Continued...........

Close inspection of the Willys tail light assemblies during fabrication.

West Coast Street Rod Club Minutes of General Meeting 17 May 2009

Meeting opened – 7.25 pmApologies – Kim Broun, Dave Krause, Gary Bryant, Joe Galipo, Joe Carbone.Visitors – Kevin IrelandMinutes of previous meeting read – accepted by John Ferrier, Jim CandidoCorrespondence In – Geelong Street Rodders Newsletter April and May editions. Cruise Newsletter –American Car Club of WA Membership application form Mike Kinney Letter from ASRF rejecting Flacon GT Club request to use the hoist. Telephone call from SRG confirming the destruction of two WC cheques.Correspondence Out – Letter to SRG asking confirmation of the destruction of two WC cheques sent as part payment of invoice. Letter to Allan Rossi expressing club’s appreciation for his past efforts. Klaxon. Phone call to Steve Calleja in response to his request to use the Clubrooms on the 27th June. Treasurer’s Report – Not possible to give a current report, but books are being sorted out. Kevan Best reported that the Club ran at a $2000.00 loss over the past twelve months and that we may have to raise the fees to cover this. Management Committee to consider.ASRF Report – West Coast Xmas Cruise has been sanctioned There were problems with the Q’land show with the winning car being commercially built. The builder was a judge. Robert Barton has received the ASRF raffle car.TAC Report -Inspectors now have a noise level meter which was used at the recent (May) inspections. The brake testing equipment is also being used.

Ride height is not to be adjustable while the vehicle is mobile. Supercharger pressure is not exceed 9 psi. Car checks are being organized by Mike Zidlicky who can be contacted after 6.00 pm. Proposed New Charges – Annual inspection - $50.00 First up fee ( to build a streetrod ) of $250.00. This will cover the first three checks and paperwork. If a car is sold before it’s final check, the process must be repeated. Licensed cars coming from interstate will be checked for $100.00 Reimbursement for our volunteer inspectors to be considered. Alan Barton moved that the West Coast Street Rod Club accept the proposed charges. Seconded by Eric Warren. Passed unanimously.

Social Report - Moora trip for June long weekend cancelled due to lack of members participating. Secretary to contact the Moora Barracks. Definite numbers needed for AGM by next meeting – 21st June. $10.00 cover charge also to be paid at this time.Unfinished Business – Nominations for life membership – four members have been nominated as being deserving of life membership. They are- Dave Krause, Andy Lawrence, John Ferrier, Steve Calleja. Eric Warren expressed surprise that the nominations had been made in this way (by a member). League of Nations Cruise – very enjoyable see the Klaxon for details Eric Warren travelled to the Wanderer’s Pizza Night – mostly West Coast members. An enjoyable night. Jeff Ewence is entering his car in the Albany Around the Town race. All office bearers positions have been filled. Nominations for these positions has been fierce, with the fortunate few being - President – Kevan Best Treasurer – Brian French

Secretary – Mel Broun Positions to be formalized at the AGMNew Business – Jim Candido reported that the GT Club is not using the Clubrooms respectfully and not paying for the soft drinks. Their current charge for use is $45.00 per month. This needs to be increased, management Committee to consider. Cleaning roster to be drawn up by Kevan Best. Busy Bee next to be held on Sunday 24th May to complete roof repairs. Neil Gibb would like the Club to extend life membership requirement to 15 years. To be discussed at AGM. AGM invitations to Alan Barton Senior and members generally to be posted.Buy Sell Swap - nil Meeting closed at 8.40 pm <><><><><><><><>Mel’s Minute Enhancing Jokes.... A man goes to his doctor with a strawberry growing out of his head. The doctor gave some cream to put on it. BOOM BOOMA man goes to his doctor with a strawberry growing out of his head. The doctor gave some cream to put on it. BOOM BOOM <><><><><><><><>Father Norton woke up Sunday morning and realizing it was an exceptionally beautiful and sunny early spring day, decided he just had to play golf. So... he told the Associate Pastor that he was feeling sick and persuaded him to say Mass for him that day. As soon as the Associate Pastor left the room, Father Norton headed out of town to a golf course about forty miles away. This way he knew he wouldn't accidentally meet anyone he knew from his parish. Setting up on the first tee, he was alone. After all, it was Sunday morning and everyone else was in church!At about this time, Saint Peter leaned over to the Lord while looking down from the heavens and exclaimed, "You're not going to let him get away with this, are you?"The Lord sighed, and said, "No, I guess not."Just then Father Norton hit the ball and it shot straight towards the pin, dropping just short of it, rolled up and fell into the hole. IT WAS A 420 YARD HOLE IN ONE!St. Peter was astonished. He looked at the Lord and asked, "Why did you let him do that?"The Lord smiled and replied, "Who's he going to tell?"

