another guy from new zealand

hi everyone my name is gary cawthra i live in a place called lower hutt in new zealand.
been a ford fan for as long as i can remember built a few engines for myself and a few others over the past.
been drag racing a 1972 xa falcon coupe (right hand drive for us down here) for about the last 10 years or so,have had quite a few other falcons in the past as well.
the coupe had a rear half chassie with 15x15 on the back running a 351c with nos use to run hi 8s.
changed a couple of years ago to big block 528 with c460 heads and a wilson single carb manifold,car use to weight 1690kgs not sure what that is in pounds.
got it into the low 8s before a alloy rod decided to take a little trip out the side of the block,was a a460 block as well:(
so the quest to go faster...built a full tube chassie for it,got a f3 prochager (off steve morris new era racecraft what a real helpful guy )running through a kinsler stack injection with a custom air box on the top.
car should be running for next season (out season has just ended)
i will post some pictures when i figure it out
was looking for a new crank on the web when i came across this site..and what a great site it is
if anyone is interested in drag racing down under there is a forum site we use called NZV8 not as good as this one but hey thats all we got..
well that about all i can think of at the moment,and thanks for letting me join...

Yay!! Another Kiwi!!

Your XA sounds sweet!!!
Roll on next season

wow Gary ....... your passion for the sport is awesome , welcome to the site and enjoy ...cant wait to see those pics

later Nick

yeah! X2 on what Nick said! I still plan on visiting the land down under before I die!

sounds like a bad ride! From that little avatar pic it looks like a bad ride, too. Welcome to the site. Can't wait to see more pics.

ok heres my first atempt to load some photos..

WOW gary all i can say is " BADAZZ"

^^^ what he said ^^^

Nice.... The Pic with the Bubble on your head is Classic !!! LOL

windsor wrote:^^^ what he said ^^^

what he said X2! looks like the guys from down under, don't mess around!