Voodoo . . .

 All hands on deck as the old girl is not going to give up her drive-line without a fight. . .

The original motor and gearbox is finally out and with a little help from Dylan will be in pieces soon enough. . .

Drive-in . . .

How's this for a line-up of classic metal? Looks like the line-up at the old drive-in of a Saturday night. Beautiful collection of old cars, restored and not played with. . .

Voodoo . . .

Arthur has got his baby(elephant) in for a heart transplant. The old six cylinder is coming out and a new crate motor in the form of 350 Chev and T700 gearbox will be going in. Poor old girl was getting a bit asthmatic up the hills and Artie wasn't enjoying the ride anymore so a change was definately in the wind . . .

'56 Fairlane . . .

Dave's certainly come to grips with pumping out these custom tow-bars. Nice, neat, functional bars custom fitted to your Hot-rod. . .

'56 Fiarlane . . .

Once you start taking her skirts off, the old girl has plenty of room up her dress for the addition of a purpose built tow bar. These old girls have plenty of structural strength and cross-members between the chassis rails for mounting points. Never mind, Dave's on the job and should be complete in a couple of days, depending on the auto elec getting to it for the rewire of number plate lights and trailer outlet. . .

HJ Prem . . .

 Finally getting the underneath towards the completed stage with a few more jobs ticked off the list today. While waiting for the '56 Fairlane to show up for its towbar job, I was able to get the HJ up onto the hoist and get stuck into a few jobs. I have to thenk Dylan for his assistance, he's always a great help when I'm pottering around and without his help, I wouldn't get much done on my own. . .

 As you can see, all the suspension and bars are in place and ready to go. Looks great, even if I have to say so myself. Actually, if it handles half as good as it looks I'll piss my pants giggling. Shocks, rear sway bar, hand-brake cables and gearbox filling tube/dipstick all mounted up today. . .

Final ride height? Maybe, maybe not. I'm not happy with the front end sitting up higher than the rear, I want it the other way round just like the Pro-tourer/Pro-stock cars from earlier days. Personally, I don't like the front riding higher with bigs and littles look, each to their own and it's my car, so the nose is going down!

'56 Fairlane . . .

 Official title is 1956 Ford Fairlane V8 "Town Sedan". Quite a mouthfull, but a beautifully restored car in great condition. This is another highway driven vehicle in for one of Dave's quick turn-around tow bar installations. . .

Engine bay is a full house with power steering and air-conditioning pumps. As I said, and the pics clearly show, this is one tidy unit. . .

Interior is spacious and very sumptuous with electrically operated windows and bench seat.