Nu Breed’s George and Audrey Longshaw Memorial Run 17/5/2009

On another ever-so-pleasant autumn day, a group of rodders gathered at Centrepoint shopping centre in Midland, before heading to the Spencers Brook Tavern for lunch. It was the annual Geo and Audrey Longshaw Memorial Run, in memory of past Nu Breed members George and Audrey Longshaw, who passed away many

years ago, both victims of the dreaded “C”. The run was made up almost completely of Nu Breed members, with the exception of Paul Walsh and Jeff Prin-gle from Mandurah and Jeff Ewence and Moi from WC-SRC. It was my first George Longshaw run for about 15 years since I last went to one at Lake Leschenaultia. The run departure time was delayed due to a phone call from a tardy Nu Breeder. This gave me a bit of time to scrounge around the car park markets and pick up a cut down 32 roadster for $350. Just kidding, I left it there. What would I want a ford for!!

Eventually we got underway with our observation quiz sheets and followed Alan

Above: Jeff Ewence’s Plymouth Prowler and Mick Allender’s Trans AM

Above: Les Smih’s 41 Willys sedan and Keith Wilson’s Coupe avec la bra.

Left: Allan Barker’s A Tourer and Giant Barry Batten’s A Pickup

Barker’s A tourer up Greenmount Hill and beyond.

It was a leisurely drive that somehow made a beeline to the Bakers Hill Bakery. Bakeries are becoming quite a distrac-

tion on rod runs. We all stopped there to re-group and buy a few morning tea drinks and snacks. This was a will -power test that most of the attendees failed. Spencers Brook

Above: Jeff Pringle’s Chev pickup from North Yunderup and Paul Walsh’s A coupe from Mandurah. Both attend most rod runs every season.

Above: Roger the Lodger’s 37 roadster and Graeme John’s Cadillac. Below: BJ Filer’s 36 Chevy and George Longshaw’s A tudor, now enjoyed by son, Chris.

was only another 15 or 20 minutes away. We got there and took up all available parking along the street. The old building was once on the main railway line head-ing east out of Perth. The line has long gone and heads eastward up the avon valley these days. The old pub is slowly being restored. The large lawned beer garden was a real coun-try treat. On arrival we wandered into the bar to grab a drink and place our lunch orders before taking up positions in the garden on such a fantastic day. (my last trip up here was back in the 80’s for the Pete Simmonds run. It was a dismal day weather-wise. This was a great day).

Nu Breed’s George and Audrey Longshaw Memorial Run cont......

Left column: The car park is is filled with rods for the emergency top-up stop at the Bakers Hill bakery.

The best deal of the day was the special pre-organised roast meal for only $15.00

Talk about old fashioned country cooking with heaps of veges, I’m drooling on my keyboard just thinking whether it was

lamb or beef! It was good. After enough time had passed for everyone to eat and digest the food and en-joy the good company, Alan Barker did the thank you for attending the run speech and announced the first and second place getters in the observation quiz.

Eventually it was time to move on. We followed a few Nu Breeders to Nu Breed-ers Mat and Wendy’s place in Bakers Hill to check out his fully fendered improved A roadster project and new shed.Both were impressive. New sheds seem to have plenty of room in them.... For a short while. After a while here we hit the road again and headed for home. In short, it was another typically enjoyable hot rodding kinda day.

