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On a rod run last year through France, we stayed in an Airstream caravan park, for a couple of nights, high up in the mountains. Each one was...
It was my pleasure to meet Bill at Goodwood a few years ago & to marvel at how that machine was packaged, fantastic.
In a former life, I was the first UK salesman for Bear in the UK, having worked for Blackhawk previously.:)
First car I ever owned, paid £40 for it in 1966(?), 2 litre engine was basically a TR4 one so that was the way to hop them up. Went on to own two...
Here's mine (not done by me, but how it came!). [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] Being re-done currently, but will basically be the same.
Ok, can you explain to a poor old ignorant Limey(!), what's the significance of the buttons "Silver Dollar Man"??:confused: & are these guys...
Tell me about it, had a 29 Chevy 2 door sedan like that, had more wood glue & filler in it than steel!!!:)
Ok then, it's a 25 & the chop looks straight. :o Doesn't alter the fact that it's one cool ride though!!:cool:
Yes & yes but no!! 26/27 Coupe, with a slightly raked chop but the rear looks stock. It's been channelled as well which may make it look...
[img] Oh yes, now that's what I'm talking about!!! Ivo's T is one of my all-time faves, so this would be even better (now own a T coupe). ya...
Yup, that's the one.
There's a really cool rodded one of these in France, very hi-tech though with cameras for rear view mirrors etc. but the body's not been changed a...
I've got a DVD of that film, The Choppers.
Looks more like a conga line! The Hokey Pokey (or Hokey Cokey as we call it over here) is done in a circle, which moves in & out during the chorus.
Can't be "real" man, a real man would be driving that thing not his wife!! What a toy to cut the lawn with, & insulated as well, so he can't hear...
Back in 1963, this was a very big thing in the UK rodding world. This is Jago 1, built by the aforementioned Geoff Jago & based on a Ford 10....
I'm on a roll now!! Here's one from 1970, of a typical British rod of the time, taken at Woburn Abbey, a stately home where there was a car show...
Finally found my pics of the Strangler, this is how it was when Jeff first had it, complete with its US registration plate & obviously just after...
That's the same T bucket, John bought it from Jeff & then sold it to a guy called Terry Richards, who put the blower on it (& its personalised reg...
Amen to that & to illustrate the point, here's one from 1969, some wannabee rock star(!) & his newly imported T bucket, The Boston Strangler....
Looks like Frank Gorshin on the right. (Sorry if they have been all identified already).
I got one this Xmas!!! Made by Ridleys & called a "Spring Toy", but it's a Slinky by another name.
& is even more gorgeous today & appearing regularly on TV ads for M & S.
Some surf band or other(!!), leaning on an Allard Dragon, a blown 4 cylinder Ford-engined dragster in a London street in 196? [IMG] [IMG]
Found my pics of the Merc transporter & Gullwing I took in 2002. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] As an aside, I walked into my local sand...
This was at the Goodwood Festival of Speed a few years ago, absolutely fabulous!
Here ya go, built a few years ago as a rod, runs a Buick 215 V8. [IMG]
Dragwaye, built by Clive Waye, blown VW engine, ran at a few sprints & then the early days of British Drag racing in the 60s.
How far have you driven so far? Best I've done is 2500 in two weeks in a T Bucket all round France & into Spain. Sounds like some of your states...
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