Hot Rods Buttoned up my 48 Thames this weekend

I've been test driving it for a week or so working out bugs, fixing leaks etc. Got the hood painted yesterday am and put on late last night. Went for about a 60 mile drive this morning, drives and handles great!! Brought it home for it's first bath and detailing. I still need to paint the hood vents grey, and touch up the black here and there after it is cured good. Plans call for mild pinstriping here and there, and I finally found a pair of Anglia rocker panels to put on it, they should be here this week, and should basically bolt right up to kind of finish the body below the doors. Other than that I am stamping her done for the time being, and gonna have some fun with it! Next project will be getting my 14 yr old daughters 71 VW bug worked over, but I'll save that for another web site. Watcha all think????

 

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So cool!!!!! What's the drivetrain?

 

killer!!

 

Looks great! Nice work.

 

Top notch like always rusty

 

Its a 350/ th 400 combo, both mild builds. 9" rear 3.25: posi. Fatman polished stanless independant front w/ coilovers, triangulated 4 bar rear w/ coilovers.

 

Very nice, very rare here in the UK.

 

very,very nice.

 

Me likey!

 

turned out nice, that paint looks pretty good

 

It looks like scary fun!!
I Would love to have one just like it
Nice job on the build

 

So,......can it pop a wheelie?......
Looks real good! Nice job!

 

An excellent example of the breed. Looks like you got it finished just in time to have a great summer out on the road. Two thumbs up!!

Frank

 

Very cool Rusty!

 

nice

 

Very nice I love a 48 Thames .

 

I'd have to paint it metal flake green like the Revell model I had when I was a kid. very cool

 

Bad***!

 

Nice build, neatly done and very attractive.

Anybody ever seen a Thames pickup?

 

This one was made from a Prefect....a guy in our car club built it.

 

Werent those called Fordsons? When i lived in the UK there were a bunch of those all pro streeted, say late 90s, early 2000s, and they called'em Fordsons.

Bad *** anyway, not my taste entirely but should be plenty fun to drive!
I'd make a kustom of one, but i kno theyre drag favorites.

 

Very nice!

 

Keep on Truckin!

 

Yup looking good Rusty. But what the hell took you long that had to be 6 or 7 months Looking forward to going for a ride.

 

Yeah, I know I'm slowing down in my old age

 

That's exactly what I thought of when I saw this! I can still picture the artwork from the box...

 

Kick *** brother!! I have been watching you thread and enjoying every post. I hope to have mine going shortly. If you do the Hunert car pile up this year maybe we could let our Thames hang out together. ANGLIAS ROCK!!! Rob

 

Sounds like a plan