May 2005 - Archive

Yesterday we drove my '67 convertible to Friesland to attend the 4th annual Ford-day at Jaarsma. Although there weren't that many cars (and specially T'birds at this celebration of 50 years Thunderbird), Harry, Wendy, Marcel, Aimée and I had a pretty good time talking to various people. W&M even spotted the red Mustang II (see picture) which they sold not so long ago. Regretfully their '67 Mercury Cougar was not ready yet for this meeting. It would have been the only one!

I talked to a guy who had his '67 coupe (see picture) recently painted in the same colour as mine; Lime Gold. He gave me the address where he had it done, because mine will probably need some fresh paint in due course and they did a pretty good job. At about 15.30 we drove home with a new heater core from Jaarsma and the roof back on as the temperature dropped considerably.

Last sunday I drove to the 10th Big City Sunday at Caddy's. Here are some pictures of the beautiful US cars present... Check out the great Dodge's, Camaro's, 'Cuda, Studebaker and specially the 22 inch wheels on the Sedan de Ville!

The last picture is my heater.... which started leaking during the drive to Purmerend and which was completely taken out of the car today! Marcel and I excluded it from the cooling system so I can still drive. I will buy a new heater core next sunday, during the Ford Meeting at Jaarsma.

Last week I finally got my new and improved registration papers back from the authorities. So I made an appointment and went to Jaarsma last friday. There they installed new bushings on the rod ends, checked the rest of the car for safety and finished the yearly APK inspection. So my '67 convertible is ready for cruisin' again!

And I took the opportunity to buy me some new parts; a right hand remote mirror (my car never had one) and a cowl-cover. This to prevent water leaking through the cowl into the interior of the car. We experienced that problem with heavy rainfall while camping in the UK. And I repeated my order of 2 years ago (!) for the chrome grills on the inside of both doors. I also ordered a completely new ivy gold carpet, because I need to check and renovate the inside of the floor panels next winter season.

But first we need to drive!!