Hello Paul! The A-V8 looks sooo right Can`t vait to see it, out on the back-roads of Østfold See ya soon! Br Kjell
I like seeing inginuity put into these old cars and you have done very well. Great job so far, love it.
Very nice work!!! I love it and would love to see it in person. I have a serious question. Where did you get your Evans heads? I'm looking for a set for a future project.
AZAV8 One of the fun things about building a hot rod by collecting things part by part, is that almost every lithle piece has a story of it's own. So does the Evans heads aswell. I put in a wanted add here on the HAMB several years ago for Flathead heads of old origin. Got a copuple of replies. One was from Creeper Larry on here. I bought them from him. He told the following history. His grandfather had gotten/inherritated a Flathead motor from an old widdow. The original owner was either a neighbour or friend of Larrys grandfather. Don't remmber. The motor had been in a roadster that rolled over in a crash in 1950, and had since been sitting under the old Hot Rodders working bench until the day he p***ed away. Larry's grandfather tore it apart and I got to buy the heads. They are almost like new. Absolutely no corrosion in the water p***ages/holes. I love them and where very happy to be able to use such historical parts on my car. Earl "Pop" Evans of the Gophers club was one of the more respected Hot Rodders in the post war period. He was a bit older than the average Rodders in that period. Thus the nickname I guess. A lot of the guys in the Gophers club used his equipment. You'll stumble upon names as McGrath, Roland Mays, Nelson Taylor. But also other clubs where using it trough, Hank Negley of Gear Grinders, Frank **** of Low Flyers and so on. He worked in a foundary that did casting for a lot of parts manufacturers and he also buildt up a foundry in the back of his own garage. A scilled and well respected man at the time. He worked a lot together with Jack Mickelson and they used Mickelsson's roadster as a test car for the stuff that Evans made. The fact that Nelson Taylor and John Ryan started their engine building business in Earl's shop also proves ha was a cooperative and influential man in the rodding business. Nelsson and Taylor buildt many record breaking engines for guys like Calvin Rice etc in the early days of Drag racing . He also run his own speedshop, Evans Speed Equipment. It's shown in the old Hot Rod film that has been shown here a lot of times. Road Runners from 1952. From what I know I have the 2 generation of heads with the "script" logo. There are earlier ones with a block letter logo aswell. Se pic. Good luck in your search. It's about the most fun you can have, right? Paul
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