Introductions

Hey all, tootall here.

I'm a UK based pinstriper and hotrod artist. I mention this so that you will understand that I'm not a mechanic or an engineer. My mechanical skills are slowly improving and likewise my welding, fabricating and general bodywork skills. However, I'm an artistic type, so it doesn't necessarily come easy. Luckily I have a great bunch of friends and clubmates (I'm Chairman of UK Kustoms) who are always willing to help and advise. Unfortunately most of them live well over 200 miles away so the help they can offer is generally not 'hands on'.

As if all that doesn't make life difficult enough, my ride is a 1960 2-door Falcon wagon. An American car in the UK and not only that but a pretty rare one over here. In fact I believe that it's the only 1960 wagon over here (though of course I may be wrong - with a Wife and 3 Daughters I'm used to being wrong). This makes finding parts, especially body panels, pretty tough.

The fact that I live right down in the bottom left corner of the UK also means that everything is a long way away. This means that with the ridiculously high price of fuel here, economy is vital. To this end, I am fitting an English Ford Pinto motor and gearbox of 2 litres. The car had one of these in it already when I got it but I didn't trust the motor, so have a new, freshly rebuilt motor and autobox to go in.

I have already started on some of the bodywork as the old girl is pretty rotten.