Classic American June 2022

The Rolling Bones Hot Rod Shop. We check out the extraordinary Rolling Bones Hot Rod Shop, based in an old cowshed north of New York City, where its highly selective founders are keeping the tradition of Bonneville alive. The patient enthusiasts who own the handcrafted masterpieces have only 5% of the say and the decisions involved in the five-year build process… Words and photography: Steve Havelock Main photograph: Dale Haberfield classic-american.com 51

From left: Matt, Keith, Ken. No mod cons in Rolling Bones’ workshop. Credit Tom McIntyre. Credit Rolling Bones. Gas, oil, water. Rolling Bones gang enjoying Goodwood. Sitting on top of a cabinet in an old the end of it. Rather a strange situation, wouldn’t the laid-back windshield, heavily chopped and cowshed in rural Greenfield Centre, some you say? So it’s not for everyone, but for those stripped of everything they don’t need. We 200 miles north of New York City, is Mr who roll with it, it’s a life-changing experience. called them ‘The Wicked Sisters’ and they carry Bones. He is a skeleton, and yet he somehow A highlight of last year’s Goodwood Revival was race numbers 575 and 59c on their doors. I lives on, staring out through empty black holes a gathering of 11 Rolling Bones cars with their then built 232b, a flathead-powered roadster for and supervising all that goes on in the Rolling owners. That gave me the opportunity to find out myself which I used to drive to Bonneville and Bones Hot Rod Shop. He clutches his ‘Book more, but first, let’s speak with Ken Schmidt, an race, a round trip of some 5000 miles. of Gow’ which contains all the recipes for the accomplished fine artist turned hot rod builder. meticulously handcrafted hot rods that are built “Wherever we went in the cars, people here. Sometimes, in the dead of night, when no Ken Schmidt wanted to buy them, but they were our personal one is around, he’ll come down and work on cars and we didn’t want to sell them. Eventually, the cars himself, carrying out fine adjustments or “I was born in 1946, so I’m now 75. I had a we agreed to build a fourth car, a 1932 Ford alterations that many would not even notice but brother who was six years older than me and he Tudor sedan for Dennis Varni, a Bonneville record make the world of difference. was driving around in hot rods. So when I was breaker and serious car collector. We gave up young, I tagged along with him. I never had our jobs and formed the business without even Under his bidding are Rolling Bones founders a car that wasn’t a hot rod until I got married. thinking about it. Rolling Bones was the name of Ken Schmidt and Keith Cornell and Ken’s son, Keith is younger than me, late fifties, and his a local car club set up by me and my brother and Matt. Between them, in the 20 years they have older brother was into cars and ran a little car so we used that. been in business, they have turned out fewer repair business here. I’m an artist. I was painting than 30 cars, but each one is unique and lovingly pictures during the day and Keith was an “Dennis brought us this little skull mascot handcrafted. All but the first three were specially insurance adjuster for car crashes. In our spare made for a motorcycle fender by well-known commissioned. If you want one, you will have to time, we decided to build a couple of ’32 Ford sculptor Jeff Decker and asked us to incorporate wait at least five years, have pretty deep pockets coupes for ourselves in the style of the post-war it somewhere. We put it on the radiator cap and won’t have much say in what you’ll get at dry lakes and Bonneville cars, you know, with and thought it looked pretty cool. Dennis then bought us some for our own cars. We then 52 classic-american.com

Dem bones, dem bones at Goodwood. Rolling Bones lead Goodwood hot rod parade. adopted it for all the cars we make. That turned very, very simple. We want you to look at it and contracts. We shake hands. That’s the way it is. into ‘Mr Bones’, and he is always leading the say, ‘I want to take that son of a bitch for a ride’. “They are not for everybody, but those that way. The business just snowballed. My son Matt, who is now 42, joined us about five years into “We don’t build anything we don’t want to do have them seem to really love them. It’s the venture. build. Often people will go to a shop and ask almost like a fraternity or a family. Once they them to build them their dream car. That’s not have got a car, they’ll drive across country to “We build the cars with the idea that they us. They come to us because they want a Rolling Bonneville with us just to hang out and be part were built in that post-war time period and Bones hot rod. They allow us to build the cars of the racing. Then we’ll go to somewhere like taken care of in varying degrees, some not as any way we want. The joke is that they have 5% El Mirage and we’ll have a two or three days’ well as others, and they were all dual purpose. of the say and the decisions. We don’t have very private little race meeting. Or we’ll go to the They were raced on the weekend and driven to many tools and we have limited skills. We pound hillclimb out in Denver, Colorado. We use the work in the week. Then they were put away and the metal into submission. We tell everybody we cars. They get driven and raced and beat and eventually discovered again, resurrected a little stole every idea we got from the guys who’ve hammered. They are not show pieces. It’s all bit and put back on the road. So we want them done it before. You don’t come up with much part of the look. If you get a scratch in it, or slip to have that feeling of a comfortable old pair of that is brand new. It’s all been done. We just try with a screwdriver, it doesn’t matter. It’s part of jeans or comfortable old boots. to steal the best ideas. the use. “We are not in business to make money. We “We were selective about who could have “We’ll never expand. If we were offered a build what we consider an art form, a rolling our cars from the very beginning; selective brand new building with all modern equipment sculpture. It’s all about the proportion and all about what we build and who we build it for. for free, we wouldn’t go there. The conditions, about the lines and the flow of the car; about Don’t matter how much money you have, the tools, whatever you want to call it, are the illusion of it doing 100mph while it’s sitting that doesn’t enter into the equation. This is all part of the car. It’s part of the build. You start still. We cut off everything that keeps them from about the people. The hot rods are the glue. modernising and you lose the soul of the car. flying and put a lot of things in there that may We have never advertised, even once. We To us, these are living, breathing creatures. You not jump out. We make complicated things look don’t even have business cards. We don’t have don’t want to make them into a robot.” classic-american.com 53

William Medcalf. Credit William Medcalf. Quite some lineup. Medcalf giving his Bones the beans. Jon Suckling. “JON IS A BRIT AND LIVES AND WORKS HERE, BUT HE KEEPS HIS CAR AT THE BONES WORKSHOP IN AMERICA. HIS IS THE THIRD BONES CAR BUILT, THE FIRST ROADSTER, AND WAS KEN SCHMIDT’S OWN CAR WHICH HE RACED AT BONNEVILLE MANY TIMES.” Book of GOW. William Medcalf proper punchy little engine with 400 horsepower He says: “The Bones cars are really race cars so it digs out quite well. for the road. They are very stripped-down with No. 199c. 1930 Ford Model A three-window nothing much other than seats and harnesses coupe, 323cu in Y-block, 400bhp. “I keep it with friends in America. Last year inside. That’s what appealed to me. I’d seen a my wife Kate and I flew out to Miami, picked up feature of this car in Hot Rod magazine and you’ll William is the founder and owner of world- the car, drove right out to the end of the Florida laugh, but it was a Wayne’s World White Fender renowned specialists Vintage Bentley, near Keys, across Florida and up to Cocoa Beach. It Strat moment. I thought one day I am going to Petersfield, and he orchestrated the Rolling Bones was just fantastic. We went on to Amelia Island own that car. That was years before I’d met Keith trip from the US to Goodwood. So how did he and the car won an award. Then back to Miami and Ken and years before I’d been to Bonneville. get involved? and we flew home. We’ve also been across In 2010 I saw a Bones car for sale on the internet. Arizona in it. It really gets used. There’s no point I gave Ken a call, but it had sold within 10 “I got invited to a Rolling Bones party in in having a car that doesn’t get used. The owners minutes of being advertised. We got chatting their old cowshed. It was an interesting group have all got the same outlook. Let’s go and do and he said he may be thinking of selling his of people with some incredible cars that really something outrageous. They all turned up at El roadster, but only to the right person. He said we were works of art. When I was a child, my Mirage without permits, set up a race meeting are leaving for Bonneville in a few days and if you mum, my two older sisters and I twice toured and were gone before anybody turned up. That’s are the right person you would have to come around America and Canada in the back of dad’s my kind of people. It’s what hot rodding is all to Bonneville with us. He probably thought that vintage Bentley, clocking up 28,000 miles in about. Go and have some fun!” wouldn’t happen, but two days later I was on a nine months. I wanted a car that I could go and flight to New York. We drove to Bonneville and revisit some of those places and I wanted to do Jonathan Suckling back in his ’32 coupe, sharing the driving. it in an American car rather than a Bentley. I put myself on the five-year waiting list to have a car No. 232b. 1932 Ford Roadster, 276cu in “At Speedweek, I made a few passes in the built, but then suddenly, about seven years ago, flathead. roadster on the three-mile short course and I got a phone call to say that a Bones car had shook hands on a deal to buy it. Then he said: come up for sale. So I said ‘yes please’. It was the Jon is a Brit and lives and works here, but he ‘but you can’t take the car back to England only Model A they had built, so it was unique. keeps his car at the Bones workshop in America. because we’re still racing it’. I was okay with that There’s 13 bits of different cars in it. There’s His is the third Bones car built, the first roadster, and we raced it together until 2012 and then Packard doors with Mercury tops. It’s a complete and was Ken Schmidt’s own car which he raced put it into road trim. I go to America as often mongrel. Ken is a registered artist and when you at Bonneville many times. Jon is no stranger as I can to drive it. One year I racked up over look at the paint finish and what he’s done, it just to the salt as he raced a radical MG estate at looks perfect. It looks worn and it looks old. It’s a Bonneville in 2007 and 2008. 54 classic-american.com

