The Kebab

[ericholm]

Very nice to see the wheels on, I know the effort you have gone to on getting them how you want them I like the chrome spinners they certainly do help give it the 'older' style look.

[jones]

Bob I am a massive fan of those wheels, period look with a modern spin (pun not intended)

Are you going to drop it an inch?

[y cymro]

Originally Posted by jones

Bob I am a massive fan of those wheels, period look with a modern spin (pun not intended)

Are you going to drop it an inch?

I think for a period look the ride height is spot on.

Bob, how much has it already been lowered and how did you achieve that?
Steve

[hurnleft]

It's had a full Spax adjustable lowering kit with new springs & shock absorbers. It sits about 40-50mm lower.
It does need care over some speed humps but is generally fine.

Cheers, Bob.

[WorldClassAccident]

Measuring the lowering effect of coil overs...

Before = 1 beer bottle


After = 1 beer mat


Front end only and wife doesn't look over impressed

[Roadster]

Originally Posted by WorldClassAccident

Measuring the lowering effect of coil overs...

Before = 1 beer bottle


After = 1 beer mat


Front end only and wife doesn't look over impressed

That looks great Nick but how much trouble you have with ramps and speed bumps?

[WorldClassAccident]

Perfect frickin timing. This happened 20 minutes ago. One of those speed humps that sits in the middle of the road rather than going right across. 30mph and bent the exhaust backwards so much it is behind the tyre!

[Roadster]

Ouch - looks great but maybe I will keep the suspension a tad higher

[hurnleft]

I'm just back from a long weekend at the Hot Rod Supernationals at Old Warden in Bedfordshire. A fantastic weekend of lovely weather, lovely cars and great company.

Dust was the main issue for those who like to polish but I loved the grubby look so left it on. The reception the car got was amazing. I wasn't sure if hot rodders would poo-poo it but I lost count of the number of times I got stopped and asked about it.

I'd also removed the flash lines and roughly cut out the wing vents last week.

With a couple of club mates cars



Parked up


On the way back


Cheers, Bob.

[Mister Towed]

Looking good Bob, nice to see you out and about enjoying your car. Event looks to be well attended - I'll have to make the effort to go next year.

[hurnleft]

Originally Posted by Mister Towed

Looking good Bob, nice to see you out and about enjoying your car. Event looks to be well attended - I'll have to make the effort to go next year.

The event was heaving with probably over 1000 hot rods, customs and classic American cars. Well worth the trip.

One thing I did notice when I got home was that the inside of the boot was very hot (my wife was unimpressed to say the least with my hot dirty socks!) I'll look into either a heat shield on the exhaust or making a vent in the rear panel to dissipate the heat.

Cheers, Bob.

[redratbike]

It didn't look out of place sitting with the rods did it

[smash]

Looks bloody brilliant on the move!

[hurnleft]

Did nothing on the car this weekend apart from stuff it full of camping gear for a weekend trip to the Street Rod nationals in Ipswich.
The car performed as well as ever, with different days where the air con and the wipers/demisters were needed.

We got 12 club cars in a row on the showfield to show our eclectic mix. Everything from American classics and hot rods, slingshot dragster to VW, and a Waynes World replica to a Fiat 600.

I put a little notice in my window to save answering all the questions. It worked as I'm told the sign was often photographed.

Cheers, Bob.

[ericholm]

Hi Bob, car looks great in that line up, looks like you might have dodged the rain also! Is that a Chevette I see a white one? I learnt to drive in one of those ha ha. Showing my age.

[Mister Towed]

Originally Posted by ericholm

Hi Bob, car looks great in that line up, looks like you might have dodged the rain also! Is that a Chevette I see a white one? I learnt to drive in one of those ha ha. Showing my age.

Looks like fun, shame I was getting all hot and bothered in the blazing sunshine in Zante over the weekend or I'd have gone myself.

The white car does look like a Chevette, I remember those although most of my mates had Vivas and VX 4/90's.

I took my test in one of these -



In fact that's my examiner having a word with me after the 'reversing round the corner' manoeuvre...

[hurnleft]

The Chevette, a very rare 2 door saloon, belongs to Jack, one of our younger club members. He's the son of Keith who has the green/silver '32 coupe (amongst other things) so he's been brought up right.




Dry Friday, hot Saturday, dull but a good walking about temperature on Sunday but horrible for packing up tents and the trip home on Monday. So all in the right order really.

This is Pete's car. Collected last week and his first chance for a little ride. It's Supercharged jaguar powered…and very loud.



Normally he just drives this much more sensible old Morris 14.




Cheers, Bob.

[IanA]

Originally Posted by hurnleft

...This is Pete's car. Collected last week and his first chance for a little ride. It's Supercharged jaguar powered…and very loud...

Hope he modifies the "Richard Hammond Death Trap" roll cage.

[redratbike]

someone over on retrorides posted a load of pics up of the show yours was amongst them and someone asked about the swb replica so i added a link to your and erics builds and also mentioned tribute automotive and nubodi

[hurnleft]

Originally Posted by redratbike

someone over on retrorides posted a load of pics up of the show yours was amongst them and someone asked about the swb replica so i added a link to your and erics builds and also mentioned tribute automotive and nubodi

Thanks for that, I'll have a look at the photos.

Cheers, Bob.