Custom Mk3's of days gone bye

[Mick]

Anyone remember these from years gone bye ? ....pls feel free to add to the pics with any you 'find'

[michael]

I remember see some in both Custom Car and Hot Car. There was a very nice dark red one with a Jag engine in. I think that it was a 2.4 which barely seemed worth the effort performance wise. There was also a Zodiac with flames (painted) down ther side and allys that used to turn up to some events in the mid-90s. Couple with Rover V8s as well.

[Joe]

Nice pics I remember quite a few of them. I never really got the Jackups an dcustom paint thing and I was an early convert to the "South London look" The outragous Humdinger was once seen never forgotten.

[zephyrc]

Saw the hearse at north Weald track many years ago.. Think it had a Cadillac engine in it.. Saw humdinger at a show way back,, as said once seen never forgotten..

[Mick]

Thought that may stir up a few memories ....i only ever got around to seeing most of these cars in street machine or hotrod & custom .....cant say i ever saw many cars in custom car

Just found a couple of pics of this .....going to be a real pant wetter when its done for sure

[Joe]

This might be it.

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[Joe]

Interesting treatment of the rear wings

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[petecollinge]

No indicators or side lights on the front and can't see any indicators on the rear

[Mick]

Jun 5, 2012 10:06:31 GMT 1 petecollinge said:

No indicators or side lights on the front and can't see any indicators on the rear

There probably built in to the rear lights in a clever manner , and quite possibly hidden away on the front.

Very cool tho....I dont think its the same one as the pic i posted is of a recent ongoing project

www.normanbycustomfabrications.co.nz/mk3-zephyr-2-door/

[Joe]

The one I posted was at a rod run in Kent, I think yours was in NZ or Oz

[mygasser]

i built the red zephyr hi rider with the glass flip front in the first group of pics. it has a ford 351 cleveland in it. a mate bought it off me in 2000 and still owns it. was built to relive my youth as i built one looking the same with a 302 in when i was 19.

[Eddie]

The blue Zodiac FDA 115C is very much alive. I often see it at shows.

I remember seeing Humdinger in a parade of custom cars at Wimbledon Stadium banger racing in the olden days when I was a lad. Also "The Sweeney" - a V8 Zodiac with an MG grille and a mural of the TV programme on the bonnet.

[Mick]

Neil: Cool work on the hi rise Zody , didn't it used to be green at one point ?

Good call on the Sweeney Ed, It would be rude not to have some pics of it. Seem to recall it had 2 designs of murals on its bonnet ( as in pics ) tho not sure if it was 2 different bonnets or a redesign at a later stage?





Gotta have on of the furtastic humdinger interior to

[mygasser]

yes it was still green when i took it to the last nationals at essex in 2000 i think. i'd taken a deposit from my mate but told him i was still using it that weekend. it was a 'restored' zephyr 4 when i bought it. did the conversion and added the 6 grill as i prefer it. he had it painted red like the one i built (with a 302) when i was 19. he couldn't afford that one when i sold it though so had to wait til i did another (13 years later!).

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THE ZODIAC CONVERTABLE WAS BUILT BY A GUY IN RAMSGATE KENT HE ALSO HAS A V8 FORD POP