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Archive for July, 2008

Toby’s Eleanor Project – Getting Closer To Paint

Tobys Eleanor Project with body kit and Right Hand Drive

It’s been a long time since I posted about the project of my friend, Toby. His Eleanor has been the ‘other woman’ in the equation and whilst my car rests up in the shed Toby’s car is undergoing a faster restoration, mainly due to Toby’s tighter deadlines. (Read more…)

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Sammy Hagar’s 1967 Ford Shelby GT 500 “Red Rocker”

Sammy Hagars 1967 Shelby GT500

Well it’s not owned by Sammy anymore but it was previously owned by the famous singer and you may be thinking that I posted about this a while back. Well you would be wrong. I’ve previously posted about Sammy’s new Dynacorn Classic Red Rocker but now I’ve stumbled upon this bit of old news, his original 1967 Shelby GT500, one he’s owned since 1989. (Read more…)

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Jalopnik’s Comprehensive Look At The 2008 Bullitt Mustang

Jalopnik 2008 Ford Mustang Bullitt Review

I’ve blogged about the 2008 Bullitt Mustang on numerous occasions, mainly surrounding the much anticipated launch and about a number of reviews and roadtests by authoirites such as Autoblog and Edmunds Inside Line, but now automotive site Jalopnik has weighed in and given the green machine a thorough going over. (Read more…)

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The Bullitt Chase Sequence – Mapping In Real Time!

Bullitt_Real_time_mapping_Google_Maps_Chase_scene

So you’ve all seen and memorised the famous car chase from the movie Bullitt, and we’ve all read about where the chase actually took place in San Francisco but now comes this nifty little page that lets you watch the chase while tracking the progress in real-time via Google Maps. Read on. (Read more…)

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Cursed Cars, A Severed Hand And A Lot Of Patience

My 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback 289 A-Code September15th_2007_2_small.jpg

Apologies for the lack of updates, It’s been very quiet over here in Australia with a very cold winter work has slowed down. Unfortunately last week we had an accident in the shop. While working on my friend Toby’s Eleanor project one of the body guys almost severed his hand. I’m not too sure how it happened as I can’t get to the shop but work was halted for a while. Now while he recovers we are one man down. (Read more…)

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