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Freshly built 9" rear end arrived for the Caddy from Hauser Race Cars. Full 4 bar and panhard rod fabricated using Wisbe...
31/05/2026

Freshly built 9" rear end arrived for the Caddy from Hauser Race Cars. Full 4 bar and panhard rod fabricated using Wisbech Engineering Ltd stainless adjustable rod ends for polyurethane bushes & panhard rod bracket on the diff. Alot of in house machined parts such as steel boss's for the fixed ends of the 4 bars & panhard rod, machined aluminium blocks & stainless tapered spacers for lower shock mounts along with machined top shock mount tapered sleeves for passing through the tube. The new Blueprint crate 350ci SBC was dropped in with the new Tremec 5 speed to begin building the new firewall 🙂

A little Zodiac build update. 3" stainless exhausts built with magnaflow silencers and side exit through the sills. Also...
15/05/2026

A little Zodiac build update. 3" stainless exhausts built with magnaflow silencers and side exit through the sills. Also built a set of stainless headers to suit the space available. These were built with 1 7/8" primary pipes and a 4 into 1, 3" merge collector.

It's been a while since our last post, there has been quite alot going on 😅Here is a wee update on the V8 Caddy build 😉F...
03/05/2026

It's been a while since our last post, there has been quite alot going on 😅
Here is a wee update on the V8 Caddy build 😉
Full new bed fabricated.

Next on the list for the Caddy build was to widen the rear tubs to accommodate the new 15x10 rear wheels. The existing t...
13/02/2026

Next on the list for the Caddy build was to widen the rear tubs to accommodate the new 15x10 rear wheels. The existing tubs were cut and widened 1½" and welded back together. About six miles of existing mig welding has been buffed and dressed back all the way around the perimeter of what bed floor had been fitted ontop of the original bed floor, existing welds all dressed where the fabricated tubs meet the inner bed sides too. The whole rear panel below the tailgate was removed, all rust repair and rust treatment carried out as usual. New rear panel fabricated and installed. The new bed floor has started going in too, fabricated in separate panels and plug welded to the chassis to give a nice smooth clean look. 🙂

M9 24 Hour recovery 07928037184 getting the old Hillman off to storage for a while 🙂
30/01/2026

M9 24 Hour recovery 07928037184 getting the old Hillman off to storage for a while 🙂

Part 2 of 2Caddy bed floor fully removed, 1½" tube crossmembers installed to support the new bed floor. Lower rear cab a...
20/01/2026

Part 2 of 2
Caddy bed floor fully removed, 1½" tube crossmembers installed to support the new bed floor. Lower rear cab all cut out and a new close in panel fabricated. Inner bed sides all cut out, cleaned, treated with rust inhibitor, copper primed. New inner bed side close in panels fabricated and installed. All new panels are flanged and drilled for plug welds, all welds are dressed and all flanged edges will be seam sealed. This now forms a good base to allow us to build forwards into the cab floors and also backwards into the bed floor & new tubs 🙂

Caddy developments 🙂Part 1 of 2 Rear 4 bar brackets cut out, existing chassis leg removed to make way for new tube uprig...
20/01/2026

Caddy developments 🙂
Part 1 of 2
Rear 4 bar brackets cut out, existing chassis leg removed to make way for new tube uprights to support new 4 bar brackets. There are two diagonal tubes that form the roll cage that tie the rear chassis into the main hoop for additional rear chassis support. New prop hoops made up to tie chassis legs together and to support the new prop tunnel. Stock rear wheel arches cut and stretched two inches to accommodate the new rear wheels & tyres. Due to the size of the rear tyres, the wheel tubs needed to be widened slightly, after digging into the bed we realised the bed floor had no main supports other than two tubes to support the axle hump, all the 1.0mm sheet bed floor was removed in preparation for added supports.

Original 72 Corvette in for a full service & spanner check. Spare wheel carrier factory lock had failed so was replaced ...
12/01/2026

Original 72 Corvette in for a full service & spanner check. Spare wheel carrier factory lock had failed so was replaced with a fabricated stud & nut set up to make the spare wheel easily accessible. Full service carried out comprising of engine oil & filter, spark plugs, fuel filter, transmission fluid & filter, rear axle gear oil & friction modifier additive, air filter, full brake fluid flush & set up the timing correctly. One of the front calipers was leaking so it was stripped, cleaned and rebuilt with new seals & O rings. The dates on the tyres flagged up that they were 18 years old, so these were replaced with fresh BF Goodrich rubber. Car safely delivered back to the customer 🙂

Merry Christmas to all our family, friends & amazing customers. Thanks to everyone who supported my little business this...
24/12/2025

Merry Christmas to all our family, friends & amazing customers. Thanks to everyone who supported my little business this year, its greatly appreciated. looking forward to 2026 🙂

A massive milestone for the Zephyr Zodiac build. The 398ci Cleveland built by Kenny Gomez at SuperPowerUnlimited has ret...
08/12/2025

A massive milestone for the Zephyr Zodiac build. The 398ci Cleveland built by Kenny Gomez at SuperPowerUnlimited has returned to the workshop via Engine Data Analysis for its new engine break in procedure & a full dyno session.

The Ford C4 transmission has been fully rebuilt and supplied with a purpose built torque converter by TCT Racing Converters/DYNAMIC Racing Transmissions it now boasts a full manual valve body, reverse pattern & trans brake.

A 1/8" motor plate was made to get the torque converter gap in the 1/8" to 3/16" region.
The engine & trans is now final fitted in the car and the plumbing is now well underway 🙂

Other parts recently installed are the 3 inch core aluminium radiator with two large Spal fans, aluminium radiator expansion tank, screenwash bottle and jets and a WOSP - WOSPerformance starter motor.

The narrowed front bumper is now finally fitted on the car and will be finished by a front number plate mounted underneath in the centre.

More progress to follow 😉

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Unit 10, Barnpark Drive
Tillicoultry
FK136BZ

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