In a galaxy far, far away ....

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Fri Feb 16, 07 11:22 pm

Artful Dodger ..remember seeing that at a indoor show...might have been that one as i remeber Geof and Sylvia being there

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Sat Feb 17, 07 3:07 am

latil wrote:Looks like a mural on the boot. Who's got that car now? The reg no. is familliar.

saw that challenger a number of times at the pod when it was yellow ....... pretty sure it is plumb crazy again now & restored , might even have a white vinyl now , i think

posted a picky of it in the archive bit

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Sat Feb 17, 07 12:55 pm

must be heartbreakin, if A you built the car and either did the murals/paint yourself or had it done to be faced in later yrs with it all gettin a bit tatty and havin to paint over all that lovely hard work same thing if you find an old custom locked in a garage and again the body is a little to rough to keep the paint scheme

RobTwin · Post by **RobTwin** » Sat Feb 17, 07 11:26 pm

EJJ 51J, now owned by Pete Harris? Mopar Euro Nats 05 Best of Show?

latil · Post by **latil** » Sun Feb 18, 07 9:06 am

Of course! Stunning car these days.

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Sun Feb 18, 07 1:05 pm

Great pics Sandy. Gary Belcher's Fad-T with the Jag V12 blew everyone away. The "Novel T" looks like Nick Butler's Revenge.

Talking of which, I saw Butler's Andromeda T-bucket, complete with blown Hemi, parked on a drive in front of a house near Haywards Heath not that long ago. I wonder where the other show cars are now?

latil · Post by **latil** » Sun Feb 18, 07 1:37 pm

Adam,I think that's one of the old members of the Mid Sussex rodders club. Didn't know it was still about,he must have owned it for at least 20yrs.

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Sun Feb 18, 07 1:44 pm

that andromeda t got damaged in an accident and was stored for a good few yrs, then changed hands to the guy who has it now it has now been repaired i spoke with him because off it being mopar powered and tried to get him to fetch it to the nats last yr but it never happened
if that hemi makes power the way it should that t has to be a handful

latil · Post by **latil** » Sun Feb 18, 07 1:50 pm

The guy I knew that owned it repaired dustcarts in Haywards Heath. He used to say it was vicious and couldn't go near a damp road.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sun Feb 18, 07 4:45 pm

The Hemi was built by Dick Landy.

Trick drilled out oiling system with external lines. Swinging arm oil pick-up to account for acceleration, braking or even cornering.

It was 8.5:1 compression ratio with standard valves and a camshaft that was described at the time as "slightly hot".

Other than that it was mainly stock. Just blueprinted to the max and Landy said it would be safe to 9700rpm!

The Gary Dyer 6.71 blower was only 5% underdriven. Making just under 1000hp at the crank. Carbs were twin 600cfm Holleys modified by Dyer.

The trans was a B&M 727 with B&M 3500 stall converter. Covered with a Simpson scatter blanket.

And ..er... yes. I had quite a thing for this car when it came out.

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Sun Feb 18, 07 5:59 pm

You dont say

One of my all time favourites...just looked plain evil

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Sun Feb 18, 07 6:36 pm

Caption competition?

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Sun Feb 18, 07 7:27 pm

...... "I'd never be able to drive that, in these shorts".

...or "I bring a blown Hemi, and all the other cars go home" ?

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Sun Feb 18, 07 10:25 pm

is that not the daddy of powerplants visually and power