Thanks Nu Breed SRC.Left: Lunch in the Spen-cers Brook Tavern beer garden. Bottom: newly weds, Lance and Sue Fussell’s T Tudor.

Big Motors... When I was a little boy in hot rodding, Most rods had Y-blocks There was Lars with his 318 Dodge and Vince Berriman was the first to set up for a small block 283 Chev. Then there was Garry Curnow with his mid sized 352 CID ford boat anchor. After returning from the first Nationals in 1973, Garry upped it to a 390 CID version with twin four barrels , cam, magneto and home made stainless steel tuned length extractors. Much like it still is today . Wow! That was a big motor in WA in those days. With this, Curnow became the fastest rodder at the drags with a 13.5 second pass blasting the exceptionally fast Lyall Newlands with his full fendered 32 roadster that was doing low 14s with a lil 289 Windsor. Garry kept that crown until Fraser Nichol and Chip Dale destroyed it with their small block Chevs. Chips in a A coupe and Fraser with his T bucket.

But Curnow’s motor or even 500 plus CID big blocks are minturized by this sucker. It’s not destined for a hot rod but I figured it was an interesting filler. I hope you all agree.

Maximum power: 108,920 hp at 102 rpm Maximum torque: 5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm

The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel engine is the most powerful and most efficient prime-mover in the world today. The Aioi Works of Japan 's Diesel United, Ltd built the first engines and is where some of these pictures were taken. It is available in 6 through 14 cylinder versions, all are inline engines. These engines were designed primarily for very large container ships. Ship owners like a single engine/single propeller design and the new generation of larger container ships needed a bigger engine to propel them. The cylinder bore is just under 38" and the stroke is just over 98". Each cylinder displaces 111,143 cubic inches (1820 liters) and produces 7780 horsepower. Total

Installing the "thin-shell" bearings. Crank & rod journals are 38" in diameter and 16" wide:

displacement comes out to 1,556,002 cubic inches (25,480 liters) for the fourteen cylinder version. Some facts on the 14 cylinder version: Total engine weight: : 2300 tons (The crankshaft alone weighs 300 tons.) Length : 89 feet Height: : 44 feet Maximum power : 108,920 hp at 102 rpm Maximum torque : 5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm Fuel consumption at maximum power is 0.278 lbs per hp per hour (Brake Specific Fuel Consumption). Fuel consumption at maximum economy is 0.260 lbs/hp/hour. At maximum economy the engine exceeds 50% thermal efficiency. That is, more than 50% of the energy in the fuel in converted to motion.For comparison, most automotive and small aircraft engines have BSFC figures in the 0.40-0.60 lbs/hp/hr range and 25-30% thermal efficiency range. Even at its most efficient power setting, the big 14 consumes 1,660 gallons of heavy fuel oil per hour.

The internals of this engine are a bit different than most automotive engines.The top of the

The cylinder deck (10 cylinder version).

The first completed 12 cylinder engine

connecting rod is not attached directly to the piston. The top of the connecting rod attaches to a "crosshead" which rides in guide channels. A long piston rod then connects the crosshead to the piston..I assume this is done so the the sideways forces produced by the connecting rod are absorbed by the crosshead and not by the piston. Those sideways forces are what makes the cylinders in an auto engine get oval-shaped over time.

Right: Some pistons: And some piston rods.The "spikes" on the piston rods are hollow tubes that go into the holes you can see on the bottom of the pistons (left picture) and inject oil into the inside of the piston which keeps the top of the piston from overheating. Some high-performance auto engines have a similar feature where an oil squirter nozzle squirts oil onto the bottom of the piston.

Right: A piston & piston rod assembly. The piston is at the top. The large square plate at the bottom is where the whole assembly attaches to the crosshead.

