Hot Rod Todd from New Zealand

Hi All,

Im from Christchurch New Zealand and have a 23 T bucket with a blown BBC, a 26 T coupe with a 302 Ford, a 37 Nash sedan with a LT1 350 chev with a vortex blower. We also have the genesis of a 60s style altered - will get a BBC and glide that I just happen to have sitting around, and my wife has a 37 Topolino with a little Toyota engine in it.

and theres an A40 pickup truck with a mint body that wants to be a gasser.

Got the nostalgia drag racing bug so am now real good at busting stuff.

T coupe will be finished & street legal in march 2010 (real soon) and the bucket will be repaired and back on our local dragstrip in a few weeks time. Melted the old blown 454 so upsized to a blown 540. Will be fast enough to justify having a parachute this time

Cheers
Todd

Welcome Todd, sounds like a really kewl drag car, gotta get us up some pics sometime!

Welcome from Texas!

Hey there Toddy,you took ya time,saw your name in the new members listing,wondered when you were going to pop in.You still up here or you back home now..
:DAnyway,welcome home,They are a good bunch of guys[and a gal or two]:cool:

Hey,just a thought,do I get a commission for recommending new out of town members??:LOL::LOL:

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Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Welcome Todd, sounds like a really kewl drag car, gotta get us up some pics sometime!

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Dave,darn things street legal too...:eek:

Robin, I put Rowena on the plane home tonight & Im staying here till the bucket is running.

Hoping to drive it by wednesday night.

And Ro saw the T sedan screensaver on my laptop & thunk it looked pretty cool. Told her you have one in the shed waiting for me. And she seemed pretty relaxed about that.

Have a drag racing meet in Christchurch on 13 March so need to be home before then. Best time to date (2 years ago now) in the bucket was 10.2 @ 132mph. Having upsized, Im expecting to drive to the track, run a 9 thru the mufflers and on street tyres. And hopefully drive home having avoided breaking stuff!

Now that would be cool.

Hi Todd, Your bucket sounds like a hand load to handle in a fun sort of way..Looking forward to seeing photos of it please. My bucket is still waiting patiently in the garage for to get well enough to go and work on it. Oh, Lamin8r got me onto ths site too,Would be long then us Kiwi's will out number the others....

I sent some photos thru to Robin & said nice things to him so he may post them on here.

I have raced the bucket over the past 5 years, at Meremere, Taupo and Masterton. Shifted it south 18 months ago and melted the engine so hoping to race Ruapuna mid March.

Ok,,a bit of greasing later,,,here are some pics from HotrodToddd...

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...mereDec04a.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...algias2009.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l.../A40inshed.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l.../tcoupe017.jpg

And last but not least,this is what happens when he gets a bit close to another car while driving his wifes Toyota powered steel fiat Topolino

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l.../Wotzat004.jpg

Thanks Robin.

My mistake with the Topolino was most unfortunate. The insurance people had to get the replacement nose from Switzerland and then get it modified to fit the car.

The bucket is getting some wheelie bars to go with the bigger engine, and Im wondering if I need a Wild Willy style wing on top of the cage.

But its really just a wild street car. The altered project will get the junkyard alky 477 BBC, a 671 and a 4 port Hilborn. And one of Robins T bodies that I just happen to have sitting around along with a tired turtledeck.

That nostalgia racing bug bit hard!

Hey Todd , welcome along mate. I'm just a new bloke here too.
Rod.

p.s. Finn says hello 'uncle ' Todd :)

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Originally Posted by Hot Rod Todd

Thanks Robin.

My mistake with the Topolino was most unfortunate. The insurance people had to get the replacement nose from Switzerland and then get it modified to fit the car.

The bucket is getting some wheelie bars to go with the bigger engine, and Im wondering if I need a Wild Willy style wing on top of the cage.

But its really just a wild street car. The altered project will get the junkyard alky 477 BBC, a 671 and a 4 port Hilborn. And one of Robins T bodies that I just happen to have sitting around along with a tired turtledeck.

That nostalgia racing bug bit hard!

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Yeah Todd..Wild Willy wing..if its good enough for Parker Georgette in Aussie tohave one its good enough for your bucket..:D

Jeez guys,soon there will have to be a seperate NZ section.:D

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Jeez guys,soon there will have to be a seperate NZ section.:D

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Roger...I said something like that to Lynda last night,,only joking,guys...:D We are here because we like ya company,,and we know we will get constructive input to what we do,not like certain people in other places...:rolleyes:
Roger,without too much hijacking here,are you coming down to Beach hop this year??

Hey Robin it looks like we will miss another year,we will be in Boston around Beach Hop so can't do it.:(Will be in NZ after that for one of my short trips in April.And a welcome to Hot Rod Todd.Hopefully we will catch up with all you guys one day soon.

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Hey Robin it looks like we will miss another year,we will be in Boston around Beach Hop so can't do it.:(Will be in NZ after that for one of my short trips in April.And a welcome to Hot Rod Todd.Hopefully we will catch up with all you guys one day soon.

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All good,see ya up there one day too...:D

Robbie ran the fuel lines for the bucket last night & after work today. Just need to fit the oil line from sump to the diesel alternator, add some liquids, put on the leads and check the carb linkages arent binding, and fit the driveshaft and we can fire it tomorrow afternoon.

If things go to plan, the earth should slip out of orbit.