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Okay,I promised you guys some pics of the Kumeu Festival,so here are a few to start with.Its getting late here,so not going to put many up tonight,but will add to them over the next week.
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This bucket has been built with one of our bodies,widened,and lengthened,and fitted with Toyota v8,Jag rear.
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Rocket Speed Equipment trade site has these two and coupe.
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A friends 40 Tudor,recent import..
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Thats it peeps,see ya tomorrow.:D
Thanks for the pics!! Looks like a nice day with nice cars!
Interesting Falcon with the Kiwi Shipping in Carson California painted on the rear quarter. How did that rig get to the house of the Kiwi???
I should have googled before typing:o
I didnt realize that the demand was big enough to have a company that specializes in exporting muscle cars, hot rods and project cars!! I can be real stupid some times...:(
Maybe I should re-think my alternate job idea.:3dSMILE:
Thanks again for the pictures!
You guys got it going on down there, very cool. Thanks and looking forward to more.
Hot Rod Surfer,these first pics were taken on Friday,as we were setting up the trade site,as were a few dozen others.Tongue-in -cheek happens to me too,a real problem some times,:LOL:The area behind the tudor was jam packed with about 2000 cars, trucks,and a few dozen bikes by mid afternoon on Saturday,and started to empty out about 2pm Sunday,took a few hundred pics over the three days,no,they wont all go on,but will definitely put up a good selection,for you to look at..
Brickman,I am sure I have a couple of pics of a chopped 47[?]2 door that belongs to a friend in Auckland, that we took last year,will find them.Also one to make ya eyes water,a Pontiac Torpedo,in excellent shape..:eek:Will throw some more on tonight,,off to work in a few minutes,see ya.
Before I forget,Muscle Car Madness is under way down in the south island,so as kiwi dreamer said on another post,one of us will post a link this weekend,as it happens.Guarantee several pages of pix from this one..:cool:
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Will put some more on after we have fed the inner person...
Great pictures ......... love the Ranchero and the 348 powered coupe :toocool::toocool::toocool:
Some really gorgeous cars, thanks for the pics! Man, that Ranchero and the Comet are gorgeous!!!!!
Nice bunch of cars - tho that Falcon looks scary to drive with the I beam axle.
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That green Chevy wagon is a two door..
Neat little Falcon---ok, they're not a Falcon in NZ---but I figure it's a good day if I remember my own name!!!!!!
Dave,it still is a Falcon over here,this particular car has a really warm 351W,tubs,etc,and some of my handiwork on the glass hood,,it was imported about 20 years ago by a south islander by the name of Craig Stare,the guy who has been running Muscle Car Madness for the last 20 years,,this is the twentieth year..He sold an Austin A40 Dorset[2 door sedan],in California I think,,set up as race car,with SBC etc..was called Street Fighting Man.
IC2,the Sprint gasser is a scary looking item,but it pulled the crowds,specially with the caps open,,:D
Next bunch taken in the sheds,the peoples choice was this scary little Austin A40 Dorset street/strip car,just rebuilt by the owner,a fantastic,if not a little eccentric[and possibly a bit concentric]:D car painter,we call him the paint slut,[he will paint anything for money].Try googling Imagineering..
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The next bunch are for all you Studebaker fans..
Trevor Halsteads sedan delivery was built out of about six various models.BBC power,and totally custom built from the windscreen back..
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This coupe was built nearly 30 years ago,and was dug out for old times sake..
Thanks for posting the pics. Great selection of rods.
No probs..I have a pile more yet,more outside stuff,but just a fraction of the 1500-2000 cars on display..will put some more on tomorrow..:cool:
Take a look at the car shown in the new Rod & Custom that came yesterday. The Falcon was sold at the Old School Reunion Meet at Famoso Drag Strip last summer to someone in "NZ"
Thats kool,the owner is [I believe] Kendal Smith from Kruzin Kustoms in Palmerston North,a couple of hours south of us,between him and the owner of Rocket Speed Equipment in Hamilton,about three hours north of here,there is a reasonable amount of machinery being uncovered.Dan,from RSE is always digging up old bodies to resurrect,like the old roadster body altered in the Waihi Dustup thread..:cool:
Man, I don't even like green, but that Stude is absolutely drop dead way kewl beyond description!!! Some very, very 1st rate fabricating! Super looking car, thanks for putting up the pics! That also has to be the neatest and smoothest rendition of a school bus I've seen!
Dave,the s kool bus has either a 502 or 572 BBC between its rails,a new build,and has only done a couple of hundred miles,on the way up to Auckland,the NEW trans dumped its guts,and it turned up on a transporter,the owner is probably not the happiest guy in town,not that I blame him..:(Quote:
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Heres an interesting bunch...mr mustang, do I have your attention..
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Okay,a few more tonight..
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The Anthill Mob...Unplanned stop,ran out of gas..not beer,actually an old school mate,one of many at this event..
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That school bus is killer! So is the convertible Jag; I'd love to drop a big inch LS1 in that baby.
Falcon,the Jag is becoming a hard one to find down here now,most of them got the SBC/auto conversion a long time ago,except for the pristine examples,which are still jealously guarded by their owners,to stop hotrodders getting them..:LOL:most of them in junk yards are now minus IFS[for F100 conversions]and IRS[for hotrod rears]Quote:
Originally Posted by falconvan
The s kool bus is an ex Education board Bedford,I am told,with the Ford panels grafted on..
heres a few more..first up, a couple for Stovens..
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The owner of this pickup is the daughter of one of our older Auckland rodders,poor child,never had a chance..thats what happens when ya cruise with ya folks in a A tourer as a young un..
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Any California residents remember Golly Adams gasser??
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No kidding guys.It goes..
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Thats a 426 Hemi in there,street driven,built in the late 70s..
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