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Old 13-05-2007, 10:32 PM   #1
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Default Guess what's parked in my driveway???




No it's not mine ( unfourtunatly ) a very good friend has just finished it after 11 years of hard work.

It is a 1936 Five window coupe ( Aussie Body ) runs a 350 Chev 350 auto and 9". The colour is Phantom Purple.

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Old 13-05-2007, 10:44 PM   #2
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Beautiful, just beautiful. Oh and I love the plates.
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Old 13-05-2007, 10:52 PM   #3
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Nice..... very nice.
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Old 13-05-2007, 10:55 PM   #4
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Yeah it's not to bad is it.
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Old 13-05-2007, 11:03 PM   #5
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Oh WOW!!! Beautifull!
Love the tail lights and mirrors! (and rims, and paint, and chrome work and side steps..)
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Old 13-05-2007, 11:58 PM   #6
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love it
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Old 14-05-2007, 12:18 AM   #7
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looks stunning mate
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Old 14-05-2007, 09:45 AM   #8
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Oh WOW!!! Beautifull!
Love the tail lights and mirrors! (and rims, and paint, and chrome work and side steps..)

I know just how you feel. I took it for a drive and, bugger it now I wish i hadn't sold our last Rod.
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Old 14-05-2007, 09:52 AM   #9
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very cool
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Old 14-05-2007, 09:56 AM   #10
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SOOOOOOOOOOO nice. Even better than when i had Damien Olivers M/Benz in my driveway.
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Old 14-05-2007, 10:06 AM   #11
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nice one, is that one of those fibre glass shells?
My friend has an engineering joint and they just got 3 of these to build for some hot rodder bloke, i was impressed with the shell, being fibre glass it looked really well made.
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Old 14-05-2007, 10:06 AM   #12
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Old 14-05-2007, 11:30 AM   #13
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awesome just awesome, do you know what it's power figures are?
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Old 14-05-2007, 11:35 AM   #14
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That is a beautiful car. Would love to see some more detailed pics though.

But I guess what can you do????
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Old 14-05-2007, 11:37 AM   #15
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When are you going to paint your bloody fence? :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:
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nice one, is that one of those fibre glass shells?
My friend has an engineering joint and they just got 3 of these to build for some hot rodder bloke, i was impressed with the shell, being fibre glass it looked really well made.


100% steel my friend.
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Old 14-05-2007, 01:19 PM   #17
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Nice John but it sits very high in the rear???
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Old 14-05-2007, 01:55 PM   #18
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100% steel my friend.
AWESOME!
the workmanship on some of these is amazing!
get some interior shots!
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Old 14-05-2007, 02:03 PM   #19
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What is it a 36 FORD Coupe?
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Old 14-05-2007, 02:06 PM   #20
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An Absolute work of art..
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Old 14-05-2007, 06:36 PM   #22
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pity bout the chev...
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Old 14-05-2007, 08:03 PM   #23
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Thats mint!
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Old 14-05-2007, 08:12 PM   #24
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Old 15-05-2007, 04:46 AM   #25
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Nice car when is he going to finish it & put a proper engine in it?
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Old 15-05-2007, 08:30 AM   #26
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That is just obcenely beautifull. Pass on my congratulations to your mate, and make sure you stay friends with him. By the way my name is Bob (for his will) Regards.
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What type of power do those old school cars make? every now and then a huge bunch cruise from town and they all look schmick and have huge chunky rear tyres, wondered if it was just show or is it cause they GO!!
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Old 15-05-2007, 12:23 PM   #28
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What type of power do those old school cars make? every now and then a huge bunch cruise from town and they all look schmick and have huge chunky rear tyres, wondered if it was just show or is it cause they GO!!
depends what they have done i suppose, some can run blown big blocks, so am sure they would put the power down. I went for a run in a mild 302 t bucket once and that went pretty well, was fun too
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Old 15-05-2007, 06:04 PM   #29
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Extremely nice motah.

Nothing wrong with a SBC either.
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Nice car when is he going to finish it & put a proper engine in it?
Looks like it has a proper engine in it!! :
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