1935 Ford UTE Truck - Fair Dinkem, Mate!

No, the photo is not backwards-A Saab steering wheel is mounted on a Holden steering column. VDO analog gauges mount in a custom gauge panel.

A rebuilt 283ci Chevy small-block runs on LPG fuel. It has four-barrel manifold, block-hugger headers, a mild cam, and straight-cut gears.

Weld wheel rims are 6x15 with P185/65R15 Michelin tires (front) and 8x15 with P255/70R15 Kumho tires (rear).

The rear tub is lined with an aluminum checker plate, with carpet over the tubs and a 65L fuel tank fitted in the chassis below the back window of the cab.

Here's how the Ute looked as a rusty pile of pieces being assembled for the first time.

A Chrysler Centura differential is set up with trailing arms and coil springs at the rear, along with the Ford '71 XY drum brakes feeding through a Ford XB Falcon master cylinder.

Steve and his girlfriend Elyse stand proudly beside the '35 Ford Utility truck that was a four-year project.

The Ute was painted at home in the owner's shed (paint booth).

The roof was chopped 2 inches and the door pillars slanted forward slightly and made 1-inch thinner. The roof insert was filled with steel and the lower 6 inches of both doors were replaced.