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a live music venue on Marine Parade, where NSRA members’ areas will be available so you can enjoy the evening with fellow rodders or locals if you prefer. After all that you will need to chill out, once you’ve polished your car of course, at the Sunday Show and Shine. Trophies will be up for grabs and Harbour Radio and Rockin 247 will be teaming up to provide Rock and Roll music over the FM airways (104.7) throughout both days. Weekend admission is free to all pre-entered NSRA members, with nonmembers charged £5 per vehicle. Sunday show day admission is £5 per vehicle for one and all (strictly pre-’72 rods, customs and American cars only). If you’re making a weekend of it there are plenty of hotels, B&Bs and campsites in the locale, but as it’s likely to get busy early booking is advised. www.nsra.org.uk
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John Rowley Long-standing hot rodder John Rowley passed away at the end of March. John was proper old school, very clever and mechanically talented. He was also an all-round good bloke and a true salt of the earth. Best known for the Austin Dorset he built a good few years ago, John will be missed by many but fond memories of him will live on. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends. RIP John.
Craig Breedlove NORMAN CRAIG BREEDLOVE SENIOR, the first person to surpass speeds of faster than the 400, 500 and 600 mph speed marks, has died peacefully aged 86. His hunt for speed began in 1955 when aged 18 he rebuilt a ’34 coupe and ran 152.80mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Progressing to jet power Breedlove went on to become a five-time World Record setter. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends. RIP Craig.
Celebr ating 74 years
Pete Edwards STALWART OF THE NORTHERN HOT ROD SCENE and a true gentleman, Pete Edwards has passed away. Nothing was ever too much trouble for Pete and he would always go out of his way to help, whether that be as part of the NHRC or NSRA Blue Crew, or simply as a friend. Pete will be remembered for always smiling and laughing, along with his love of a cuppa. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends. RIP Pete.
Steve Bird STEVE BIRD HAS PASSED AWAY peacefully following an 18-month battle with brain cancer. Steve will be fondly remembered for many things, most notably his blown ’32 Ford pick-up that graced the cover of the February ’05 issue, the miles he covered and the speeds at which he drove it, his willingness to help others and, of course, his colourful language. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends. RIP Steve.
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News & reviews displaying the car as part of last year’s NSRA 50th anniversary but it was not to be. Alan’s T Party is on Sunday 2 July at Stoke Prior Sports and Country Club, Weston Hall Road, Stoke Prior B60 4AL. It will run from 10 am to 4 pm and everyone is welcome with or without a hot rod. Even pets are invited, with the aim of the day being to celebrate Alan’s life and his love of his Model T, raising money for Prostrate Cancer UK along the way. Entertainment for all, including children, will be on offer, and food and drink vendors will be on site. Admission is just £5 per car with all monies raised going to charity. If you can’t attend on the day you can donate to this worthy cause in memory of Alan via the Alan’s T Party JustGiving page. www.justgiving.com/page/alanstparty
DRAG SEEN MAGAZINE IS PUBLISHED ANNUALLY and features technicolour photos of smokin’ burnouts along with all manner of trackside action shots. Published by Paul Martin, with contributions from Niamh Smith, Julian Hunt, Eyeball Mike and Dan Podobinski, the A5 publication is printed on 130gsm stock with a 300gsm cover. All profits from Drag Seen are donated to Cancer Research UK and the 3 issues published to date have all sold out. You can still keep your eye out for future publications though by signing up for updates and the latest newsletter. The latest issue, #3, raised £530.40 for charity. Nice one guys. www.dragseen.com
Breakfast Bombers
PRESENTED BY BOMBER COUNTY CLASSICS, the Classic Car Breakfast Meets at Kirton Linday Garden Centre (Jack’s Patch), near Gainsborough run from 10 am to noon. Held on the second Saturday of the month from May through to October, the postcode to head for is DN21 4JR.
Super support OVER RECENT YEARS one of the most entertaining ranks of racers has been provided by the UK Nostalgia Superstock Association. NSS promises to be even bigger and better this year thanks to great suppport, with the main class sponsor being Lite-Steer Ltd. It doesn’t stop there though as the class is also sponsored by Axtra Ltd, Billadeau Speed & Automotive, Two Gun Salute, F Goodale Speed Shop, Bob Main Racing, RBT Speed Shop, Superbird Racing, VFM Auto Sales, The Watts Shop, Isle of Cider, Team Thompson Racing, Bad Habit Racing, Chandler Racing, Trak Stuff and Craig Ainge. Thanks to all the above for supporting this amazing race class.
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Alan’s T Party
ALAN’S T PARTY will be a memorial to the late Alan Spittle and a celebration of his much loved Ford Model T turning 100 years old. Alan imported the T in the late ‘70s and rebuilt it a number of times since then. He was so looking forward to
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complimentary food and soft drinks on offer to the driver. There will be trophies and prizes, and more besides. The address to head for is The Hicking Building, Nottingham NG2 3AS. www.hootersnottingham.co.uk
HOOTERS OF NOTTINGHAM ARE HOSTING a couple of American Car Sundays and you may just be in time to catch the first on 14 May, with the second being on 6 August. As the name suggests, all American cars and trucks are welcome with
THE WALLY PARKS NHRA MOTORSPORTS MUSEUM has announced its two 2023 Hot Rod Reunion events will relaunch as the Wally Parks NHRA Nostalgia Nationals. ‘Big Daddy’ Don Garlits will serve as Grand Marshal at the Beech Bend Raceway event in June, and Don ‘The Snake’ Prudhomme will be the Grand Marshal at the Famoso Dragstrip October meet. www.nhra.com
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Something for the weekend? music from The Rockin Deltones, a licensed bar, food and even bingo.
Truck stop Presented by C/10 Club UK, The American Truck Nationals takes place on Sunday 11 June. The venue is a rural village setting in the grounds of The Rose Inn in Shotley, near Ipswich, Suffolk. Show vehicle entry is free and, as the name suggests, 2 CUSTOMtrucks CAR MARCH 2023 American of all makes and models are welcome. Facebook: American Truck Nationals UK
Eyes down Also on 11 June is the Hot Rods & Harleys Car and Bike Show presented by Bridge County Cruisers CC. It takes place at Willows Social Club on Holderness Road, Hull HU8 9AN. Entry is free and along with the show vehicles, there will be a pinstriping artist, live
Fest your eyes Brands Hatch will once again be providing the backdrop for American Speedfest. The dates are 17-18 June and, as this will be the tenth staging of the event, the line-up promises to be the best yet. Topping the bill is the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, whilst other highlights include Legends Cars, Pickup Truck Championship and a special Corvette anniversary race. Off-track attractions will include plenty of US-flavoured fun and Speedfest’s biggestever American car displays. Adult weekend admission prices start at £45, with day tickets being priced from £25 for Saturday and £30 for Sunday. www.brandshatch.co.uk
takes place on 17-18 June at Kings Farm, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 3PJ. A multitude of attractions is on offer including live music, lawn mower racing, stunt shows and, of course, show vehicles. Festival of Wheels is at Trinity Park, Ipswich on 6-8 August. Again there will be show vehicles, this time supported by Lowriders and race vehicle displays, circus acts, wrestling and so much more. www.motorshowevents.com
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Dad’s treat Beaulieu’s Custom and American Show takes place on Father’s Day, Sunday 18 June. The show promises a family-friendly day of retro fun within the grounds of the National Motor Museum. Support acts to the show organised by Solent Renegades include live music, face painting and a Father’s Day
A nice pair Motor Show Events is offering a couple of great family events in the coming months. MotorFest
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Tempting Carrot STONHAM BARNS IN SUFFOLK plays host to the Carrot Town Garage American Car Show on 22-23 July. Yup, this year the show is a two-day event offering everything American including famous movie cars provided by Motion Picture Motors. Saturday offers live music day and night, with more of the same on Sunday. Food and drink outlets
Host by the Cannibals Car Club – UK, the 5th Hot Rod Hop will take place on 25-28 August at Scald End Farm in Thurleigh, Beds. This old-school-style rod run offers plenty of fun and games, with all proceeds going to charity. Understandably due to rising costs, the Cannibals has had to increase admission charges for this weekend but even so, £55 per person (plus booking fee) is still great value for money. That gives you 4 days of fun from Friday through to Monday including 3 nights camping, and under 17s are admitted free if booked with a paying adult. Tickets are limited and, to put it simply, no ticket – no entry. Book via the link on the Cannibals Car Club – UK Facebook page
will be on hand and camping is available. Additional onsite attractions include an owl and bird of prey centre, pirate adventure and ninehole golf courses and vintage dodgem rides. www.stonhambarns.co.uk
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THE NORTH YORKSHIRE CUSTOM SHOW will be staged at Paul Priest’s Field, Northallerton DL7 9LG on Saturday 3 June. Hot Rods, American cars, trucks and bikes are welcome and live music is on offer. Camping is also available. Facebook: North Yorkshire Custom Show
A key appeal IF YOU ATTENDED ANY EVENT AT MELBOURNE RACEWAY LAST YEAR you may well have come across Oscar. A big drag racing fan, Oscar suffers with Muscular Dystrophy, Autism, Sensory processing disorder and severe learning difficulties, yet always has the biggest smile on his face. Oscar also loves to collect keys and to help him out with that the NSRA is organising a collection of old keys at this year’s Hot Rod Supernationals. Empty your drawers, feel behind the cushions on your sofa and bring along any keys you find and drop them in one of the collection buckets at Old Warden in August.
Ups and downs
THE SYWELL CLASSIC: PISTONS & PROPS offers a mix of live action on the Racing Runway and Sprint Strip, static exhibits and breath-taking aerial displays. The piston side of things is provided by Formula 1 cars, hot rods and motorcycles,
whilst added attractions include a vintage fun fair, a shopping village and so much more including Gladness – a Madness tribute act. It all takes place at Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshire over the weekend of 2324 September. www.sywellclassic.co.uk
Island nights
HOT RODS, AMERICAN CARS AND CUSTOMS are all welcome to Hayling Island, Hampshire from 6 pm on the first Tuesday of the month through to October. Presented by the G-Man, Hayling Hotrods at the Beach provides a great way to spend an evening with like-minded souls. Glenn: 07889 710189
Krazy nights
KRAZY HORSE LATE NIGHTS IN BURY ST EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK offer a BBQ, bands, cafe and bar. The gatherings happen on the first Thursday of the month from now through to October at Empire House IP32 6NU.
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FANCY TAKING IN A ROD RUN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CHANNEL? If so, the French Rod Nats on 16-18 June may be just what you’re looking for. If you fancy it you’ll have to act quickly though as registration closes on Monday 15 May. Facebook: FSRA
Lincoln bound
THE NATIONAL HOT ROD, CUSTOM AND AMERICAN CAR SHOW, previously staged at Peterborough Arena, is relocating to Lincolnshire Showground this year, the dates being 22-23 July. The format remains pretty much the same with live music throughout both days, along with a variety of burlesque and comedy acts. Ultimately it’s all about the cars though, of course, on display both indoors and outside. Camping is available and tickets allow access to the Ink & Oil Tattoo Convention and the Modified Nationals. www.hotrodandcustomshow.co.uk
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This Spring Bank Holiday sees the first round of prestigious FIA European Drag Racing return to Santa Pod over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend. Topping the bill will be the famous Top Fuel Dragsters and Nitro Funny Cars, with a strong lineup of sportsman classes. Throw in some flame throwing Jet Cars and this really will be a showstopper. Witness side-by-side racing from Motorsport UK’s Pro Mod class, running up to 250mph in less than 6 seconds! With a huge off-track line up including a free festival circus and the Wall of Death, make sure you catch these shows for the ultimate off-track thrill. Our famed Live Action Arena plays host to stunt extraordinaries showing off their skills with World Record Holder Terry Grant in his array of cars, plus freestyle motorcycle stunt rider Lee Bowers. Broke FMX will be taking to the skies with their jaw-dropping motorcross display, and finishing off the show
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ne day in 2016, Graham Solomon was pottering in his front garden when he heard the unmistakeable rumble of a V8. It might not have been mistakeable to everyone who potters in their garden (we know of somebody who thought their neighbour was mowing his lawn when it was in fact the sound of a Lamborghini warming up), but Graham is a man who knows a V8 when he hears one. ‘I first got interested in “different” cars back in the early 70s in Ipswich, where I was living, as there were lots of American cars driving around due to the air bases in the area,’ he explains. ‘But for me, after passing my driving test it was to be Dad’s Vauxhall Viva HC – a car I bought off him and kept until it rusted away in the mid-90s.’ There wasn’t much ‘different’ about a Viva back then, except perhaps that his one lasted so long. But Graham was keeping his eye in. ‘I used to buy all the mags back in the day – Custom Car, Hot Car, Street Machine etc. And I used to go to Santa Pod with my brother in law Bob quite a lot.’ So when he heard that V8 rumble, it immediately had his full attention. ‘I looked up and a purple Ford Pop came in to view,’ he remembers. But it’s what happened next that made that day in 2016 into such a very special one. ‘Much to my surprise, it pulled into my driveway! And then to my even greater surprise, out jumped Bob. He was home on holiday from abroad, where he was working, and had just bought the car from a dealer near Chelmsford.’
