KILLER RidesSHOnOW
Words / Pics - Paul Beck Chassis Pics - Charlie Sant / KNGR Media
Summernats 35 featured no less than 24 new car unveils and one of those was Brett Hewerdine’s stunning 1949 Ford Coupe. Affectionately known as a ‘single spinner’, the ’49 is a popular choice amongst Ford faithful, but none however have been just as wild as Brett’s. I’ve been fortunate enough to have seen this car on many different occasions and at one stage, there was an injected Hemi taking up most of the space in the engine bay. Brett however is a blower guy and with Pro Flo Performance handling the build, there was never any chance that the 600-cube big block Chev was ever going to be fed by just one carby! In fact, forget about a regular street blower too, this big cube Chev has been topped with one of Littlefield’s big dawgs, a 14/71 supercharger and polished injector hat. In an era where black seems to the flavour of the month(s) for newly built engines, it’s refreshing to see Brett’s pumped 600-cuber with a highly polished top end! Internally, Paul has used only the best components available, which will not only produce lots of horsepower (around 1300 conservatively), but also test out the might of the TH400 box that backs the engine.
BRETT HEWERDINE
1949 FORD SINGLE-SPINNER COUPE
When your previous ride broke the Internet upon its release, how do you back up that sort of notoriety? Simple, build an even tougher ride! Could Brett even top his black, blown and tubbed ‘1FATHT’ HT GTS Monaro? Oh, yeah…
Brett had been to the shop and fired up the blown Chevy for the first time and couldn’t get the smile off his face. 26
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