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Powder KEG

WHEN it comes to project cars, some of us are flat-out getting one done, while others, like Scott Barter, don’t mind juggling multiple builds at once. The bossman at Oxytech Powder Coatings had this supercharged, airbagged ’56 Chev pick-up built while he was also putting together a pro touring LSA-powered HJ Sandman, not to mention swapping an LS1 and T56 into his dad Richard’s HJ One Tonner.

“When I got it, the truck was just a body on a chassis,” Scotty says. “Ryan Carter from United Speed Shop in Newcastle is a good mate of mine, and he’d bought this bargain ’56 Chevy cab out of South Australia, put it on an HQ chassis and was going to sell it off. Even though I wasn’t looking for a project, we worked out a good deal, as it is just one

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