Hot Rodding History in Photos
Long time Hot Rodder Peter 'Carps' Carpenter has been kind enough to upload some photos from his personal collection over at Ozrodders.com.
Photos range from the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's. There is even few customs as well some coverage from the USA Hot Rod Nationals from way back. It's a great way to see how Australian Hot Rodding has evolved over time. 
You can view Carps' photo collection by clicking this link.
'30/31' Coupe Vinyl Top Insert
Taken from The Jalopy Journal Forum - Posted by Forum Member Virgil
I wanted to put a top in my '31 Coupe and wanted to use the short grain material instead of the long grain. I checked around and could only find kits with the long grain and I also was going to install it by myself so I gathered information from HAMB, Juliano's, Fordbarn and any where else I could. I purchased the aluminum moulding from Mac's and the top material from Bratton's. As you can see from the pictures I haven't a lot of head room over the coupe so some of the pictures may not be the greatest.
I started by making a 2"X2" frame to attach the top material to. For the coupe the outside dimensions was 55"X61". I stapled the top material to the frame with a few staples to square it. I then started streaching it front to back and side to side and corner to corner. I left the staples sticking up a little so when I went back and streached it again they were easy to remove. Do this in the sun to soften the material and it streaches easier.