Innehållsförteckning för November 2021 från Custom Car

The directors of the British Drag Racing Hall of Fame are delighted to announce the late Stuart Bradbury has been elected to membership of the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame, based at the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing in Ocala, Florida. ‘Stu’, who was elected to membership of the British Hall of Fame in 2017, becomes one of only five individuals to hold membership of both British and International Halls of Fame, joining Sydney Allard and Dennis Priddle (UK) and Carl Olson and Don Garlits (USA). Stu was appointed Chief Starter at Santa Pod Raceway in 1968 and served until the late 1980s. He joined several colleagues to establish the British Drag Racing Hall of Fame in 2006 and chaired the organisation from its beginning until his death.…

Wow, there is apparently something in the Northamptonshire water this year. Something that is having a marked affect at the goings on at Santa Pod. We’ll bring you full coverage of the Euro Final Shootout in a future issue, but I make no apology for mentioning a little taster of the action here. To start, Mark Todd ran the quickest ever Street Eliminator pass on the Saturday, 6.833 at 210.01mph, backing up his earlier 6.906 / 206.94 to set a new class ET record. Records are there to be broken, though, and that’s just what Todd did on the Sunday when he ran 6.880 / 212.77. That wasn’t the end of it though as, not to be outdone, Andy Bond took the win in the final with a 6.826 at…

Goodness gracious, it’s that time of year, yet again, when another Covid-truncated Santa Pod season is ushered off into the night with a fond farewell and an all-hallowed flash and a bang. No time at all ago, it seems, preparations were in train for a seasonal finale under strict conditions of social distancing. That was one year ago. Now here we are again, only this time it’s open house, everybody welcome, come on down. Yes, it’s Flame & Thunder time. Saturday 30 October is the date and it’s one big, loud, fire-breathing party for all the family. So what’s on offer? If you like your Top Fuel Dragsters, you’re not going to see or hear another until next Easter, unless you cross an ocean, so this is your last chance…

Speed Week ’21 Bonneville can be a very tough place to race and this year, because of international travel restrictions, foreigners (to the US) such as Brit racer, Geoff Stilwell, couldn’t even get there. “Mick’s Paint spent the whole Covid period preparing our recording-holding Lucas Oil Land Speed Racer 7707 and in the end we could not travel. It was devastating,” he commented. Fortunately, domestic racers were able to attend, and more than 100 records were set during the week-long event. The big news was the return of Danny Thompson (D/T), son of the late Mickey Thompson, driving the streamliner to an amazing, record-setting 385.182mph. As fast as D/T was, he was not fast enough to take the HOT ROD magazine trophy for Fastest Overall Speed of the Event. That…

After a Covid-induced hiatus last year, the Mopar Euro Nationals was back with a bang, albeit tinged with a note of sadness due to the untimely passing in November 2020 of one of its leading lights, Tony Oksien. Fittingly, therefore, the 27th Mopars was held in memory of Tony and, while a lack of European visitors and a bit more rain than we all would have liked dampened spirits at times, we’re sure we’re not the only ones who enjoyed a truly great weekend back at the Pod. the 27th Mopars was held in memory of Tony [Oksien] Huge credit must go to organisers, Jim, Joe, Richard and Tim for pulling the event together at very short notice when they were finally given the go ahead by the powers that be.…

Running from January to the end of May 2022 at the Coventry Transport Museum, the Women in Motorsports exhibition will showcase inspirational women involved in all areas of British motorsport, from the early 20th century through to the present day. The most exciting part is Hannah Thomas, formerly NSRA PRO, and British Drag Racing Hall of Fame’s Lesley Wright, are working together to have female drag racers and hot rodders of all ages represented. So, if you are passionate about drag racing or hot rodding, have an inspiring story to tell about how you got involved, or your business supports these interests, they’d love to hear from you. Contact Hannah at Hannahathannah@htautomotivepr.co.uk or Lesley at lesley@britishdragracinghof.co.uk to find out more. If the Museums’ Hot Rods & Kool Kustoms exhibition of…