Jon and Jacquie Suckling. Jim McClelland. Credit Jim McClelland. Drew Garban’s dream car. Jim McClelland. 20,000 miles. It’s now done over 100,000 miles 75,000 miles and I’ve added another 25,000. It’s tribute to my grandfather who was a coal miner. and it’s never let me down. One thing that’s an original body and much of the paint is from He and a friend started building a hot rod and helped engine longevity is that it still has the the Fifties. It looks like it’s been raced, it looks their dream was to go to Bonneville. Down the really long gears from Bonneville. On the freeway like it’s been used and it’s a warm and inviting mines, all they saw was black as they shovelled at 75-80mph it’s only ticking over at 2300 or type of feel. You don’t have to worry about it. the never-ending piles of coal into small rail carts 2400rpm. The gears are too long for it, but it has You can park it in the parking lot and if it gets to be hauled up to the surface. When they came saved the engine -– flatheads don’t like revving. a scratch that’s just part of the story. It’s a great out into the daylight they saw blue skies and driving car, very comfortable. It’s got a five- green grass, so they painted the car green. “We’ve had some very interesting road trips speed transmission so you can cruise easily at and I’ve also raced it at El Mirage and a couple 75 to 85mph. It’s been chopped, but there is no “Tragically, my grandfather passed away in an of TROGs (The Race of Gentlemen) on the problem seeing out of the windows. automobile accident before the car was finished. beach. There’s not much in the way of creature He was a passenger in that car and ironically, comforts. The seats are comfortable and it “When you get behind the wheel of an old despite his dream of racing at Bonneville, he has hillbilly air con. You put a big bag of ice car, people give you the thumbs up, and you never even had a driver’s licence. He told my on the floor and open the cowl flap. It’s been go back into easier times, better days. I’m from father to stay out of the mines and he ended extraordinary and has opened up whole new Oklahoma and I’ve driven it to Bonneville twice up being captain of the football team at worlds. We’ve been invited to all of the best with the Bones. We were doing 400-600 miles a Pennsylvania State University. No. 53 was traditional hot rod events in America and met day. I kind of buy into the Rolling Bones ‘family’ his number. loads of interesting people. Brilliant!” and, as the old cowboy saying goes, ‘I ride for the brand’. I can certainly say that I am riding for “This car was a way of encapsulating the Jim McClelland the brand!” ideas, hopes and dreams of our family. The path my father took to university was followed by No. 147. 1932 Ford five-window coupe, Chevy Drew Garban a number of younger cousins, with education 383cu in stroker, 400 horsepower, five-speed leading the way for our family to leave the coal transmission with quick-change rear end. No 53. 1932 Ford three-window coupe, early- mines behind. I attended Penn State as well and generation 327cu in Corvette engine with in my small part have taken great joy of bringing “I heard about the Rolling Bones long before Rochester fuel injection. the No. 53 car to light. The Rolling Bones build I met them. I was always interested in their the most interesting hot rods of anybody. They adventures, their travels and their racing. This “I’m from Boalsburg, Pennsylvania. I keep the tradition of Bonneville alive and they is the second Bones customer car built in 2006. commissioned the building of this car and it took have a different look to other cars.” I bought it a couple of years ago. It had done two years to build. We only just finished it. It’s a classic-american.com 55

“THE MASTERS Dapper Drew and his thirty-two. OF THE ROLLING …especially the track demos. BONES HAVE THEIR OWN IDEAS AND THEY HAVE THEIR LOOK, AND I APPRECIATE THEIR ART AND I DIDN’T WANT TO INFLUENCE THAT ART BY SPECIFYING HOW IT SHOULD BE. I SAID, ‘IF YOU WERE GOING TO BUILD THIS CAR FOR YOURSELF, HOW WOULD YOU WANT IT?’” Tom McIntyre loved Goodwood... Judy Watson... ...in her gangster Ford sedan. 56 classic-american.com

...powers Dick DeLuna’s Salinas Special. Ed Pink flathead... Dick DeLuna: 83 going on 18… “THE ENGINE WAS BUILT BY FAMOUS ENGINE BUILDER, ED PINK, AND IT GOES LIKE STINK. IT’S JUST A HELL OF A LOT OF FUN. THE CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN FROM NEW YORK TO BONNEVILLE. I RAN AT BONNEVILLE AND GOT MY LICENCE AND DROVE THE CAR BACK TO CALIFORNIA. I HAVE RACED IN THE RACE OF GENTLEMAN TWICE IN NEW JERSEY AND TWICE IN CALIFORNIA.” Tom McIntyre Judy Watson in Colorado and hotrod hillclimbs. There have been a lot of adventures and the group No. 78c. 1932 Ford three-window coupe, 1954 No. 40. 1932 Ford Tudor sedan, 427cu in is wonderful.” 241cu in Dodge Red Ram Hemi engine. Ford Cobra engine, 572 horsepower, Tremec five-speed gearbox. Dick DeLuna “I’m from Los Angeles, California, and my car was built in 2013. We started this car from “I am from Missouri. At high school in the No. 606. ‘Salinas Special’ 1934 Ford five-window scratch. We found frame rails in a hedgerow. Sixties, my brothers and cousins and friends were coupe, Ed Pink 276cu in Ford flathead, 225bhp. We found the body in an automobile parts sale all car guys with hot rods providing a never- and bought piece after piece after piece until ending source of fun with drag racing, cruising “I’m from Woodside, California. My car was we had enough. It took five or six years and street racing. In the late Nineties I started finished about 10 years ago. It has a Cockshutt to complete. driving an updated ’48 Chevy panel truck. About grille off a Canadian tractor from the 50s and 15 years ago I became acquainted with the 60s. My story is that the car was built around the “The masters of the Rolling Bones have owners of the Rolling Bones and then decided grille. I’ve been a hot rodder all my life. When I their own ideas and they have their look, and I to have them build one for me because I’ve was 16 or 17 I used to do drag racing in Salinas, appreciate their art and I didn’t want to influence always loved their cars. I grew up watching TV a small agricultural town. Hence, the ‘Salinas that art by specifying how it should be. I said, shows like the Untouchables with Eliot Ness, and Special’. I am 83 years old now, but when I get ‘if you were going to build this car for yourself, they all jumped out of sedans with their guns into this, I feel like I’m 18 years old. how would you want it?’ That’s the way we shooting. So I fell in love with the sedans. agreed to build it. When it was finished, I drove “The engine was built by famous engine it from its birthplace in New York to Los Angeles, “When my car was finished in 2018, I builder, Ed Pink, and it goes like stink. It’s just via Bonneville, about 3300 miles. It is quite collected it from New York, tested it around the a hell of a lot of fun. The car has been driven comfortable and I’ve really enjoyed driving the block and the following morning at 5am, left for from New York to Bonneville. I ran at Bonneville car throughout its life. It’s probably got 8000 Bonneville and then El Mirage on a 6000-mile and got my licence and drove the car back to miles on it now, which is not much for a car but round trip. I go to Bonneville every year. We go California. I have raced in The Race of Gentleman a lot for a hot rod.” to El Mirage occasionally and hot rod dirt drags twice in New Jersey and twice in California. We go to El Mirage and do drag racing out there. It’s Check out Rolling Bones on www.rollingboneshotrodshop.com or Facebook where you can just a wonderful thing to drive.” ★ buy The Book of Gow and Gas, Oil, Water. classic-american.com 57

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The Reluctant Last month editor Ben Klemenzson revealed how he ended up It’s an ‘escape machine’ apparently! having to have his 1970 Oldsmobile 442 convertible resprayed after he was involved in a road traffic accident caused by a newly qualified driver on a motorway. The decision had been made to bite the bullet and respray the car, but what would be revealed once the paint was removed? The possibilities were terrifying… Words: Ben Klemenzson Photography: Paul Moore Convertible top is covered and boot lid removed. Nothing to see here... classic-american.com 61

1 3 2 1. Wing unbolts to 4 reveal... Last month I explained how, while out in my 442, 2. … some horribly I was involved in a minor collision on a motorway corroded bottoms. that had the potential to be extremely serious, 3. Bare metalled and but luckily ended up only superficially damaging the prepped. paintwork on one side of my car and, as a result of this, 4. When metal is this I decided to have the whole car repainted, something I rotten, it just has had been procrastinating over for literally years. Being to be cut out, like a 50-year-old car, it wasn’t just a case of flatting down cancer. and respraying, as the dreaded tin worm had made 5. Excellent welding its presence known in all the usual places: behind the skills create a wheel openings and the bottom of the sills. The only seamless join. solution was to be a total bare-metal job which after a bit of negotiation and haggling with my insurer 5 (RH Insurance www.rhspecialistinsurance.co.uk / Tel. 0333 043 3911) was agreed to be undertaken by It really didn’t make sense to just have one half of the car Cheshire Accident Management of Cheadle (www. done and, in a way, forced my hand to undertake the full cheshireaccidentmanagement.co.uk / Tel. 0161 428 strip-down, repair and respray that I knew the car needed, but 7660) who specialise in American vehicles. which I’d been prevaricating about doing for years… Ultimately, the insurance company would pay for the So, one sunny day in June 2018 the Olds rolled into the paintwork to the damaged side of the car and I would pay body shop and I handed over the keys, with a lump in my for the rest of the car to be stripped, repaired and painted. throat worrying what exactly would be discovered underneath when they stripped off all that paint. It’s probably the same for It’s always a bit odd a lot of American car owners in this country, if you don’t have to see your car an in-depth, meticulously documented history of your vehicle, disembowelled! there’s always the possibility that it may have led, for want of a better word, a more ‘colourful’ life than you’d imagined. I 62 classic-american.com always remember a Mustang I owned that a previous owner had sworn was a marvellous car… I later discovered it had spent several years in Mexico and had been subjected to the butcheries of the local mechanics, which can be best described as … errr… unusual or ‘creative’! Would the Olds be the same? It had after all come from Pennsylvania, a state not known for its dry climate, but hadn’t spent any time in Mexico… as far as I was aware!

