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4 News & reviews

8 Mail Young and old

10 Events Still lots to do

40 So Cal Diaries Desert heat

80 Remember when… One man band

Regulars

Others32 Custom Car subs offer Save some dosh

76 Custom Car back issues Missed a month?

Out and About

12 Animation time No Gromit though

16 A Common show An annual event

17 Street party Reviving the custom

18 Warm welcome Wet too though

Contentswww.customcarmag.co.uk

Features20 Bad boy to hero From ’shine to stock

26 Independently sprung Stroked, too

34 Warden it be great It certainly was

50 Don’t tell dad He soon guessed though

56 First and last Driving the dream

62 Running on four Bloody quick though

64 ’Ring of fire Burnout smoke, too

44 In ya faceIt certainly is

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Last supperbreakfastLymestone Brewery and Reapers UK

present the last Breakfast at the Brewery

for 2015 on Sunday 20 September from

9am to 1pm. The brewery is located in

Stone, Staffordshire (ST15 8LL) and all rods,

customs, classics, bikes, scooters and even

mopeds are welcome. As the organisers say,“Variation is the key here, so don’t be shy

and let’s make this last get together of the

year the biggest yet. ”

The £5 per person entry fee gets you a

drink and a butty, so bring your family and

friends, and don’t forget your camera.

If you need to know more, call Steve on

07928 214543.

Top drawerWolf Tools has extended its product listing

with the addition of a new range of tool

storage solutions. The extensive line up

of 34 products offers safe and secure tool

storage for home, hobby, professional

workshop and on-site use. Tool chests, step-

up chests, roller cabinets and jobsite boxes

are offered in seven ranges, from Home to

Super Professional, with sizes ranging from

26 to 42-inches wide. Steel workbenches in

1500mm and 2000mm lengths complete the

line up. Features include steel construction,powder coated finish, smooth action ball

or roller bearing drawers, lockable and side

carry handles.

Prices start from £49.99 and the full

range is available online at www.ukhs.tv

Friday bonus

As long as you’re reading this issue assoon as it came out, you’ve just got time to

sling your tent in the boot and head off to

Shakespeare County Raceway for theNSRA

Hot Rod Drags (11-13 September). As a

bonus, if you arrive early enough, you can

enter the Friday Afternoon Shootout.

You can run on either treaded tyres or

slicks, but your vehicle must be silenced

as the track offi cials don’t want to incur

the wrath of the vocal locals. Two trophies

are up for grabs, along with a bumper

prize package, which will include a free

event t-shirt, a bag of NSRA goodies, dragrace DVDs courtesy of Quarter Mile High

and free admission to the 2016 Nostalgia

Nationals. All you have to do is turn up,

sign on and run on the Friday afternoon.

One trophy and prize package will go to

whoever runs the quickest ET, with the

other going to the person who puts in the

most runs. Ladies and gentlemen, start

your engines.

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IntroductionLast month I mentioned the resilience and

positivity displayed by hot rodders, and now

I would like to expand on that by mentioning

a few more of their traits – kindness,

consideration and generosity. These were

demonstrated to the full during prize giving

at the Supernats a few weeks ago.

In the July issue we pictured Zack Martin,

who assisted Jimmy Shine with the trophy

presentations

at the National

Hot Rod &

Custom Show in

Peterborough.

Subsequently,

Russ Cook

arranged for

Jimmy to sign a

copy of CC with

a feature on the

show, which he

then had framed,

along with a print

of the original

photo. Russ

then presented

this memorable

souvenir to Zack

on the Sunday

afternoon.

A number of

NSRA committee

members have

announced they

will be standing down at the club’s AGM in

November. The longest serving of these

is Trade Co-Ordinator, Dik Stapley, and,

unbeknown to Dik, the traders decided his

retirement shouldn’t go unnoticed. As a

mark of the traders’ thanks for the support

he has given them over the last eight years,

Ian Guy presented Dik and his wife, Kay, with

a print uncannily depicting a younger Dik

riding a Harley – well, he was an avid biker in

a former life. Colin Ayres had arranged for all

the traders to sign this before it was framed,

which was a nice touch, not to mention a

considerate gesture.

Both these acts were warmly appreciated

by both the recipients and the amassed

crowd. Ain’t you all a bunch of great people?

And talking of presentations at the

Supernats, Mike and I

would like to thank the

NSRA for the plaque I

collected on behalf of CC

to mark the magazine’s

induction into their Hall

of Fame. Sadly, as I’d

left my selfie stick at

home I didn’t get a pic of

the presentation, but the plaque is now

proudly displayed in my home office, next

to the Bootsie the magazine received

when it was inducted into the British

Drag Racing Hall of Fame. I’m only the

current custodian of both of these awards,

but they don’t half make me feel proud

to be part of the magazine’s history.

Dave Biggadyke

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StockingfillersA sure sign the year is coming to a close

s w en we start rece v ng PR a out

ca en ars. We , t e rst suc o er ng

this year comes from those ever-effi cient

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T e mages or t e r A3-s ze 2016

calendar were all taken on location in the

Va ey Gas wor s op y Tony Ny o ns an

eature qu te a ew pa rs o , we , ny ons.

Priced at £14.99, plus p&p if required, the

calendars are available online, direct from

t e Va ey Gas s op or t oug Face oo .

Visit www.valleygasspeedshop.com or call

t em on 01264 353646.

Popular showPopsta g a, t e

celebration of all

variants of Ford’s

Popu ar, Ang a an

Prefect models from

t e 40s to t e 60s,

ta es p ace on 26-27

September. The venue

s Boswort Water

Trust n Nuneaton,Warwickshire where

camping is available (tel. 01455 291876 for details). The weekend

eatures a Satur ay cru se an a r ve- n car s ow on t e Sun ay.

Food and drink will be available from the on-site restaurant. For more

information, call 07813 478789.

Meat and two veg Sa y, ts gett ng towar t e t me o year w en t ngs start eas ng o

on the hot rodding calendar. Not so when it comes to the Head Gaskets

though. Their evening BBQs take place on the third Wednesday of each

mont rom 7pm t ate, w t t e ast or 2015 e ng on 16 Septem er.

