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      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.

  The Magazine Feature Story # 1   https://classiccarsworldwide.com.au   WHAT MAKES MR. EXCITED EXCITED? – A PASSION FOR CLASSIC CARS AND TO LOVE LIFE EVERYDAY. Anyone who has been to a Coffee and Cars show in the outer East Melbourne suburbs will no doubt have noticed a mid-forties gentleman with a video camera always primed and loaded talking excitedly to proud classic car owners about their own particular pride and joy. That person would be Glen Higginson, better known as MR. EXCITED because that is exactly who he is. When you engage in conversation with Glen you cannot help but get swept along with his level of energy, enthusiasm and obvious passion for classic cars, like his very own 1958 Chevrolet Biscayne. Excitement is also part of his family, often seen cruising the Yarra Valley with  partner Kate by his side and of course their son Cody in the back seat. Glen wanted to share his passion with as many people as possible and to bring that aim into reality a few years ago h