Trim was removed for polishing. Big chrome bumper will polish up well. Paul Moore, who runs Cheshire Accident Management, A lifetime of parking dings... called with the good news after the strip-down had begun… it wasn’t rotten, what rust there was had been confined to ... was revealed But overall it’s good the usual areas, behind the wheel arches, which had been (as when the paint came off! and solid, like the car. feared) crudely repaired stateside with filler and that was now giving up the ghost. It also appeared there had been some Olds at EG Wright’s, Ashton-under-Lyne. minor damage on a rear passenger quarter wing, which had been filled, but now, two or three decades later, the damp had got into the ‘bog’ and it had started to deteriorate, causing rust to nearby metal. Along with this were plenty of car park dings on the doors… It was all to be expected and none of it was particularly concerning; in fact, it was great news. Even the Olds’ original sills were intact and not corroded at all. It looked as if it must have led a pampered life in Pennsylvania and not spent too much time in the snow and salt of its notoriously bad winters. Quarter panels are available from aftermarket suppliers in the US, but none of the corrosion was sufficiently bad to merit replacing whole panels and more to the point, it’s generally accepted wisdom to try and keep a car as original as possible and retain its original parts wherever possible. These days the watchword is ‘preservation’. Apart from which, many aftermarket panels can be made in China and are of inferior quality in terms of material, fit and finish than the originals. So, a total strip-down of the car was begun, with all the car’s trim removed and items like bumpers taken off to be polished at a later stage prior to being refitted after the car was painted. Once the car was stripped down to a bare shell, the rust in the rear quarter panels and the front wings was cut out and fresh, high-quality steel welded in its place, which was then smoothed with a grinder and flatted with high grade wet-on-wet papers, ready to be primered, and in turn ready for paint. The doors were an easier proposition; there was no serious rust (door bottoms are a typical candidate for corrosion in rust-belt states) but all those dozens of parking lot dings, which looked like bullet shots in bare metal, required attention. Taking a car apart like this raises a lot of questions and opportunities for an owner. One area that is vital and often overlooked is that of rubbers, mouldings and weather stripping. Being an East Coast car, none of the rubbers were especially perished compared with, say, an equivalent car from a dry state/West Coast car. That’s always the pay-off with so-called desert climate cars; there’s no rust or corrosion, but rubbers are dried and brittle, vinyl roofs are toast, as are interiors (unless they’ve been garage-kept, which is extremely unusual). classic-american.com 63

A B C DE F Special thanks to: G A: Passenger side corrosion was cut out and fresh metal welded in... ■ Cheshire Accident Management Ltd, B: ...coming together nicely... Unit 3, Demmings Road Industrial Estate, C: … ready for final prep. Demmings Road, Cheadle, Stockport, Cheshire D: Driver’s side rear quarter had SK8 2PE. 0161 428 7660 the worst of the rot... ■ Dave Madders Unit 5, E: … so likewise was cut out and Demmings Road Industrial fresh metal welded in... Estate, Demmings Road, Cheadle, Stockport, F: … all ready to be prepped and Cheshire SK8 2PE. put in primer... 0161 428 4281, david@ californiaclassicimports.com G: Nice job! ■ USAutomotive Ltd. With this 442, it was a question of compromise; new back in 1970, so it’s not like I’m ruining the car’s 01234 273 155, virtually all the weather stripping and rubber originality). Truth be told, I prefer the car without [email protected] mouldings were available from Steele Rubber them, in my opinion it looks less cartoonish and I’ve Products of North Carolina (www.steelerubber.com), always liked the idea of a ‘sleeper’ look. If necessary ■ Kee Auto Top but the decision was taken to retain what was still or desired, the stripe kit can always be added at a 3018 Stewart Creek Blvd, functional and only replace rubber/weather stripping later date. Charlotte, North Carolina that was starting to fail. That meant replacing most of 28216, USA. the weather stripping on the convertible top and the With so many classic American muscle cars and www.keeautotop.com trunk lid but leaving the rest. The weather stripping in particular Mustangs, it’s possible to replace every [email protected] around the doors, while a little tired, was still single component with a brand-new reproduction [email protected] perfectly serviceable and still fitted like a glove… not part. We’ve mentioned weather stripping and rubber Phone: 001 704-332-8213 something that can always be said for replacement components, but this applies also to other things like weather stripping. tail-lights, trim and so on. In fact, it’s now entirely ■ Steele Rubber Products possible to build a brand-new 1965 Ford Mustang 6180 Highway 150 E, Another area to bear in mind are the stickers on from aftermarket parts alone… The question is Denver, North Carolina your car that in the event of a bare metal respray though: do you really want your classic American 28037-9650, USA. will be destroyed or removed. Just on this Olds alone car to look brand new? If the answer is ‘Yes!’ then www.steelerubber.com were stickers for tyre pressure in the door jamb, fine, go ahead… but for me, I prefer a more nuanced Tel. 001 800-447-0849 jacking instructions in the trunk and several emission approach. If it’s knackered, I’ll replace it, if it’s still stickers in the engine bay; luckily replacement copies functional, but looks old, I don’t have a problem with ■ American Custom were available for all of these online. The 442s of it. It’s original and from when it was built, it’s exactly Carpets 1970 wore a unique package of body stripes which like they say: ‘It’s only original once!’ ★ 310 Hamric Drive, West are also available from suppliers such as Original Parts Oxford, Alabama 36203, Group (www.opgi.com) or Phoenix Graphix (www. Next month USA. Tel. 001 256 236 1118 phoenixgraphix.com); however, I decided to not have email: accsales@accmats. these stripes fitted after the respray and wanted to We talk primer, colour and paint, while looking at com see what the car looked like without them (a stripe putting the Olds back together after its dramatic www.accmats.com delete option was available when 442s were ordered dismemberment… 64 classic-american.com



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REVEPEONRTT Tom Crabbe, Demi and ’56 Cadillac. WHEELS DAY Rushmoor Arena, Aldershot, Hants April 15, 2022 Words and photography: Ben Klemenzson After two years of Covid cancellation, Wheels Day was finally back for 2022… and boy was it back, the forecast was Blimey, she must be cold! for the hottest day of the year (so far!) and sure enough, it was blue skies, sunshine and 1947 Hudson. temperatures so warm that folks were in their Parts galore! T-shirts, shorts and even bare-chested. As always, the show field filled up early and it was busy, busy, busy! Wheels Day always boasts an eclectic mix of vehicles: rods, customs, Americans, British classics, Dubs… you name it… but this year, it seemed there were fewer Yanks than usual. Nevertheless, the show field was busy and there was the usual veritable kaleidoscope of American metal on offer. Being the first proper show of the year means plenty of new cars never seen before – either projects emerging for the first time, or freshly imported cars. One such car was Kevin Moran’s 1965 Buick Riviera, painted in a special-order Cadillac colour: Aleutian Gray with the VIN tags to prove it. Kevin’s Riv not only boasts this unique colour, but inside the wood marquetry (a real indicator of how well looked after this make and model of car is) was immaculate. Options on it included Guidematic auto headlamp dimmer, cruise control, 3.23 diff and wood steering wheel. ❯❯ KgoervgineoMuosra’6n5’sRiv. Sadly, this horn was destined for… a Skoda! classic-american.com 69

Car of the Year Heat 1: Adam Pearce... … and his beautiful ’72 Buick. Kingstown Shipping Car of the Harley-Davidsons too! Year winner, Heat 1 After a hiatus of two years because of ‘you know what’, Car of the Year is back, bigger and brighter than ever thanks to sponsorship from Kingstown Shipping. The first heat was held at Wheels Day which is the traditional kick-off event for the American car calendar and with a field full of vehicles, it was going to be tough to pick one car as the first candidate in this year’s series. Now if you’re thinking this car and owner look familiar, that’s because our heat-winning car did in fact appear in Classic American in February last year (issue 358) and was in fact the cover car. Owner Adam Pearce cut his American car-owning teeth with this bodacious Buick and hasn’t looked back since. “I just love driving it!” he enthuses. As befits Buick’s top-of-the-tree model, it’s dripping with all the bells and whistles Flint could shoehorn into their flagship. Power comes from a four-barrel 455cu in V8 and of course there’s power steering and power brakes, as well as air con. That dazzling Burnished Bronze paint sure will look a treat on the Classic American stand at the NEC in November, so make sure you come along to check it out and meet Adam! Busy, busy, busy! John Farazmand and ’66 Plymouth Satellite. 70 classic-american.com

