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Greetings fellow Rod nuts

I just signed up here, and wanted to give everybody a heads up about myself.

My name is Bill,, I live in the state of Oregon,, I am almost 72 Y/O, and have been into the car thing since I was probably 10 y/o,, I have had a bunch of hot rods over the years, wish I had some of em back now,

I am retired,, but build a few hotrods now and then,,
currently I am working on my 48 Anglia Thames Panel,, Blown/ Nitrus BBC-t-400 and a winterQ/C Chris Alston chassis,, etc etc,, Just at the chassis building stage, but anxious to get-er-dun,, hope to be drivin it by the end of summer,

I noticed another Thames being built on here,, Thought it was mine at first glance,,

Hope to chat with you guys soon Bill aka Bad Rat

Welcome Bill to the club. Great looking engine that I'd love to squeeze in to my 37 chevy truck.

Welcome Bill, you will find this a excellent friendly site with so many helpful guys and gals on it. I have always had a soft spot for the English Fords, a good looking project.

Hey Bill .......... glad you're here ......... I'm looking forward to following your build ......... yours is going to have a whole lot more power than mine ......... glad to see another Thames under construction

keep posting pictures

Thanks for the warm welcome guys,, Glad to be here,, Good variety of cars here,,
I bought this Anglia about 6-7 years ago,, wasn't really looking for one,, it just happend to show up.. You know,, cars seem to just show up and ya gotta have em,,,

so I started collecting parts,, and I ain't getting any younger , so My son and I have another project to do,, but we usually have something going,, either bikes or a hotrod,,

here is the latest shot of where the Anglia stands today

Welcome to the forum.
Love your build and it seems like your attention to detail is amazing.

Best,
Don Jr

Welcome aboad Bad Rat; That is one cool looking project.
Looking foward to seeing the finished photo's of it.
I wish one of you talented guy's lieved around the corner
from me. And not three states away.
HE! HE! HE! Kurt

Well I got the F/End all mocked up and found out that the suspension was too wide.. the tires rubbed the fenders, so I had to narrow the frame rails 4 inches,, whats that old saying?? measure 15 times Cut once??? I neglected to measure that once, but at least I don't have to add it back on,,

anyone know of a program to resize these pictures, with vista

you have photobucket .. set them at 800X600 there ..

Thanks Hoss,, I'll try that

Welcome. We speak Gasser here!

Love that hood scoop! I haven't seen one of those in a while. ....late '60s maybe? :-)

BR - I thought you were a member here already

Welcome!!

Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

Welcome. We speak Gasser here!

Love that hood scoop! I haven't seen one of those in a while. ....late '60s maybe? :-)

That hood scoop is a posterboard mockup of a scoop that I planned on making a few of,, Kinda like the old Don Prudholme scoops ,,,,,,,,,the tape is starting to come loose from setting on the shelf, so thats something else I need to finish.

I have been shopping for wheels,, I want to run spokes on the front, but those spindle mount 12 spokes are over a grand a pair, so I think I will have to settle for the 10 spoke,, I already have a full set of Baer brakes, and the 12 spokes will only work with Airhart or Willwood brakes,, another 1000 bucks,, Probably go with the American Racing Hopster for the rear,,,,,

Oh the price of toys these days

Originally Posted by IC2

BR - I thought you were a member here already

Welcome!!

Hi Dave,, Randy[ New Interiors,], No Limits here ,, directed me this way.. This is a Kool site,, wish I had found it sooner,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Yea welcome to the site, one awesome thames