{"id":5733,"date":"2017-04-12T02:55:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T16:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/news\/ant-midson-austin-a40-gasser-michelle-lynch-dorris-the-morris-at-dotd-video"},"modified":"2023-08-15T00:37:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T14:37:06","slug":"ant-midson-austin-a40-gasser-michelle-lynch-dorris-the-morris-at-dotd-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/tv\/ant-midson-austin-a40-gasser-michelle-lynch-dorris-the-morris-at-dotd-video","title":{"rendered":"ANT MIDSON\u2019S AUSTIN A40 GASSER & MICHELLE LYNCH’S MORRIS AT DOTD – VIDEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DAY Of The Drags 2017 was a bittersweet occasion for family and friends of the late Scott Ribbons. It was the first time back at the track for their cars – the Wat Da? Austin and Dorris The Morris – which have been shed-bound since Scott’s tragic passing from a heart attack last November.<\/p>\n

$\"Austin$ <\/span>With Scott’s partner Michelle Lynch behind the wheel of her Morris Minor, and his mate Ant Midson peddling the Austin A40 they used to campaign together, a minute’s silence was held for Scott before the cars hit the strip at Day Of The Drags.<\/p>\n

$\"Dorris$ <\/span>As you may recall, Scott Ribbons was the legend that restored Ron Keegan’s classic FJ ute<\/a> to its former glory and had it on the Street Machine<\/em> stand at MotorEx 2015.<\/p>\n

$\"Dorris$ <\/span>He was also a great contributor to Australia’s nostalgia drag scene, as evidenced by the Austin and the Morris, which both run 186ci Holdens and are set up for fun.<\/p>\n

$\"Dorris$ <\/span>Ant used the occasion of Day of The Drags to reflect on the times him and “Scoot” had with the A40, from the crazy three-week build to get it running for a Nostalgia Drags meeting in Sydney, to its dragon-slayer moment at the Six-Banger Nats at Warwick.<\/p>\n

$\"Austin$ <\/span>“We call it Steve Austin, the Six-Million Dollar car, because it cost nothing to build,” Ant said. “We’ve gotten around a bit with it. We took it up to Warwick and ran it in the Six Banger Nationals and actually came home with a trophy, so that was quite funny. Y’know, thousands of dollars’ worth of cars and here’s old Steve Austin showing them up, so it was a good story.”<\/p>\n

$\"Austin$ <\/span>Even if you never knew Scott, the car will tell you he had a wicked sense of humour. From the port barrel converted into a radiator catch can to the burnt Jim Beam and Coke can used as a coil cover to the 50-year-old au naturale patina – the Austin has got character leaking from every gasket.<\/p>\n

$\"Austin$ <\/span>“We came out today to campaign the cars again in Scott’s memory and hopefully we’ve done him proud,” said Ant.<\/p>\n