Did we mention the weather was stunning?! Geoff Mitchell’s magnificent Chrysler New Yorker. Ex-CoTY heat winner, Diego Presenza’s Falcon. Big Merc comin’ thru’. Pin stripin’. Kevin Heffernan Not freshly imported (it came over last year) at the back, power comes from a 365cu in V8. and family. but fresh out, was Mik Partridge’s ’64 Falcon, Amazingly, this isn’t Tom’s first Yank: he cut his that had undergone open heart surgery in the teeth on a ’68 Plymouth Satellite. form of junking the original 170cu in straight- six motor for a later 200cu in straight-six and Slightly more muscular was the ’66 Plymouth Weber dual carb conversion. “It’s like another Satellite belonging to John Farazmand from car now…” said Mik and in these days of eye- Banstead in Surrey. Fitted with a 400cu in motor watering fuel costs, at least he’s going to be able and Torqueflite, he’s had it for seven years and to get out and about and enjoy the little Ford it’s part of a bigger collection he owns. Other relatively pain-free financially. interesting cars on the showfield included a very nice-looking Aussie 1973 Ford Landau and It’s always good to see the younger generation a stunning 1959 El Camino custom, with an embracing the style and glamour of Fifties amazing paint job that went on to pick up the American motordom and one particularly nice- Best in Show runner-up award. One particularly looking ’56 Cadillac Sedan De Ville turned out rare vehicle was a 1947 Hudson ‘Big Boy’ pick-up to belong to Tom Crabbe from Southampton that was up for sale. With a 202cu in/3.3-litre who was there with his girlfriend Demi. Looking flathead inline six motor, three-speed manual gorgeous in its pale yellow paint (incongruously and only 50k on the clock, it had led a pampered named ‘Canyon Gray’) this smart Caddy was life and was up for £35k. Interestingly, there nicely optioned, with power windows and didn’t seem to be that many cars for sale – often power steering, plust Autronic eye headlamp in the past it’s seemed that virtually every other dipper. With period alloy wheels and lowered car has had a ‘For Sale’ sticker on it… ❯❯ classic-american.com 71

1938 Oldsmobile, Best in Show. 1950 Ford ‘shoebox’. Wheels Day prize winners BEST IN SHOW Simon Smit 1938 Oldsmobile NSDRA PICK Kevin Heffernan 1930 Model A UK CUSTOMS AWARD 1950 Ford ‘shoebox’ Ford Torino. TOP 10 Wayne Wisbey Richard Gasson G’day mate... Ford Torino ’32 Ford Lisa Theobald … was mint! 100E Ford Anglia Rob Grigg Ford Cortina Mk1 72 classic-american.com ’32 Ford Coupe Steve Wilson Wolseley 16-60 Vince Sherwood ’32 Ford Roadster ’27 Model A Jago Body Roy Ingram Mik Partridge and ’64 Falcon... Best in Show runner-up ’59 El Camino. … with new 200cu in motor. … Aussie Landau... With its lazy, relaxed, sunny feel and plenty of trade stands to browse and food and drink vendors, no one seemed in a particular hurry to go anywhere, so the day gently drifted towards prize-giving time, which was preceded by a special thank you presentation to John and James Pettifor of North Hants Tyres for their support of the event and the club over the years. The Surrey Street Rodders have got their prize-giving down to a fine art with John Price doing the honours and there being no more than a dozen or so awards to be given out (swiftly) meaning it’s not a protracted painful affair like at so many other shows. And with that, it was all over for another year. Hats off to the Surrey Street Rodders for another belter event! ★

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Words and photography: Will Shiers Our intrepid salvage yard explorer brings you junkyard jewels from across North America. 1. Surrounded by fellow Studebakers, a relatively intact and solid 1959 Lark four-door sedan patiently awaits rescuing from a New Mexico salvage yard. 2. It says ‘63’ on the windscreen, but the grille identifies this Ford Thunderbird as a 1962 model. Then again, I’m not too surprised by the mistake, as the yard owner who accompanied me on my visit wrongly identified a Renault 4CV as a British car. Check out the red AMC Pacer in the background. You certainly don’t see many of these in salvage yards any more. 3. Its licence plates say Idaho is famous for potatoes, but in my opinion the state is also famous for rust-free classic cars. This 1968 Dodge Dart was found in a garden by the roadside, and unlike the badly disfigured Disco 2 in the background, is in exceptional condition. 4. We’re in Dallas, Texas, and I’m puzzled as to how the roof damage was inflicted on this Pontiac Catalina. It is one of four 1964 Catalinas in the yard, including a rare but badly damaged convertible.

5. Apparently this 1966 Dodge D100 truck was still working for a living on a nearby ranch until about 2012, and was actually driven into the Colorado yard it resides in. 6. I found this 1962 Plymouth Valiant outside a bodyshop in Ely, Nevada. The town was founded as a stagecoach station along the famous Pony Express route. This mail service, which actually only lasted for 18 months (1860 to 1861), travelled west from here to Carson City. Today US50 follows roughly the same route and has been dubbed ‘The Loneliest Road in America’, due to low traffic volumes. 7. With its loose headlights and smashed windscreen, this 1973 Plymouth Duster is looking particularly sorry for itself. That said, Idaho’s High Desert climate has been kind to the metalwork, and there’s not a spot of rust visible. 8. All American Classics of Vancouver, Washington has no less than 200 Camaros, Trans Ams and Firebirds, ranging in age from 1967 to 2002. If I had to guess, I’d say this Camaro was built in 1987. 9. Judging by the way that the roof has completely rusted through, I reckon this rare 1946 Buick Super Sedanet two-door fastback has spent a lot of its life upside down. Back in the day this car had a top speed of 74mph, managing 60mph in a shade under 20 seconds. 10. Here’s another one from All American Classics. It’s a 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme two-door hardtop, and what’s left of it is in exceptional condition. It arrived in the yard in 2017, having incurred collision damage to the front nearside.

Richard Coney Goldenrod – The Resurrection of America’s Speed King ReviewsClassic American Author: John Baechtel 78 classic-american.com Published by: Landspeed Media Group ISBN: 978-1-7321761-0-2 Price: $99.95 See: https://goldenrodbook.com/ (Special offer $79.95) It takes a special breed of person to seriously substituted. It had also been sold to The Henry attempt a land speed record (LSR). Traditionally, Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan. these were generally well-heeled aristocratic adventurer types, like the Campbells, of Not to be deterred, he contacted the Bluebird fame. However two brothers, originally museum and after some negotiation it was from Nebraska and brought up in California, agreed he could take the car to his workshop successfully built in a modest garage and raced a for disassembly for the necessary photography. streamliner they named Goldenrod. This not only Once taken apart, the full extent of the corrosion broke the then land speed record for an engine- became evident. At this point it was granted that driven car (rather than a jet) but held that record such a significant vehicle should be restored, for some 45 years! albeit as a static display. Goldenrod would not return to the corrosive salt. This was back in With modest, but critical, sponsorship, from 2005. Enthusiasts and volunteers were quick Chrysler, the Hurst Corporation and Firestone to come forward, as was a Federal Grant from and aided by a Lockheed aerodynamicist, Walter the Save America’s Treasures programme. Korff, brothers Bob and Bill Summers, with their Missing parts were sourced, of the same type as friend James Crosby, pulled off what most people originally used by the Summers brothers. Even would have thought to be impossible. With a some original pieces were found in collections limited $100,000 budget provided by Chrysler and returned. The task ahead was enormous with six Hemi V8 engines, they and a small band as the vehicle required complete disassembly, of dedicated colleagues built an immaculate and restoration and reassembly to the highest stunningly beautiful gold-coloured streamliner. standards. Many companies and individuals Under its wind tunnel-tested aluminium body contributed to this mammoth task, but eventually there were four 426cu in dry sump Hemis, in Goldenrod was fully restored to its former glory. pairs back to back, with Bob Summers in a tiny and cramped cockpit at the rear of the car. This was painstakingly photographed as each part of the lengthy process was initiated, as a On November 12, 1965 Bob established a result of which there was a large photographic two-way average of 409.277mph in the flying record of the work involved. These pictures, mile at the Bonneville salt flats. The car made a combined with many contemporary photos one-way pass the following day at 425.99mph, which were taken while the car was under but did not make a necessary return run to construction in the Sixties, has been compiled confirm an even higher record. in a fabulous book which describes the story of Goldenrod, its builders, the Summers brothers This was not the brothers’ first LSR car as they and its stunning restoration over 40 years caught the speed bug early on. They had built a later. The book is large, heavy and beautifully rear-engined Hemi-powered 1929 Ford roadster presented. It has hundreds of illustrations, on a ’32 chassis in the late Fifties and later, a a comprehensive history explaining how curious front-wheel-drive streamliner called Goldenrod was first built, many original publicity Pollywog with its two rear wheels inline. Both photos and statistics. The Summers brothers are cars won records, the latter exceeding 322mph, sadly no longer with us, but this amazing book but their sights were set much higher. It was is a worthy testament to their dedication and hoped that Goldenrod would achieve technical engineering skills. Admittedly, it is not 450-500mph, but they settled on their record, cheap and there may be no UK supplier, but only relinquishing it decades later. for LSR enthusiasts I doubt whether there will ever be a better book produced on a single car. In the meantime, as befitted a record- Highly recommended! breaking vehicle, Goldenrod was variously stored, displayed at various shows, was shipped to the UK at one point to appear alongside Bluebird at the Goodwood Festival of Speed and toured Europe. Latterly, it had been on outside display at the National Hot Rod Association’s Museum. This is where this book comes in. The author, John Baechtel, a former editor of Hot Rod magazine, was researching LSR wheel- driven cars for a proposed technical book on the subject. As Goldenrod was nearby, he approached the museum for permission to take detailed photographs. He discovered that the years had not been kind to the car, which was severely weathered, with many parts missing, the original Hemis long gone and dummy engines



