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That looks like a cracker Mick. I picked this up last year, looks like they might be related?

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You got the flying A bones!


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Blacky wrote: Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:45 pm What happened to the 3/71 ?? Still got that or did that go with it ??
nah i had sold that prior when i realised i would have to cut a huge chunk out of the guard to fit it

Errol, yes have the A

59 wagon, i believe my van was born a ute the same as yours, i've seen half a dozen vans but they are a different body to mine the roof pokes out over the doors they don't flow into the roof like your ute and my van, also the other vans are aluminium bodies mine is steel mine has a B.S.STILLWELL badge on the dash and when picking a rivet counters brains he said B.S. used to have coach builders make vans for them starting with utes so it's a really rare car lol
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Guessing that would be Bib Stillwell the racing driver ??
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Blacky wrote: Wed Nov 04, 2020 10:27 pm Guessing that would be Bib Stillwell the racing driver ??
yeah don't know i'm pretty sure they were a holden dealership aswell
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Mick wrote: Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:56 pm
Blacky wrote: Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:45 pm What happened to the 3/71 ?? Still got that or did that go with it ??
nah i had sold that prior when i realised i would have to cut a huge chunk out of the guard to fit it

Errol, yes have the A

59 wagon, i believe my van was born a ute the same as yours, i've seen half a dozen vans but they are a different body to mine the roof pokes out over the doors they don't flow into the roof like your ute and my van, also the other vans are aluminium bodies mine is steel mine has a B.S.STILLWELL badge on the dash and when picking a rivet counters brains he said B.S. used to have coach builders make vans for them starting with utes so it's a really rare car lol
WOOPS i screwed up not Stillwell :oops: it was Larke and Hoskins was the dealership

engineer has been no problems :thumbsup: couple of things i new it needed like seatbelts and demisters couple of pain in the but stupid things that it MAY need like burstproof door locks and headrests :thumbsdown:
but he was happy with it and quite liked it 8)
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Dumb question for today - what is a burst-proof lock? I've seen the expression used a lot in hotrods, but never understood what it really meant.

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Hi Harv,

The difference is the ordinary old type on older cars (coach built bodies) were like a house door with a spring loaded striker plate, burst proof actually have a mechanism that surround either a pin or a specifically shaped striker plate.

I am assuming that when there is a accident or there is body twist the ordinary latches could open just by the movement.

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Many thanks - the "surround" part makes sense when I think about modern pin locks.

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yeah engineers dumb explanation if the door collapses in the middle like if something hits it it can't come open :? if something hits it in the door what ever hit it is going to stop the door coming open :lol:
anyway they aren't expensive to buy and don't look to complicated to fit hopefully i won't need them, hardest thing to find so far are original parts bonnet catch assembly and sun visors
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engineer has been and i have my pretty simple list of things to do much less than i expected i'de have to do, though i do have to fit those sucky burstproof latches
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Sweet. Not the latches obviously.


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Good one Mick , got some more pics of it mate ???
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