For Wayne Sheldon. Duncan anf Fraser specials come with a number of features. These are some on my car.


They fitted high quality Corbin speedometers.

The drive mechanism is nickel plated steel.

The radiator shell and headlight rims are nickel plated.



As are the windscreen and pillars.



The kick plates are their own, as are the German silver step plates



The suspension system is a British product, fitted to some of their standard card also.



I added a Ruckstell and these three accessories.








Now I can get on and have some driving fun, although i really enjoy the restoration journey.

Allan from down under.

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She's beautiful.

Gorgeous car. Love the 'roo!

That's one 'spiffy' Ford!
I've been admiring your build in previous posts. Between the nickel and the woodwork, excellent!
What kind of wood? Looks like it could be mahogany?

Allen, I have really enjoyed your restoration posts; the car is over the top gorgeous. German Silver sill plates, wow--nice thing about them is you only have to polish them, no plating needed! (for those who don't know, there is no silver in German Silver, it's a white brass, Rolls-Royce radiator tanks were made of it.).
And the dash wood--oh, I am so jealous. That's what I want my boattail speedster to have, if I ever get to build it. I imagine it's a native wood?
My dream build:

Oh, and that steering wheel--I am so jealous! They are available once in a while, but beyond my budget right now!

That is beautiful and I too like the kangaroo on the radiator cap. You may be able to get the roo to face forward if you add another gasket to the radiator cap. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't.

Dennis, the roo faces forward when the car is running. I have to turn him a little to lift the hood past his tail. I turned him purposely for the photo to show his good side. He spends his time in the trunk when I am away from the car!!!!

David D, the timber is Blackwood. It is one of the acacia [wattle] native timbers to Australia. It is a fine cabinet timber and also responds well to bending. The backbone of the body is a 6" x 3/4" Blackwood plank starting at the B pillar, running around the side and across the back before returning to the opposite side B pillar. I saved this when re-timbering the body. Today it is plantation grown, but they get impatient and cut it far too soon, so that most of the 4" boards have the yellow sapwood on them.

I was lucky enough to purchase a 10" x 1.5" plank of freshly cut old growth timber which came from a sawmill specialising in milling trees from backyard and garden clearings. This yielded the blanks for the top bows and all the door caps. The dash and other flat pieces were cut from an old table top bought at an antique store. I have enough left over to make a nice running board box, but that can wait.

David H, Blackwood has a similar grain structure to Mahogany and machines just as well. Mahogany has a reddish tinge when finished. Blackwood is more a deep honey brown.

Allan from down under.

Dennis, the roo faces forward when the car is running. I have to turn him a little to lift the hood past his tail. I turned him purposely for the photo to show his good side. He spends his time in the trunk when I am away from the car!!!!

David D, the timber is Blackwood. It is one of the acacia [wattle] native timbers to Australia. It is a fine cabinet timber and also responds well to bending. The backbone of the body is a 6" x 3/4" Blackwood plank starting at the B pillar, running around the side and across the back before returning to the opposite side B pillar. I saved this when re-timbering the body. Today it is plantation grown, but they get impatient and cut it far too soon, so that most of the 4" boards have the yellow sapwood on them.

I was lucky enough to purchase a 10" x 1.5" plank of freshly cut old growth timber which came from a sawmill specialising in milling trees from backyard and garden clearings. This yielded the blanks for the top bows and all the door caps. The dash and other flat pieces were cut from an old table top bought at an antique store. I have enough left over to make a nice running board box, but that can wait.

David H, Blackwood has a similar grain structure to Mahogany and machines just as well. Mahogany has a reddish tinge when finished. Blackwood is more a deep honey brown.

Allan from down under.

Beautiful! Thank you Allan B for the additional pictures. I have very much enjoyed your journey with this jewel! It definitely has become one of my all-time favorite model T Fords!
You should be rightfully very proud of this accomplishment!
Drive carefully, and do enjoy that lovely automobile! W2