Catching up with Dad.

Recently we went and caught up with Dad, (Neil as most Auto Industry people know him) I'm asked regularly about how he's doing and I hadn't seen him for quite a while so it was great to see him again. As you can see he's fit and well and really enjoying being back farming in Northern Southland again and he sends his best wishes to all his friends and former customers back in Auckland.

We all had a great time visiting on the farm, driving trucks, tractors, quad-bikes (especially the grand kids) baling hay etc... It was great to get the original Final Touch team back together for a few days; Meanwhile the team in Auckland were doing a great job of working hard and looking after our customers.

I couldn't resist another Mustang Photo.

This was a car that I was privileged to work on as a result of the 'Auckland All Ford Day' I was just repairing Stonechips and it came up really well. The owner was really pleased with the job. I left the site in love with the car, An 05 GT 500 Elanor. These new mustangs will just about turn this Mopar man to a ford fanatic.

Beach Hop Fame

Well maybe that sounds flasher than reality but we made the Beach Hop Pictorial for Beach Hop 2009. Admitedly it's a small photo tucked away at the back on page 68 but check your copy and there's Grant and Gordon showcasing the best Meguiars products on Jude Habib's 64 Mustang.

Stoked.

This was the mustang just as we were getting underway, the photo from the Pictorial was taken later on.

We had a lot of fun at the Beach Hop this year, it seems like ages ago now, just like summer seems like ages ago but we had a really productive time working with Meguiars again to ensure that the public was able to see the best products being used properly to get great results on great classic cars.

This car polished up beautifully, even I was impressed by the reflections that showed in the finished result.

This Roadster was pretty nice and another one that we polished up, the brightwork came up beautifully.

I can't help it, my favourite vehicle from the weekend was this Super Snake, it seems almost sacreligious considering the weekend's focus but I've fallen for the new generation Mustangs bigtime. They've managed to merge the best of the old mustangs with a totally modern look and feel and they don't come any better than this one.

I'm looking forward to Beach Hop 2010 already.