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48-710 · 02-05-2012, 06:53 AM

1963 was the year, when I was 11 yo lad, that dad and I picked up my '35 Roadster from Mrs Ethel Black. The Blacks farm was about 90 miles south of us.She brought the car new and it was first registered on the 30th of October 1935. You can imagine the excitement for me travelling down in the ute,with dad, to pick MY first car. Dad didn't say what the body style was just that" we were going to pick up an 'ol Henry". I really, really wanted a coupe so it was a bit of a "let down" when the shed door was opened and there sat a Roadster.
It was 100% complete down to the jack and tool kit. I was told that the rego ran out so they used it around the farm to tow wheat bins, amongst other things,around the paddocks. The reason that it sat in the shed was with all the abuse the clutch cried enough and it was retired. It was little wonder the clutch fell out of it because the hitch that was welded to every part of the frame and rear bumper that was possible. Man that hitch could have pulled a Mack truck it was that big. Being young I had to hot rod it didn't I ? but I didn't cut anything,I must have known something. I'm now in the process of a body off restoration,which is of course,is taking way longer and costing a lot more than I thought.
Through a chance phone call at work,last year, I have been able to get in contact with the Blacks only child,Jean. I phoned her she told me that she learnt to drive in the Ford,as she calls it,and that I should do something with the brakes and steering. Jean also told me that the original rego papers were in a box in her garage. I had a pleasant suprise in the mail several days later. She had sent me the original papers plus a photo of her and her proud father standing next to a black 1935 Ford roadster circa 1938.

02-05-2012, 06:53 AM	#44
48-710 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mildura ,Australia Posts: 168	Re: How Many Know The History Of their V8 Since New ? 1963 was the year, when I was 11 yo lad, that dad and I picked up my '35 Roadster from Mrs Ethel Black. The Blacks farm was about 90 miles south of us.She brought the car new and it was first registered on the 30th of October 1935. You can imagine the excitement for me travelling down in the ute,with dad, to pick MY first car. Dad didn't say what the body style was just that" we were going to pick up an 'ol Henry". I really, really wanted a coupe so it was a bit of a "let down" when the shed door was opened and there sat a Roadster. It was 100% complete down to the jack and tool kit. I was told that the rego ran out so they used it around the farm to tow wheat bins, amongst other things,around the paddocks. The reason that it sat in the shed was with all the abuse the clutch cried enough and it was retired. It was little wonder the clutch fell out of it because the hitch that was welded to every part of the frame and rear bumper that was possible. Man that hitch could have pulled a Mack truck it was that big. Being young I had to hot rod it didn't I ? but I didn't cut anything,I must have known something. I'm now in the process of a body off restoration,which is of course,is taking way longer and costing a lot more than I thought. Through a chance phone call at work,last year, I have been able to get in contact with the Blacks only child,Jean. I phoned her she told me that she learnt to drive in the Ford,as she calls it,and that I should do something with the brakes and steering. Jean also told me that the original rego papers were in a box in her garage. I had a pleasant suprise in the mail several days later. She had sent me the original papers plus a photo of her and her proud father standing next to a black 1935 Ford roadster circa 1938.