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Coke Can Hemi

This was made by an old somewhat eccentric old Australian man who used to collect cans, just thought it was cool and wanted to share.

That is cool as Hell, I envy people with that kind of talent and patience.

i think they are great too, the old guy that made them was a little known fellow that collected cans and bottles around the place, most thought him crazy till he died then they found his collection.
his name was Albert " Tapper" Torney.

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Originally Posted by Zeke27G

The old man that built those is actually from New Zealand, I drank a bunch of that Waikato Beer when I was there with my ol' lady. I have a hot rod magazine some where with an article about him. The dude is seriously talented and the article talked about all the little odds and ends that he uses to duplicate certain parts like spark plug wires and velocity stacks, etc etc.

Thanks for reminding me of our trip to NZ, not sure why we came back to California?

I hear New Zealand is a beautiful place,
maybe this is the guy you mean?
http://cancars.webs.com/

i wonder which one came first ? the old guy is from Broken Hill, Australia, maybe he used plans from the Cancars New Zealand guy?

either way, they sure are cool

Originally Posted by grayson

This was made by an old somewhat eccentric old Australian man who used to collect cans, just thought it was cool and wanted to share.

Thats super awesome does he sell these?!

Thats some serious talent right there. How would you cut all those pieces so cleanly, bent the stuff like that, join it all, and not damage the finish?