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Re: Mile stone (for me anyway)
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 12:22 am
by Pinto-Pete
ozbilt wrote:malscar wrote:Not often you find someone who can say they still enjoy their trade after half a century. Well done Kerry.
"Half a century"
crap, now I feel really old, maybe nearly as old as nassi .....
Nuh uh...
Re: Mile stone (for me anyway)
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 4:00 pm
by MustangMedic
Well done Kerry.
Be very proud of your efforts and skills learned, it's a dying art.
Cheers,
Ash
Re: Mile stone (for me anyway)
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2023 8:41 pm
by ozbilt
I had forgotten I have a thread on this subject.
I should have posted last December as that would have been 55 years in the trade. Then again, now I only do small stuff that will not kill the back lifting it. Another advantage is the turnover in small work is fast.
Re: Mile stone (for me anyway)
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2023 9:19 pm
by Dwayne
Wow, congrats.
What are your most memorable cars over the years?
Re: Mile stone (for me anyway)
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 9:42 pm
by ozbilt
The early days (60's to mid 70's) it would have been building and servicing rally & race cars. We had some quick ones and some well known drivers. October was always the big month with Bathurst followed mid week by the Southern Cross Rally. I first went to Japan because of our success in the Southern Cross.
Mrsozbilt's 69 Mach 1 was a good build and won in concourse in Australia & the USA.
Early 90's was building sports sedans, more quick cars and only left them to move to the USA.
Built some nice hot rods over in the US, won the Sacramento Autorama with a 34 Ford 3 window coupe that the owner had purchased when he was 14. He had just turned 50 when he had me build it.
Tim Allen's 56 F100 (Full Noise) was a well known build & won a lot of events.
However it was custom Harley's that I enjoyed the artistic side of the trade. Won heaps with them.
I liked doing trick stuff like fitting MX5 running gear into a Cortina, or fitting late model supercharged, fuel injected engines in early Mustangs.
However, 2 of the nicest cars I built back here when I returned home, was the No Back Mustang (
https://mustangtech.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=3553 ) & Foresight's Q (
https://mustangtech.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=468 )
The big thing is I have enjoyed helping with all the builds here. Thanks to all that contribute, it has been a fun ride & we look forward to what the future brings.