Hot Rods Blown 354 Hemi with 1948 Austin A40 strapped to it .

Hey guys . I've been away from board for a little while , but I haven't been sitting idle !
I've been putting together an Austin A40 with a blown 354 Hemi . Just about ready to build the floor and firewall and really start making progress . As you can imagine its all a bit of a squeeze but I got everything in and very happy with the direction its heading .
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This should be a no nonsense **** and get ride, outside the normal for sure. Good stuff.

 

Cool car but...What the heck is that hovering above the roof in the last 3/4 rear shot?

 

Vampire in the daylight

 

Great looking car looking forward to seeing more of it.

 

Looking good. I have a question that I have been meaning to ask. It seems that the majority of down under guys use a blue painted steel when they fabricate. Do they give that stuff away down there?

 

That's how all the box steel comes. It's weld thru.

 

Very nice, need more

 

Very nice.
A friend may chime in with his Austin.

Mike

 

Very nice and I bet you can get the tires high in the air.

 

Hold on, that's gonna be a helluva ride!

 

Love this. I built one with a blown 350 Chevy and it was great fun. I chopped it 4 inches. Took it to the South of France with my wife and 2 kids. Never been so hot in my life.

 

Supper groovy!!!

 

What country is a 48 Austin from??/

 

UK.

 

Doesn't that make it a foreign car. like say a Jaguar

 

It does.

 

Holy ****! I'm stuffing a six cylinder Holden in an A40 cab ch***is and that's tight enough without a blower and extra cylinders.

 

I thought stuffing a SBC in my Austin A8 was a tight squeeze!