Thread: Hot Rods in the "beautiful country"

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Hi!
I'm Andrea and I'm 23 years old and I live in Rome (Italy). I love hot rods and any other motorsports.
I like italian cars but I think that there is nothing more beautiful than a hot rod pulled at full speed.
Two years ago I had the fortune to meet Don Garlitz during a trip I made in Florida, has been fantastic and I learned what is the real passion.
I am here to increase my knowledge about hot rods and to know new people.
I can help anyone who wants information about Italian cars and motorcycles.
See you soon.

Welcome Andrea, you came to the right place to meet some good knowledgeable people, not to mention some cool rods being built on here...

Thomas

Wecome aboard Andrea; We've got people from all over the place on here.
Nice to have lots of help with question on here.
You never know what one of us might find on the fly.
Kurt

Welcome! When you get settled in, post some pics of your truck.

Hello everyone.
Thanks for giving me the welcome to the forum.
These are some pictures of my pick up, is in constant renovation.
I made these pictures last year in promotional exposure for a car dealership near Venice.
Now I have completely disassembled the engine and I'm repairing some parts of the body.
Unfortunately in Italy can not move on the road with this car, I should mount approved mufflers, fenders, etc...
In Italy we have the toughest laws on road traffic in the world.
Blessed are you who do not have too many problems ...
Excuse my bad English
Regards

Hi guys!
I posted some pictures of my rat rod pick up in the gallery images,
I waiting for your comments.
Thanks.

it looks pretty good to me

Cool looking ride, I like your choice for a power plant

Hi Andrea from germany.Love the pics of your rod!!!!!
Made my wife 2 years ago the most important question, in a small Hotel in Rom
Your place is very nice! But if you try to take a taxi as a vacationer you always have to check the prices of the driver, befor you sit in

Originally Posted by italianhotrodde

Hello everyone.
Thanks for giving me the welcome to the forum.
These are some pictures of my pick up, is in constant renovation.
I made these pictures last year in promotional exposure for a car dealership near Venice.
Now I have completely disassembled the engine and I'm repairing some parts of the body.
Unfortunately in Italy can not move on the road with this car, I should mount approved mufflers, fenders, etc...
In Italy we have the toughest laws on road traffic in the world.
Blessed are you who do not have too many problems ...
Excuse my bad English
Regards

Hey Welcome, cool project. Is that a 35 ford? Can you make it street legal over there?

Originally Posted by Rodrunner

Hi Andrea from germany.Love the pics of your rod!!!!!
Made my wife 2 years ago the most important question, in a small Hotel in Rom
Your place is very nice! But if you try to take a taxi as a vacationer you always have to check the prices of the driver, befor you sit in

Hi Rodrunner,
it's nice to know another European with passion for hot rods.
Rome is the "eternal city", but we hope that those taxi drivers are not.
See you soon.

Originally Posted by PRO53

Hey Welcome, cool project. Is that a 35 ford? Can you make it street legal over there?

Hi,
pleasure to meet you and congratulations for your rat rod, it's fantastic, too good!
If the Italian police stop you in the street with that rear tires...they go mad.
My pick up is a 37 ford, is the love of my life, but for make it street legal
it would lose all its charm...
For now I take him to exposures with trailers.

To be legal in Italy, my rat rod should have:
1: fenders on all tires;
2: wipers;
3: front arrow;
4: approved mufflers
5: front license plate
6: rearview mirror
the car should not be too noisy, should not polluting too, etc.

I'd do first to emigrate to the U.S. bringing the car with me.

Did you have to import alot of parts? Is that a 409 chevy?

Are probably similar conditions across Europe.
I'm happy too know that here is somebody in the same time zone with the same problems! Perhaps we'll see us on a big european meeting


greetz Stephan

Ps:Perhaps italien taxi drivers are all Aliens...

Originally Posted by PRO53

Did you have to import alot of parts? Is that a 409 chevy?

Hi,
It was imported from the U.S. 3 years ago, but slowly began to find parts in Italy. For small parts I can easily import, arriving in about 3 weeks.
For large parts is more difficult, arriving by ship in more than a month.

The engine is a Chevy 348, is in good condition.
Now, I've started to restore it: I replaced pistons, installed new gaskets and replaced the crankshaft.