Richard Coney DONO’TUMT!ISPSAGE 20 aSuctaoles Ford F-150 XLT pick-up It is a sad fact of life that if you are interested in model kits of American cars, the majority are side window, cloth upholstery, air conditioning, produced in the States and unless you are prepared tinted rear windows, cargo box light, tachometer, to import them yourself, you are limited to those an AM/FM stereo with a cassette player, clock, etc. that UK wholesalers are prepared to bring over. This month, however, we have a 1997 Ford F-150 Revell’s 1:25 scale miniature is a Level 4 kit with XLT pick-up that is produced by Revell Germany, plenty of detail. Its construction is traditional, with which seems to be quite widely available over here separate engine bay, interior tub, rear pick-up in the UK in a typical European-style flat box. The bed and chassis, that are painted and assembled kit has been around for about the same time as individually before being brought together on the the real trucks, though with variations to the body detailed chassis. Assembly is straightforward and over the years to represent different versions. This described in the pictorial, multilingual instructions. is the three-door SuperCab XLT with ‘flareside’ rear, The kit contains a set of waterslide chequered making it a 5-6 passenger vehicle, though the rear graphic decals. bench seat must be quite cramped. Access was via a narrow suicide door on the passenger side, which I found a set of the instructions to download at opened only once the front door was itself open. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/revell-07045- Later a fourth door was added to the driver’s side. 97-ford-f-150-xlt--1119731. This provided a useful insight into the complexity of the model. I easily Ford took a chance with the 1997 light duty found examples on sale online and in stock at below pick-up line, the first major update since late 1979. the RRP of £29.99, averaging around £25. The decision was made to produce a completely new vehicle with more curvaceous car-like styling. Their corporate fears were unfounded as the trucks proved popular, as indeed they still are today, with the design continuing until 2004. The XLT was the more luxurious trim level, which added alloy wheels, power windows and locks with automatic driver’s 1961 Pontiac Catalina Ertl has produced 1:18 scale replaced the ‘X’ frame chassis the bonnet, boot lid and doors. Inside, the seats have white die-cast muscle cars for many used since 1958, which was The chassis is detailed and has inserts, there’s a silver accented years. Many of these are still considered to be stronger and a separate exhaust system. The dashboard, a white topped shifter around in one form or another, provided more interior room. wheels steer, the car is fitted with and two-tone red and white the brand having been acquired Pontiac offered a wide range chromed wheel covers and it door cards. by Round 2 Models. It markets of engine options with several has pad printed whitewall tyres. them direct through AutoWorld versions of the 389cu in V8. Cars The substantial grille, bumpers This is an unusual and attractive and distributes them to the could be ordered with either and trim are also chromed. The model, which McLaren Models trade. Specialist retailers, such manual or Hydramatic automatic unusual ‘beaked’ bonnet reveals lists to order for £79.99. as McLaren Models (see advert transmissions. For those with a a reasonably detailed engine bay. in Classic American) import a bit more to spend and a need for There’s a battery with yellow filler selection to the UK, but they are greater performance there was a caps, firewall-mounted brake not as widely available over here 389cu in 4bbl producing 333bhp, master cylinder and a radiator as they used to be. I don’t recall or a 348bhp Tri-Power option complete with hoses. The engine seeing this 1961 Pontiac Catalina with higher compression. Drag is pale blue with black ignition before, though I’ve reviewed racers could opt for a 363bhp wires and the carbs are topped many of Ertl’s American Muscle variation and late in the year a with two chromed air cleaners. models in the past and owned rare discretionary, dealer-installed quite a few of them myself. 421cu in Super Duty V8 could be requested for even more power. 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BLUE PAGES events&cruises 2022 Classic American Events, Media Centre, Morton Way, Horncastle, Lincs LN9 6JR EVENTS MARKED IN WHITE ARE CAR OF THE YEAR HEATS May doorslammer race cars. Live entertainment, trade Wheels Day 2022. 28-30 stands and ‘power parking’ show area. Santa Pod of entrants from several countries outside the THE LONDON CONCOURS 28-29 Raceway, Wellingborough, Northants. For more UK. Covid-19 restrictions cancelled RTWs 2020 The London Concours, presented by Montres NATIONAL HOT ROD, CUSTOM & AMERICAN CAR information, see: www.nostalgianationals.com or and 2021, but their support, in the main, remained Breguet, is a luxurious automotive garden party SHOW www.santapod.co.uk in place for 2022 – so come on down and join hosted right in the heart of the City of London from Peterborough Arena 4-5 the fun! For more information visit the organisers’ Tuesday 28 – Thursday 30 June. This hugely exciting It's back bigger and better than ever for 2022 with CLASSIC & PERFORMANCE CAR SPECTACULAR Facebook page: ‘Race the Waves’ and their website automobile extravaganza will see 80 of the world’s loads of traders already booked in. Offering indoor More than 2000 classic cars and 100 club stands, www.backfirepromotions.com most precious cars gather in the gardens of the and outside trade and display areas and attracting live music, beer tent, funfair. Tatton Park, Knutsford, historic and beautiful Honourable Artillery Company thousands of vehicles each year, this is one event WA16 6QN. www.tattonclassiccarshow.com 19 Headquarters and will include a ferocious collection you really can’t afford to miss. Children 13 and under 10-12 BEAULIEU ROD & CUSTOM of horsepower arranged in specially curated and go free. Inside and outside show car areas. Show RETROFESTIVAL The South’s biggest hot rod and custom event themed displays chosen by the London Concours field – show & shine. The show field is on grass Family weekend with vintage and classic cars arena, features hundreds of cool, colourful, custom cars, Steering Committee. This year the displays include a outside the main hall and is open to anyone who has hot rods, steam engines, autojumble, food, music live music and hip entertainment throughout the special American Fins & Chrome section. The three a hot rod, classic, rat rod, retro, etc., pre-’72 and/or and dance from the 30s to the 80s. From 6pm day! Hot rods, customs, American muscle, chops days offer entertainment on the lawns, beautiful American vehicle. Friday to 11pm Sunday. Newark Showground, NG24 and bobbers will be among the hundreds of vehicles retails chalets with luxury brands and artisan goods, Trade stands also available, contact organisers. For 2NY. www.retrofestival.co.uk on display. You can expect a stunning display of and a delicious selection of food and beverages to more info, email: admin@hotrodandcustomshow. 10-12 American motors from our local club sponsors, match. Opening times: Tuesday, June 28, 10am to co.uk or see: www.hotrodandcustomshow.co.uk THE OLD RACE Solent Renegades. There will be a wide range of 8pm; Wednesday, June 29, 10am to 8pm; Thursday, Clairmarais, France 62500 (Saint Omer). Pre-’65 big entertainment taking place throughout the weekend. June 30, 10am to 7.30pm. Honourable Artillery 28-29 car show. 50s marketplace, Tattoists, barber shop. Live music will feature throughout the day. The Company, Armoury House, City Road, London EC1Y ENFIELD PAGEANT OF MOTORING Live Rock ‘n’ Roll bands, DJ, food truck, garage bar. Vintage Pop-Up will be chock-a-block with a variety 2BQ. Enfield Playing Fields EN1 3PL For more info. see www.theoldrace.com or search of high-quality vintage traders celebrating decades See: www.londonconcours.co.uk Classic bikes, cars, commercials. RC Car racing, on Facebook for the The Old Race. of all things vintage. It will be an opportunity to arena displays by Jamie Squibb Freestyle. 11-12 purchase unique items from the 1920s. Please July Autojumble, vintage village, live bands, trade stalls, AMERICAN SPEEDFEST 9 note, the Vintage Pop-Up will be an outdoor trading fairground, food stalls. Hosted by Enfield and Brands Hatch, Kent DA3 8NG. SpeedFest is the element of the show in 2022. Prizes will be awarded 2-3 District Veteran Vehicle Trust as a fundraising event biggest celebration of American cars, music and for Best Custom, Best American, Best Hot Rod, Best THE CLASSIC AMERICAN STARS & STRIPES SHOW for Whitewebbs Museum of Transport. Further food this side of the Atlantic! It’s headlined by Bike and Best in Show.See: www.Beaulieu.co.uk for Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 6QN. The information on Facebook. Europe’s only certified NASCAR series. more information. Classic American Stars & Stripes Car Show, which Euro NASCAR racing, Kent’s biggest American car has been running for more than 30 years, returns to 29 show, classic American racing, NASCAR demo Tatton Park again this summer. Celebrating all things CHRYSLERS AT BROOKLANDS paddock, great American food, balloon rides, family American, from Mustangs to Corvettes and Cadillacs Brooklands Motor Museum , Weybridge, Surrey fun, trade village, weekend camping, Brands Hatch to American motorhomes. The show promises a KT13 0QN. county fair, and much more. For more info see: superb lineup of acts and entertainment for a fun- From 10am. Hosted by the Mopar Muscle www.speedfest.co.uk, tel. 0843 453 9000 or email: filled weekend. Expect to see hundreds of vehicles Association UK, open to all makes and models of [email protected] from across the pond to browse and admire, from American cars and hot rods. If you are a club and 16-19 pre-war classics to brand-new super cars… want to park together let me know: contact Derek RACE THE WAVES ’22 Stars & Stripes has it all! 07724 752512 for details. Bridlington’s South Beach, Yorkshire There's also specialist traders, parts suppliers and Two days of beach-racing on Bridlington’s South autojumble stands. The organisers like to make June Beach. Huge entry of classic American hot rod cars sure visitors are well fed and watered, so there’s and a variety of motorcycles. Visitors to the Yorkshire everything from standards like fish and chips, ice 3 coast will be offered a fabulous extended weekend cream and burgers, to more exotic offerings like LAZY FRIDAY of vintage and classic motoring which is all free to noodles and Mexican food – there’s something for Free entry with an optional morning road run and view. This is a unique event in the UK and we have everyone. Daily admission: adults: £10, 15 years then an afternoon display (from 12pm until 5pm) at entries from 10 countries outside the UK. First and under: free. Tickets are available to purchase on East Huntspill Playing Field, New Road, East Huntspill, organised and run for one day in 2018, followed the gate. Parking: cars, motorbikes, minibuses: Somerset TA9 3PT. For more details contact Paul on by a full weekend in 2019 with the inclusion £8 per vehicle, blue badge holders: £4, pre-booked 07831 333506. Pre-booking is required. coaches: free to enter. Open daily 9.30am-4pm. For 3-5 more info see www.tattonstarsandstripes. com NOSTALGIA NATIONALS The 28th annual Nostalgia Nationals, supported by the NSRA. Pre-’73 RWYB for hot rods, kustoms and street machines alongside traditional front- engine dragsters, competition altereds and early Wheels Day 2022. 7-9 And what a set of wheels! POWER BIG MEET # 43 The world's biggest American car show - Power Big Meet # 43 in Lidköping. Important phone numbers: Show info: +46 40 47 29 39 or www.bigmeet. com Tourist info: +46 510 200 20 or info@ lackokinnekulle.se (Tourist Bureau in Lidköping).



