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| The Build Up |
Like most boys, I had a hankering for anything mechanical and grew up building most
anything with my Meccano. Trucks and cranes were always a prime subject for ideas. Over time,
I took up other 'construction' oriented hobbies such as carpentry and model railroading which remain
strong interests. Come my university years, I took up some casual automechanics through rebuilding my parent's Pinto (remember those) and my own first vehicle. My brother and I purchased some old Bell Telephone vans for next to nothing and nutured these vans (one Dodge and one Ford) through many years of community to university etc. After university, other interests (e.g. girls) factored into my life along with a family and making ends meet. With time though, we found ourselves in a position where a 'hobby vehicle' could become reality. You see, I had realised a few years ago that the automotive bug was still there and itching to break forth. Over the past 5 years, I have been dragging the family to evey car show in our area and soon identified what I was looking for (should the day happen) and made acquaintances with the street rodding crowd. So, I determined a sedan would be appropriate as I had a wife and two lovely daughters (who by the way love hot rods) who would also like to cruise around as well as it provided the opportunity to take along some minimal luggage. The model A Fords had a unique stance that I liked so we kept our eyes open for a 1929 - 30 Ford Tudor. Something that would be drivable but requiring work would be fine. We also set a budget of what we felt said vehicle could be had for. As luck would have it, we were at the Rockland 2000 car show in September and this 35 Chev was up for sale. I grabbed a couple of fellow Rodders and we took a look at it. With their years of experience, I felt they would quickly determine the 'health' of the car. We spoke to the current owner and learned about it's history. Needless to say the Rodders gave it a big thumbs up. I exchanged info with Charles (owner) and meet with him the following weekend in Montreal with a automotive friend of mine. We inspected the car all over and took her for a test drive. What's the old saying - Love at first sight! |
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| The Details |
The car was built by and experienced chap in Moncton N.B. around 1996. Charles had purchased the car soon there after and had owned it for the past three years and amassed quite a collection of trophies from car shows in the region. These photos tell the rest of the story.
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| Additional Stats |
I had clocked over 200 miles in the first week and received admiration from my mechanic and many
people on the streets.
Some more details: The original frame is there, very nicely boxed too! A rebuilt 1986 Chev 350 installed along with a Turbo 350 with shift kit. A Holly 600 cfm carburator sits a top an Eldelbrock manifold. The rear end is from a 1989 Cutlas with 2.71 gearing. This is supported with home built upper and lower control arms and suspended with Aldan coil over shocks. The front end was built from Mustang II original and after market components. Seats are from an Achieva (believe it or not). The car is even air conditioned, bonus! |
