Thread: '51 suburban school bus to show burb

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Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Wayne, sorry I did get it wrong and now that I have looked again, heck he doesn't live far from you. His name is Bob and lives just off highway 49 south of ElDorado Village and he drives a 427 cu.in, SBC '23 T Track Roadster. He, like me is a full time care giver to his elderly Father, me, my Mum, so only manages to get out briefly for the occasional drive in at local eateries as far as Placerville. I personally don't know Geoff but he is well known and respected rodder here in NZ. He has set up home again in his home city of Napier which is approximately a 6 hour drive from home here. His club organize a excellent weekend run once a year where they have managed to get several well known American Rodders over for the weekend party, Billy Gibbon from ZZ top one of them. He has produced some awesome cars and I know I should be able to tell you his latest but the old grey matter in my head refuses to work at the moment.
Again, thanks for taking the time to post the story and all the pictures of a very nice vehicle and I'm sure the satisfaction you got from seeing the owners faces at that first sho was well worth all that work, congratulations on a fine build Wayne.

Mark glad you and all the guys who saw it like it. And it was a great feeling seeing them almost wet them selfs when they knew it was theirs. Would love to meet you friend Bob so when you talk to him again maybe you can find out what show he'll be going to and i'll look for him... know a little about the care of mom and dad just thankful there are people like you and him to do it..and if you do ever get the chance to meet Geoff tell him i said hi...

I bet that was an awesome feeling to get the burb delivered to the show and have time to spare so to speak! That is awesome! Congrats and you guys did a kick azz job on that build!!!

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

I bet that was an awesome feeling to get the burb delivered to the show and have time to spare so to speak! That is awesome! Congrats and you guys did a kick azz job on that build!!!

Ryan yes it was quite the feeling, made the whole year of hard work worth it for just those few minutes of joy at the show... for them the feeling still hasn't gone away.. got a call from Dave the owner today telling me they just shot it todayfor Street Trucks magazine to come out sometime soon..

That's awesome! Tell them congrats from us would ya?

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

That's awesome! Tell them congrats from us would ya?

Ok will do.... he wanted to talk about it so much i couldn't get him off the phone.. ha

Hey Wayne, just reading Ryan's thread about his '40 Tudor and noticed that you had posted some interior photos of the Sub showing the woodgrain work, absolutely stunning. I don't think you mentioned who is responsible for the excellent upholstery job but I must say, the more one studies the car the more detail one notices, eg. the embroidered picture of the Sub in the floor mats. amazing. It wasn't another Kiwi by the name Goodwin who was the Trimmer ?

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Hey Wayne, just reading Ryan's thread about his '40 Tudor and noticed that you had posted some interior photos of the Sub showing the woodgrain work, absolutely stunning. I don't think you mentioned who is responsible for the excellent upholstery job but I must say, the more one studies the car the more detail one notices, eg. the embroidered picture of the Sub in the floor mats. amazing. It wasn't another Kiwi by the name Goodwin who was the Trimmer ?

Yes Mark the dash and window moldings really help make the inside of the suburban look great.. That was my pin stripper friend in So. Calif. who came up with that and i just went along for the ride...he had just learned it from an pin stripper who was getting ready to give it up and retire and Phill wanted to try and keep the art of wood graining alive. Please check out some more of his work if you would like at WHETSTONE / MIRACLE DESIGN whetstone/miracle design should come up, just click on that and you'll see his web site.. also you can type his name in on Pin head lounge and see some of his stuff...
No sorry it was another Kiwi but a guy here in town that does upholstery on the side... he's done at least 5 jobs for me and they all come out great.. his name is Shawn Patterson and lives here in Placerville ca... the floor mats were a nice touch and something he wanted to do for the owners... hate to put your feet on them..
Thanks again for the kind words and taking the time to really look the thing over.. i took almost 1000 pictures of the build but could only post so many without hijacking the whole site...