Jannie Viljoen is an experienced Rodder with years of building whatever he could find – from a Lotus 7 to bikes.
His previous build was a 2JZ powered Lada Niva and because of the power and reliability of that iconic engine, this featured build also started off with the same engine.
Since as far back as he can remember, Jannie has always wanted to own a 1934 Chevrolet Sedan however, he always struggled to get his hands on one.
One morning, four and half years ago, a good friend and client of Jannie’s told him about an advert that he saw in Junk Mail. Various old car bodies were up for sale. He phoned the advertiser and found 2 bodies that were for sale – a 4 door sedan and a 2 door sedan. Jannie and Jacques (Jannie’s son) jumped into the car and raced to go and see the bodies. They were standing on the property of Pieter Bier who is also an avid Hot Rodder. Unfortunately, they were too late and the 2 door had been sold that morning. Not to be discouraged, Jannie bought the 4 door and it was loaded onto the trailer. The rust bucket arrived “home” and the project finally got off the ground.
Jannie fell in love with a car from Factory Five in the USA. Factory Five is renowned for building high-end Rods and Cobras with tubular chassis’s instead of the traditional framed chassis. With years of building cars under his belt, he started the process of building the tubular chassis. First, a proper table and jig were made to start the assembly of what would become a lifelong dream come true. He also had to build his own tube bender as he wanted to use 38.3mm pipe.
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