The Summer 2021 edition of HOFTalk, the magazine of the British Drag Racing Hall of Fame, contains a tribute to the late Dennis Priddle, which highlights his tremendous contribution to British drag racing. Other content includes activities of BDRHoF members, a retrospective look at the 2010 Hall of Fame inductees and Pro Modified and Fuel Altered news from 2020 inductee, Nick Davies. HOFTalk can be downloaded in PDF format atwww.britishdragracinghof.co.uk or by clicking on the Lucas Oils-sponsored Features link in the main menu at the top of any Eurodragster.com page.…

With all the metalwork completed on the body and pick-up bed, we started to talk to our local Black Metal Paintshop about prepping it for colour. Fortunately, they were in a position to take it right away, which was great as so often waiting for a space in a body shop can delay a project. Once in their workshop, preparation started by giving the whole body a light sand to key it and remove any trace of surface rust, and then the boys started to put a thin layer of filler on to get the metal straight. Sanding, more filler, more sanding and, many hours later, it was time for the first layer of primer. With today’s modern water-based paint systems, different types of sealers are needed between the various…

OCTOBER 2 Saturday Night Special. Santa Pod Raceway. www.rwyb.com 3 TRAX Silverstone. Silverstone Circuit, Northants NN12 8TN. www.fastcar.co.uk 3 Victory Wheelers Hayling Sunset. Funland, Hayling Island, Hants. Facebook: Victory Wheelers 6 Hot Rod Night. Ace Café, London. www.acecafe.com 9 RWYB. Santa Pod Raceway. www.rwyb.com 9-10 Firework Spectacular. Melbourne Raceway, York YO42 4SS. www.straightliners-events.co.uk 10 NSRA Northern Swap Meet. Magna, Rotherham, Yorks. www.nsra.org.uk 16 RWYB. Santa Pod Raceway. www.rwyb.com 17 Straightliners. Santa Pod Raceway. www.straightliners-events.co.uk 23-24 Saturday Night Special / RWYB. Santa Pod Raceway. www.rwyb.com 24 Normous Newark Autojumble. Newark Showground, Notts NG24 2NY. www.newarkautojumble.co.uk 30 All American Cruise Halloween Special. Ace Café. www.acecafe.com 30 Flame & Thunder. Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk 30 Lincoln Autojumble. Hemswell, Lincs DN21 5TJ. www.lincolnautojumble.com 31 RWYB. Santa Pod Raceway. www.rwyb.com NOVEMBER 3 Hot Rod Night. Ace Café,…

Here’s one for all ’32 Ford lovers, DEUCE! 1932 Ford Hot Rods from The Bruce Meyer Collection features photography by Peter Harholdt and highlights the four iconic coupes and four roadsters owned by Bruce Meyer. This high-quality publication covers the history of each of these top-drawer Deuces and how they came to be part of the collection, which makes for interesting reading. The book is available to buy online at www.petersenstore.org, priced at $39.95, but obviously there is shipping, duty etc. to consider on top of that. If you can’t resist anything with the Doane Spencer roadster in it, maybe consider doing the same as me and have a copy sent to a friend in the States who can then forward it onto you.…

The all-electric Morris JE made its public debut in early September. Designed and engineered in Britain, the GVW Morris JE offers a 1,000kg payload, 6m3 load volume and 200 mile driving range, making it a perfect about town small delivery vehicle. What we here at CC like best about it, though, is it’s a genuine 21st century re-imagining of the classic 1950’s Morris J-Type. Worcestershire-based Morris Commercial Ltd. is reviving the ‘Morris’ name with this new approach to carbon-neutral transport. As well as its all-electric powertrain, the JE features recycled carbon-fibre body construction and quintessentially British design details. If only they could replicate the original sound. www.morris-commercial.com…