Halcyon Days
Bob wasn’t there just to show off his new toy. He remembered those halcyon days at the Pod too. And his by now ex brother in law was part of his plan. ‘It was great fun driving around in a hot rod for the first time as a passenger,’ says Graham. ‘But when he was due to go back abroad, he asked me: “If I put you on the insurance, would you drive it round the block now and again?” ‘Obviously, I needed time to think it over. About one millisecond was enough…’ That was good, but it got better. ‘Later, he said it was fine for me to take it to a few local meets. So we started going to Great Yarmouth and meeting up with the East Coast Pirates on the sea front. The car created a lot of interest, as it was the Pop built by Edd China for the TV programme Wheeler Dealers.’ Not a bad little nugget
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The 3528cc Rover V8 runs a Holley 390 carb, Mallory distributor and MSD Street Fire Ignition Control, as well as stainless headers and side pipes – which are very smoothly integrated into the running boards to keep them nice and subtle
Features inside the cabin include modern Mini seats, Omega Kustom instruments, a GPS speedo and a B+M shifter for the Borg-Warner 35 box. The radio is from Graham’s first ever car, a Vauxhall Viva HC which he bought from his dad and nursed into the 1990s before rust finally claimed it
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of provenance to drop in at the end, that… though we have no doubt that people would have loved it anyway, TV star or not. But all good things come to an end. ‘Now retired, Bob moved back to the UK and reclaimed his car. So we were left with a Pop-shaped hole in our lives.’ Now, here’s where the year 2016 comes back into the story. That was when Karl Bell finished work on a 1956 Ford 103e Popular of his own, built on a Charlie Pop chassis and powered by a Rover V8 running a Borg-Warner 35. It went on to be owned by first Derek Cope and then Paul May, both of whom did more to it – though Graham says that by the time it came up for sale at St Andrews Autos in Chelmsford, coincidentally the same place Bob’s car had come from, it had never actually been on the road. Graham was just the man to put that right. Well, first he had to buy it, but with that minor formality taken care of he and his wife Bridget were no longer Popless.
Halcyon Days
As we’ve just mentioned, what he got was a 1956 Ford 103e packing a Rover V8. The venerable 3528cc Buick lump is not exactly
‘Bob moved back to the UK and reclaimed his car. So we were left with a Pop-shaped hole in our lives’ the liveliest thing in the world in standard form, but it’s known for its tuneability and with a Holley 390 carb, Mallory distributor, MSD Street Fire Ignition Control, stainless steel headers and side-exit exhaust, this one’s a fine example of that. Behind it, the Borg-Warner 35 runs a B+M Quicksilver ratchet shifter. This version of the ubiquitous auto box originally ran without an external oil cooler, but with a V8 on its case Karl drilled his to take one. The back axle is a narrowed Volvo 240, while up front Ford Cortina Mk3 hubs have been drilled out to the 5-stud Ford pattern. Disc brakes are fitted all round, and the whole lot is hung on a chassis whose front and rear ends were custom made by Charlie Pop. Said rear end runs a rose-jointed four-link set-up, with Gaz coilovers taking the strain all round. Charlie Pop also fitted the vehicle’s body, which is almost all steel – only the rear wings
are made of fibreglass. Talking of glass, the side windows have been properly smoked, not tinted with film. The devil is in the detail. Talking of details, there’s a lovely touch inside the cabin. Mounted ahead of that B+M shifter is a Radiomobile MW/LW period radio. And not just any old Radiomobile period radio, either – it’s only the actual one from the old Viva that was Graham’s first ever car. ‘Ideal for Radio Caroline on 648khz, plug plug!’ Elsewhere inside the Pop is a pair of seats from a Mini (a modern one, not the Issigonis original), along with a set of instruments from Omega Kustom, a GPS speedo and, where you might fondly have imagined there would be a rear bench, a flip-up lid for the battery and kill switch.
Sensible Range
The same can be said of the boot, which houses a 10-gallon alloy fuel tank. This
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allows a sensible cruising range, or a less sensible having fun range. ‘The car drives really well,’ says Graham. ‘It tracks nice and straight, keeps up with traffic and returns about 20mpg if a light right foot is used. If not, this drops to about 15mpg.’ We suspect that might happen every now and again… ‘We are the first to have it on the road and so far have racked up about 1500 miles,’ Graham continues. ‘We meet up with the East Coast Pirates at the Joyland American Diner in Great Yarmouth a couple of times a month and have done a couple of the Knuckle Busters meets at Stonham Barns, where we were interviewed by John Price!
Those tyres are 165/80R15 Toyos at the front and 255/70R15 Hercules at the back. That paint is Audi Beryl Green. And that body was fitted by Charlie Pop; it’s almost all steel, with just the rear wings being made of ‘glass
‘We also did the Sizewell Classic Vehicle show in 2022 and much to our surprise we won the public vote for “Vehicle I would like to take home.” People seem to really like this Pop and we get plenty of comments wherever we take her. They love the colour, the paint quality and also the fact that it has not been messed about with too much.’ Since you asked, the paint in question is Beryl Green. Sounds like a character from a Carry On movie, but in fact it’s an Audi colour, and it’s been applied beautifully. So now Bob has his Pop, and Graham has his Pop, and you can guess the rest. Graham simply says his plans for the future
are ‘more of the same please – sunny days and car shows, you can’t beat it!’ We can all agree with that. And we suspect that from time to time, if you see this distinctive Pop on display there may well be a very well known purple one parked right beside it.
Thanks “I’d like to thank my wife Bridget, she’s as keen as me to take Beryl out for a spin, to Lee Effeny for his enthusiasm in all matters hot rod, to Alice Fairhead for the ‘photoshoot great fun. And to my old mate Bob for the loan of his Pop which started all this”
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or many people, Wheels Day is as much a part of Easter as a chocolate egg and lasts far longer. This year was up there as one of the best of them and, following days of inclement climates in the run-up to the Bank Holiday weekend, the weather gods were in an agreeable mood on the day itself. Rushmoor Arena was buzzing from the very off, with the sheer volume of traffic descending on the venue at the same time inevitably causing some delays in accessing the site. That was nothing more than a minor inconvenience though and the guys and gals from Surrey Street Rodders and associated helpers did a sterling job keeping things moving, albeit a little slowly at times. Hats
This year was up there as one of the best of them
off to each and every one of them, especially as they put in all that time and effort for free to provide a great day out for everybody – raising a considerable amount of money for charity along the way. Around 1200 vehicles representing all genres of ‘interesting motoring’ were on display and it was immediately evident that the quality was of a very high standard. Spare a thought for the judging panel who really had their work cut out in compiling a list of winners embracing the
broad spectrum of potential candidates. Those winners are pictured here, with the exception of Daryl Mills’ ’76 Cadillac Eldorado (Classic American Pick) and Top Ten winners Adrian Malthouse (Mini Cooper), Becky Mealyer (VW Lupo) and Adam and Paul Stevens and Nathan Dixon (’61 Dennis Fire Engine). We did say the spectrum was broad. John Price and Nitro FM and Radio Caroline’s Rob Ashard kept everyone informed and entertained, and Surrey Street Rodder presented cheques totalling more than £3000 during the day. Everyone we spoke to was in agreement that Wheels Day was a great way to kick off the Easter Weekend and herald the beginning of the 2023 show season. CC
Above left: Fully fendered Deuces are in the minority these days, and this faux patina-finished coupe has more to its wings than most Abobe middle: We showed you the rear of this Tony Theron ‘glass bodied ’32 coupe in our Swap Meet report last month and here’s the front of it Above right: Small block-powered, So-Cal Speed Shop inspired ’32 roadster boasts diamond stitched interior trimming complementing the exterior paintwork
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Above: Chances are when you roll up to a show in the UK in a ’38 Chevy panel, you won’t find yourself parked up to another one
Above: There are furry dice and there are furry dice, and this ’68 El Camino had quite a pair dangling from the rear-view mirror
Above: Rolling on polished American Racing Torq Thrusts, this ’57 Chevy Bel Air has been lowered by two inches and treated to a 350ci ZZ4 V8 and 700R4 transmission
Left: ’36 Chevy Master sedan had a price tag of £35k ono. For that, you get small block Chevy power with less than 1000 miles under its belt and a very apt number plate Right: Driven to the show by Andy Saunders, Maxine Xavier’s candy paint and gold leaf coated ’77 Buick Regal was honoured with a top ten placing by the judges
Unusual choice of paint colour on this ’55 F100 pick-up. The gold ghost flames really worked for me
Left: We came across Elliott and Jane Morris enjoying the sunshine sitting behind their ’53 Ford Zephyr. We featured the small block Chevypowered convertible in the Summer ’19 issue
Left: Sometimes the term ‘in the weeds’ is spot on – as in the case of this ’48 Chevy pick-up, with the sun visor enhancing the look Below left: Not all ’55 Chevys look the same and you pays your money and takes your choice as they say. Whether that be a satin black 2-door lowered over Torq Thrusts… Below: …or a 4-door wagon with patina finish and whitewall tyres
Above: Having only driven the car for a couple of shakedown miles the previous day, Andy Cobb debuted his Model A Gasser and took a Top Ten trophy. The engine is a BluePrint 454ci small block stroker mated to a 6-speed Tremec manual
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Left: Revenge was back at Rushmoor Arena for the second year running. Owner Gerry Gaughan has clocked up many miles in the iconic C-cab over the last 12 months and the restoration is still ongoing Right: Nick McGuigan’s Pro Street Morris Minor van was another of the Top Ten winners. Power comes from a bug catcher bedecked 302ci small block Ford Below: Gator Rat is a small block-powered ’47 Chevy pick-up. Well, at least the cab appears to be – the rest is anyone’s guess
Below: Keeping it in the family were Kieron with his EFI-fuelled GM Performance Ram Jet 350 V8-powered ’37 Ford Humpback…
Above: …and dad Grahame ‘Whiff’ Smith, in his ’39 Ford coupe wearing ’40 Ford front end panels and recently added nerf bars. The rolling stock is Mustang II-based IFS, 12-bolt Chevy rear axle and a small block Chevy
Above: Mustangs of every generation are always well represented at Wheels Day. This ragtop hails from 1967
Above: ’59 Chevy wagon offers plenty of seats for the whole family, along with room for all the camping gear needed for a weekend away at a rod run
Above: More American muscle. This time in the form of a performanceorientated 1970 Plymouth Duster 340 2-door coupe
Above: Whatever your take on the rippled bodywork, there can be no denying that the waterfall grille on a ’46 Chevy pick-up is a thing of beauty
Above: Built by Dave Rothwell and then reworked by Chris Hay, ’39 Hanomag rolls on 18 and 20-inch Detroit steels. Running gear is pirated from an E36 BMW 328i
Right: Another Top Ten gong went the way of Andy Vallis for his ’47 Chevy pick-up, running a 350 / 350 combo, IFS and a Ford rear axle Far right: Richard Day’s smoothed out and Reliant-based Willys pick-up was another recipient of a Top Ten trophy
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Above left: Doug Hill collected a Top Ten award for his ’57 Chevy panel, which sports a 383 stroker under the bonnet. There’s a Mustang 2-based IFS up front and a 9-inch Ford axle at the rear Above right: UK Kustoms selected Andy Murrell’s ’62 Ford Consul as their pick of the day. The car is fitted with an airbag on each corner and runs a 2.9-litre Cologne V6. We ran the full feature in the Winter 2023 issue Right: Yet more muscle was provided by this brace of second generation Dodge Chargers Below: Based on a Factory Five Racing ’33 Ford, this roadster runs a 4.6-litre Mustang V8 and is registered as a Kaiton Mk1 by way of a tribute to the three guys responsible for its existence
Above: We’ve not come across Phil Perry’s Flathead-powered ’34 Ford pick-up in recent times. That won’t be the case soon though as Phil told us he’ll be retiring later this year and will have far more time on his hands
Above: ’71 Plymouth Satellite Sebring Plus runs a 419ci stroker motor with Keith Black pistons and Edelbrock Performer heads. Transmission is a 727 Torqueflite
Below: ’38 Fords are often overlooked as hot rod base vehicles, with many opting for the ’37 or ’39 / ’40 model years instead. This is a standard coupe that retained the ’37 look rather than the heart-shaped grille fitted to DeLuxe models
Left and above: We’re not sure if this is the ex-David Pilsner ’56 Chevy as featured in the April ’97 issue of Super Chevy magazine, or a more recent clone. Either way, the blown big block with twin Demon carbs, roll cage and tubbed rear more than hint it means business. If it’s yours let us know the story Right: It couldn’t have been easy for the guys from the NSRA to make their pick of the day as there was so much to choose from. In the end it went the way of Greg Waters for his Flathead-powered ’32 coupe Pic: Pauline Cox Far right: Mick Harle’s ’50 Matford Woodie graced the cover of the October ’20 issue. Under the bonnet lies a Ford 302ci crate motor with Holley Sniper fuel injection backed up with a TCI C4 auto
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I knew it was a while ago and curiosity got the better of me, so I had to look it up. Amazingly, Mark Grant’s ’32 roadster graced the cover of our May ’06 issue, its Duvall screen and removable hardtop making it stand out from the crowd
Above: Guss ‘Koolridez’ Patel’s original Henry steel 5-window Deuce coupe is a daily driver. Running gear is I-beam front, a narrowed Olds rear axle and a 354 Chrysler Hemi. Unusual headlights are rare 1930 / ‘31 Hispano Suiza Marchal units Left: All alone on top of the hill stood this ’68 Plymouth Road Runner. We can only guess it has too much muscle for everyone else Below: A couple of Pro Street Pops parked one behind the other caught our eye. All we know is that the black one runs a 454ci big block Chevy and was put together at Wrighty’s Hot Rods. Please get in touch if you can help fill in the blanks
Above: Paul Henwood’s Brookville-bodied roadster may well run an I-beam front axle and a 350 / 350 combo, but it’s not all a conventional build recipe. Check out the Ford 9-inch rear axle hanging from a transverse leaf spring for starters
Above: Classic and elegant windin-your-hair motoring. Is there anything sexier than a ’59 Corvette? Loving the colour of this one – Sapphire Blue, we reckon
Above: I do have a thing about Falcons and could have happily driven home in this ’64 coupe
Right: A runner in Nostalgia Super Stock, Lola Cavey’s ’72 Chevy Nova has been upgraded with Hotchkis Pro Touring suspension and rolls on Chip Foose 5-spokes
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Below: Johnnie Ball was there in his chopped and channelled ’31 Model A sedan
Above: Six-pot Flathead-powered ‘40 Pontiac sedan is a former endurance rally car that competed in the Peking to Paris Rally in 2010 and 2013
Above: ’65 Ford Mustang Fastback runs a 302ci V8 topped off with an Edelbrock inlet manifold and 4-barrel Holley carb. The gearbox is a 4-speed Borg Warner T-10 with Hurst shifter
Above: Another Mick Harle build, another CC cover car. The June ’12 issue brought readers the lowdown on this small block Chevy-powered ’36 Ford pick-up Right above: When you start with a van such as the ’74 Ford Econoline, it doesn’t take much to enhance its look. A set of wheels and a couple of porthole windows do the job nicely and even the choice of paint finish is optional Right: Well, it was Wheels Day. This ’77 Lincoln Continental convertible appears to have undergone some major facial surgery since it left the factory. You can decide if that’s for the better or not
Pick of the day was undoubtedly the Best of Show winning ’38 Chevy of Mark Belcher. We’ll be taking an in-depth look at this fuel injected LS-powered coupe in the near future
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Seeing a Hupmobile Model K on the road is already a rare event. When it’s The Gangster, Antonio Lopez’s bagged ’33, for ‘rare’ read ‘once in a lifetime’ Words: Tony Matthews Pictures: Tony and Carmen Matthews
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ormed in 1909, the Hupp Motor Car Company was a star that shone briefly but brightly in the American motor industry of the inter-war years.Building a reputation as a maker of cars that were basic and affordable but very well made. Backed up by one of the first warranties in the business, the Hupmobile 20 started to find homes almost as soon as the company had been founded. Two years later it was followed by the 32, one of the first vehicles anywhere in the world to be built using an all-steel body. Sadly, though, none of the engineerings leading the project thought to patent it. How different today’s automotive landscape might have been but for that oversight… With Ford and Chevrolet selling far more than Hupp could ever hope to, in 1925 the
company’s executives decided to pursue a new strategy. This would see it pursuing a more lucrative market for premium cars, powered by six and eight-cylinder engines as opposed to the four-pots it had previously used. This saw a radical transformation in the company’s design language. The 20 and 32 bore more than a passing resemblance to Ford’s Model T – but for its new Model K, which featured a large wooden frame wrapped in sheet metal, the company hired a young unknown by the name of Raymond Loewy to look after its styling. Loewy, who went on to become famous for his work with Studebaker, had arrived in America in 1919 after serving throughout the war in the French army. At the time of his Hupmobile engagement, he had
just started receiving commissions as an industrial designer; other work at around the same time included a Gestetner duplicating machine and the iconic Sears Coldspot fridge, as well as a range of streamlined ‘torpedo’ locomotives for the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Model K was his first foray into car design – and for Hupp, it was transformative.