BLUE PAGES events&cruises Classic American Events, Media Centre, Morton Way, Horncastle, Lincs LN9 6JR 8-10 Style on show at Wheels Day 2022. DRAGSTALGIA EVENTSSanta Pod, Northants – A vintage lifestyle weekend 2022dedicated to race cars, bikes and hot rods from a bygone era. Enjoy championship racing with the headlining Cannonball class for supercharged nitro and alcohol-fuelled altereds and funny cars, the Slingshot Showdown, period-correct Gasser Circus, invited historic bikes and lots more. See vehicles from Santa Pod’s illustrious history return to the strip. Plus live music, Jet Car, show & shine with the NSRA, vintage fair, Cracklefest, beer festival and much more. www.Dragstalgia.co.uk 10 general public: £10 per adult. All accompanied 26-28 available. On the gate display car drivers and RALLY OF THE GIANTS children under 14 free. For more info see KNUCKLE BUSTERS AT THE BARNS passengers must purchase a standard entry ticket. Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxon OX20 1PP . www.damnyankees.uk.com, see their Facebook Stonham Barns, Stonham Aspal, near Ipswich, Public entry 10am-4pm. Tel. 01449 711 111 or see: The ROG sees the largest get-together of many page or tel. Gary on 07740 827 288. Suffolk IP14 6AT. www.stonhambarns.co.uk older American cars including pre- and post-war In association with the Knuckle Busters Car Club. 16-18 and vintage, plus those from the ’50s through to 29-31 Expect to see rods, bikes, Yanks and customs. Club AMERICANA the present day. The club has no restriction on the 28TH MOPAR EURO NATIONALS stands, trade stands, auto jumble, food and drink. Back for 2022 and under new management to age of your vehicle, so bring it along, no matter RWYB event for American muscle cars only, Top rockabilly bands, jive dancers, camping, MC celebrate the best of American culture. For more info how young or old. Trophies across many classes of featuring drag racing, show & shine, burnout John Price, hot rod movies, DJs, show & shine see www.americana-international.info/ or to contact, vehicle. Gates open 9am with food/bar/trade stands. competition, live music, traders and camping. The trophies. Show & shine display, car & driver free (pre- email: [email protected] See ww.pre50aac.com for more information. To biggest muscle car doorslammer event in Europe. booked only). On the gate display car drivers and pre-enter go to www.pre50aac.com All American classics, trucks, modified and muscle passengers must purchase a standard entry ticket. November 10 cars plus American car clubs are welcome. Sunday Public entry 10am-4pm. Tel. 01449 711 111 or see: CLASSIC FORD SHOW will see a gigantic show & shine in the car corral www.stonhambarns.co.uk 11-13 Ardingly, South of England Showground. For more and at lunch time the legendary burnout contest. CLASSIC MOTOR SHOW info, see: https://classicsworld.co.uk/classic-ford- The best muscle car show in the UK has just got September NEC, Birmingham. The UK’s largest indoor classic show/ bigger, don’t miss this petrolhead experience. event held in several halls and also the closing 15-17 See: Mopar EuroNats Facebook page or visit 3-4 car show of the season. Expect to see celebrity DEVON CRUISERS WHEELS WEEKENDER. www.santapod.co.uk INTERNATIONAL CHARITY CLASSIC EXTRAVAGANZA stages, restoration demonstrations, car clubs galore, Camping, three nights’ live music, cruise, Sunday 11am to 5.30pm, Ryde Esplanade North Walk, Isle autojumble and just about anything you could Show ‘n’ Shine, trophies. Venue: Riverside Caravan August of Wight. In aid of the Round Table/Mountbatten. For imagine for your classic. It’s also the finals of the and Camping Park, South Molton, Devon EX36 3HQ. more information or to display your car call 0208 Kingstown Shipping Car of the Year competition, Telephone Devon Cruisers on 0785 655 7982 or 12-14 439 7871. where Classic American will be taking centre stage see us on Facebook. RETROFESTIVAL in the American section with a stand displaying all 16-17 Family weekend with vintage and classic cars arena, 16-18 the finalists. See: www.necclassicmotorshow.com for CLASSIC CORVETTE CLUB UK NATIONALS hot rods, steam engines, autojumble, food, music HOT ROD DRAGS more information. Corvette Nationals is a weekend event being held and dance from the 30s to the 80s. From 6pm Now celebrating the 33rd annual Original Hot Rod at Sywell Aerodrome, Sywell, Northants NN6 0BN. Friday to 11pm Sunday. Newbury Showground Drags, supported by the NSRA. It’s a hot rod show Cruises All generations of Corvettes, from 1954 to the latest RG18 9QZ. www.retrofestival.co.uk at the racetrack! The usual, ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix C8 2021 models. Up to 200 Corvettes from all over it’ formula with Pre ’73 RWYB, invited race classes, LONDON the UK will be arriving for this two-day event. Cruise 13-14 Wild Bunch, fireworks and much more. For more Chelsea Cruise, monthly meet, Chelsea Bridge / out Saturday to Santa Pod followed by an AGM and BRIDGWATER CLASSIC AND VINTAGE info. see: www.nsra.org.uk or www.santapod.co.uk Battersea Park, last Saturday of every month from gala dinner in the evening for members. Sunday is Morganians Rugby Club, Chedzoy Lane, Bridgwater, 7pm, Derek 07724 752512. the main show day, Mustang and Camaro Clubs Somerset TA7 8QW. The show is open to a wide 18 SWANSEA attending, American classic/vehicles and public are range of classic vehicles and American cars are AMERICAN CAR SHOW Swansea American Autos Brunch Meet. Third also welcomed on Sunday. For more information, very welcome. There will be trade stalls, food and Stonham Barns, Stonham Aspal, Near Ipswich, Sunday of each month (March-Oct) 11am-2pm at see: www.corvetteclub.org.uk for more information drink, children’s entertainment and hopefully a Suffolk IP14 6AT Baglan Industrial Park, Port Talbot, SA12 7BY. Hot and anyone interested in attending as a spectator WW2 aircraft flypast. Entrance is only £5 for adults In association with the Knuckle Busters Car Club. food, toilets & DJ. For more info see our Facebook can contact Stuart Curtis at nationals@corvetteclub. and pre-booked exhibitors are given free entry. All All-American car show, spanning over six decades. page, call 07815 701922 or email popscarhire@ org.uk proceeds to local charities. Club stands, trade stands, auto jumble, food and hotmail.com Details from www.bcvcshow.com or on the club’s drink. 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CLASSIC AMERICAN READER ADVERTS AMC RAMBLER APACHE BRICKLIN SV1 BUICK RIVIERA 770 convertible, 1966, V8 gold, rare RHD, 1959, on C10 chassis, nice driver, solid 1975, only one reg in the UK, built to Super V8 2 door pillarless Coupe, rare white hood, run & drives really well, sounds truck, ready to drive, £23,750 compete against the contemporary 1953 anniversary year 1953, lovely interior, great, £12,500 Tel. 07802 424144. Corvette, Ford Windsor 351 powered 2 straight body, paint work flat and a couple Tel. 07947 384830. seat Sports Coupe, air powered gullwing of light scuffs from transport, £18,000 doors, £29,995 ono Tel. 07970 625689. Tel. 07980 717947. BUICK SUPER CADILLAC CADILLAC CADILLAC 1951, three speed manual, engine rebuilt Fleetwood, 365 ci V8, auto, being pillarless 1952 Convertible, needs finishing, body & 1959 Series 62, rare chance to own a some years ago with low miles on it, adds to the appealing looks to this car, chassis excellent, a lot of chrome replated, beautiful icon, made as reliable as I can excellent interior, Whitewalls on smoothie new interior, stainless exhaust plus much new full exhaust system with car and a set by fitting all new hoses, belts, electronic chrome wheels, lovely car to drive, £16,500 more of chrome wire wheels, £20,000 or offers ignition, had the transmission rebuilt, Email. [email protected] Email. [email protected] Tel. Peter 07751 251812. £35,000 Tel. 07715 408439. CAMARO Z28 CAMARO Z28 CHEVROLET CHEVROLET 2000 V8 Auto, 18” alloys with good Falken 1987, convertible, recent MoT, owned Master 85, 1939, business coupe, very 1967, Camaro RS V8 auto, now UK reg tyres, Eibach lowering springs, Magnaflow 11 years, reliable, vgc, new starter and straight and original, runs and drives well, with V5, very nice original, column shift muffler, Drilled/vented front discs, £7500 distributor, £5695 complete new upholstery 12V, many new auto convertible, £26,000 ono Tel. 01270 664814. Crewe parts fitted, £21,500 Tel. 07970 625689. Tel. 07834 522586. Tel. 07850 989568. CHEVROLET CHEVROLET CHEVROLET CHEVROLET ASTRO Avalanche 5.3 V8, 4×4 LT Black Diamond Camaro Z28, 2000, 5.7 ls1 rare factory 6 1993 Suburban, 5700cc, 2 axel rigid body, Starcraft Day Van, AWD, 4295cc Auto, Edition, 69,850 miles, MoT Nov 2022, speed manual, 30,000 low miles, always tax class – private/light goods (PLG), on petrol, MoT Oct 2022, air con, climate Vortec 5.3L V8 SFI, 6-speed auto, 2 or 4 garaged 2nd owner, Magnaflow stainless Sorn, 7-seater, £7200 control, leather seats, electric windows, wheel drive, £18,450 exhaust, MoT, £13,500 ono Tel. 07563 692858. tilt steering wheel, ABS, reversing camera, Tel. 07977 235788. Tel. 07415 502488. £4500 Tel. 07799 640166. CHEVROLET BELAIR CHEVROLET CAMARO CHEVROLET CAMARO CHEVROLET CAMARO 1957, 2 door hardtop, Sierra Gold & Z28 454cui (7.5L) V8, 1980, white leather, 1976, 305 V8 engine refurbished, new 1969, a multi award winning car (at Adobe Beige with high quality Italian 65k miles, T-Tops, no MoT or tax required, cooling system carb, battery, brakes, new national level) owned for the past eleven leather interior, V8 400cu, 4 barrel, TH400, over £10k spent on engine, 454 block tyres, excellent interior never welded, vgc, years, engine is a tuned 350 V8 producing new chrome/stainless, complete re-wire, Edelbrock RPM cylinder heads, £19,995 £14,995 ono 331 bhp @ wheels, mated to a 5 speed £39,950 Tel. 07976 935687. Tel. 07513 138483. Tel. 01736 719368. Cornwall manual gearbox, £48,000 Tel. 07899 655983.

