9th John's Rod & Custom Picnic |
The
plan: Use available parts and items donated from anybody who has the right 'junk' and have the car built in time to be auctioned at the picnic. Twenty something MOPAR Chassis was already available and John had the mould to make the body from fibreglass. A suitable Y Block Ford engine and three speed stick was also located amongst the junk in Chopper's shed. Whatever donated parts and services were nt forthcoming would have to be purchased. Labour would also be provided by many volunteers. |
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The time frame: Oh shit! the picnic is how close? | ![]() |
The
reality: A small band of people worked tirelessly to scrounge up the required parts and other donations to get the thing happening. Another equally small group of workers slogged away thru the wee small hours of many a late night to bring it all together. I wasn't one of them since my job is to take photos and stay the hell out of the way ;-) |
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The
Ford Brothers arrived with their newest creation on it's maiden voyage and like the previous A coupe it was an instant hit. The Green Metalflake A Pickup hits all the right buttons. Biggest problem is to decide if it's a rat rod or the ultimate gold chainer statement. The blown small block makes some serious mumbo (Greg is an old time drag racer who has a penchant for horsepower) but the ultimate detail has just got to be that this steam generator doesn't uses rusty brown water like the rest of us, but instead it has the radiator water colour matched to the paint. |
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What
happens when you have an early F100 cab shell and a mid eighties Holden
station wagon? Well, if the body is neatly cut away from the floorplan of the wagon, the truck cab can be made to fit. Then all ya need to do is scrounge some other truck bits, weld a few sheetmetal panels to a tubing pick up bed frame and VIOLA! Instant kool kustom pickemup truck. Inside it is white with purple flake pleated inserts, drives like a late model passenger car and has all the mod cons too. |
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Like Carps said, biggest crowd ever!!! | ![]() |
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Thank you.... and GOOD NIGHT!!! |
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