That doesn’t signal winter hibernation though as the Head Gaskets’ Hot

Rod Sunday Roasts run on from noon on the third Sunday of each month

rom Octo er t roug to Apr . By our rec onng, t at means Sun ay 18

October will be the first of this winter session.

he venue for both the BBQs and Sunday roasts is the North Star

pu c ouse, T orney M Roa , Iver, Sout Buc s SL0 9AL (te . 01895

442128) an a ro s, customs, c ass cs, Amer can an most pre-1980

cars are welcome.

Pic and mix The Iceni C.A.R. Club Picnic in the Forest takes place on Sunday 13

Septem er at H g Lo ge n T et or Forest Par on t e Nor o /

Su o or er. T e venue o ers s amen t es an a arge p ay area

and food will be available, with the informal get together kicking off

at 10am. T e entrance to t e p cn c s te s o t e B1107 – ve m es

rom t e A11 at T et or ea ng towar s Bran on – an a Forest To

charge applies (www.forestry.gov.uk/highlodge). For further details

o t s, an ot er events organ se y t e Icen C.A.R. C u , s t www.

cen carc u .uwc u .net

Pod cast The latest happenings at the home of UK drag racing - Santa Pod The empus sure doesfugit. One minute weare gearing up forthe Festival of Powerand the start of thecompetitive dragracing season, next,or so it seems, we arereadying to wind upthe show for another

year. The Europeanseason as a rea y c maxe w t t e n tro- ue e extravaganzaknown as the European Finals. Now it’s time for our home-grownracers to settle their championship differences at the National Finals.

Just two wee en s a ter t e Euro spectacu ar, t e Nat onaFinals (19-20 September) showcases all that’s best about the UKSportsman drag racing scene. But don’t think you’ll be short changed

t e g c asses are a sent. T e Nosta g a Fue C a enge Cup wstill give you your late-season nitro kick, and then there are the ProMo s – t e quc est, astest, w est oors ammers n t e sport r ngt e MSA Br t s Drag Rac ng C amp ons p to ts c mact c s xt anfinal round.

T e Nat ona F na s raws toget er a roa er cast o c aractersthan you’ll have seen a fortnight earlier at the ‘big show’. There willbe familiar Sportsman classes, of course, such as Pro and Super ProET, t e Super c asses, Jun or Dragsters an t e Topspee Automot veStreet Eliminator, but the Volkswagen community will also be out inforce with a host of VWDRC Pro and Sportsman entries. Plus, there’ll

e t e urt ng, retro-sty e campa gners o t e W Bunc .Along with Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Super Street Bikes,

Super Tw n Top Gassers an ETers w e go ng e or eat ert roug t e coo a utumn a r an t e 8.50 an 9.50 B e rac eteerswill be strutting their stuff. And don’t forget the Juniors – drag racing

s come n e-r ng as we as ragster- r v ng orm.Away from the track, Santa Pod provides its usual brand of evening

entertainment and family fun – as always, kids under 16 come in forree. On t e trac , prepare or a po gnant, no sy, arewe , w en t e

Chaos Fuel Altered makes its final appearance under the ownershipof Lawrie Gatehouse. Once the doyen of drag racing photo-ourna sts, Gate ouse steppe ac nto t e quarter-m e spot g t

10 years ago, launching Chaos and revitalising the Fuel Altered sceneat t e same t me. Now ret rement ec ons, an UK rag rac ng w e

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Wings andwheels This year’s Footman James Sywell

Classic – Pistons and Props takes

place at Sywell Aerodrome near

Northampton on 26-27 September.

The event combines historic race

cars, hot rods and motorbikes with

classic aeroplanes and vintage music.

Land-based attractions include a

‘Racing Runway’ and ‘Sprint Strip’,

whilst airborne entertainment will be provided by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight,the Breitling Wingwalkers and the World War 1 Dogfight display team. Swing jive band The

One Eyed Cats will be performing throughout the weekend, while Saturday night sees The

New Dreamers featuring Tommy Cunningham (former Bay City Roller ) take to the stage. With

a vintage fun fair and shopping village also on site, why not make a weekend of it as camping

packages are available. Find out more at www.sywellclassic.co.uk

Cordless impactDriven from years of combined experience in both the

motorsport and tool industries, the Kielder Works Team have

developed an all-new 18V, cordless,½-inch drive impact

wrench. Launching under the new-to-market Kielder brand,

the unit offers 430Nm of torque, weighs in at 1.7kg and is

fuelled by Samsung Li-Ion batteries.

The KWT-002 18V cordless impact wrench will be on sale

via www.kielder.co, as well as through Machine Mart and

other retailers, priced at£149.98 inc. VAT. Complementary

products sharing the same 18V battery system will also be

available. Find out more at www.kielder.co


Save the Salt It’s no secret that the Bonneville Salt

Flats (BSF) has been under threat

for decades. In the 1960s, the land-

speed racing community alerted the

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

that there was a serious problem,

yet no protective action was taken

until 1997. Despite a significant salt-

brine pumping programme, it has

become obvious that the amounts

being pumped are insuffi cient to overcome the estimated 50-75 million tons of salt that were

removed over the previous six decades.

The cancellation of the 2015 Speed Week due to deteriorating conditions at the BSF has

helped build a large coalition effort to address the problem. With renewed focus, the team

has constructed a plan to save the salt flats. Team members from are working with state

government offi cials, members of Congress and the BLM, engineers and geologists to draft a

comprehensive Reclamation Plan.

An online petition is being circulated to stop the mining of this Area of Critical

Environmental Concern. Without more aggressive management by the government entities

currently responsible for this unique area, there will not be a salt flat in the coming years.

Please take a few minutes of your time to submit your signature to this issue and start

towards the resolution of the situation (leave out the Zip Code if you’re a non-US resident).

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Older

youngbloodDear CC, I thought I would send

you these photos in the hope you

can use them in your magazine.

I’ve been in the hobby since I

passed my driving test at 17. Even

when children come along you

don’t stop doing what you love

doing and when Ben arrived we

had to get him involved.

We won a tot rod body at the

Supernats in 2000 when Ben was

five, and I was glad to build it

for him. My father-in-law, Ron,

gave us some steam pipe to make

the chassis and the running gear

came from an old, burnt out, sit-on mower. It was painted in the body shop where I

used to work, and all in it cost just £70 to build. We took the tot rod to a lot of car shows

taking two cars, me pulling the caravan with the Jowett Javelin and Jane pulling the tot

rod in our daily. A lot of petrol was consumed over the years. Ben’s first outing was when

he was six, when he did the drag racing time trials at Billing. God that was frightening.