Upload your advert at www.classic-american.com Private ads appear for 3 months only. To cancel or renew call 01507 529322 CHEVROLET CHEVELLE CHEVROLET CORVETTE CHEVY 210 CHEVY BLAZER 1969 SS 396 big block convertible coupe, Original C3 August 1977, build last year for 1956, owned past 5 years, will need some 1977 with 6.2 V8 diesel, truck is a one off auto with power hood, comes with new model, good original condition, imported welding, paint work not that great but is with a 15” body lift, suspension lift, huge black OEM soft top inbox, needs general 2017, my ownership 2019, only use in presentable inside good, the straight six 44” x 18.5” wide tyres, truck is nearly 6” to finishing off, pair of replacement silencers, summer, £12,750 runs well, manual gearbox good, £9000 the bonnet, starts & drives good, £10,000 V5, £27,000 Tel. 07806 547364. Tel. 07728 688351. Kent Tel. 07973 780930. Tel. 07970 625689. CHEVY C10 CHRYSLER CHRYSLER 300 CHRYSLER 300 1972 Stepside Pickup, 4.1 l six, engine Newport, 1967, 65,000 miles, 6.3 ltr, bare 300 Convertible, 1969, 7.2ltr 440 V8 727 convertible, rare Mopar cruiser, 440cu in, has been rebuilt, new crank/cam/pistons metal respray, new power hood, £17,000 Torqueflite newly refurbished gearbox, correct frost green metallic, immaculate etc, been dry stored since ownership 10 Tel. 01904 782363. Yorkshire power roof, windows, steering, £17,995 white interior, good condition throughout, years, £7000 Email. [email protected] very reliable, hidden headlights, white Tel. 07817 926276. power hood, £15,750 Tel. 07765 221627. CORVAIR DELTA 88 DODGE D100 Lakewood Wagon, 1961, 2.7 flat six Royale, wonderful Olds convertible, ideal 1978 Stepside pickup rolling shell, no powerglide auto, drives as new, solid summer cruiser, all in nice condition engine or gearbox etc, some interior and condition, £9575 and drives well, contact for more info or door glass included, comes with green Tel. 01707 268863. pictures, £19,995 certificate of title and customs duty slip, Tel. 07708 463384. £4950 Tel. 07748 978273. Norfolk DODGE PICK UP DODGE POWERWAGON FORD FORD 5.9L V8, MoT, resprayed in dark green, 1977, 400cu. in big block, auto, chrome Crown Victoria Police Interceptor P71, classic breakdown truck, 1977, 5.7 litre new tyres, twin exhaust recently bumpers and wheels, bed cover, new twin 4.6L V8, 139k miles, freshly painted in the petrol/LPG, MoT & tax exempt, automatic undersealed, £10,500 stainless steel exhaust, custom cab, rust colours of the Las Vegas Police, lots of LHD, imported into the UK in 1994, Tel. 07805 489919. free from Arizona, £15,950 new parts, £8995 Windsor 351 engine, road legal and ready Tel. 07860 954368. Tel. 07751 238945. to work, £6995 Tel. 07838 669663. FORD BRONCO XLT FORD CONSUL FORD CROWN VICTORIA FORD FAIRLANE 1987 4×4 V8 electric fuel injection and 468 Chevy Pro Street, 454 Chevy big block P71 Interceptor imported 2007 from 1956 Crown Victoria Coupe, white & ignition 351 Windsor auto new stainless bored to 468cu inch, all forged internals Texas, V bar roof hazard lights, siren, PA turquoise interior, MoT & tax exempt, exhaust and headers shock absorbers John Rathbone racing, hardly worn m/t system, spare wheel, recent graphics & Whitewall tyres, Ford 351 cu.in V8 with replaced, new brakes, £9500 ono road tyres half wrap, possible p/x for Ram or Ford 4 barrel carburettor and tubular exhaust Tel. 07718 780844. Tel. Graham 01844 217733. pickup or Chrysler 300c, £8995 manifolds, vgc, £22,500 Tel. 07768 895289. Tel. 01255 222559. Essex classic-american.com 93

CLASSIC AMERICAN READER ADVERTS FORD FAIRLANE FORD FALCON FORD FALCON SPRINT FORD MUSTANG 1965, 2 door, 5 litre V8 with 3 speed auto Sprint, Gardsman Blue, imported 2015 genuine 63, totally original never been 1971 electric convertible, RHD, 393 transmission, 9” axle, Disc brakes all from California, 260 motor, T10 gearbox, 4 restored in stunning condition – one of Cleveland engine, 300bhp, 650 lb ft round, Borgeson power steering, drives on the floor & all the bits it should have to a kind time warp machine, 4.3 V8 with torque, extensively modified engine, great, £25,800 either rework into a street rod or a fast FIA Fordomatic transmission, £5,000 no p/x recently resprayed and all panels replaced Tel. 07968 755659. spec racer, £17,000 or swaps for new, vgc, £24,950 Email. [email protected] Tel. 07799 897996. Email. [email protected] FORD MUSTANG GT FORD RANCHERO GT FORD SKYLINER FORD THUNDERBIRD 1994, 5.0 V8SFI fuel injection automatic 1972, 351 Cleveland engine, 3 spd 1959, retractable, rebuilt engine & working 1960, restored, in rare S Code Briarcliffe with over drive disk brakes, cold air autobox, power steering, polished rocket roof, same owner 30 years, massive green metallic with tan interior, loaded induction system, stainless exhaust, £5150 racing alloys 8×15 front and 10×15 rear impressive sound system installed for Brit with options, Y Code Thunderbird Special Tel. 01942 568816. plus 2 spare 8×15 all with very good tyres, awards still fitted in trunk, 23,000 300 Horsepower 352 V8, Cruise-O-Matic £10,500 offers Tel. Frank 07779 977356. Transmission, £18,500 Email. [email protected] Email. [email protected] FORD THUNDERBIRD FORD TIFFANY LINCOLN CONTINENTAL Landau, 1965 V8 6.4/390 white with black vgc, will come with full MoT, would p/x with 1968, 2 door coupe, underside waxed, vinyl roof dual exhaust system, retrimmed 70s Trans Am, email for more pictures very new carburettor, exhaust manifolds, trunk & rebuilt front seats, new black similar to Roy Orbinsons, offers, £21,500 brakes on rear, new shocks on front, carpet, £16,500 Tel. Steve 07507 686118. starter motor, fuel pump and much more, Tel. 07718 780844. contact for details, £8600 Tel. 07811 042459. LINCOLN NAVIGATOR MUSTANG 289 MUSTANG GT OLDSMOBILE 2006, pearlescent white, seven seater, just Convertible, 1965, car & parts for sale, new 1995, 5.0, very reliable, clean car but has custom cruiser, 1972, 8 seater, station come back from Spain may take p/x or roof fitted, full interior kit not fitted splash age related marks, contact if interested for wagon 455 V8 auto rust free chassis new swop £10,995 shields rear valance, interior chrome, full description, £6000 tyres air con power steering cruise tilt the Tel. 07973 540215. Manchester exterior badge kit, £17,500 Tel. 07979 491558. 455 pulls great, £15,500 Tel. 07860 372799. Tel. 07581 140895. PICKUP TRUCK PLYMOUTH BELVEDERE PLYMOUTH PONTIAC CHIEFTAIN Cadillac Escalade Ext Cruise, load haul beautifully restored 1956, runs without 1948, Special Deluxe Business Coup, 1951 convertible, automatic was in regular option on auto box, alarm/immobiliser, fault, 277ci V8 coupled to a 2 speed power award winning car, owned five years, use in the States, would make great rat rod airbags, heated seats, heated mirrors, flight push transmission, all work perfectly, regularly serviced to a high standard and or use as is or restore whilst using, comes remote start function, £11,000 40,000 original miles, £28,995 upgrades, £25,000 with new softtop in box, UK reg with V5, Tel. 07702 426505. Tel. 01730 825947; 01483 303914 eves Email. [email protected] £19,500 Tel. 07970 625689. and weekends.



