My recent visit to the States~story & pics~

Thanks everyone i'm really blown away by your comments, i do realize i am very fortunate to have done this & don't take it lightly.
The list of people to thank is a long one......but you know who you are, if any of you make over here just give me a holler i'm always willing to help.

There are plenty more pics if anyone wants to see them!

Kev.

 

I second that,Kev. There are a lot of us who would never have balls enough to take a newly purchased old timer on a trip like that !!!
What a greaqt story. Like the man said, this should be the standard by which all travel stories on the HAMB are measured. Oh, and the coupe is real nice,too.

Use your free ticket to visit the east coast and we'll show you a good time too !!!!!.

I'm the guy who won your magazine auction a couple of years ago on the HAMB and you included a rockabilly CD and a surf guitar CD. I still listen to them all the time and think of the cool guy who sent them to me.

Thanks again for the great pix and story.

 

Please post more!

 

Wow!

Congradulations!

Excellant story and pictures!

 

My thoughts exactly!!! I'm in envy of anyone that can buy a waaaay cool ride in another country, get married to your best girl, spend 3 1/2 weeks of your 'honeymoon' tooling around the countryside, meeting cool people, doing cool things (even running out of gas is cool in a car like that!) and shipping it home to ease your return to humdrum.

It's cool to be you!!

BTW your wife is a great lady to go through all that mechanical downtime.

 

Just to echo everyone's sentiments... great hotrod adventure story and pics! I am amazed how you were able to track parts down so quickly on the road. Yes, you had a lot of help from friends (which is awesome), but still, to pull off an epic adventure like that says something about your resourcefulness. After 14 years and a roadtrip like that, no doubt Mrs. 32Limey knows what she's getting into. CONGRATZ to both of you!

Hey, I also saw you in the bowling alley parking lot at Paso... I was the idiot who yelled out "Hey 32LIMEY!" as soon as I saw your car. Hehe. You were headed out at the time (evidently to find some parking across the street). Hate that I missed a chance to meet you and check out the '39.

 

Wow I don't think I could find all that stuff like you did in California and I live in the states. Incredible adventure and story. Maybe you should sell the movie rights. Going on an adventure, meeting new people, buying a one of a kind hot rod, driving it all over the country and breaking down and getting it back on the road one way or another, getting married, making it back to the show. Sounds better than most of the movies that have been box office hits.

 

Thats the one person you forgot to mention Kev...for endless paitence!

 

Great story and pix. Thanks for sharing !

 

Dave your right & i know it......she never complained once, but you should have seen her face when we ran outa gas! i just laughed & said lets see how far i can push it, so she took the wheel & i pushed for about four miles.
Its funny how we met......i was nobbing... oops i mean dating her best mate & got to know Tracy who also bought a '58 Ford from me.....one thing led to another & here we are.

Kev.

 

so,you ARE gonna ditch the diving bell dizzy,right?

 

Great story! I dont think 90 percent of the folks on the HAMB would have tried that one and pulled it off the way you did! That includes me

 

Yea, dating a woman and then marrying her best friend is daring!

Sam.

 

Awesome story, I hope to make a trip like that in my A-coupe....run around California or other states, w/ all stops at HAMB'ers locations....

Im speechless.

 

Great story. Congrats on the car and getting hitched to the missus.

 

Great adventure! Thanks for sharing. I love reading about cool stuff like this. Also, congrats on the nupitals.

 

Actually i'm quite attached to it now.......i have spare re-pop & NOS contacts with me plus a NOS baseplate complete with contacts.
Since it arrived here i put that wiring back thru the original ign switch too!

After doing the head gaskets & putting the original rad back in the thing runs real cool.

Kev.

 

Looking through some of the pics i found this video clip which we took while driving Rudy's T roadster, just found somewhere to host it.....take a look!
let me know if it works.

http://jusspress.com/day.php?userid=19115&currentDate=20050604&currentTime=222058

Kev.

 

Great story and photos ..

I will admit that there would be distributors and related parts thrown as far from the road/car as possible if I'd had the problems you did .....


My mom always said : " patience is learned "..... I never learned

 

Ok....i'll admit it too.....its your fault i started looking closer at that body style!

All i can say is....thankyou....the pleasure has been mine

Kev.

 

Congrat's on... the wedding, the car and a successful trip up and down California and back home!
great looking car
Willy and Dave are awesome guys!
CAB

 

Another couple of pic's of Kev's car....

 

I got this one at the Hotrod Hayride last weekend....

 

Nice purse, Kev!

 

What you gonna drive around the states in next year then

 

Nice trip, but you come through my town and don't come see me!!!