In the first half of 2008, after the Small Ford Sunday, through the RSOC (and a massive thanks to Paul B ) the Unique Cars magazine got in contact with me to utilise my car in a photoshoot ...

Its something a bit different ... they're doing a story on performance cars available around the same time in the eighties, and are using real life examples for the photographic story Cars from Aus Ford (XE SP), Holden (VK GrpA), US GM (Camero), Mercedes, Lambo, Porsche ... and my little Cossie!

Well the day of the photoshoot was an early morning start with more terrible weather ...



Here's the Cossie stuck between some Aussie and American muscle ...



I was even outdone on the rear wing stakes ...



But seriously ... first we parked our cars for the group shoots and then the two photographers did the individual photos (half the cars each) ... of course I was one of the last



I reckon the ol' girl scrubbed up alright

Well this threads still in 1998, which is a year I spent a lot of time in BNE training for work and hardly any time on the car (infact, less time than normal!)

... and when do I make it home (briefly) the most attention the car gets is a start (or a jump start ) and a quick lap around the block.

For the concourse boys, in my time look what I have managed to source locally from a motorsport tyre dealer ...

... they said they had one (yes just one) and we had to go searching through shelves and shelves (I should have taken a photo ... for anyone with a rubber fetish ) of tyres ... but look what I found brand new, last one ...







Oh Yeah ...



It was a lot of money for something I don't want to use ... I think I might have gone a little overboard ... but there is no more left.

It now sits as a spare in my boot.

Very cool mate.

Now get to typing and bring us up to speed, I'm getting lost with all this time travel between the 1990's and now

Ah, makes more sense

Well 2008 was a busy year for me (and the year after that, and that ... but thats all to come).
Long story short; one young boy getting bigger, away from home for 5+ months training for work, home for baby boy number two, one month later move out of home into a renter during a full house extension/renovation, shift work ... busy busy ... oh and no sleep . Anyway we're here about the car ...

Whilst I was away during 2008 it was pretty much parked (half ouside and under a cover), but in between a trip home I managed to dust her off and show her at the RSOCVic Concourse in the (AUS) winter of 2008 ...

(I knicked this picture ... thank you)
and scored one of these  ...

 

Love it mate, what did you paint the floor with? can you get it in other colours? and how much did you use? and approx cost?   

OK, I've been inspired to try and bring this thread up to date, so ...
 
The door light never worked when I opened the drivers door, and the warning module always shows it as open. So first place I went to was the switch for door open/close at the door frame and sure enough ...
 

 
it had been disconnected and out it fell!

For some reason the power wire for it (brown/red) had been 'robbed' for something else ... I'm thinking alarm system but its all messy and a bit wierd (?) ... see the red/brown has been cut and sent out as black aftermarket for something else ...

 
So out came my gear ...

 
and I reinstalled the switch back to the original harness' red/brown power ...

 
Good news is my cabin light works ...
 
 
... but the warning module still doesn't 'see' the door .

I have since been informed that I need to go inside the door, and sort the micro switch at the latch, still yet to be done.