Tori and friends
You may remember that last summer a friend of mine bought a ’59 Singer Gazelle and I helped her getting running well enough to take it to a local British Car show, and then towed it down to her place in Watsonville. In the intervening time Tori has done a lot of work on the car, including body work (with a little help) and repainting (her first paint job). The car isn’t likely to win the Concourse at Pebble Beach, but it’s still an impressive achievement. Damned impressive in fact.
I was heading to a party about 20 minutes from her on Saturday and hadn’t seen the car for several months so I stopped by to get some photos of it. She asked me to take it for a short drive, during which the cable for the column shifter came loose, so I manually moved it to have 3rd and 4th rather than 1st and 2nd, drove back, fixed it, and suggested that for the next round of photos she replace her gimme cap with some sort of scarf. She went one better and put on a bit of a pinup costume.
The full sunlight was a bit of a challenge, but we did have some pretty clouds in the background.
For those that just want one photo:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/52111568366/in/album-72177720299395937/
For those that want the full set:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720299395937
You may note that some of the photos are not of a ’59 Gazelle, but of a ’38 Minx. The person that sold the Gazelle to ths car lot she bought it from is a bit of a Rootes group fanatic. I had first heard of Doug when I was working with his brother Mike, about 20 years ago, and Mike mentioned that Doug had “Tigerized” a Hillman Husky. An idea that had crossed my mind on more than one occasion when I was driving a girlfriend’s husky back in college.
Tori connected with Doug, a very handy resource because he had done a lot of mechanical restoration on Nigel (the Gazelle). It turned out that Doug had a ’38 Minx sitting around, but not the resources to fix it up, along with all of his other projects. That is going to be Tori’s next project.
For reference, the “before” photos of Nigel, when we were fixing it up at my house:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157719893638527
And the day of the car show:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157719972549480
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Larry Colen
lrc@red4est.com
That's a very nice set, Larry, but I must say I was wondering about the
real subject!
Alan C
On 31-May-22 07:42 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
You may remember that last summer a friend of mine bought a ’59 Singer Gazelle and I helped her getting running well enough to take it to a local British Car show, and then towed it down to her place in Watsonville. In the intervening time Tori has done a lot of work on the car, including body work (with a little help) and repainting (her first paint job). The car isn’t likely to win the Concourse at Pebble Beach, but it’s still an impressive achievement. Damned impressive in fact.
I was heading to a party about 20 minutes from her on Saturday and hadn’t seen the car for several months so I stopped by to get some photos of it. She asked me to take it for a short drive, during which the cable for the column shifter came loose, so I manually moved it to have 3rd and 4th rather than 1st and 2nd, drove back, fixed it, and suggested that for the next round of photos she replace her gimme cap with some sort of scarf. She went one better and put on a bit of a pinup costume.
The full sunlight was a bit of a challenge, but we did have some pretty clouds in the background.
For those that just want one photo:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/52111568366/in/album-72177720299395937/
For those that want the full set:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720299395937
You may note that some of the photos are not of a ’59 Gazelle, but of a ’38 Minx. The person that sold the Gazelle to ths car lot she bought it from is a bit of a Rootes group fanatic. I had first heard of Doug when I was working with his brother Mike, about 20 years ago, and Mike mentioned that Doug had “Tigerized” a Hillman Husky. An idea that had crossed my mind on more than one occasion when I was driving a girlfriend’s husky back in college.
Tori connected with Doug, a very handy resource because he had done a lot of mechanical restoration on Nigel (the Gazelle). It turned out that Doug had a ’38 Minx sitting around, but not the resources to fix it up, along with all of his other projects. That is going to be Tori’s next project.
For reference, the “before” photos of Nigel, when we were fixing it up at my house:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157719893638527
And the day of the car show:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157719972549480
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On May 30, 2022, at 11:05 PM, Alan C cole@lantic.net wrote:
That's a very nice set, Larry, but I must say I was wondering about the real subject!
The intent was indeed to get photos of Nigel, but it was fun the way the scope of the project increased.
I’m quite happy with the way the photos turned out.
