Noel really wanted the 60’s gasser big ‘n’ little look, but in modern, big diameter wheel sizes. The 17x7 Budnik 10 spoke Gassers, which look like modern spindle mounts take care of the littles, while the bigs are 20x10 Budnik Fontanas. Front rubber is Bridgestone Potenza 215/45, but when it came to the rear rubber noel and his mate Brendon Tordoff mounted four sets of tyres before the radius of the falcon 295/50s matched and filled the curve of the rear wheel arch.

The chassis came with a Rods by Reid Ifs, which was moved higher in the chassis for a lower ride height. The front and rear frame horns were removed, and the front of the chassis was cleverly reshaped to follow the curve of the ’33 grille surround. These neat features are found throughout the chassis, which consists of American Stamping rails and tubular cross-members. It hasn’t been stretched and pinched, as that wouldn’t suit the ‘60s theme.

A commodore rack and pinion steering which, along with the column drop, was set up early in the piece to Noel’s optimum driving position.

The 3.43 geared S-type Jag diff was built by Rocket, the detailing includes chroming, polishing and paint, and it looks way cool when you follow the car down the road. Brakes are standard Jag out back, while the front consists of Holden rotors with Wilwood callipers; a Wilwood master cylinder and proportioning valve (no booster), and Rocket-fabricated pedal and lines round out the stoppers.

The engine mounts, centre cross-member and drive shaft loop, were all fabricated at Rocket, countless hours were spent rounding the hard edges off the likes of the steering arm. “Its all about simplicity.”

The stock ’33 shell has had some major massaging. The lower body line, where it meets the rear wheel arch has been rounded, and the rear wheel wells have been tubbed 40mm. The inner front guards have been flattened to smooth out the car’s front-to-rear flow.

To increase interior space the parcel tray behind the seat has been removed, and the tops of the doors have been reshaped and the rear panel to suit. While this was being done a ’32 style dash was glassed in.

Once the bodywork was sorted, a hood and louvered hood sides were custom fabricated then it was off to get draped with a stunning gold hue.

When in it came to the 468’s induction, it had to be carburetion, as TPi injection wouldn’t have suited the modern ‘60s look. A moon air cleaner, that’s been colour keyed to match the firewall, nestles on top of a new Hp Series 750 double pumper Holley on a Weiand Team G single plane manifold.

The induction is feeing a bored-out 454 that was built by Rocket. It has stock crank and rods, 10:1 forged pistons, a crane solid cam, and oval port heads with roller rockers, stainless valves and double valve springs. The entire reciprocating assembly has been balanced. The headers were custom fabricated by Rocket and have been given the HPC Hypercoat treatment. What hasn’t been HPCed is chrome, what isn’t chrome is polished. The mega-torque big-block is backed by a Chuck Mann Turbo 350 with a 3000 hi-stall.

An off white leather was chosen for the ‘33s interior, and had the firewall colour matched to it. Rocket fabricated a stainless steel seat frame (which is home to the electrics), while the seat and door cards were getting trimmed in tuck ’n’ roll style.

A Rocket tubular column drop supports an Ididit column, and a small polished half-round tube runs under the column to carry the wiring. The columns home to a Budnik wheel with matching leather trim. A machine-tuned Stewart Warner dash insert houses a collection of S/W gauges, while the ignition switch are located under the edge of the seat base. All the knobs match and art deco gear shift knob which sits on a lokar shifter.