Things changed the year after when the tot rods moved to the go kart track. Ben had so

much fun and was very competitive over the years. He never won, but came very close to

it at times.

He’s now 20-years old and driving his own car, a ’60 Ford 100E. We have to keep youngblood coming through to keep the hobby alive, and we hope this never changes in our

lifetime. We still have the tot rod – too many memories to sell.

Malc, Jane and, of course, Ben Beales via email

>Malc and Jane, good on you both for showing Ben the way ahead at such a tender age.

We have noticed of late that more and more offspring of long-term rodders are now

driving their own cars. Hopefully, Ben will make use of the socket set we’ll be sending –

that’s Ben, not you Malc! Ed.

Doesn’t add upDear CC, for the sake of my marriage I didn’t spent £17,000

putting the Hemi in my Tudor. When I ran 89mph at Pendine

on the Saturday it was three mph faster than the old V6, hence

£1,700 per mph!

Johnny Best via email

>Oops, sorry about that Johnny. Mike Pye holds his hands up to

getting his sums wrong, hopefully Sarah didn’t take his maths as

gospel. I guess in all the excitement of Pendine Mike was struggling

with his digits as he also owns

up to referring to Phil Wells’

coupe (pictured left) as a5-window when clearly it’s got

less glass than that. Nobody

seems to have noticed that

faux pas though so let’s keep

that one to ourselves, okay?


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Great, but loudDear CC, all I can say is what a day

Saturday was. The weather was brilliant,

the racing was brilliant, the atmosphere

was brilliant and the cars were brilliant.

I am referring to Dragstalgia of course.

My son stayed right ’til the flame

burnouts at the end and enjoyed every

minute of the day. Well done Santa Pod

and the organisers of this event, I feel it

will only get bigger and could become

the new main event on my calendar.

Do I have any negative points?

Well yes, the music. Why is it so loud

while waiting for the next race to

set up, or when there’s an interlude?

The music itself was not the problem,

but sitting on the bank you couldn’t

hear yourself talk, and you can’t

escape the speakers as they are all

away along the track. Even my son

says it was louder than the cars.

Despite that, I’m looking forward

to next year’s Dragstalgia already.

Karl Wraight via email

>Great to hear you and your son

enjoyed Dragstalgia so much Karl, it’s

one of our favourite events, too. As for

the volume of the music, what do the

rest of you think? Ed.

Sticky endDear CC, you kindly published my

letter in the April ’15 issue regarding

the nostalgia T bucket drag car I was

building called Purple “T” Daze. I

mentioned I was after some older-style

CC stickers for the car and, thanks to

Sid Slattery, the T now wears them with

pride. I’ve thanked Sid in person, but

now I’d like to thank him publicly.

Gary Parkes via email

>Consider Sid thanked in print Gary,

he’s one of those people who will always

help out whenever they can. We’re liking

the look of your T by the way. Ed.

’Vette’ll be itDear CC, I once owned Plastic Fantastic,

a Corvette worked on by Nick Orme and

featured in these pages. Of note was

the front end treatment and sequential

Thunderbird tail lights. Is there any chance

I could locate the article you ran sometime

around ’75 to ’78? I do believe the front

cover of that particular issue featured

another really nice (white) Corvette, all

decked up in the American flag and an

unforgettable beautiful woman adorning

the roof. It has been a long time.

C.E. Roldan, Montreal

>Your memory’s not that bad Mr. Roldan

as the feature you mention appeared in the

July ’76 issue. Sadly, we have no archivesfrom that era, so all we can suggest is

scouring eBay to try and find a copy. Ed. Life’s a dragDear CC, I am so enjoying your series on the

golden age of drag racing. I first went to the

Pod in 1974 and have so many memories of

those days. It’s great to see that so many cars

are still pounding the quarter mile. I recently

went to Classics at the Castle at Sherborne

Castle and Dick Sharp had Dorset Horn there

on display. It’s amazing he is still running

that after 40 years. I also hear that the

original Mr Six dragster was found in France

and will be restored.I remember being at the Pod in 1977 to

see Pete Crane in Stormbringer run the first

five in Europe. It’s great to see so many of

these cars surviving and still doing what they

were built to do. I’ll never forget following

Al’s Gasser on a trailer being pulled by a

Ford V8 Pilot. Those were the days.

Andy Snellgrove, Yeovil

> Andy, nostalgia really is your thing – I

can’t remember the last time I received

a hand-written letter. Glad you’re liking

Keith Lee’s features, we’re always amazed

at what he digs out of his archives, and his

memory. As for Mr Six, we understand the

six-second dragster is now owned by one ofthe original team members, and is currently

being restored for cacklefest use. We look

forward to seeing, and hearing, that. Ed.

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A full list of events can be found on the Custom Car website at

www.customcarmag.co.ukNB: We advise you to double check with organisers that the event or show as listed is still going ahead, to avoid any wasted journeys. To submit anevent, email [email protected], fax 01733 557235, or write to Custom Car Events, Kelsey Media, PO Box 978, Peterborough PE1 9FL.

A u st o events can e oun on t st C a w

www.c c .NB: We advise you to double check with organisers that the event or show a ed s ti i a ead, to avoid any s j ne s.. o it event, email [email protected], fax 01733 557235, or write t s tom r ven s,, y M di , P ox 9 8 , et r ro P 9 L.

