Innehållsförteckning för November 2020 från Custom Car

Long-term hot rodder, Colin Parkinson, took advantage of the extra time on his hands over lockdown to get the wheels in motion for a venture he’d been contemplating for some time. Cool Cars ’n’ Parts Ltd. focusses on a new range of contemporary street rod parts imported from the USA. product range includes: glass fibre arm rests with threaded mounting inserts; DIY polished ali interior trim profiles, pre-drilled with fasteners for mounting; the E-Stopp electronic parking brake – winner of the 2012 NSRA (USA) New Safety Product of the Year – and billet power window switches. www.coolcarsnparts.com / email: cool.cars@virginmedia.com…

Forgive a statement of the perishingly obvious, but this has been a peculiar year, has it not? And it continues to be. After Covid collapsed all its activities, Santa Pod pulled out all the stops and managed to resurrect a reduced approximation of a drag racing season. Now, just as things are beginning to go with a recognisable, albeit diminished, swing, here we are, contemplating the closing event of the year. Trust the Pod to end it with a bang though. Flame& Thunder. If you infer from the title a sense of fun and games, a touch of flash and bash, you infer correctly. F&T has long been the Pod’s end-of-season jamboree, a late October, half-term treat for all the family, with a little of everything that makes a trip…

At the time of writing, the Model T build is now in its seventh month of construction and, whilst much has been achieved, there is still a lot to do. The electrics are now sorted, shiny parts are starting to arrive from specialist stainless steel fabricator, TubeFab, and the Mohair hood covering has been ordered. shiny parts are starting to arrive Having made a prototype folding hood frame in mild steel, it was decided to put a radius in the roof hoops to ensure the Mohair would stretch evenly when the hood is up. The frame utilises sliding friction brackets mounted on the main hoop, allowing a secondary hoop to move outwards when the roof is raised, which then retracts when the roof is lowered minimising the overhang on the…

After a few years’ hibernation, it was decided to try and get the Surf Coast Cruisers up and running again. Adrian Mann, the driving force behind the revamp of the club, put a post out asking if, once lockdown had eased, anyone would be interested in meeting up for a cruise. That was enough to re-ignite interest in the club. An industrial estate in Hayle was chosen as the venue, allowing everyone from north and south Cornwall to travel along the A30 to meet at a fairly central location. From there, the cruise route would take in some B roads and a bit of theA30 to another industrial estate in Redruth. At that stop off, the convoy did a few circuits of the site allowing anyone who had fallen behind…

www.customcarmag.co.uk Coronavirus (Covid-19): With events still being cancelled or rearranged due to the ongoing pandemic, these listings should only be regarded as provisional dates Please adhere to current government guidelines, and always check the status of events before travelling. OCTOBER 3 Saturday Night Special. Santa Pod Raceway. www.rwyb.com 3-4 VHRA Pendine Sands Hot Rod Races. Pendine Sands, Wales. www.vhra.co.uk 4 VictoryWheelers Hayling Sunset. Funland Amusement Park, Hayling Island. PO11 0AG. www.victorywheelers.co.uk 4 Hot Rod Boogaloo. Southern down, Bridgend, Wales CF32 0RN. Hotrodboogaloo@yahoo.com 7 Hot Rod Night. Ace Café, London. www.acecafe.com 10 RWYB. Santa Pod Raceway. www.rwyb.com 10-11 Straightliners. Melbourne Raceway. York. www.straightliners.events/ 17 RWYB. Santa Pod Raceway. www.rwyb.com 24-25 Saturday Night Special / RWYB. Santa Pod Raceway. www.rwyb.com 31 All American Cruise / Halloween Special. Ace Café, London. www.acecafe.com 31…

This month, while Super CC suffered an embarrassing bout of premature ejection, our heroes back in the office were in the process of suffering an equally embarrassing bout of premature rejection by the readership, due to the recent management decision to throw custom cars to the wind and replace them with Euroboxes, body kits and supercars. That’s not to say CC had lost its edge though. I think I’m right in saying TT’s vitriolic editorial in this issue could well have been the one that led to his coming with the long arm of the National Street Van Association, thanks to his dismissal of their collective efforts as, to paraphase, “a waste of money” Thankfully, It’s all water under the bridge. So what did the November 1985 issue have in…

Stay safe is a term often bandied about these days, mainly in relation to the current pandemic, but that is not all inclusive. Staying safe plays an important part in all walks of life. Take drag racing for instance. We’ll be bringing you a feature on the recent NOT The European Finals in an upcoming issue, but there were a couple of runs worthy of a mention now. Both involved Funny Cars, and both highlighted how safe well-built modern drag race cars really are. Running against Andy Raw in a FC match race on the Friday, a huge blower explosion in Jason Phelps’ car shredded the body. Jason skilfully brought what remained of the car to a controlled stop, and amazingly emerged uninjured. The timing board read 4.706 / 230.40.…

