Street Machine Australia – September 2019

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GLOVEBOX MURAL: “The mural had been

painted over, then rubbed back,” Mike

says. “Apparently, someone had painted

a naked grandma or something over the

top, and the next owner began to remove

it and noticed the mural beneath. So he

carefully took off the top layers to reveal

the original artwork”

MIKE BOWDEN

1949 FORD

CUSTOMLINE UTE

Colour: Dulux Acrylic (then)

ENGINE

Brand: 276ci Ford flathead

(then); 302ci Windsor (now)

Induction: 4/53 blower, dual

350 Holley two-barrels

Manifold: Custom-made blower

intake

Heads: Offenhauser

Camshaft: Isky 400

Pistons: JP

Crank: 4in Mercury

Fuel: Avgas, Holley electric pump

Cooling: Stock radiator and fan

Power: 320hp

DRIVELINE

Trans: Four-speed Top Loader

(then); C4 (now)

Diff: XT Falcon 9in, LSD,

28-spline axles

SUSPENSION & BRAKES

Front: 3in-lowered springs

Rear: 4in de-arched leaves

Brakes: XY Falcon discs and

HQ calipers (f), XT Falcon

drums (r)

Master cylinder: XT Falcon GT

WHEELS & TYRES

Rims: EB Falcon S-Pack, 15x7

(f & r)

Rubber: 205/65/15 (f & r)

THANKS

Garry Felstead for looking

after SPINNA and giving me the

opportunity to purchase it

back

OLD BONNET: “The

sideways-opening bonnet

made the car a pain to

work on, so I had a second

bonnet for the blower,

which was held on by

pins,” Mike explains. “I

used that at the salt”

OLD SALT: SPINNA had a lot of strings to its
bow, including being a record-holder on the
salt. Decades on, the car’s XF/BGP (now XF/
MP) and XF/PP records still stand. How good
is the Street Machine
Summernats 8 shirt!

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