SEPTEMBER11-13 NSRA Hot Rod Drags.Shakespeare County Raceway.www.nsra.org.uk

11-13 Goodwood Revival. Goodwood,Sussex. www.goodwood.co.uk

13 Iceni (C.A.R.) Club’s Picnic in theForest. High Lodge, Thetford Forest Park.www.icenicarclub.uwclub.net

13 RWYB. Santa Pod. www.rwyb.com

13 Kent’s Classic Car Show.Aylesford Priory, Kent.

www.kentsclassiccarshow.co.uk18 Peak Performance Test & TuneDay. Santa Pod. www.rwyb.com

18-20 NHRC Hot Rod & Custom CarShow. Lepton Highlanders Sports &Social Club, Huddersfield.07768 071916

18-20 AACUK Autumn Nationals.Drayton Manor Park, Staffs.www.american-auto-club.co.uk

19 YANCS ’ Show at Driffi eld CountryFair. Driffi eld Showground, NorthHumberside. Search YANCS Yorkshire onFacebook

19-20 National Finals.Santa Pod. www.santapod.com

19-20 Footman James Classic CarShow. Event City, Manchester.www.manchesterclassiccarshow.com

20 UK Northern Finals. York Raceway.www.yorkraceway.org.uk

20 A602s’ Autorama. Fairlands ValleyShowground, Stevenage, Herts.www.a602sstreetandstriprods.com

20 Route 62 Kustom Show.Pontefract Racecourse, Yorkshire.www.facebook.com/Route62Kustomshow

20 The Big Welsh Classic Car Show.Margam castle, South Wales.www.facebook.com/events/845526792173504

25-27 Fort Paull American, Rod andCustom Show. Fort Paull, Hull HU12 8FP.No dogs allowed in Fort. 01709 542555 /07787 915081

25-27 Wessex Rod & CustomWeekender. Norden Farm Campsite,Wareham, Dorset. www.facebook.com/events/1574765112781757/

26 Saturday Night Special.

Santa Pod. www.rwyb.com

26-27 Late Summer MadnessPublic Track Weekend.Shakespeare County Raceway.www.shakespearecountyraceway.com

26-27 Sywell Classic – Pistons andProps. Sywell Aerodrome, Northants.www.sywellaerodrome.co.uk

26-27 Popstalgia. Bosworth WaterTrust, Nuneaton, Warks. 07813 478789

OCTOBER3 RWYB. Santa Pod. www.rwyb.com

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Words and pics: Martin Drake

Organised by thePhantoms, the 11th

Hot Rod Hootenanny was staged in the

outskirts of Glasgow. Hot rods, customs

and American cars slowly started to roll

into Stirling Rugby Club on the Friday

morning, with the locals wondering if

it was a thunderstorm closing in on the

town as a string of V8s descended into

the grounds. Participants travelled from as

far afield as York and Harrogate to see what a

Scottish hot rod event had in store for them.

The weather gods, however, had their own

agenda and, maybe thinking we didn’t have

enough to drink, sent plenty of the wet stuff.

Then, at 1.30am on the Saturday morning,

they picked up the main marquee from the

showfield and wrapped it around one of the

floodlight posts. Did this dampen the spirit of

the weekend? Not a chance!With the hot rod quiz on Friday night

and the cruise out on Saturday, spending

on your to-do-north-of-the-border list

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starts at an earlier age north of the border.

Graeme Stock camped up for the weekend of fun

and games, not to mention cruising in his Model

A sedan delivery.

The rain didn’t put off the cruisers, and John

McClellan leads the pack in his ’54 Ford Customline.

Stock height or chopped? A brace of Pops

playing puddle jumpers on the Saturday.

We’re surprised Brian Watson finds the time to

take in a rod run on his doorstep as he spends so

much time south of the border in his ’33 coupe.

time with friends and chatting about our

hobby is all we need to keep ourselves busy

and smiling. Unfortunately, the proposed

highland games had to be cancelled due to

the weather, but instead people just chilled

out in the bar and took in the live sounds

from the Hot Rod Sinners before the DJ kept

everyone dancing long into the night.

As show day dawned, the sun came out

and the public came along. With traders

ranging from vintage hairdressers to tiki

stalls, 120 hot rods and Yanks to wander

around and more live music from those

Sinners a great day was had by all.

Despite the terrible weather conditions

earlier in the weekend, the vibe was high

and this show should definitely be on your

to-do-north-of-the-border list. If you’re

tempted, next year’s Phantoms’ show willbe on 15-17 July at Stirling Rugby Club,

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weather and came along

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Rockabilly band, the Hot Rod Sinners, played the night away, and someof the following day, too.

John Stevenson’s ’40 Ford pick-up in the main line up on the show fieldon the Sunday.

of the following day, too.

Wallace Monument overlooks Stirling

Rugby Club, providing an eerie backdrop to

the P ha nt o ms’ Hootenanny.

The unmistakably sleek lines of Bruce Kinnear’s chopped and bagged’46 Chevy Stylemaster

Steve Wilson’ s ’55 Chevy Bel Air was just one of many classic Y anks on display.

We’ve yet to see a picture of Fraser Walker without a smile on his facewhen he’s behind the wheel of his ’flaked and blown C-cab.

Barry Lynch’s Fordson runs an independent front end, Volvo 240 back axle and a blown 3.9-litre Rover V8 mated to a 5-speed manual ’box.

John Bradley doesn’t get put off by bad weather,

and drives his Dearborn-bodied ’32 roadster almost everywhere.

Chopped Moggies appear to be en vo gu e in Scotland these days.



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Words and pics: Mark Blows

Once again, the Classics on the Common

Chelmsford meet was a resounding success this

year. Thanks to the great weather, a huge turnout

amassed on Galleywood Common, right in front of

the Horse & Groom public house.

Variety is always the main ingredient at this show and

this year was no different, with classics, Yanks, bikes,

rods and customs all well represented. Amidst the many

familiar vehicles on display, many new rides were also

in attendance. In contrast, there were also a few cars

present that werefirst built several decades ago.

All in all it was a great evening, and our thanks must

go to the Chelmer Valley Car Meet for once again making

it all happen. Roll on next year’s gathering…

a huge turnout amassed on

Galleywood Common

Classics on the Common

Distinctive Model AVicky cum Phaetonis a new one on us.

It’s hard to believethat the Norman

Wilding-builtMk2 Zephyr, FordFever, graced the

cover of Hot Rod& Custom UK inOctober 1978.

Keith Smith’s Mk10 Jag, The Beast, runs a twinsupercharged big block Chevy, and is a regular at

Classics on the Common.

Geoff Caves’ 35 Ford still looks as good as it did when the WayneStreams-built coupe rolled into Billing Aquadrome in 2002.

Starsky and Hutch -styled Gran Torino sportedan apt number plate.

We ran a pic of Roger Sinclair’s rebuilt ModelT on the Mailbox page in the July issue. Here’s

proof Roger gets out and uses it.

Almost as old is the PieWagon Moggy van, whichappeared on the cover ofthe September ’89 issue

of Fruit Machine in itsorange guise.



