Thanks Poppys Bomb for the offer of the 302 V8, but as this build is a dedication to my late son I will be using the 12a rotary and four speed from his car. It is good to hear from a like minded A40 fan and I hope that you will follow my progress over the coming months.
A little bit of my car history includes includes a 1978 Mazda E1600 van that I bought new and after destroying the motor decided to do something different, so after a few talks with the RTA I implanted a 4.4L alloy P76 V8 engine with auto transmission, HR Holden disc brake front end and LJ Torana diff. After ironing out a few bugs I then started on the body by adding modified RS2000 Escort rear guards, LX Torana front flares, custom running boards and front spoiler, '66Toyota Crown rear bumper, GT Falcon rear wing, Mazda 929 stacked headlights and 2 shortened XD Falcon grilles. I did about 95% of the work in the back yard of my parents place with some help from friends and family and it was a real head turner and also ran very hard.
Over the years I have owned many cars that I gave my special touch including a Mini van, Mini Moke, XY Falcon and I have also restored a few ZD and ZC Fairlanes over a period of years and still have 2 ZC's now, one is my daily driver.
In my spare time over the last 6 months I have been building a trailer from a Morris Minor panel van, which a mate bought my wife and I for a wedding present, and we will use it for transporting camping equipment etc. on our holidays. I have built a new chassis for it with new hubs and stubs, widened the wheel wells by 40mm so as to fit some bigger rubber, replaced the floor with new checker plate, taken all the gutters of to give it a real smooth look and added a rolled rear pan with recessed number plate and LED lights. I hope to have the body work finished within a few days and then it is of to be spray painted and registered, it should look real good behind my pickup when it is done.
My wife also has a 1953 A40 panel van that she bought about 12 months ago and when I get through with my A40 build I intend to then start hotrodding the van, but that could be 2 years away yet. Hopefully I can get some photos of my projects on here soon to share with my followers.
Cheers Col
A little bit of my car history includes includes a 1978 Mazda E1600 van that I bought new and after destroying the motor decided to do something different, so after a few talks with the RTA I implanted a 4.4L alloy P76 V8 engine with auto transmission, HR Holden disc brake front end and LJ Torana diff. After ironing out a few bugs I then started on the body by adding modified RS2000 Escort rear guards, LX Torana front flares, custom running boards and front spoiler, '66Toyota Crown rear bumper, GT Falcon rear wing, Mazda 929 stacked headlights and 2 shortened XD Falcon grilles. I did about 95% of the work in the back yard of my parents place with some help from friends and family and it was a real head turner and also ran very hard.
Over the years I have owned many cars that I gave my special touch including a Mini van, Mini Moke, XY Falcon and I have also restored a few ZD and ZC Fairlanes over a period of years and still have 2 ZC's now, one is my daily driver.
In my spare time over the last 6 months I have been building a trailer from a Morris Minor panel van, which a mate bought my wife and I for a wedding present, and we will use it for transporting camping equipment etc. on our holidays. I have built a new chassis for it with new hubs and stubs, widened the wheel wells by 40mm so as to fit some bigger rubber, replaced the floor with new checker plate, taken all the gutters of to give it a real smooth look and added a rolled rear pan with recessed number plate and LED lights. I hope to have the body work finished within a few days and then it is of to be spray painted and registered, it should look real good behind my pickup when it is done.
My wife also has a 1953 A40 panel van that she bought about 12 months ago and when I get through with my A40 build I intend to then start hotrodding the van, but that could be 2 years away yet. Hopefully I can get some photos of my projects on here soon to share with my followers.
Cheers Col
