Part II  Forever Trick Arduns Overseas

As the checkered flags fell and record books swelled from the legendary performance of Ardun-headed Ford V8s the word spread far and wide. Stories of its prowess were published in Hot Rod magazine which had distribution in several countries around the world. The Ardun’s horsepower and speed gains soon permeated the racing and hot rod scenes in Australia and even in New Zealand. Back in the year 2000, the New Zealand Hot Rod magazine published a 4-part article tracing the development of the engine and the history of the Ardun conversions which made their way to our shores. (I’ll come back to those in a minute) To my knowledge, there are no articles published on the history of the Arduns exported to Australia. Still, I recently had confirmation of one set which was offered for sale there and bought by a Kiwi. (New Zealander)

The burning question is: Just how many Ardun