Swooping Panels
Nicknamed the ‘Cyclefender,’ the new Hupmobile Model K was an eye-catching sedan whose swooping panels and sky-high waistline became synonymous with 1930s’ America. It ticked every box, but there was a problem. Hupp already had a loyal customer base among people who bought four-cylinder cars; the Model K, however good it might have
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been, was like Vauxhall putting a V8 in the Omega. Which it did, and guess how many people bought one… Abandoning its existing clientele was ultimately to be the mistake that brought down Hupmobile. The company soldiered on until 1939, even buying the tooling for the Cord 810 in a bid to recreate that vehicle’s unique style in a more affordable package, but the damage had been done. Production came to an end a few days before the outbreak of WWII. What this all means is that a late Hupmobile is a very rare thing. Not many were made in the first place; most people know the name, even if it’s only as a result of being forced to read John Betjeman’s poetry at school, but far fewer have ever even seen one. And fewer still have seen one like this. A Hupmobile today is quite the commodity; those that are still in working order tend to
be in the hands of collectors, and none are really suitable for any kind of normal use on our modern roads. But for a few very, very rare exceptions. And this is one of them.
Mob Rule
It’s known as ‘The Gangster.’ You can probably see why. It’s a customised ’33 Model K whose unique body is still recognisable from Loewy’s original design – but now wouldn’t look out of place in the hands of Al Capone or Charles ‘Lucky’ Luciano. Large, powerful and robust, vehicles such as the Model K (which has a massive wheelbase of 121 inches) had everything a mobster could hope for in a car. Their speed made them ideal for getaways; their interior space made them ideal for shootouts; and their massive trunks made them ideal for disposing of corpses, or people who were soon to become one.
The ’28 Cadillac Sedan was a favourite of Al Capone, the Lincoln Continental Mark III and the Ford Model 18 V8 are all classic examples of the gangster style in 1930s’ cars. In fact, organised crime gave birth to some of the original modding, way back before hot rods were invented, with Al Capone famously kitting out his Cadillac with police radios, thick glass to protect his mob from gunfire and cut-out ‘peepholes’ to use when firing upon enemies with their tommy guns. Thankfully, the Gangster is customised for much friendlier activities! It’s owned by California native Antonio Lopez, who purchased the vehicle around 25 years ago in the sort of deal that will make you jealous. ‘I got the Hup for $8000 in a trade for a ’48 Chevy Fleetline,’ he tells us. ‘I kept the car for a few years and during that time we were offered a ’39 Chevy and a ’58 Impala for it.’
You do see Hupmobiles with visors, when you see them at all. This one is definitely not a factory accessory, unless you’re talking about the Gangster Factory. The top-hinged windshield is original spec, though – and with some work on the surround it’ll be looking that way too
Famed designer Raymond Loewy penned the Hupmobile’s stately front end, only to come back a couple of years later with a steeply sloping grille for the ’34 Model K Aerodynamic. The extra driving lamps are ideal for dazzling the Feds at roadblocks; the extravagent horn trumpets are original but look right at home with the car’s new image
That’s got to be one of the coolest hood ornaments of all time. Below it, the level of detail in the Hupmobile badge defies belief
Plenty of stowage room for your own personal arsenal (or for fellow Bad Guys who you’ve just used it to ventilate)
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Inside, it’s largely original. Gangster rather than Gangsta, you might say. No peepholes for tommy guns, though This was an even better deal. So Antonio traded the Hup – on the condition that he and his wife would get have first refusal should its new owner ever decide to sell it in the future. He didn’t have to wait long, because three years later he got the call. The Hup’s owner wanted to sell – and Antonio wasted no time in buying it back. Of course, being more than 70 years old meant the car wasn’t exactly road-friendly. So Antonio and some of his friends put their heads together to see what magic they could create. Antonio’s sons joined in, too – which is where things get interesting, because they have a custom shop called Barn Yard Customs. The first area to address was the outdated parts. Just a few small things were needed, like an engine, drivetrain and suspension, otherwise it wouldn’t be going anywhere anytime soon.
So out came the 228ci straight-six L-head. In its place, Antonio dropped in another six-pot, a Chevy 250ci dating from 1969. Dishing out 155hp in standard form, which is more than half as much again as the original, this was mated to a five-speed tranny from an ’82 Camaro. The wheels it turns are custom 16-inchers shod with Remington whitewalls.
Close To The Ground
You’ll have noticed that the Hup sits low on these. That’s because the semi-elliptical leaf springs that once held it up have been cast into a scrap bin somewhere and replaced by a ’77 Mustang front clip and airbags all round. No 1930s’ mobster ever rode so close to the ground, but even with its entirely peaceful intent the car looks meaner than anything Al Capone ever rode in. Inside, it’s largely original. Gangster rather than Gangsta, you might say. No peepholes
for tommy guns, though. The seat and door trims have been redone, with new mohair skins being applied by California Upholstery, but that apart the only mod here was the addition of a modern sound system mating a Sony head unit and a 100W amp to a Kenwood speaker array and a pair of Bazooka bass tubes. So if you happen to be in Antonio’s neighbourhood one of these days, you’re most likely to hear his coming before you see him… but when you see him, he definitely won’t be keeping a low profile. It could be said that with its lavish lines and huge proportions, not to mention suicide doors already fitted as standard, the Hupmobile Model K was made to be rodded. The only problem being that by and large, it wasn’t made at all. The Gangster may look mean but really it’s just there to be noticed – and being based on such a rarity makes it more noticeable than ever.
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Above: Antonio has detachable fender skirts to make the Hup look more sinister than ever. We didn’t check to see whether they’re bulletproof
Below: Original leaf springs have gone and the Hup now rides on air with a Mustang front clip. Anything other than whitewalls would look like negligence here
Above: California Upholstery was called in to redo the fabrics inside, finishing off the seats and door cards in a very period-feeling beige mohair. You can just about make out the Sony head unit here – it feeds out to the world via a 100W Kenwood amp and twin Bazooka bass tubes
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SoCal Diaries I
Former Custom Car editor Tony Thacker lives in California these days, and this month he’s been enjoying the sound of flatheads…
Brit Jay Dean, owner of Nostalgia Ranch in Fallbrook, California, is an avid racer in the Hop Up Special, his Offenhauser-equipped, flathead-Ford-powered ’25 T. Unfortunately, Jay cracked a cylinder wall in the semi
t seems like only moments ago that we were attending the last and first Flabob Airport Drags, organised by Race of Gentlemen creator Mel Stultz. The December ’22 event was killer, no doubt due to a lot of pent-up desire left over from the pandemic. People wanted to take their rods out and play with them – simple as that. To have another event in less than six months might have been pushing it in the jaded Los Angeles market. But despite some heavy rain just a couple of days prior, the sun shone on Mel and his team. Things were a little different this year with many of the show cars parked outside the main area, a smaller swap meet and very few vendors – but a lot of traditional hot rods racing. Mel said 250 had signed on and I have to think there were probably 200 on site – and they put on an inspiring, non-stop show. Racers came from as far north as Portland, Oregon and Washington State – and in the case of Stefan Immke, all the way from Cologne, Germany. I have to hope this event becomes annual and as we went to press, TROG announced dates for their signature Wildwood, New Jersey event. The beach race that started it all is scheduled for 29 Sept to 1 Oct this year. You can learn more at www.theraceofgentlemen.com.
It doesn’t get much tuffer than the heavily hammered, louvered, Elmer Speed Equipment ’34 3-window powered by a Jimmy-blown Hemi riding on pie crusts and 12-spokes
The boys from Bedlam are a very active car club in Los Angeles and this shiny black ’31 riding on Deuce rails and whitewalls is the property of Alex MacDonald
Old race cars continue to surface and somebody was the lucky finder of this original ’27 T Roadster sitting on an A frame and powered by a set-back Olds just visible under the cowl
This tri-carb’d flathead-powered Deuce Roadster appeared to be another mash up of parts from its DuVall-style split windshield down to its channelled body
This original Navarro-headed, flathead-powered belly tank found in Brooklyn, New York, is owned by TROG creator Mel Stultz. While it ran, it was unsuited to running on a strip and really needed pushing off. Looked cool though
Stefan Immke came all the way from his home in Cologne, Germany to race his rail job prepared by Jay Dean of Nostalgia Ranch. The Offy-quipped flathead is equipped with a very early Hilborn fuel injection unit and won the dragster class
Lots of ladies find the 1/8-mile drags something they can enjoy and here is owner Kim McCullough, Vice-President of Marketing for Jaguar Land Rover. This historic Deuce was last seen at the Grand National Roadster Show
They say you can’t have too much patina, whoever they are, and this ’30-’31 Model A coupe had it in spades from the missing roof down to the checked firewall. Headlight had to be removed for racing
Looking more street or resto rod than yer average TROG racer, this full-fendered ’32 3-window nevertheless smoked the tires and hauled ass when the flag went down
Although seen by many as the ugly duckling of the late-thirties Fords, I’m kinda partial to the ’38 and I particularly like Ford’s treatment of the grille bars
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Shades of the ‘Happy Days’ TV show in the far lane and I believe that was the original roadster pickup up against that Jimmyblown, flathead-powered ’32 5-window from the Thunderbolts Car Club of Sacramento, California
Getting a little smoke from those cross-plys, this ’34 3-window was powered by a 346ci 42 Series Cadillac flathead V8 that had a G for Government designation – as fitted to a lot of WWII tanks, including the British CPT 20
Another lady racer is Stacie Depner who gives it her all in her quad-carb’d, Chevypowered primered Model A Roadster on Deuce rails with whitewalls on chrome reverse rims
A ’30-’31 Model A coupe body on a Deuce frame is not all that unusual. The use of the pressed steel ’32 truck grille is perhaps not so common but here the combo looks good
Scallop-style paint jobs are not something you see every day, especially in this style, but they work on this Hemipowered A-bone featuring pinstriping by the legendary Harpoon
Tom Branch gets off hard in his deeply channelled Deuce Roadster ‘El Dorado’, powered by a rare ’63 304ci Studebaker V8 fitted with an even rarer Spencer intake and four ‘backdraft’ Studebaker Stombergs Those wot know will know the name M&V Automotive who built this Model A roadster pickup back in the sixties. Second owner ‘Hudson’ Joe christened it ‘Hanoi Hustler’ in honor of original owner Ed Woodward, who was drafted to Vietnam in ’63
Lots of neat work on this four-cylinder banger-power T-modified from the punched out aluminium grille insert to the lightened I-beam, the wide-bolt Ford wheels and the traditional scallop paint
Brit Simon Gluckman was racing his chopped ’32 5-window and having a lot more luck and fun than he did at the Mooneyes New Year’s Party. Unfortunately, he did blow the V-belts off his Jimmy-blown 324ci Olds
Right: As featured in Hot Rod Magazine, Troy Ladd, owner of Hollywood Hot Rods, was there racing his Jimmy-blown, Hemi-powered Model A coupe built in about 21 days. With a six-pack of Stromberg 97s, the coupe was hooking up Right below: It’s a 1000-mile haul – each way – from Portland, Oregon to Riverside, California. Nevertheless, Estranged Car Club member Robbie Davis brought his ‘as found’ ex-drag racing ’32 Tudor ‘Bonnie & Clyde’ but was dissuaded from pulling wheelies
I’m partial to T-modifieds and this stunning example powered by a Navarro-equipped flathead was built by Mike Santiago for Paul Reichlin. And I’m loving that ’37 smiley axle and the plated Whippet grille
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Target 200
Kris Henderson spent years on a mission to see it hit 200mph out of a Mk1 Jaguar – while all the while keeping it on the street Words and pictures Tony Thacker
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kies were grey with smog. People were grey with nicotine. Even the cars were grey. In fact, life in fifties’ Britain was pretty grey all round. However, in 1955 a ray of sunshine appeared in the shape of the new Jaguar Mark 1 saloon. This was powered by 2.4 or 3.4-litre twin-cam straight sixes based on the XK120 sports car engine. In 1956, The Motor magazine ran a 3.4 up to 119.8 mph; the car was loved by cops, robbers and racecar drivers such as Sir Stirling Moss, Tommy Sopwith, Roy Salvadori. Mike Hawthorn, too, though tragically he was to die in his. He wasn’t looking for one, but Kris Henderson found his Mk1 in the Oklahoma
City Trader Post in 1987 for a mere $800. Back then, it was powered by a Chevy six and Kris drove it that way until Hot Rod magazine’s ‘Dare to be Different’ campaign inspired him to turn the ‘Jagrolet’ into a street legal race car. His ride at the time was a ’73 Vega wagon powered by a 327/Turbo 400 combo. He quickly pulled this and readied it for install into the Jag along with the Vega’s gauges, shifter and rims. Kris, meanwhile, was teaching high school auto mechanics. And along with his high school friend Ray Nelson, who built dirt track cars, they fabbed a full-tube chassis. Up front, Kris fitted it with salvaged early Mercury Capri struts and a home-made four-link system.
