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Etienne
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It's funny to like Hot Rod and want to avoid US parts...
It reminds me what John Lennon said :
" French rock'n'roll ? It's like english wine"
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JoZeF
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it's called "daring to be different, just for the sake of it", like fender skirts on a AZU 
But not to worry, any kind of perfo part will make it look like a us flat head...
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Kustombart
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A C4F LOOKS like a 1930 ford but it isn't. Just like that engine. When it's finished, most people will think this car is a Ford with a flathead. Only connaisseurs will know what's going on.
That's just what us funny dutch guys like. 
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Olli
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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-Nice, you have a Rolex!
-No, no, it just looks like a Rolex, its made in Taiwan.
Sorry.
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Etienne
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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Why not building a small car, with a small engine only for city use, only with american part ?
Joke apart, there are few example of citroen c4 hot rods which look ok. But I definetly don't understand this idea to make an european hot rod...
There are few project of french hot rod with peugeot 404 engine and stuff, Citroen c4 body etc. I just don't get it.
Anyway even if this v8 engine has been built in France, it's still an american engine.
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Etienne
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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The best C4 for me so far :
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Bart
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I think it is a really good idea to use a french flathead when building a hotrod based on a french car. The used parts got to suit together somehow and a american engine in a european style car just doesn't.
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Olli
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| Bartje wrote: | I think it is a really good idea to use a french flathead when
building a hotrod based on a french car. The used parts got to suit together
somehow and a american engine in a european style car just doesn't.
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This engine is almost 1 to 1 of american Ford Flathead, its licence build of it.
In Finland many Ford rods has them cause they were cheap.
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Kustombart
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| Olli wrote: | -Nice, you have a Rolex!
-No, no, it just looks like a Rolex, its made in Taiwan.
Sorry.
-Olli |
No, it's made in France, go wash your mouth out with gasoline, young man!
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JoZeF
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| Kustombart wrote: | A C4F LOOKS like a 1930 ford but it isn't. Just like that engine. When it's finished, most people will think this car is a Ford with a flathead. Only connaisseurs will know what's going on.
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WOW !!! I so amazed but such an original (may I say pointless ?) concept
Dudes, you're capable of building a cool car, but quit the pretentious idea that no one will notice it's not a Ford.
A C4 is a C4, ANYONE will notice the difference... it's design is copied from A Ford, but not as nicely made... window level in relation to windscreen, ugly firewall etc.... It's exactly the same as fitting a 2cv front to an Acadiane, and saying "oh, people won't notice it's not an AK400
Engine is irrelevant.
The idea of "people won't know what's going on" (as if... ) would be more interesting if you used a C4 grille on a Deuce Body...
THAT would get people wondering... but building a Deuce is not a cheap as a C4, I guess
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