Greetings from Oz

[Tim Backhouse]

Hi all,
My name is Tim Backhouse. I am an accountant from a city of 40,000 people in the south eastern corner of Australia.
I have built a 1964 Bolwell kit car, if I get it right I will attach a photo.
You should remember that 'kit cars' were very different in 1964. E.g. the build manual consisted of one sheet of typed paper with no illustrations. The installation of motor and gearbox were covered by one sentence in the manual, "fit motor and gearbox of choice". No mounts, no recomendations, just selling the dream.
The car is space frame from 1" Nickel Bronzed tube (yes Oz was imperial in those days) the top is Fibreglass but the bottom half and internals are stressed with aluminium. I bought the kit from a farmer who lost the body and stored the aluminium clad frame in a chook shed. For those who don't know Chook s..t and aluminium don’t mix! The short story is I redid all the aluminium, and I am mighty proud of it. The only bit I didn’t do is the double curve on the bottom half of the wheel arches.
So for my next project I don’t want to be restricted by an inability to work aluminium into the shapes I want, have already gained much as a visitor and looking forward to participating.
Tim