IT was back in the late seventies when Paul was a backseat passenger in Colin Robinson's heavily chopped, 4-speed,1935 Ford Tudor on the way to a week-long West Coast rod run. This was his first introduction to the hot rod scene, “igniting the spark “inside one young Paul Falvey. Those early days provided constant sightings of a chopped 1938 Ford Coupe on the streets of Timaru built by 'Bluenose', plus the “madman” himself with his chopped 1933 Ford Tudor dubbed;The Butcher'. Paul just loved chopped cars.
After building a chopped Ford Popular, Paul purchased a custom-built Model A400 street rod in 1998, adding a few shiny bits and adjusting the ride. But in the back of his mind, he
