Now Is The Winter Of My Discontent

aka WayTooFurious

Sunday was a great day. I caught up with a couple of friends at All-American Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia. There were all kinds of American cars on display, not too common a sight at this end of the world�and there were even some that looked slightly different from when they left the US, like this El Camino/Studebaker love-child. The only thing that tinged my great time with annoyance was the realization that All-American Day marks the end of the car show season, as we’re now coming into Australian winter. Anyone who knows me will tell you that I am a car show tragic�I’ve been known to drive for days to get to some shows. So to keep occupied during winter, I’ve decided that it�s time that I concreted the floor of my new garage and jump-started my Charger restoration. Still, I think it’ll take more than these projects to overcome the no-car-show blues. So help me out here, guys�most of you are emerging from your winter just as those of us down here are going in. What do you do all winter to keep yourself occupied with your car hobby?

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Posted at 9:40 pm in Australia, Car Show, Dispatch From Down Under, El Camino, Events, Studebaker

Comments

7urtle
Apr 11, 2008 at 5:57 am

i like studebaker. my winter was filled with ordering parts to instsll fully in the summer

Tony
Apr 10, 2008 at 8:00 am

Looks like a great show. Plenty of American Muscle to view. Oh and with regards to winter, just move to Queensland…you’ll find plenty of shows scheduled for the winter months (WinterSun to name a few).

GTwildfire
Apr 10, 2008 at 7:35 am

I heard that about you…

joe
Apr 10, 2008 at 3:43 am

i beat it.

GTwildfire
Apr 10, 2008 at 2:02 am

Necessity is the Mother of Invention.
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I either freeze my ass off, or whatever I can drag into the living room will be performed right there.
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My wife knows better than to protest and my kids are used to such things. I hate winter, but will not be denied progress, if it’s progress that drives me.
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This winter I pulled the door panels from my Firebird and added a second tone of leather. I sat on my reclining sofa with each panel laid across my lap, and watched TV.
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Kind of the motorhead equivalent to knitting. I even have a picture on my ride page, of one of the newly-refinished door panels… propped up on my sofa.

Stewart
Apr 9, 2008 at 10:47 pm

What do I do during the winter,
other than dream about good weather and getting
the car out?
.
-Modify my project.
-Get any and all maintenance stuff done.
-Detail EVERYTHING.
-Upgrade what ever I can (or afford).
-Detail some more…
-Plan my summer around shows…
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Then, there’s always car forums, and Cardomain
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I work on my Cardomain site all winter long.
It keeps me sane (well as sane as I can get),
and it keeps me in touch with cars and car
people.
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Man, I can’t wait ’til Summer!

retroman
Apr 9, 2008 at 10:32 pm

It’s such a shame that you guys down under have winter the opposite of us. All the hot rods and bikes up here are coming out of wraps. I must’ve saw at least 20 vintage rides on this past Saturday. Well, I hope you bear it well.