righto, stumbled across this site last night when i had a mega brainstorm for a rod project... im paul, from the west coast of new zealand...yup way down below the equator!! they call australia down under, and we are down under them so way down under... anyway ive been having big urges to get into rodding..my first employer had a 38 chev sedan,with a 3" chop and the fenders(we call them guards) were widened 3", rolling on 17" boyds and running a 454 bb bored to 460 running twin 750 dp's..... he got me to give him a hand when he worked on it quite a bit, we made a new exhaust from 3" driveshaft tubes, turned out real nice too... so ive got my eye on an old beast,something like 28 dodge fast four or a 28 plymouth...gotta be pre 40 for sure.. but down here the likes of any chevs/fords are way too expensive... my dream car would be a 34 ford sedan... id hate to say it but id even consider an es*** sedan
it is amazing!!! i used to work as a glacier guide at fox glacier, all the tourists who stopped in love this country...i know i do.. my dream would be to drive from one side of the states to the other, and maybe back again..would be even better in a rod
welcome spanners, thats a cool user name. (that man was a kiwi legend) hehe. theres a few coasters on here. hope you like it here, lots to learn and some real nice people from everywhere. the southern alps.
this was my toy last year, it was powered by a 4l falcon 6..i sold it, got another one thats powered by a 245 hemi 6, sounds alot better.. once its sold (some day) ill begine my rod project...i know exactly how i want my rod,and can choose from atleast 4 different cars that ive seen,all with good bones..
well just a bit of an update... my current toy has just been towed down the drive on its way to a new home.. so yup, that means i have a wad of cash burning a m***ive hole in my back pocket.. i do however have my eye on a few "projects". 2 of them look like they are in real good shape, minimal rust and pretty much complete.. couple of vital things for being roadworthy over here..
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