Technical Journal. 1939 Willys Tail lights The coupe was all ready for licensing, with the exception of hooking up the LPG and some tail lights. Choice of tail lights was a master stroke of procrastination. The choice of lighting was delayed for the whole rebuild project, in hope that some flash of inspiration would reveal all. During the build up process three different solutions bubbled to the top of the murky lobotomy. Being a Libran, anymore than a selection of one was going to pose a problem and did. My choices were 1:trailer lights that graced the car in its former life, or 2: Vintage VW lights as suggested by AB , or 3: ‘59 Caddy bullets to be mounted in some unknown manner. At the risk of being ridiculed by hot rod stylists, AB and Peter Hunter and the me-too copy cat rodders amongst us, I decided upon the Caddy lights. The question was now how and where to stick them. The photos show the options and the final result which is unique and unlikely to be copied. One ford-owning TAC inspector calling them handles ,ala wheel barrow,

Above: The old tail lights on Willys MK I.

Above: Vintage VW as suggest-ed by AB. Not bad, but still need indicators.

to assist parking in tight spots! But just in case you have more taste than the multitudes, here is a photographic trail of how they were made at home with some basic tools. But first some introductory

information....The rebuild of the coupe was done at home with the equipment available, all bar the upholstery which was done by me at night

Above: The Winners! 1959 Caddy bullets on custom made rocket stems

Left: Basic parts for each lamp. Below: Complex tooling and progressive folding of a tail lamp cone.

school.The coupe was built with a 60/70s look using 60/70s tools and materials and a similar budget. The Mig welder was the only newer tool used, that wasn’t used when the coupe was first built 1974 -81. The LPG setup is the only new technology.This article hopefully shows many readers that most things can be tackled with a bit of fore-thought and by making a start! It’s not magic, and it doesn’t al-ways have to be high tech or cost a fortune. This is how you make your car different and much less expensive that the off-the-shelf parts cars. In this story, Caddy taillights $40 each, exhaust bends $13 each and misc hard-ware $25 make the tail lights one of the expensive components of the coupe, which was fully rebuilt with front end changes, repaint-ed and retrimmed for under $10K, all at home.

Back to the tail lights.... Firstly, the ingredients. Some 20 gauge sheet steel. Information from the computer about how to form a cone so I could make the templates, some 45/135 degree exhaust pipe bends that were bought from Custom

Technical Journal. Cont.. 1939 Willys Tail lights

Exhaust Specialists in Osborne Park, some large washers, threaded bushes from plumbing supplies and nuts and spring washers to suit, some 3mm plate and the 59 Caddy tail light that were bought from the guys at Armadale Auto Parts..

Firstly, mark the position of the light bracket mounting holes on the body work. I laid out some masking tape on the fenders, measured carefully and marked the positions in bi-ro on the tape. You will need to know this position first so you can get the other dimensions of the lighting brackets just right so it looks sexy and to ensure they meet legal positioning requirements.

With the ingredients collected, and the dimensions of the super retro-rocket tail lamp mounts decided upon, the first job is to cut out the cone shapes from the sheet metal.In this instance you need to know the small and large diameters of the ends of the truncated cone and the length.As mentioned, I found a great engineering article on the internet about how to make a cone and how to make a cone with the pointy bit cut off. This was what I needed.By following the instructions, I had four arc shaped pieces of metal cut out with many radial folding lines marked on them. These lines are used to get the cone shape desired, not a box or other derivative!

Top: Determining the length, angle and position of the lamps for marking on the masking tape. Bottom : Large formed washer and hollow bush bronzed together to form the mounting setup for the end of the tubing.

