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elcome to our Corvette Special issue – we’ve tried to include as many Corvettes from as many different eras, but in reality to do the topic justice, we’d really need a telephone directorysized publication, so you might look upon these as our highlights of the marque. It’s an amazing story really, as the Corvette didn’t have a particularly auspicious start, with its lacklustre sales and wheezy six-cylinder engine. In fact, it was almost cancelled; thank goodness it wasn’t, as we wouldn’t be enjoying the remarkable and amazing cars in this month’s edition. While rival American sports car the Ford Thunderbird went off in a very different direction pursuing sales volume and luxury, the Corvette has always stayed true to its unique and inspirational DNA. It was, is and always will be, America’s only sports car.

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STINGRAY

Corvette adds limited-run IMSA edition and more tweaks for 2022, as Huw Evans discovers… With its mid-engine conﬁguration, redesigned chassis and coilover suspension, the C8 Stingray marks the biggest rethink of the Corvette formula since the car’s inception in 1953. Making its public debut just a few months before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the C8 has been impacted by production disruptions, parts shortages and price hikes. Even at a base price of $62,195, the 2022 Stingray offers a lot of bang for the buck stateside. Offered in three trim levels, 1LT, 2LT and 3LT, the 2021 model is offered as either a coupe (with removable targa roof panel) or a convertible. Behind the seats is an all-aluminium 6.2-litre V8 cranking out 490 horsepower at 6450rpm and 465ft-lb of torque at 5150rpm in US trim. Featuring dry-sump oiling, direct injection and an 11.5:1 compression ratio, it is still a pushrod engine, with a single

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camshaft mounted in the block and two valves per cylinder. Teamed with it, however, is an eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox (no manual option is currently offered in the C8) though drivers can shift the gears themselves via a pair of paddles mounted on the steering wheel. Suspension consists of unequal short/ long arm (double wishbones) both front and rear, along with Monotube dampers; Magnetic Ride Control is available to further enhance handling capability. A unique feature offered on the C8 is a height-adjustable front suspension, designed to provide adequate ground clearance when negotiating steep ramps, speed bumps or driveways. Opting for the Z51 performance package bumps power and torque up to 495bhp and 470ft-lb – aided by a special dual-mode exhaust. The Z51 also comes with more

aggressive, stickier (summer only) Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tyres (sized the same as Pilot Sport all-seasons on the base car – 245/35ZR19 front/305/30ZR20 rear) as well as a standard, electronically controlled limited-slip rear differential and larger-diameter brakes (13.6-inch front, 13.8-inch rear). For the 2022 model year there are some signiﬁcant announcements, namely a special

2021 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray coupe and convertible (far right in new Silver Flare Metallic).

edition Stingray that pays homage to the C8.R’s dominance in the IMSA GTLM series. Known as the IMSA GTLM Championship Edition, these cars are based on the 3LT trim level Stingray equipped with the Z51 package. Two versions are offered, one with Accelerate Yellow paint (#3) and Hypersonic Gray (#4). The yellow cars feature contrasting grey graphics, vice versa for the grey ones.

Engine is now mid-mounted.

Other features of the special edition include a High-wing rear spoiler finished in Carbon Flash, exterior mirrors also finished in Carbon Flash, striking yellow brake calipers, special Black Trident design wheels, with black lug nuts and a special ‘Jake’ logo on the centre caps, plus black side rocker panels and splash guards. Inside, these cars get a specially finished two-tone cabin with Strike Yellow and Sky Cool Gray; which includes a pair of GT2 seats (competition chairs are optional) and a special numbered C.8R plaque for each car. Stateside, the IMSA GTLM Championship Edition costs $6595 on top of a Z51 equipped 3LT and only 1000 will be produced, all with left-hand drive. Besides the limited-run IMSA GTLM Championship Edition, there are several changes to the regular Corvette lineup. The car’s LT2 6.2-litre V8 receives an improved direct fuel injection system with better engine calibration and enhanced Active Fuel Management. Three new exterior colours have been added for 2022: Amplify Orange Tintcoat, Caffeine and Hypersonic Gray. Additionally, non-Z51 equipped Stingrays also get a new, low-profile rear spoiler and the Z51 style front splitter.

Stingray in the UK

Among the big news for 2022 is also that the eighth-generation

Corvette will be sold in the UK in factory right-hand drive. Initially, the car will be offered as a Launch Edition, based on the 3LT trim level. These models will come with standard Magnetic Ride Control suspension, as well as upgraded seats and speciﬁc carbon-ﬁbre accents. All UK-spec C8s will come in 2LT trim with the Z51 package as standard, though interestingly, the all-season ALS Michelin Pilot tyres will be offered, as well as the more aggressive Pilot 4S (standard on the stateside Z51). In the UK, the new mid-engine Stingray is expected to retail for £81,700 for the coupe and £87,100 for the convertible and will be offered through concessionaires Ian Allan Motors Virginia Water. As with all existing C8s, the UK cars will come exclusively with the eight-speed twin-clutch gearbox, which can be shifted automatically, or in manual mode via the steering wheel-mounted paddles. The availability of a factory right-hand-drive Corvette in the UK, following on from the Mustang, will no doubt broaden the car’s appeal among British motorists, but the question remains among American car fans (including the readers of this magazine), would you prefer to have one of these in your drive/garage, or a ‘traditional’ left-hand-drive model? Send us your thoughts. HE

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EVENT REPORT VHRA HOT ROD RACE

Words and photography: Keith Harman

Pendine Beach 2021 The good news is (and it’s only good news in Classic American this month!) that shows are back in full swing. Pent-up demand, a glorious summer and the necessity for staycations means they were busy, busy, busy, as Keith Harman discovered at this year’s Pendine… It was with a collective sigh of relief that the Vintage Hot Rod Association’s members, friends and families, and spectators of course, were able to return to Pendine again after a two-year lockdown absence. 

Saturday was the better day for weather.

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Bamber Johnson gives it all in his recently completed Model A Ute.

David Bonar’s gorgeous ’32 coupe down from Scotland.

Matt black ’54 Chevy.

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Debuting was Brett Pillinger’s belly tank streamliner.

Entrants arrived on Friday, with the afternoon set aside for scrutineering the cars, as the anticipation and excitement of returning to the hallowed track built up. Overall the number of entrants was slightly down from previous years, with cars from Europe particularly conspicuous by their absence. But at least this meant that everyone got a good crack, with three full runs down the beach over the weekend, most on the Saturday, which dawned gloomy and overcast, but cleared by lunchtime when the sun eventually shone, making for a near perfect day on the beach. As a result, the track dried out further, meaning the times improved, and with a lot of new cars in attendance, many new class records were set. Many members ﬁnally achieved the magic 100mph through the timing traps, thus guaranteeing them induction into the coveted

Trucks race too. Wayne Walker’s 1948 Ford F1.

Lo ovely Ford sedan belongs to Dudley Palmer.

King of the Beach this year with the fastest top speed was Stephen Hill in his Chevy-powered Model A roadster pick-up. Not only a quick car, but a car steeped in hot rod history, having been featured in Hot Rod magazine in the early Sixties, and winning its class at the ’63 Winternationals too! Unfortunately, Sunday wasn’t as kind weather-wise, curtailing the action early which was a shame. However, the VHRA’s annual beach races remain one of the most exclusive and exciting things you can do with an old car in this country. We’re looking forward to next year already. Long may it continue!

Dudley Palmer’s black sedan.

Stephen Hill’s roadster pick-up, fastest car of the weekend.

Pick-ups welcome to

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1955 Cadillac Coupe de Ville.

AUCTION WATCH

HISTORICS’ GRAND SUMMER SALE

Windsorview Lakes, Berkshire July 17, 2021 Slap-bang in the middle of July’s sweltering heatwave, Historics hosted its largest sale in its 10-year history which was held at the picturesque 100-acre site at Windsorview Lakes, Berkshire. The total entry offered in hall, on the phone and online was 201. Known for representing the wide breadth of the classic and collector car market, Historics opened its consignment window still wider here with a selection of classic motorcycles, a duo of notable classics boats – including a Riva Junior motorboat – and even a brace of shepherds’ huts looking entirely at home in the classic surroundings. A total of 50 classic car marques spanning 10 decades were represented, the earliest consignment being an eye-catching 1910 Cadillac Model 30 Roadster, resplendent with its brass ﬁxtures and ﬁttings, which sold for £33,600. The three viewing days prior to auction once again proved popular, with 670 people attending from the Wednesday to Friday, while on sale day the auction hall was well attended throughout with more than 900 bidders and guests. Online engagement was similarly

buoyant, with some 700 bidder registrations from 27 countries. In all, 143 of the 201 entries were sold, returning a gross sale of £3.328 million and representing a sale rate of 71%. Sixty-two lots sold to online bidders, accounting for 29% of sold consignments. American classics were well represented, including an imposing 1961 Chevrolet Corvette C1 which sold above its estimate for £81,760. Likewise, a fastidiously preserved 1957 Ford Thunderbird passed to a new owner for £33,320. Someone got a real bargain with a cool silver 1955 Cadillac Coupe de Ville for £21,508 that had an estimate of £20-£27,000. The zebra-skin door cards were an acquired taste, but would be an easy ﬁx for anyone wishing to return the Caddy to original. Mustangs are a perennial favourite and someone bagged another bargain with a 1966 convertible that hammered for £26,036. 1961 Chevrolet Corvette C1.

1957 Ford Thunderbird.

1966 Mustang.

Historics is now inviting entries to its next sale at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday, September 25. Al details at www.historics.co.uk

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1910 Cadillac Model 30 Roadster.

Americana postponed to 2022 Sad news for those looking forward to enjoying Americana at Newark Showground in September – it’s been postponed until 2022. Organisers Ashfield Promotions ent released a statement explaining that the difficult decision had been made due to a variety of factors, including potential staff shortages due to track and trace and supply chain issues for food and drink, as well as a lack of clarity on government guidance. The statement finishes by stating: “If you have bought a ticket online, please contact alttickets.com for a refund. If you bought RV or caravan tickets please contact ashfieldhamc@gmail.com with your name, bank a/c no and sort code and we will issue a refund.” Let’s hope things are back to normal in 2022!

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2009 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Concept This month we’re remembering the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Concept, something we (perhaps somewhat controversially!) reckon might have made a better-looking C7 or C8…

his stunning concept made its debut at the 2009 Chicago Auto Show and offered a glimpse of an alternative Corvette C7 or C8 even, had GM chosen to take a different direction to the one it did with the C7 and then its current mid-engined C8 offering. In many ways this concept chimes more with current automotive engineering values, offering as it did a hybrid powertrain, with a V8 engine featuring cylinder deactivation and mild hybrid technology. Introduced four years before the C7, the Stingray concept not only showcased the last front-engined Corvette, but it echoed the legendary 1963 Corvette Stingray, with its split rear window treatment, as well as the 1959 Stingray Racer. The concept came about as the result of an internal design challenge for a retro-styled but modern Corvette and it was designed with reverse clamshell hood and scissor doors that were push-button operated. With its tapered roof line, prominent quad exhausts and wide hips, this stunning-looking concept appears to be moving when standing still and it still looks as impressive today as it did when it was unveiled 12 years ago. Inside, the designers had responded to negative reviews about the C6’s interior and produced an interior with lots of carbon ﬁbre and ultra-comfortable body-hugging seats and the obligatory infotainment system with conﬁgurable instrument cluster. GM said of the concept: “Interactive touch controls allow the

driver to customise the power and efﬁciency of his or her ride and share it with friends via the incar camera system and advanced telemetrics.” Engine-wise, the Corvette Stingray was envisioned with a high-performance electriﬁed set-up for around town driving, combined with a V8 engine with cylinder deactivation for a so-called ‘mild hybrid’ system that was quite the fashion at the time. As a concept car it was more a styling exercise than a technical showcase, with the exact engine/drive train specs left to GM’s marketing to describe what was envisioned. Would it have made a betterlooking C7 or C8? Well, beauty as they say is in the eye of the beholder, but there’s no missing this Stingray, that’s for sure! ★

1959 Stingray Racer.

Distinctive split rear windscreen.

Richard Heseltine

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Jankel Tempest Modified Corvettes? Man, they’re a dime a dozen… but British modified Corvettes? Meet the Jankel Tempest, Blighty’s contribution to the modified Corvette market…

here has rarely been a shortage of Chevrolet Corvettes modified by tuning firms. However, by definition they’re invariably located in the US. The car pictured here, however, was an exception to the rule in that it was modified in Weybridge, Surrey. What’s more, it wasn’t strictly a Corvette. If only in the eyes of its creator, that was merely the donor car. To the rest of us, it remains one of the most spectacular makeovers ever perpetrated on the C4-generation model. The Tempest was conceived by Robert Jankel, a man well-versed in making extreme cars for the super-rich. A former saloon car racer, this likable motor mogul earned a certain amount of fame (infamy) during the Seventies for the many creations offered by his Panther Westwinds concern. However, in the Eighties he ran several firms in parallel, which produced everything from armour-plated Rolls-Royces to fourdoor Ferraris via all manner of prototypes for mainstream manufacturers. However, he subsequently took to making cars using his own name, the Bentley-engined, Jaguar-suspended Jankel Gold Label acting as a

harbinger for the Tempest that arrived in 1991. The key difference was that in this particular instance, a production run that stretched into double digits was mooted. The starting point was an L98 Corvette which was stripped to its constituent parts. And while the main ‘hard points’ that anchored the body remain unchanged, the ’shell here was made largely of Kevlar. The outline was still recognisably that of a Corvette, just one that seemed to have more vents sunk into it than seemed probable. Or necessary. There were a range of engine options, too. You could, in theory at least, have speciﬁed a Tempest with a factory LT1 unit or a 370bhp supercharged variant. However, it would appear that most – if not all – cars had a Vortex blown 6.3- or 6.7-litre V8 built in Los Angeles by famed engine tuner, TRACO. In its most powerful spec, the Tempest produced an alleged 535bhp at 5800rpm and an elephantine 608ft-lb of torque at 3800rpm. According to the Jankel brochure, this ensured a top speed of more than 200mph and a 0-60mph time of 3.3 seconds. This wasn’t just hype, either. The Tempest

recorded a 0-60mph time of a slightly slower 3.89 seconds at the MIRA proving ground in period. This was verified as the fastest-ever sprint for a, cough, ‘production’ car and appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records accordingly. Power was transmitted to the rear wheels by the same six-speed ZF ’box found in a Lotus Carlton (it also shared the same tall final-drive ratio), while the suspension was largely regular Corvette, but with trick dampers that could be adjusted from the cockpit. There were three settings: Touring, Sport and Performance. The Tempest wasn’t cheap, though, that’s for sure. In this configuration, you would expect to pay around £121,000 (around £270,000 in new money). As to how many were made to the end in 1993, that rather depends on whose estimates you credit, but the general consensus appears to be around 35. The vast majority of those made headed to sandier climes, although one racing variant, which briefly appeared in the British GT Championship, ended up in New Zealand. The mooted follow-up model, the mid-engined Tempest II supercar, remained just a rendering, though, more’s the pity.

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Sports car selection

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In this special Corvette issue, Huw Evans picks his ﬁve favourite examples of Chevrolet’s enduring two-seater…

iper fans may disagree, but there’s no doubt that the Chevrolet Corvette is America’s quintessential sports car and certainly the longest running. With the exception of 1983, it’s been in production continuously for 68 years and attracted a worldwide following, even embraced by enthusiasts in countries where it’s never been officially sold. With such a lengthy production run and e sso many variations, picking a favourite can, as I’m sure you’ll agree, prove exceedingly difficult. Here, I’ve attempted to whittle down my choices to the top five Corvettes I’d love to park in my garage.

1991 Corvette

1957 Corvette

The early solid axle ’Vettes are a unique breed and among them, I’ve singled out the ’57. Its styling is clean and functional, a more mature version of the original 1953-55, plus it has such civilised features as roll-up windows and a detachable hardtop. The small-block V8 was bored out from 265 to 283 cubic inches and a four-speed manual gearbox became available for the ﬁrst time. While all the hype in ’57 centered around the 240 cars equipped with Rochester mechanical fuel injection, the system was trouble prone and I’d be happy with a dual four barrel version that is easily tunable and even in factory trim put out a respectable 270bhp.

1970 Corvette Stingray LT-1

While big-block power was still offered during the early years of C3 production, there were also some potent small-block offerings as well. By 1970, Chevrolet had worked out most of the bugs in the C3 and the new LT-1 350 cubic inch small-block V8 that debuted that year was a sensation. In essence it was a racing engine for the street, boasting such exotic hardware as forged aluminium pistons, unique heads with massive 2.02-inch intake and 1.60-inch exhaust valves, plus a unique oil pan design to maximise lubrication and a big 800 cfm four-barrel carburettor. Rated at 370bhp, the LT-1 offered oodles of power without the front-end heft of a big-block. Combined with a four-speed manual gearbox, many aﬁcionados rate the original LT-1 as one of the most invigorating of the ‘classic’ era Corvettes to drive. I wholeheartedly agree.

This might not seem like an obvious choice, but I do have a soft spot for C4s and I would argue that among them, the regular 1991 Corvette has it all. While the ZR-1 gathered all the hype when new, its exotic quad cam engine is difﬁcult to maintain and the regular small-block powered ’Vette still has plenty of power (245bhp in factory tune) and great handling. The ﬁnal iteration for the original small-block Chevy V8 in the Corvette was in 1991, so there are none of those LT-1 Optispark issues to deal with. Additionally, exterior styling on the C4 was tidied up for ’91 and the availability of selective ride control further improved handling. I would take a targa top coupe or convertible in this case, and would also make sure it had a six-speed manual to engage in some proper spirited driving.

2007 Corvette Z06 1967 Corvette Sting Ray 427 Roadster 427/435 Although any iteration of the Sting Ray is a stunning car, for me, the last is arguably the best, not to mention the most reﬁned. The new slotted Rally wheels available for the ﬁrst time this year, along with optional side exhaust, just do it for me. And while the coupe is a stunning design, in my view, a sports car should really offer that wind-in-the-hair experience, so I’d opt for the roadster. Also, big-block power is a must, so it would have to have a 427 cubic inch V8 under the hood in 435bhp tri-carb tune, teamed with a four-speed manual. I can’t think of any car that screams classic American road trip more than a ’67 Sting Ray Roadster!

In many respects the C6 Z06 is the car the 1990s ZR-1 aspired to be. It’s docile enough to drive almost every day if needed, but it has performance capabilities that equal, if not outstrip, some overrated European supercars. By modern standards, it has a monster displacement engine (7.0 litres) but it’s an all-aluminium small-block V8 and there are numerous weight-saving measures designed to maximise performance. Cranking out a magic 505bhp, in a car that weighs just 3147lb, the Z06 will rocket from 0-60 mph in under four seconds, reach a top speed of more than 170mph and corner and stop with the best Europe has to offer. It also boasts air conditioning and a 22 cubic foot luggage compartment. Today, you can pick up good ones in the $40,000 range, by any stretch that’s an absolute bargain. Huw Evans – news & views from North America

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Mail Stock or modified Dear Classic American, In response to Huw Evans’ article in the August issue headed Stock or modified?, if I owned the beautiful red and white ‘55 Bel Air, it would stay stock for sure as a time capsule to a glorious time of the 20th century, so I think it depends on the car you start with. In my experience American classic owners tend to fall generally into two distinct groups, traditionalists or hot rodders, and I would fall into the second category. After selling my 10-year-owned New Zealand assembled RHD 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air (slightly modified, but it was like that when I purchased it), I was on the hunt for something different from

the ubiquitous ‘57 Bel Air or ‘65 Mustang, and stumbled across my present classic for sale in the US. This was a 1957 Pontiac Star Chief two-door hardtop, which at the time was one of only two for sale across the States. It had been ﬁtted with a fuel-injected 5.3 Gen 3 LS Vortec engine with an electronic 4L60E auto, with a front end suspension/chassis clip from a latemodel Malibu which ideally suited

me. After 10 years of ownership and major refurbishments I now have it exactly where I want it – beautiful classic looks with a modern drivetrain that starts ﬁrst time every time and gets 25mpg (imperial) on a journey. So in my opinion I have the best of both worlds. Russell Wilson Auckland, New Zealand

Sarah and her new Comet.

