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That looks so cool. i remember the blown one street racing in Neilson street onehunga back in the day.. it was quick but never saw it at meremere unfortunately.

Hi alex im thinking of doing something similar. its funny that car had a photo of a mouse on it and was called verminator and our green wagon was known as “ viva la mouse “ i could call it speedy Gonzales like the eighties cartoon with the fast Mexican mouse..ha interior will be stripped out..the car didn’t come with a dash cover sorry..would of given it to you for nothing..really like your green wagon and the two door hb you built..they are both awesome cars. if you have any thing else your looking for let me know as there’s a box of bits I’m not using. cheers nelson

Things were a lot easier back in the day. thats why we narrowed the front end in a jig and certifier is happy so far. wants to see the chassis completely welded up before we drop the body on and mate the two together. im going to have the engine and trans all mocked up in there also

Here’s my shifter. its an early b&m 60 series. bought it off eBay for $90 us and restored it. these things are getting real expensive now because of the nostalgia gasser racing

Thanks for the replies..always nice to know your on the right track. the car is a really solid base to start with..I’m not sure what motor they were thinking of putting in there cos the hole was massive..I will need to ad to it to tidy it up. issac still has the brown four door which is in great condition..not sure if he is still thinking of selling it.

Thanks mark..has been a full on 5 months to get to this stage. the green hb wagon was Steve hildreds old drag car..we sold it and it got painted silver and black..if you look on YouTube under chris Wright meremere you will see it getting rolled about six times. im trying to keep most things on the car from the late seventies early eighties.

Chassis all tacked ready for tig welding and fish plates.

This was my starting point..one set off old ansen sprints.15 x 10 and 15 x 4 1/2 4.11 Tru Trac Moser diff head. 380 hp 327 chev turbo 350.

Me and Dad raced this one many moons ago wagon was Steve hildreds old drag car..we sold it and it got painted silver and black..if you look on YouTube under chris Wright meremere you will see it getting rolled about six times.

My inspiration..used to watch this car at the drags in the early eighties

This is my hb viva will have 327 turbo 350 and 4.11 nine inch