HOMEBUILT ELITE

GOT a bit of a story for you. I have been a spray painter for 20 years, always owned 4x4s and fished. I caught my holy grail, a 34kg jew, on 11 October 2016, and on that day one year later I drove past a rusty HR wagon. I did a U-turn and offered $1000. Turns out the car had been restored and then sat out the front for 10 years.

I started the restoration aiming to sell it and make some money. Like most things, I always try to do my best with what I have. I live two streets back from the main street of Riverstone, NSW, and don’t have a shed, so I bought a $200 gazebo to keep the wagon dry. I got it sandblasted and I cut the rust out, repaired and painted it, went right over it. I had Hy-tone Trimming do the trim. It took just over a year start-to-finish and cost a bit over $10K.

I’d never been to Summernats, so what a good chance to go, I thought. Well, the wagon got in the Elite Top 60, which I couldn’t believe, and then got the Elite Top Station Wagon, so I’m kinda rapt.

There is a lot more to the story, but that’s some of it. Thanks for reading.