We were contacted recently by Janine, with a request for help in finding her Uncle’s 1965 Thunderbird convertible. John Hogan painstakingly restored this beautiful Hermitage Red Tbird some years ago in NSW, but sadly the car was sold upon his death. The car is rumoured to be in Perth, and if you’ve seen it, you wouldn’t easily forget!
Please drop us a line if you know of the car, or its whereabouts. We’d love to put you in touch with Janine.
Easter Saturday, April 23rd, 2011 – that’s this coming Saturday!
Join us for a night under the stars at Perth’s only Drive-In venue: the Galaxy.
A good excuse to give the car another run before autumn sets in, indulge in some junk food and a no-brainer movie!
All Thunderbirds and pre-’72 cars welcome.
Details on the Events page.
Just a quick reminder that the Cranksters Pipeline Picnic is Sunday Week: March 13th.
I’ve been told there are only 9 pre-entry tickets still available.
You don’t want to miss out on a Tshirt now, do ya?
Ian’s gorgeous flamin’ red ’57 Thunderbird. With back-up truck.
Now kid, don’t let anyone touch the paintjob!
Each year, the larger-than-life Al organises the car event that is sure to turn out the masses. Raising funds for charity, it’s also a proven incentive for the back-shed tinkering to be finalised, ready for ‘ignition-on’ by February. Apparently, sales of Carnauba wax reach peak around now!
As regular readers know, last year’s talking point was the Cranksters-manned checkpoint at Bridgestone Tyres (for those who came in late, read about it here). But due to certain er, differences of opinion, that was the curtain call for themed checkpoints. And Paul had his heart set on squeezing into Errol Flynn’s tights and puffy shirt this year!!
So, here are some pics from the show-and-shine departure point at the Burswood shore – see the full gallery in our Events page here.
Power Rangers, sooks with teddies (this one under 5), painted ladies and petrol-sniffing blokes from all walks of life, laid a trail of rubber to the Annual Victorian Hot Rod Show, at the Royal Exhibition Building in beautiful Melbourne.
Loads of car pics in the gallery here.
A couple of Tbirds were shown, 1 inside and 1 outdoors. Luckily the Melbourne weather was perfect. By the afternoon, the hot sun was glaring off all the metal-flake and bald skulls.
Spot the difference…
Just before Christmas, the Cranksters held their Christmas Picnic at Whiteman Park – the deciding factor being the onsite Car Museum, but the guys said it was because there was a swimming pool. It was about 40degrees and poor Santa suffered in his polyester suit.
Anyway, the Museum holds a match to our 1957 Dusk Rose Thunderbird, and despite urban legend that the 2 cars have never been sighted together (much the same as LaToya and Michael Jackson), they are different cars! The Whiteman Park Tbird was owned by Paul Terry, a WA entrepeneur who passed away some years ago. Our Tbird was imported from the States by our friend Tony sometime last decade.
Actually, the cars have been in the same room before, as our mechanic will attest. We once booked the Tbird in for repairs and the Terry Tbird was already in the garage! That was slightly weird.
