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Pete Moore's Ford Popular 'Ute'
(pickup)Pete Moore's newly finished Ford Pop Ute made it's show debut at
the 2007 NSRA Billing Fun Run, where it received a 'Top Ten'
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To give it it's
full description, the 'Ute' is an Australian Ford Popular Coupe
Utility.
The Ute features an owner-built chassis, fitted with Wisbech
suspension, and a Chassisworks Diamond case rear axle, all rolling on Radir Tri
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Motive power is
a 383ci Chevy V8, rated at 348 BHP, coupled to a Tremec TKO 5-speed gearbox via
a Weber HD clutch.
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Ute was featured
in the November 2007 issue of Custom Car magazine. |
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Colin Fox's '34 Ford CoupeThe 1934 Ford 3 window
coupe has a chopped Rodline body mounted to a Rodline steel box section
chassis. |
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Engine is a
Chevrolet 350 overbored to 355 ci, fitted with a polished Weiand 6-71
supercharger, fed by Holley carbs via a BDS bugcatcher scoop.
Other goodies
include an Edelbrock cam, Yella Terra roller rockers and a Crower stud girdle.
Chrome headers are by Hooker. Transmission is through a Fred Whittle built
Chevrolet TH350 with B&M Megashifter. |
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Rear Axle is a
four bar linked Jaguar MK2 'live' axle with outboard disc brakes, mounted with
15" steel rims with 31 x 10.5 General Hydro 2000 tyres. Ford 13" steel rims
with 165 R13 tyres support the front end.
Interior has a Rodline fibreglass
headliner moulding with overhead switch panel, and a set of Moon gauges set in
a So-Cal '32 turned ali dash panel. Best quarter mile time so far is 14.0
secs. |
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You can view two
of Colin's videos of the car here:
 Route 66
California Dreamin |
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John & Lesley Cable's Fordson |
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John &
Lesley's 1953 Fordson (or Thames panel van) was originally built as a hotrod in
1984 by Geoff Kremer. To achieve the ultra low stance, ten inches was chopped
from the bottom of the body. The body was then channeled a further six inches
over the chassis, making it only 50 inches tall. |
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The 2 litre
Dolomite Sprint engine, built by Jigsaw Racing, has +30 thou JE racing pistons,
a 16 valve full race head, and racing pumps, with everything lightened and
balanced. Fuel is fed through twin 45 Weber carbs, supplemented by a 100bhp
Nitrous Oxide fogger direct injection kit, all ignited by a MSD 6-way
electronic ignition. Transmission is via a full race 4-speed manual box with
competition clutch. |
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Space frame
construction results in a strong but light chassis, with the car weighing just
780kg ready to race. Custom made front suspension is fully adjustable, and the
rose jointed rear carries a Dolomite Sprint axle with Quaife limited slip diff
transmission. John's best quarter mile time to date is 12.97 seconds
at 105mph, achieved at the 2007 Hot Rod Drags. |
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Wheels are Image
billet split rims; paint is Bentley black metallic with a touch of flake. The
'real' flames were applied using nine colours of pearl by John Hooper of Killer
Paint in Dawlish (http://www.killerpaint.co.uk). |
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