17/84

Words and pics: Ian Shonk

On Sunday 9 August thousands of people

flooded the village centre and the riverside

festivalfield to be part of the Mountsorrel

Revival (aka The Hot Rod Street Party). The

street parade was led by an American police car

andfinished with a Greengrass impersonator

(from TV series Heartbeat ) in his old truck. In

between were hot rods, classic cars, tribal drummers,

burlesque dancers, Civil War re-enactment soldiers,

local artisans and the soap box racers. In fact, the soap

box racing is the main attraction at the Revival, with

the local cricket club loaning its car park for the event.

Over 60 stalls filled every available forecourt and

green space, all hand-picked to give a funky mix of

traders and food outlets. Visitors, many of whom were

dressed in vintage costume for the day, also had the

chance to take a river trip, try archery on the festival

field or stroll round the car show areas. Afterwards, the

show organisers commented, “The show car owners

liked the ‘no booking, just roll up’ approach, meaning

we had an ever-changing display as cars cruised in.”

The date for next year’s Revival is Sunday 14 August,

and full details will be posted at www.mountsorrel-

revival.co.uk as soon as they are available.

an ever-changing display as

cars cruised in

Mountsorrel Revival

The local Honda dealershipcleared its forecourt for the

day and handed it over to thehot rods and customs…

…with more cars parked up by the Waterside Inn.

’73 AMC Javelin heads up the colourful street paradethrough Mountsorrel.

Soap box entrants included everything from bathtubs to aeroplanes, with allputting on an entertaining show for the crowd.

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How often do you see hot rods being followed down the street by Civil War re-enactment soldiers and

tribal drummers?

Local band, Lock d ow n , rocked the street, whilst

elsewhere musicians and tribal drummers had the

crowds swinging to the beat. Dancing ranged from

burlesque performances by Chi ca s Lo cas to swing jive in the Memorial Hall.



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Words and pics: DB

Circumstances dictated I could only

make it along to this year’s King’s Lynn

Kruisers’ Extravaganza on the Sunday,

so that’s just what I did, despite

the less-than-welcoming weather

forecast for the day. Sadly though, others

took greater heed of the weathermen’s

foreboding and stayed at home. I hadn’t

seen the showfi

eld so sparsely populated

for many a year, which was a shame.

Those I spoke to who had been there

for the weekend were resilient though. All

had had a good time, despite the storm on

Friday night. Many also commented on how

much they had enjoyed the Saturday cruise,

which took in some drifting action and gave

them the opportunity to take passenger

rides. The atmosphere had been good, both

everyone had praise for the KLK crew’s efforts

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would definitely hold on tight.

Don’t for one minute be fooled into thinking that

C C cover cars are fair weather rods. John Stearman

braved the elements in his ’48 Austin Dorset and

went home with the Best in Show trophy.

Another former cover car on show was John

Proctor’s almost cartoon-esque blown Model

Y. Because of the inclement weather, John had

already taken down his tent and stashed it on the

back seat.

It was shiny but now it’snot. Tony Madden’s ’51

shoebox certainly looks alot different these days.

during the daytime and for the evenings’

entertainment, and everyone had praise for

the KLK crew’s efforts.

Come early afternoon on the Sunday,

though, the inevitable rain once agai n fell,

and it just got heavier and heavier. Having

initially sought shelter, one by one owners

began to return to their vehicles and head

off

home. With the already depleted show

field emptying rapidly, prize giving was

brought forward.

Hats off to both the organisers and

those participants who stuck it out to the

end. When the weather isn’t kind, all you

can do is grin and bear it. Next year will

see the 40th staging of this weekender,

hopefully in sunshine, but either way I’ll

be there.

Ready for the off. Bill O’Connor in full flight gear in

readiness for piloting the Model A Bobtail on the

cross-country journey back home.



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TheKLK show just wouldn’t be the same without Wobbly Bob’s CF van.I wonder how many of the 39 shows this van has actually made it to?

This one caused a fair bit of head scratching. It’ s actually a Mercedes Benz – a ’ 35-’42 170 I reckon, but I could be

wrong. Again.

Joe Stevens collects a Top Ten award for his

Sunbeam Stiletto. Is it just me, or does WendyStrickson appear to have

shrunk in the rain?

All credit to the band for playing on in less-than-ideal conditions toan almost non-existent audience. Credit also to those who stood and watched, not to mention those who actually danced.

Distinctive Model A sedan was anew one on me. My guess is it’san old build that’s been given a

makeover, but I could be wrong.

Richard and Sue Tidd’s understated Chevy Suburban

provides plenty of people-carrying capacity, as well as room for a

surfoard on top.

Terry Tibbs tried his best to createhis own show within a show. The

logistics of getting his ’48 Fordsedan, his Mercedes diesel-powered’51 Chevy and his ‘51 Chevy pick-upto the same show at the same time

must have been a nightmare.

Exhibitors voted JamieSisson’s Dodge Challenger asBest KLK Club Car. Two weeks

later, Santa Pod Racewaychose it as one of their picks

of cars taking part in theSupernats cruise.



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Getting arrested and a two-year prison sentence formoonshining in 1956 was not the highlight of Junior Johnson’s

life, though it did little to harm his reputation in NASCAR.Some 29 years later, he received a full presidential pardon for

his previous offences.

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Robert Glenn Johnson jnr, or simply

‘Junior’ as he is known, was the

son of a bootlegger from Ingle

Hollow, North Carolina. At the age

of 14, Junior dropped out of high school

so he could start driving for his father

full time, delivering illegal ‘moonshine’

whisky. His talent behind the wheel, even

at that early age, is well documented and

none better than by Tom Wolfe, writing in

Esquire magazine in 1965: "It was Junior

Johnson specifically, however, who was

famous for the "bootleg turn" or "about-face," in which, if the Alcohol Tax agents

had a roadblock up for you or were too

close behind, you threw the car into second

gear, cocked the wheel, stepped on the

accelerator and made the car’s rear end

skid around in a complete 180-degree arc, a

complete about-face, and tore on back up

the road exactly the way you came from.

God! The Alcohol Tax agents used to burnover Junior Johnson.”

While Junior spent his formative years

behind the wheel of a modified 1940 Ford

‘liquor car’, this was just the start of a life-

long obsession with motor cars. "Fast cars

always excited me," he told Stock Car Racing

magazine in 1975 about his start in the

racing business. "Me and other guys who

hauled liquor used to meet in fields and

dirt roads and match our cars and driving

against each other on Saturday afternoons

for fun. Then, as early as age 17, I'd go up to

the Wilkesboro track to race. I'd never seen

a stock car race. Then, all of the sudden, Ifound a new profession."

