Dixie Flyer "Firefly" speedster photographs

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Hi Alan

With the holidays now over it is back to work! The Dixie Flyer Chassis is due to go to Sleeping Classics later this week so things are really starting to move. I should have some really interesting photos sometime soon. Not just boring ones of reels of wire.

with a deadline of June 30 to have the car in Louisville Kentucky there is not a great deal of time. Especially when you allow for 6 weeks transit time. The seats and the bulk of the trim are currently stored in a spare bedroom so there is no chance of a photo just now but believe me they look just great.

Cheers

1-8-2010

Hi All 

While still unable to supply any photographs of the body under construction. I have been going through the items still requiring either some additional work or sending to the platers for nickel plating. 

One thing of interest is this windscreen pillar mounted spot light. The badge attached tells me that it was manufactured by Hawthorne Co of Connecticut. and patented on Nov 30 1914. 

I think that it should just about look "right" when restored and mounted on the completed car.

Comments please.

1-12-2010

Well not too much happening here since saturday with temperature in the mid 40s C each day but a cool change this afternoon temp dropped about 15 degrees in 20 minutes so hopefully we will get something done tomorrow. At least we can get a good nights sleep tonight.

1-14-2010

Just going back a peg or two. My good friends at the AACA Reference library came up with this advert for Gabriel Snubbers. If you read between the lines it actually contains quite a lot of information.

That snubber adjuster works at treat.....once you work how it works!

At last what you have all been waiting patiently for...some early photos of the Firefly body.

Still a long way to go especially if the finished car is going to make it to Louisville on June 30th. All four mudguards require quite a bit of extra work and the cowl top is still to be fitted. Anybody know a friendly Airfreight company flying between Australia and The USA?