To give it that purposeful race-ready look, Chris had the cast-alloy Hilborn Shotgun scoop coated in carbonfibre-like material. “It came back with a full-on gloss finish,” he says. “It looked terrible!” Chris baulked at the cost of a genuine carbonfibre replacement, so Shane got a little creative<\/em><\/p>\n

“It’s got a real ‘rump-rump’ to it,” Chris says, “and turns the tyres with ease – it’s so impractical. But when you’re driving, people are sticking their heads out the window and taking pictures. It’s priceless!”<\/p>\n

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“I rubbed back the gloss and repainted it matte clear, to which I added a touch of gold tinter,” he says. “It gives it that gold tinge that real carbonfibre has. It’s very convincing; you have to get right up close before you can pick it’s not the real thing,” Shane says<\/em><\/p>\n
With the engine sorted (and 110 per cent of the original build budget blown), the next challenge was slotting the elephant donk into the diminutive ’32 Ford. How did they do it? “You use a bloody big shoehorn!” laughs Hemi Deuce’s builder, Shane Rowe of Southern Rod & Custom. Part of the trick is the low-profile, billet Milodon oil pump with remote pick-up in the sump – which itself is a special low-profile piece that still holds eight litres. Even the filter is offset for more clearance.<\/p>\n