CLASSIC AMERICAN READER ADVERTS PONTIAC LEMANS PORSCHE 911 T THUNDERBIRD LANDAU TRIUMPH GT6 MK3 GTO clone, 1967, personal USA import in 1973, 78,000 miles, £24,500 1966, 61,000 miles from new, totally 1973, MK3, 2 litre, 6 cylinder, starts, drives 2017, strong running 350 engine, Summit Email. [email protected] unmolested & all original, 99% complete, & stops exactly as it should, 4 speed Racing heads, vintage Scorpion intake & all documents, loads of paperwork, good manual gearbox includes the all important Holley fuel pump, £22,500 all round solid car, £10,000 overdrive, £3550 Tel. 07772 131861. Tel. 07939 514960. Email. [email protected] For Sale PONTIAC LEMANS engine strong, SHELBY GT350R 1965/6 fiberglass CLASSIC AMERICAN MAGAZINES sound underneath, top needs lower front panel (Apron) removed January to December 2008, January BUICK ROADMASTER 1994, replacing, carpets, driving seat, from a genuine GT350, still in white/ to December 2009, January project or spares, MoT fail on £9500. Tel. 01283 575292. Staffs. blue stripe livery, very highest quality to December 2010, January to emissions and welding on chassis, & fit made by “Shelby Fiberglass” December 2011, January to good wheels with Whitewalls, one Parts For Sale £650. Tel. Alan 07846 861853. Bucks. December 2012, January to brand new, spare, 5.7lt engine and December 2013, January to reconditioned auto box, £1200. Tel. CADILLAC 1959/1960 speedometer Wanted December 2014, January to 07780 221502. Scotland. and odometers spares, also entire December 2021, £10 per year plus CADILLAC FLEETWOOD 1992, Bulletin aluminium back, inc fuel cap CORVETTE WANTED from project postage. Tel. 07808 952948. West long MoT, low mileage, owned 12 door for sale for 59 Cadillac, can wats to show car, instant purchase and Wales. years, needs tlc, solid car, great app pics. Tel. Frank 07779 977356. . collection will buy your Corvette now. CLASSIC AMERICAN MAGAZINES engine box, lovely drive, £2500. Tel. CADILLAC 1959 Holley carb, Tel. 01507 450699. Lincs. approx 250 from July 1993 to July 07950 398750. West Midlands. suitable for use as core or for FORD GALAXIE XL500 1963, parts 2021, any offer accepted, buyer CHEVROLET CORVETTE 1982, complete rebuild, not usable as is, or kit required for front disc brake collects. Tel. 01249 730438. Wilts. silver, red leather, both T Tops still in £250 ono. Tel. Frank 07779 977356. conversion, why? Good price please MUSTANG WEATHERSTRIP 1965- original bags, 48,000 miles, original CHEVROLET CORVETTE 1963- Tel. Dave 07860 379440. Essex. 68, brand new unopened (sealed) paint, interior all good, been in dry 82, 3.70 non-posi differential RV WANTED 5th wheel trailer rear window weatherstrip, bought for storage 21 years drove in and left due disassembled needs rebuilt. 3.55 camper 25’ - 28’ has anyone seen 1965 Coupe renovation but wasn’t to ill health , not started, flat tyres, posi differential includes yokes needs one for sale please ring. Tel. Roy used. Part no. (as indicated) CSZZ- stunning car, £13,000. Tel. 01142 rebuild, one backing plate. Tel. 07549 01276 858898 home; 07518 043638 6542084, price inc standard 2nd 484876. South Yorkshire. 931707. Lancs. mobile. Surrey. class carriage in UK, payment by FORD F150 4.6 V8 which has has FORD 1970 428ci Cobra-Jet WANTED FULL SIZE BLAZER or cash only (sent recorded or COD), been converted to LPG, can also run original intake Manifold dated Jimmy or GM pick up for breaking price is £5 less if collecting, £45. Tel. on petrol, grey body with grey interior OC24, #CBOE-9425-C, excellent or parts please, 350 petrol V8 and 07500 304303. Midlands. which is in very good condition, no undamaged condition, £100. 2007- TH400 gearbox, including Vortec 350 NUMBER PLATE VET 77, private dents or scratches or tears, everything up Mustang/Shelby Ford Racing 1996 on, the 400 and transfer case plate only for sale on retention, works as it should, currently at nos aluminium ribbed diff (8.8) cover from 6.2 diesel V8 (military M1008/ £6000 ono. Tel. 07504 222015. 102,600 miles, last serviced in Oct #DR3W-4A028-CB perfect, £60. Tel. M1009 GMC Jimmy), have you seen Email. [email protected] 2021 MoT until Nov 2022, towbar, Alan 07846 861853. Bucks. anything rotting in a field? Having a PRIVATE PLATE Camaro, cherished two keys, based in Leighton buzzard FORD (AUTOLITE) original 427/428 garage clearance? Tel. Steve 07955 private plate, CA04ARO reads please contact me if you need factory dual pint non vacuum 553684. Camaro on the car, it’s on retention so anything further, welcome for a test advance distributor complete unit, WANTED MANIFOLD: 352ci B/B can easily be assigned, no sensible drive, £9500. Tel. 07923 484704. #C5AF-12127E dated 6L 10, £400. Ford alloy inlet manifold wanted, offer refused. Tel. 07787 503936. LINCOLN CONTINENTAL 1968, New/unused Ford O/E reproduction cash waiting. Tel. Jeff 07815 116715. 2 door Coupe owned this for 6 chrome shifter ‘T’ Arm with reverse, Hampshire. Email. jeffsguns1@gmail. years, had the underside waxed fits top-loader & T10’s for Mustang/ com new carburettor exhaust manifolds, Falcon etc, £100. Tel. Alan 07846 brakes on rear new shocks on 861853. Bucks. Parts Wanted front, starter motor, fuel pump and FORD MUSTANG 1966, 6 pot hard much more. The chrome is in good top, s/Harris all steering, suspension, CHEVROLET CORVETTE 1962 C1 condition, paint has good patina & brake drums, all class, s/steel trim, parts wanted to finish renovation cream leather solid 462 V8 engine, bumpers, 2 door trims, other parts, anything considered. Tel. 07949 the electric windows need some need a boot lid for a 66 fast back or 217261. Somerset. attention as not working very well may part with car. Tel. 01932 259824. CORVETTE C5 axle back original some small patches of rust but Surrey. exhausts wanted, do you have an nothing major, power steering, FORD MUSTANG 07-14 model, old pair hanging around, will also buy brakes, seats, windows, has to be nos aluminium ribbed diff cover, for Corvette wheels of any years. Tel. seen to appreciated ring for more info 8.8 axles, Ford racing part DR3W- 01507 450699. Lincs. £8600. Tel. 07811 042459. 4A028-CB perfect unused condition, PONTIAC TRANS AM 1983, 3rd MERCURY 8 CLUB 1947, £65. Tel. Alan 07846 861853. Bucks. Gen, wanted front o/side, side flasher Convertible, fully restored in the RIGHT HAND DRIVE CONVERSION lamp, 15” 5 stud road wheel alloy, USA, frame off older restoration to 59-60 Chevrolet Impala plus 3 speed Trans Am bonnet, or may sell easy a very high standard, formerly in manual gearbox, easy conversion, repair, same owner for 3 years, what Netherton Collection, new engine, delivery at cost, no reasonable offer have you or best offer. Tel. 01932 Edlebrock heads, Offenhauser refused. Tel. 07891 872462. London. 259824. Surrey. inlet, twin Stromberg down-draught TWO MUSTANG 289 cylinder heads, carbs, custom stainless twin exhaust complete with inlet Manifold carb Miscellaneous system, 12V alternator and full 12V Rocker covers air filter, £400 . Tel. conversion new wiring loom, new John 01834 871042. Pembrokeshire. CADILLAC SOFA extremely rare hydraulic rams/pump, all interior ZZ8 CAMARO ENGINE 1972, date genuine original 1959, a piece of details correct, excellent chrome correct replacement 3970010 4 bolt American history, you won’t find and cellulose paint, 100% reliable, block, steel crank, pair date correct many of these here in the UK, rare £32,000. Tel. 07966 535794. heads, correct oil pan, windage chance to own a genuine piece of MUSTANG 1965/66 pair of new tray, timing cover & aluminium valve furniture made from the rear end the unused Tri-Y headers with nice covers correct aluminium high-rise iconic 1959 Cadillac, this is a one off, excellent condition full length under- intake, requires building, serious guide price £3500 negotiable, offers car mufflers which exit in front of rear enquiries, £1500. Tel. 07846 861853. invited. Tel. 07970 630265. wheels, great sound, £500. Tel. Alan Bucks. 07846 861853. Bucks.

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