The Jag has had at least ten different engines, not including the original. It first hit 200mph powered by a 572ci big block; the current unit is a 6.0-litre LS with twin 78mm turbos
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Far Left: The Jag panels are hung on a full tubular chassis, which up front supports a custom four-link suspension set-up running salvaged early Mercury Capri struts Left: Built on a very tight budget, the Jag runs a 12-bolt GM rear axle with 4.11 gears which Kris picked up at a swap meet for just $250
Kris was on a tight budget, so pretty much everything was found in salvage yards or at swap meets. For example, the 12-bolt GM rear axle with 4.11 gears was picked up at a swap meet for just $250. In total, Kris built Jaguar gen 1 for a mere $4000 and its best ET was 11.70, or 11.20 on nitrous. In 1994, the 327 was replaced with a 350 which, with N2O, turned a credible 9.89/137 mph. In 2003, Kris drove in the Hot Rod Power Tour from Nashville, TN to Fort Worth, TX and the following year decided to try his hand at land speed racing at Maxton, NC. First time out, with 2.56 rear end gears, he went 159mph and 172 with nitrous. Kris returned to Maxton for several years trying to break 200mph but failed. Determined to break that barrier, he installed twin turbos
and bumped his speed to 182mph. Then, with a 400hp N2O, he went 189mph but melted two pistons.
Close But No Cigar
He wasn’t done yet though, and with the help of his friend Daryl White he built a 572ci Chevy that made 850hp naturally aspirated. That combo went 195 mph at Maxton – close, but still not the magic 200 he was looking for. Then in 2011, Kris participated again in the Hot Rod Power Tour, completing 1100 miles. With a 5.3-litre LS and a single turbo, he turned 11.20s. Unfortunately, Maxton was closed and the ECTA moved its operation to Wilmington, NC. There, with a 150 shot of N2O, the 572 finally
went 204mph. After 10 years of trying, Kris had finally made it into the 200mph club. He also raced the Arkansas Mile at Blytheville Aeroplex, where at the first event he exceeded 200mph again. Meanwhile, at Beech Bend Raceway he ran 9.50/150mph in the quarter. Over the years, the Jaguar has been powered by a variety of Chevy engines from the original straight six through a 283, two different small-journal 327s, a 350 with N20, a 6-71 blown 350, a 400, a 572 big block, a 5.3 LS with a single 78mm turbo and a 6.0 LS with twin 78mm turbos. His plan now is to drive from his home south of Nashville, Tennessee to Blytheville, AR, run the Arkansas Mile – and, of course, go 200mph. We have no doubt he will. Does this look like the sort of car you could built for $4000? Kris bought it for $800 just over three and a half decades ago and embarked on a journey that reached its goal when he hit 204mph at Wilmington
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Nationals treasure Despite the best efforts of the weather prior to the event, the re-scheduled Springspeed Nationals offered a golden opportunity for racers
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side from one of the Bug Jams of old, we can’t recall too many instances in Santa Pod’s history when an event has had to be re-scheduled due to weather. Or one when there has been no camping available to the public due to waterlogged fields, or one when the organisers have had to dramatically alter the running sheet at the last minute. But such was the fate of the 2023 STP Springspeed Nationals. Re-scheduled to 7-9 April (the original date of the Festival of Power), only without the Pro Mods, Top Fuel, Nitro and Nostalgia Funny Cars or jet cars that were on the original event card, it was a very different line-up. Having made that difficult decision, the Pod crew must have had their hearts in their mouths when they woke to yet more rain on the Thursday test day. But by 2.30, the track was dried and conditions improved from there on in, remaining chilly in the mornings but dry and warming nicely each day – before the heavens opened again on the Monday after the racers had packed up and left. The end result was a packed entry
■ Words: Mike Pye Pics: Julian Hunt
‘Huge thanks to all the Pod team for pulling a great weekend out of a very soggy bag’ card of some 270+ racers and some superb racing (including a packed card of bike classes, though space dictates we leave coverage of those to the two-
wheeled magazines). Huge thanks, as always, to all the Pod team, especially the track crew, for pulling a great weekend out of a very soggy bag.
STRANGER BUT TRUE Things went a bit pear shaped after we put Steve Hall’s Pro Mod ’55 on the cover of the June 2014 issue, and the car later came up for auction. Fresh from a full rebuild at ARRC, and now named Stranger Thing, David Smith is behind the wheel of the beautiful Pro Mod. Smith started easy with a 14.47 licensing pass on the Saturday, but screwed that down to 9.051 / 100 by the end of the day – which proved his best pass of the weekend. We’ve no doubt a lot was learned
Pic: David Smith
and we’re looking forward to seeing the team’s progression this year.
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ModUrStang Pro ET With 45 entries, it was always going to be a fight for the 32-car break. But that didn’t put off ex-Junior Dragster driver Jess Bishop, who bagged a perfect ET award (9.110 / 153 on a 9.11 dial) and made it to the semis on her debut in the class in the ex-Allan Schofield Nightmare II dragster. Another new entry from the Junior Dragster ranks was 16-year-old Harley-Jay Darby, whose first full pass in dad Lee’s Chevy 3100 netted an impressive Dave Rudd but too quick 8.786 / 155 (on a 10.00 dial in), leaving him as an elated alternate. Other rookies to mention are Stevie Gates in the 540ci Plymouth Duster and Jack McClure in his golden 350ci Ford 100e, as well as the extraordinary Rednek Redemption 460ci V8-powered Mk2 Golf van of Jake Fronda. A number of Nostalgia Superstockers also came out to play and Adrian Portelli nailed his Charger to the tree early on with a 10.817 / 123 on a 10.80 dial in, securing the number one spot in qualifying one. Behind him were Chloe Wilkins, Bob Molden and 29 others, including 2022 champion Brett Featherstone, right down in the number 31 spot, with Dan Holloway happily bringing up the rear having run his first eight in the Rattler Altered (8.964 / 149 on a 9.00 dial in) before a holed block ended his weekend’s fun. The top three positions were traded back and forth throughout qualifying Harley-Jay Darby between Bishop, Portelli, David Rudd, Darby (now with a more appropriate 8.82 dial in), Marc Huxley and Stuart Thompson in the NSS Duster, and going into eliminations the top 12 were all within 0.01 seconds of their dial ins. Seasoned campaigner Leigh Morris cut it closest of all to the wire, just squeaking through into eliminations in the final session and leapfrogging from 35 to 12 with a 10.018 / 133 pass on a 10.01 dial in. After that, he never looked back, going all the way to the final via Darren Huxley (break out), Wilkins (red light), Don Scott (holeshot) and Tom Watkins (red light), before beating Neill Watkins (10.357 / 113 on a 10.04 vs 11.292 / 114 on an 11.27) to Dan Holloway clock up an incredible 27th event win in the class. PERFECT ET
Leigh Morris vs Neill Watkins
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Jess Bishop
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Lucas Oil Junior Dragster Harry Redshaw
Kai Cooper
Mackenzie Love
The Junior Dragsters kicked off proceedings on the Friday morning with a massive entry of 30 cars, including newcomers Emmy Crundwell and Emilie Moore. Kai Cooper set the pace from the start, qualifying in number one position with a perfect light, and in qualifying two Richard Wilcox clocked the first 0.00 reaction time in the class. Ada Casisi then made a late charge into the number three position in the last round of qualifying. Emilie Moore The big Emmy Crundwell surprise, though, was 2021 champion Harry Redshaw who, after cutting four red lights in the early stages, Ada Casisi proceeded to make his way up the ladder and then carve through the field, despatching Ellie May Brown (holeshot) in round two, Max Taylor (red light) in round three, Luke Mugridge (break out) in round four and Mackenzie Love in the final (8.363 / 76 on an 8.31 dial vs 8.049 / 80 on an 8.10 dial). Currently the 2023 points leader, Redshaw is undoubtedly hoping to see out his final season in the class in style.
Hutchinson & Dibley Sportsman ET
Gary Lake vs Michael Franklin
A total of 27 cars, with eight newcomers and a lot of very consistent passes, meant it was anyone’s game in this competitive starter class. Chris Cresswell held tight to the number one spot throughout qualifying, with Kirstie Tramm and Steve Mellors in hot pursuit, and stayed in the running until the semis. But it was Gary Lake in the third-gen Firebird who emerged victorious come Sunday afternoon, just five hundredths ahead of Michael Franklin’s Range Rover. Yep, you read that Liam Sturman right. There was drama in Friday qualifying when Brian Huxley’s V8powered Focus blew chunks on the line,
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Tony Morris Carburetors Super Gas Wayne Hiscock
Stuart Morrice
WINNING COMEBACK
A total of 11 cars lined up for the always fiercely competitive 9.90-index Super Gas class. Among them, back in the hot seat after a 10-year absence, was Stuart Morrice in the family ’69 Camaro. After clocking 9.965 / 150 in testing, he qualified first and went on to win the event – while also running in Super Pro ET and having to repair the car’s sump along the way. That’s what we call a comeback. Another returnee after more than a decade away was Wayne Hiscock, pedalling the Kieran Turner 572ci Chevelle that he ran in Pro ET before, while new to the class was Kieran Turner in the Chevy S10, who quickly discovered just how consistent you have to be to succeed in Super Gas. Likewise Dan Page in the ex-Jon Morton No Hair Racing Camaro, who clocked a too quick 9.683 / 154 in Thursday practice. First round of qualifying saw Andy Harrison on top (9.934 / 142), followed by Andy Dibley, Marc Huxley and Bob Molden, the latter two also double timing in Pro ET, while Stuart Doignie got to grips with his new-to-him Brogie T. Both Morrice and Molden then ran superbly through qualifying, trading the number one spot, until Hiscock jumped from 10 to snatch it in qualifying six (9.912 / 97) – only to be outdone by Dan Page (9.908) and then Morrice (9.903) in the next session. By the end of round one of eliminations on the Sunday, the field was down to Morrice, Dan Page Bob Molden Molden, Harrison, Hiscock, Doignie and David Fulton – with two breaking out, leaving Dibley to line up against Doignie and Morrice against Hiscock. As noted earlier, the final went the way of Morrice (10.011 / 146) versus the losing 9.993 / 132 of Dibley.
the exiting gearbox fluid igniting and causing impressive smoke bomb. Other interesting class debuts came in the form of Liam Sturman’s Jaguar XK8, Jack McClure’s sweet 350ci-powered 100E and Matt Halsall’s rally-spec Mk2 Escort. All of these took on various front and rear-wheel drive British, Japanese and German models, the occasional American… and even a Tesla. Let’s not go there…
an Jack McClure
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Steve Saunders
8.306 PB
Tom Atkinson
Peter Nee Super Pro ET
7.430 PB
Mixing up an already eclectic class this weekend were Supercharged Outlaw stalwart Andy Hadfield in the Twister T, Wild Buncher Rob Brown in the Rebel slingshot (8.382 / 158) and Steve Saunders in the fresh out Model B-bodied Altered (8.469 / 157 best). And talking of Altereds, Allan Schofield is now behind the wheel of the ex-Dave Gibbons Rough Diamond T (8.053 / 163 best). Of those, the Fadster Andy Hadfield deserves a special mention for clocking a new PB of 7.430 / 182 first time out on Thursday practice, though engine damage sidelined the Twister team after that impressive start. Likewise the M&M Racing team, who stepped up to a 10/71 blower and methanol injection in place of nitrous on the big-block Supra. A holed cylinder on the Saturday brought their weekend to Mark Turner an end, but a 7.61 / 173 pass put a big smile on Mark Turner’s face. The fresh paint on Mark Coulsell’s Ball Breaker slingshot surely helped him bag the number one spot in Friday qualifying one (8.294 / 157), with Barry Giles and Stuart Morrice close behind, but he was soon usurped by Matt Peters in the Lucas Oil dragster. Meanwhile, Alan Didwell Tom Atkinson was coming on strong with a string of PB 8.3s, culminating in an 8.330 / 163, as were Alan Didwell, Lee Huxley and Andy Thetford in the Black Pearl Camaro (multiple PBs and an 8.262 / 173 best). In eliminations, Kieran Astley bagged his first seven (7.954 / 177) – form he continued into round two, which saw Brown, Huxley, Morrice and AC Bell all head for their trailers. With Dave Russell a no show in the quarters, Peters, Atkinson and Didwell went through. And Atkinson continued to take the win from Didwell in the finals, elated to have achieved new speed and ET PBs (8.306 and 163mph) along the way. Mark Coulsell
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BFastR Super Comp Leah Kellett came out strong in this 8.90-index class with an 8.905 / 164 to lead the field in Friday’s qualifying, while Stuart Doignie was back out campaigning in his old class with a 515ci motor in the Brogie ’27 T that was previously Simon Fulton’s ride (while also doing double time in Super Gas). Richard Tunstall was hauling in the beautiful, Kevin Cerasale-built Brogie T, carding 8.875 / 142 in qualifying three. Steve Field held second position Richard Tunstall vs Paul Hudson (9.285 / 155) until Steve Hudson took the throttle stop off and came blasting Steve Hudson through in qualifying four (8.920 / 167), just ahead of Paul Hudson.
