MY HOBBY (When time allows !!) |
Technical solutions of that time are
fascinating, often they
were simpel and elegant but also manufactured of good
old fashion solid material which makes them easy to
restore. These cars are definitely easier to re-utilize than
cars of today will ever be.
The A-Ford and V8-Ford club have yeary "meets" and
joint family meets. The A-Ford club alternate their "meets"
from local meets to Scandinavian meets. These "meets"
usualy have high attendance.
Essentially these "meets" are an opportunity to blow the cobwebs off the cars
and air the family
as well as meet others with the same interests. It also gives the opportunity of seeing
places in
Scandinavia that otherwise one would not travel to.
Last but not least there is the exiting pleasure of finding spare parts. If you are
renovating a
car that is 60 years old spare parts are not all that common. So when you find just that
part
you have been looking for it feels like Christmas.Theres a lot of of literature on the
market and
one has to be "read up" so as to recognize the part when it crops up.
The most attractive vet. car markets for me
are Ekeberg outside Oslo (twice a year),
Södertälje and Eskilstuna. Naturally I visit Uddevalla market which is quite close to
where I live.
Previously I often visited Gillstad (Lidköping) and Herning market in Denmark.
Of course magazines are essential for the hunting of spare parts. The most important
magazines
of today are Classic Motor, Nostalgia and Wheels. There are´nt any good www-sites,
although
Hemmings in America seem to have something on the way and ebay offcourse. On the other
hand
there are some "Home sites" just like this one. If anyone has any tips please
do´nt hesitate to
contact me.
Unrenovated cars are in my eye the most beautiful. They have perhaps been in tough service
for
20 year and then left standing still for 40 years. Fords classical beauties dont need to
be street
rods, they are beautiful as they are in their original form. Ok ! triming the engine and
dressing it
upp to be a stock car is perhaps a part of todays culture and a personal choice.
I will finish by thanking Ford for their stylistically pure design through the years.
Take a look and enjoy some photo´s borrowed from old original advertisement.
Best Regards: Robert Lundin
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