Heavy metal Dear Classic American, The Heavy Metal Collection article (August issue) showed gobsmacking imagination and fabrication; however, I have two questions – perhaps naïve – that always come to mind with any such creations: 1. How do they handle when put on the road or are they just static examples to admire and slobber over? 2. Surely those like the Aquarius which have restricted or completely enclosed front wheel arches have a restricted steering angle for the wheels? I do remember a reference to Fifties Nashes that they had a huge turning circle because of the stylish look with enclosed arches. Alan Elkan Downend, Gloucester Look Ma, No wheels!

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It’s an age-old debate that’s been hammered out on these pages many times… but in your case it sounds like you do have the best of both worlds and it’s what works for you. It would seem these days that people are coming around to accepting other people’s interpretations of classics, be that using radials instead of cross-plies or a full-on resto-mod.

hat’s a very good Th qu uestion Alan and looking at he pictures one th an see that the ca enclosed arches/ e feenders are in fa act quite fat a wide which and w would suggest p probably no less m movement than i a vehicle with in o open arches… p probably have to take it easy though!

Shooting star Dear Classic American, The Comet you featured recently in Classic American’s news pages in the July issue has now sold to a lovely lady, Sarah Godfrey from Dunstable; quite a coincidence as the car was owned by another lovely lady, Cheryl O’Connor. It is Sarah’s ﬁrst classic and ﬁrst American although her partner Rich races a Falcon in historic events like Goodwood Revival. We got the car running and driving with just a little fettling; which, as it hadn’t run since 2013, says a lot for ‘old’ technology! Sarah and Rich then collected it on a trailer and she was obviously

pleased with her purchase, as you can see in the picture. Although sorry to see it go, Cheryl and Ian are happy that Sarah intends to keep the Comet ‘as is’ with all its patina and character – but it will be given a thorough clean! Ian Birks and Ian O’Connor Via email Well you’re right, everyone likes a happy ending and it’s nice to see that Classic American can help give cars like this Comet a second life with some enthusiastic new owners. Why not check out the Classic American classiﬁeds to see what treasures you can track down?!

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Dear Classic American, I don’t suppose you went to the Goodwood Festival of Speed? There were such a lot of events on last weekend. Just thought I’d send this snap of the Roger Penske NASCAR Pontiac Catalina. My other half Den said that I blended in well with the bunting. Goodwood was celebrating the Maestros of Motorsport and had several of the team Penske racing cars on display and I couldn’t miss out on having this picture taken on Sunday. It was a superb event organised at such short notice and Goodwood did an excellent job of keeping everyone safe under the present circumstances. Attached are a few snaps I took with my pocket camera of Americana on display. The Chevy Camaro NASCAR met a sticky end going up the hill when it hit the wall and crashed out… an expensive repair I think! Marge Dowling Via email Wow, thanks for sharing Marge, Goodwood is always a great event, even in these constrained d times. Sadly there wasn’t much in the way of stuff coming over from the states this year for obvious reasons.

NASCAR display...

... was awesome!

1953 Eldorado.

Camaro before the bump. Marge blending in!

Barracuda memories Dear Classic American, Your piece in the August edition about the Plymouth ’Cuda took me back to 1969 when I was training at Charles House in Kensington High Street, London. Each day I would walk along Earls Court Road, passing a compound that contained dozens of Plymouth Barracudas that appeared to be awaiting delivery to the appropriate dealers. I seem to remember that Chrysler UK dealers could supply imports if ordered because the local supplier where I live (EMA Ltd) sometimes had cars like these in the showroom. The Barracuda was a very rare sight on British roads because although the stock that I used to see

... and today at Chryslers @ Brooklands.

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Barracuda back in the day...

was quite large they would not be common when spread around the country. Richard Martin Portsmouth Hants … and amazingly, some of those right-hand-drive Barracudas are still on the road today. Our much-loved and sadly departed Tony Oksien was in possession of one of these and they were/are prized in the UK for their compact size and handsome looks. Here are a couple from the archives, not LHD, admittedly, but UK based nonetheless!

Corvettes up north Dear Classic American, Here is some information about the Corvette event which is happening in September. The event takes place over September 4-5 at Park Foot Holiday Park, Pooley Bridge, Ullswater CA10 2NA. Saturday will be a general get-together and run out for any that are interested. Show day will be on the Sunday. Being organised for the ﬁrst time it is hoped to bring together those CCCUK club members who live a bit further out and so don’t always get chance to drive down to the Club Nationals held at Sharnbrook, Bedford. Show cars will be CCCUK members only plus a few other Americans, by invitation only. There will be visitor parking available at Park Foot at £5 per car for anyone wanting to pop along but as we still have some ﬁnal arrangements to make, it may be best to use the website link for info: https://www.corvetteclub.org.uk/threads/cccuk-northernmeet-at-the-lakes-ullswater-cumbria.1927/?id=20 You can also use the email address events@corvetteclub. org.uk for further enquiries. It is fundamentally a club meet, but we won’t turn away anyone who wants to pop along and take a look! Sarah Ketchin CCCUK events co-ordinator 07957 540050 events@corvetteclub.org.uk Thanks for sharing this new event with our readership Sarah. The Lakes are a stunning location for any car event, especially a Corvette show!

BUSINESS PROFILE:

It’s time for our regular visit to Carrot Town Garage to ﬁnd out what boss Stuart Davies and the team have been up to. Take it away Stuart…

ften customers will contact us to inspect a car that they have just purchased. A local gentleman, Mark, had just bought and imported himself a 1981 Corvette and he asked if we could check over the car and also sort out a running problem he had, as the car wouldn’t idle. Sure enough the car would start, no problem; but it just wouldn’t idle properly. It was fitted with the original Rochester Quadrajet carburettor which, regardless of what anyone says, is actually a good carb and C3s (thirdgeneration Corvettes) run very well with them when they are set up and working properly. Our first job was to check all the vacuum lines were properly connected; you would never believe how many vacuum pipes on carburettors are connected incorrectly. This made no difference, so we whipped the old carb off and replaced it with a new one and... it still wouldn’t idle properly! So back on with the old carb. We turned the idle speed up so the car would at least run and spent the best part of a day checking connections and spraying around the engine with brake cleaner trying to see if there was a vacuum leak. Finally, there was a change in engine note, but it was such a small difference. We kept trying and although small there was a definite difference. The leak was either coming from the EGR valve, or from the inlet manifold. The simplest solution

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was to make a plate and gasket and to blank off the EGR valve (most of the emissions system had already been removed). Once fitted, we adjusted the idle and fired up the car. Success, the engine sat idling perfectly – who would have thought a tiny vacuum leak could cause such a big problem? We finished the rest of the inspection and found a few other minor faults, such as one of the headlights not coming up due to a failed actuator which needed to be replaced. While we were replacing the actuator, we lubricated the light mechanism so that minimum effort was required by the actuators to raise the headlights and so they both come up at the same time. One key benefit to the inspection is to give customers an insight into their cars and we can point out work that is more pressing, versus work that can be done at a later time. After all, there’s no point in spending money if you don’t have to!

Carrot Town boss Stuart Davies.

American SpeedFest 2021

Our ﬁrst show of the season was American SpeedFest at Brands Hatch and it didn’t disappoint. We took our rare 1975 Greenwood Chevrolet Corvette Wagon 2+2 along to showcase and it drew lots of attention. It was lovely meeting people who are following us on social media and who have been following our story in Classic American magazine and on our blog.

Greenwood Corvette Wagon at SpeedFest.

Advertising feature EGR valve was the culprit for idling problems.

Carrot Town Garage car show...

Classic Corvette Club Nationals 2021

Being a partner of the Classic Corvette Club UK (see the report on this event in this month’s issue, starting on page 51) we were invited to attend their event at the Sharnbrook hotel in Bedfordshire. Again, we took along our rare 1975 Greenwood Corvette Wagon 2+2 which generated lots of interest throughout the day. We spent the day chatting to club members about their cars and had the honour of presenting the trophy to the best late-model Corvette C3, which went to a beautiful 1978 Corvette C3 ofﬁcial pace car in black and silver.

Carrot Town Garage American Car Show July 25 was our ﬁrst car show and was held at Stonham Barns park near Stowmarket. Despite the bad weather predictions that caused many people to cancel, we had a

fantastic day with around 200 cars attending. The rain stayed away and after lunch the sun came out to make for a glorious afternoon of cars and music from our DJ.

The show had a relaxed garden party type feel and everyone had a brilliant time. Look out for the article in an upcoming issue of Classic American magazine.

... saw a good turnout of cars.

Merchandise

Corvette Club show trophy giving.

We have a new addition to our range of merchandise. Our new Carrot Town Garage Baseball Jackets feature Our Carrot Town Garage ‘Jack’ Rabbit logo across the back. These proved really popular at our show and are a great addition to any wardrobe. They’re priced at just £40 including postage with sizes from S to XXXL.

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hat did it say on that old poster? Careless talk costs lives. Well happily, that’s no longer a danger for us, but careless talk can certainly cost a lot of money – and bring a lot of joy. Rob Symons tells us how it happened. “My dad was just ﬁnishing off the restoration of the green 1965 car you see in the photos when I made a throwaway comment about how nice it would be to get the whole set – one of each Corvette generation from C1 to C3. I didn’t think anything of it at the time, but my dad must have taken it to heart.” It’s not much of a spoiler to say that they did indeed wind up with the full set. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves, and to understand how these two gentlemen became serial Corvette restorers we must begin at the beginning. And for John Symons, that’s 55 years ago. “My dad had his ﬁrst Corvette at the age of 21 in 1966, a silver 1957 model with red trim that

cost him £500,” says Rob. “He always had a passion for American cars and music, but moved over to Ford Mustangs before a return to Corvettes with a C3 in the early Eighties, a car that I remember because I was taken to primary school in it by my mother. But that one moved on, and it wasn’t until 2011 that he felt he wanted to fully restore one.” John had always had old cars in the garage, or indeed younger cars we’d now call classics, and quite a variety too – an early Porsche 911 Turbo, RS Cosworths and a host of Triumph TRs. “I had all of them over the years,” says John. “TR 2, 3, 3A, 4 and so on. Still, I’d been hankering after another Corvette since I sold a 1967 Mustang convertible. But which one? The C1 was probably the most desirable, but also the most expensive, so I looked at C2s and found a shiny red roadster on eBay in Anaheim, California. It looked good, so I bought it blind and it was shipped over.”

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’65 was subject to a full restoration by owner John Symons.

If that sounds rash, remember John was looking for a project and was fully equipped to deal with anything that arrived – Rob reckons his father’s owned more than 230 cars in all, and has professional experience as a coachbuilder as well as thousands of hours of garage time for his own hobby. Sure enough though, when the car arrived, John decided it would be getting a full body-off restoration and they tore into it. “It took about 18 months in all,” says Rob, “ﬁnishing towards the end of 2012. And it had a full nut-and-bolt job.” He means that literally, with every corroded fastening replaced with stainless steel where possible. Suspension components were removed, stripped and powder coated, anything in the way of a perishable or consumable part, from bushes to hoses, belts, weather-sealing, bearings and seals was replaced with new parts, while the 327cu in Chevrolet V8 engine went away to a specialist for a full rebuild with aluminium heads, reducing weight over the nose, while also allowing the use of unleaded fuel with no additives. Behind the engine, a new ﬁve-speed automatic transmission was chosen. “This car, like the other two, was purchased as a matching-numbers example” says John. “As the plan is to keep and

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use the cars, we’ve made some modernisation for driveability, though I hang on to all the original parts.” Rob’s work sometimes takes him to the States and he had an interesting moment in airport security before boarding a return flight. “They opened my suitcase to figure out what this sinisterlooking metal object was, in Bearings and seals were there among my clothes,” he replaced in the 327 V8. says. “Luckily I knew it was just a Corvette brake master-cylinder.” The C2’s distinctive GRP bodyshell can soak Ferrari in Verde Scuro and this ’65 C2 would look up a huge amount of hours, like any classic right at home alongside it. Green leather trim, Corvette, if you need to fix cosmetic issues or to the original specification, came from Corvette change the colour entirely, as Rob and John were Central and was professionally fitted to complete going to do. Yet John did all his own bodywork, the job. including door alignment and gapping, What next? Well, Rob had photographed the plus priming the car and painting the entire rebuild and created a detailed restoration underside, before it went off to Peter photo book. He’d been well and truly bitten by Teager Cars in Tunstall, Suffolk, for the same Corvette bug that afflicted his father, top coating. It’s gone back to its so in 2014 he bought a blue 1972 C3 Corvette original Glen Green, a sensational from Adrian Dromey, a well-known figure in UK colour that really suits the Corvette circles, and left it at his dad’s house sophisticated image: picture a 1960s while he and his wife went on holiday. Five-speed auto transmission was fitted.

Car hailed from Anaheim, California originally.

Rob had been planning a quick recommissioning job to get the car up and running, so he could enjoy it as a ‘driver’ rather than as another show-winning restoration. (Yes, we should say that the C2 is still in concours condition, having picked up a Best in Show prize as recently as 2019 at the Glemham Hall show in Suffolk.) But back to Rob’s new car. He had rather a shock when he came back from holiday. “Dad had taken the body off,” he says. “He reckoned it deserved a full restoration, just like the other one, if we were going to do it justice.” So it all began again. But rather than getting easier the second time, Rob noted so many changes between the C2 and C3 generations that at times, it felt like a whole new learning curve. “It was more complex, rather a different car. It did feel like starting over.”

It’s an interesting insight because those who aren’t intimately familiar with Corvettes might assume that nothing much changed between about 1955 and 1982, bar the shape of the body shell. Underneath, after all, there was still a separate chassis and a brawny V8. It’s worth covering a few of the key milestones to understand how John and Rob Symons’ cars ﬁt into Corvette history, and why they make such an interesting trio. The Corvette C1 had a famously slow start with very disappointing sales in 1953 and ’54, but these were six-cylinder cars with two-speed automatic transmission and no kind of sporting edge… until the V8 arrived in ’55. After that, the model was up and running, with a revised front end that switched from two headlamps to four in 1958, and ever-increasing power. The year before, Chevrolet offered fuel injection for the ﬁrst time on a Corvette, bringing with it 283bhp at peak output… suddenly European exotics costing several times the Corvette’s price were left eating its dust.

’72 is painted in War Bonnet Yellow.

Until you got to a bend in the road. These powerful C1 Corvettes with the solid rear axle could easily overwhelm their narrow Fifties rear tyres and with very little weight over the rear end, were pretty tail-happy. Zora Arkus-Duntov, the Corvette’s famous Belgian-born chief engineer, was an experienced racing driver and he understood the value of high-speed handling, not just from a safety point of view, but for the credibility of the model. So while the 1963 C2 Sting Ray drew most attention for its dramatic styling, what went on underneath was more important. Arkus-Duntov mounted the differential on the C2’s sturdy chassis frame. With an anti-roll bar above it and a multi-leaf transverse spring below it, plus a transverse strut rod, the driveshafts out to each wheel were free to move on their own. It was similar in principle to the Jaguar E-type’s IRS, introduced just two years earlier, although the E-type used coil springs, rather than a transverse leaf. The whole set-up was lighter than the C1’s beam axle and in a slightly shorter chassis, improved handling considerably. The addition of four-wheel disc brakes as standard in 1965 meant the Sting Ray had nothing to fear from any European sports car, whatever the price. After just ﬁve years, though, Larry Shinoda’s amazing styling was starting to look dated – perhaps no surprise as it was based on the Bill Mitchell Sting Ray sports-racing concept from 1959. The basic shape of the next model, the C3 Stingray (all one word now) would last 14 seasons with various updates, from 1968 to 1982. The C3 gradually changed from a highpowered, high-priced sports car to something more accessible. In the ﬁrst few years before the Oil Crisis potent performance packages were still available, but after the muscle car boom faded away and insurance companies got nervous, American buyers worried more about mpg than mph. The Stingray’s power output dwindled but the model’s reputation remained intact – it was

1972 was the ﬁnal year for chrome bumpers.

Original 350 small block and auto’ box.

still America’s fastest car in 1976, for instance. After 1972, Federal legislation forced a signiﬁcant restyle with urethane bumpers capable of withstanding a 5mph parking nudge with no damage. In 1978 we got the glass fastback look, but the one feature that no C2 or C3 Corvette ever yet offered – an opening trunk – failed to appear. Seems incredible now, but then luggage capacity was never something people bought a Corvette for. In some way, then, each of the three cars chosen by the Symons hits a signiﬁcant point for the Corvette, or for themselves. Rob’s 1972 C3 is the last year of the classic chrome-bumper look and it retains the ‘Mako Shark II’ concept-car styling

“THE STINGRAY’S POWER OUTPUT DWINDLED BUT THE MODEL’S REPUTATION REMAINED INTACT – IT WAS STILL AMERICA’S FASTEST CAR IN 1976, FOR INSTANCE.”

‘Mako Shark’ styling.

Vertical radio.

Disc brakes make for good handling.

common to the first Stingrays – and Rob was born in ’72. The 1965 C2 roadster was the best-driving Corvette yet, thanks not only to IRS but the newly introduced disc brakes. And the 1958 C1 was the first year with quad headlamps; the only one with the fluted bonnet and those brightwork spears curving down the trunk lid to the bumper. Ah yes, the C1. We haven’t introduced that yet, have we? This car came along halfway through the restoration of the C3. “The C3 was being returned to its original colour too,” says Rob. “It’s called War Bonnet Yellow, but it’s more of a gold, really. Dad prepped the body and it was painted in March 2015, then we got the body and chassis reunited later that year. But in November, Dad bought a C1 from America.” “It was the one I’d wanted all along,” says John. “The shipping agent actually phoned me up when the car was taken to the East Coast to go on the boat, and he said ‘Have you seen it?’ because it looked so bad. And I said ‘Well, I’ve

Full complement of gauges.

seen photographs and I’m happy,’ as I’d got to know the vendor and I knew it was a good car underneath.” This vendor was Alan Jackson, who’s based in Virginia and who has become a good friend, someone they’ve since met for dinner at the enormous Corvette meeting in Pennsylvania, Corvettes at Carlisle. “The C1 did take some focus away from the C3,” says Rob. “It meant we didn’t ﬁnish getting the C3 back together and on the road until November 2017. Once again, we did everything to the highest standard we could, though – it took hours and hours of searching across multiple suppliers for parts not only right for the car, but of the right quality.” Rob says he found the Corvette specialists in

the US to be generally excellent, but that he and John preferred to get original items, for instance chrome pieces, refurbished rather than replaced where possible. This is because a lot of what’s manufactured nowadays is a pattern of a pattern of a pattern, so you can’t expect it to ﬁt so well. Though the work on the C3 overlapped with the ﬁrst half of the C1’s restoration, Rob and John stuck to one dedicated Sunday per week, where possible, though since Rob became a dad in 2013 John piled in many more hours. The hours each car soaked up amount to around 1200, thinks John.

Rechroming rather than replacing was the C1 restoration ethos.

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John and Rob took the C1 to the Power Big Meet in 2019.

By February 2018, the C1 was built back up to a rolling chassis, with work ready to accelerate now that the C3 was finally done. By September 2018 it was sprayed in that beautiful pale blue with silver coves, then returned to the chassis and built up with the brand new red interior trim set that came with the car. This time, the original three-speed manual was replaced with a fivespeed manual gearbox– and even an authenticlooking gearshift pattern plate illustrating all five speeds on the central console. It was pretty much finished a year later, when Rob bought a private ‘VET’ plate for the car in June 2019. The following month, John and Rob travelled to Lidköping in Sweden for the Power Big Meet, where they were greeted with the staggering sight of 7500 American classics in one place. Sharing these trips to appreciate not just their

Original three-speed manual ’box was replaced with a ﬁve-speed. Interior was completely replaced.