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Then Tunstall started to turn up the pressure, moving up into fourth and seeing off Kellett, who ducked out with engine problems in round one of eliminations. Both Hudsons went through, but it was Paul who came up against Tunstall in the final – only to pull a red and let the T do the talking (9.300 / 133 vs a quicker 9.025 / 153).
Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator Though some were taking it a bit easy after winter rebuilds and upgrades, a 13-car field in Street Eliminator is impressive – even if was reduced somewhat after Tony Higgs, Graham Smith and Al Williamson all had to miss the mandatory cruise due to mechanical issues. Rob Carter put his 427ci Volkswagen Passat into top spot after round one (8.472 / 163), with Tony Higgs hot on his heels in the rapid Capri (8.922 / 153). However, it didn’t take Andy Bond long to find Andy Bond his form, stepping confidently into the number one spot in round two of qualifying with a 7.652 at 196mph, while the likes of Rob Slater, Joe Stevens and Ashley Cooper all worked steadily James Murray to conquer new set-ups. By round three, Al McSweeney was second into the sevens (7.820 / 173) and in second place, while Mark Sheridan saw 182mph on his ticket after a huge top end charge. Higgs matched Sheridan’s terminal speed on Saturday morning, joining the seven club with a 7.908 in qualifying five for third Graham Smith position, though Sheridan bumped his terminal massively to 197.13mph. Rob Carter Later rounds saw a new PB for Ricky Hale (10.5461 / 132) in round six and multiple side-by-side sevens, though still Bond held his lead. Then the attrition started… Come eliminations, Andy Bond took his top qualifier bye in round one and then kept the Ugly Sister ’56 ahead from there on in. On the way he saw off James Murray in the turbo LS-powered Mk2 Cortina, then Rob Slater’s ’57 in the semis and Al McSweeney’s Volvo in the finals, where he carded a 7.402 / Ricky Hale 204 weekend best.
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Outlaw Anglia Despite a small field of just six in the ever-popular Outlaw class, there was no let up in the action. Mick Taylor and Jon Webster were on form from the start, the former going 8.461 / 166 and the latter 8.664 / 106 in round one qualifying, with Ben Kennedy, Doug McClure and Wayne Power in their wake. Reigning 2022 champion Rob Stone joined the party in qualifying five after a delay reaching the track, and went straight into the number two spot with an 8.299 / 159 PB pass. But Webster’s 7.511 / 152 in Fast Company Too remained the time to beat. Unfortunately, mechanical issues and tyre trouble sidelined both Taylor and Webster in eliminations, leaving the door open for Power and Kennedy to capitalise on their solos in round one. But it was Power, with a bye in the semis, who surprised himself by beating an ailing Stone in the finals (10.620 / 123 vs 16.302 / 58), making all the work done to the car over the winter surely feel thoroughly worthwhile.
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7.239 PB Dan Williams debuted his new LT1 350-powered second generation Camaro, running under his 11.20 index with an 11.05 first time out – but then lunched second gear in the transmission, ending his racing. Chris Todd’s Fiesta also went out early doors with engine problems. Behind Williams in the number two spot in qualifying was the insane front-wheel drive, turbocharged Escort van of Terry Newton, running consistent 9.1-9.3-second quarters all weekend, while David Swift was trying out a new two-stage nitrous system on his turbocharged AMX. When he gave it both barrels, he recorded a PB 7.380 / 181 – but then kept improving to a best of 7.239 / 190. Great work. Dan Williams First round of eliminations saw Spencer Tramm, Kev Jenkins (getting to grips with a new FuelTech fuel delivery system in the Fraudster Escort) and Newton go through, but it was Nic Williams who was really on a roll. With a 427 now under the bonnet of his ’69 Camaro, he clocked 9.55, 9.50 and then a 9.477, lining himself up for the final on Sunday afternoon – where he met another ’69 Camaro of team mate, Spencer Tramm. When Tramm saw red, Nic took the event win with a 10.124 / 96 pass.
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exc.VAT £289.98 £309.00 £339.00
Easy to assemble, providing valuable working space and plenty of additional storage capacity.
inc.VAT £347.98 £370.80 £406.80
Available in Red or Galvanised Finish
PRICE CUT
• Dimensions (LxWxH) 1150 x 560 x 1440 mm • Pegboard back wall with 30 hooks supplied
Britain's Tools &
Machinery Specialist!
84exc.VAT
£ DOUBLE .99
£101.99 inc.VAT WAS £106.80 inc.VAT
CWB-R1B
MODULAR GARAGE STORAGE SYSTEMS
SAVE
PRICE CUT NOW FROM
328
.00
10 PACKAGES IN THE RANGE
Corner units in stock
inc. VAT
CUSTOMER PICTURES
OFF INDIVIDUAL PRICES
WAS £1558.80 inc.VAT
A choice of stainless steel or wooden worktops
UP TO
£
1198 exc.VAT £1437.60 inc.VAT
£
✔ CREATE THE PERFECT FITTED GARAGE / WORKSHOP ✔ HEAVY DUTY, PROFESSIONAL PACKAGES ✔ ALL UNITS ALSO AVAILABLE SINGLY FOR CUSTOM BUILD
1 PRICE CUT DOUBLE.98
159exc.VAT
£
HEAVY DUTY & PROFESSIONAL
£191.98 inc.VAT
WAS £203.98 inc.VAT
CHESTS/ CABINETS
THE ULTIMATE IN TOOL STORAGE! FULL DETAILS SEE IN-STORE OR VISIT WEBSITE
32 PIECE SET
£36
RUBBER GRIP SIDE HANDLES
PRICE CUT
WAS NOW Model Desc. LxWxH (mm) exc.VAT inc.VAT inc.VAT £FROM ONLY .98 CBB203C 3 Dr step up 667x310x249 £89.98 £113.99 £107.98 DOUBLE 59 EXC.VAT DOUBLE - £191.98 CBB205C 5 Dr chest 710x315x420 £159.98 FOOTER £71.98 inc.VAT 1 CBB209C 9 Dr Chest 661x305x418 £159.98 £203.98 £191.98 CBB210C 10 Dr Chest 710x315x475 £174.99 £221.99 £209.99 PRO378 CBB215C 5 Dr Cabinet 758x468x815 £269.00 £344.40 £322.80 PROFESSIONAL 2 CBB217C 7 Dr Cabinet 676x461x958 £289.00 £382.80 £346.80 1/2" DRIVE
2
DOUBLE.00 289 exc.VAT
£
HUGE CHOICE OF HAND TOOLS
inc.VAT
£346.80 inc.VAT
WAS £382.80 inc.VAT
SOCKET SET
NB Overall length includes handles
EXTRA 1 199 LARGE EXTRA HEAVY DUTY £
SEE WEBSITE FOR PACKAGE DEALS WITH TOOLS SAVE UP TO
£18 inc.VAT
exc.VAT
DIY & PROFESSIONAL
WAS £250.80 inc.VAT
CUT 3 £ PRICE .99 DOUBLE
74exc.VAT
£89.99 inc.VAT WAS £95.98 inc.VAT
FULL DETAILS SEE IN-STORE OR VISIT WEBSITE
EXTRA LARGE BOTTOM DRAWERS
WAS NOW Model Desc. LxWxH (mm) exc.VAT inc.VAT inc.VAT CLB600 6 Dr chest 660x305x365 £135.99 £175.19 £163.19 - £212.39 9 Dr chest 660x305x475 £176.99 1 CLB900 - £286.80 CLB1005 5 Dr cabinet 685x465x795 £239.00 2 CLB1007C 7 Dr cabinet 740x465x955 £269.00 £340.80 £322.80
PRICE CUT
£287.98 inc.VAT
WAS £323.98 inc.VAT
SAVE UP TO
EXTRA LARGE SIDE HANDLE FOR EASY MOVEMENT FITS EITHER SIDE
inc.VAT
MECHANICS/ PROFESSIONAL TOOL CHESTS/ CABINETS
• Superb quality & value for DIY & Professional workshops
BOLTLESS SHELVING / BENCHES
WAS £526.80 inc.VAT
Simple fast assembly in minutes RED, BLUE, GREY, SILVER & GALVANISED using only a hammer STEEL Strong Strong 12 mm 9mm fibreboard fi breboard KG KG shelves shelves
EXTRA LARGE DRAWER PULLS
WAS NOW Model Size Desc. LxWxH (mm) exc.VAT inc.VAT inc.VAT 1 CBB306 36" 6 Dr Chest 910x305x47 £199.00 £250.80 £238.80 36" 5 Dr Cabinet 927x416x985 £369.00 £526.80 £442.80 2 CBB315 CBB228B 41" 8 Dr cabinet 1126x468x1000 £549.00 £742.80 £658.80 - £430.80 CBB224C 41" 14 Dr chest 1045x415x486 £359.00 CBB231B 56" 9 Dr chest 1460x615x490 £589.00 £790.80 £706.80 CBB230B 56" 13 Dr cabinet 1503x622x1011 £879.00 £1174.80 £1054.80
FROM ONLY
42
£ DOUBLE .99
1.5M TALL
PRICE CUT
DOUBLE.00 269 exc.VAT £322.80 inc.VAT
£
WAS £340.80 inc.VAT
CUT 1 £ PRICE .98 DOUBLE
89exc.VAT
£107.98 inc.VAT WAS £119.98 inc.VAT
SAVE UP TO
£36 inc.VAT
exc. WAS NOW VAT inc.VAT inc.VAT
PRICE CUT
DOUBLE.98 2 £169 exc.VAT £203.98 inc.VAT
BEST
5 DRAWER SELLER WORKBENCH
“Very sturdy. Ideal for any workshop or garage. Ample storage”
See www.machinemart.co.uk
PRICE CUT
£442.80 inc.VAT
2
WAS £215.98 inc.VAT
CHOICE OF 5 COLOURS
DOUBLE.00 2 £369 exc.VAT
FULL EXTENSION ROLLER RUNNERS FOR SMOOTH OPENING ACTION
Model Desc. LxWxH (mm) MECHANICS RANGE 6 Dr chest 600x260x340 £89.98 £119.98 £107.98 1 CTC600C CTC900C 9 Dr chest 597x257x380 £89.99 £113.99 £107.99 CTC500C 5 Dr cabinet 675x335x770 £149.99 £185.99 £179.99 CTC800C 8 Dr chest/cab set 610x330x1070£149.99 £185.99 £179.99 7 Dr cabinet 616x330x880 £169.98 £215.98 £203.98 2 CTC700C CTC1300C 13 Dr chest/cab 620x330x1320£199.98 £251.98 £239.98 PROFESSIONAL RANGE 3 CTC103 3 Dr step up chest 672x310x250 £74.99 £95.98 £89.99 CTC109 9 Dr chest 662x305x421 £139.98 £177.59 £167.98 5 Dr cabinet 685x465x790 £239.98 £323.98 £287.98 4 CTC105 CTC107 7 Dr cabinet 685x465x950 £279.00 £370.80 £334.80
DOUBLE.98 4 £239 exc.VAT
£120
* Except on CBB231B & CBB230B
LOAD
PRICE CUT DOUBLE.00
£238.80 inc.VAT
GREAT LOOKING, BIG 5” INDUSTRIAL CHROME SPOKED WHEELS FOR EASY MOVEMENT*
269.00 FOOTER £212.39 inc.VAT
Combines premium quality with fiercely competitive pricing & super smooth ball 30KG MAX bearing roller drawers DRAWER
• Extra heavy gauge double wall steel construction
SAVE UP TO
.99 FROM ONLY 1 £176 DOUBLEEXC.VAT
DOUBLE EXC.VAT FOOTER £51.59 inc.VAT
150
350
PER SHELF
PER SHELF
Dims exc. inc. Model WxDxH(mm) VAT VAT 150kg 800x300x1500 £42.99 £51.59 350kg 900x400x1800 £59.98 £71.98
EXTRA LONG 1700mm WORK TOP
339
.00 CWB1700P £ FROM ONLY DOUBLEEXC.VAT DOUBLE £406.80 FOOTER inc.VAT
33285
MM1 Custom Car 275x200 pg1.indd 1Mart_3PS.indd 1 Custom Car_2023_06_June_Machine
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DRILL PRESSES
TURBO AIR COMPRESSORS 8/260
Range of precision bench & floor presses for enthusiast, engineering & industrial applications
Superb range ideal for DIY, hobby & semiprofessional use
WAS £155.98 inc.VAT
