By Lewis Kwarcianyi
AFTER reading about Ian and Judy Hall in our August 6 edition (“Bright Sparks” feature), Maleny resident Doug Benjafield, contacted the Glass House Mountains based business to install one of their RearView170 systems to his 1928 Model A Ford Roadster.
Doug explained he is a member of the Blackall Range Horseless Carriage Club, based at the Maleny Historical Village, and said most vintage cars don’t have a reversing camera, which can be a safety hazard, especially when reversing out of the Maleny main street. Doug said “I hate that carpark, so the 170-degree wide angle of the RearView170 camera is great.
100 years ago people weren’t concerned about what’s behind them, but nowadays it’s very important”. The solar powered wireless system is a convenient and cost effective solution for vintage cars, however, Ian Hall explained that they needed to enlist the services of Scott from Mountain View Auto Electrics to install a cigarette socket to power the camera monitor because “Henry Ford purposely did not fit. Cig. sockets to his cars because he believed that smoking is a health hazard”.
Ian and Judy Hall are the local entrepreneurs behind the innovative system, and the couple welcome interested customers to have an in person demonstration at their house in Glass House Mountains. Call 5438 7750