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own cars, but other people’s, has always been part of what John and Rob enjoy. After speaking to them both and hearing all of the time and effort that’s gone into returning these Corvettes to as-new condition, a couple of things strike you. Firstly, you have to be impressed with the results. Yes, the paint ﬁnish is professional, but the build itself is all their own work. Seeing Corvettes 230bhp 283cu in V8. of this era returned to the way they looked when leaving the factory reminds you what impressive cars they passion for them,” says Rob. “I think it’s well were in their time, and these beautiful original deserved.” We can’t argue with that. But it still shades like Glen Green and War Bonnet Yellow leaves one question unanswered… of the three, are so much more evocative than a blow-over in which one would they pick? John’s reply is a bit sports-car red, as many examples have endured. of a surprise. Secondly, it’s hard not to be jealous, and not just “I thought I would like the C1 best, but the of the cars. Here we have a car-mad father C2 drives superbly and looks so good when that and son who have arranged more quality time green paint sparkles in the sun, I’ll have to switch than most of us ever get with our parents myy allegiance.” Rob adds: “From my perspective p g or offspring, sharing something g I like all of them for different reasons but they love. I’d have to pick the C1, because it’s “Having spent the last nine the root of all Dad’s involvement or 10 years restoring these with them, and the 1958 is special w cars alongside him, I wanted – I was always told it’s the one to them to be seen in an article have, so I’ll stick with that.” h like this as a tribute to Dad’s Perhaps the point of our story is that the journey is just as important as the destination, though as John points out, the destination hasn’t quite been reached as they’re now ﬁnishing off another 1972 C3, this time in Ontario Orange. The last one? Who knows. So for any fathers and sons (or daughters) looking for something to do on a Sunday, might we suggest turning to the small ads, and looking for a resto’ project?

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1990 Corvette ZR1

Conrad Webb’s 1990 Corvette went into hibernation in a barn for nine years and came out looking none the worse for its ordeal, as Paul Bussey discovers…

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Body-hugging leather seats.

Words and photography: Paul Bussey

onrad Webb’s family have always run American cars. Indeed, his father owned a 1964½ Mustang convertible that he purchased in California, drove it across America to New York, had it converted to right-hand drive and then shipped to the UK. “That was when my mother was pregnant with me, so I am a conﬁrmed American car aﬁcionado from birth, it’s all but in my blood,” he grins. “I remember we had a couple of Mach 1 Mustangs and then a Ford Torino Gran Sport. It was bright yellow and we used to thunder down to the South of France in this car, which only returned something like 12mpg. We’d pull into petrol stations at regular intervals and watch all the caravans that we’d overtaken at huge speed go by and then we went and did it all again. While it may have been the most brutally useless car ever, we had Ford station wagons over the years, as well as a Jeep Wagoneer. There were four kids in our family and so they were the more practical US vehicles we owned.” Conrad purchased his 1990 Corvette ZR1 brand new from Herrin-Gear Chevrolet of Jackson, Mississippi and it was just one of 3049 produced in the debut year of 1990. The ZR1 was unveiled a year earlier in March 1989 at the Geneva Motor Show. The price of the basic 1990 Corvette C4 was $31,979 and the full ZR1 performance package was a further $27,656.

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A total of 3049 ZR1s were built for the 1990 model year.

This included the 5.7-litre LT5 MPFI dohc 32-valve V8 engine rated at 375bhp, with 370ft-lb torque, which was designed by Lotus in the UK. Following development by Lotus, engines for production cars were built and supplied by Mercury Marine’s MerCruiser division, based in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The transmission was an aluminium cased ZF ML9 six-speed manual with CAGS (computer aided gear selection). Other items in the ZR1 technical speciﬁcation included a performance handling package, 17-inch alloy wheels, leather interior and all ZR1s were available as coupes only. The ZR1 was certainly a milestone car as far as Corvette production was concerned and was quite rightly referred to as ‘King of the Hill’ by Chevrolet chief engineer Don Runkle. Motor Trend magazine described the performance as: “Power ﬂows from the ZR1 in a Niagara-like rush that makes the slick shifting six-speed seem ridiculously redundant.” The main reason for purchasing the ZR1 was to drive between family homes in Switzerland and France along the French and Swiss autoroutes and then up through the Alps, and being left-hand drive the car suited the remit perfectly. “We also looked at the possibility of purchasing a Lister Jaguar XJS, which was incredibly fast, but cost well over £120,000, but for less than half the money the Corvette ZR1 offered truly superb performance,” he explains. “The ZR1 was ordered with the help of a family

friend in Georgia. Upon delivery the car was airfreighted on August 7, 1990, courtesy of Lufthansa, from Atlanta to Zurich, Switzerland, at a cost of $7040, where it became Swissregistered. The ZR1 provided a fast, spirited drive between Switzerland and France for the next four or ﬁve years, clocking up around 31,000 miles in the process.” In about 1998, the Corvette was brought into the UK and immediately stored in a barn, where it was to remain for the next nine years. Paradoxically the car then became almost forgotten about to a certain degree. “When we imported the car from the US to Switzerland, at the time the import duty was relatively low, much lower than it would have been to the UK,” explains Conrad. “So there was a kind of double bonus of importing it to Switzerland, where we wanted to use it and incur lower import duty. Now we had a Corvette, no longer registered with the Swiss authorities and not registered in the UK either, as it had never been put on the road here. “Eventually the Corvette came out of its long-term barn hibernation in 2007 and was UK registered, along with having to pay UK duties which amounted to £2978. After we had resurrected the car, the only real problems seemed to be with the six-speed gearbox. Long-term storage wasn’t kind to one of the two fuel pumps, so we replaced both of them. Gear changing was a little notchy in fourth

Aluminium ZF ML9 six-speed manual offers sporty shifting.

which wasn’t initially a big deal, but over time it became a nuisance, so we had Claremont Corvette (www.corvette.co.uk/email: parts@ corvette.co.uk/Tel. +44 (0)7836 388888) strip the ’box down and complete a full rebuild.” Other recommissioning work included ﬁtting new brake pads, and a new set of tyres to the original speciﬁcation were ordered from North Hants Tyres, which were shipped over from the US. These tyres are Nitto 275-40/ZR17 315-35/ ZR17, front and rear respectively. “I also tried to get the original alloy wheels refurbished, but due to their design, it was not possible to get the faces diamond-cut, so we decided simply to have the original protective lacquer removed and had them painted instead,” says Conrad. Other than servicing consumables, the ZR1 is pretty much entirely original (a gearbox rebuild excepting) and it says much about the pigment in the red paint that the colour has lasted so long and not faded at all. However, when the car was in its long-term storage, it was kept in a plastic bubble which was vented to minimise any damp. Yes, there are a few stone chips on the lower valance, as you’d expect with 31,000 miles of travel on continental autoroutes, and there’s very minor wear to the interior. “Around two years ago I did have the car professionally detailed, just to enhance its overall appearance,” points out Conrad. “The ZR1 is a fantastic car to drive, it’s a proper GT with plenty of storage space. You can tour Europe and pack

Air bubble storage has resulted in an immaculate car.

everything, including your wife’s shoe collection! Most of my journeys involve long-distance trips, each one could entail up to 400-600 miles. However, I’m also aware that because the car is so original and 57,000 miles is relatively low mileage for its year, it’s not my intention to clock up a vast mileage, but not using it too often is also not an option. I’d rather replace parts

that have worn out through natural wear and tear, rather than having them seized up from lack of use. About three years ago I attended a wedding in Sicily with my partner and we drove the Corvette there, through the Alps and down through Italy, where it performed faultlessly, and maybe in the future we’ll embark upon another European trip.

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ZR1 spent about nine years in hibernation.

“Like many cars, they are specifically factory tuned to pass all manner of various emission tests and the ZR1 was no different,” continues Conrad. “After a while, the car began to develop a certain hesitancy upon acceleration and so I purchased an aftermarket add-on chip from Marc Haibeck of ZR1specialist.com that’s simply stuck on top of the ECU and removes the original emission control mapping for the injection system. Fitting it took only 10 minutes and now what we have is a completely smooth power delivery in all gears and rev ranges, and I like to think it is now much more akin to what the Lotus engineers originally developed. “I have to say, overall reliability of the ZR1 is impressive. A recent minor issue was with the windscreen-wiper washer system, when no water appeared, which was actually traced to the windscreen fluid having gunked up and blocked the filter. The original motor was still working okay, but it’s things like that you expect to replace after 29 years.”

5.7-litre LT5 MPFI dohc 32valve V8 was designed by Lotus. ZR1 is a true Nineties classic American.

Conrad intends to keep his ZR1 for the foreseeable future and one of the next jobs looming will be to replace or maybe refurbish the original telescopic dampers. He has replaced some rubber seals which had started to crack, and another job scheduled for this winter is to replace the exhaust system. A good many years ago, he sourced a genuine GM item which was taken off another 1990 ZR1 that had only covered a few thousand miles from new. This car is certainly used like a true GT, stretching its legs over large distances fairly regularly. While the design and styling may be slightly dated now, compared with the modern state-of-the-art Corvette C7, there’s no denying that the ZR1 and all it stood for back in 1990 still cuts an extremely impressive dash today. Power lumbar support.

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EVENT REPORT

Corvette parking at the front of the hotel.

CCCUK CORVETTE NATIONALS Sharnbrook Hotel, Bedfordshire Sunday, July 18 Words and photography: Paul Bussey

fter a gap of two years due to Covid-19 and lockdowns, the CCCUK (Classic Corvette Club UK) once again returned to the Sharnbook Hotel, Bedfordshire, for their annual jamboree to celebrate all that’s best about this legendary marque. For many ’Vette heads it’s a weekend to celebrate and enjoy Bowling Green’s ﬁnest. On Saturday there was a run out to Santa Pod, only a stone’s throw away, to watch the drag racing. This was followed by the club AGM back at the hotel, followed by the evening dinner, a charity auction and talk by the Keech Hospice, followed by socially distanced dancing, with music provided by DJ Rob Haston of Petrol Head Art. Owner of the hotel and avid car enthusiast Ciro and his staff certainly did their very best to accommodate the CCCUK under difﬁcult circumstances.

One of the 43 C3 models on display.

Corvettes attending with generation totals: C1 – 6 C2 – 13 C3 – 43 C4 – 18 C5 – 28 C6 – 29 C7 – 20 C8 – 3

Line-up of generations on the top ﬁeld. C7 convertible.

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Mick Lambert’s fabulous 1966 Nassau Blue C2.

Barry Smith with his 2018 Carbon 65 model. Mike Lacey’s ’63 Sting Ray.

1963 C2 was for sale.

Rare 1975 C3 Sportwagon.

Fortuitously the Nationals this year was held in the middle of a heatwave, great if you like it blisteringly hot, not so good if you don’t! So, Sunday morning early arrivals found a shady parking spot at the front of the hotel, or on the top field, or at the back of the hotel. Along the front of the hotel there were Corvettes parked in line, representing all the different generations from the first C1, right up to the very latest C8. The latter, a 2020 example, was owned by Paul Bradley, who had taken delivery only two months previously and was still waiting to get the car officially registered. Finished in dazzling red paintwork, it certainly cut an impressive dash, as did the official UK GM RHD C8 which made a fleeting visit for a couple of hours later in the morning and attracted ’Vette heads like bees around the proverbial honeypot! There was a very good attendance of Corvettes this year, with 160 in total. By lunchtime, many later arrivals found parking space to the rear of the hotel. There were many familiar faces, with a good many CCCUK stalwarts bringing their cars along, year after year, no matter where the venue. I’ve been covering this event since the heady days of Knebworth, for far more years than I care to remember, but it’s always a great day out and a chance to renew old acquaintances. Some of the very first generation cars included CCCUK membership secretary Rob Tring’s 1959 model, resplendent in red with white coves (courtesy of Zak at Calbrook Coachworks, Bookham; leather 1982 Collector Edition C3.

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GM’s ofﬁcial UK RHD C8 attracting attention.

upholstery and trim by Joe at Unique Auto Trim) and now running a 327cu in engine, which replaced the original 283cu in. Another early C1 was Mike Lacey’s 1956 Roadster, once a long-term resident in a private collection in the US and previously the subject of a full feature in Classic American (July 2020 issue). Mike also brought along his 1963 split window C3, which has been the subject of many upgrades and finished in the eye-catching colour of Tango Mango, also colloquially referred to as Toxic Orange. For 10 years Mick Lambert displayed his C1 roadster at the Nationals, but late last year he purchased a 1966 C2 coupe, finished in Nassau Blue, from the US and the subject of much expenditure, which was making its Nationals debut. Work completed in the US included new wheels and tyres, glass, vintage air con and power steering. Another car making its Nationals debut was Mick Yorke’s 1977 C3 convertible, greatly modified and upgraded for performance and handling, built to race car specifications, with US Championship-winning provenance, but still looking pretty stock on the exterior. It naturally drew plenty of interest and a full feature on this car will also appear in Classic American in an upcoming issue. Last of the C3 body styling was represented by several 1982 Collector’s Edition models. Perhaps the most radical C3, in body terms certainly, was Barry Jibrall’s 1978 C3 sporting a Greenwood Daytona bodykit, which is a continuation from the original four or five e by Ralph Eckler. examples made Eckler

2011 C6 ragtop, stunning in yellow.

Best C7, Greg Nicholson.

'Vette heads discuss the merits of the C2.

Best C6, Ray Yorkshire.

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Mike Lacey’s 1956 C1, earliest car attending.

Best C1 went to Rob Tring...

Award winners

Another interesting C3 was brought along by Stuart of American car specialists Carrot Town Garage, a Sportwagon. Greenwood Racing reckoned they could improve upon the original unique Sportwagon devised by Chuck Miller, which didn’t have a functional opening hatch. John Greenwood reckoned he could create an improved version and converted the first example, by cutting off the roof of his girlfriend Sharon Vaden’s C3. Kits were later offered through Eckler’s and ACI (American Custom Industries) and it’s thought fewer than 14 were produced. Stuart’s 1975 C3 Sportwagon was a New York barn find discovered in 2018. It had not been started for 20 years and required a little recommissioning and a new fuel tank. The C3 Sportwagon represents a 2+2 with a bench seat in the rear. Another example is on display in the GM Museum in Holland. A rare and fascinating aspect of Corvette folklore! Ray Yorkshire took Best C6 award with his 2007 Euro Spec 3LT Coupe, which was registered new in Venice, Italy. Ray purchased the car from Milan in 2015 and has since clocked up plenty of miles on continental trips. These include three to Italy, one to Hungary, four to Germany, five to Holland and four to Belgium. Best timed run at Santa Pod quarter mile is 12.57 secs @ 114mph, while a temporary Nitros set-up run at Dunsfold Top Gear track, Surrey, resulted in a smokin’ 11.87secs @ 127mph! Slightly more

Best C1 – Rob Tring 159 XVF Best C2 – Mick Lambert VJ 1966 Best C3 – (Early) Nigel and Helen Scutt EKO 450K Best C3 – (Late) Howard Spencer YGY 236S Best C4 – Nicky Ashby L828 WYJ Best C5 – Tim Billington – VET 609 Best C6 – Ray Yorkshire – P111 HEF Best C7 – Greg Nicholson LJ17 FOK Chairman’s Choice – James and Erika Gill TSX 482K Public Vote – Mark Harman C3 Mako Shark Tribute HDS 22G Best American (non-Corvette) – Shane Andrews Dodge Charger XBY 421F Best non-American – Jeremy Pole RX53 ZB0

up to date was Barry Smith’s 2018 Carbon 65 model, produced to celebrate 65 years of the Corvette. It’s finished in the rather unusual colour of Ceramic Matrix grey, that is a metallic, which viewed in certain lighting conditions can appear blue. It’s one of only 650 produced, of which 125 were for export to Europe and this example is reputedly the sole example to be sold new in the UK. Corvette C5, C6 and C7 models definitely seem on the increase, with a good number of examples on display. It has to be said that the Chevrolet colour chart for exterior paint colours is mighty impressive, with some fabulous bright metallics. Whatever your particular favourite generation of Corvette, whether totally stock original, modified or limited edition, there was certainly plenty to fuel your enthusiasm at the Nationals. #

... with this immaculate interior.

Mark Harman’s C3 Mako Shark tribute. Paul Bradley’s 2020 C8.

C4 was one of 18 att ending.

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Geoff Carverhill examines how Cadillac’s iconic American image has a surprisingly British heritage… Words: Geoff Carverhill Photographs: Steve Miles Collection and National Motor Museum, Beaulieu

f you drew up a list of the top 10 most recognisable American brand names – Coca-Cola, Holiday Inn, McDonald’s and so on – it is likely that Cadillac would feature fairly near the top of that list. But America’s gold-plated, diamond-studded, luxury automotive status symbol has a surprisingly English heritage connected to its famous sales slogan, ‘Standard of the World’. During the Forties and Fifties, Cadillac’s advertising agency had taken to using the Standard of the World slogan on neon signs, billboards and dealership displays, as well as in brochures and national advertising copy. But if it hadn’t been for a far-sighted and enterprising young entrepreneur in London, named Frederick S Bennett, that slogan might never have been used.

To further enhance the test, members of the RAC Committee took some random parts away. Those parts had to be replaced from Mr Bennett’s stock at the Anglo-American Motor Company, thus proving, when the cars were reassembled, the interchangeability and standardisation of production components used in the manufacture of Cadillac cars was consistent throughout. Henry Leland had

In 1903, a year after Henry Leland had created the Cadillac car, F S Bennett, who in 1902 had been the works manager at the Oldsmobile Company of Great Britain, imported the ﬁrst Cadillac, a 6.5bhp single-cylinder Model A, to Britain and drove it in the 1903 Thousand Miles Trial. So impressed was Bennett with the engineering of the car that he decided to form a company to import Cadillac motor cars into Britain. With his sales and service concession, known as the AngloAmerican Motor Car Company Ltd, operating from premises at 19-21 Heddon don Street, a back street off London’s Regent Street, Fred Bennett decided to take Henry Leland at his word following his comment: “We must make every piston so exact and every cylinder so exact that every piston will ﬁt into every cylinder.” In 1908, Bennett arranged to have the A Type Cadillac put through a standardisation test at Brooklands race track.

In March 1908, under the watchful eye of the RAC, Bennett took three standard production Cadillacs from stock and had them driven down to Brooklands, where they were inspected and veriﬁed by the RAC Committee. The cars were then dismantled, and the parts mixed up and piled in heaps in one of the Brooklands motor sheds.

always insisted on the highest standards of precision engineering in the assembly of his cars and this test would prove, beyond doubt, the fine tolerances used by Cadillac. After the three cars had been reassembled from each other’s parts, they were then driven around the Brooklands track for 500 miles at an average speed of 33 miles per hour. The final inspection by the RAC officials found that none of the cars had any loose or missing parts as a result of the 720 or so components being removed and reassembled on different vehicles, and all three cars performed perfectly during the driving test. The Cadillac interchangeability test had been a resounding success. The Cadillac was now indeed the Standard of the World.

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Fredrick Bennett went on to successfully sell and promote Cadillac cars for a number of years. He soon outgrew his Heddon Street premises and moved into larger showrooms and ofﬁces on London’s prestigious Shaftesbury Avenue, on the corner of Dyott Street. The large ground ﬂoor showroom at 219-229 Shaftesbury Avenue became known as Cadillac Corner. As the Cadillac brand matured and expanded, Bennett was able to add to the

range of cars he was selling – offering standard tourers, phaetons, roadsters, coupes and limousines, as well as English-bodied cabriolets and landaulettes. His promotional skills allowed him to advertise the advantages of Cadillac ownership over rival brands. In 1913, Autocar magazine reported him making exhaustive performance comparisons between his Cadillac 30bhp V8 tourer and the De Dion Bouton 30bhp V8 of the same period.

Frederick Stanley Bennett is best remembered by the London motor trade as the man who brought the Cadillac to Britain and made it the Standard of the World. During the Sixties, Cadillac continued to use the Standard of the World slogan, but it wasn’t until the mid-Sixties that it was seen on just about every sales brochure and Cadillac advert, by which time MacManus, John and Adams had acquired the Cadillac advertising account. During the Sixties, Cadillacs could often be seen on the streets of central London, as Steve Miles’ vast collection of photographs proves. What better way to celebrate Cadillac in Britain than with photos from the Steve Miles collection? Some of these photographs have appeared in Steve’s Over Here books, but hopefully this collection of Sixties Cadillacs will be new to Classic American readers.

If there is one car that epitomises ‘American brash’ it has to be the 1959 Cadillac. Harley Earl’s ﬁns created an outcry among those whose tastes in design were more subtle and demure. According to Harley’s biographer, even the design staff at GM’s Styling Studios were somewhat nervous about keeping the ﬁns. But in those days, what Harley wanted, Harley got! This ’59 Series 62 Coupe DeVille is seen parked in a side street in Oxford.

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F S Bennett Ltd would continue to be a ﬁrm advocate for Cadillac and continued to sell their products until the late Twenties when Lendrum & Hartman took over as concessionaires. Bennett always kept his little Model A type Cadillac, and was often seen driving it in a London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. In 1955, he repeated the 1000-mile run in the A type; the feat which he had completed some 50 years earlier. Fred Bennett died in 1958 aged 84.

