Ron Silvester's and his Chev Coupe.... (other Variations as well!!)

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Re: Ron Silvester's and his Chev Coupe.... (other Variations as well!!)

by Steve Holmes » Tue Oct 23, 2012 12:30 am

Mark, thats a brilliant photo!

Re: Ron Silvester's and his Chev Coupe.... (other Variations as well!!)

by Rod Grimwood » Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:49 pm

In 69 that car was 30 years old, not a bad effort is it, and it looks bloody tidy as well. Love the way he is transfering the weight inside, good stuff.

Re: Ron Silvester's and his Chev Coupe.... (other Variations as well!!)

by MarkQ » Mon Oct 22, 2012 4:57 am

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Another shot of my fathers coupe at an Eastern Southland Car Club event, around 1969.

Re: Ron Silvester's and his Chev Coupe.... (other Variations as well!!)

by Steve Holmes » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:27 am

And David McKinney posted this in the Glen Jones thread:

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Re: Ron Silvester's and his Chev Coupe.... (other Variations as well!!)

by Steve Holmes » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:26 am

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by Steve Holmes » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:25 am

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Re: Ron Silvester's and his Chev Coupe.... (other Variations as well!!)

by Steve Holmes » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:22 am

These ones were posted by Rod Grimwood in the Glen (Jigger) Jones tribute thread: http://www.theroaringseason.com/showthread.php?153-In-memory-Glen-(Jigger)-Jones

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Re: Ron Silvester's and his Chev Coupe.... (other Variations as well!!)

by Steve Holmes » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:11 am

Rod Grimwood wrote:Ross Tebbs ran this at club stuff years ago, before his radical MK11 Zephyr

Love the old coupes

MarkQ That blue coupe is a beaut


Wow, that is nice Rod!

Re: Ron Silvester's and his Chev Coupe.... (other Variations as well!!)

by thunder427 » Sun Aug 26, 2012 3:57 am

Rod Grimwood wrote:Ross Tebbs ran this at club stuff years ago, before his radical MK11 Zephyr

Love the old coupes

MarkQ That blue coupe is a beaut


.....'Starfire' hupcaps with 'bullit' enchancements,very 'Cool ' in the day, had my very own set,just kept swapping from car to car !!!!!.......... MJ :cool:

Re: Ron Silvester's and his Chev Coupe.... (other Variations as well!!)

by Rod Grimwood » Sat Aug 25, 2012 9:57 pm

Ross Tebbs ran this at club stuff years ago, before his radical MK11 Zephyr

Love the old coupes

MarkQ That blue coupe is a beaut
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Re: Ron Silvester's and his Chev Coupe.... (other Variations as well!!)

by MarkQ » Sat Aug 25, 2012 9:20 pm

Hi Steve, Yeah they are good old clear photo's even when they are reduced in resolution.
He sold it in 1970 to buy Neil Stuart's Ford V8 Special from Norm Smith, which we still have.
The coupe went to Barry Fitzgerald of Invercargill who drove it on the road for a while with roll bar and megaphone exhaust!
I think he then sold the body to a guy in Australia in the early 70's.
3 years ago dad bought another '39 deluxe coupe and is presently restoring it along with a '38 deluxe coupe he has had in a shed since '67. The flatheads will use a few old speed parts he had collected over the years.

Re: Ron Silvester's and his Chev Coupe.... (other Variations as well!!)

by Steve Holmes » Sat Aug 25, 2012 7:30 pm

bry3500 wrote:That's looking fantastic Steve..makes me wish I still had my old 38 Ford, must dig out some pics


Thanks Bry, shes a pretty rough old nail. Its actually a mongrel. The chassis and front sheetmetal are all from a '38 Deluxe four door sedan my father bought in the late '70s and lost interest in. The body is '39 Deluxe. The body had actually been cut up back in the '60s and was to be used on a stockcar chassis for speedway racing, but for whatever reason the project stalled. The floors had been gas-axed out and the rear body lopped off. I bought the body about 5 years ago.

Re: Ron Silvester's and his Chev Coupe.... (other Variations as well!!)

by Steve Holmes » Sat Aug 25, 2012 7:27 pm

MarkQ wrote:Here is another photo which must be around the same time, at a bent sprint in Riversdale, Eastern Southland Car Clubs timing caravan is a ripper with the chequered paint work.
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This picture is so sharp it looks like it could have been taken yesterday. Do you know what happened to your fathers '39 Deluxe?

Re: Ron Silvester's and his Chev Coupe.... (other Variations as well!!)

by Steve Holmes » Sat Aug 25, 2012 7:15 pm

MarkQ wrote:My Fathers 39 Coupe at full song, ESCC Hillclimb in Dunsdale, Southland in 1969. Looks like he was having fun!
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Wow, Mark, these photos are magnificent!

Re: Ron Silvester's and his Chev Coupe.... (other Variations as well!!)

by Steve Holmes » Sat Aug 25, 2012 7:14 pm

Yep, thats right, Garry Pederson.

Re: Ron Silvester's and his Chev Coupe.... (other Variations as well!!)

by David McKinney » Sat Aug 25, 2012 10:42 am

Steve Holmes wrote:Here are a couple of beauties I got from Bob Homewood:

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George Dixon in one his his many Chev coupés (111) and in the Ford a young bloke who went on to race sportscars and F5000 with some success

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Re: Ron Silvester's and his Chev Coupe.... (other Variations as well!!)

by MarkQ » Sat Aug 25, 2012 9:56 am

Here is another photo which must be around the same time, at a bent sprint in Riversdale, Eastern Southland Car Clubs timing caravan is a ripper with the chequered paint work.
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Re: Ron Silvester's and his Chev Coupe.... (other Variations as well!!)

by MarkQ » Sat Aug 25, 2012 9:38 am

My Fathers 39 Coupe at full song, ESCC Hillclimb in Dunsdale, Southland in 1969. Looks like he was having fun!
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Re: Ron Silvester's and his Chev Coupe.... (other Variations as well!!)

by Oldfart » Sat Aug 25, 2012 5:46 am

Somebody with cars like these must NEED a Chrysler "polyhead", not that I know what that is!

Re: Ron Silvester's and his Chev Coupe.... (other Variations as well!!)

by bry3500 » Sat Aug 25, 2012 4:13 am

That's looking fantastic Steve..makes me wish I still had my old 38 Ford, must dig out some pics

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