Andromeda

english68 · Post by **english68** » Mon Jun 20, 16 10:03 am

morgan wrote:Nope. Not sold.

Do you think it is coming up for sale again soon then?

morgan · Post by **morgan** » Mon Jun 20, 16 10:46 am

english68 wrote:
morgan wrote:Nope. Not sold.
Do you think it is coming up for sale again soon then?

Better than evens chance I would say. He knows which bit everyone wants and what its worth though

english68 · Post by **english68** » Mon Jun 20, 16 10:55 am

morgan wrote:
english68 wrote:
morgan wrote:Nope. Not sold.
Do you think it is coming up for sale again soon then?
Better than evens chance I would say. He knows which bit everyone wants and what its worth though

I'd love to have one of those cars - and of course the one with the Hemi would be first choice!

I do know I can't/shouldn't afford it though....

There was a very cool 't' for sale fairly recently (black one with skulls?) that I quite liked but Andromeda and Revenge came onto the scene in my early teens so really left their mark in my memory.

Those and the mid-mounted V8 milk float that was around at the time....!

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Mon Jun 20, 16 11:17 am

seen that a few times over the years , think last time was at hickstead lazy sunday , maybe late 80s or early 90s i remember having a quick casual look to see if i could seen the vin on the motor ! to see what car it come out of

, weren't it involved in a wreck recently or a few years back

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MrNorm · Post by **MrNorm** » Mon Jun 20, 16 12:01 pm

Yup a boyhood dream that car. Saw that at some of the '70s shows (Ally Pally?). Correct is was on the cover of #1 HR&C UK. Agree with Blue that the standard of those Nick B cars was incredible, especially when you saw some (not all but probably most) of its contemporaries.

Agree it would be interesting to know where he got the original motor from. Even though the car is an important piece of British Hot Rodding history, if that motor was ever able to be reunited with it's original donor it could be worth significantly more than "just a Hemi"

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Mon Jun 20, 16 12:30 pm

I had always assumed the engine had been built in the States and shipped in complete. If that's the case, given the year it was probably built from a new factory block which would have been readily available at the time.

RM23 · Post by **RM23** » Mon Jun 20, 16 1:31 pm

Great car used to turn up at hickstead once or twice in the nineties when I was a kid think it had some sort of accident pulling away from there? There's a great book called street rod and custom showtime which tells the story of British show cars from the 70s and 80s sat in revenge c cab at the supernats couple of years ago blown rat motor it was loud cheers all.....

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Mon Jun 20, 16 9:19 pm

there is another hotrod bucket thingie with a 426 hemi guy paints choppers etc hauser built the mtr its the original from that old yella hot car hemi challenger wuu something,,,

english68 · Post by **english68** » Mon Jun 27, 16 3:25 pm

Andromeda AND Revenge....

Captain Chaos · Post by **Captain Chaos** » Mon Jun 27, 16 5:46 pm

Great video

english68 · Post by **english68** » Mon Jun 27, 16 7:10 pm

Captain Chaos wrote:Great video

Yes, can't take credit for finding it though - that goes to someone on RodsNSods...

DaveB · Post by **DaveB** » Tue Jun 28, 16 10:53 pm

Dont know if its this one,but theres one hot rod with a hemi,and the numbers are ground off the block.

Also heard a story about some yank wanting the numbers matching block for his cuda/challenger from a rod over here,and offering a new crate 528 hemi for the block

and apparently the rod owner said it wasnt worth the hassle.could be just a tale

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Tue Jun 28, 16 11:05 pm

DaveB wrote:Dont know if its this one,but theres one hot rod with a hemi,and the numbers are ground off the block.

Also heard a story about some yank wanting the numbers matching block for his cuda/challenger from a rod over here,and offering a new crate 528 hemi for the block and apparently the rod owner said it wasnt worth the hassle.could be just a tale

Dave, i bought a load of hemi gear from ash bell the hemi block had some damage but repaired to a good standard, anyway i sold all that stuff to a guy from norfolk he was fitting it in a cobra, did his research it turned out to be the matching block to a 60,s superstocker the then owner of said superstocker bought the norfolk guy a 528 short mtr as swap, thats that one. the other

I think goes like this the boss man jim wilson asked hauser if ever a hemi turned up please let him have the no,s just in case his cuda hemi turned up, low n behold one turned up for a build jim got the numbers and they turned out to be the block from that yellow ta looking hemi challenger that hot car had a hand in early 80,s then got restored by richard ward the chally by now was stateside but the guy did not want the original block or would not pay enough for it so that is in a rod down south i think the guy was a custom painter on choppers etc,,,

DaveB · Post by **DaveB** » Wed Jun 29, 16 9:05 am

That could be it then dunc,think the custom chopper painter was Keith on here who had a hemi in a chally

RM23 · Post by **RM23** » Wed Jun 29, 16 10:54 am

Wow didn't realise there was so many cruising around with hemis in them going by my magazines Andromeda has always had a 426 and revenge a blown 427 please keep these story's coming chaps

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