By 1960, some of the chrome, or ‘chromium’, as Harley called it, was being stripped off the Cadillac line-up. The ﬁns also started to look less conspicuous, albeit longer, but less shark-like. The six-window sedan is a ’60 Sedan DeVille. The ’60 Coupe DeVille is parked just off Park Lane, London.

The twin headlamps were fitted again into pods just below the wing line for ’63, giving a more bulbous appearance to the front, but the plainer profile and lower fin line gave a sleeker side view. Although the engine output was still a 325hp 390cu in V8, the completely redesigned engine for ’63 was quieter and lighter in weight.

The 1961 Fleetwood 60 Special Sedan sold in reasonable numbers at Lendrum & Hartman, the UK concessionaire during the Sixties, and although 1962 was effectively a carry-over from ’61 in terms of styling, ’62 marked the 60th anniversary of Cadillac and Lendrum & Hartman announced at the ’61 Earls Court Motor Show that they would be offering all 12 of the Cadillac models in

the range, which included the Fleetwood Series 60 four-door sedan and the Series 62 DeVille convertible, like the two UK-registered examples shown here. All ’62 Cadillacs featured the new ‘safety’ brake system with dual power brake master cylinders. Standard engine was the 390cu in V8 coupled with dual-range Hydramatic transmission.

As with other model years, the 1964 Fleetwood Sixty Special Sedan was popular with UK buyers, as shown by this brand-new vinyl-roofed model driving around Hyde Park Corner. Although 1964 was the ﬁrst year for the 429cu in V8, it was another carry-over year for styling. However, the front grille was given a subtle V-sectioned proﬁle which did improve the frontal appearance. This can be clearly seen on the delightfully handsome two-tone ’64 Series 62 Coupe DeVille two-door hardtop squeezing its way between the Shell petrol pumps in a location I am not at all sure of − it could be Wembley. Maybe some eagle-eyed readers might know? “Here mate, you can’t park that bloody great thing here!” The Illinois-plated Fleetwood seen squeezing into a tight parking space in Oxford was one that Steve Miles photographed a number of times. The ’64 DeVille convertible seen parked in Mayfair clearly needs a good wash!

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By 1965, ‘Standard of the World’ was again being used in the sales brochures, and for the ’65 model year Cadillac went over to stacked headlamps. Two nice examples of ’65 DeVille convertibles, the light one (white? yellow?) is probably parked in Lendrum & Hartman’s car park, judging by the other GM cars surrounding it.

The year 1966 saw Standard of the World exemplifying Cadillac on virtually every page of the sales brochure in America, but the standard product range from Lendrum & Hartman had diminished to one model − the Fleetwood Brougham four-door hardtop.

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This beautiful New York-registered 1966 DeVille fourdoor hardtop shows how Cadillac styling had progressed. The front-end treatment had no chrome around the headlamp bezels and no bright trim around the front side marker lights; ﬁns had disappeared, giving an altogether much cleaner appearance. There was no doubt, however, that Cadillac was still the Standard of the World. ★

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Maurice Petty (1939-2020) was the ﬁrst mechanic/engine builder ever to be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2014. Jim Maxwell celebrates the ‘winningest race mechanic’ ever… Words: James Maxwell Photography: Chrysler Historical classic-american.com 63

Elizabeth, and This early shot has Maurice (left), mother et. Richard wearing his Randleman Letter Jack The Petty brothers (wearing Champion Spar k Plugs shirts, Maurice on the left, Richard on the right) with father Lee Petty (cigarette in hand) with the crew, posing g next to Lee’s #42 42 1960 Plymouth.

Action pit stop in 1964. Maurice, with pneumatic air gun in hand, has just changed the right-front tyre, it being a ‘sticker tyre’ with brand-new marking.

Maurice drove the #44 Petty Enterprises Plymouth in 1960, running two races and ﬁnishing a best of eighth place, shown here changing the right-side front tyre.

Richard Petty on his brother Maurice

A 1964 Chrysler publicity shot from the empty engine compartment where a 426 Race Hemi would reside. Maurice, Lee and Richard posing for the camera.

n order to win at NASCAR (National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing), one needs a great driver, a great car and a great engine. Richard Petty is the winningest driver in NASCAR history with a record 200 wins, and the Petty Enterprises organisation built and prepared excellent race cars over the years. The Petty family was based in Level Cross, North Carolina, located about 10 miles south of Greensboro. Lee was the father, and his two sons were Maurice and Richard. Maurice is pronounced ‘Morris’ in the South, and life for Maurice, who was born in 1939, took a nasty turn when he was three-and-a-half years old. The youngster had contracted a disease which attacks the central nervous system, polio, producing paralysis. “I remember trying to get up from bed and I couldn’t walk into the kitchen as I always had,” he recalled in a 1992 interview.

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“LOT OF TIMES, CHIEF DIDN’T EVEN COME INTO THE WINNER’S CIRCLE WITH US. HE’D JUST START LOADING THE TRUCK AND SAY SOMETHING LIKE ‘LET’S GET READY FOR THE NEXT RACE.’ THAT WAS JUST THE WAY HE WAS, AND IT WAS GOOD FOR THE REST OF US.”

“I just crawled into the kitchen on my belly and that’s when the panic hit. Nobody knew what was happening. I just suddenly couldn’t get my legs to do anything – anything at all.” However, thanks to treatment back then − although there was no vaccine, just the wrapping of the legs with burlap bags soaked in hot water − he recovered. It was a true miracle, considering he was paralysed from the waist down. Although he had limits, he went on to play high school football and even though he walked with a limp, it was never a handicap, and never got in his way of getting things done in the race shop, building engines, plus driving in a total of 26 races from 1960-1964. The book Chief, Maurice Petty: His Story, covers the early days and explains that Maurice actually wanted to be a race-car driver; however,

business decisions were the reason his skills were used in the garage building engines. He later revealed that secretly he wanted to drive a lot more than he did: “I'll tell you,” recalled Richard about his brother driving, “it’s a shame he didn’t continue, because he may have had more talent for it than I had. But I guess he didn’t have the desire. And it takes a heap of that, if you’re going to be successful. Talent alone won’t do it.” Where Maurice really shone was his building of race engines. The man built the vast majority of the engines with which Richard won races, as well as other Petty Enterprises drivers. All added up, it is said to well exceed a total of 220 NASCAR wins with all the Petty team drivers over his career, as well as seven championships. And from a very young age, he was known as ‘Chief’.

1965 Belvedere with Maurice pointing out the Holley carburettor to brother Richard. This shot reveals the ducting of fresh air from the cowl vents that went directly to the rear of the specially designed, oversized NASCAR air cleaner. With full sponsorship from STP, the Petty operation moved to a Dodge Charger body starting in the middle of 1972, and shown here in a circa 1974 car (Charger with raised centre hood).

Posing with one of the winning engines from the 1967 season, where Richard drove to 27 victories all with Hemi-power from Maurice, as ﬁtted with a special ‘bathtub’ single 4-bbl intake manifold.

Few men could build, tune and win with a 426 Hemi engine as Maurice Petty did.

Victory Lane at the 1970 Daytona 500 where Pete Hamilton was the winner, seen here embracing Maurice.

During the 1970 season, Maurice was the crew chief on the #40 Super Bird team car driven by Pete Hamilton. 7Up soda was a sponsor of the #40.

is was a speciality to th Tuning a Race Hemi / air al ide ck of the Petty! And keeping tra portant ingredient. im an s fuel mixture wa

Right: Here’s a photo capture circa 1970, as noted with the Road Runner Super Bird sticker displayed on the toolbox. The 426 Hemi engine was still a supreme performer on the race track and Maurice Petty was the master at making them perform and live the 500 miles of extreme punishment meted out to them.

Nephew Kyle Petty on Uncle Maurice “THE KING OF THE HEMIS, THAT’S WHAT PEOPLE ARE REMEMBERING, MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. IF AN ENGINE CAME OUT OF PETTY ENTERPRISES, IT HAD HIS FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER IT. BUT HE WAS SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT. HE WAS INNOVATIVE, HE WAS A LEADER. THERE WOULD BE NO PETTY ENTERPRISES, PERIOD, WITHOUT A MAURICE PETTY. THAT’S HOW LARGE HE WAS FOR US.”

In 1991 Pro Set released the Petty Family Sportscard recognising the 1971 NASCAR season which saw Petty Enterprises earn their third season points championship.

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boxy Dodge In 1978, the switch was on to the big and ious Dodge Magnum, which had to be used as the prev the rules. The Charger had been become too old as per matter how No nt. ntme ppoi Magnum was a huge disa of the out coax d coul much horsepower Maurice killed any mics dyna aero small-block Chrysler engine, hope for the Magnum.

A lot of the fame and glory cam e by paying attention to the details. Here’s Maurice clo sely inspecting the electrodes of the spark plugs as an import aid to making tuning decisions.

The last victory together for Richard and Maurice came at the October race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1983, where a post-race tear-down inspection found the engine to be oversized (381.983 cubic inches instead of the allowable 358 cubic inches).

From the 1980 racing season, a bearded Inman. Maurice with cousin and crew chief Dale

Running a small-block Mopar race engine on the dyno, this was an area where Maurice was a champion. His powerplants made the required horsepower to run up front and also had the built-in reliability to run the distance.

According to Richard, here’s how he got the nickname: while in Danville, Virginia, as he waited for a race to begin, he and his brother and mother were ordering hot dogs, and when they were ready, the man handed them to Maurice and said: “There you go, chief!” After that, Richard said that he turned to Maurice and said, “Gimme my hot dog... Chief!” And after that the name stuck. The ﬁrst year that Maurice remembered going to a race was 1949 − as a 10-year-old kid watching his father racing and ﬂipping over. Later that year, he and his brother Richard started doing little odds and ends, changing oil on the race car, cleaning the windshield. “I got a lot of good work habits from Lee,” shared Maurice a few years back when asked about his background. “He pounded them into you, buddy. He staying right on your ass all the time. So I sort of learned the hard way. And he was the one who really said: ‘If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right.’” When asked in a 1992 interview what he thought was an important component in the key to all the success of Petty Enterprises, he summed it up with this: “Every time we had a major change in the rules, we were capable of adapting to it as quick or quicker than the others. “I’d really like to believe I had a big hand in that.”

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Maurice’s mobility had be gun to decline after he retired fro m active engine-building duties, req uiring the use of crutches.

In honour of Maurice Petty entering the Hall of Fame, and in tribute to a bygone era, the number 41 was brought back on this Ford Fusion driven by Petty Team driver Aric Almirola and given a coat of the famous ‘Petty Blue’ hue. The colour was originally conceived by accident in 1958 when a young Richard and even younger Maurice were getting ready to paint their father’s race car, and they didn’t have enough paint for the job. They quickly took what they had on the bench, some white and some blue, mixed the two colours together and accidently created what was to become the most famous, most successful race car hue in NASCAR history.

Maurice visiting the NASCAR Hall of Fame Museum, Charlotte,

NC.

After retirement from racing he did some consulting work for an enginereplacement part manufacturer (Winner’s Circle Products) and was able to spend more time with family. Travelling the full NASCAR tour all those years is hard on anybody.

Sam and Abi from Doncaster with their ’68 Plymouth Fury.

SHOW REPORT CLASSIC AMERICAN STARS & STRIPES SHOW

Words and photography: Ben Klemenzson

Tatton Park, Cheshire July 3 and 4

his year’s Stars & Stripes show proved, as many had suspected, that the desperation to get out and do normal things overruled everything else… even downpours of biblical proportions that would normally see punters staying away in droves. And we don’t just mean show cars (the show ﬁeld looked as full as usual) but also the public coming to visit the event, who also turned up en masse. Once one had got over the shock of not seeing Noah and his ark on the show ﬁeld, there were plenty of interesting and unusual cars on display. Setting up early on Friday lunchtime were two gentlemen from Liverpool who’d brought along a very enticing 1941 Buick Special that very much looked as if it had seen military service during the war (from the colour, although it wasn’t the usual drab matt green) and then intermittent use after the war, until being laid up in the Sixties. We’re always going on about originality on these pages, but in reality, it’s rare to see a car as original as this, right down to the interior, Fireball Straight Eight motor and service stickers on the door from 1956. The owners said they were going to leave the car as it was, just fettle it mechanically, which was nice to hear.

Lots of autojumble!

Mark Williams works his magic on the Gliptone stand.

Fresh blood: modern Mustangs.

If originality was your thing – and from a completely different era – then Richard Bromige’s 1979 GMC Van Dura Dayvan was a pretty breathtaking example to behold. Imported by Oldcott Motors (www.oldcottmotors.co.uk) it still wore its original brown Dralon interior and metallic brown with gold accents paint, looking as if it had just rolled off a Seventies movie set. Converted by the very Seventies-sounding ‘Santana’ one half-expected to see Cheech or Chong lounging in the back pufﬁng on a big reefer! At the other end of the spectrum was a new Challenger (despite looking very hi-po, it was in actual fact a six-cylinder model) being offered by Ace American Autos (www.aceamericanautos.co.uk) who had a number of cars on display on their stand, including a very tasty 1963 Chevrolet pillared coupe with a 409 motor, four-speed manual ’box, American Torq q Thrust II wheels and … air bags! UU

1972 AMC Javelin SST.

his Richard Bromige with ... tic Seventiestas

...1979 GMC Van Dura.

Parts USA with exMan Utd cars.

Live music!

What a paint job!

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Jordan Walker from Ace American Autos.

Airbagged ’63 Bel Air...

... with the legendary 409 motor!

Who ya gonna call?!

Tony Carder’s Car of the Year ’59 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz.

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These Liverpool gents brought along...

... this magnicent ’41 Buick in olive green.

For fans of traditional Seventies custom cars was a ’67 Camaro SS called Silhouette that was a star feature in Hot Car magazine back in 1978. It has to be said that it looked in remarkable condition, so whether it’s been kept in a ventilated bubble for the last 43 years, or someone’s done some remarkably sympathetic restoration work is unclear, as there was no one with the car to ask when we saw it… Apparently, it had been imported in 1975 by Mick Cooke, who bare-metalled it, used ﬁve gallons of clear lacquer and added the murals in preparation for the ﬁrst Manchester Hot Rod and Custom Show… a piece of rolling history, if ever there was one! UU

Mark, Max, Rebecca and Joe Kelly with ’67 Pontiac Firebird.

Rain didn’t stop play.

1941 Cadillac.

Ian McDonald and his ’67 Pontiac GTO.

1930 Ford Model A.

Richard Brezinski’s ’72 Plymouth ’Cuda.

Ernie Wright’s ex-celebrity baseball player-owned 1935 Ford.

Brace of Corvair vans.

Classic Corvette Club UK had a big stand. Mint Harley.

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Plenty of rods and customs!

Another eye-catching rod belonged to Mark Nicholson, whose 1970 Boss 302 Mustang was a hot contender in the 2016 Car of the Year competition. Mark, it seems, has moved on to hot rods now and brought along his 1929 DeSoto Model K ﬁtted with a Seventies 318 Dodge motor, although it has in the past had a Pinto engine and was believed to have been in the Manchester area for many years previously. There were plenty of trade stalls and auto jumblers, even Mark Wowra from Staffordshire, whose business specialises in antique telephones and Zenith Trans-Oceanic radios (these American transistor radios from the Sixties and Seventies were the Cadillac of radios at the time). Interested in cars for sale? Well, there were a few on the show ﬁeld, but there were several dealers on site too, including Essex-based 51st State Autos (51stateautos.com) and Stockportbased Parts USA (www.partsusa.co.uk /Tel. 0161

Well, it was the 4th of July!

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1967 Chevy Camaro...

... and classic American radios.

Mark Nicholson and Dan Smith with 1929 DeSoto Model K rod...

... Look Ma, no fenders!

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... was ex-Manchester Hot Rod & Custom Show car.

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AUGUST 13 MOCGB AT SANTA POD The premier Mustang event back for the third year running. MOCGB Santa Pod day is for members to have some fun, seeing how fast they can go down the drag strip. Booking is now open for MOCGB members only – for full details please visit the forum at www. mocgb.net AUGUST 14-15 BRIDGWATER CLASSIC AND VINTAGE SHOW Morganians Rugby Club, Chedzoy Lane, Bridgwater, Somerset TA7 8QW. Public entry from 10am-5pm. Entrants from 9am. Classic vehicles of all shapes and sizes with American cars very welcome. Trade and craft stalls, live music on Sunday. Hopefully also a Second World War aircraft ﬂypast! It is a show for all types of classic vehicles and we welcome American cars but please pre-book. For more details please contact Rob Coombes, email bcvc2015@gmail.com or Tel. 07919 351867. AUGUST 21 REDHILL CRUISE NITE Redhill, Surrey. Come early and rest overnight at one of the many local hotels – it's the perfect staycation! Yanks and early Chelsea Cruise cars welcome. Great location – quick and easy access from the M25. Mile-long cruise route – cruise to your heart's content. Several eateries en route – come on an empty stomach! One night only. No admission fee, two-way trafﬁc, hours: 7pm 'til late. Extended 'Leisure Drive' route to Shell garage

Horley. Pre-1960s cars preferred. Classics, hot rods, lead sleds, wagons, cruisers, rat rods, Corvettes, Mustangs and pick-ups all welcome. Contact: Stewart Homan Tel. 07973 400245. Keep it low and keep it slow! SEPTEMBER 4-5 CCCUK Northern Meet at the Lakes: The Classic Corvette Club UK presents the Northern Meet at the Lakes in Ullswater, Cumbria. Taking place at Park Foot Holiday Park, Howtown, Penrith, CA10 2NA. For more info see: www.corvetteclub.org.uk SEPTEMBER 5 Brooklands American Day A day devoted to Stars and Stripes as Brooklands welcomes a whole host of American cars and motorbikes. Expect a feast of chrome and colour with some gleaming

Dodge, Chryslers, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile Fords, hot rods and much more around the paddock, motoring village and finishing straight. It’s not just American cars and bikes that will be filling up the site, the paddock will be alive with the sounds of country and rock 'n’ roll, cheerleader performances and food stalls packed with hot dogs, burgers and all sorts of American-themed goodies. Admission prices: normal museum admission applies: adult £17.95, senior (65+)/Student £16.95, child (5-16, under 5 FREE) £9.95. Family 1 adult (& up to 3 children) £29, Family 2 adults (& up to 3 children) £46.95. Brooklands Members & LBPT Members free. For more info see: www.brooklandsmuseum.com or call 01932 857381. SEPTEMBER 9-12 VIVA LAS VEGAS Rockabilly weekender in sin city, Orleans Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. See www. vivalasvegas.net for tickets or more info. SEPTEMBER 10-11 AMERICANA Celebrating the very best of American culture in the UK, now under new ownership. Expect to see American cars, bikes and other vehicles. Bands playing throughout the weekend, burn-out pit, line dancing, tattooist, burlesque dancers, chainsaw carving demos, wall of death, rifle range, kids’ entertainment, shopping village, quality American food. Newark Showground, Lincoln Road, Winthorpe, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG24 2NY. www.americana-international.info

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trucks and more. Show ring displays, rock 'n' roll bands, DJs, autojumble, trophies, show ‘n’ shine. Show car and driver free. 9-4pm, Stonham Barns Park, Aspal, near Ipswich IP14 6AT. To book see: www.stonhambarns. co.uk or Tel. 01449 711711. NOVEMBER 11-14 CLASSIC MOTOR SHOW NEC, Birmingham. The biggest indoor classic car show in the UK, joining together classic car enthusiasts from all over the UK and beyond. Expect to see classic and vintage cars, plus motorbikes, as well as car dealers, car clubs, plus one of the biggest autojumbles in the country and specialist automotive exhibitors and traders offering a mixture of services and products. See: www.necclassicmotorshow.com for more information.

CRUISES LANCASHIRE SCOTCH PIPER CLASSICS An informal weekly meeting of all kinds of classic cars, usually a good number of Americans. Held at the Scotch Piper Inn, Lydiate which is the oldest pub in Lancashire, with plenty of parking on the field to the rear. Hot and cold food available along with tea, coffee, beers and soft drinks. Every Monday evening, winter and summer, 6pm-9.30pm. Free entry. Scotch Piper Inn, Lydiate, Lancs L39 4HD. LINCOLNSHIRE AACUK SOUTH LINCS AREA MEET Third Wednesday of the month at The Griffin Inn, Irnham, nr Corby Glen, Lincs. This is a monthly classic and American car meet, all welcome, come along and show your vehicle, whatever it is. Food and drink available. Informal monthly meet normally from April to October. From July 21, 2021, from 6.30pm. The Griffin Inn, Irnham, near Corby Glen, Lincs. Tel 07752 375750. WAKEFIELD Wakey cruise night 1st Saturday of the month at the King's Arms on Heath Common, Wakefield WF1 5SE From 5 pm Tel John 07724 777375 . WILTSHIRE – MELKSHAM American Cars Wiltshire: see us on Facebook. The Milk Churn, Commerce Way, Melksham, SN12 6AD. All American vehicles welcome, the second Sunday of the month, 12pm to 3pm. For details, evening only: Simon 07809 396822 or John 07980 434503.

