Cowra Nats Tow Car

[sutcac]

Running out of time to get Cowra Nats tow car finished................
.........hope we make it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Deleted]

Cough... splutter.... its a Fff... Ffffooo... ff.... oh bugger it.. i just can'T bring myself to say Fairlane.

Waddya mean ya running outta time??
Bunnings sell pressure pack tins of torrid purple ... they have stacks of the stuff.
I reckon 2 dozen tins would be enough to spray the FFFFFffffff... Fffffff...... to spray the ffffffooo... the car with ....and leave enough to give the fugly expander a quick lick as well.... wwwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy Cool.

Shake rattle and spray they say....

Regards
Your Cowra neighbour

[sutcac]

..........lol ;D ;D ;D ;D.............g'day neighbour.............yep yep was considering the spray can option .........
...but Jondi came to the rescue and squeezed the Ffffff.......e into his busy schedule and did a great job on the panel and paint...................(thanks John)................so now a real chance of making Cowra with it. ........................



..................I let John do a couple of base coats!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .................then I took the gun off him and did the more important final base coat and clear coats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.........

[dosse]

G'day Clyde.......good to see you have shoes on your feet

dosse.

[earlee]

yay Sutcac,

looking good

you better hurry and pull all of that masking tape off and buff it up as there is less than 2 weeks to go!!

and hope you saved some paint for Fugly.

[Jennison]

Ffffffffair dinkom Clyde......a Ffffffffffford in the fleet?
Still got the EH yoot or has that been moved on?
jenno

[1954homemade]

Apr 14, 2012 10:35:42 GMT 10 sutcac said:

..................I let John do a couple of base coats!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .................then I took the gun off him and did the more important final base coat and clear coats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.........

Yeah right Clyde - i'll believe you thousands wouldn't ;D ;D ;D

(John &) Di, mentioned at Millmerran how good your car was looking and how much of the hard work you had done

I am looking forward to seeing it and also seeing what you have done to Fugly to compliment the cars new colour scheme. I'm sure that you have come up with something great

See you soon

Luv Di
xx

[Deleted]

;D
Ok Collide..
Own up ..
Lemme guess.... you are responsible for the Gold sidewalls on the tyres....

Not too sure that you will go with a colour change on the fugly?.... however.... i wait in anticipation as to what..
" Old Fug "will have on the back of him this year.....
Always a good giggle....

Not long to go now mate... better et busy.

Reddo

[sutcac]

.............Ok...OK..........so maybe John did a fair bit of the painting ..........................but I still helped a :-/bit..................

Better start right back at the beginning....................I knew that Kaybees had this old girl ..... so flew down to Melbourne( Tiger Airways $60!! )..... to have a look..............struck a deal and drove her home to Qld .....a bit like sitting in a 'Jason' recliner rocker and floating along the 2000km at 110kph!!!! ..........the l'il 302 cu in V8 purring along @ 2500 rpm or so on LPG.......( at $30 a tankful!!) ;D ;D ;D ;D
...now anyone who knows Kaybee, knows that he has pretty good gear, kept in good running order ......so it was really the owners, as well as the car and its history that helped me decide to buy it and venture over to " ....the Dark side!!"

The car itself is a 1971 ZD Fairlane 500.............purchased originally by Sir R. Williams, ex Air Vice Marshall of the Australian Air Force ............chauffeur driven from new.........114 000miles....log books ...matching numbers ....etc etc....
..........the interior is in mint cond..........and is very comfortable
......KB had the guards off and checked for rust in the plenum and could only find a few bubbles in a seam between the lower rear door and wheel arch.............apart from a little surface rust in the battery tray and boot....the car was virtually "rust free".....very rare in a 40 year old car!!

Jondi (John)Affordable Body Works, Lawnton, Brisbane................worked his magic on the few dents,bumps and scratches and soon had the body ready for the 2K clear over base ....original "Bronze Wine" colour..........baked in his booth.............then the fun part of re assembly...........................


.....the biggest section of rust in the whole car after 41 years!!.................




....original owners Log Books .....................




....getting there.....















.............finally........finished at last!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D







..........now....What to do with FUGLY??

....running out of ideas ...AND ......TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kaybee]

Hiya Clyde ,did I mention it was just for a lend? ;D ;D







PS....looks great, hope you enjoy your Ford experience

[Jennison]

good looking car Clyde, made back when fairlanes were real .....ie a completely different car and not just a tricked up falcon...same with the real statesmans ...1972 to 1984......... nowadays who can tell really.
Can't wait for a closer look in a fortnight
regards

[Deleted]

Yeah.. its alright i suppose .. for a Ford ..

It rides quite nicely.. well .. sorta.. for a ford .

Old R. Williams was not the only famous one to be chauffuered around in the car...
Someone more famous than him ;D ;D ;D got a ride up to the lookout on the top of the Dandenongs the night before we left the Kaybees to head across to MT Gambier for the 2008 Vint Van Nats....

Dont believe my huh??
Check under the passengers seat.. there is a whopping big blob of PK chewing gum stuck up there...Mum always said.. "never swallow ya chewy son "...
I can forecast a problem for you..
I bet when ya booked ya site ya told em that ya only had a EH ute with a short van....
So.. Now that ya have a car thats nearly a fortnight long .. where is the fugly gunna fit on the site??

Solution... Take the boot lid off the fffff.... the .. Fffo....and stuff the fugly in there..
al la "The Munsters".. be the bell of the nats with a rig like that ;D

Regards
Reddoldholdensroolok