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8 Thursday <strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />
HOME & HEATING<br />
Keep cosy with<br />
RD Petroleum<br />
this winter<br />
DEDICATED: Ross Stubley, of Avondale, with his Ford Capri soft top.<br />
Ford fans put their<br />
ponies on show<br />
• By John Cosgrove<br />
BETTING ON the odds<br />
of it not raining in spite of<br />
the forecast, Ross Stubley<br />
of Avondale, chanced the<br />
weather by taking his Ford<br />
Capri soft top out for a run<br />
to a Ford event at Leithfield<br />
on Sunday.<br />
Stubley said like many,<br />
his passion for Fords began<br />
at an early age.<br />
“I started off with Ford<br />
cars, buying EB Falcons<br />
and Fairlanes, and yeah,<br />
I’ve got a few now, I just<br />
like the smoothness of<br />
them and the way they<br />
look,” Stubley said.<br />
Nearly 200 Fords of<br />
all ages and descriptions<br />
turned out to show off<br />
their lines, curves, engines<br />
and pedigrees.<br />
Even though they were<br />
built in Australia, England,<br />
Germany and of course<br />
Detroit, who could not<br />
fail to see the passion in<br />
the eyes and voices of the<br />
hundreds of owners and<br />
enthusiasts who turned<br />
up for the Ford day at<br />
the Waimak Classic Cars<br />
museum.<br />
There were Falcons old<br />
and new, Fairlanes, Mustangs<br />
from both centuries,<br />
Capris, Thunderbirds,<br />
Cortinas, Escorts, Zephyrs<br />
and more.<br />
Chris Ash, 70, of Parklands,<br />
turned up with his<br />
2021 5-litre Mach Mustang<br />
and said he had grown up<br />
with early Ford coupes.<br />
“As a young fella I grew<br />
up with all the earlier 39<br />
Ford coupes. I saw the earlier<br />
Mach 1 models back in<br />
the 70s and I thought: ‘Gee<br />
look at that.’<br />
“I thought I would never<br />
own one until I got to<br />
a stage when I can now<br />
afford one and thought I<br />
might get an old one, but I<br />
bought this 21 model Mustang<br />
because Fords don’t<br />
break down,” Ash said.<br />
Greg Herrett of Linwood<br />
said he has always just<br />
POWER: Chrisopher Ash, of Parklands, with<br />
his 5-litre 2021 Mach Mustang. (Below) – Greg<br />
Herrett, of Linwood, with his Falcon AU.<br />
PHOTOS: JOHN COSGROVE<br />
liked them.<br />
“Over time, just the way<br />
they’ve been performed,<br />
and enhanced, and you<br />
can’t go wrong,” he said.<br />
Standing beside his<br />
immaculate 66 Mustang<br />
coupe, Rick Paulsen, said<br />
he had been a Ford fan all<br />
his life, owning many over<br />
the years, from Escorts to<br />
Mustangs.<br />
“I’ve been a blue oval<br />
man through and through<br />
for all my life. My dad had<br />
Falcons, and the reason I<br />
own a 66 coupe like this one<br />
was because my uncle had<br />
one when I was six years old,<br />
and I said one day, I’m going<br />
to own one and now I do,”<br />
Paulsen said.<br />
Waimak Classic Cars<br />
spokesperson Sally Lane<br />
said it was an honour for<br />
them to host the event.<br />
“We were holding the<br />
Ford event for all the Ford<br />
lovers, drivers, dreamers<br />
and owners.<br />
“There was a very good<br />
vibe there and we had the<br />
Mustang club here as well<br />
as the hot rod club turn<br />
up and compete for a wide<br />
variety of prizes for best in<br />
show,” she said.<br />
Many Ford fans said<br />
they had been born into<br />
Ford families.<br />
Bruce McCormick of<br />
Harewood, said he had<br />
followed in his father’s<br />
footsteps and had a lifelong<br />
passion for early Fords.<br />
“My father had 46, 48<br />
sedans, and I have a 37<br />
Ford V8 sedan and a 37<br />
club ute, I just love them,”<br />
he said.<br />
RD Petroleum (RDP) is a familiar sight<br />
for farm and rural residents around the<br />
Canterbury region, however now days urban<br />
residents also enjoy the same excellent<br />
customer service for which RDP is known for<br />
in rural communities, through their home<br />
heating diesel.<br />
RDP began its home heating diesel delivery<br />
service to the lower South Island’s main urban<br />
centres of Christchurch, Timaru, Dunedin<br />
and Invercargill a number of years ago.<br />
Customer demand has continued to increase<br />
year upon year, and RDP has responded<br />
with specialised improvements to its delivery<br />
equipment.<br />
The trucks that deliver RDP’s home heating<br />
diesel in each urban centre are drawn from<br />
the company’s extensive vehicle fleet. This<br />
means they have the latest communication<br />
and GPS tracking technology on board, so<br />
the operations team always know where they<br />
are and how far away they are from their next<br />
delivery stop.<br />
RDP’s home heating diesel trucks come<br />
equipped with a specially-designed hose,<br />
through which the diesel is pumped from<br />
the truck into house tanks. The length of<br />
the hose allows the trucks to access tanks<br />
without having to enter the property, avoiding<br />
damaging the driveway. RDP is the place to<br />
go if you require diesel conveniently delivered<br />
to your home and as a loyal RDP customer<br />
you’re offered discounted pricing and can<br />
become eligible for value-added benefits.<br />
For all enquiries please phone<br />
0800 44 00 14, or visit the RDP website at<br />
https://www.rdp.co.nz/home-heating or<br />
signup at apply.rdp.co.nz/home-heating
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