Ford Critchlow and ’30 Model A.

EVENT REPORT RALLY OF THE GIANTS

Words and photography: Ben Klemenzson

Blenheim Palace, Oxon July 11

he weather gods must have been looking favourably down on the Pre-’50 American Auto Club, as there was nothing in the way of rain for their 55th annual Rally of the Giants, despite heavy downpours the week preceding it. The event has settled well into its home at Blenheim where it’s been held for almost a decade since moving from Knebworth, with this year having probably one of the biggest turnouts of vehicles ever. Although this show is always noted for the number of older prewar cars in attendance, this year saw fewer than previous years. Onlookers wondered if it was due to Covid (older owners shielding etc.) or just the fact that fewer youngsters were getting into the old car hobby as reasons for the diminishing number of veteran cars. It’s a shame, as it’s the presence of these older cars that’s always marked this show out as different from others on the calendar; however, one can’t make the older cars come if their owners are unwilling to bring them, or are simply unable to. UU

Best in show, Terry Jeeves’ ’54 Cadillac Eldorado.

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Aero-engined Auburn.

Ritc chie McGibbon and d ’46 Hudson.

Ex-Steve Passmore ’41 Cadillac; his blue Caddy also attended.

Mint 1980 Cadillac Seville.

Super-tasty ’65 Coronet 500.

One car that seems to hav have been popping up all over the place is the delightful 1941 Cadillac convertible which belonged to former Pre-’50 AAC stalwart Steve Passmore, who recently passed away. Painted in Monica Blue, the car was restored in Florida and was imported in 2015 by Steve and looks to all intents and purposes like a classic prewar Cadillac. But, as owner Peter Cornwell explained, all is not as it seems, as under the bonnet lies – shock, horror! – a Chevy small-block engine hooked up to a modern GM ffour-speed transmission. When Peter bought the Cadillac, it came with a period-correct engine C aand gearbox, but for now he’s just enjoying itts motorway-friendly practicality and who can aargue with that, especially in this time of the ironically named ‘Smart’ motorways… It’s always good to see fresh blood entering tthe hobby and one youngster making his aautomotive debut was Ford Critchlow, who ttook along his eponymous 1930 Ford Model A rroadster, that the previous day had been gracing

the Pendine historic racing event in Wales. Ford imported the car, fitted with a four-pot motor, twin carbs and a Riley manifold, last year and had to deal with all the fun and games that the DVLA has been inflicting upon car owners during the pandemic. Although its primered state is fine in sunny, dry California, it’s hardly ideal for the UK, so he hopes to paint it in the coming months and maybe undertake a roof chop too. Another newcomer to the American car scene, but with a completely different kind of American vehicle, was Simon Hodgson who took along his 1968 Lincoln Continental coupe, equally patina’d as the aforementioned rod. He acquired the car from eBay (I clearly remember looking at it when it was listed and thinking what an incredible steal it was for such a big, luxurious and solid-looking car). This is Simon’s first American car and he really has jumped in at the deep end, although he’s taking it all in his stride and is thoroughly enjoying the experience. The car hails from Illinois originally (it belonged to a sheriff in Illinois, with a sticker inside the trunk to prove it!) and although solid and patina’d, Simon aims to paint it eventually and sort out some of its more annoying gremlins such as non-functioning power windows and so on. There are always cars to wow you at the Rally of the Giants and this year was no exception. All the way down from Stockport was Car of the Year heat winner Steve Sullivan, whose 1955 Thunderbird was a participant in the 2017 competition. He’d brought along a 1958 Cadillac that he’s spent the past few years restoring – it was the talk of the show and Steve admitted that he may have actually produced a Cadillac that’s actually superior to what would have rolled out of the factory 63 years ago, such has been his attention to detail. ... caused quite a stir.

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Mark Eastwood and ’79 Lincoln Town Coupe.

Cadillac Kings car club had some unusual Caddys.

Best Hot Rod was Roger Burton’s ’40 Ford Deluxe.

Another stunning Cadillac was Terry Jeeves’ 1954 Cadillac Eldorado which picked up the Best in Show gong; all the more unusual as Terry is known for being a Ford man, but this baby blue Caddy has obviously tempted him over to the dark side! And who could fail to notice the 1959 Cadillac Brougham brought along by Graham Saggers… they don’t get any rarer than that! Twenty years younger was Nigel Perring’s one family owned, 19,000-mile 1980 Cadillac Eldorado which looked as if it had just rolled out of a dealership. Keeping with the Cadillac theme, the most outrageous line-up of cars was that of the Cadillac Kings car club, who displayed some incredibly customised Cadillacs, including a hearse and heavily modiﬁed Sixties convertible. All the way down from Scarborough, Peter Rickinson’s 1948 Chrysler New Yorker convertible

caused quite a stir with its mirror-like black paint p and period-correct tartan interior, as did Mark Hatton’s 1941 Buick Sedanette which came across from Swansea. As with just about every other event so far this year, the consensus was that it was good to be out and about doing normal things and with an absence (for many people) of foreign holidays, shows such as this were bursting at the seams with cars and visitors from all over the country. Another vintage show staged by the Pre-’50 AAC, who must be patting themselves on the back for such a delightful event. If you haven’t been before, make sure you mark it in your diary for next year when it’s provisionally scheduled to take place on July 10! UU

All the way from Swansea: Mark Hatton’s ’41 Buick Sedanette.

Another crazy Cadillac King.

Glasgow’s Bruce Kinnear and ’54 Bel Air.

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Patina’d interior.

Simon Hodgson’s ’68 Continental Coupe.

... Peter Cornwell and ’41 Cadillac

Peter Rickinson’s ’48 Chrysler New Yorker...

1959 Cadillac Brougham.

...with small-block power. Alan Mills and ’57 Olds.

Prize winners BEST IN SHOW

Terry Jeeves – 1954 Cadillac Eldorado convertible BEST RESTORATION

Rick Skett – 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air BEST ANTIQUE & PROHIBITION CLASS

Bob Lucas – 1933 Cadillac 370C V12 BEST ROOSEVELT CLASS

Bob Mitchell – 1937 Packard 120 Roadster BEST TRUMAN CLASS

BEST LINCOLN

John Carwardine – 1976 Lincoln Continental Mark 4 BEST BUICK

Mark Hatton – 1948 Buick 565 Sedanette BEST CADILLAC

Steve Sullivan – 1958 Cadillac Sedan de Ville BEST CHEVROLET

Bruce Kinnear – 1954 Chevrolet Bel Air BEST PONTIAC

P Rickinson – 1948 Chrysler New Yorker Highlander convertible

1953 Pontiac Catalina

BEST HARLEY EARL CLASS (1955-59)

Paul Wells – 1957 Oldsmobile Super 88 coupe

BEST 1960S CLASS

Brian Wrigley – 1960 Studebaker Hawk

BEST 1970S CLASS

Geoff Mitchell – 1957 Chrysler New Yorker

BEST 1980S TO MODERN CLASS

Lucie Brooks – 1972 Dodge Charger 440

BEST COMMERCIAL

Anthony Brownsett – 1930 Plymouth 30U Businesss Coupe

BEST ORIGINAL

Roger Burton – 1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe

Danyel Mills – 1957 Oldsmobile Super Rocket 88 Terry Green – 1964 Cadillac Fleetwood Steve Foster – 1973 Cadillac Eldorado convertible Andy Stevens – 2016 Ford Mustang GT350 Shelby convertible Micky Monti-Colombi – 1946 Hudson pick-up Brian Paton – 1970 Dodge D100 BEST FORD

Michael Skilton – 1959 Ford Galaxie 500 Sunliner convertible

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Bob Mitchell and ’37 Packard.

Words and photography: Will Shiers

Our intrepid salvage yard explorer brings you junkyard jewels from across North America.

1. Kaisers haven’t been sold in the United States for more than 65 years, so ﬁnding a pair of them in this sorry state is really unusual – most having disappeared by the early Seventies. They both appear to be 1951 Specials, and were found in A1 Salvage in Roswell, New Mexico. This was Kaiser’s most successful year ever, selling 139,452 cars, which made it the 12th best-selling car marque in the country. 2. Apparently this 1960 Ford Thunderbird was driven n into the Las Vegas junkyard it currently resides in, but I fear it won’t ever be driven out. It says ‘no batt’ t’ on the windscreen, but the lack of a battery appears to be the least of its worries. Notching up nearly 93,000 sales, 1960 was a record year for the Elwood Engel-designed Square Bird. 3. The Dodge Lancer was a badge-engineered Chrysler Valiant, and had a lifespan of just two years (1961-1962). It became a Dodge Dart the following year. In 1962 all hardtops, including this collisiondamaged Oregon car, were known as GTs. 4. I’m reliably informed that this yellow auto sculpture is in fact a trio of Chevrolet Camaros, dating from 1974, 1975 and 1976. All three cars have been residents of Washington’s All American Classics salvage yard since the mid-Nineties.

5. In more than 30 years of visiting American salvage yards, I have only ever discovered six Corvettes, including this badly abused Californian 1984 C4. 6. On my first ever Discoveries trip I rented a brand-new Dodge Aries, and now I’m photographing them! This pair of late Eighties K cars (I think they’re probably Plymouth Reliants) were found in Gold Point, Nevada. At the start of the last century, this gold mining town’s population peaked at about 1000. p Today just seven people live here, and T they have roughly one abandoned car for every two residents. 7 Manufactured between 1977 and 1979, 7. tthe Mk V was the longest two-door coupe ever sold by Ford. It was also the beste selling in the Mark series, with 228,262 s examples finding buyers. This Texan e example rolled off the Wixom, Michigan e assembly line in 1978. a 8 L&L Classic Auto in Idaho is my perfect 8. yard, with tens of thousands of cars y scattered over hundreds of acres. But s because there was no order to the place, b I inevitably missed so much amazing stuff while wandering around. For instance, it’s only now, while I’m writing about this rustfree 1973 Chrysler Newport sedan, that I notice the home-made pale blue pick-up in the background. I wonder what it is. A Studebaker maybe? 9. A 1968 Ford Thunderbird balances precariously. The sandy floor, and rustfree panels, are clues that the car is located in an Arizona yard. 10. A lot has changed in the five years since I photographed this 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 at CTC Auto Ranch – and not for the better. I’d love to tell you that the car has been restored, but the opposite is true. Pictures on the Texan scrapyard’s website reveal that it has been well and truly scavenged for parts, and little more than the skeleton remains. In fact even the roof has been liberated. 11. I travelled three hours out of my way to visit this yard in Possum Grape, Arkansas, only to find that it was closed for the day following a family bereavement. Fortunately, I had a telephoto lens with me, allowing me to still photograph a handful of cars from the entrance, including this 1955 DeSoto Fireflite.

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Richard Coney

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autos 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray Z06 Coupe Given the Corvette theme of this month’s Classic American I was spoilt for choice, though chose only models easy to ﬁnd here in the UK. Starting with a larger example and having collected them in some numbers back in the Nineties, I was pleased to see that the old Ertl American Muscle 1:18 scale cars are still being produced. Round 2 Models now owns the tooling and markets American Muscle models under its Auto World brand. These heavyweight die-casts were always well painted and while they might not have been ultra-detailed, they had enough features to satisfy most collectors. This beautiful 1963 Corvette Z06 coupe, in factory-matched Riverside Red paint with a black interior, has rotating headlights, a hinged bonnet and opening doors. The fuel injected small-block V8 has a basic ﬁnish, but this could be improved with some detailed painting, as could the all-black interior. The front wheels steer and the authentic turbo-style wheels are excellent and set off this nicely proportioned model.

1958 Corvette C.1 Roadster

This was a one-year body, as designer Bill Mitchell’s controversial centre ridge that swept the full length of the car, beginning at the centre hood bulge and continuing through the split rear window, was removed for 1964. The RPO Z06 Special Equipment Package included the 360bhp L84 fuel-injected V8 engine, four-speed transmission, special heavy-duty fan-cooled brakes and suspension upgrades. With the optional large capacity 36.5 gallon ﬁbreglass fuel tank, this made the car a competitive road course track car off the showroom ﬂoor. McLaren Models lists this Corvette at £79.99.

Corvette Curiosity This last Corvette was a lucky ﬁnd. Slot cars have become very sophisticated in recent years and some are so nice that they are collectable in their own right. This 1:32 scale 1968 Corvette Coupe is an excellent example and represents a real car with a fascinating history I found by chance and would make an article in its own right. Sufﬁce to say, it was a factory-built lightweight with a 560bhp, 427cu in OHV L88 V8 engine and four-speed M22 Rock-Crusher manual transmission. After successful racing it was sold to the Race Engineering & Development (RED) team in 1971. It happened that an American extension of Ferrari’s racing programme, the North American Racing Team (NART) had a spare entry for the 1972 Le Mans 24 Hour Race. Pressure from sponsor Goodyear enabled the Corvette to compete, as long as it wore Ferrari red colours and emblems. The car was suitably repainted with the famous horse badge. A crash in practice severely damaged the nose, which was gaffer taped back together. At the last moment, sponsor TWA backed out, and BP stepped in. As a result, the TWA logos were stickered over.

Remarkably, despite the damage, the Corvette finished 15th overall and seventh in class, the fastest Corvette fielded. It continued to race for several years, being eventually restored to its pseudo-Ferrari livery and appearing in the 2015 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, where it took part in the L88 Race Car special class. It was later auctioned by RM/Sotheby’s with an estimate of between $1.4m to $2m. Details can be found here: https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/ mo15/monterey/lots/r206-1968-chevroletcorvette-l88-rednart-le-mans/180640. The Scalextric version faithfully replicates the Corvette as raced at Le Mans, complete with the Ferrari decals on the doors and the BP logos half obscuring the TWA double ovals. It has clear covers over the lights, Cibie auxiliary spotlights, side exhausts and a driver figure encased in a sturdy roll cage. A fitting tribute to an unusual race car. Prices from £35 to £40.

Although still cited as a first-generation car, by 1958 the Corvette’s fibreglass body had been lengthened and upgraded with twin headlamps. My personal favourite, it retained the vertical-toothed grille and a range of engines from a lowly six to a fuel-injected small-block V8. Ford’s Thunderbird had changed direction, leaving Chevy’s Corvette as the only home-grown sports car. Revell’s European range lists several Corvettes including a 1:25 scale 1958 Roadster, which should be easy to find over here. It is a comprehensive kit with 137 parts moulded in white and clear plastic with rubber tyres. Although it’s a relatively small car, it assembles into a detailed model. The bonnet and boot lid are separate items, as is the chassis underneath. Curiously, the characteristic covings on the sides are separate pieces, which should aid painting. Revell provides a fuel-injected V8 engine, a detailed interior and a convertible hood. The supplied decal sheet is comprehensive with multiple international licence plates and whitewall tyres. Online reviews reckon the model is pretty accurate. Pricewise, as I write this, Amazon has a deal on, offering the kit for £22.90, which seems very fair.

★ A wide range of die-cast models and American-range plastic kits are available online at competitive prices. However, you should be able to source most models reviewed in Scale Autos from www.modelstore.co.uk or see American Classic Diecast at www.american-classic-diecast.co.uk

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Reviews Classic American Arnie “The Farmer” Beswick Author: Dean Fait Published by: Car Tech ISBN: 978-1-61325-530-8

Bargain Book Art of the Corvette Author: Randy Leffingwell Published by: Motorbooks ISBN: 978-0-7603-4640-2 Price: RRP £34 Amazon Price: £14.79. Free postage Given the Corvette theme to this month’s s magazine I was hoping to indentify a new Corvetterelated book, but instead stumbled across one that I reviewed back in 2015. Amazon is a funny place, especially when it comes to books. Some relatively new titles disappear within a few months, only to be offered later at unbelievably silly prices, while others plummet in price within a relatively short time, becoming overnight bargain buys. The Art of the Corvette, by photographers Randy Leffingwell and Tom Loeser, is one of the latter. A typical Motorbooks tome, it weighs in at 1.8kg due to its heavyweight covers and the high quality of its glossy photodrenched pages. It features 22 stunning photographic portraits of Corvettes from the first in 1953 to a 2014 C7 Stingray Coupe, using the so-called ‘light-painted’ process. This involves locking the camera in place, then making multiple passes with a hand-held light source during long exposures. These are then combined in Adobe Photoshop. It’s a mixture of simple technique and clever software, but the results are stunning. There are several photos of each car highlighting their bodies, engines and interiors. All the Corvettes are fabulous examples of the marque and the text that accompanies each one is both informative and entertaining. This book is now available new at less than half its original price and if Amazon’s spiel is to be believed, will be posted free of charge. Definitely a bargain!

Car Tech does some excellent books on drag racing history, in particular featuring individual racers who contributed much to the sport, especially in the golden years of the Sixties. One such was Arnie “The Farmer” Beswick, a third-generation Illinois farmer who discovered drag racing early in the sport’s development and established a part-time racing career that spanned more than 60 years. He was initially an Oldsmobile fan, but discovered Pontiacs in 1958. He never looked back, concentrating on ‘Ponchos’ from then on. Retaining his farming interests meant he never transitioned into a full-time racer with the high buck sponsorship that this could achieve, but this did not curb either his enthusiasm or his skills at preparing and showcasing winning cars. He raced in showroom stock classes, though gradually progressed into super stock, AF/X and eventually funny cars as his skills and reputation developed. Initially irritated by “The Farmer” nickname, he soon realised that this tended to mislead the opposition into thinking he was a backwoods hick, leading to many well-fought wins on the quarter mile. His racing successes were tempered by several disastrous events, from a devastating ﬁre at his farm workshop, which wiped out both his farm machinery and his race cars, to an engine explosion,

resulting in severe burns and a lengthy hospital stay. Undaunted, Beswick maintained his enthusiasm, showmanship and competitiveness, something that garnered him an army of fans. Even today, he is still remembered as one of the best and most popular drivers, whose colourful cars and straightforward approach to racing made him the Mid-West’s most memorable driver.

Cranswick on Camaro 1967-1981 Author: Marc Cranswick Published by: Veloce Publishing ISBN: 978-1-787116-68-9 I have several books written by author Marc Cranswick and they are without exception well researched, informative and entertaining to read. His new book on the ﬁrst two generations of Chevrolet’s Camaro maintains the standard. The Camaro and its Pontiac sibling, the Firebird, were developed in direct competition to Ford’s surprise success, the Mustang. It took a couple of years, starting from scratch, to get the Camaro into the showrooms, but it soon showed it was a viable alternative to Ford’s pony car and a popular choice for ‘bowtie’ fans who wanted a sports car, but whose loyalty to the brand would not consider a ‘blue oval’ product. Sales success at the time could often be measured by success on the track and this was something that Chevrolet took to heart. Within a short time the Camaro was winning races on both road courses and the quarter mile, which translated into sales and enabled Chevy to further develop the cars, despite the legislative restrictions of the Seventies. Cranswick’s history covers both the showroom and the race track sides of the story. Comprehensively written and copiously illustrated, with contemporary

adverts, extracts from brochures, photos of restored examples of the marque from 1967 to 1981 and racing action from years past, it will not disappoint. With particular emphasis on the Z-28, it’s clear from this account why Ford’s control over the pony car market was short-lived. An excellent account!

