Build update photos.

[Herald5.7]

Coming along nicely Jon - just about the same state as the Herald at the moment (supercharger in the boot, bonnet on the roof and the wheels are currently used as garage seats!!)

Tony

[MotorPsycho]

looking good mate, the tail piece is gunna be the icing on the cake

[Dnac]

Looking good Jon!!, glad you went for a longer wheelbase in the end!!, can you tell me what bank you robbed to buy all the shiny bits, cause i think I need to hit it too lol!!

[Tet]

Maybe it's just me, but I've never liked that style of tailpiece. It's the only thing I don't like about Chris Hartnell's car, too. Does it affect the aerodynamics enough to be worthwhile, or is there some other reason for it? Personally, I'd rather the 'chute was just exposed at the back of the rollcage, like the later front-engined Swamp Rats.

But that aside, the car's looking good, and seems to be coming along nicely. I can't wait to see it out on a track.

[aquilamotorsport]

i liketail pieces on certain cars, backdraft looks wicked, looked even better with the roof on and the tail piece tho

[leecb05]

161" wheelbase now. well john it's almost a full size car then....lol

[FordCorsair]

this is one car i'm really looking forward to seeing gracing the pages of Custom Car...[assuming they have been booked]. That back end is looking drop dead gorgeous and as for the shiney motor just the icing on the cake.

Fantastic work.

[Tet]

Top Fuel Digger said:

To cut a long story sideways, the tailpiece is there because I want one

Which really is the only justification you need...

[peterwalters]

Car is looking ace mate, that tail peice is lookin great already and its not done!

cant wait to see it in the paint booth, literally

I personally love the full rollcage bodys, like poison ivy and vagabond, but yours is looking ace, whens the bakersfield trip

Pete

[Nitrohaulic]

Looks great!

[trackday addict]

Looks fantastic & going to be very very quick !

[Nitrohaulic]

Everything's going as expected, LOL. Some people are trying to "big show" it as quickly as possible. I/we still have our own ideas of how to approach it, which I/we are more confident in every day with what we see NHRA and others doing.

I will say this. I was just visiting one of the builders of nostalgia bodies the other week. He and another are the two biggest. One has sold 48 bodies and the other has sold 43. He only knows of around 20 nostalgia funnies running with new bodies out of nearly 100. I think that means there's either an awful lot of projects out there that aren't getting finished or this thing's getting ready to explode.

That or, there's a lot more ways to build a chopper that I'm not aware of, LOL.

Edited by Nitrohaulic on Saturday 26th April 04:08

[veryoldfart]

its the wrong colour, wrong tubing, wrong engine and your all wrong jon



(thought id have a go at you before anyone else did)


oh, and your feet smell

[Nitrohaulic]

Have you had a belt on it yet? Someone was warning me about having a time getting the spacing right with the Pioneer front mag drive, which is what I plan on using.