Back in 2010 Mick saw the Plymouth body advertised in Adelaide and thought it would make the perfect base for a hot rod project. After much deliberating he made the trip to SA to pick it up. 

"Thankfully I'd taken my ute as well as the car trailer," Mick said, "because when I got there, the owner said he had the rest of the car in bits and pieces scattered around the shed.

"When we piled it all together there was a complete car so I bought the lot and dragged it all home."

Mick had worked on cars before but this was a big project. 

"When I started pulling it all apart I knew nothing," Mick said.

But to his credit he farmed out the engine rebuild and the upholstery, but otherwise did most of the work himself.

"It took me four years to have it on the road," Mick said.

The Plymouth looks great with its wooden spoked wheels and painted the original Turquoise colour and it even has the original dicky seat.

For those not familiar with it, the dicky seat is in the boot with the boot lid tilting backwards to form a backrest. To access the seat there's usually a step on the rear bumper and another one on the rear guard. 

"That's another story in itself," Mick laughed.

"When I first looked at the guards there were no holes for the foot rest so I figured it never had one and I got rid of the step.

"Of course when I eventually discovered I needed one, I couldn't get it back so I had to make one up myself."

Necessity drives a lot of modifications - like the jerry can on the running board after nearly running out of fuel on a long trip and the tool box on the opposite side.

Mick likes to get his car out to drive as much as he can and he can regularly be seen clocking up 100-200 miles in a round trip.

That said, Mick has recently bought a '54 Plymouth and he admits that it eats up the miles a bit quicker than the '30.

Mick is a member of the Central West Car Club so if you'd like to find out more about the club, visit www.centralwestcarclub.com. 

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