SAVE UP TO
£49
NOW inc.VAT £143.98 £155.98 £191.98 £215.98 £298.80 £370.80
INDUSTRIAL AIR COMPRESSORS
Machinery Specialist! T
PRICE CUT
26exc.VAT
£NOW FROM .99
£32.39 inc.VAT
WORKSHOP WAS £33.59 inc.VAT AIR TOOLS PGF14
FROM ONLY £ DOUBLE .99 DOUBLE EXC.VAT FOOTER £116.39 inc.VAT
96
CAT131
Top quality belt driven air compressors for industrial & commercial users inc; garages, factories, workshops and farms. 10 bar/150psi max working pressure
BEST
69
£FROM ONLY .98
DOUBLE EXC.VAT DOUBLE FOOTER £83.98 inc.VAT
SELLER
HUGE CHOICE IN-STORE/ONLINE
CAR CREEPERS • Oil resistant vinyl covered padded backs & headrests • Swivel castors for easy manoeuvrability
XEV16/100 †V-Twin *230V
FROM ONLY HEADER
589EXC.VAT AIR. .00
£706.80 inc.VAT
DISP MOTOR AIR MODEL CFM (HP) RCVR EXC.VAT INC.VAT XEV16/100 (OL)†* 14 3 100ltr £589.00 £706.80 XEV16/150 (OL)†* 14 3 150ltr £659.00 £790.80 XEV16/200(OL)†* 14 3 200ltr £719.00 £862.80 XEV16/150(400V)† 14 3 150ltr £699.00 £838.80 XE18/200 (OL)†* 18 4 200ltr £759.00 £910.80 XE36C200† 30 7.5HP 200Ltr £1199.00 £1438.80 XE29/270†* 28 2X3HP 270Ltr £1399.00 £1678.80 XE37/270 (OL)†* 36 2x 4 270ltr £1479.00 £1774.80 SE46C270† 40 10HP 270Ltr £2099.00 £2518.80
AXLE STANDS Ratchet action for quick height FROM ONLY £ DOUBLE .99 adjustment DOUBLE 17 EXC.VAT Sold in pairs £21.59 FOOTER inc.VAT
¥ WAS £40.79 inc.VAT ~ WAS £38.39 inc.VAT *Aluminium Max Min/Max Model Tons Height exc.VAT CAX2TFB 2 235-360mm £17.99 CAX3TPB ¥ 3 325-490mm £31.99 CAX-3TBC~ 3 300-430mm £29.98 CAX-6TBC 6 400-615mm £48.99 CAX3TAB* 3 295-395mm £59.98
inc.VAT £21.59 £38.39 £35.98 £58.79 £71.98
IDEAL FOR RAIN & SUN PROTECTION
.00 259exc.VAT
£
£310.80 inc.VAT
WAS £346.80 inc.VAT
LENGTH UP TO 40'
SELLER
FROM ONLY
ENGINE MICRO JUMP STANDS STARTS Rotates
BEST
72
£ DOUBLE .99
DOUBLE EXC.VAT FOOTER £87.59 inc.VAT
TAP & DIE SETS
High quality tungsten steel Supplied in metal storage case (except 16pce)
BRIGHT WHITE INTERIOR
DOUBLE EXC.VAT FOOTER £28.79 inc.VAT
145 Bar 2103 psi
PARTS WASHERS FROM ONLY
59
£ DOUBLE .98
CW2D
£214.80 inc.VAT
179EXC.VAT .00
CW1D
Ideal for garage mechanics
10 TONNE BODY REPAIR KIT
ONLY HEADER
.98 179EXC.VAT
£
£215.98 inc.VAT
FAST ACTION PUMP
CS10SBRK
320 Nm
INC 17, 19, 21, 22MM SOCKETS & CASE
Model Tank Cap. Type exc.VAT inc.VAT CW2D 10Ltrs Bench £59.98 £71.98 CW1D 45Ltrs Floor £149.98 £179.98 CWM20 22.5Ltrs Floor £189.00 £226.80 CW40 75Ltrs Floor £229.98 £275.98
FROM ONLY £ DOUBLE .99 DOUBLE EXC.VAT FOOTER £68.39 inc.VAT
56
•• WAS £89.99 inc.VAT Model Power Torque exc.VAT inc.VAT CEW520 1/2" 520W 320Nm £56.99 £68.39 CEW1000 1/2" •• 1000W 450Nm £72.99 £87.59
Fast snap connector attachments for quick & easy assembly Hydraulic pump, ram & hose with various tubes, pieces & connectors Includes metal case
FROM ONLY
ALUMINIUM RACING JACKS
44
£ DOUBLE .99
DOUBLE EXC.VAT FOOTER £53.99 inc.VAT
Quick lift Non-marking nylon wheels Rubber contact pad - helps protect vehicle undersides
LOW ENTRY ONLY 85MM
CTJ1250AC FROM ONLY .99 DOUBLE
134 EXC.VAT
£
DOUBLE £161.99 FOOTER inc.VAT
Lifting Cap. 1.25T 1.5T 1.8T 2.5T
DOUBLEEXC.VAT DOUBLE £694.80 FOOTER inc.VAT
HARRY 2 HOT WEIGHS ONLY WASH 27KG
DOUBLE EXC.VAT FOOTER £71.98 inc.VAT
≈ WAS £227.98 inc.VAT • WAS £298.80 inc.VAT Tank Flow Rate Model Volume Req. exc.VAT inc.VAT Type exc.VAT inc.VAT CPSB100B ≈ 32 litre 6-25 cfm £179.00 £214.80 £24.99 £29.99 CPSB200B • 63 litre 6-25 cfm £229.00 £274.80 CHT203 16pce Metric £23.99 £28.79 CHT302 24pce UNC/UNF/NPT £29.98 £35.98 CHT303 28pce Metric CORDED IMPACT CHT304 33pce Metric/UNF/BSP £37.99 £45.59 WRENCHES £57.99 £69.59 CHT527 32pce Metric CHT775 52pce Metric/UNF/BSP £61.99 £74.39 CEW520 £79.98 £95.98 CHT776 76pce Metric
BIG
579
£ FROM ONLY .00
FROM ONLY HEADER
£
23
CAR RAMPS
INCLUDES SANDBLASTING GUN, DELIVERY HOSE, 4 CERAMIC NOZZLES AND SAFETY HOOD
FROM ONLY
£ DOUBLE .99
• Lift cars safely and quickly FROM ONLY • Tough £ DOUBLE .98 39inc.VAT EXC.VAT angled DOUBLE PER £47.98 steel PER PAIR construction Model Capacity exc.VAT inc.VAT CR2 2000kg £39.98 £47.98 CRW25 2500kg £47.99 £57.59
CDP102B
* WAS £478.80 inc.VAT # WAS £502.80 inc.VAT FROM ONLY HEADER ‡ WAS £634.80 inc.VAT £ .00 FROM ONLY ◆ WAS £838.80 inc.VAT 279EXC.VAT £ .99 DOUBLE £334.80 inc.VAT Power packs DOUBLE 36 EXC.VAT ▼ WAS £958.80 inc.VAT FOOTER £44.39 inc.VAT Pressure Engine † WAS £47.98 inc.VAT JSM200 Model BAR/Psi HP exc.VAT inc.VAT ** WAS £67.19 inc.VAT £279.00 £334.80 Tiger1800B 110/1595 3 Peak Max £379.00 £454.80 Model Boost Engine exc.VAT inc.VAT Tiger2600B* 180/2610 4 £399.00 £478.80 200/2900 6.5 Tiger3000B# £36.99 £44.39 JSM180† 360A 3L 180/2640 5.5 £499.00 £598.80 £52.99 £63.59 PLS195B‡ JSM200** 400A 4L £679.00 £814.80 230/3335 9 £69.98 £83.98 PLS220◆ JSM300 500A 6L 225/3263 13 £769.00 £922.80 £87.99 £105.59 PLS265B ▼ 248/3600 JSM350 500A 6L 13 £998.00 £1197.60 £99.98 £119.98 PLS360 JSM400 800A 6L
DIAGNOSTICS Ideal for use as a garage/ FROM ONLY AUTOMOTIVE workshop Extra tough triple £ DOUBLE .99 ZIP CLOSE DOOR DOUBLE WHEEL DOLLY SET 31 EXC.VAT layer cover Heavy duty powder FOOTER £38.39 inc.VAT AWD1 coated steel tubing Ratchet tight tensioning size (LxWxH) WAS NOW PRO EOBD FAULT Model m exc.VAT inc.VAT inc.VAT CODE READER CIG81212 3.6 x 3.6 x 2.5 £259.00 £346.80 £310.80 †† WAS £105.59 inc.VAT exc.VAT inc.VAT PRICE CUT CIG81015 4.5 x 3 x 2.4 £279.00 £370.80 £334.80 Model £NOW FROM .99 £31.99 £38.39 CIG81216 4.9 x 3.7 x 2.5 £329.00 £430.80 £394.80 EOBD Fault Code Reader 63exc.VAT CIG81020 6.1 x 3 x 2.4 £349.00 £466.80 £418.80 Professional Engine Diagnostic & £85.99 £103.19 £76.79 inc.VAT WAS £80.39 inc.VAT EOBD/OBD ll Fault Code Reader†† CIG81220 6.1 x 3.7 x 2.5 £399.00 £514.80 £478.80 3" CASTORS PER PAIR CIG81224 7.3 x 3.7 x 2.5 £499.00 £646.80 £598.80 Four non-marking castors for easy £1318.80 2 & 3 TONNE CIG1432 9.7x4.3x3.65 £1099.00 – movement in confined spaces Heavy duty steel CIG1640 12x4.9x4.3 £2899.00 £3838.80 £3478.80 TROLLEY JACKS construction - load rating 500kg per dolly
Model CTJ1250AC CTJ1500QL CTJ1800AB CTJ2500QLGB 33287LH
Peak Boost 900 1100 1500 1000
Model 910 JS1100C STARTS VEHICLES 4000 UP TO 6L JS12/24
through 360˚ Fully tested to proof load ■ WAS £89.99 inc.VAT ● WAS £105.59 inc.VAT CES680F ▲ WAS £131.98 inc.VAT PRICE CUT O S L exc. NOW FROM A .99 ■ WAS £47.98 inc.VAT £ Capacity VAT inc.VAT MECHANICS Model 37inc.VAT exc.VAT ● WAS £47.98 inc.VAT £45.59 SEAT ONLY CES340 ■ 340kg £72.99 £87.59 ▲ WAS £47.98 inc.VAT WAS £47.98 inc.VAT £45.59 £101.99 CES450 ● 450kg £84.99 £125.99 *Folds for Model Description exc.VAT inc.VAT CES560 ▲ 560kg £104.99 £139.98 £167.98 CES680F 680kg storage £37.99 £45.59 CMC36■ Car creeper CMC45● With adjustable headrest £54.99 £65.99 BATTERY CHARGERS INTELLIGENT CMC60▲ Car creeper reclining £49.98 £59.98 seat & mechanics seat /ENGINE STARTERS BATTERY Ammeter BC210C CHARGER/ ANGLE GRINDERS Multi-position charge regulator MAINTAINERS INC. DISC CON1150 Overload FROM ONLY IBC20 & HANDLE £ DOUBLE .98 protection DOUBLE 19 EXC.VAT on charging FOOTER £23.98 inc.VAT ‡ WAS £55.19 inc.VAT FROM ONLY FROM ONLY cycle £ DOUBLE .98 ^ WAS £117.59 inc.VAT £ DOUBLE .99 DOUBLE 29 EXC.VAT DOUBLE 93 EXC.VAT Max. FOOTER £35.98 inc.VAT FOOTER £112.79 inc.VAT Model Volts Charge exc.VAT inc.VAT Model Disc (mm) Motor exc.VAT inc.VAT ¥ WAS £211.19 inc.VAT £19.98 £23.98 IBC4 6/12V 1A/4A £35.98 ~ WAS £233.99 inc.VAT CAG800B 115 800W £29.98 £39.98 £47.98 IBC7‡ 12/24V 7A £45.59 CON1150 115 1150W £37.99 £49.98 £59.98 IBC15 12V 15A Msx Amps £87.59 Model CAG2350C 230 2350W £72.99 £69.98 £83.98 IBC20 12/24V 20A Charge/Boost exc.VAT inc.VAT £89.98 £107.98 IBC25^ 12/24V 25A £93.99 £112.79 BC125 20/120 HEAVY £112.99 £135.59 BC190 38/180 DUTY SANDBLASTERS £149.98 £179.98 BC210C 25/200 LONG REACH £159.98 £191.98 WBC180¥ 35/180 Heavy duty steel construction £189.98 £227.98 WBC240~ 45/240 JACKS sandblasters for the quick CTJ2GLS WBC400 £219.00 £262.80 60/350 removal of surface rust, paint, £259.00 £310.80 BC520P 50/510 dirt/grease etc. CPSB100B
Model Tonnes exc.VAT inc.VAT CTJ2GLS 2 £269.00 £322.80 FROM ONLY HEADER £418.80 £ .00 CTJ3GLS 269EXC.VAT CTJ5GLS 53 £349.00 £469.00 £562.80 £322.80 inc.VAT CTJ10GLS 10 £639.00 £766.80 GARAGES/WORKSHOPS
PRICE CUT NOW FROM
EXTRA LONG 1m LEADS
* WAS £418.80 inc.VAT # WAS £418.80 inc.VAT ‡ WAS £946.80 inc.VAT
Motor (W) model Speeds exc.VAT inc.VAT £99.95 £119.94 CDP5EB 350/5 CDP102B 350/5 £115.95 £139.14 CDP152B 450/12 £209.98 £251.98 CDP202B 450/16 £269.00 £322.80 CDP352F* 550/16 £339.00 £406.80 550/16 £339.00 £406.80 JUMP STARTS CDP452B# CDP502F‡ 1100/12 £779.00 £934.80 Provides essential home, garage and roadside HEAVY DUTY assistance Integral PETROL work light 910 includes Honda & air compressor Long life Diesel POWER battery engine WASHERS models CAN in stock Max DRAW Engine exc.VAT inc.VAT OWN £96.99 £116.39 3L NEW WATER £96.99 £116.39 3L £164.99 £197.99 6L £179.98 £215.98 PLS265B 8L
Britain's Tools &
inc.VAT
Motor Tank WAS Model HP CFM ltr exc.VAT exc.VAT 8/260 2 7.5 24 £119.98 £155.98 11/260 2.5 9.5 24 £129.98 £179.98 8/550 2 7.5 50 £159.98 £215.98 11/550 2.5 9.5 50 £179.98 £251.98 16/550 3 14.5 50 £249.00 £334.80 16/1050 3 14.5 100 £309.00 £419.98
£
DOUBLE 99 EXC.VAT FOOTER £119.94 inc.VAT
65SUPERSTORES NATIONWIDE
.98 119 exc.VAT £143.98 inc.VAT
£
B = Bench mounted F = Floor standing
FROM ONLY
£ DOUBLE .95
PRICE CUT NOW FROM
exc.VAT £134.99 £109.98 £199.98 £179.98
inc.VAT £161.99 £131.98 £239.98 £215.98
PRO SANDER/ POLISHERS
79
JACKS ALSO IN STOCK UP TO 5 TONNE
CP185
MM2 Custom Car 275x200 pg2.indd 1Mart_3PS.indd 2 Custom Car_2023_06_June_Machine
3 forward and reverse gears
Inc. hook &
£
pad and wool polishing bonnet
Dual action combines rotary & orbital motions to produce an excellent polished finish CP150
150MM PAD DIA.
