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RotaryBri
Joined: 20 Dec 2007
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Location: Warwick
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 Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:18 am Post subject: What not to do to a Devon |
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It started out as an Austin A40 Devon.
This is not my cup of tea at all.
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Kaybee
Joined: 27 Dec 2007
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Location: Croydon, Victoria, Australia
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:47 am Post subject: |
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Is this necessary?....nothing good ever comes of bagging someone else's pride and joy...... 
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Rick
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Scotty
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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For me it all comes down to what was it like before the modifications - if it was a nice stock car then I'm against this level of change. However if its a scrapper, with a rusted out body, etc then going this way at least gives it a new lease of life.
The moment I saw the picture this popped into mind -
It was a Revell or Monogram kit of a Modified '55 Chevy back in the late 1960's, took me 4 weeks of saving my pocket money to buy it out of the Clyde Model Dockyard in Glasgow - happy days" 
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stuchamp
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: Iowa, USA
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Scotty wrote: | | For me it all comes down to what was it like before the modifications - if it was a nice stock car then I'm against this level of change. However if its a scrapper, with a rusted out body, etc then going this way at least gives it a new lease of life. Scotty. |
I agree but being an old drag racer I like the unique gasser style drag cars too.  |
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Giggles
Joined: 25 Nov 2007
Posts: 302
Location: Tucked up under a patchwork quilt somwhere in Suffolk
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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I've seen the A40 at Hot Rod shows and without opening that can of worms, it's very well done and on the road being used, not moth balled in someone garage.
Shot me at dawn if you want.
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mattrix
Joined: 10 Mar 2009
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Anyone know what model this is? The one named anxious.
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Job-Rated
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: Sugarbeet County
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| Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:23 am Post subject: |
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I believe it's an Anglia, hence the name. It's one of a group of similar cars that race regularly up the quarter mile at Santa Pod, Shakespeare Raceway & York.
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poodge
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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mattrix
Joined: 10 Mar 2009
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Thanks.
The front hub is 4 stud, was that standard on 50's UK fords?
What rim size and PCD did they use
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Greg
Joined: 03 Dec 2007
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Location: Dreamland Margate
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| Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes it's an Anglia E494a |
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Greg
Joined: 03 Dec 2007
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Location: Dreamland Margate
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| Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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| mattrix wrote: | Thanks.
The front hub is 4 stud, was that standard on 50's UK fords?
What rim size and PCD did they use
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The original would have been 5 stud with 17" rims.............'Sporty!!'  |
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mattrix
Joined: 10 Mar 2009
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Thanks Greg,
I wonder what those front wheels are off of then.
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Rick
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Graeme
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| minx i believe |
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