In fact, Junior had boyhood dreams of

being a major league baseball pitcher,

but an accident involving a farm tractor

eliminated any chance of a professional

baseball career. And so it was that one day,

whilst ploughing the family field, barefoot

and behind a mule, that Junior’s older

brother, LP, approached him and asked him

to drive a car in actual NASCAR competition.

His debut race took place on 7 September

1953 and, in 1955, he won five Grand

National races, which was enough to get

the attention of Ford Motor Company who

offered him a factory ride. But there was

a serious bump in the road ahead for the

former moonshiner.

Stoking the fireWhile Junior had never been caught while

hauling moonshine, he did have an incident

in June 1956 that led to him serving some

time behind bars. Here's how Junior

remembers it: "I had won a race in Oxford,

PA, on a Saturday night. I come in about

almost daylight and my dad and brother

had overslept. My dad, he asked me to gofire his still up for him, because if you didn't

fire it up and get the smoke away before

daylight, somebody would see the smoke.

"I got the fire going real good, then

reached over to shovel some coke up

and heard something right behind me.

I looked over my shoulder and there’s a

guy standing on top of a box just fixin’ to

jump on my back. So instead of throwing

the coke in the burner, I just throw'd it,

come back around my shoulder, and hit

him in the face with it. He was a well-

known revenuer in Wilkesboro, his name

was John West."Junior made a run for it, but they had

the place surrounded and, when the time

came to go before the judge in November

’56, they threw the book at him because his

dad was a high-profile bootlegger in the

The Alcohol Tax agents used to burn

over Junior Johnson

the last american

From running moonshine on the back roads of NorthCarolina to a champion driver to a multi-championship

winning team owner, Junior Johnson is…

■ Words and pics: James Maxwell

The legend of Junior Johnson began in 1955when he won five races driving a ’55 Oldsmobilein NASCAR competition. His winnings that yearwere $13,802.78, but he was making morehauling moonshine for his old man.

area. Not even NASCAR head honcho, Bill

France, could keep Junior out of trouble,

though he tried by sending this telegram:

"HAVE ASSURANCE FOR TEST DRIVING

JOB FOR ROBERT JOHNSON, JR. WITH

MAJOR AUTOMOBILE FACTORY RACING

TEAM, EITHER FORD CHEVY OR PONTIAC.

COMPENSATION SHOULD BE IN EXCESS

OF $10,000 PER YEAR PROVIDED

HE IS PLACED ON PROBATION. HIS

HEADQUARTERS WOULD BE EITHER IN

ATLANTA, DETROIT OR CALIFORNIA. BILL

FRANCE, PRESIDENT NASCAR."His sentence was two years in federal

prison in Chillocothe, Ohio, though he was

released after 11 months and three days



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because of good behaviour. His Ford contract was no

longer on the table when he was got out.

"Well, I learned in prison,” Junior recalls. “You had

to do what was right or you was in trouble all the

time. I never fooled with the whisky business after

that, I went on and got bigger and bigger in racing

when I got out."

Indeed, on 18 May 1958 Junior was back behind

the wheel of a stock car again. The venue was North

Wilkesboro, NC, his home track. He was leading by

half a lap late in the race when things got a little

wild and Junior’s car left the race track. Somehow

he kept the car under control, blasting through the

high weeds that bordered the track, before landing

back on the track and taking the chequered flag

in front of 6,000 cheering local fans. The ‘Wilkes

County Wild Man’ had returned.

Drafting to winIn 1960, the factory-backed Pontiacs were the

fastest cars on track, running some 15mph faster

than the ’59 Chevy Junior was driving for car

owner / builder, Ray Fox. During the practice

session Junior realised he was never going to catch

the faster Pontiacs, but something happened in

the race that followed that changed stock car

racing forever: "Cotton Owens come by and I

just ducked over in behind him. All the sudden

my car started pickin’ up speed. I just run right

up against him, and stayed there. The thing was

turning about 7,500rpm and that was unheard of,"

remembers Junior. He had unwittingly discovered

‘draft’, the aerodynamic phenomenon that occurs

when two cars run in close proximity in a line. He

followed the Pontiac for several laps until, all of

a sudden, the resulting suction effect caused the

back window of the Pontiac to pull out, greatly

upsetting the car’s stability. Junior saw the whole

thing up close: "With my car sucking off his back

glass, his whole car come off the ground and he

spun around down to the infield, and I went up

and won the race."

By 1963, Junior was in a Ray Fox-built ’63 Chevy,

powered by one of the experimental Z-33 427ci

‘mystery motors’. Chevrolet engineers Paul Prior

and Dick Keinath, along with product promotionmanager, Vince Piggins, had given a number of

these engines to selected NASCAR racers. "We sat

on pole several times, and we won seven major

super speedway races that year and pretty much

dominated the sport until we had problems of some

sort – well, NASCAR pretty much outlawed the ’63

Chevrolet motor – and, at some point that year, I

signed a contract to drive for Ford."

’64 saw 12 top five finishes and three wins for

Junior, then 13 wins in 36 races in ’65. He was

quickly becoming one of the biggest celebrities

in stock car racing but then surprised everyone by

announcing, toward the end of the ’65 season,

that he was retiring as a driver, to concentrate onbuilding cars and being a car owner. He was just 34

years old but, in a total of 313 starts, had finished

in the top three positions 91 times. However,

consistent with his ‘go or blow’ reputation, he also

failed to finish 165 of those events.

And this is theengine. The

427ci Z-33 MkIImystery motor’

was a hand-built

ace engine thatame direct fromChevrolet. Borend stroke werehe same as the27ci ‘W’ engine,

but it was aompletely newig block’ design

with the intakeand exhaust

valves cantedn two differentplanes. It waslenty powerfulest. 600+bhp),

but unreliable.

65 was a pivo tal year for Junior. Ha ving signed wi th

oMoCo the year be fore, he con tinued his winning

wa ys in a big 427ci Galaxie, bu t then announced

ward the end o f the season he was going i t alone as

a car o wner / builder racer.

For ’63 Junior ran a ‘m ys ter y mo tor’ in his winning Che vrole t.