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AUCTIONS - CLOTHING - EVENTS - INSURANCE AUCTIONS CLASSIC CAR AUCTIONS Ashrone Warwickshire CV35 0AA 01926 640888 www.classiccarauctions.co.uk DORSET VINTAGE AND CLASSIC Stalbridge, Dorset www.dvca.co.uk 01963 363353 HISTORICS AT BROOKLANDS Iver, Buckinghamshire SL0 9HF 01753 639170 www.historics.co.uk HOBBS PARKER CAR AUCTIONS LLC Ashford Market, Orbital Park, Ashford Kent TN24 0HB 01233 506266 www.hobbsparker. co.uk MANOR PARK CLASSICS LTD Ikon House, Tudor Road Manor Park, Runcorn, Cheshire WA7 1TA 0161 6975223 www.manorparkclassics.com SILVERSTONE AUCTIONS LIMITED Ashorne, Warwickshire CV35 0AA 01926 691141 www.silverstoneauctions.co.uk CLOTHING BLACKTOP YACHT CLUB Milford, Connecticut jonathan@crownandeaglellc.com www.blacktopyc.com FREDDIES OF

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PINEWOOD Roundtables, 23 Old Pier Street, Walton on the Naze, Essex CO14 8AH 01255 675398 www.freddiesofpinewood.co.uk EVENTS A602’S Herefordshire www.autoramashow. com AMERICAN AUTO CLUB INTERNATIONAL www.aac-int.com AMERICAN AUTO CLUB NW www.aacnw.com AMERICAN AUTO CLUB UK www.american-autoclub.co.uk BUSTER LANG London 01372 613009 www.busterlang.co.uk info@busterlang.co.uk

Essex 0208 505 9930 www.damnyankees. uk.com GASCC Cork, Ireland 00353 860461855 www.gascc.ie rockandrumble@ outlook.com HAYNES MOTOR MUSEUM LTD Sparkford, Nr Yeovil Somerset BA22 7LH 01963 442790 www.haynesmotormuseum.co.uk HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL Parkside Mews, Chart Way, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 1RL www.horshamtimewellspent.co.uk KENT’S KIT CUSTOM & AMERICAN CAR SHOW Kent www.kentsclassic carshow.co.uk

CLASSICS AT THE CASTLE Bowling Green Cottage, Downclose Lane, Somerset TA18 7SQ 01460 77256 www.classicsatthecastle.co.uk

MAINE EVENTS London W5 3GP 0208 566 5226

CLASSIC CORVETTE CLUB UK (THE) Hornchurch, RM11 3LH www.corvetteclub. org.uk 01202 434729

NATIONAL CAN-AM CAR CLUB Bournemouth www.canamcarclub. org.uk

COFTON COUNTRY HOLIDAYS South Devon www.coftonholidays. co.uk 01626 890111 DAMN YANKEES AMERICAN CAR CLUB

MIDLAND AMERICAN AUTO CLUB Ireland www.maac-ireland. com

NATIONAL STREET ROD ASSOCIATION East Sussex www.nsra.org.uk NO LIMITS EVENTS AND PROMOTIONS Doncaster www.modiﬁednationals.co.uk 0844 415 1413

PRE 50 AMERICAN AUTO CLUB Market Rasen, Lincolnshire LN8 3QL 07798 818533 www.pre50aac.com RETRO FESTIVAL Southport, Lancs www.retrofestival. co.uk ROCKABILLY REV UP Kent gypsyjohn newson@yahoo.co.uk RHYTHM RIOT LTD London 0208 566 5226 www.rhythmriot.com SANTA POD RACEWAYS Trakbak Racing Ltd T/A, Airﬁeld Road, Poddington, Wellingborough, Northants NN29 7XA 01234 782828 www.santapod.com STONHAM BARNS East Sussex 01892 613492 www.stonhambarns. co.uk TOM INGRAM PRODUCTIONS INC Los Alamitos, California tom@vivalasvegas.net www.vivalasvegas.net WILDEST CATS LTD Leicestershire 07976 964086 www.tennesseeclub. net INSURANCE ACADEMY INSURANCE SERVICES LTD 7 Bridge Cross Road, Burntwood WS7 2BU. www.academyinsurance.co.uk

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INSURANCE - PARTS ADRIAN FLUX INSURANCE SERVICES East Winch Hall, East Winch, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE32 1HN 0800 085 5000 www.adrianﬂux.co.uk BISHOP CALWAY INSURANCE SERVICES First Floor, 81 Church Road, Hove, BN3 2BB 01273 820303 peterstaylor.co.uk

NORTON INSURANCE BROKERS LTD Birmingham 0121 246 5050 www.norton-ib.co.uk RH SPECIALIST VEHICLE INSURANCE A-Plan Insurance 2 Des Roches Square Witney OX28 4LE 0800 783 3280 www.rhspecialistinsurance.co.uk

com 01727 822555

07836 388888

AUTO ELECTRIC SUPPLIES LTD Granville House, 11 Cross Street, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire WR15 8EF 01584 819552 autoelectricsupplies. co.uk

CM FROST AUTO PARTS LTD 6 Everitt Close, Denington Ind Est, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire NN8 2QE 01933 225564 cmfrost.co.uk

AUTOMATIC GEAR BOX SPAIN Malaga, Spain 0034 952 622 275 www.automaticgearboxspain.com

BRENTACRE INSURANCE SERVICES LTD Cambrian House, Cambrian Place, Swansea SA1 1RH 01792 650933 www.brentacre.co.uk

STEVENAGE INSURANCE SERVICES Mindenhall Court, High Street, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 3UN 01438 313251 www.stevenage insurance.com

CLASSICLINE INSURANCE SERVICES LTD 138 Castle Street, Hinckley LE10 1DD 01455 639000 www.classicline insurance.co.uk

PARTS ADRIAN JAMES 10 Westview, Paulton, Bristol BS39 7XJ 01761 413933 www.radios.freeserve. co.uk

DIAMOND INSURANCE CONSULTANTS Springwell House, 64 Western Road, Tring, Hertfordshire HP23 4BB 01442 825481 diamondinsurance.net

ALLISPORT 23-25 Foxes Bridge Road, Forest Vale Industrial Estate, Cinderford, Forest Of Dean, Gloucs GL14 2PQ 01594 826045 www.allisport.com

GRAHAM SYKES INSURANCE Rolle Street, Exmouth, Devon EX8 2SN 01395 255100 www.graham-sykes. co.uk

AMERICAN AUTO CENTRE Kingsbury Road, Minworth, Sutton Coldﬁeld, West Midlands B76 9DD 01213 517655 www.americanautocentre.co.uk

CHILIMOTO SPEED SHOP 47-49 Plumbe Street Burnley Lancs BB11 3AB 07789 110721 speedshop@chilimoto. com www.chilimoto.com

ARNOLDS AUTOMOTIVE 74 Tollgate Road, Colney Heath, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL4 0PY tf.arnold@btinternet.

CLAREMONT CORVETTE Daisy Cottage. Vigo Road, Sevenoaks TN15 7LU UK parts@corvette.co.uk www.corvette.co.uk

HAGERTY INTERNATIONAL LTD The Arch Barn, Pury Hill Farm, Alderton, Towcester, Northamptonshire NN12 7TB www.hagerty insurance.co.uk

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AUTOMEC EQUIPMENT & PARTS LTD 36 Ballmoor, Buckingham Industrial Park, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire MK18 1RQ 01280 822818 www.automec.co.uk BALLINGLEN TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS LTD 18 Rhosnesni Lane, Wrexham LL12 7LY 0844 822 1454 www.smart components.co.uk BITS 4 OLD KARZ 02380 849311 www.bitz4oldkarz.com

CORVETTE KINGDOM The Granaries, North End Road, Felmingham, Norfolk NR28 0JY 01263 739944 www.corvetteuk.com EATON DETROIT SPRINGS Detroit, Michigan inquiries@eatonsprings. com www.eatondetroitsprings.com EUROPA SVT Fauld Industrial Park, Tutbury, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire DE13 9HS 01283 815609 www.europasvt.com EUROVETTES 27 Barley Rise, Clothall Common, Balldock, Hertfordshire SG7 6RT 07702 156402 www.eurovettes.com HAUSER RACING LTD 101A Irthlingborough Road, Finedon, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire NN9 5EJ 01933 682500 www.hauserracing.com IAN WEBB SPECIALIST CARS Higher Clicker Farm, Horningtops, Liskeard, Cornwall PL14 3QA 07813 135360 carandclassic.co.uk

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PARTS - SERVICE, REPAIR & RESTORATION LEATHER REPAIR COMPANY East Yorkshire www.leatherrepair company.com 01482 606864 MAGNUM CAR PANELS Mustang Parts, Lancashire 01706 359666 www.magnumcarpanels.co.uk MUSTANGS AND MUSCLE CARS 2 Alexander Court, Grosvenor Road, Swanage, Dorset BH19 2BA 01929 426783 07714 546534 NORTH HANTS TYRES Christy Estate, Ivy Road, Aldershot, Hampshire GU12 4TX 01252 318666 www.northantstyres. com NPD LINK 900 SW 38th Avenue, Ocala, Florida 001 352 861 8701 www.npdlink.com PARTS USA 13 The Gate Centre Bredbury Park Way Bredbury, Stockport SK6 2SN www.partsusa.co.uk PERFORMANCE UNLIMITED 3 Chessingham Park, Dunnington, York, North Yorkshire YO19 5SE 01904 489332 www.performance unlimited.co.uk PERTRONIX EUROPE Compton Place Business Centre, Surrey Avenue, Camberley, Surrey GU15 3DX 01276 65554 www.pertronix.com

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PIPECRAFT Unit 22-23 Orion Court, Cranes Farm Road, Basildon, Essex SS14 3DB 01268 285535 POP BROWNS WITH M&M 12 Links Way, Spalding, Lincolnshire PE11 2ED 01775 762004 www.m-mclassic cartrim.com PRO ALLOY MOTORSPORT LTD 15 Rookwood Way Haverhill Suffolk CB9 8PB 0845 2267561 www.proalloy.co.uk PROFUSION CUSTOMS Unit 8 Coln Ind Est, Old Bath Road,Heathrow, Berkshire SL3 0NJ 01753 686878 www.profusioncustoms. com REAL STEEL Unit 9 Tomo Industrial Estate, Packet Boat Lane, Uxbridge UB8 2JP 01895 440505 www.realsteel.co.uk ROCK AUTO LLC 6418 Normandy Lane, Madison, Wisconsin, US 001 608 661 1376 www.rockauto.com RODLEY MOTORS Terry’s Mill, Cutler Heights Lane, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD4 9PD 01274 688968 rodleymotors.co.uk ROGERS TRANSMISSION Homeﬁeld Garage, Ship Lane, Sutton at Hone, Dartford, Kent

DA4 9EE 01322 865757 SILVERLINE WHEELS & TYRES Units 3 & 4, Nelson Lane, Warwick, Warwickshire CV34 5JB 01926 496668 www.silverlinewheelstyres.com SPECIALISED ENGINES LTD Unit 15 Curzon Drive Grays, Essex RM17 6BG 01375 378606 www.specialisedengines.co.uk SUMMIT RACING 1200 Southeast Avenue, Tallmadge, OH 44278 001 330 630 0240 www.summitracing. com THINK AUTOMOTIVE 292 Worton Road, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 6EL 0208 5681172 www.thinkauto.com TOPSPEED AUTOMOTIVE 17-19 The Broadway, New Haw, Surrey KT15 3EU 01932 506070 www.topspeedparts. co.uk US AUTOMOTIVE LTD 19 St Martin’s Way, Bedford MK42 OLF 01234 273155 usautomotive.co.uk VEHICLE WIRING PRODUCTS LTD 9 Buxton Court, Manners Ind Est, Ilkeston, Derbyshire DE7 8EF 0115 930 5454 www.vehicleproducts. co.uk VINTAGE TYRE SUPPLIES

National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, Hampshire S042 7ZN 01590 612261 www.vintagetyres.com VITESSE GLOBAL LTD Unit 2 Marina Court, Tungsten Park, Coventry Road, Hinckley, Leicester LE10 3BF www.vitesse-ltd.com 01455 611230 VOLUNTEER VETTE PRODUCTS Knoxville, Tennessee sales@volvette.com www.volvette.com WEBCON UK LTD Dolphin Road, Sunbury, Middlesex, TW16 7HE 01932 787100 www.webcon.co.uk WEST MIDLAND AMERICAN 1 Brunel Court, Enterprise Drive, Four Ashes, Wolverhampton WV10 7DF 01902 798840 www.american-vehicles. com SERVICE, REPAIR & RESTORATION ABBEY MOTORISTS CENTRE 51 Cartersﬁeld Road, Waltham Abbey, Essex EN9 1JD 01992 701201 www.abbeymotor istscentre.co.uk ACE AMERICAN AUTOS Unit 5 United Business Park Lowﬁelds Road Holbeck Leeds LS12 6UB 0113 5313300 www.aceamericanautos.co.uk

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SERVICE, REPAIR & RESTORATION ADRIAN JAMES 10 Westview, Paulton, Bristol BS39 7XJ 01761 413933 www.radios.freeserve. co.uk ALAN CARRINGTON Big Allington Farm, Pilgrims Way, Hollingbourne, Kent ME17 1RD 01622 880005 www.alancarrington. com ALDERS AUTOMOTIVE Units 4 & 5 Northﬁeld Business Park, Lower Dicker, East Sussex BN27 4BZ 01323 848448 wwvv.aldersautomotive. co.uk AMERICAN AUTO SERVICES 130 West End Lane, Harlington, Hayes, Middlesex UB3 5LY 0208 754 1160 www.americanauto services.co.uk AMERICAN VEHICLE SERVICES Unit 10, Benﬁeld Way, Braintree, Essex CM7 3YS 01376 345399 ANGLO AMERICAN MOTOR COMPANY Ibex Yard, Ferro Fields, Scaldwell Road Industrial Estate, Brixworth, Northampton, NN6 9UA 01604 882222 www.angloamericanmotor.co.uk ASHWORTH AUTOMOTIVE Unit 4 Noels Sidings Ind Est, Station Road, St George, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset BS22 7AE.

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ashworthauto motiveuk@gmail.com www.americanper formance.co.uk

C&F ENG LTD. Bedfordshire www.candfeng.co.uk info@candfeng.co.uk

AUTO AMERICAN MOTOR ENGINEERS 359 Hedon Road, Hull, HU9 1RA 01482 327205 autotechnicmotorengineers@outlook.com

CARROT TOWN GARAGE Unit 4 Norwood Road Ind Est, March, Cambridgeshire PE15 8QD 07713 267334 www.carrottowngarage.co.uk

BACK TO LIFE CARS Farriers Way, Temple Farm Ind Est, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 5RY 07414 955384 www.backtolifecars. com BELCHER ENGINEERING LTD T/A Ultimate Spares Of America, The Workshop Briar Cottage, Briar Lane Rickinghall, Diss, Norfolk IP22 1NA. 01379 673264 www.belcherengineeringltd.co.uk BIRMINGHAM WELDING SUPPLIES Unit 10, Boulton Industrial Centre, Icknield Street, Birmingham, West Midlands B18 5AU 0121 236 3888 www.birminghamweldingsupplies.co.uk BROAD LANE GARAGE 163 Broad Lane, Hampton, Middlesex, TW12 3BU. 0208 979 2233. broadlanegarage@ btconnect.com www.broadlanegarage. co.uk BURNHAM AUTOS Queens Farm Road, Viking Business Park, Shorne, Gravesend, Kent DA12 3HU 01474 824007 www.burnhamautos. com

C.A.R.S Unit 9, Station Road Industrial Estate, Hailsham, BN27 2EL 01825 722641 www.carsamerican.com CASTLE POLISHING AND CHROME PLATING LIMITED Unit F, Show Road, Dudley, West Midlands DY2 8TP 01384 214429 www.castlechrome. co.uk CASTLEFORD AMERICAN AUTOS LTD 30 Methley Road, Castleford, West Yorkshire WF10 1PA 01977 604060 www.cas-am.co.uk CLAREMONT CORVETTE Kent 07836 388888 www.corvette.co.uk CLASSIC CAR WORKSHOP LTD (THE) Cockleberry Sawmill, West Lane, Dalton-onTees, North Yorkshire DL2 2PP www.theclassiccarworkshop.co.uk 01325 713127 CLASSIC MOTOR HUB (THE) Old Walls, Ablington,

Bibury, Cirencester, GL7 5NX. 01993 824287 (Body work restoration and service repair, also transport) CORVETTE KINGDOM North End Road, Felmingham, Norfolk NR28 0JY 01263 739944 www.corvetteuk.com CUSTOM CRUISERS LTD T/A Overland Custom Unit 5B, Monk Road Derbyshire DE55 7RL sales@custom cruisers.com www.custom cruisers.co.uk CUSTOM EXOTICS LTD Unit 5 South Place, Harlow, Essex CM20 2AN 01279 441133 customexotics.co.uk CUSTOMVILLE AMERICAN America House, Dominion Works, Freshwater Road, Chadwell Heath, Essex RM8 1RX 0208 590 1449 www.customville.co.uk DUSTY’S SPEED SHOP Stock Road, Stock Essex CM4 9QY info@dustysspeedshop. com www.dustysspeedshop. com ENGINE RESTORE The Technology Centre, Station Road, Framlingham, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 9EZ 01728 726620 www. americantechnology. co.uk EUROVETTES 27 Barley Rise, Clothall

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SERVICE, REPAIR & RESTORATION Common, Baldock, Hertfordshire, SG7 6RT 07702 156402 www.eurovettes.com FARM FRESH GARAGE Unit 18, Rawreth Industrial Estate, Rayleigh, Essex SS6 9RL 01268 785005 www.farmfreshspeedshop.co.uk FREEDOM MOTOR HOMES LTD Gloucestershire 01452 731289 www.freedom-motorhomes.co.uk FROODS AUTO SERVICES Units 10-12, Darlington Close, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 1RW 01767 680868 www.froodsauto services.co.uk GLAZE LTD, Unit 15, Station Road Business Park, Barnack, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 3DW 01780 749449 morethanpolish@ gmail.com GROVEHILL TRANSMISSIONS 26 Foxbury Road Unit 1, St Leonards, Hampshire BS24 2SG 01202 900180 grovehilltransmissions@ gmail.com HAROLD YATES MOBILE Unit 5 Earnshaw Bridge Mill, Longmeany Gate, Leyland, PR26 7PA 01772 621913 www. haroldyatesmobile. co.uk HAUSER RACING LTD 101A Irthlingborough Road, Finedon, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire NN9 5EJ

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01933 682500 www.hauserracing.com HAYNES MOTOR MUSEUM LTD Sparkford, Nr Yeovil, Somerset BA 22 7LH 01963 442790 www.haynesmotormuseum.co.uk HILLTOP PERFORMANCE TRUCKS Hilltop Garage, Yarcombe, Honiton, Devon EX14 9EB 01404 861525 hilltopservices.co.uk HOTRODS HULL 39-43 Thomas Street, Hull, East Yorkshire HU9 1EH 07748 825410 www.hotrodshull.co.uk IAN WEBB SPECIALIST CARS Higher Clicker Farm, Horningtops, Liskeard, Cornwall PL14 3QA 07813 135360 carandclassic.co.uk IMPORTS BY DESIGN LTD Icon Neon, 6 Minchin Green, Binﬁeld, Berkshire RG42 5JW 07879 774706 www.iconneon.com MAJORS MOTORS 23 Mayﬁeld Ave, Hullbridge, Essex SS5 6JQ 07766 705022 majorsmotors@yahoo. co.uk majorsmotors.co.uk METEX CAR COVERS Darwen, Lancashire 01254 704625 www.cardustcovers. co.uk MUSTANG WORKSHOP LTD Werwood Cottage, Bartley Heath, Hook, Hampshire

RG27 9AB 01256 761991 www.mustangworkshop.co.uk MUSTANGS AND MUSCLE CARS 2 Alexander Court, Grosvenor Road, Swanage, Dorset BH19 2BA 01929 426783 07714 546534 NORTH AMERICAN MOTOR CO. 107 Park Road, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 6LP 01252 515750 www.namco american.com PETER JONES Unit 4, Mynd Industrial Estate, Church Stretton, Shropshire SY6 6EA 07836 208478 www.americanglass. co.uk

www.proalloy.co.uk REDLINE AMERICAN MUSCLE Unit 3 The Works Kings North Industrial Estate, Hoo, Rochester Kent ME3 9NZ 01622 791916 www.redlineamericanmuscle.co.uk ROADCRAFT UK LTD: Unit D1 Dolphin Enterprise Ce, Evershed Way, Dolphin Road, Shoreham By Sea, West Sussex BN43 6QB 01273 455057 www.roadcraftuk.co.uk ROCK N ROLL MOTORS Shed 5, Old Dock, Grangemouth, Scotland FK3 8UF 07593 187939 rocknrollmotors.co.uk

