Hello everybody, long time lurker here, been using this forum quitte a few times to figure stuff out, so I thought it's time to join and introduce myself. I'm from Holland, bought my first "hot rod" in 2021, a stock 1928 Citroen C4, slapped it together with stuff i had lying around or i could get for cheap. Didn't really have an idea on how i would like it to be, so built it over the winter and drove it around for the summer, went to some meetings etc and had fun with it. After the summer i had some idea of how i wanted it to be, so i went to work another winter and ended up with this: Stock chassis, Model A front beam with 48 f1 spindles, 36 split wishbones, underslung chassis, suicide spring setup, Opel 1.9 4 cyl 75hp, 3 speed automatic, rear axle from Nissan pickup with LSD, air ride in the rear, BMW 02 steering box 6.50-16 front and 7.50 rear. Drives and handles great. Then i came across a 1930-ish Model A leatherback body and some time later a 1960 Austin taxi chassis for cheap. Both were aquired and are still a work in progress. I deleted the roof, welded the door skins to the body, basicly made a bucket. Will be using the title from the chassis, so has to be a 4 cyl diesel engine. On this build i'm using model A beam, 53 f100 spindles (nice camber) 36 split wishbones with spring in front of the axle like stock, 1936 international steering box, f1 rear axle, international rear wheels (with home made adapters) 2.5 VM turbodiesel (same engine as XJ jeep 2.5td) with mercedes sprinter manual trans (again home made adapter) So far i have this, hoping to have it driving next summer If you people have any questions, feel free to ask
Hi Leen! Charlie and Irene here from The Isle of Skye, now moved to Boston Lincolnshire. Give Josee our regards.
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