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On 31 May 2022, at 07:42, Larry Colen lrc@red4est.com wrote:
You may remember that last summer a friend of mine bought a ’59 Singer Gazelle and I helped her getting running well enough to take it to a local British Car show, and then towed it down to her place in Watsonville. In the intervening time Tori has done a lot of work on the car, including body work (with a little help) and repainting (her first paint job). The car isn’t likely to win the Concourse at Pebble Beach, but it’s still an impressive achievement. Damned impressive in fact.
I was heading to a party about 20 minutes from her on Saturday and hadn’t seen the car for several months so I stopped by to get some photos of it. She asked me to take it for a short drive, during which the cable for the column shifter came loose, so I manually moved it to have 3rd and 4th rather than 1st and 2nd, drove back, fixed it, and suggested that for the next round of photos she replace her gimme cap with some sort of scarf. She went one better and put on a bit of a pinup costume.
The full sunlight was a bit of a challenge, but we did have some pretty clouds in the background.
Good story!
And a very nice car, and an even better Lady to go with it ;-)
Regards, JvW
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Jan van Wijk; author of DFsee; https://www.dfsee.com
The Gazelle, particularly the soft top version, has always been a very good-looking car.
Looking really good now,
John in Brisbane
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Subject: Tori and friends
You may remember that last summer a friend of mine bought a ’59 Singer Gazelle and I helped her getting running well enough to take it to a local British Car show, and then towed it down to her place in Watsonville. In the intervening time Tori has done a lot of work on the car, including body work (with a little help) and repainting (her first paint job). The car isn’t likely to win the Concourse at Pebble Beach, but it’s still an impressive achievement. Damned impressive in fact.
I was heading to a party about 20 minutes from her on Saturday and hadn’t seen the car for several months so I stopped by to get some photos of it. She asked me to take it for a short drive, during which the cable for the column shifter came loose, so I manually moved it to have 3rd and 4th rather than 1st and 2nd, drove back, fixed it, and suggested that for the next round of photos she replace her gimme cap with some sort of scarf. She went one better and put on a bit of a pinup costume.
The full sunlight was a bit of a challenge, but we did have some pretty clouds in the background.
For those that just want one photo:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/52111568366/in/album-72177720299395937/
For those that want the full set:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720299395937
You may note that some of the photos are not of a ’59 Gazelle, but of a ’38 Minx. The person that sold the Gazelle to ths car lot she bought it from is a bit of a Rootes group fanatic. I had first heard of Doug when I was working with his brother Mike, about 20 years ago, and Mike mentioned that Doug had “Tigerized” a Hillman Husky. An idea that had crossed my mind on more than one occasion when I was driving a girlfriend’s husky back in college.
Tori connected with Doug, a very handy resource because he had done a lot of mechanical restoration on Nigel (the Gazelle). It turned out that Doug had a ’38 Minx sitting around, but not the resources to fix it up, along with all of his other projects. That is going to be Tori’s next project.
For reference, the “before” photos of Nigel, when we were fixing it up at my house:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157719893638527
And the day of the car show:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157719972549480
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On May 31, 2022, at 3:31 PM, jcoyle@iinet.net.au wrote:
The Gazelle, particularly the soft top version, has always been a very good-looking car.
Looking really good now,
It particularly helps to accessorize it properly.
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Sometimes I’m slow. I knew she named the ’38 Minx Benny, I just now realized that makes it Benny Hill-man.
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Larry Colen
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Very clever! Of course, the later Minx's were much different to that
one. My Mother-in-Law had a sedan about 1965 vintage. My Dad's brother
had one of the last Hillmans sold in SA with a Peugeot engine.
Alan C
On 01-Jun-22 07:57 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
Sometimes I’m slow. I knew she named the ’38 Minx Benny, I just now realized that makes it Benny Hill-man.
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On May 31, 2022, at 11:27 PM, Alan C cole@lantic.net wrote:
Very clever! Of course, the later Minx's were much different to that one.
Yes, as in pretty much identical to the Gazelle in the other photos.
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