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| RE: twinturbo 352 |
| By Louis 466 - 11/10/2002 2:25:30 PM; IP 195.241.231.249 |
Travis, to start with:it's a small country.There is one big meeting every first saturday each month with approx. 900-1000 cars.then there are the smaller meetings in the weekends during summer.On the big meeting 20% is junk,50%is nice,30% is top.most of them are muscle cars,just a small percentage are hotrod's.there is trend towards 60's rare muscle cars and wagons.the reason there are so little rod's is because it's nearly impossible to get them registered,wheter you build it or buy it (from the states)
They consider them new cars so you have to pay full tax and everything on a new car has to be on a rod also.but there is a new law in holland wich says that if a car has a registration in another european country it gets one here also.so there are coming more cars now from germany,zweden and england.I now from a guy who has bought a hotrod price winner from the USA ,a 100000 dollar car wich has been in several magazine overthere.the overall quality of the cars is good and most of them are running on LPG(propane).
it consumes as much as fuel and it's performance is a bit less but it's much cheaper.the price of a gallon leaded fuel is approx. 4 dollars overhere.I'm running my 466 on fuel.it always hurts when I have to pay at the gasstation.but I always say ; gas is for cooking.
I have 2 cars.
A 79 ranchero painted dark red metallic wich had a 351M,but now has a 460 overbored.specs;
71 block,10.5 to 1 dome pistons,balanced,blueprinted,milodon oilpan ,hooker headers,weiand billet waterpump,crane cam 296-300,234@ 050,556-563 lift,crane goldrace roller rockers manley valves,flowed stock heads edelbrock performer rpm intake,holley 750 dp.the block is painted
dark purple\blue-ish metallic(yes it stays on)the complete front and rear suspension is blasted,sanded by hand and painted body color.the rearend now is a 77 lincoln with discs and 3.55 gears.all I have to do now is save some money for billet 17 inch wheels.my other car is a 62 merc monterey commuter(wagon) all original with billet wheels.only 2 of this model in holland and from what I now also in europe.this is the car with the 352 where I want to build the turbo's on.
in what sunshine state do you live in?are there any rooms for rent for a couple of gearheads for a short holiday ;)
if you want to know more just let me know,I hope all of my spelling was correct because I did it without a translation guide.
greets Louis
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