Worldkustom 2015 March English | Page 7

up in 2011 and Jonas stared at it for two months. One day he stared at it for real.

– Auch, the car had the best and the worst of everything, says Jonas Pettersson.

The form and color and history and looks was the best he’d ever seen. The condition it was in and the asking price was the worst part. He drove on autopilot all the way back home to Kopparberg. His mind was still with the Olds. When he finally got home, he spent three hours thinking about the meaning of life. What’s a night in the castle when you can put down way too much money on a product which only leads to new expences?

After three hours he’d had enought. He picked up the phone. The owner in Borlänge wasn’t

stupid. He knew very well what kind of treasure he sat on.

– I guess I’ll take it then, I almost screamed into the phone, Jonas tells Worldkustom.

Standard for it would have been a six but today it had a V8 that comfortably had settled inbetween the beams. 350 cubic inch Chevrolet with a smoothly balanced crankshaft is stuff that befits an old moonshine car. What is shown is a 256 compressor from Weiland with a 950 carburetor on the header. The rear axle is a GM 10 bolt with diff and inbetween an enforced TH 350 GM automatic.