Thread: new member from australia

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G,day........hows it going mate.
hey guys, just found and joined this site, from what i have read so far, it looks to be a great site, i look forward to many nights of reading.
my name is Brett, people call me barnsey, i live in the central west of new south wales Australia, I am a floor sander polisher and have my own buisness, which i operate and work on my own,
I am into hotrods and custom cars, and enjoy most motor sports.
I own a 1948 Vauxhall, it is powered by a 3.3ltr gm holden inline six, it runs on straight LPG Gas or prophane,it also has a Eaton M90 Supercharger the engine is making between 300 and 320 flywheel hp, the car is an aussie body 1948 Vauxhall built by GMH (GENRAL MOTORS HOLDEN) Australia.
anyway short and breif, thats a bit about me, i am sure that i will find some interesting posts around this forum.
cheers barnsey
p.s I have pics, but thought i would hold back from posting them in my first post,

Welcome aboard barnsey!! Always glad to have a new face around. Lot of really good guys around here, and vast amount of knowledge. Feel free to add to that anytime.

Pictures ?? Man we love pictures, Post away..,,,

RS

Ok but don't laugth lol
this is my 1948 vauxhall.

and here is my new engine being fitted, also here is the youtube link to the first time we started the engine running on lpg, dedicated gas prophane.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxPUxCcqDg0

I have posted a couple of pics, just waiting for a mod to ok them,
the Vauxhall is undergoing a full rebuild at present, I have fully boxed the chassis to cope with the extra hp, also upgraded the brakes to 4 wheel discs, and fitted an lpg tank for the dedicated gas (prophane) I have also had a go at frenching in my tail lamps and a few other custom touches, the car has been rubbed back and is now wearing its first coat of new color, its a violet base and will have some pearl flames added, I recently had a couple of mates go over to the states, where they bought a 1950 F1 delivery fitted with a 392 hemi, they visited lots of hotrod supply shops including Summet, they loaded the back of it up with all sorts of new parts and attemped to do a roadtrip from Ohio to LA, only to have tailshaft or driveline problems with it, enjenjo, from the RRT came to there rescue and haulled them 2800 miles to the shipping yard in LA, the F1 arrived in australia last week and now i have lots of new parts to add to my Vauxhall, including a nice set of guide headlights, new gauges ,shifter and alloy scoop,
I am hoping to have my car back on the street and be out cruising again by mid to late january.
cheers barnsey

Welcome Barnsey! Great looking car with some most excellent detail work!!! Got a few others on here from Australiz, I'm sure they'll be dropping by!

Laugh, Did You Say Laugh ????? Just what in the world is there to laugh at ???

As to your Vauxhall, if they are as cool and as pretty as that one I'll take three. And that Blown 6 banger well son that's just about 6 or 7 degrees beyond cool. Very neat stuff there "Aussie" Maybe you can teach us a thing or two!

RS

Gidday Barnsey,its a good site mate,I lurked on here for a while before I joined up,a wealth of info,some good guys, and some bloody hard cases too.Kool old Vaux,they must be getting hard to find now,they are scarce as chicken lips over here,obviously your Holden bodied job is even more scarce here..and greetings from across the ditch...
Well, off to work..

thanks for the welcome comments, I will try and start an album wth all the pics of the rebuild and a few shots of the car when it was first rodded back in the 70's.
cheers barnsey

Hi Guys,
Well it looks like i have found another home to live in, as the place i am curently renting has been sold at auction a couple of weeks ago, I have been busy cleaning up my shed and finding all the bits i need to put my car back togeather, and also getting all my tools sorted ready for the move,this is how the car looks at present, I moved it out of the shed this morning and hosed the dust of it, When i get to the new house i will wet rub it back and put another coat on it and clear it,
I have lots of photo's of the rebuild, but being new to this forum I don't want to step on anyones toes, Where would be the best spot to post a build thred and add photo's showing the rebuild ?
cheers barnsey.

I am thinking about leaving the firewall red, as the engine is red, would it look too out of place.

Heck, don't worry about the toes, most who have been here awhile wear steel toed shoes anyway!!!! Just start a build thread, include the pics and a description.... Looks like a build we can all learn from and enjoy the progress!!!!

Welcome, and what a nice ride you have there. I agree that engine is the bomb! That means very cool over on this side of the lake!

thanks for the comments guys, i have started a buld thred here.
http://www.clubhotrod.com/forums/sho...threadid=43857
with a bit of other stuff to break it up a bit.
cheers barnsey

Hey Barnsey; Do you know Terry Parker?
He's afriend of mine and we talk every couple days.
Kurt

I don't think i know him, which state is he in, he may be a member of our Aussie hotrod forum http://www.ozrodders.com/board/index...f659d35b03e6ba
Australia is a lttle bigger than it looks on the map lol
hope all you guys have a great and safe christmas.
cheers barnsey

He is in Mary Borough and owns Parker Racing.
They build intake's, realy nice ones too.
Here is his e mail address, Terry is a really nice guy.

parkerracing@itfusion.com.au

http://www.parkerracing.com.au/

Kurt