Wensum Valley Rods
10-15-2008, 04:06 PM
My name is Paul and I live in the UK. I have been lurking in the background for sometime now and thought it time that I joined up.
I have been into rods and kustoms since I was about 17. I have owned many cars since then, most were classic British stuff (50's Vauxhalls etc) to start with, then I bought a 1959 Dodge Kustom Royal Lancer, running a BB Ford/c6 , roof chopped 5", 2 doored and lowered etc. I also built a 1927 T roadster, flathead V8 Zephyr gearbox, nostalgia rod. This has been my daily driver (sun, rain and snow) for the last 6 years, covering 70,000 miles in that time. It has had to share its daily usage with a 1951 Ford F3 truck for the last year though.
My wife (better half) Beverly also has a good interest in vintage steel (guess I'm pretty lucky there :) ), owning a 1956 Chevy 4 door sedan, 265 v8/ 3 speed manual, and a 1949 Ford Pilot ( British bodied ,21 stud flathead powered ford), she also owns several classic British bikes, Triumphs and Bsa's.
I do all my work myself (where ever possible), and have just built a garage which is bigger than my house (priorities and all that).
All my cars are built for driving , and are used as much as possible, (I don't personally own a modern car). I don't really go for the park up and display type car shows/ meets etc, more the reliability events where driving is the name of the game.
Look forward to reading and chatting on here and hopefully learning some more.
Paul.
I have been into rods and kustoms since I was about 17. I have owned many cars since then, most were classic British stuff (50's Vauxhalls etc) to start with, then I bought a 1959 Dodge Kustom Royal Lancer, running a BB Ford/c6 , roof chopped 5", 2 doored and lowered etc. I also built a 1927 T roadster, flathead V8 Zephyr gearbox, nostalgia rod. This has been my daily driver (sun, rain and snow) for the last 6 years, covering 70,000 miles in that time. It has had to share its daily usage with a 1951 Ford F3 truck for the last year though.
My wife (better half) Beverly also has a good interest in vintage steel (guess I'm pretty lucky there :) ), owning a 1956 Chevy 4 door sedan, 265 v8/ 3 speed manual, and a 1949 Ford Pilot ( British bodied ,21 stud flathead powered ford), she also owns several classic British bikes, Triumphs and Bsa's.
I do all my work myself (where ever possible), and have just built a garage which is bigger than my house (priorities and all that).
All my cars are built for driving , and are used as much as possible, (I don't personally own a modern car). I don't really go for the park up and display type car shows/ meets etc, more the reliability events where driving is the name of the game.
Look forward to reading and chatting on here and hopefully learning some more.
Paul.