1948 Austin Dorset 2-door

I'd like to take a ride in that one. If I fit.

Hey Admin,

Can ya move this thread to Project Progress...now that it's in the garage....Now where do I install those 6 X 9 speakers???

falconwagon62 wrote:Hey Admin,

Can ya move this thread to Project Progress...now that it's in the garage....Now where do I install those 6 X 9 speakers???

You got it.

Steve, you'd fit, may not be able to move you legs, but we'd fit ya in!!!

New Video....

I like those wheels with the current paint scheme!

had a photoshop on the wheels, started it up last night....fired right up.....COME ON SPRING!!!! Grille here today...need to pull the gear....

I like the car, like it more with the photoshop wheels

Out having fun today....

Kellys Hot Rods wants the Austin...offering this

Is it plastic or steel? Looks like 'glass. That would be a hard one. Two different markets. The T may sell faster but I think with a resale red paint job that Austin would help sell to some yuppie street rodder for big money.

gibbons glass body....

I don't think I'd do that deal.

i wanted a track nose tee...

take off the grill shell and put a track nose on

hard decision i like that t-bucket.

LRS30 wrote:take off the grill shell and put a track nose on

Yeah!

RebStew wrote:

LRS30 wrote:take off the grill shell and put a track nose on

Yeah!

Yep,my thoughts, he'd have to give me 2-3K boot and I could do it...like this

naw i like the white one better

Seen that T for sale before. I love that style and look.

gibbons makes a nice body, Nothing sayd hot rod like a T Roadster,, The T will sell , the AUSTIN takes a certain type buyer, compared to a HOT ROD WIDE WHITE buyer....

found out, it's not a gibbons, it's a Speedway body...

My old T was a Speedway body, there decent aswell, hell when it comes to glass, once someone else has finished it who cares what brand it is.. I've never heard of somone saying all man I would never buy that finished car because it has a speedway body, but if it had a gibbons I would be all over it.. GLASS is GLASS and STEEL well STEEL IS REAL .. Either way you go they are both neat cars. You seem to be about flipping them so if you think that the T is worth more than the Austion and you could flip it and make more money, well there is your answer.. If you really want a ODD but different style non-cookie cutter keep the AUSTIN...

No I was just pointing out correct brand, Like you, glass is glass, and steel is real.....

Me, flip cars....never....

Austin, is cool, but a track nose T has been on my list for a while, got the Austin on a lark....

I wouldn't go as far to say'glass is glass. Some companies are a TON better with their work. I have bought glass hoods that fit as good as steel. then I have bought some hood that didn't fit,thin gel coat, too thin of matting and nothing lined up. Totle garbage. I have never messed with anything other than fenders and hoods that were 'glass and have never used either Speedway or Gibbons stuff. But I have heard huge raves about the Gibbons bodies. Everything can be trimmed to fit or added to to make right but I wouldn't say they are the same. Glass or metal. My Firebird would take a small rock tossed at a fender without an issue. Amy's Toyota Yaris with the same rock would look like King Kong kicked it. 'glass would be the same. I'd bet that the Speedway stuff is a lot thinner and less fitting than Gibbons. But like I said it's just a guess. If the T is together and you like it I wouldn't care what it is anyways. Like the rest of us you should buy what you want.

Usually its a fittment issue, and on a T body, there is no fit ment, no opening doors and such. Thats what I meant.. Yhea I bought a HARWOOD hood for my 66 Duece back in the day, and it was nice.. I used to run a fiberglass shop, so I have made lots of bits and pieces, and funded a chopper my making front and rear bumbers for 66-7 chevy II's way back when.. Gibbons makes good bodys, as does Wescott, But I hear ya, on quality.. Me personnally the Austin is cool, but nothing says HOT ROD like a roadster.....