I t was a fac tor y pro to t ype o f the for thcoming 396ci big block

and made huge po wer. Toda y this car s till exis ts, in full y

res tored condi tion, with the ac tual m ys ter y mo tor s till in tac t.

At the 1960 running of the Daytona500, Junior Johnson discovered the‘draft’. “We were out there with a

348ci truck motor [but] I went out topractice and caught a fast Pontiac. Iimmediately ducked in behind [and],sure enough, I could hold on and he

couldn’t get away from me.”

He had unwittinglydiscovered ‘draft’



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The people’s championAgain, quoting Tom Wolfe, this time describing

that infamous 1965 piece he wrote for Esquire to

NASCAR reporter, Mike Hembree: “The story there

is bigger than stock car racing itself. That’s always

the way it struck me… The way people looked at

Junior Johnson as a heroic figure – a lot of people

in that area said, ‘He’s one of us. He’s Ingle Hollow.’

He’s the lost provinces of North Carolina. He’s

all that. And he’s a champion. I mean, what a

figure. When I was interviewing him, he was talking

about the incredible speeds the cars were getting.

I remember him saying he didn’t know how much

further that could be pushed. I can’t imagine Junior

being afraid of anything.”

Unsurprisingly, when Junior announced he was

vacating the driver’s seat, NASCAR president,

Bill France, made a big effort to get him back to

driving, knowing how valuable his huge fan appeal

was. He confronted Junior one morning while

eating breakfast, telling him “he was committed to

driving Grand National stock cars.” Junior looked

down at his eggs and bacon and said, “France,

you don’t understand what committed means. For

instance, the chicken was involved in this breakfast,

but the pig, it was committed.”

Of bananas and slicksIn 1966, when Ford Motor Company’s 427 ‘Cammer’

was deemed illegal in NASCAR, in an attempt to

compete with Chrysler’s domineering Hemi-powered

cars the manufacturer turned to aerodynamics, and

to Junior Johnson. “It was bent, warped, all kind

of aerodynamic that only Junior could figure out.

There’s times when the sanctioning body had to

look the other way, and that’s what got Ford back in

it. Though they'll never admit that,” recalls Humpy

Wheeler, a NASCAR promoter from the era. The

resultant one-off Galaxie had a chopped top, raked

windscreen and the rear quarters and boot lid were

swept upward, to act like a spoiler. Hence, the car

driven by Fred Lorenzen in just one race instantly

became known as ‘the yellow banana’, but again it

was a major step forward for NASCAR, even if it took

many years for aero cars to become the norm.

Later, in 1969, the Talladega superspeedway hada problem in their inaugural 500-mile race where

the race cars could not keep their tyres on the track

at high speeds for more than 15 laps. There was a

driver boycott, and afterwards Goodyear ran some

tests using the Junior Johnson Ford Torino driven

by LeeRoy Yarbrough. This was the first time slicks

had ever been tried on a NASCAR and, surprise

surprise, they worked much better than the old

treads that had been mandated up to that point.

Knowing Bill France would welcome anything that

would make stock car racing safer (and keep the

punters coming through the gates), Junior sent

positive feedback to NASCAR headquarters and the

use of slicks was approved.

Tobacco roadsIt wasn’t only technical advancement Junior brought

to the sport either. After reading in a newspaper in

late ’71 that local company, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco,

I can’t imagine Juniorbeing afraid of anything

NASCAR lookedthe other way when Juniorshowed up at Atlanta in ’66with this heavily modifiedGalaxie. Roof chopped, withthe front end lowered andthe rear end bodywork raised,it signalled the start ofaerodynamics in NASCAR. Thiscar was immediately nicknamedThe Yellow Banana.

It was Junior Johnson that,

at the end of 1970, broughttobacco sponsorship into thesport by getting tobacco giantR. J. Reynolds and Bill France,head of NASCAR, togetherround a table. The resultantWinston Cup series lasted 32years and, effectively, savedthe sport.

Even though by now Juniorwas a team owner, he wouldstep in and do any job in thepit, including being the jackman here in a 1975 race. He

was eventually outlawed fromthe job for knocking a NASCAR official on his arse with the jack

when the guy got in the way.

when the guy got in the way.

Junior’s next bigsponsorship coup was in

1981 when he brought Pepsibrand, Mountain Dew, onboard in a massive way.

Those that knew what thename really meant, andwere aware of Junior's

past life in the moonshinebusiness, enjoyed the irony

in the partnership.



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was no longer going to be allowed to advertise

on television because of new government

laws, Junior went after them for sponsorship

of his car. Thinking he would take a punt, he

told RJR representative, Ralph Seagraves, he

needed $800,000. The response was not what

he expected: “Look, we just got booted off

television. We were thinking more along the

lines of $570 million.”

Junior figured if they have all that money

available for advertising, they should sponsor

the whole circuit so again, he put in a call to Bill

France and changed NASCAR history once again.

The result was The Winston Cup, a sponsorship

deal that lasted an unprecedented 32 years.

“If you look back on the saviour of the whole

thing, of the tough times we had in the early in a total of 313 starts,

had finished in the top

three positions 91 times

Junior ne ver truly le f t his farming roo ts,

or his denim dungarees, and when he

re tired from racing for good in 1995, he

re turned to the farm, se t ting up Junior

Johnson Brand Foods, selling Sou thern

speciali t y foods to local grocer y s tores.

The final twist in the tale though came when he bought intoedmont Distillers in Madison, North Carolina, and launched his brand of Midnight Moon Moonshine. Though it comes in v arious

f ferent flav ours (and presumably they pay their taxes on it) it’s d to have the exact same f ormula created by his father all those years ago when Junior and his brother were his moonshiners.

’70s,” said Humpy Wheeler, “I don't know anyone

who did more than Junior did. And we owe him a

tremendous debt of gratitude for all that.”

So influential in fact was Junior Johnson on the

sport of NASCAR that in 1973 his story was adapted

into a feature film, The Last American Hero . 20th

Century Fox chose to call their hero Junior Jackson,

but it was clear who the real protagonist was,

and Junior himself served as technical advisor and

consultant on the film.

In 1976, with driver Cale Yarborough behind the

wheel of the Holly Farms-sponsored Chevy Chevelle,

Junior would reach the pinnacle of NASCAR racing,

winning The Winston Cup by nearly 200 points over

arch rival, Richard Petty. Junior Johnson & Associates

won it again in ’77 and ’78 proving their dominance

of the sport they had helped create.

