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ROADSTER
UTE, Inc. evolved through the hands-on experience of
Company President,
Kel Waddington of Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.
At the age of 12,
Kel joined his local Hot Rod club and started honing skills that would
lead to his opening, in 1980, Waddingtons Rod & Custom
Restoration
Center. From a meager beginning, this enterprise has earned a solid
reputation among Aussie car enthusiasts as a premiere service for
everything automotive. It has grown rapidly into a 16000 square foot
facility full of quality tradesmen such as coachbuilders, engineers,
chassis fabricators, auto electricians, sheetmetal specialists and
spray painters.
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Home
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Company
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History of Ford Ute
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Body Package
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With the advent
of the new steel Roadster Ute, a full sheet-metal shop and 300 ton
vertical press has been added.
The company has grown internationally,
producing some of the finest hot rod and restoration show cars, daily
drivers, vintage classics and concept vehicles in the world
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Contact Us
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Shows
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For
many years, Waddingtons have been producing factory replica
replacement
parts for early Fords, such as pickup beds, cowl sections,
door skins,
and rear tub sections.
One piece steel floors are produced for Fords,
1928 thru 1940, as well as rust repair sections for most early Fords,
as well as a range of panels for other automotive makes
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In 2001, Mick O'Keeffe joined the company to apply his
engineering
expertise in the process of manufacturing via metal pressing
dies.
With this personnel expansion, it was natural to begin reproduction
of a popular restoration / hot rod body style.
The 1933-34 Ford ROADSTER
UTE is the first step in this complete car body process.
Individual
replacement body panels used in this initial project will be available,
while plans for other popular early car bodies are being
surveyed.
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