A consequence of Wheels Day being cancelled twice this year is that Surrey Street Rodders has been left with a quantity of unsold t-shirts, hoodies and dash plaques. So how about a Wheels Day 2020 hoodie for £13, a t-shirt for £10 or a dash plaque for £3? (p&p comes in at £5). Payment is via PayPal to billing@surreystreetrodders.com, as outlined on the Surrey Street Rodders’ website. In the message section, please state size and quantity of t-shirt or hoodie, and if a plaque is required, along with your postal address and a contact number. All money will go to Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice, so please buy as much as you can and get that warm feeling, twice. Once for helping the Hospice, the other for having extra clothing to keep…

Social distancing and mask wearing when appropriate is the name of the game these days, and both measures were in place on the last Sunday of July Carfeine meet. This new event popped up on my radar at the beginning of the year and I was planning on attending, until Covid intervened. But, as lockdown measures eased, the organisers decided to get the meet running again, with the strict proviso that people were sensible and adhered to the rules. Pre-event promotion proved a success Carfeine is held on the last Sunday of each month in the Cornish village of St Agnes. Running from 10am through to 2pm, the meet is open to all customs and classics and, whilst a mobile caterer is normally on site, on this occasion a small…

Back issues: £4.99 per issue, including postage & packing (UK delivery only) July 2019 Morris Z Gasser Model A coupe Paul Bacon’s Automatron VHRA Vintage Nationals Festival of Power December 2019 Mailman Special Chevy roadster Icon Derelict Rolls Royce Model A coupe 200mph Aston Martin National Finals May 2020 Daimler-powered Rover Bagged Chevy pick-up Tubbed Metropolitan Downtown New York Detroit Autorama August 2019 Austin Twelve pick-up Updated ’65 Mustang ’37 Plymouth pick-up Pendine Beach Races NSRA Fun Run January 2020 Mr Torquer Fordson Model A sedan '32 coupe GOW! hillclimb California Hot Rod Reunion June/July 2020 Naked Willys Chopped Mercury Nailhead-powered coupe Willys Wars NSRA Swap Meet September 2019 Swedish ’57 Ford ’36 Ford coupe Porky ’47 coupe Summer Nationals Dragstalgia February 2020 Bagged Chevy pick-up '56 Ford custom '40…

Over the years, General Motors has made a great play of not being involved with racing, yet its products have never been far from the track, whether that be circuit racing, endurance racing or drag racing. Here’s an interesting one – the 1983 ‘development programme’ GTP Corvette. Not a race car of course. At least not an official GM one. Rather a Lola T-710 chassis fitted with vaguely C4 Corvette-ish carbon / Kevlar bodywork and a 775bhp, turbocharged, 209ci V6 engine built from a production GM engine by Ryan Falconer Racing Engines. Not an official GM race engine at all you understand? Part of the programme was apparently to develop a range of tuning parts for GM’s production 229ci V6 at a time when V8s were falling from favour with…

Going Straight The next action at the recently re-opened Melbourne Raceway takes place on 10-11 October. Currently, racing is over the eighth mile and, due to Covid-19 restrictions, admission is by pre-purchased ticket only. That applies to racers and spectators alike. www.straightliners.events Spring is sprung With the events calendar pretty much decimated this year, a couple of northern hot rodding stalwarts are adding something extra to the 2021 season. In addition to Flat Caps & Ferrets, the Ace of Clubs Spring Fire Up will take place over the weekend of 23-25 April 2021 at Laund Hill Community Sports Grounds, Salendine Nook, Huddersfield HD3 3XF. The venue offers parking, camping facilities and a licensed bar. Russ: 07768 071916 (exhibitor enquiries) / Les: 07885 456968 (trade enquiries)…

Penned by Tony Thacker, with a foreword by Billy F Gibbons, How To Build Affordable Hot Rods is billed as containing unique instruction in how to save money building a quality hot rod. Only having received the publication’s PR so far, we cannot say if it lives up to this claim or not. ‘Our’ Tony does, however, have vast experience in the scene, which is maybe all the credentials you need. Sections within the book feature chassis builds for Model A, ’32 and ’36 Fords, complemented by information on powertrain choices, wheels and tyres and bodywork, including roof chops, through to interiors. Published by CarTech, How To Build Affordable Hot Rods is priced at $36.95 with a November shipment date (see www.cartechbooks.com/SA477). Alternatively, you can pre-order it from the WH…