Is that pete from fleet? cool cool carjust watch the sleeping police men and erm if you get a puncture at speed yer erm gonna die,but it is a deathrod so there ya go still cool as fuck tho.If that is Pete this is Paul i know Frank of Karma we have met a few times at his stall.......Marq
"HMmmm, I'm sorry sir but I'm really not sure I can MOT that, errr, vehicle" said the very nice man at the garage..... Cool car Pete, was hoping to see you over here somewhere this year glad to see you have been spending your time in a productive fashion and the motor mounts are too damn cool!!! Ted ( the original "old Ted"...)
Ditto, I like the mounts as well. If the rest of the rod has the same quality you won't have any trouble on a reliability run. Good job..
Ted No I wont be going to Cali this year. I sold the coupe last September and used the money to go to the CHRR. Bought a 27-roadster body some other stuff and a VW for Anita . When I got back I dropped a big block in to my 50 so I could tow the modified, then we bought a house that needs everything, no heating hot water or power. Also I need to build a new shop, my son is now 20 months old and also takes up a lot of time, so Iv taken a year out to do the house and family thing. I still drive the 32 as much as possible and some how Iv managed to collect several other projects. If funds allow I hope to make it to Paso or the reunion next year. How you doing? you planning on coming back to the lovely Walthomstowe ?. Cheers Pete
No, John built that one. Although I did ship both the bodies in at the same time, Limey Kev bought that one then sold it on to John, wild looking ride I like it Pete
Pete: Eva and I have been talking about making it over next year as its been a few years to long since we were over. Congrats on the house and as the owner of an old house (old for our area that is 1923) I can tell you your work will never end!!! Hope to see you next year. Ted
so, you kept it above the scrub line eh? looks wicked. (but how are you and MoT doing?, are they going to make you run fenders?)
Just found this post! i bought this rod about 6 weeks ago, ive had to unchannel it 3 inchs to get my head in. ill post some pics up soon, should hopefully be on the road in 3 weeks!
Well thought i best put some photos up of what ive done since owning pete's old rod, i know it not as extreme as when pete owned it but i wanted something i could use everyday, Its my first build/stripdown + rebuild with some help from a good friend ( wensum valley rods ) felt i had to put some paint on it seeings what crap weather we have here. Anyway let me know ya thoughts
Looks good, still has the look, and now, you can set in it without your head out the roof! Gonna put fabric on it, to protect you from the liquid UK sunshine?
Dale, I think it kooks better for the increased altitude! I had a sit in your Coupe, when Chris Taylor owned it.I had to get in through the roof.Am I right in thinkin' that it was never on the road before? I will look forward to seeing out 'n' about this year! Nick.
Oh cool, nice to see this one finally getting the attention it deserved, well done. Say hi to Wensum from me and Tan. What,s the paint? I could use some of that soon.
Thanks for the replies guys, Yeah chris taylor used to own it a couple of owners before me, As far as i know its never been on the road, As for the paint its a mix of Zinc rich grey primer/ Zinc rich red primer and black gloss paint a funny colour i know! but i had to build this on a serious budget. We had to unchannel it 3 inches and raised the windscreen bar 1 1/2" just to be able to see, Yeah im planning to make some sort of old army canvas removable roof! need something to keep the soddin rain out! As i said its my first build, so needless to say ive learnt alot
Hello back Russ and Tanya, hope you are both well. Should catch up with you at the Sins in april if not before, are you going on the friday ? if so I guess we will all be going together. Good too see the rod out on the road Dale, sounds better now too after we altered the plug gaps ........pmsl. See ya in the morning mate. Paul
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