Next is to fold the flat arcs into cone shapes. I had to set up the complex equipment first. This comprised of a diff U-bolt with one nut, a small piece of flat bar about 2mm thick, two G clamps and my hands, which I always carry along with me. One side of the U-bolt is clamped at both ends, near the edge of a heavy table or bench using the G clamps, us-ing the nut and the 2mm plate at the other end to hold it off the bench sur-face enough to squeeze the cone sheet metal under.From here it is a matter of sliding the metal un-der the U-bolt and align-ing the radial marks drawn on it, to the leg of the U bolt, then lifting the metal up against the U-bolt to form a small crease. This is repeated for each radial mark on the metal. If folded the correct amount, accu-rately on the lines, you will end up with a cone! Naturally they won’t work out perfectly straight away, but a little adjustment will bring them into shape. When looking fairly symmetri-cal, I tack welded the mating edges together,

Technical Journal. Cont.. 1939 Willys Tail lights

Above: After some hammering and linishing, some bog was used to fill imperfections and joins, then all painted in two pack filler/primer and rubbed back to perfection!

then did some gentle hammering over the horn of a large anvil to get things tickety boo and lessen the definition of the crease marks. If all the measuring and marking was done correctly, the stem of the tail light, which is the bent exhaust pipe, should fit snugly into the small end of the cone. If all looks good, weld the mating seams of the cone but leave about 20mm at the narrow end unwelded for now. Next adapters had to be made that screwed to the base of the Caddy lamps . These in turn would slide into the ends of the exhaust pipe bends, inside the cones to keep the lamps aligned. These adapters were made of 20 gauge sheet steel and 20mm cut offs from the exhaust bends. The 20 gauge was cut to make a flat backing plate to be screwed to the back of the tail lights. A circular hole was required large enough for the bulb holder to fit through in the middle of it. The 20mm length of exhaust pipe had a 5mm slit made between the ends so that it could be reduced in diameter and made to fit tightly into the original exhaust bends, and then the seam welded up. Two clearance notches were made to the mounting plate

end of the exhaust tube to accommodate the fasteners at the back of the Caddy lamp. The plate and the tubing were then welded together. Next, two holes were made in the sides of the cone to hold the tail lights in place. These were done to use the lamp’s own side screws. The base end of the lamp as-sembly was pushed hard into the opening

of the cone and some careful measurements taken so the holes could be correctly drilled in the cone’s sides and align with the threads in the sides of the lamps. Once drilled with a small pilot hole

and verified for correct positioning, the holes were made bigger and some small adjustments made with a thin rat tail file. So that the large head of the lamps side screws would sit nicely on the angled sides of the cone, a levelling indent was made around the screw hole using a 10mm punch with rounded edges and a backing piece of timber with a larger hole partially drilled in it as a backing die.

Next the lamp with mounting plate attached, is aligned with the exhaust bend that enters the cone from the small end, and then screwed into place. Check the length of this end of the exhaust pipe and cut it to the required cosmetic length. The ex-haust pipe will also need some notch-es in the end to match those of the lamp mounting plate screws. The same as the adapters. Make these big enough to allow some axial movement so that the required position can be reached to best suit the final mounting angle on the car, when it is all welded up. I also aligned the lamps side screws to be horizontal at this stage, to reduce rain ingress. Check the whole assembly carefully against the car. Now cut the car end of the exhaust tubing to the approx length and mating angle to the car body (fenders). Allow a bit extra for fine trimming later. Line it all up against the body again and when content with the lengths and angles, draw some alignment marks on the body masking tape, the tubing and the tubing-to-cone positions. Tack weld the tube to the cone. Now dress up the end of the tubing that meets the body work to the required angle and shape. This end has to have a threaded end put onto it so it can be fastened to the body work. I used a washer with a slightly larger diameter than the OD of the exhaust tubing, and a threaded brass bush with a nut cast on one end of it and a nut for the other end, from the plumbing dept of my shed. A threaded bush was used to allow the wiring to pass through. After forming the large washer to match the contour of the cars bodywork, the hole in the washer was enlarged to accommo-date the brass bush, which was then bronzed into it. The washer was then tack welded onto the end of the exhaust pipe ensuring that it all

