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Classic Cars Worldwide Feature #19 PETER ADAMS ‘GRIZZ’  TALKS ABOUT HIS TROPHY WINNING  1963 EH PREMIER SEDAN  “GREAT TO DRIVE AND RESPONSIVE”   https://classiccarsworldwide.com.au “I started my working life as a motor mechanic and have always tinkered with cars” says 70 years old Peter Adams. Peter, now retired, has been married to Helen ‘Haych’ (also retired) for 49 years and they have three children and eight grandchildren. Peter worked for the Forest Commission as a mechanic and grader operator for about 20 years. He has also worked in the logging in Victoria, mining in Western Australia and then a grader operator on pipelines all over Australia.  Grizz Peter has been retired for five years and can now enjoy his love of old cars. He has the unusual nickname of ‘Grizz’. He explains how it all started. “It came about at my workplace on the pipelines. One fella called out for ‘Peter’ over the two-way radio and five people answered! He decided to give me a nickname of Grizz becau

  The Magazine Feature Story #18   https://classiccarsworldwide.com.au PETER AQUILINA'S 1957 BUICK SUPER RIVIERA 2 DOOR COUPE “NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS.” PETER AQUILINA TALKS ABOUT HIS 1957 BUICK SUPER  RIVIERA 2 DOOR COUPE.  FROM A DIFFICULT RESTORATION TO HIS PRIDE AND JOY –             “THE GANGSTER - A BUZZ TO DRIVE” 65 years old Peter (Aqua) Aquilina lives with his partner  Julieanne  in the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria.  Julieanne  also shares his passion for cars. He says “I have loved cars from the day I was able to get behind a wheel. I fell in love with the car scene at the at the age of 17 when I was preparing myself to get behind the wheel of my own ride. My first normal car was an HQ Panel Van and my current car is a Ford Ranger Wildtrack. My first classic car was a HG Monaro. I now own a 1957 Buick Super Riviera 2 Door Coupe, Model 56R.”  MR. EXCITED Peter’s first contact with Mr, Excited (Glen Higginson) was through Facebook.   “How could I not get invo

          The Magazine Feature Story #17   https://classiccarsworldwide.com.au GEOFF ROURKE,1955 FJ SEDAN, ‘32 CHEVY ROADSTER HOT ROD “THE AUSTRALIAN CLASSIC CAR SCENE IS IN GOOD SHAPE”.     GEOFF ROURKE 1955 TALKS ABOUT HIS CLASSIC CARS –   FJ HOLDEN SEDAN & ’32 CHEVY ROADSTER HOT ROD Melbourne based retired ex- builder Geoff Rourke (67 years old, widowed with one son) has had a long-standing interest in cars from a very early age. He says, “first it was vintage cars and then when I was about 10 years old I would watch the drag racing at Calder on television and became hooked on classics and hot rods.” Geoff’s first normal car was a Holden panel van and his current daily ride is an FX one ton ute which is an ex-work vehicle. Classic cars “My first classic car was an FJ Sedan and I now also own an FX one ton ute (to be covered in a later issue) and a ’32 Chevy Roadster Hot Rod” says Geoff. “I have loved FX and FJ’s since I was young, and I used to sit in the original FX s

      The Magazine Feature Story #16   https://classiccarsworldwide.com.au “COOL AND DIFFERENT AND A PLEASURE TO DRIVE” DEAN CARMODY TALKS ABOUT HIS 1956 CHEVY 210 WAGON. A 15 YEAR BUILD WITH STYLE AND CARE.  Dean Carmody, married with three daughters, runs his family owned heating and cooling business (Maroondah Air Group) in the eastern Melbourne suburb of Bayswater. In conjunction with his brother Glenn and another partner, Stuart Lancaster, the business has been successfully operating since 1997. Early interest in cars Dean has had a keen interest in cars from early childhood and says “at a very young age, under 10, I started to have an interest in cars when a friend of my dad bought a HZ Holden station wagon. It was lowered and had hot wires under the guards. It was the first time I had seen a Holden customised and from then I knew what I wanted when I grew up. When I was16 I knew that it would be the HZ wagon. Of course, I could not have a V8 while on P plates, so my first car wa

    The Magazine Feature Story #15   https://classiccarsworldwide.com.au “LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT” – JOHN FAIRBAIRN TALKS ABOUT HIS 1934 ONYX BLACK CHEVROLET COUPE. 88 YEARS OLD, STILL GOING STRONG, GREAT TO DRIVE AND HAS WON 26 TROPHIES. A TIMELESS HOT ROD! . John is 61 years old, married and lives in Packenham, Victoria, He is currently employed as a Warehouse worker after spending some years as an electrician. His interest in cars goes back to his childhood when he was painting GT stripes and putting big motors into his model cars. Unique – Love at first sight Back in 1982 John was looking to buy a 34 Chevrolet sedan when he noticed the coupe in the corner. “I fell in love straight away” he says, “What attracted me to it was that it was so unique. It had an unchopped Holden body which is uncommon as most are chopped or fibreglass repo bodies”. The car was built by Holden and purchased privately in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Early cars John’s first car was an Austin A30.