NAMGAR GT 35
Thomas Webb (here with his wife Angel, standing next to their good
friend Jeff Powell's '58 ZB Magnette, sent the first impressions of this big
come-together of Magnettes. I suppose it was the first?
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| presentation trophies which were given to John
& Lou Shorten picture by Brian Pollard |
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FYI my neighbour made the wood grille for John and Lou's big trophey - nice
job!! He came over several times to check dimensions etc against my car and the
result is beautifully hand carved deep 3 dimensional representation of the
original grille. The grille was not intentionally so scaled but when we came to
doing the grille badge we were stumped ... until I suddenly thought of the badge
on my key ring fob. I measured it up and it was exactly the right scale - so I
cut it off and we mounted it on the trophey!
The other - the air intake - was a personal memento from Sara, Amy, Steve and me
for their trip. Years before I had bought a lovely polished air intake from Lou
... but never got to fitting it on PWW 111. I decided I would do that for GT35.
My old battered and dulled one I then wondered what to do with it ... so I
borrowed my neighbours polishing wheel, buffed it up, then had it engraved. I
have to say I was quite pleased with it too when it was done. I think John and
Lou quite appreciated it as well!
Anyway - there is a little of the stories behind the trophies for you if you
want it.
Paul Barrow
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