Model A Pickup Body - G'Day A

Along with the dies for body panels Waddington developed the tooling to produce a variety of other parts-shown here are the dies for forming the door hinges.

A 300-ton press is used to form parts. Here the lower die for a doorskin is in place. In this press pressure is applied from the bottom up.

Refining some of the patterns took time-as many as nine revisions were necessary before perfection was achieved on a few of them.

The hinges are made from steel and will paint or chrome nicely and much better than the original. Until now the closed cab pickup hinge was not readily available in the aftermarket, now Roadster Ute has them for sale.

A finished stock-length street rod cab with a recessed firewall, dummy gas filler, and a steel roof. Note the addition of a drip rail above the door, something the original didn't have. The header is modified to accept New Port Engineering wipers and carries a modified visor.

Roadster Ute has added the benefit of a driprail.

Along with all the sheetmetal panels, Waddington is reproducing door latches and hinges. Hinges are made from a flat plate that is folded and formed.

The cab comes in either a stock length configuration or stretched 6 inches; the addition happens in the quarter-panel area behind the B-post.

For those needing new body panels to replace beat-up originals, Waddington will supply individual pieces, including those to stretch a stocker half a foot.