christmas trivia

Just a little Christmas Trivia !

Driving along (,in what seemed like in the middle of no-where ) Santa suddenly appeared

Sitting in a made up Hot Rod Car. in the middle of a  Farmers paddock

Can you see the old car in the paddock behind Santa 

My Boys love these old cars as you can tell  by the many my car blogs I have made

( You will notice on the right hand side of the screen, all the pictured boxes.

Press the box that says cars underneath, and you will be in car heaven, mainly old cars of course )

A 2 TONE CAR -- JODY has to be Different !

This car is a little different than Jody's prize winning Monaro,

( The Monaro was featured on the  cover and 4 page feature  in the " STREET MACHINE " Magazine.
(Issue  February 2012 )

If you remember I wrote a blog on this special  issue, 

But this car is different, his work car,    --  And definitely great advertising  !
 

( If you wish to see all the car blog stories, on the right hand side of the screen you will see boxes with names underneath. Just press the one that says cars. Or maybe a box below )    

STREET MACHINE MAGAZINE (SUMMERNATS ) issue February 2012

Our son Jodys special car ( 1971 H.Q. Holden Monaro ) is on the front cover of the Street  Machine Magazine.

The centre fold poster features Jodys car, with " Miss Summernats "

Inside the magazine is a 6 page story of his car.

I think for car enthusiasts ,the photos will tell a story 

Jody say "I started with the roller Monaro. It was in average condition but the tubs, cage, and missing tags, meant it was just impossible to take it back to original.

Taking 3 years to complete, as he only had time after working hours and on weekends.
Jody and his brother Kyle have their own panel shop called "OLDS-COOL"

Jodys car was unveiled, and was called the WOW FACTOR CAR in Canberra.

He won----- 1st for "THE HIGH IMPACT AWARD"  also
2nd "TOP CUSTOM"  and
3rd "TOP BODY WORK"

Applying the paint---- critical for this car ,against the bare metal-- took 4 weeks
The spray painter Kyle is Jodys brother "It was a big job," Jody says with classic understatement
"Kyle had no previous experience with House of Color product, but Owen was terrific with support.'

This car was also judged in the "TOP 10"

"Those crocodile trim seats are something else. The rim is symmetrical around the centreline of each seat, and the seats are identical. Also the steering wheel -thanks to Musty, and Danny the boys at Customised Trimmers." says Jody

MELBOURNE HOT ROD CAR SHOW - EXHIBITION BUILDING - WINNER

Our son Jody blitzed them at the Summernats, in Canberra, and was asked if he would take his Monaro Chop to the Melbourne Car Show.

He would have prime position, inside the beautiful Exhibition Centre.

We travelled to Melbourne to see this Spectacular Show

The photos tell the story ! (l took them early, before the large crowds )

Our sons car, a Holden Monaro Chopp

WE HAVE JUST HEARD, AND WE ARE OVER THE MOON,---- THE JUDGING WAS AT 3 THIS AFTERNOON.


JODY HAS  WON  -- " 2nd -  FOR THE BEST SHOW CAR "
The Prize being a " Home Theatre " and " Trophy "

----- and  also won

 A  MEGUIRA'S  AWARD

The prize being , ' $ 1,000 for expenses and ' Prime Position at the Sydney Car Show.'
( with Number Plate )

What an honour for our son Jody, who dared to be different, and for our other son Kyle, who painted the car. Working from their small panel shop, ' OLDS - COOL ' they accomplished this feat.

l will show more of Jodys car in my future street machine blog.
Below are some of the other fantastic cars that were there.

Back to Jodys special car.

SCRAP BOOKING ----MEMORIES PHOTOS --

I have told you in recent posts of the book my husband wrote of his -Memoirs -,

" A SMALL BOY FROM ITALY "

As the book only had 200 photos in it ,and they were black and white,I decided to photocopy the
stories, but then add the 1000's of photos we have to it

By adding colour paper and sayings etc. l find it so personal, and l can't think of a word,

maybe colourful and alive !

So these 3 books will be packed (as l haven't finished yet ) and some of my 1000's of photos will be organized and safe. What a lot of time, as sometimes I can spend an hour on 1 page.

So these 3 unfinished book l gave him for Christmas, and he loved them.

Here are some of the finished pages.

 A Combined Phone from our 2 sons Kyle and Jody - Mum and Dad you will both have 2 new grandsons for your birthdays. We certainly did. Kye arrived in March and Floyd arrived in June, 2002

Now with 11 beautiful grandchildren, Jakob is NO. 9

With my Rainbow Girl just after l got my licence (with my terrific 1954 F.C. Holden Car )

No ! I don't barrack for Collingwood !

After working all my life, from the age of 7, at 15 years of age I started to learn to read, looking at comics, at Nimbles Cafe.

My youngest sister Gina's marriage ( My parents 8th child )

Restoring a 1927 Studebaker.

Great fun camping by the river, when the children were small.

 We have 4 precious children, Jody is NO. 3.

Restoring a Monaro to buy the outfit above ?

When our Children were small we always had an extra CHRISTMAS with Cherie and Harry, (my sister-in-law) and our combined 7 children,

Good-bye to Italy, and the Journey to Australia. I was 8 years old.

My Baptism

My Rainbow Girl with her younger sister.

With my Rainbow Girl,-Rhonda,
I was 16, she was 15, in the 1960's.

 Our 1st passport photo, we had to leave my grandmother behind ?
My dad has been in Australia for 2 years now, to pay for our fares.
I am on the right, - 8 years old - 1950's