Summary: “WE HAVE A VERY UNIQUE FLAVOR OF BUILDS.” <br> <br> <br> The Gearheads were honored to jump a half day into the future and visit with Ziggy Sadler of <a href="http://ziggysdesigndriven.com/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ziggy’s Design Driven</a>. Joined by guest host <a href="https://roundsixpod.com/2018/05/25/episode-eleven-carson-lev/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Carson Lev</a>, the talk runs from <a href="https://roundsixpod.com/2018/11/02/sema-show-2018-all-access/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SEMA</a> involvement on Australia to four-door hot rods and historical race cars. Ziggy Sadler is directly involved with <a href="https://www.sema.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SEMA’s</a> push to help develop the Australian aftermarket, and we explore that in some detail.Talk naturally turns to Carson’s passion for the Jocko streamliner, and this kicks a number of fun doors open. The gang explores racing history, a number of <a href="https://roundsixpod.com/2017/08/30/all-hemi-things-are-delicately-interconnected/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">delicately-interconnected</a> events and people, and even hatches a plan to tour the car in America once again.From humble, early days of sneaking into car shows, Ziggy parlayed that love for cars into a career. Eventually traveling to America in the late-1980’s, his exposure to builders like Boyd Coddington and Troy Trepanier and Chip Foose, he set a benchmark for the work to come out of Ziggy’s Design Driven.<br> <br> <br> THINGS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:<br> <br> * The wonder of time travel<br> * Australian passion for hot rodding<br> * SEMA’s involvement with the Australian market<br> * The deal with four-door vehicles<br> * The Commodore market<br> * Differences between Australian and American cars – Floor pan depth differences – Midsize track and wheelbase differences – Brian explores the exponential price differences in selling twice as many billet hinges and door handles – Trimming a four-door versus a coupe<br> * Asbestos removal on imported project cars<br> * Brian pitches The DelaHyundai, a pontoon-fendered Sonata swan song<br> <br> SEMA AUSTRALIA, THE AFTERMARKET AND BEYOND<br> <br> * The shortages in the Australian aftermarket, personnel-wise<br> * An exploration of import tariffs – The fifty-percent hike in price just in taxes<br> * The high level of fabrication skill abroad<br> * Working with what you have versus importing parts<br> * The “imprinting” of vehicles leading to a resurgence in the restoration/rest-mod markets – Early Commodores with LS swaps – The popularity of this has lowered price points to make the process affordable<br> * Regulations presently hindering the Australian aftermarket chassis market<br> * The push to change regulations to allow for more aftermarket parts production<br> * Challenges facing builders with regard to chassis swaps<br> * A market primed for innovation<br> <br> THE JOCKO CAR<br> <br> * Discovering a historic race car in a McDonald’s<br> * The story of the Extremeliner<br> * “The body flicks off out of the way, and the chassis finds it and lands on top of it.”<br> * The gang devises a plan to get the Jocko car to Pebble Beach<br> * The Don Garlits connection– Early aerodynamic explorations in drag racing– The blow-overs<br> * The <a href="https://roundsixpod.com/2019/02/08/chip-foose-and-carson-lev-repeat-offenders/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chip Foose</a> connection via his Dad Sam having worked on the car<br> * The differences between a Top Fuel and Funny Car<br> * A discussion of aerodynamics<br> <br> ZIGGY’S CAREER AND THE FUTURE<br> <br> * Early influences<br> * The Spellbound VW as seen in Hot Rod Show World<br>
