I too enjoyed a modern day "Virtual" friendship with Trev and I feel I knew him and Carrots as well.

My condolensces to all you folk in the west whose loss is that much more real as you knew the man "in the flesh"

He will be missed around this neighbourhood.

Hilda and I am sooooooo jealous  

It hurts!!!

Have fun guys. I hope you all have a blast. I can't wait to hear some of the stories and see ALL of the photos.

Phillip Island here we come. Have a beer for the Emu, The Sarge and the KIWI.

Emu - Jealous Bird

Hey Jim,

I contacted these guys a few weeks ago to get mats for "Hilda". None in stock. He said he would need a month or so. If you give him a call, he may be able to have some for your birthday,............you 'ol fossil.

Emu

Norm!!!

Great to see ya popping up on the site now n then.

If ya come to Beaudesert, ya know we're only just down the road and ur welcome any time.

Yes there is a CD player hidden in the glove box. Something special eh?  Feels like Christmas.  

Thanks for the kind words about Hilda. Its great to have her driving. Still one or two little things to do until she's done. Actually there will prolly always be one or two little things to do.

Good point about the "posts n views" We may even hit 8000 views before this thread finally dies and drifts into that great abyss, where all old threads spend eternity.

Hi Mrs Streets,

Your car is definitely inspirational!

Ed,
my life will now involve driving around in "Hilda".

Another speaker almost hidden "in situ".  The system is mounted in the glove compartment with a remote control which surprisingly works through a closed glove box door!

One of the incomplete features of Hilda is shown here. The floor mats. I am going for the rubber rather than carpet coz Hilda's number one purpose is as a daily driver and that involves surf trips with the boys. We are on the beach just about every weekend with "Nippers" and free surfing.

We may even see some roof racks on the old girl although Sarge and Kev have coniptions when I say that!  

I  posted this pic so a comparison could be made to one from earlier in the thread.

Hey thanks Streets for the compliments. Yep Sarge n Kev obviously knew what they were doing.

Here's a pic of the cargo sides I had made, complete with new speakers. I had the vinyl wheel arches made at the same time. You can see the wooden spare wheel covers Sarge made.
I am going to cover the floor area here with some custom made mats to match the front repros I am gettiing from "Obsolete Rubber"

Soooo... U thought Sarge specialised only in metal work.

Wrong. He did OK with the dovetail joints at school too. So he whipped up some new boards for the spare cover.

This photo will show a couple of the bits that are still incomplete. The "Station Sedan" badges and the rear "Holden" badge.

That leads me on to the story of my chrome......... but I may save that for when I have more time as it is a long story.

She's Home!!  

Sarge drove Hilda up the driveway last night after replacing the clutch master and finishing off a couple of bits n pieces. She arrived in all her glory and I was grinning like I did on my wedding night!

Following are a couple of fotes if "Starphoto" co-operates.

Enjoy - I certainly am

Nice Photes Mikez,

U do seem to have a bit of trouble holding that camera straight!  

Prolly coz ur cruizin in a poor handling Z car or something  

Emu- Photographically Advanced Bird

Congratulations Jim,

That's almost "Hilda" sized rust!!  

Jamaican Blue Mountain Double Shot on the way!

Nice wagon Hammerman!

Glad to have u back in the fold!

I couldn,t be happier Sarge,

I can't wait to remove the dust, polish her up and post a final series of photos in her big "reveal".

Veeeeerrrry exciting.

I reckon I'll have a grin like a split watermelon when I drive her  

I'll need a photo of you n Kev there with her as the stars of the "Show".

You found a NOS headlining!

Can you tell us where you got it?

I can't wait till I see the whole lot together.