69
£FROM ONLY .98
DOUBLE EXC.VAT DOUBLE FOOTER £83.98 inc.VAT
1 TONNE FOLDING WORKSHOP CRANE
BRUSHLESS FROM ONLY HEADER
.98 109EXC.VAT
180MM loop backing PAD DIA.
CTJ2250LP
## WAS £195.59 inc.VAT Model Type Tonne exc.VAT inc.VAT £44.99 £53.99 CTJ2L Long 2 £46.99 £56.39 CTJ2000LPB DIY Low Profile 2 CTJ2250LP* Low Profile 2.25 £52.99 £63.59 CTJ3000GB Pro Garage 3 £109.98 £131.98 CTJ3000QLB Quick Lift 3 £119.98 £143.98 CTJ2QLP## Low Quick Lift 2 £159.98 £191.98 * CTJ2250LP has a 2.25 tonne capacity, has a low entry of only 80mm and includes 2 sockets
£FROM ONLY .98
DOUBLE EXC.VAT DOUBLE FOOTER £95.98 inc.VAT
BEST
SELLER
18V ½" IMPACT 450NM WRENCHES
£131.98 inc.VAT
Folding and fixed frames available Robust, rugged ONLY HEADER construction £ .98 219EXC.VAT Overload safety valve
CIR18LIC
2 2AH X
Model Desc Batteries exc.VAT CCIW160 Cordless 2X 2AH £109.98 LI-ION CIR18LIC Cordless, 2X 2AH £122.99 Brushless LI-ION
inc.VAT £131.98 £147.59
£263.98 inc.VAT
Fully tested to proof load
CFC100
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PAY Monthly
EASY TO USE WEBSITE
Spread the cost over 12, 24, 36, 48 or 60 months Any mix of products over £300 5 MIN APPLICATION! 17.9% APR
PRODUCTS ONLINE!
R W OVE
NO
section on
PRICE CUT NOW FROM .99
WAS £44.39 inc.VAT
Max. exc. WAS Model Output VAT inc. VAT PROPANE Devil 2000PTC 2kW £33.99 £44.39 IN STOCK FROM DOUBLE 94 EXC.VAT £224.40 inc.VAT FOOTER £113.99 inc.VAT GAS FIRED Devil 2850 £52.79 £42.99 2.8kW Devil 2800PTC 2.8kW £53.99 £68.39 Max. Output Model kW exc.VAT inc.VAT ELECTRIC £94.99 £113.99 Little Devil II 10.3 HEATERS £119.98 £143.98 Devil 700 15 £159.98 £191.98 Devil 900 24.9 BEST DEVIL SELLER £189.98 £227.98 Devil 1600 36.6 6003 £269.00 £322.80 Devil 2100 49.8 PRICE CUT £479.00 £574.80 Devil 4000 131 NOW FROM FROM ONLY
DOUBLE.00 229 EXC.VAT
Ideal for fast efficient heating Extra-long run fuel tanks – up to 53 litres Variable heat output XR80 with thermostat control MAX WAS NOW model output exc.VAT inc. VAT inc.VAT XR60 14.7kW £229.00 – £274.80 XR80 20.5kW £279.00 – £334.80 XR110 29.3kW £329.00 – £394.80 XR160 46.9kW £399.00 £502.80 £478.80 XR210 61.5kW £459.00 £574.80 £550.80
SOCKET SETS Top quality chrome PRO360 vanadium steel. 18 Sockets 8-32mm Reversible ratchet Comfort grip handle
29
PETROL GENERATORS
PG3800A
WAS £173.99 inc.VAT
150AMPS
239
£ FROM ONLY .00
DOUBLEEXC.VAT DOUBLE £286.80 FOOTER inc.VAT
Model MIG102NG* MIG106 MIG145 * no gas PRO90 only MIG196 135TE Turbo 151EN MIG240
ELECTRIC PRESSURE WASHERS
Makes easy work for washing vehicles, patios, stonework, etc. JET7500 & JET8500 include hose reel 180 Bar
135TE 130AMPS
2610 psi
219 DOUBLEEXC.VAT DOUBLE £263.98 FOOTER inc.VAT
£ FROM ONLY .98
PRICE CUT NOW FROM
£
Honda engine £99.59 inc.VAT models available WAS £101.99 inc.VAT For a * WAS £358.80 inc.VAT # WAS £394.80 inc.VAT brilliant shine ‡ WAS £694.80 inc.VAT Dia. WAS Model KVA HP exc.VAT inc.VAT PG2500A 2.2 5.6 £225.00 £270.00 Model (mm) exc.VAT inc.VAT inc.VAT PG3800A* 3 5.6 £289.00 £346.80 CBB150 150 £82.99 £101.99 £99.59 PG3800ADV# 3 5.6 £309.00 £370.80 CBB200 200 £94.99 £119.98 £113.99 PG6500ADVES ‡ 5.5 9.7 £549.00 £658.80 CBB250 250 £174.99 £215.98 £209.99 V
DOUBLEEXC.VAT DOUBLE £167.98 FOOTER inc.VAT
MMA200A
NEW
INC. ELECTRODE HOLDER, EARTH CLAMP, & BRUSH/ HAMMER
Min/Max Electrode Output Dia. Model Current (mm) MMA140A 20A-140A 1.6-3.2 MMA200A 20A-200A 1.6-3.2 AT165 10A-160A 2.5/3.2/4.0
ACCESSORIES
AUTO DARKENING WELDING HEADSHIELDS FROM ONLY £ DOUBLE .99 DOUBLE EXC.VAT FOOTER £44.39 inc.VAT
36
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Out & About Words and pics: James Webber Now in its ninth year, including being safely run during the pandemic, the Classic and Vintage Vehicle Rally in Wadebridge has established itself as a firm favourite in calendar for car enthusiasts in the South-West. Organised by Jason and Emma Goss, the gathering is fast becoming the show season opener in many people’s diaries down here, and one which many people plan well in advance to attend. Held at the Royal Cornwall Showground each year over Easter and again on the August bank holiday, the show is free to enter for any vehicle built before 1995 (if attending from 10-4) while the public pay £5 on the gate. Camping is available for exhibitors wanting to make a weekend of it, which many now do and there’s a select group of caterers on site to keep everyone topped up with bacon and caffeine. To make it a bit different, the Showground also hosts a collectables fair at the same time. This is run separately to the Rally, but with a variety of antiques and curios available to browse and purchase it adds another dimension to the weekend. I was only able to attend on Good Friday, but there was already a great
Ian Hodson runs this ’50 Ford Shoebox
Springtime shows always provide the perfect opportunity to catch up with friends who have brought their cars out of hibernation selection of American’s and classics on display. Springtime shows always provide the perfect opportunity to catch up with friends who have brought their cars out of hibernation – or in some cases those going out for a test
run in their new winter purchases. The show is a really relaxed day out with plenty to do, and is well worth looking into if you are in the area. There’s a Facebook group page (Wadebridge Classic and Vintage Vehicle Rally) which you can join to get info and dates, along with pictures of previous events that have taken place. Jason and Emma also run a Facebook page called South West Classic Events Calendar, which has all info on shows and rallies taking place in the South West, where organisers can promote their events free of charge. CC
Mike Squires traded his ’31 Sedan for this ’54 Packard Super Clipper
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Gary Down recently purchased this more-door ’57 Chevy
Wayne Wills recently put together this Rover V8 MK3 Zephyr
Wayne’s dad Colin runs this Offenhauser equipped straight-six Chevy C10 pick-up
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the Custom Car years JUNE 1980: A dip into history from Custom Car and the rest of the world Birmingham, 8 June: British Leyland unveils the new Morris Ital, fooling absolutely no-one into believing it’s anything other than a rehashed Marina
Jersey, 12 June: Billy Butlin, founder of Butlins holiday parks, dies aged 80 London, 17 June: Defence Secretary Francis Pym announces that USAF Cruise missiles are to be based at RAF Greenham Common Montreal, 20 June: Roberto Duran upsets Sugar Ray Leonard to take the world welterweight title
Chicago, 20 June: The Blues Brothers premieres before opening across the US. At the time, it sets a new world record for the most cars destroyed in the making of a film Rome, 22 June: Horst Hrubesch scores a late winner as West Germany beat Belgium 2-1 in the final of the European Championship New York, 23 June: The David Letterman Show is broadcast for the first time
Warp Factor Three IN 1977, BOB WELLSTEAD BOUGHT A 1935 HILLMAN MINX… OR RATHER, THE REMAINS OF A 1935 HILLMAN MINX. What he got was a rolling chassis, an incomplete body and a worn out 283 Chevrolet engine. He proceeded to clean up the body as best he could, welding up the numerous holes and duff seams. After that, he then went on to chop the roof by three and a half inches, section the body by five inches and extend the rear wings by six inches. As if all that wasn’t enough, he decided he’d like to convert the four-door body to a twodoor version, meaning that somewhere along the line he would have to lose a couple of side windows. The front end was missing completely, so Bob made a new bonnet in four sections from 18-gauge sheet aluminium. It works just like the real thing and the flat side panels are notable for some nice louvring – though if you think the bonnet panelling is good, you should take a look at the radiator shell. This was completely fabricated from sections of 18-gauge mild steel which were formed to shape and then welded together. The only part of the original running gear Bob bothered to salvage was the front axle, a dropped tubular Jago item,
which was promptly chromed. And moving on down the chassis we find a Westminster rear axle mounted on Spax adjustable shocks. To round things off, he made his own sunken floor panel, built a fuel tank and stainless steel firewall and, one nice final touch, frenched in the sidelights. We mentioned that the original 283 Chevy was knackered, and indeed it was beyond salvation. Bob replaced it with another 283 from a ’63 Impala. The gearbox behind this is a two-speed aluminium cased Powerglide auto. Originally, the car was red with black arches and running
boards and went under the name of Moulin Rouge. But Bob had it repainted in his own wondrous colours – sort of black and silver with orange and yellow pinstripes along the side. So, what does all this have to do with Warp Factor Three, computer-stylee lettering from the days of James Burke and a picture of Bob’s Minx being menaced by what looks like an alien spacecraft? Simple. The June 1980 issue of Custom Car had a sci-fi theme involving laser guns, intergalactic travel and, mainly, norks. And some very cool motors – of which Bob’s was one of the coolest.
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Geneva, 23 June: Computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee begins work on a system called ENQUIRE – which will go on to become the forerunner of the World Wide Web Chalfont St Peter, 23 June: Dad’s Army star John Laurie, famous for his catchphrase ‘we’re doomed’, dies aged 83
We are not alone JOE CORTESE IS A GUY who has a small business in West London called Transcontinental. He’s connected with some people in America who use one of these new-fangled things called a computer. What they do is record details from car dealers and newspaper ads of all the cars for sale they can find for sale in America. The records are updated daily and if you know who to speak to, you can find any kind of American car you want – if it’s for sale anywhere in America, they can locate it. All you need to do is enter your requirements into the computer, being as specific as you like: make, model, year, colour, colour of seats, price range, whatever matters to you. The computer runs a check and if it finds what you wanted, then zappo! If it doesn’t succeed first time, it will go on looking until it finally finds the right car for you (or until you amend the details, or just give up and ask it to stop). Once the computer has thrown up a car which seems to fit, Transcontinental will offer the details to the customer. If he’s interested, an engineer goes to examine the car, does a full report and sents it across to England by telephone or telex. The customer says yes or no, until he finds exactly what he wants. Transcontinental then
buys the car, ships it across to England and away goes a happy man. Joe says this makes it possible for someone in England to buy the best possible product at the very best price, and that if you do it properly you can’t go wrong. People know exactly what they’ve bought without ever needing to see it or go through the hassle of travelling and searching for it themselves. He reckons it can’t fail. Transcontinental’s sales ledger for 1979 makes interesting reading. Just look at some of the things they brought in that year, and at ridiculously cheap prices: mint ’59 Corvette convertible, £5400; ’59 Cadillac convertible (power hood, seats, windows, cruise control,
you name it), £3200; pink ’59 four-door Caddy, £1700; ’60 T-bird convertible, Chargers, ’57 Chevy. Dodge show van, ’70 Caddy convertible, ’65 T-bird convertible (£2700), ’73 Z28, anything you like. All those beautiful old cars just lying about in America waiting to be whisked across the sea to England. All you need to do is get hold of Joe and say ‘get me,’ oh, let’s see, ‘get me a Roadrunner. The type with the big wing. I’d like it low mileage if possible, a dark colour with a white interior, and no accidents in its history’. It’s a brilliant idea, we reckon. Space-age in its vision, in fact. Who would have thought that these new-fangled computer things could be so useful?
