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Dont wish to upset anyone but the way the windscreen is set up in these pictures is incorrect. This car is missing the two brass castings which are attached to the back of the top irons where they attach to the header bow. These castings have an upside cup appearance which go over the top of the windscreen post. Also the acorn nuts are incorrect on the windscreen posts. They should be wing nuts. You can see the correct ones in the photos sent in by gassedaussie. Please dont take offence 61vert but at some time that car was righthand drive. They were only made for the Australian market and were not exported. The only thing required to make it left hand drive is to drill two holes for the steering column and weld up the other two.

Ron, the owner of the grey touring has done a nice job on the car. The biggest problem is there is so few of these cars around and basically nothing to very little written about them or pictured to be able to actually restore one to 100% correctness.

The only way anybody can restore one perfectly is to purchase a car that is 100% there and is original from the original owner. Otherwise your just assuming whats correct.

Sure there is probably a few people on this site who have dug out info on whats correct, but are they writting a book or publishing online photos of their on going correct restoration ??? Thats whats needed for others to be able to follow their correct lead. Photo bucket & other sites are free and pictures can be posted there.

Its to easy to sit back and point the big finger and say , YA DIDN'T DO THAT RIGHT.!!!!!!!!!!

my opinion.............mike lynch

Hi Mike and Ron,

One thing you need to remember...in this post there are pictures of US body cars and Holden body cars mixed in. Each place did things different.

As to doing things right, there are many people out there that know what is right and wrong on these cars. You just need to talk and ask questions. No one has the time, ok I do now that I'm out of work, to create a manual since every body is different and every plant did something different. What I'm trying to say, the information is out there, you just need to look for it and talk with the VCCA TA who is very helpful. Between me and him we know more about 32 to 34 open cars then a lot of people.

Bruce

I would be interested in purchasing or at least seeing a picture of the brass castings that are missing on the gray car.

I will agree that the car could have been converted, but must have used another 35 as a donor car to come up with all of the pedal assemblies, park brake stuff, steering linkage and engine shields etc.

Never to old or to smart to learn something new.

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Have never posted images before so if these do not turn out could you send me your email address and I will send them to you direct. If you wish to contact me the address is rondaw1@bigpond.com.

The address for the photos does not appear to be correct or correct format. Can't find the photos even by cutting and pasting the address. Photos often have several address options that you can select you need to be sure that you have selected the one that is for the url for the photo so another computer can find it on the web.

My email is andys@albaughinc.com Pictures are appreciated. How hard would it be to find the parts? Probably impossible would be my guess. What years were the same?

From what i have read and the people i have contacted thru here........the USA and Canadian built / stamped body panels are different from the Australian GM HOLDEN built body. The windshield frame and the posts are also different too.

So it stands to reason that the other hardware to do with the top and ""the main body"" is different. Holden just made what they needed to make it all work properly.

I have noticed quite a few phaetons( 3--6 )over the last 4--9 years appear on ebay that were australian built. I guess while the auzzie $$$ was in the toilet and the canadian $$ also was only worth 60 cents to usa $ that it made it cheap to buy those open car vehicles and pay the shipping to the usa.

Exactly what those differences are, only one of the resident experts on this site can tell you 100%.

I am *not* one of them !!! mike

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Finding a donor car 1935 chevrolet standard series should have been fairly easy to do, to get the LEFT HAND steering column,steering arms for LH, left hand pedals, left hand emergency brake and other assorted small items like the frame heavy cast bracket for the pedal assembly and all the related brake mechanism parts.

Be easier to just plunk the roadster or phaeton body on a LH chassis. Too those that may not know.......the 34 standard has an inner K member and the 35 standard has an inner X member

mike

I beleive that bumpers and brackets are also different on the Holden cars in 35.

Ron, were you here for the 100 year celebration at Flint?

Hi Andy,
I did attend Springfield in 2001 and Grand Junction in 2006 but only for acouple of days each as I only had three weeks on both occasions and wanted to see as much of the country as I could. Did not make Flint.

I believe you are correct.
mike

I sent a better picture of the top irons on the 35 here to Ron after he sent me pics of the brass castings. Maybe he will reply here. The top irons on his tourer are very different than the top irons on this one. Mine resemble US made irons like on a 34 roadster that we have here in the collection.This car does have the 4 sided windshield post and 4 sided windshield frame. Confusing yes?

Not sure if any of these pictures will help but here you go
Basically a collection of 33 Chevy Phaeton photos I've collected and many many many of the phaeton I bought last summer to restore in excellent original condition

https://picasaweb.google.com/116743...etPhaeton?authuser=0&feat=directlink

just amazing pictures, tells it all.......

Peter, I have replied to both your emails but I dont think you are receiving them.