PETER TAYLOR Holt Cottage, Church Path, Gillingham, Kent ME7 1SJ 07943 055855

ROYAL KUSTOMS 34 Glenmore Trading Estate, Blackhill Road, Holton Heath, Dorset BH16 6NL 01202 632046 www.royalkustoms. co.uk

PILGRIM MOTOR SPORTS Units 12–14 Mackley industrial estate, Small Dole, Henﬁeld, Brighton, BN5 9XR 01273 493860 www. pilgrim-motorsports. co.uk

SMITHYS AUTO Unit 33F Nuralite Industrial Centre, Canal Road, Rochester ME3 7JA 01474 824500 www. facebook.com/ smithysbodynpaint

PIPECRAFT Unit 22-23 Orion Court, Cranes Farm Road, Basildon, Essex SS14 3DB 01268 285535

SOUTH LAKES SPEED SHOP Units 21 & 22, Alnat Business Park, Lindale, LA11 6PQ 07783 389918 www.southlakesspeedshop.com

PRO ALLOY MOTORSPORT LTD 15 Rookwood Way, Haverhill, Suffolk CB9 8PB 0845 2267561

SPECIALISED ENGINES LTD Unit 15 Curzon Drive Grays, Essex

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SERVICE, REPAIR & RESTORATION - SHIPPING & TRANSPORT - STORAGE RM17 6BG 01375 378606 www.specialisedengines.co.uk

Old Walls, Ablington, Bibury, Cirencester, GL7 5NX. 01993 824287

SPEKE HALL MOTORS Unit 10, Opco Trading Complex, Speke Hall Road, Liverpool, L24 9HE. 0151 486 1807

CORNWALL MOTOR MOVES Holman Road, Liskeard PL14 3UT 01579 340790

STEVENS & GILL BODYCRAFT LTD Essex 0208 594 0357 WEST HALLAM ENGINEERING Limited 13 Merchant Avenue, Spondon, Derby, DE21 7NB whencad@googlemail. com www.wheng parts.com WEST MIDLAND AMERICAN 1 Brunel Court, Enterprise Drive, Four Ashes, Wolverhampton, WV10 7DF 01902 798840 www.americanvehicles.com SHIPPING & TRANSPORT AUTOFREIGHT LIMITED Burnt Common Lane, Ripley, Woking, Surrey GU23 6HD 01483 222256 www.autofreightltd. co.uk BROOKLYNS AUTO IMPORTERS 25 Oldenburg Road Corby Northamptonshire NN18 9BS 07971 958531 www.brooklynautoimports.co.uk CLASSIC MOTOR HUB (THE)

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D W TRANSPORT SERVICES 55 Seaforth Avenue, Minster-on-Sea, Kent 01795 511332 www.dwtransport.co.uk GOLDEN CHARIOTS (IMPORTS) LTD 14 Turnpike Way, Coven, South Staffs, WV9 5HY www.goldenchariots. com 01902 790797 HILL SHIPPING 228 Chequers Road, Sheerness, Kent ME12 3SJ 01795 876000 www.hillshipping.com IMPORT MY VEHICLE Unit 62 Tanners Drive, Blakelands, Milton Keynes MK14 5BP 01908 887917 importmyvehicle.com KINGSTOWN SHIPPING 70 Priory Tec Park Saxon Way Hessle HU13 9PB 01482 374116 www.kingstown-shipping.co.uk

Ipswich, Suffolk IP11 2QE 01394 673466 www.rjjfreight.co.uk SCHUMACHER CARGO UK LTD 11 King William Street, Needham Market, Ipswich, Suffolk IP6 8AE 01449 723576 schumachercargo.com STS IMPORT Unit 4 Chase Side Nurseries, School Lane, Great Leas, Essex CM3 1NL 01245 363800 www.stsimports.co.uk TRANSGLOBAL LOGISTICS UK LIMITED Field Road, Mildenhall, Suffolk IP28 7AL 01638 515714 www. carshipuk.co.uk VALLEY GAS SPEED SHOP Andover, Hampshire SP10 3BB 01264 353646 www.valleygasspeedshop.com STORAGE AUTO CAR STORAGE Rookery Farm, Stow Longa, Huntingdon, Cambs PE28 0TR 01480 861699 www. autocarstorage.com

OUTLAW MUSCLE CARS Unit 6A, Fish Farm Industrial Estate, Fornham All Saints, Bury Saint Edmunds, IP28 6LE 07900 272691 *ﬁnd us on Facebook

AUTOSTORE – PROFESSIONAL CAR STORAGE Orchard Farm, Fowlmere Road, Foxton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB22 6RT. www.autostore.co.uk enquiries@autostore. co.uk 01223 872879

RJJ FREIGHT LTD RJJ House, Haven Exchange South, Felixstowe,

BLUELINE BUILDINGS Don Pottery Yard, off Rowms Lane, Swinton, Mexborough, South

Yorkshire S64 8AA 01709 578333 www.bluelinebuildings. co.uk BRAMSHAW Fordingbridge 01725 518221 sales@bramshawbv.com BSJ HOLDINGS LIMITED Sleaford, Lincolnshire NG34 7EW bob@bsjgroup.co.uk www.bsjholdings.co.uk CAR STORAGE SOLUTIONS Hampshire www.carstoragesolutions.co.uk 07768 205350 / 07958 577494 CLASSIC MOTOR HUB (THE) Old Walls, Ablington, Bibury, Cirencester, GL7 5NX 01993 824287 DEHUM Unit 24, Rigby Close, Heathcote Industrial Estate, Warwick, CV34 6TH 01926 882624 www.dehum.co.uk ELITE AUTO STORAGE Essex www.autostorage.co.uk 01279 850709 IK STORAGE West Yorkshire 01484 688678 www.ikclassicsandracing.co.uk MANOR PARK CLASSICS LTD Ikon House, Tudor Road Manor Park, Runcorn Cheshire WA7 1TA 0161 697 5223 www.manorparkclassics.com PREMIER STEEL BUILDINGS

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STORAGE - VEHICLE HIRE - VEHICLE SALES 28 Farnell Way, Dunfermline, Fife, KY12 0SR 01505 805011 www.premiersteelbuildings.co.uk PREMIER VEHICLE STORAGE Premier Vehicle Storage, Bullock Farm, Back Lane, Kingston Seymour, Clevedon, North Somerset BS21 6XA 01934 834255 www.premiervehiclestorage.co.uk REDLINE CAR STORAGE Chiswick Avenue Industrial Estate, Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds WD17 1HP 01284 336325 www.redlinecarstorage. co.uk VEHICLE HIRE ACTION VEHICLE LIMITED 11 Dymchurch Close, Ilford, Essex IG5 0LB 07973 307928 www.americandreams. co.uk IRON HORSE MOTOR LINES Nr Chipping Norton, Oxon www.ironhorse motorlines.com 07969 187234 SPURR CARS The Old Wheel, Rowell Lane, Loxley Valley, Shefﬁeld, S6 6SD 0114 231 5000 spurrclassiccars.com VEHICLE SALES 28 STATE CARS Palamino NW Ltd, Unit 10, Swordﬁsh Close, Burscough L40 8JW.

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28statecars@gmail.com www.28state.co.uk Find us on Facebook, eBay and YouTube 51ST STATE AUTOS 3 The Grange, Waltham Abbey, Essex EN9 3QF 01992 651704 www.51stateautos.com 5280 CLASSICS Six Speed, Addington Business Park, Verney Road, Addington, near Winslow, Buckinghamshire MK18 2JX 07933 252101 www.5280class ics.com ADRIAN DROMEY Lincolnshire LN13 0JP 01507 211599 ALAN CARRINGTON Big Allington Farm, Pilgrims Way, Hollingbourne, Kent ME17 1RD 01622 880005 www.alancarrington. com AMD FOUR WHEEL DRIVE Unit 22 Leeside, Merrylees Industrial Estate, Desford, Leicester, LE9 9FS 01530 230046 www. amdfourwheeldrive. webs.com AMERICAN CAR CENTRE 20 Lettice Street, Fulham, London SW6 4EH 0207 371 0920 americancarcentre.com AMERICAN DREAMS 234a Stroud Road, Tufﬂey, Gloucester, GL4 0AU 01452 414319

ANGLO AMERICAN MOTOR COMPANY Ibex Yard, Ferro Fields, Scaldwell Road Ind Est, Brixworth, Northampton, NN6 9UA 01604 882222 www.angloamericanmotor.co.uk BARNARD CLASSICS No 3 Wood Lane, Willington, Bedfordshire MK44 3QT 07889 454958 www.barnardclassics. co.uk BROOKLYNS AUTO IMPORTERS 25 Oldenburg Road, Corby, Northamptonshire NN18 9BS 07971 958531 www.brooklynautoimports.co.uk CARROT TOWN GARAGE Unit 4 Norwood Road Ind Est, March, Cambridgeshire PE15 8QD 07713 267334 www.carrottowngarage.co.uk CASTLEFORD AMERICAN AUTOS LTD 30 Methley Road, Castleford, West Yorkshire WF10 1PA 01977 604060 www.cas-am.co.uk

CLIVE SUTTON LTD 151b Park Road, St Johns Wood, London NW8 7HT 0207 483 6500 www.clivesutton.co.uk CORVETTE KINGDOM The Granaries, North End Road, Felmingham, Norfolk NR28 0JY 01263 739944 www.corvetteuk.com COTSWOLD Collectors Cars Ltd 1 Fulbrook Manor Cottage, Upper End, Oxfordshire OX18 4BX 01242 821600 www.cotswoldcars.com COUNTRY CLASSIC CARS Staunton, Illinois countryclassiccars@ hotmail.com www.countryclassiccars. com DAVID BOATWRIGHT PARTNERSHIP Sherrod House, Chilford Court, Braintree, Essex CM7 2QS 01376 552399 www.boatwright.co.uk DAVID JOHNSON PARTNERSHIP Neary Way, Daveyhume, Manchester, M41 7FP 01617 478749 www.davidjohnson partnership.com

CHRIS GRAHAM CARS Cheshire 01270 780232 www.chrisgraham corvettes.co.uk

DAYS’ AUTOS Brookmans Farm, Lower Bunton, Brentwood, Essex 07836 639603 www.powerglide.webeden.co.uk

CLASSIC MOTOR HUB (THE) Old Walls, Ablington, Bibury, Cirencester, GL7 5NX. 01993 824287

DISCOVERY CLASSIC CARS California, US 00192 563 95666 www.discoveryclassiccars.net

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VEHICLE SALES DREAM CARS 82 Holmethorpe Avenue, Redhill, Surrey RH1 2NL 01737 765050 www.dreamcars.co.uk DT VINTAGE Unit 14 Ryehill Leasing, Keyingham Road, Burstwick, Kingston upon Hull, HU12 9JP 01964 626255 www.dtvintage.co.uk ELITE AUTO STORAGE Essex www.autostorage.co.uk 01279 850709 EPPING MOTOR COMPANY Essex 01277 365415 FARM FRESH GARAGE Unit 18, Rawreth Industrial Estate, Rayleigh, Essex SS6 9RL 01268 785005 www.farmfreshspeedshop.co.uk FAST LANE CLASSICS St Albans, Hertfordshire AL2 2HP 01727 809813 www.fastlaneclassics. co.uk FLORIDA TRUCKS Holmwood Farm, Slough Lane, Danbury, Chelmsford, Essex CM3 4LX 01245 223142 FREEDOM MOTOR HOMES LTD Gloucestershire 01452 731289 www.freedom-motorhomes.co.uk GASOLINE ALLEY Stanley Mills, Whitley Street, Bingley, West Yorkshire BD16 4JH

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01274 561098 www. gasolinealleybingley. co.uk

www.londonjames. co.uk 01621 850602

HISTORIC MOTORSPORT Shrewsbury 07970 450000 www.historicmotorsport.co.uk

MIDLAND MUSTANGS 45 Kinnersley Road, Alcester, Warwickshire B49 6FJ 01789 400631 www.midland-mustangs.co.uk

HOWARD WISE CARS Loughton www.howardwisecars. co.uk 0208 418 9191 HUGGY’S SPEED SHOP 108 Coleshill Road, Atherstone, Warwickshire CV9 2AF 01827 712906 huggysspeedshop.com edshop.co.uk IAN ALLAN MOTORS Virginia Water, Surrey GU25 4BT www.ianallanmotors. com IAN WEBB SPECIALIST CARS Higher Clicker Farm, Horningtops, Liskeard, Cornwall PL14 3QA 07813 135360 carandclassic.co.uk KINGDOM KUSTOMS Ofﬁce 3 Old Station House, Forth Place, Burntisland, Fife, KY3 9DJ 07445 176119 www.kingdomkustoms. co.uk KINSON MOTOR COMPANY Southampton 02380 766870 07545 703474 www.kinsonmotor company.co.uk LONDON JAMES Unit 3 And 3A, Leigh Industrial Estate, Causeway, Maldon, CM9 4LJ

MOTOR SHED LTD (THE) Oxfordshire www.vintageand classiccars.co.uk 01689 340999 MOTOWORLD Greater Manchester www.motoworldltd. co.uk 07776 297222 OLDCOTT MOTORS Oldcott Farm, Oldcott Drive, Kidsgrove, Stokeon-Trent, ST7 4HE 01782 782081 www.oldcottmotors. com PETER JARVIS CLASSIC CARS Gildenhill Place, Gildenhill Road, Swanley, Kent BR8 7PD 01322 669081 www.peterjarvis.net PILGRIM MOTOR SPORTS Units 12–14 Mackley industrial estate, Small Dole, Henﬁeld, Brighton BN5 9XR 01273 493860 www. pilgrim-motorsports. co.uk PRESTIGE AMERICAN CARS Maytrees, Pembury Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 4NA 01622 871555 PRESTIGE PERFORMANCE

MARQUES 34 Tanners Drive, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK14 5BU 01908 616826 RAY’S CLASSICS California, US 00165 03618083 www.raysclassics.com ROCK N ROLL MOTORS Shed 5 Old Dock, Grangemouth, Scotland FK3 8UF 07593 187939 www.rocknroll motors.co.uk SPEKE HALL MOTORS Unit 10, Opco Trading Complex, Speke Hall Road, Liverpool, L24 9HE. 0151 486 1807 SOUTHERN CARS Cheshire www.southerncars. co.uk 07581 437657 ST. ANDREWS AUTOS Phillips Farm, Highwood Road, Edney Common, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 3PX 01245 248888 standrewsautos.co.uk TROJAN CARS 245-247 Francis Avenue, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO4 0AL 02392 617444 www.trojancars.co.uk WOODBRIDGE CLASSIC CARS Blomvyle Hall Garage, Easton Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP3 0DY 01728 746413 www.woodbridge classiccars.org

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A A-Z GUIDE 28 STATE CARS Palamino NW Ltd, Unit 10, Swordfish Close, Burscough, L40 8JW. 28statecars@gmail.com www.28state.co.uk find us on Facebook, eBay and YouTube 51ST STATE AUTOS 3 The Grange, Waltham Abbey, Essex EN9 3QF 01992 651704 www.51stateautos.com 5280 CLASSICS Six Speed, Addington Business Park, Verney Road, Addington, Bucks MK18 2JX 07933 252101 www.5280classics.com A602’S Herefordshire www.autoramashow. com AARON RADIATOR 54 Whitehorse Lane, London SE25 6RQ 0330 202 0180 aaronradiator.co.uk ABBEY MOTORISTS CENTRE 51 Cartersfield Road, Waltham Abbey, Essex EN9 1JD 01992 701201 www.abbeymotoristscentre.co.uk

LS12 6UB 0113 531 3300 www.aceamericanautos. co.uk ADRIAN DROMEY Lincolnshire LN13 0JP 01507 211599 ADRIAN FLUX INSURANCE SERVICES East Winch Hall, East Winch, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE32 1HN 0800 085 5000 www.adrianﬂux.co.uk ADRIAN JAMES Bristol BS39 7XJ 01761 413933 www.radios.freeserve. co.uk ALAN CARRINGTON Hollingbourne, Kent ME17 1RD 01622 880005 www.alancarrington. com ALDERS AUTOMOTIVE East Sussex BN27 4BZ 01323 848448 wwvv.aldersauto motive.co.uk ALLISPORT 23-25 Foxes Bridge Road, Forest Vale Industrial Estate, Cinderford, Forest Of Dean, Gloucs GL14 2PQ 01594 826045 www.allisport.com

ACADEMY INSURANCE SERVICES LTD 7 Bridge Cross Road, Burntwood, WS7 2BU. www. academyinsurance. co.uk

AMD FOUR WHEEL DRIVE Unit 22 Leeside, Merrylees Industrial Estate, Desford, Leicester, LE9 9FS 01530 230046 www. amdfourwheeldrive. webs.com

ACE AMERICAN AUTOS Unit 5 United Business Park, Lowﬁelds Road, Holbeck, Leeds,

AMERICAN AUTO CENTRE Sutton Coldﬁeld, West Midlands B76 9DD 01213 517655 www.americanauto centre.co.uk

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AMERICAN AUTO CLUB INTERNATIONAL www.aac-int.com AMERICAN AUTO CLUB NW www.aacnw.com AMERICAN AUTO CLUB UK www.american-auto-club.co.uk AMERICAN AUTO MAGS 3 Foxes Hey, Delamere Park, Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire CW8 2UU 01606 888324 americanautomags.com AMERICAN AUTO SERVICES 130 West End Lane, Harlington, Hayes, Middlesex, UB3 5LY 0208 754 1160 www.americanauto services.co.uk AMERICAN CAR CENTRE 20 Lettice Street, London SW6 4EH 02088 347221 www.americancar centre.com AMERICAN CLASSIC DIECAST Suffolk 07754 341647 www.americanclassic-diecast.co.uk AMERICAN DREAMS Gloucester GL4 0AU 01452 414319 AMERICAN VEHICLE SERVICES Unit 10, Benﬁeld Way, Braintree, Essex CM7 3YS 01376 345399 ANGLO AMERICAN MOTOR COMPANY Northampton, NN6 9UA 01604 882222 www.angloamericanmotor.co.uk

ANGLO AMERICAN OIL COMPANY 58 Holton Heath Trading Park, Holton Road, Poole, Dorset BH16 6LT 01929 551557 www.aaoil.co.uk ARNOLDS AUTOMOTIVE 74 Tollgate Road, Colney Heath, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 0PY tf.arnold@btinternet. com 01727822555 ASHWORTH AUTOMOTIVE Unit 4 Noels Sidings Ind Est, Station Road, St George, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset BS22 7AE. ashworthautom otiveuk@gmail.com www.americanper formance.co.uk AUTOFREIGHT LIMITED Burnt Common Lane, Ripley, Woking, Surrey GU23 6HD 01483 222256 www.autofreight ltd.com AUTOMATIC GEAR BOX SPAIN Malaga, Spain 0034 952 622 275 www.automaticgearboxspain.com AUTOMEC EQUIPMENT & PARTS LTD 36 Ballmoor, Buckingham Industrial Park, Buckingham, MK18 1RQ 01280 822818 www.automec.co.uk AUTOSTORE – PROFESSIONAL CAR STORAGE Orchard Farm, Fowlmere Road, Foxton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB22 6RT. www.autostore.co.uk

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A-C enquiries@autostore. co.uk 01223 872879 AUTO CAR STORAGE Rookery Farm, Stow Longa, Huntingdon, Cambs PE28 0TR 01480 861699 www. autocarstorage.com AUTO ELECTRIC SUPPLIES LTD 11 Cross Street, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire WR15 8EF 01584 819552 autoelectricsupplies. co.uk BACK TO LIFE CARS Farriers Way, Temple Farm Ind Est, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 5RY 07414 955384 www.backtolifecars. com BALLINGLEN TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS LTD 18 Rhosnesni Lane, Wrexham LL12 7LY 08448 221454 www.smart components.co.uk BATTLE ORDERS LIMITED Chaucer Industrial Estate, Dittons Road, Polegate, East Sussex BN26 6JF 01323 488445 BELCHER ENGINEERING LTD T/A Ultimate Spares Of America, The Workshop Briar Cottage, Briar Lane Rickinghall, Diss, Norfolk IP22 1NA. 01379 673264 www.belcher engineeringltd.co.uk BIRMINGHAM WELDING SUPPLIES Unit 10, Boulton Industrial Centre, Icknield Street, Birmingham, West

