Hi all, Actually, we're not hotrodding yet, but have just found a '38 Ford and I also have a '49 Fiat that we plan to hotrod in the next few years (I say years because first I have to finish my other project, and things aren't going too fast in our garage). We call ourselves the Flamin Oil Company Racing Team (nothing to do with oil, just a good name). I mainly work with my brother and a couple of other guys and we have a lot of cars you wouldn't give a dime for, but they are quite rare here. I can hardly wait to start the rod project. I have bought the '49 Fiat pickup and have sold the running chassis and four banger motor, we need only the cabin and the lights. Then we found a '38 Ford 2-dr Sedan that has been converted into a sawmill. The old man we bought it from told us that the nazis have converted it and they used it in the surrounding mountains to cut wood for their troops. Then they left it up there until somebody brought it down to our city and used it until the early '70s, when the old guy bought it and took it to the village we found it in. The driveshaft could be disconnected from the rear axle and attached to the saw. The body is very rough, we dumped it already. The motor is full of nuts and other things squirrels and mice piled up. Other than this, and that the front two pistons have been removed and intake ports plugged (?!!?!??!) it seems to be repairable. I'll have questions regarding identifying the motor in another forum.
Hello from Canada................whats the hot rod scene like in Hungary? Is there alot of old cars around? Hope you enjoy the HAMB!!!
Hi, Regarding American cars, the most of them are from the seventies and eighties and a lot of them are in a bad shape as stupid owners patch them up with home made parts. However, there's quite a big community who treat these cars the way they should be treated. A lot of us are in the middle of a restoration project, others are drag racing and so on. Traditional hotrodding scene is equal to zero. There are no hot rods in the country. I know of 2 or 3 that have their base cars but so far almost nothing has been done to them. A big problem is that hot rods can't be licensed to be used in traffic due to stupid laws and lawmakers. Vintage cars can only be imported if they are 95% factory original. But we decided not to give a damn about this stupid rule and build a rod that really looks, drives and sounds the way we want it and we take no compromises. Anyway, I have a '59 Edsel 4-dr hardtop, a '73 Olds Custom Cruiser wagon and the Ford frame and Fiat body that will be the hot rod pickup. I also have a '54 Olds 324 motor but now I think I'll use the flathead in this rod and keep the Olds for a future project. My brother has a '66 Chevelle, they brought a Coupe body from the U.S. (originally it was a 4-dr sedan). He does the bodywork on it. He's the creative mind behind all our projects. I'll try to find and post the drawing he made for the rod. I also attach the Photoshop image he created for the Olds wagon. I hope it's gonna be ready by next summer, this way it'll be a 3-year project. This is how the Olds will look like: This is the Fiat as it was before selling the suspension and engine: This is the Ford as we found it:
Kool pictures Ajtofelfa............good to see you , your brother and your club are keeping the kustom car culture alive around Miskolc.........that white olds wagon looks great..............is that a club members car?
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