Boy, do I have a treat for you Aus fans.....

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Tue Oct 14, 08 12:28 pm

This picture is the very first car that I ever designed and painted. It also happens to be the first V8 powered car that I ever drove.
http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/6995 ... 035oz9.jpg

This was an all steel body Valiant and originaly the first Funny Car in Australia.
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/6299 ... 055ih9.jpg

Those were the days..."Fire Burnouts" showmanship was alive and well!
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/7797/d ... 025hb2.jpg

This is the Monaro Funny Car that I built the body for, it has been narrowed 9in and lengthened 18in, I also drove this Funny Car.
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3005/monarofc03ms0.jpg

In living color, I also designed, painted and lettered this car
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/3212 ... g03jy0.jpg

This pic below is Gene Beaver who John Force is related to, Force first drove a Funny Car in Oz when Beaver got him to come to Oz to drive the "La Hooker" Beaves is helping us tune the funny car and I am standing patiently waiting.
http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/5043/beaver01xy7.jpg

This is the Holden Torana hatchback that I built the body for after the Monaro....the butterflies are just about shut here.....I could still make out the lights going down the side of the strip through the smokey fog, but there was a point where you had to bachoff. We weren't the quickest car, but we put on a great show
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/4116 ... c01ns5.jpg

Different paint job, different injection, different power output, smoked out the cockpit and had to backpeddle for a moment to clear the smoke, throttled it again and smoked the tyres the length of the quarter taking out the timimg lights at the traps
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/7885 ... c02mb7.jpg

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Tue Oct 14, 08 1:21 pm

No spelling mistakes, lengthy descriptive copy...Jeff, are you feeling okay?

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Tue Oct 14, 08 1:27 pm

Ha Ha!

It is all from a fellow painter in Australia.

RobTwin · Post by **RobTwin** » Tue Oct 14, 08 2:15 pm

I was gonna say, "who is the 'I' in the text?"

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Tue Oct 14, 08 3:21 pm

yes had me a tad baffled.

Dave

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Tue Oct 14, 08 3:40 pm

He... Is a 62 year old airbrush artist, his background is obviously drag racing... Oh, and his name is Bruce!

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Tue Oct 14, 08 3:44 pm

Bruce? Well I never...!

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Tue Oct 14, 08 3:47 pm

Oh Bugger.... Just thought I would share it... Wish I hadn't bothered now.

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Tue Oct 14, 08 4:00 pm

hey mate don't say that...wasn't saying why did you post....i couldn't work out if you had an alter ego

excellent pics

I was expect ing the flood of ..... aussie cars look funny.... fugly lookin viva etc from the usual suspects

i was just trying to work out if i'd missed something

(i was pointing at my head mouthing australia canada australia silently then shrugging like a frenchman).

i was thinking... maybe you were actully australian and had kept a rip roaring career on the track a secret for all this time..... it is possible you know i've never met you

you have always been there when i haven't

now fire burnouts thats what the NATS needs....we could use fireforce to light it....

Dave

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Tue Oct 14, 08 4:11 pm

Fair nuff Dave! It is from I guy on a painting forum.. He is an amazing artist but very shy. When we got onto Mopars, he totally opened up!

Great bit of history there though. Bet Kev will like em.

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Wed Oct 15, 08 8:34 am

Sweet as, Jeff! A VE funny car

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Wed Oct 15, 08 8:36 am

Nice eh Kev? Right up your street.

TYREMAN · Post by **TYREMAN** » Wed Oct 15, 08 10:09 pm

This is the most interesting post in a long time! thanks for sharing it mate

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Wed Oct 15, 08 10:13 pm

Well, thank you!

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Oct 17, 08 5:59 pm

V cool