Technical Journal. Cont.. 1939 Willys Tail lights

mated up and aligned with the markings on the tube and body work. Because the heat of this welding will reflow the bronzing on the brass bush, ensure that it is held in place with a nut or similar, so that it resets in the correct position when cooling again..Now drill the holes in the bodywork in the correct position for the brass bush to pass through. Set it up and put the nut on the bush tight enough only to hold it in correct position and angle. Step back and admire it. If it needs tweaking for correct direction and angle, now is the time to tweak it before welding it all up. When happy with it, weld it up. Now its time to clean up the welds and apply some filler to smooth off any imperfections. The cone will still have some crease marks from the incremental folding process and hammering. The more bends used in the process, the smoother the surface will be. I smoothed the worst of these creases with a linisher. The last of the creasing was hidden with the application and sanding of two pack filler/primer, before the final painting. Two pack primer and colour coat were used to help prevent possible chipping around the screw holes. Next job is to make up a strain-relieving backing plate to sit behind the body work under the lamps fastening nuts. Make it big enough to relieve the strain on the outer body work. Form it to fit the shape of the body work tightly so that it works effectively. I used a single plate to support both red and amber lamps. When finally mounting it, I also sealed the top and side edges with silicon to try and prevent a possible rust trap later on. The last thing to do is make some mounting gaskets. I used black plastic from an oil container for this purpose. Now bolt them up and admire the handy work!

There you have it. DIY rodding with basic materials and tools and no trade experience at metal work. Grass roots hot rodding that anyone can try. And they are different! Well at least until all you readers copy them! Extreme E.

Mandurah Rod & Custom Club conduct this run annually in mid June in memory of departed rodder Peter Dawson who was a startup member of the club. Being held in June each year, there are many tales of drenched roadster owners from previous events. This year however, the weather was hot rod perfect, and the attendance figures increased as a re-sult. The mission today was to meet at Repco in Mandurah at 10.30am, then to cruise along the Mandurah

MR&CC Peter Dawson Memorial Run. 2009

Above: David Cull’s 34 sedan with new genre life like flames.

Above and Left: 37 Chev and late 30’s Oldsmobile.

Above: Fiddy’s A TudorAbove: Stock 39 deluxe coupe still left hand drive.

foreshore then head directly to Pinjarra then on to Dwellingup for lunch at the local Pub. Besides me running late and being told over the phone that they wouldn’t wait for me, all went according to plan. Bugger them, I thought, who ever heard of a rod run starting on time? Maybe the Mandurah guys are still on daylight saving time? As it happened, I ended up in front of the flock on Pinjarra Road in

Mandurah and had to wait for them to catch up to me… I was parked on the side of the road with eyes glued to the rear view mirror. Finally, they appeared after about 5 minutes, then after about 20 rods and classics cruised past I jumped on the end of the queue. I was thinking that it was a good quantity of cars, without realising there was Above: Mike Mr Z’s LPG 37

sedan. Below: Paul Walsh’s LPG A coupe

Above: Looks like the Filer’s A Tudor, but I didn’t see them there. Radio controlled or driven by BJ??

about another twenty still to come which had been separated by the traffic

signals. It was a ripper turnout. The roads through to Dwellingup are in good condition and enveloped in some great green scenery. We snaked our way there along the winding Pinjarra – Williams Road. It made a nice change from flat straight boring highways. On arrival in Dwellingup we aimed for the hotel. Opposite the hotel, besides some parkland, there is a large parking area that we did a good job of filling.Next job was to place a lunch order, which the girls did admirably while AB and I took photos for the Klaxon and Rod Tork. The pub meals were great and well priced, and there was a free coffee and tea available to.

MR&CC Peter Dawson Memorial Run continued

Above: Mild custom Chevy ute with DeSoto grill piece.Top left downwards: Brian Ralph’s early Freighter; another one!; Jeff Pringle’s Chev PU and a Mainline ute.

The publican wasn’t as liberal with the drinks from the bar though! After most meals were served and devoured, Paul Walsh gathered the masses and explained the Peter Dawson background of the events title. He then presented the memorial Publican’s Pick trophy to the owner of the ‘55 Chevy with bloody huge rear rubber. Apologies to the owner for not remembering his name correctly. It was Italianish and had a stack of ‘C’s in it. My secretary didn’t have a biro....After this, it was free time to do as one pleased and head home eventually.

