... a few favours from friends all over Sydney. We had an aim to get it painted, all fitted up and ready to wire the Haltech within the week. With the ute making its way back to Porters garage it was time to start stripping the chassis to ...
... much. Fuel cell with pump and filter was fitted next. We decided to mount the filter on top of the tank for easy access with the tub on. New brakes trial fitted and were perfect, 6 pot rears should do the job. With more parts arriving every ...

... no different, the fitment is perfect and the position of the turbo is spot on. A common problem with high mount manifolds on these barra motors is getting them too close to either the head, the bonnet or the strut tower. If you get the position ...
... important to make sure that everything is still in the factory position, as you might also notice we have flipped the cooler to decrease the length of cooler piping. Trail fitting of the bar and headlights is very important during the fabrication ...

... offset as the engine. One modification the owner was not willing to compromise on was the single side exhaust. To fit his vision it needed to exit behind the passenger’s door in the quarter-panel. It required a lot of creative plumbing ...
... would be powerful, very low, a lot of tire on each corner and fenders cut around the wheels. The owner found a great candidate in a 1963 Falcon gasser. It was perfect because it came without an engine and transmission. It also had a 1962 wagon ...

... to be the perfect solution. Way better than expanding foam! Then it came time to figure out the storm-water routing, and what a time it was. You see, to have the building permit signed off, the guttering has to be plumbed into the same ...
... a thermal break, so I thought I’d put my left-over roofing insulation to good use and get it up on the walls first. I just cut it slightly larger than I needed it, and it snuggly fit where it needed to go, with a bit of tape here and there ...

... and has great turn in. Let’s continue to the exterior: -PAINT and BODY I love how much character this paint has. It is not perfect and nor is the fiberglass, but its filled with stories of road and track. Let’s remember, this is ...
... Rod took his Porschev out racing in 1968 and in doing so made plenty weep for joy and others in sorrow. The combo received so much interest Rob was able to turn it into a profitable business (Rod Simpson Hybrids) that continues to sell swap ...