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MidlandsB18 5AU 0121 236 3888 www.birminghamweldingsupplies.co.uk BISHOP CALWAY INSURANCE SERVICES First Floor, 81 Church Road, Hove, BN3 2BB 01273 820303 peterstaylor.co.uk BITZ 4 OLD CARS 14 Cormorant Drive, Hythe, Southampton, SO45 3GG 02380 849311 www.bitz4oldkarz.com BLUELINE BUILDINGS Don Pottery Yard, off Rowms Lane, Swinton, Mexborough, South Yorkshire S64 8AA 01709 578333 www.bluelinebuildings. co.uk BRAMSHAW Fordingbridge 01725 518221 sales@bramshawbv.com BRENTACRE INSURANCE SERVICES LTD Cambrian House, Cambrian Place, Swansea, SA1 1RH 01792 650933 www.brentacre.co.uk BROAD LANE GARAGE 163 Broad Lane, Hampton, Middlesex TW12 3BU. 0208 979 2233. broadlanegarage@ btconnect.com www.broadlanegarage. co.uk BROOKLIN MODELS LTD Unit 3A, Pinesway Industrial Estate, Ivo Peters Road, Bath, BA2 3QS 01225 332400 mail@brooklinmodels. co.uk www.brooklinmodels. co.uk

BSJ HOLDINGS LIMITED Sleaford, Lincolnshire NG34 7EW bob@bsjgroup.co.uk www.bsjholdings.co.uk BURNHAM AUTOS Viking Business Park, Shorne, Gravesend, Kent DA12 3HU 01474 824007 burnhamautos.com BUSTER LANG London 01372 613009 www.busterlang.co.uk info@busterlang.co.uk C&F ENG LTD Bedfordshire www.candfeng.co.uk info@candfeng.co.uk CAR BUILDER SOLUTIONS Redlands, Lindridge Lane, Staplehurst, Kent TN12 0JJ 01580 891309 www.carbuilder solutions.com/uk C.A.R.S Unit 9, Station Road Industrial Estate, Hailsham, BN27 2EL 01825 722641 www.carsamerican.com

01384 214429 www.castlechrome. co.uk CHILIMOTO SPEED SHOP 47-49 Plumbe Street, Burnley, Lancs BB11 3AB 07789 110721 speedshop@ chilimoto.com www.chilimoto.com CHRIS GRAHAM CARS Cheshire 01270 780232 www.chrisgraham corvettes.co.uk CHRONOS DESIGN Glengarriff, Common Road, Wincanton, Somerset BA9 9HS www.chronosclocks. com 01963 824879 CLAREMONT CORVETTE Daisy Cottage, Vigo Road, Sevenoaks TN15 7LU parts@corvette.co.uk www.corvette.co.uk 07836 388888

CAR STORAGE SOLUTIONS Hampshire www.carstoragesolutions.co.uk 07768 205350 / 07958 577494

CLASSIC CAR WORKSHOP LTD (THE) Cockleberry Sawmill, West Lane, Dalton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire DL2 2PP www.theclassiccarworkshop.co.uk 01325 713127

CASTLEFORD AMERICAN AUTOS LTD Castleford, West Yorkshire WF10 1PA 01977 604060 www.cas-am.co.uk

CLASSIC CORVETTE CLUB UK {THE} Hornchurch, RM11 3LH www.corvetteclub. org.uk 01202 434729

CASTLE POLISHING AND CHROME PLATING LIMITED Unit F, Show Road, Dudley, West Midlands DY2 8TP

CLASSIC MOTOR HUB (THE) Old Walls, Ablington, Bibury, Cirencester, GL7 5NX 01993 824287

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C-F CLASSICLINE INSURANCE SERVICES LTD 138 Castle Street, Hinckley, LE10 1DD 01455 639000 www.classicline insurance.co.uk

COVER SYSTEMS 49 Grove Road, Rushden, Northamptonshire NN10 OYD 01933 410851 www.cover-systems. co.uk

CLASSICS AT THE CASTLE Bowling Green Cottage, Downclose Lane, Somerset TA18 7SQ 01460 77256 www.classicsatthecastle.co.uk

CUSTOMVILLE AMERICAN America House, Dominion Works, Freshwater Road, Chadwell Heath, Essex RM8 1RX 0208 590 1449 www.customville.co.uk

CLIVE SUTTON LTD 151b Park Road, St Johns Wood, London NW8 7HT 0207 483 6500 www.clivesutton.co.uk

CUSTOM CRUISERS LTD T/A Overland Custom Unit 5B, Monk Road, Derbyshire DE55 7RL sales@custom cruisers.com www.custom cruisers.co.uk

CM FROST AUTO PARTS LTD 6 Everitt Close, Denington Ind Est, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire NN8 2QE 01933 225564 cmfrost.co.uk COFTON COUNTRY HOLIDAYS South Devon www.coftonholidays. co.uk 01626890111 CORNWALL MOTOR MOVES Holman Road, Liskeard PL14 3UT 01579 340790 CORVETTE KINGDOM The Granaries, North End Road, Felmingham, Norfolk NR28 0JY 01263 739944 www.corvetteuk.com COTSWOLD COLLECTORS CARS LTD 1 Fulbrook Manor Cottage, Upper End, Oxfordshire, OX18 4BX 01242821600 www.cotswoldcars.com

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CUSTOM EXOTICS LTD Unit 5 South Place, Harlow, Essex CM20 2AN 01279 441133 customexotics.co.uk DAMN YANKEES AMERICAN CAR CLUB Essex 0208 505 9930 www.damnyankees. uk.com DAVID BOATWRIGHT PARTNERSHIP Sherrod House, Chilford Court, Braintree, Essex CM7 2QS 01376 552399 www.boatwright.co.uk DAYS’ AUTOS Brookmans Farm, Lower Bunton, Brentwood, Essex 07836 639603 www.powerglide.webeden.co.uk DEHUM Unit 24, Rigby Close,

Heathcote Industrial Estate, Warwick, CV34 6TH. 01926 882624 www.dehum.co.uk DODO JUICE Elsenham, Essex 07403 372247 www.dodojuice.com DORSET VINTAGE AND CLASSIC Stalbridge, Dorset www.dvca.co.uk 01963 363353 DIAMOND INSURANCE CONSULTANTS Springwell House, 64 Western Road, Tring, Hertfordshire HP23 4BB 01442 825481 diamondinsurance.net DISCOVERY CLASSIC CARS California, US 00192 563 95666 www.discoveryclassiccars.net DRAGON WHEELS LTD Unit 2, Horseshoe Farm Buildings, North End, Ravenstone, Buckinghamshire, MK46 5AN. 01908 551131 www.dragonwheels restorations.co.uk DREAM CARS 82 Holmethorpe Avenue, Redhill, Surrey RH1 2NL 01737 765050 www.dreamcars.co.uk DT VINTAGE Unit 14 Ryehill Leasing, Keyingham Road, Burstwick, Kingston upon Hull, HU12 9JP 01964 626255 www.dtvintage.co.uk D W TRANSPORT SERVICES 55 Seaforth Avenue, Minster-on-Sea, Kent 01795 511332 www.dwtransport.co.uk ELITE AUTO STORAGE

Essex www.autostorage.co.uk 01279 850709 ENGINE RESTORE The Technology Centre, Station Road, Framlingham, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 9EZ 01728 726620 www.americantechnology.co.uk EPPING MOTOR COMPANY Essex 01277 365415 EUROVETTES 27 Barley Rise, Clothall Common, Baldock, Hertfordshire SG7 6RT 07702 156402 www. eurovettes.com FARM FRESH GARAGE Unit 18, Rawreth Industrial Estate, Rayleigh, Essex SS6 9RL 01268 785005 www.farmfreshspeedshop.co.uk FAST LANE CLASSICS St Albans, Hertfordshire AL2 2HP 01727 809813 www.fastlaneclassics. co.uk FLORIDA TRUCKS Holmwood Farm, Slough Lane, Danbury, Chelmsford, Essex CM3 4LX 01245 223142 FREEDOM MOTOR HOMES LTD Gloucestershire 01452 731289 www.freedom-motorhomes.co.uk FROODS AUTO SERVICES Units 10-12 Darlington Close, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 1RW 01767 680868

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G-L www.froodsautoservices.co.uk

www.hagerty insurance.co.uk

GASCC Cork, Ireland 00353 860 461855 www.gascc.ie rockandrumble@outlook.com

HAMILTON CLASSICS LTD Hamilton House, Church Lane, Berkshire RG2 9JB www.hamiltonclassic. co.uk 0118 973 7300

GASOLINE ALLEY Stanley Mills, Whitley Street, Bingley, West Yorkshire BD16 4JH 01274 561098 www.gasolinealley bingley.co.uk GLAZE LTD, Unit 15, Station Road Business Park, Barnack, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 3DW 01780 749449 morethanpolish@ gmail.com GOLDEN CHARIOTS (IMPORTS) LTD 14 Turnpike Way, Coven, South Staffs WV9 5HY 01902 790797 www.goldenchariots. com GRAHAM SYKES INSURANCE Rolle Street, Exmouth, Devon EX8 2SN 01395 255100 graham-sykes.co.uk GROVEHILL TRANSMISSIONS 26 Foxbury Road Unit 1, St Leonards, Hampshire BS24 2SG 01202 900180 grovehilltransmissions@ gmail.com HAGERTY INTERNATIONAL LTD The Arch Barn, Pury Hill Farm, Alderton, Towcester, Northamptonshire NN12 7TB

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HAROLD YATES MOBILE Unit 5 Earnshaw Bridge Mill, Longmeany Gate, Leyland, PR26 7PA 01772 621913 www.haroldyates mobile.co.uk HAUSER RACING LTD 101A Irthlingborough Road, Finedon, Northamptonshire NN9 5EJ 01933 682500 www.hauserracing.com HILL SHIPPING 228 Chequers Road, Sheerness, Kent ME12 3SJ 01795 876000 www.hillshipping.com HILLTOP PERFORMANCE TRUCKS Hilltop Garage, Yarcombe, Honiton, Devon EX14 9EB 01404 861525 hilltopservices.co.uk HISTORIC MOTORSPORT Shrewsbury 07970 450000 www.historicmotorsport.co.uk HISTORICS AT BROOKLANDS Thorney Business Park, Thorney Lane North, Iver, SL0 9HF 01753 639170 www.historics.co.uk HOBBYWELD Newbiggin Lane, Westerhope, NE5 1LX 0800 4334331

www.hobbyweld.co.uk HORSHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL Parkside Mews, Chart Way, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 1RL www.horshamtimewellspent.co.uk HOTRODS HULL 39-43 Thomas Street Hull, East Yorkshire HU9 1EH 07748 825410 www.hotrodshull.co.uk HOWARD WISE CARS Loughton www.howardwisecars. co.uk 0208 418 9191 HUGGY’S SPEED SHOP 108 Coleshill Road, Atherstone, Warwickshire CV9 2AF 01827 712906 www.huggysspeedshop.com HYDRA TECHNOLOGIES LTD Unit 5 Europa Way, Swansea West Business Park, Fforestfach, Swansea, SA5 4AJ 01792 586800 www.hydratech.co.uk IAN ALLAN MOTORS Virginia Water, Surrey, GU25 4BT www.ianallanmotors. com IAN WEBB SPECIALIST CARS Higher Clicker Farm, Horningtops, Liskeard, Cornwall PL14 3QA 07813 135360 carandclassic.co.uk

Altrincham, Cheshire WA14 5DG 0161 929 9594 impactshowplates. co.uk IMPORT MY VEHICLE Unit 62 Tanners Drive, Milton Keynes, MK14 5BP 01908 887917 importmyvehicle.com IMPORTS BY DESIGN LTD Icon Neon, 6 Minchin Green, Binﬁeld, Berkshire RG42 5JW 07879 774706 www.iconneon.com INTERSTATE CARS LTD 2 Fortrose Close, Sandhurst, Berkshire GU47 0XF 07830 444812 www.interstatecars. co.uk IRON HORSE MOTOR LINES 4 The Square, Church Enstone, Oxon OX7 4NL 07969 187234 www. ironhorsemotorlines. com KENT’S KIT CUSTOM & AMERICAN CAR SHOW Kent www.kentsclassic carshow.co.uk KINGDOM KUSTOMS Ofﬁce 3, Old Station House, Forth Place, Burntisland, Fife KY3 9DJ kingdomkustoms.co.uk

IK STORAGE West Yorkshire 01484 688678 www.ikclassicsandracing.co.uk

KINGSTOWN SHIPPING 70 Priory Tec Park, Saxon Way, Hessle, HU13 9PB 01482 374116 www.kingstown-shipping.co.uk

IMPACT SIGNS AND DESIGN LTD Unit 6B Lyon Road,

KINSON MOTOR COMPANY South Hampton

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L-P 02380766870 www.kinsonmotorcompany.co.uk LEATHER REPAIR COMPANY East Yorkshire www.leatherrepair company.com 01482 606864 LONDON JAMES Unit 3 and 3A, Leigh Industrial Estate, Causeway, Maldon, CM9 4LJ. www.londonjames. co.uk 01621 850602 MACHINE MART www.machinemart. co.uk MAGNUM CAR PANELS Mustang Parts, Lancashire 01706 359666 www.magnumcarpanels.co.uk MAINE EVENTS London W5 3GP 0208 566 5226 MAJORS MOTORS, 23 Mayﬁeld Ave, Hullbridge, Essex SS5 6JQ 07766 705022 majorsmotors@yahoo. co.uk majorsmotors.co.uk MEGUIARS 0870 241 6696 www.meguiars.co.uk METEX CAR COVERS Darwen, Lancashire 01254 704625 MIDLAND AMERICAN AUTO CLUB Ireland www.maac-ireland.com MIDLAND MUSTANGS 45 Kinnersley Road, Alcester, Warwickshire B49 6FJ 01789 400631 www.midland-mustangs.co.uk

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MOTHERS CAR CARE UK Unit 1, Bretﬁeld Court, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire WF12 9BG 01924 469920 motherscarcare.co.uk MOTOR SHED LTD {THE} Oxfordshire www.vintageand classiccars.co.uk 01689 340999 MOTOWORLD 374 Atherton Road, Hindley, Wigan, Greater Manchester WN2 3XD sales@motoworldltd. co.uk www.moto worldltd.co.uk

107 Park Road, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 6LP 01252 515750 namcoamerican.com NORTH HANTS TYRES Christy Estate, Ivy Road, Aldershot, Hampshire GU12 4TX 01252 318666 northantstyres.com NORTON INSURANCE BROKERS LTD Birmingham 0121 246 5050 www.norton-ib.co.uk NPD LINK Ocala, Florida 001 352 861 8701 www.npdlink.com

MUSTANGS AND MUSCLE CARS 2 Alexander Court, Grosvenor Road, Swanage, Dorset BH19 2BA 01929 426783 07714 546534

OCS PAINT LIMITED 125 High Street, Flore, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN7 4LW 01327 220777 07572 096920 www.ocspaint.com

MUSTANG WORKSHOP LTD Werwood Cottage, Bartley Heath, Hook, Hampshire RG27 9AB 01256 761991 www.mustangworkshop.co.uk

OLDCOTT MOTORS: Oldcott Farm, Oldcott Drive, Kidsgrove, Stokeon-Trent, ST7 4HE 01782 782081 www.oldcottmotors. com

NATIONAL CAN-AM CAR CLUB Bournemouth www.canamcarclub. org.uk NATIONAL STREET ROD ASSOCIATION East Sussex www.nsra.org.uk NO LIMITS EVENTS AND PROMOTIONS Doncaster www.modiﬁednationals.co.uk 08444 151413 NORTH AMERICAN MOTOR CO

OUTLAW MUSCLE CARS Unit 6A, Fish Farm Industrial Estate, Fornham All Saints, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6LE 07900 272691 *ﬁnd us on Facebook PARTS USA 13 The Gate Centre, Bredbury Park Way, Bredbury, Stockport, SK6 2SN www.partsusa.co.uk PERFORMANCE UNLIMITED 3 Chessingham Park, Dunnington, York, North Yorkshire YO19 5SE 01904 489332

www.performance unlimited.co.uk PERTRONIX EUROPE Compton Place Business Centre, Surrey Avenue, Camberley, GU15 3DX 01276 65554 www.pertronix.com PETER JARVIS CLASSIC CARS Gildenhill Place, Gildenhill Road, Swanley, Kent BR8 7PD 01322 669081 www.peterjarvis.net PETER JONES Unit 4, Mynd Industrial Estate, Church Stretton, Shropshire SY6 6EA 07836 208478 www.americanglass. co.uk PETER TAYLOR Holt Cottage, Church Path, Gillingham, Kent ME7 1SJ 07943 055855 PICTURE IT CUMBRIA, 23 Power Street, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 3AG 01900 64273 pictureitcumbria@ googlemail.com www.pictureitcumbria. co.uk PILGRIM MOTOR SPORTS Units 12–14 Mackley industrial estate, Small Dole, Henﬁeld, Brighton, BN5 9XR 01273 493860 www. pilgrim-motorsports. co.uk PIPECRAFT Unit 22-23 Orion Court, Cranes Farm Road, Basildon, Essex SS14 3DB 01268 285535 POOKS MOTOR BOOKSHOP Unit 4, Victoria Mills, Fowke Street, Rothley,

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P-S Leics LE7 7PJ 01162376222 www.pooksmotor bookshop.co.uk POP BROWNS WITH M&M 12 Links Way, Spalding, Lincolnshire PE11 2ED 01775 762004 www.m-mclassic cartrim.com PRE-50 AMERICAN AUTO CLUB Market Rasen, Lincolnshire LN8 3QL 07798 818533 www.pre50aac.com PREMIER STEEL BUILDINGS 28 Farnell Way, Dunfermline, Fife KY12 0SR 01505 805011 www.premiersteelbuildings.co.uk PREMIER VEHICLE STORAGE Premier Vehicle Storage, Bullock Farm, Back Lane, Kingston Seymour, Clevedon, North Somerset BS21 6XA 01934 834255 www.premiervehiclestorage.co.uk PRESTIGE AMERICAN CARS Maytrees, Pembury Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 4NA 01622 871555 PRESTIGE PERFORMANCE MARQUES 34 Tanners Drive, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK14 5BU 01908 616826 PRO ALLOY MOTORSPORT LTD

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15 Rookwood Way, Haverhill, Suffolk CB9 8PB 0845 2267561 www.proalloy.co.uk PROFUSION CUSTOMS Unit 8 Coln Ind Est, Old Bath Road, Heathrow, Berkshire SL3 0NJ 01753 686878 profusioncustoms.com RAYS CLASSICS California, US 001 650 361 8083 www.raysclassics.com REAL STEEL Unit 9 Tomo Industrial Estate, Packet Boat Lane, Uxbridge UB8 2JP 01895 440505 www.realsteel.co.uk REDLINE AMERICAN MUSCLE Unit 3 The Works, Kings North Industrial Estate, Hoo, Rochester, Kent ME3 9NZ 01622 791916 www.redlineamericanmuscle.co.uk REDLINE CAR STORAGE Chiswick Avenue Industrial Estate, Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds WD17 1HP 01284 336325 www.redlinecarstorage. co.uk RETRO FESTIVAL Southport, Lancs www.retrofestival.co.uk RH SPECIALIST VEHICLE INSURANCE A-Plan Insurance, 2 Des Roches Square, Witney, OX28 4LE 0800 7833280 www.rhspecialistinsurance.co.uk

RHYTHM RIOT LTD: London 0208 566 5226 www.rhythmriot.com RJJ FREIGHT LTD RJJ House, Haven Exchange South, Felixstowe, Ipswich, Suffolk IP11 2QE 01394 673466 www.rjjfreight.co.uk ROADCRAFT UK LTD Unit D1 Dolphin Enterprise Centre, Evershed Way, Dolphin Road, Shoreham By Sea, West Sussex BN43 6QB 01273 455057 www.roadcraftuk.co.uk ROCK AUTO LLC Madison, Wisconsin, US 001 608 661 1376 www.rockauto.com ROCKABILLY REV UP Kent gypsyjohn newson@yahoo.co.uk ROCK N ROLL MOTORS Shed 5 Old Dock, Grangemouth, FK3 8UF 07593 187939 rocknrollmotors.co.uk RODLEY MOTORS Cutler Heights Lane, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD4 9PD 01274 688968 rodleymotors.co.uk ROGERS TRANSMISSION Homeﬁeld Garage, Ship Lane, Sutton at Hone, Kent DA4 9EE 01322 865757 ROYAL KUSTOMS 34 Glenmore Trading Estate, Blackhill Road, Holton Heath, Dorset BH16 6NL 01202 632046

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