London, 24 June: With inflation running at 21.8% and the UK now in the grip of the deepest recession since WWII, unemployment figures show that 1,600,000 people are now out of work London, 30 June: More than nine years after decimalisation, the sixpence coin is finally withdrawn from circulation
HIT PARADE UK Top 10, 1 June 1980 1 (1)
2 (2) 3 (9) 4 (13) 5 (8) 6 (6) 7 (5) 8 (4) 9 (21) 10 (3)
Suicide is Painless MASH No Doubt About It Hot Chocolate Funkytown Lipps Inc Crying Don McLean Rat Race / Rude Boys Outa Jail The Specials Over You Roxy Music We Are Glass Gary Numan She’s out Of My Life Michael Jackson Let’s Get Serious Jermaine Jackson What’s Another Year Johnny Logan
New entries this month:
Breaking The Law (Judas Priest) Little Jeannie (Elton John) Sanctuary (Iron Maiden) Christine (Siouxsie and the Banshees) If Loving You Is Wrong (Rod Stewart) Play The Game (Queen) New Amsterdam (Elvis Costello) To Be Or Not To Be (B.A. Robertson) Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps Please (Splodgenessabounds) My Way Of Thinking (UB40) Let’s Hang On (Darts) Xanadu (Olivia Newton-John and ELO) 747 (Saxon) Waterfalls (Paul McCartney) Could You Be Loved (Bob Marley) Cupid (Detroit Spinners) Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division) Lip Up Fatty (Bad Manners) Whole Lotta Rosie (AC/DC) Me Myself I (Joan Armatrading)
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MAY 13 Classic Car Breakfast Meet Jack’s Patch, Kirton Lindsey. Facebook: Bomber County Classics 13 Run What Ya Brung Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk 13-14 Spring Autojumble Beaulieu. www.beaulieu.co.uk 13-14 Springbreak Kustom Kulture. Stonham Barns, Suffolk. www.stonhambarns.co.uk 13-14 Straightliners Race Meet Melbourne Raceway, York. www. straightliners.events 14 American Car Sunday Hooters, Nottingham. www.hootersnottingham. co.uk 15 Top Speed Monday Elvington Airfield, Elvington, West Yorkshire. www.straightliners.events 16 VW Air-Cooled Night. Ace Café, London. www.acecafe.com 19-21 Doorslammers Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk 20-21 Custom and Classic Show Earlswood, Solihull. www. motormayhemcc.co.uk 20-21 Duchy Capri Club Show Constantine Bay, Padstow, Cornwall. www.duchycapriclub.co.uk 20-21 Retro Rides Weekender Goodwood Estate, West Sussex. www.retroridesweekender.com 21 Herts Auto Show Oaklands College, St Albans. www. hertsautoshow.co.uk 26-29 The Main Event Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk 27 All American Cruise In. Ace Café, London. www.acecafe.com 28 Chryslers at Brooklands. Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey. www.brooklandsmuseum.com.
28 Lincoln Castle Classic Car Rally. Lincoln Castle, Lincoln. castlerallylvvs@gmail.com
11 American Truck Nationals Shotley, Suffolk. Facebook: American Truck Nationals UK
29 Margate Meltdown. London to Margate. www.acecafe.com
11 Bespoke Show West Malling, Kent. bespokeshows@gmail.com
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11 BHP Fuel Fest Westpoint Arena, Exeter, Devon. bhpshows.com
1 Krazy Horse Late Nights Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. www.krazyhorse. co.uk
11 Bromley Pageant of Motoring Norman Park, Bromley. www. bromleypageant.com
2-4 VanJam Fir Tree Farm, Warmington. www.vanditos.co.uk
11 Hot Rods and Harleys Hull. Facebook: Bridge County Cruisers
3 Run What Ya Brung Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk
16-18 French Rod Nats Saint Pourçin sur Sioule. www.fsra.info
3-4 Classic and Performance Car Spectacular. Tatton Park, Knutsford. www.tattonclassiccarshow.com
16-18 Sportsman Nationals Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk
3-4 NSRA Fun on the Beach. Great Yarmouth. nsra.org.uk 4 Plus Four Four Show Hartham Park, Wiltshire. www. plusfourfourautomotive.co.uk 4 ‘Normous Newark Autojumble Newark Showground, Newark, Notts. www.newarkautojumble.co.uk 4 Wheels on the Waterfront Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne. Facebook: The Waterfront Eastbourne 7 Hayling Hotrods at the Beach. Hayling Island, Hampshire. Glenn: 07889 710189 7 Hot Rod Night. Ace Café, London. www.acecafe.com 8-11 Hot Rods and Hills Park Foot Holiday Park, Pooley Bridge, Cumbria. parkfootullswater.co.uk 9-11 Retrofestival Newark. Newark Showground, Newark, Notts. www.retrofestival.co.uk
17-18 American Speedfest Brands Hatch. www.brandshatch.co.uk 17-18 MotorFest Chelmsford, Essex. www.motorshowevents.com 17-18 Pendine Sands Hot Rod Races Pendine, Carmarthenshire, South Wales. www.vhra.co.uk 17-18 Straightliners Race Meet Melbourne Raceway, York. www. straightliners.events 18 Back to our Roots Aubourn Hall, Lincoln. www.aubourngardens.com 18 Custom and American Show Beaulieu. www.beaulieu.co.uk 18 Retro Show Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk 19 Top Speed Monday Elvington Airfield, Elvington, West Yorkshire. www.straightliners.events 20 VW Air-Cooled Night. Ace Café, London. www.acecafe.com 24 All American Cruise In. Ace Café, London. www.acecafe.com
10 Classic Car Breakfast Meet Jack’s Patch, Kirton Lindsey. Facebook: Bomber County Classics
24 Run What Ya Brung Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk
10 Run What Ya Brung Saturday Night Special Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk
24-25 Top Speed Meeting Machrihanish Airport, Campbeltown, Argyll. www.straightliners.events
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25 Fast Show Reloaded Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk
7-9 Dragstalgia Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk
25 MPH 1/8th Mile Vintage Sprint RAF Deenethorpe, Corby, Northants. www.mphvintagesprint.co.ukk
7-9 The Weekender Bardwell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. www.krazyhorse. co.uk/pages/krazy-horse-festival
30-2 Summer Nationals Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk
8 Classic Car Breakfast Meet Jack’s Patch, Kirton Lindsey. Facebook: Bomber County Classics
21-23 Rock’n’Ribs Festival Wincanton Racecourse, Somerset. www.rocknribsfestival.co.uk
8 Drag & Drift Dakota Raceway, Honiton, Devon. www.straightliners. events
22-23 National Hot Rod and Custom Show Lincolnshire Showground, Lincoln. www. hotrodandcustomshow.co.uk
JULY 1-2 Stars and Stripes Car Show Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire www.tattonstarsandstripes.com 2 Alan’s T Party. In memory of the late Alan Spittle. Stoke Prior. www.justgiving.com/page/alanstparty 2 Festival of the Dead. Burghley House, Stamford, Lincs. www.festivalofthedead.uk 2 Wheels on the Waterfront Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne. Facebook: The Waterfront Eastbourne 3 North Yorkshire Custom Show. Northallerton. Facebook: North Yorkshire Custom Show
8 Spitfire Raceway Drag’n’Drift. Parranporth Airfield, St Agnes, Cornwall. www.perranporthdrivingcentre.com 8-9 Historic Vehicle Gathering Powderham Castle, Exeter, Devon. historic-vehicle-gathering.info 8-9 Kernow Old Vehicle Rally Penhallow. KOVC Facebook 13-16 Goodwood Festival of Speed Goodwood Estate, West Sussex. www.goodwood.com 15 Run What Ya Brung Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk
4 Hayling Hotrods at the Beach. Hayling Island, Hampshire. Glenn: 07889 710189
15-16 Straightliners Race Meet Melbourne Raceway, York. www. straightliners.events
5 Hot Rod Night. Ace Café, London. www.acecafe.com
16 Ford Show Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk
6 Krazy Horse Late Nights Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. www.krazyhorse. co.uk
17 Top Speed Monday Elvington Airfield, Elvington, West Yorkshire. www.straightliners.events
6-8 Västerås Summer Meet Västerås, Västmanland, Sweden. vasterassummermeet.se
18 VW Air-Cooled Night. Ace Café, London. www.acecafe.com
21-23 Bullfrog Bash Coach and Horses, Billinghay, Lincoln. bullfrogbash@hellsangelsmc.co.uk 21-23 Bug Jam Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk
22-23 Carrot Town Garage American Car Show. Stonham Barns, Suffolk. www.stonhambarns.co.uk 22-23 Straightliners Race Meet Llanbedr Airfield, Llanbedr, Gwynedd. www.straightliners.events 23 Deuce Day Gaydon, Warwickshire. www.deucesofbritain.co.uk/deuce-day 28-29 Weekend of Wheels Moorgreen, Notts. www.coffencars.club 28-30 KLK Extravaganza Walpole St Andrew, Norfolk. www.kingslynnkruisers.co.uk 28-30 Hotrod Hayride Bisley Shooting Ground, Woking. www. hotrodhayride.co.uk 29 All American Cruise In. Ace Café, London. www.acecafe.com 29-30 Mopar Euro Nationals Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk 29-30 Ten Of The Best Elvington Airfield, Elvington, West Yorkshire. www.straightliners.events
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26 All American Cruise In. Ace Café, London. www.acecafe.com 28 Drive and Jive Auto Show. Whitstable Bends, Whitstable, Kent. www.driveandjive.uk
SEPTEMBER 1-3 Blue Ridge Runners Show West Huntspill, Somerset. www.blueridgerunners.co.uk 1-3 VW Action Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk
30 Auto Extravaganza Walpole St Andrew, Norfolk. www.kingslynnkruisers.co.uk 30 Rally of the Giants Stonor Park, Henley on Thames. www. allamericanautoclub.com
AUGUST 1 Hayling Hotrods at the Beach. Hayling Island, Hampshire. Glenn: 07889 710189 2 Hot Rod Night. Ace Café, London. www.acecafe.com 3 Krazy Horse Late Nights Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. www.krazyhorse. co.uk
11-13 Huccabilly Run Hexworthy, Devon. facebook.com/TheAbbotsCC 11-13 NSVA Truck-In Drum and Monkey, Gloucester Road, Upton on Severn. Facebook: NSVA 11-13 Retrofestival Newbury Showground. www.retrofestival.co.uk 12 Classic Car Breakfast Meet Jack’s Patch, Kirton Lindsey. Facebook: Bomber County Classics 12 Best of British Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk 12 Drag & Drift Dakota Raceway, Honiton, Devon. www.straightliners. events
4-6 Ultimate Street Car Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk
13 ‘Normous Newark Autojumble Newark Showground, Newark, Notts. www.newarkautojumble.co.uk
5-6 Festival of Wheels Trinity Park, Ipswich. www.motorshowevents.com
13 Run What Ya Brung Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk
5-6 Straightliners Race Meet Melbourne Raceway, York. www. straightliners.events
15 VW Air-Cooled Night. Ace Café, London. www.acecafe.com
6 American Car Sunday Hooters, Nottingham. www.hootersnottingham. co.uk 6 Wheels on the Waterfront Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne. Facebook: The Waterfront Eastbourne 7 Top Speed Monday Elvington Airfield, Elvington, West Yorkshire. www.straightliners.events 10-13 NSRA Hot Rod Supernationals Old Warden Park, Biggleswade. www.nsra.org.uk
18-20 Greenlight Nationals Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk 19-20 Passion for Power Classic Motor Show. Tatton Park, Knutsford. www.tattonpassionforpower.com 25-27 GOW! Speed Hill Climb Prescott Hill, Cheltenham, Cotswolds. www.vhra.co.uk 25-27 Knucklebusters Car Show. Stonham Barns, Suffolk. www. stonhambarns.co.uk 25-28 Hot Rod Hop. Thurleigh, Beds. Facebook: Cannibals Car Club UK
2-3 International Autojumble Beaulieu. www.beaulieu.co.uk 2-3 Jurby Drag Racing Jurby, Isle of Man. www.straightliners.events 3 Brooklands American Day Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey. www.brooklandsmuseum.com 3 Wheels on the Waterfront Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne. Facebook: The Waterfront Eastbourne 5 Hayling Hotrods at the Beach. Hayling Island, Hampshire. Glenn: 07889 710189 6 Hot Rod Night. Ace Café, London. www.acecafe.com 7 Krazy Horse Late Nights Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. www.krazyhorse. co.uk 7-10 European Finals Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk 8-9 Hindenberg Dirt Track Races www.hindenberg-dirt-track.com 8-10 Goodwood Revival Goodwood Estate. www.goodwood.com 9 Classic Car Breakfast Meet Jack’s Patch, Kirton Lindsey. Facebook: Bomber County Classics 9-10 Straightliners Race Meet Melbourne Raceway, York. www. straightliners.events 10 VHRA Swap Meet Ramsey, Cabridgeshire. www.vhra.co.uk 11 Top Speed Monday Elvington Airfield, Elvington, West Yorkshire. www.straightliners.events 15-17 Hot Rod Drags Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk
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15-17 Isle of Man Festival of Motoring www.iomfm.com
30 All American Cruise In. Ace Café, London. www.acecafe.com
16 Spitfire Raceway Drag’n’Drift. Parranporth Airfield, St Agnes, Cornwall. www.perranporthdrivingcentre.com
30 Drag & Drift Dakota Raceway, Honiton, Devon. www.straightliners. events
17 American Car Show. Stonham Barns, Suffolk. www. stonhambarns.co.uk
30 Run What Ya Brung Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk
17 ‘Normous Newark Autojumble Newark Showground, Newark, Notts. www.newarkautojumble.co.uk 19 VW Air-Cooled Night. Ace Café, London. www.acecafe.com 22-24 National Finals Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk 22-24 Flat Caps and Ferrets Lepton Highlanders, Huddersfield. Facebook: Flat Caps & Ferrets
OCTOBER 1 Wheels on the Waterfront Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne. Facebook: The Waterfront Eastbourne
9 Top Speed Monday Elvington Airfield, Elvington, West Yorkshire. www.straightliners.events 14 Classic Car Breakfast Meet Jack’s Patch, Kirton Lindsey. Facebook: Bomber County Classics 14 Run What Ya Brung Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk 15 Straightliners Race Meet Santa Pod. www.straightliners.events 17 VW Air-Cooled Night. Ace Café, London. www.acecafe.com
3 Hayling Hotrods at the Beach. Hayling Island, Hampshire. Glenn: 07889 710189
21 Run What Ya Brung Saturday Night Special Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk
4 Hot Rod Night. Ace Café, London. www.acecafe.com
22 ‘Normous Newark Autojumble Newark Showground, Newark, Notts. www.newarkautojumble.co.uk
5 Krazy Horse Late Nights Bury St Edmunds. www.krazyhorse.co.uk
23-24 ACU/UKITA Records Elvington Airfield, Elvington, West Yorkshire. www.straightliners.events
7 Run What Ya Brung Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk
23-24 Sywell Classic: Pistons and Props Sywell Aerodrome, Northants. www.sywellclassic.co.uk
7-8 Straightliners Race Meet Melbourne Raceway, York. www. straightliners.events
22 Run What Ya Brung Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk 28 All American Cruise In. Ace Café, London. www.acecafe.com 28 Flame & Thunder Show Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk
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