From there, Johnson’s spell as a team owner

went from strength to strength. When, in 1982, he

brought Pepsi Co.’s Mountain Dew drinks brand

on board as sponsor, complete with their branded

trucks, uniforms and a lot of pizzazz, he again

changed things up a gear. The irony of ‘mountain

dew’ being Southern slang for moonshine was not

lost on Johnson!

When, in 1984, he made the audacious move

to field a two-car NASCAR team, now with Darrell

Waltrip and Neil Bonnett on board as drivers,

Budweiser beer as main sponsor and wealthy real

estate developer, Warner Hodgdon, as a partner,

many thought it too bold a move, but Johnson

made it work, setting up two separate race

shops, separated only by a creek, and routinely

building competition between his own two teams

by telling one that the other was all set to

beat them this weekend. These days, multi-car

NASCAR teams are commonplace, but no one did it

before Junior Johnson.

Chicken farmingNot only was Junior a savvy racer, he was a successful

businessman too and made a fortune in the chickenfarming and plant hire businesses, in addition to

his huge successes in NASCAR . As a driver, he won

a total of 50 Grand National events, as a team

owner he won over 140 races and six Winston Cup

championships before retiring from the sport in

1995. Since then, he has fathered a child (at the age

of 62) with his new wife, Lisa, and when the time

came to fill out college application forms for Robert

Glenn Johnson III, Junior was quoted as saying: “He's

too smart to be a race driver. I wasn't smart enough

to do something else.”

As you’ll have gathered by now, that’s not

entirely true and when the Johnson family moved

to the Charlotte area in 2012 after Junior had ahealth scare he decided to come full circle with

the moonshine business, becoming part-owner

of Piedmont Distillers of Madison, NC. So strictly

speaking, Junior Johnson is still in the moonshine

business, only this time around it’s all legal.

Another milestone w as r eached in ’ 84 w hen Junior f ielded a pair of C hev y Monte C ar lo SSs w ith dr iv er s Dar r ell W altr ip and Neil Bonnett, both r unning Budw eiser beer colour s.It w as the star t of a new er a f or N AS C AR of multi-car teams that

continues to this day .



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26/84

Colorado Springs-based Michael

Brown bought a stock ’48 Ford

F1 pick-up from North Dakota in

October 2006, a truck he now

refers to as The Dern F1. Although pretty

solid, the bodywork was quite battered,

evidence that the pick-up’s previous life had

been a hard one. That didn’t deter Michael

though and, some 2,300 hours of his spare

time later, the transformation from work

horse to show truck is complete.

The original chassis has been boxed and

strengthened, independent suspension

fitted front and rear and, as Michael

happened to have a ’79 Bronco that was

heading for the scrapyard, a 351M engine,

which has the bonus of a rear sump that

clears the front crossmember perfectly.

The engine isn’t quite as it came out of

the Bronco though as it’s been rebuiltusing parts supplied by Tim Meyer Inc.

of Fairmont, Minnesota. It’s now a 408ci

stroker motor running a Ford crank, Crane

cam, Keith Black hypereutectic flat top

pistons and milled heads. Fuel and air are

mixed by a 600cfm Edelbrock carb mounted

on a same brand dual plane manifold,

Sanderson headers handle the waste

gases, an MSD ignition system provides

the spark and the stock Bronco radiatorkeeps things at the right temperature.

Transmission is a Ford Motorsport T5z

5-speed manual, which connects to the

diff via an ali Lincoln Mark VIII propshaft.

Brakes are discs all round, single caliper

rear and dual caliper front, and a late ’80’s

Jeep Comanche donated its 18-gallon petrol

tank, which has been mounted between

the chassis rails under the bed floor.

Michael completed all the body repairshimself and also channelled and chopped

the cab body, shaved the cab drip rails and

fabricated the steel pick-up bed tonneau

cover, along with a host of other body mods

to make the truck’s lines as smooth as

possible. One of the two jobs he didn’t do was

to cover the prepped metalwork in Glasurit

Verdant paint. In case you’re wondering,

the other job farmed out was the interior

upholstery. Apart from those, Michael

completed the build himself at home, and all

credit to him for that.

the pick-up’s previous life had been a hard one

The

Dern F1■Words: DB Pics: Michael Brown

Readers’ Rods

The battle scarred pick-up as it arrived atMichael’s in October 2006.

Partially stripped in readiness for the initialrunning gear upgrades.

Up front Michael grafted on a front clip from a1980 Series II Jaguar XJ6, once he’d turned itthe right way round of course.

The transformation



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No, we didn’t recognise it either. Theindependent rear end came from underneatha ’93 Lincoln Mark VIII.

The IRS installation involved a fair bit ofbracketry fabrication.

Lincoln diff runs 3.07 gears for easy cruising.

Interior features a pair of Ford Taurus seats, Dakota digital gauges,a Jeep Cherokee pedal assembly, a Billet Specialties steering

column and Fastlane wheel. Creature comforts include electricwindows, a Sony sound system and a Vintage Air compact heater.

The built and dressed 408ci stroker motor produces an estimated 375bhp.

8ci stroker motor

The pick-up rolls on American Racing Torque Thrust rims, 16-inch diameter up front and 17-inch at the rear. Tyres are by Goodyear, 215/60R16 and 235/55R17 front and back respectively.



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Once the doors had been chopped, Michaelre-fitted them using concealed hinges, bearclaw latches and modern internal releases.

A one piece lower valence now fills the void between the front wings.

Not only has the bonnet been converted to reverse tilt opening, it’s been

pancaked three inches as well.

The rolled rear pan features a frenched number pate housing and exhaustcut outs. The extended rear wings have beenfitted with ’46 Ford LED

lights and the tailgate hangs on custom made hidden hinges and issecured by seatbelt latches.

Readers’ Rods The pick-up’s clean lines are thanks to itbeing devoid of trim and door handles. Thesmoothed running boards and one-piece

door glass help, too.

The a-pillars were pie cut and tilted backwardsfor alignment before the roof panel waswelded back in place. Note the rear windowaperture remains the stock size.

After some careful measuring, Michael removedthe roof and cut two inches out of the pillarsand back panel.



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