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Saturday 4th August was the Palmerston North Swap Meet, quite a big event.
A mate of mine took these pics and posted them up on the web.
Our cruiser, a yellow '47 Ford sedan, "Sweet Gypsy Rose", is in pics #113 and #114.
These are just a few of the cars that were at the swap-meet, there were many, many, hundreds more. Hope you enjoy.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lifestylz/PalmySwapMeet07
Cool pictures. I have a soft spot for '46-48 Fordors anyway. Nice looking ride. :)
Did you score any good parts there?
Don
A lot of nice cars at the meet, Johnboy. One that got me attention was this one below. We don't see them in the states. Is it a Holden or something else.
It never ceases to amaze me how much American tin finds it's way down to you folks (aside from that produced around those parts). This one really caught my eye (though the paint's not my style).........imagine a De Soto in N.Z.!!
By the way Johnny, does Ms. Rosie know you're referring to her car as "our"?;)
Thanks for the nice comments.....Don, yeah, I found a couple of (very) second-hand hub-caps and some of the stainless rubbing strips that were in better shape than the ones on it.
The hub-caps (we were short of two) will be Ok I think after a bit of tender massaging with an fbh.
Oldfordman, you're right on the mark.....it's a Holden Monaro, I can't give you the model or year, 'cos they're not really a marque I "follow" so to speak.
And Bob, as for calling it "our" car, I won't tell if you don't! (And anyway, She Who Must Be Obeyed calls the Cobra "ours" too!) :LOL:
As for the paint job on the De Soto, he's a sign-writer, and that's his "work-shop hack", fancy being able to run your rod as a totally tax deductible item!
Good on him, the goverment is quick to take your money off you, so to see someone legitimately use the system to their advantage gives me a good feeling.
Two things I forgot...:o .....Thanks Don for posting up the pics of the '47,
and......
Over the last ten years or more that we have attended the Palmy Swap Meet, there have been only about two where the weather hasn't been miserable, raining/blowing/etc.
Witness the mud on "Sweet Gypsy Rose's" tyres.
We were intending to stay overnight in Palmerston North and go to an event at the Good Bastards' Club rooms, but the weather detiorated so much, and we would have been sleeping in the pop-top, we opted out and fled for the comforts of home.
As it turned out, a wise decision.