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Title: Hotrod of the year 2012 Post by: panthershaun on May 14, 2012, 10:16:12 AM OK it's only May but I think I have found my Hotrod of the year 2012. Couldn't make the Basingstoke show due to family commitments but managed to visit a small local show down on the Romney Marshes... amongst all the usual suspect's like Model B's, 34 Ford's and Model A pickup's sat this oh so cool Ford Model Y. No roof chop and the original paint made the old girl stand out
Title: Re: Hotrod of the year 2012 Post by: panthershaun on May 14, 2012, 10:17:11 AM I'm not sure what engine she was running but it had International on the rocker covers..
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Title: Re: Hotrod of the year 2012 Post by: panthershaun on May 14, 2012, 10:22:34 AM For me I don't think you could improve on its looks.. Only thing I would change (well I might actually add an exhaust system ;)) is the name on the logbook to mine.... I think this would look the business parked up next to the Pop...
Title: Re: Hotrod of the year 2012 Post by: Manky Monkey on May 14, 2012, 04:57:41 PM Very nice Shaun. About time we stopped trying to be Americans & took pride in our own heritage again I think.
Did you see "Small Fry" is out & about again. One of the iconic cars from my teenage years. Title: Re: Hotrod of the year 2012 Post by: Manky Monkey on May 14, 2012, 05:00:39 PM The star on the door panel is a reflection from the truck parked next to it.
I remember seeing this at the Alexandra Palace custom car show when I was still at school. Still looks like it was built yesterday. Title: Re: Hotrod of the year 2012 Post by: poprodder on May 14, 2012, 05:07:52 PM that y is just well...............................right!!!
love it. Title: Re: Hotrod of the year 2012 Post by: phunkie hiboy on May 16, 2012, 10:32:56 PM The star on the door panel is a reflection from the truck parked next to it. I remember seeing this at the Alexandra Palace custom car show when I was still at school. Still looks like it was built yesterday. It's funny, I was talking to Matt Matheou no so long ago. Got in touch through his son. I used to work for him back in the seventies at his shop in the Kings road ................... (http://i781.photobucket.com/albums/yy95/phunkie_hiboy/picture259_800_x_600.jpg) On its way to Columbus, Ohio 1977. Title: Re: Hotrod of the year 2012 Post by: Manky Monkey on May 16, 2012, 11:11:52 PM Wow!
Title: Re: Hotrod of the year 2012 Post by: phunkie hiboy on May 17, 2012, 06:00:55 PM Wow! That'll be Matt on the left and my Kawasaki tripple 400 on the right, oh and John Baldachino's mark 3 cortina and a trailer that looks like it came via Bob Messant (Stripteaser). We borrowed it to take "Small Fry" to Heathrow, 'cos Matt only had a 2CV at the time. His philosophy was "it doesn't matter what daily you have when you have this (Small Fry) and his other car (full height steel '32 3window [yes "Black Cherry" before it was BC] 327, GM350 and 8.75 olds rear end)" Title: Re: Hotrod of the year 2012 Post by: Manky Monkey on May 17, 2012, 06:55:31 PM I was chatting about this with a guy at work today. He remembers the shop in the Kings Road -never bought anything but used to come in for a mooch around apparently! He also remembered that Matt owned the Black Cherry coupe. I saw it at one of the London indoor shows, possibly Olympia, but was too young to know anything about who owned what.
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