After we had a look at all of the craft and fluff and crystal shops, we did just that.We followed AB and headed out of dwellingup on the road to North

Top left clockwise: Syl Zammit’s T-Bird, 55 Chev sedan: Steve Johnston’s Mopar sedan; Carlo CC’s Publican’s choice trophy winner ’55 Chev with super huge rear boots and a 56 Chev sedan.

Dandalup. Not far along the way, lo and behold, Butch Leitch and another rod, then later another, went zooming past still on their way to Dwellingup. This effort denied Lars of the honour of being last…. again! I think Lars has finally lost the title he has owned for over 30 years. Back along the South West Highway, still following AB, we did a sudden left hook into Serpentine township and spent a while pawing our way through The Blue Mooon second hand and collectibles shop there. After checking a couple of prices on what became non essential items, we left empty handed. From here we hit the highway again, went through Mundijong, and then cruised our mini rod run up the Freeway until finally taking our own off ramps. The run format is simple and

scenic and the event surely welcomed by the hotel. Another example of Rodders still doing our bit to support the economy, with or without a recession. It was another great day having fun with rods and rodders. Seeya next year. EW.

MR&CC Peter Dawson Memorial Run continued

WCSRC members at the Peter Dawson

Memorial Run at Dwellingup.

Anyone you know? You as a kid or one of your own... Funny stuff......

Sorry, it wouldn’t be the same if I removed “fuckin”. Ed.

Old Fashioned Auto Decals If you need some old fashioned decals to finish off you old timey looking hot rod, head to this web site that Bill Jansen put me onto. It has a great range, sorted by categories. Eg Exhausts, cam grinders, tyres etc. http://www.porkystruckstop.com/INDEX.htm

TAC CONTACT INFO >>> watac@asrf.org.au This is the address that will be used in future for build application correspondence etc, Paul Walsh

Special discounts for Club and ASRF members at Auto One Ellenbrook .

The crew at will look after you. Lars, Aaron and Glen can also offer great advice, gathered with years of experience.The problem with a lot of Auto stores is they are full of fluff and crystals and often don’t stock hard core rodder requirements. Ellenbrook Auto One will order almost anything you could need for your rod. And still give you some discount, if they can get discount themselves.

SWINE FLU CLAIMS FIRST

CELEBRITY VICTIM

Left: A recent victim of Swine Flu... And we all know who is responsible!!

Coming EventsJune .. WCSRC AGM July. Super Model Car Sunday. Show and cruise. Call ABAugust 29-30: WA State Title Show. Burswood Dome.Sept 6: Fathers Day Show. St Pat’s School Freo. Neil Gibb 9339 5020November 15, 2009 Yanchep Cruise Goodfellas . Jeff Hitchens 9405 3568November 29: Armadale Auto Parts Open Day Cranksters Alan 9495 1932 Open day, sausage sizzle etc December 13, 2009 Christmas Lights Cruise. Bob Mulder 9398 1171 Meet WCSRC from 4:30 for BBQ, depart 7:00pm

Regular :Wanderer’s Pizza night. Mark Gryska 9418 3668. At Brandi Pizza, Rockingham Rd , Munster. 6.00pm. Second Thursday each Month.Regular: Frenchy and Jimbo’s Rodders breakfast at WCSRC at 8.30 every Saturday morning. Spread the word...TAC Inspections. 3rd Saturday of month. Call Mike if you need an inspection to make an appointment 0411 709 599. But call after 6.00pm!

CLASSIFIEDS Wanted: Interesting and humorous articles for the Klaxon.For sale: Australian Street Rodding magazines 120 some multiples.$3.00 each or better price on multiples. willing to trade on magazines missing. Mike Flett 0402 622 513

STOP PRESS BOX Sponsored by: West Coast Soda Blasting.Contact member Tony Fondacaro 0418 9166 351