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Offline mysmallwheels

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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #30 on: Saturday,August 10, 2013, 01:45:51 PM »
Gentlemen and any Ladies Present,
   Mysmallwheels here, probably Cousin Jonathan to many of you. As I'm "new in town", short bio; born in Texas, Raised in New Orleans, live in Dallas Texas. Some background as line mechanic for Fiat/Alfa/Lotus(Elan&Europa)/Jensen(includes JH w/440 mopar).
   I do not know Chip or his father Sam, but of all the problems such a car might have, quality materials and construction are a given. Sam did customs and stunt cars in the 50's &60's: the studios beat hell out of them and bought more. Chris grew up in that shop, and about 16-17 completed a car(with his dad's help) called the Alien; 1940 Ford Panel Sedan, every line and panel cut and subtly reshaped; although not a roadster, it took all(Best Paint, Best Engine, Best Engineered) but Most Beautiful Roadster.
   I think you are missing the 18-25 pairs of working hands, guided by a true master of the art, a man only in his 40's, who is well known and liked in his business. Some of the uncredited people in the background are worth checking out.
   I too though would like to here fro owner: when an I drive it, please, please pretty please. msw ,AKA Chris

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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #31 on: Wednesday,August 28, 2013, 03:42:42 PM »
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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #32 on: Wednesday,August 28, 2013, 03:46:21 PM »
Car is not quite ready to drive yet, I will post something as soon as I get a chance to drive the car :blowup:

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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #33 on: Wednesday,August 28, 2013, 03:48:37 PM »

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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #34 on: Wednesday,August 28, 2013, 03:51:45 PM »

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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #35 on: Wednesday,August 28, 2013, 04:36:10 PM »
Woah! If it isn't the man himself!! Glad to have you here man. I still haven't seen the episode yet!!!! I am eagerly awaiting to hear your opinion of how it drives!

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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #36 on: Wednesday,August 28, 2013, 10:04:57 PM »
Wow, those engine bay photos show remarkable attention to detail as far as finishing goes. I think we all thought it wasn't a "driver" when the show was aired, so what's still to finish off John ?

Brian (UK, but still caught the show thanks to this interwebby thing  ;)   )

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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #37 on: Thursday,August 29, 2013, 03:11:32 AM »
the car looks great  please post more pictures!

the rear grills look nice, do yoiu have a good shot from underneath? and with lid closed/

the side rear windo looks great, do you have images of this treatment?

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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #38 on: Thursday,August 29, 2013, 06:15:44 AM »
Welcome to the forum. Glad to have you aboard. The quality of construction does seem very high indeed. Very interested to learn more once you get the car on the road. Cheers :beerchug:
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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #39 on: Thursday,August 29, 2013, 07:33:21 AM »
 :Welcome:
Glad you are joining us!! I look forward to hearing all about the car!  :beerchug:
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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #40 on: Thursday,August 29, 2013, 12:56:11 PM »


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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #42 on: Thursday,August 29, 2013, 01:17:08 PM »
Car needs to go through a pretty extensive safety check before they will release the car to me, with all the additional HP they don't want to kill me i guess.

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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #43 on: Thursday,August 29, 2013, 03:46:57 PM »

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Re: Europa on Overhaulin'
« Reply #44 on: Friday,August 30, 2013, 09:23:04 AM »
Da-ham!!
   7upJohn, glad to hear from you! If I had a Europa, I,m pretty sure Foose would have been low on a list of " who done it". That likely could have been a loss. I absolutely cannot wait for your driving impressions. As I said earlier; Can I drive it, please, please, pretty please ?
                 Mysmallwheels
PS; I can wait 5 minutes for you to  warm it up, but you haven't answered my first question --ooh! ooh! so shiney! so freakin' shiney! The hell with the ticket, I want to drive it!