One owner FB wagon driven by 100 year old bloke

oldnek · Post by **oldnek** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 10:55 pm

I hope thats not a speeding ticket hes holding, he doesn't appear to be to happy.

Or he may be thinking! "If this bloke asks me if I want to sell it" I'll punch him in the nose.

Lindsey, your definitely legend status mate, Keep on Holden On

Sputzwagon · Post by **Sputzwagon** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 10:58 pm

Harko wrote:
Christ you dont want much do ya .

He'll probably out last US Harko!

Scotty.

V8EK4us · Post by **V8EK4us** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 11:45 pm

Excellent story Richard...

If you happen to see Lindsey again shake his hand for me...what a true legend, I could only wish that I will be able to still drive at 100 years of age let alone have the same car for 50 years

unbelievable, well done Lindsey!

retro-richard · Post by **retro-richard** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 6:28 am

Thanks guys for the nice comments about Lindsey, when i see him next time i will let him know he has some fans on the forum (will also have to explain to him what a internet forum is). He bought the car from a country dealership it has done 135000 miles he gets it serviced by a local mechanic ,he was a bit upset that the mechanic couldnt fix his horn and bypassed it to a push switch instead,He knows that his driving days are almost over and wants the car to stay in the family a nephew is interested

dave68 · Post by **dave68** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:41 am

Hey does he need a horn ring to fix his bus, I have one that he can have for free.

WINDOWLESS_61 · Post by **WINDOWLESS_61** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:29 pm

What a great story. Same car for fifty years, i doubt if a current 2010 holden will be in the same situation in fifty years still registered let alone with the same owner.
He kind of reminds me of my grandfather with his ek van that was left to me.

With the upcoming Nationals celebrating fifty years of the release of the FB and Lindsey having his FB for fifty years wouldn't it be great to see him and his car at the Nationals.

Stories like these are rare.
Maybe you S.A. guys could give him an invite and have him cruise over with you. Now that would be

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:06 pm

vmx-mxr · Post by **vmx-mxr** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:16 pm

Great story !!!

Lindsay is amazing - I reckon you guys should offer him a full detail of the old girl so he can enjoy whatever time he has with his faithful old FB.....

Dave Mac

EKjimmy · Post by **EKjimmy** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 11:07 pm

If his local mechanic can service it it's a wonder why he can't fix the horn

Good on him, that's awesome!
I hope I live that long, another 81 years of cars-might even try to keep one for that long

Jimmy

FB MAD · Post by **FB MAD** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:45 am

WINDOWLESS_61 wrote:What a great story. Same car for fifty years, i doubt if a current 2010 holden will be in the same situation in fifty years still registered let alone with the same owner.
He kind of reminds me of my grandfather with his ek van that was left to me.

With the upcoming Nationals celebrating fifty years of the release of the FB and Lindsey having his FB for fifty years wouldn't it be great to see him and his car at the Nationals.
Stories like these are rare.
Maybe you S.A. guys could give him an invite and have him cruise over with you. Now that would be

Now getting Lindsey and his wagon to the Nationals to celebrate 50 years of the FB and Lindsey's 100 years not out would definately be one thing I would be very happy to see

.

I reckon he would be swamped with fans and well wishers

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:50 am

EKjimmy wrote:If his local mechanic can service it it's a wonder why he can't fix the horn

Not necessarily, my horn is in a similar situation. I've had an auto elec look at it and short of putting in a seperate button it won't work. Mainly a bad earth in the column somewhere. We've had two goes so far and still no luck.... thankfully its a mate so time is cheap!

vmx-mxr · Post by **vmx-mxr** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 10:42 am

With the utmost respect to the elderly gent it's ironic that he was born pre WW1 when the horns were a simple bulb type that never stuffed up and he has lived long enough to see life and it's attendant gadgets become so complex - no wonder he isn't happy the horn isn't working !!!

Can someone with some idea go give him a hand - surely someone can?

Dave Mac

retro-richard · Post by **retro-richard** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:49 pm

Yeah it would be good if he could go to the nationals . but i cant see it happening he got invited to our club 50th birthday show in shine for the FB and didnt show up, all i can do is keep in touch with him and see if he wants to go out on local cruises even as a passenger.

lulu · Post by **lulu** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 6:31 pm

That is awesome!!!

element5au · Post by **element5au** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:40 pm

Was an Honor to go met Lindsay and got to see his old run about, Was cool to hear he drove into the city markets....i don't like driving in the city....tooo much traffic.