Automotive Photography

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Drum Circle at Brighton Beach

While walking along the Brighton Beach Esplanade with my camera and waiting for sunset I spotted a crowd of people with drums and rugs which looked a bit unusual for the beach. I snapped a few pics and continued my walk towards the Jetty until stopped by a couple of people asking if those photos are going to be uploaded anywhere. I was a bit confused and confirmed that I had some thoughts about…

I inherited our 1926 Pontiac Tourer from my dad Brad Turner in 2011. He inherited it from my great, great Uncle Bill Turner. My dad was 15 when his great Uncle Bill died, so it was more like a toy for him at the time. According to my Nana, dad used to drive his Pontiac around a paddock behind the house and charge kids from the local area for rides!

The Pontiac wasn’t exactly well looked after during this period and often sat under a tree in between use. Dad often reflected on this time and wished he’d taken more care of it as a youngster! He moved it into the back of the service station he’d bought from my grandfather in about 1970.

When my dad died in February 2011 after a couple of years of illness he still owned the service station with my mum and the car was still parked in the same place. It hadn’t moved in about 40 years. During that time he had often talked about a restoration. He was going to get it ready for my oldest sister’s wedding but that came and went along with two other weddings in my family. Dad was a mechanic but apart from getting the engine to run one time in about 1995 no restoration work was started.

I wasn’t sure what we would do with the Pontiac when mum and I started cleaning up the service station for sale in late 2011. Not having any experience with vintage cars let alone restoring them, I initially thought it was sadly too far gone. I learnt however that anything was possible given enough effort, time and money. I was excited to think we might be able to get dad’s car back on the road!

The overwhelming feelings I had when we finished the restoration were happiness and relief, mixed with the satisfaction that we were able to make this happen and save the Pontiac from being lost to scrap metal. I couldn’t have done any of this without Kirsty who was my girlfriend when this started and is now my wife. Her support was without limits and it’s wonderful to now share the Pontiac with our little boy Flynn who is two and half and loves being in it even more than we do! We continue to drive it regularly and were lucky enough to win the Concours de Elegance at the 2016 Bay to Birdwood which was a very proud occasion. My dad and great, great uncle would be pleased their car has remained in our family and will hopefully be enjoyed for many more generations to come!

Pontiac Motor Company was started by General Motors in 1926 as a companion car to Oakland.

• This car was imported to Australia as a rolling chassis from the USA and the body assembled by Holden Bodies in Woodville, Adelaide. • Approximately 1,100 Pontiac Tourers were sold in Australia in 1926 at a cost of 225 pounds each. • The engine is a 6-cylinder side valve which produces 40hp at 2400rp. Capacity is 186.5ci with 4.6:1 compression. • Top speed around 50mph but it cruises comfortably at 45mph. • Rear wheel brakes only. These are a contracting band style. • Emergency brake is a more conventional drum on the rear wheels. • When Pontiac stopped manufacturing in 2010 it was the oldest GM brand in existence that was started by GM.

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Body: Australian 1970 Mk1 Escort GT, Mexico stripe kit, Mexico badges, factory stainless steel trim.

Paint: Ford Vermillion Red

Engine: 2-litre Pinto, ACL pistons, standard balanced crank and rods, factory cylinder head, Crow camshaft, dual heavy duty valve springs, Quaife steel Vernier gear set, Cometic race grade gasket set, modified Spearco four-barrel intake manifold, EFi conversion, 70 mm throttle body, custom steampipe turbo exhaust manifold, GT30 turbo, 0.63 A/R turbine housing, 40 mm Turbosmart external waste-gate, 3 inch stainless steel pipes, Ultraflow stainless steel system, 2.5 inch tailpipe, Microtech ECU, Bosch 440cc fuel injectors, modified Toyota 4AGE big port distributor, Toyota 4AGE igniter and coil, modified high amp factory alternator, Aluminum heavy duty radiator, 14 inch electric thermo fan, factory fuel tank, Bosch 044 fuel pump, 8an braided Earls fuel lines, 6an return line, Aeromotive fuel regulator

Transmission: Single rail four-speed gearbox, custom 3 inch tailshaft, Exedy heavy duty clutch, Falcon Borg Warner 78 diff, 3.89 gears, four-pinion LSD centre, Moser 28-spline heavy-duty shafts

Suspension Front: Capri struts, 1.5-inch lowered King springs, custom strengthened crossmember, anti-dive kit, new rubber kit Rear: Rebuilt Escort leaf springs, extra leaf added, custom rear axle anti-tramp bars, Gabriel sport dampers

Brakes Front: 300 mm disc rotors, Holden VT Commodore callipers Rear: 10 inch Falcon drums

Wheels And Tyres: Mustang Magnums, front 6×15 (front), 7×15 (rear), with 185/55R15 and 225/50R15 tyres

Interior: Six-dial dash, custom retrimmed with GT wood grain trim inserts, Autometer oil pressure and water temp gauges, new roof lining, OMP bucket seats, factory original rear seat, new door cards, Microtech ECU hand controller

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Article about me on Fujifilm Blog

I’m happy to share with you my story, which just have been published on Fujifilm blog. In the article I share some thoughts about photography overall, equipment I use and my style. Hope you will find it interesting. Click here to read.

1939 Lincoln Zephyr Coupe Fibreglass Deco Rides Body Custom Built chassis Fat Man Fabrications Independent Front End Camaro Disc Brakes front Ford 8” Disc brake rear Air Bags – Accuair e Level system 16” Billet Speciaties Wheels with Radial Whitewalls Billet Speciaties Steering column Vintage Air, Air conditioning Motor – LS1, 5.7litre Transmission – TH700 Auto Lokar Shifter Custom Interior Paint is DNA Candy Sahara Yellow with Custom Bronze top Finished with Glasurit Clear topcoat

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Car: Andrew Mitchell Model: Amber Skye Makeup: Hayley Farr

P.S. This is how the car looked like when I saw it for the first time.

Model: Milean So Car: Stuart Lisk

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Smiling attractive girl sitting in vintage car, South Australia