hello from england !

hi, names kevin church, been a lurker on here for years and thought it was about time i got my finger out and joined up ! i live on the outskirts of south london in england in a little place called croydon, i have been into rods for as long as i can remember, bought my first copy of hot rod magazine from a second hand book shop in 1969 when i was about 9 or 10
and its been downhill eversince ! had morris minors when i was young then moved on to various different british fords with v8 engines shoved into them, then bought a 55 chevy 210 2 door post rolling ch***is and built it with a 454, turbo 400 and a nine inch locker, got it to the stage of moving it under its own power and sold it to a friend as i wanted to finally do what ive always wanted and build a proper hot rod, i have a 1930 model a coupe in good standard condition, which is getting a 327 and 4 speed, socal dropped beam with f100 front brakes, 1940 banjo with hotrod works nine inch shaft conversion, f100 steering box, split bones front and rear and 5 and 7 x 15 old ansen slot mags with skinny bias ply tyres, fully fendered and hopefully looking like its just stepped out of the sixties...

thanks for having me here

love this site !

kev

 

welcome

 

Welcome from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

 

thanks. its good to be here !

 

Greetings from Iowa!

 

Welcome from an ex Limey in Detroit.

Know Croydon, I grew up in Worthing

 

Welcome from Mattoon, Illinois. U.S.A.

 

Welcome from Indiana

 

Hello Kev.
From your description the '30' Coupe is gonna be cl***ic.

 

Welcome from New York.

 

Welcome from Kansas.

 

Welcome from Tennessee .

 

Welcome from Canton Ohio

 

Wot he said, but from Nor Cal......and I know Croydon too....both my Mums Mini's that were nicked were found in Croydon....I'm from NW London originally.

 

And what he said but from Niwot Colorado,
Hey Kev I actually used to own one of your Zodiacs! The white left ****** with the Boss 302. Had the whole rear end re-done after blowing out the 9" 3 times. Had Nick Butler do all te work. It hooked up like a good-un, with a sniff of gas I had her down in the 11's !

Been here in the US for a year now!
Welcome to the HAMB

 

really is a pleasure to be on here, a few user names that i recognise from various uk sites and hi dave, bought an f1 steering box from you just before you went stateside, thanks all for the warm welcome !

kev

 

Welcome my mother and her family were from Croydon.Just round the corner from the Lombard roundabout

 

Welcome from Indy.

 

lombard roundabout, i know it well ! its an amazingly small world out there...

 

welcome from Florida....jack

 

Welcome from Texas

 

again, thank you all for the warm welcome !

kev

 

And welcome from Sweden!

 

Welcome Kevin!

 

Welcome Kev,

Im in the UK too, lived in Croydon for 17 years and worked in Lunar House. Your project sounds great! Start up a project thread, would love to see it come along!

Maybe I'll see you at some UK shows

Dudley

 

thanks folks, i cant believe so many people out ther know croydon ! Dudley, im sure we will bump into one another at some point, model a is pretty stock at the mo, i have nearly everything to do the job and will probably start later in the year, thanks all for the comments on the project i will post a thread !

hopefully below is a picture as is at the mo, going to try and get it back on the road for a bit untill i get all the other bits together.

kev

 

Welcome from Orpington, you're right, it is a small world!

 

Sweet ride

 

Welcome! I like the "less is more" look to your Model A. Wish I could visit England some day.