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1965 FORD F100 LONGBED HALFTON, V8/4SPD, DELUXE TRIM PACKAGE, NEW WINDSHIELD, ON THE BUTTON DRIVER $11,250

1973 DODGE D100 SHORTBED FLEETSIDE, 6CYL/3SPD, ONE OWNER FROM, NEW, ORIGINAL OWNERS MANUAL & SALES INVOICE, ORIGINAL PAINT, RUNS & DRIVES EXCELLENT $9,875

1949 CHEVY HALF TON PANEL, 6CYL/ 3 SPD, ONE FAMILY OWNED SINCE NEW, ORIGINAL 1949 CA REGISTRATION CARD, EXCELLENT CONDITION, BONE STOCK ON THE BUTTON DRIVE IT ANYWHERE $26,750

1957 CHEVY 3100 STEPSIDE PROJECT, 6CYL/3SPD, NEW WINDSHIELD FITTED, REFURBISHED BENCH SEAT, ENGINE/ TRANS ARE OUT, TRUCK IS COMPLETE REQUIRES RESTORATION $9,875

1964 THAMES 400E VAN US SPEC LHD, NO ENGINE TRANS, ALL THE PATINA YOU WILL EVER NEED AND NO RUST $4,950

1931FORD MODEL A ROADSTER SUPERCHARGED 327CI/AUTO, 9” REAR , DISC BRAKES, 100% HENRY STEEL, BUILT AND OWNED BY THE SAME OWNER SINCE 1959, FANTASTIC PIECE OF HOTROD HISTORY, EXCELLENT CONDITION THROUGHOUT $36,750

1964 1/2 FORD MUSTANG 260CI V8/ AUTO, P/S, F CODE JUNE 1964 BUILD DATE, ORIGINAL BLACK PLATE CALIFORNIA CAR , STRIPPED TO BARE METAL READY FOR RESTORATION $13,250

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1951 FORD VICTORIA 2 DR HARDTOP, V8 FLAHEAD, 3 SPEED MANUAL, POWER DISC BRAKES, POWER STEERING, POWER WINDOWS, 12 VOLT ELECTRICS, RUNS AND DRIVES GREAT RARE FIND $17,250

1966 CORVETTE COUPE, FACTORY 427/4SPD, SIDE PIPES KNOCKOFF WHEELS EXCELLENT CONDITION THROUGHOUT $128,500

1960 VAUXHALL VICTOR LHD CANADIAN CAR, EXCELLENT CONDITION THROUGHOUT, ‘ON THE BUTTON’ DRIVER, VIRTUALLY A COMPLETE CAR MINUS THE BARE SHELL IN EXTRA PARTS INCLUDED $9,450

1970 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE CONVERTIBLE, V8/AUTO, P/S, P/B, P/TOP, P/W A/C, ON THE BUTTON DROPTOP 6 PASSENGER CRUISER $11,250

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Hammer time ■ Words: Lesley Wright Pics: Jerry Cookson A huge thank you to all those who supported the BDRHoF auction at Dragstalgia. It was very well received by all participants, with friends up-bidding each other on the spot and others putting in some very generous bids to secure the items they wanted. It was a pleasure for us to bring to the Santa Pod audience some rare and autographed items, which are now the treasured possessions of the auction winners.

I would personally like to thank those who donated: Paul Whitehouse; Lynn at US Automotive; Steven Bishop; Paul Harris; Phil Cottingham; Tommy Ivo; Ron Hope; Don Prudhomme; NHRA Motorsport Museum and SO-CAL Speed Shop.

Thanks also to Tony Thacker for collecting items from the US and US

NEXT NEX XT MONTH Automotive for shipping them over.

We were offered donations of further items for auction during the weekend so have already started the collection for what we hope will become an annual event for us.

Please contact me if you have any items you would like to donate.

Thanks also to the BDRHoF team who ran the auction and sales: Phil and Angie Cottingham; Robin Jackson; Ian Hart; Graham and Carolyne Beckwith; Syd MacDonald; Bev Bradbury; Ian Messenger and Jerry Cookson. All

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backed up with technical support from Julian Parsons.

Of course, none of this would have been possible without the support of Santa Pod Raceway, and especially James Forster, who make Dragstalgia the great event it is.

Something for the weekend?

Pistons & Props

Vintage swapping

Pop along

Sywell Classic Pistons & Props returns to Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshire on 25-26 September 2021.

The weekend combines hot rods, historic race cars and bikes with exciting air displays, car and bike clubs and live music to create a fantastic family day out or weekend, if you utilise the on-site campsite. www.sywellclassic.co.uk

The VHRA Swap Meet will return to the 1940s Camp in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire on Sunday 12 September.

Trading and attending is open to members and non-members, with the gates opening at 9am and closing at 2pm. The only stipulation for traders is that all goods relate to traditional hot rods and customs, early Fords or vintage Americana. www.vhra.co.uk

Popstalgia 10 is happening at Bosworth Water Trust (CV13 6PD) on 24-26 September. Sunday’s show field will be full of Pops, Prefects, 100Es, Pilots and Y types, with a separate parking area for the Fordson Nationals. From this year on the Best Pop award will be renamed the Kris Brown Award.

The Austin Devon / Dorset Gathering is happening again as well, and there will be a dedicated show area for other vehicle makes.

A Sunday day ticket is £7 and, if you want to camp, contact Bosworth Water Trust direct.

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Ed and shoulders I don’t know about you guys, but I feel like we’ve turned a corner, and a bloody sharp one at that. Maybe even a hairpin bend.

I’m referring to the 30th Hot Rod Supernationals, the largest rod run to be staged in the UK for two years. You can read all about it on p18 but, as we can’t fit in everything, I thought it worthy of mention here.

Whilst it wasn’t the biggest, nor the most diverse, it was probably one of the most significant Supernats ever.

Sure, there were no Europeans in attendance and numbers were limited, but it happened.

Those who were there surely felt a great weight lifted off their shoulders.

We were out and about once again, four days of mixing, mingling and talking bullshit. What more could anyone ask for?

Having been on the other side of the fence, I thought I knew the pressures involved in organising an event of this magnitude. Now I’m not so sure.

This was a one-of-a-kind situation in never before seen circumstances, and

Love this…

The latest entry into Street Elim inator is Elliot Day in this 350 Chevy-powered ’33 Willys.

What blew us away is the fact Elliot is just 16 years old so, while he has a race licence, he doesn’t have a driving licence!

Dad, Dave, therefore has to driv e the car on the mandatory cruise, but on trac k it’s all Elliot’s work. At his first ever race meet, he clocked a best of 9.008 seconds at 154.72mph, so there’s almost certainly an eight in this youngster’s very bright future.

Great job Elliot.

hopefully one that will never be experienced again.

So, next time you bump into one of the NSRA committee, or helpers, at the bar, make sure you stand them a drink. They really do deserve it.

Dave Biggadyke

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Aero warrior

Land of fun Organised by Victory Wheelers, this year’s Hayling Sunset will take place on Sunday 3 October from 10am.

The action takes place at Funland Amusement Park, Hayling Island (PO11 0AG), and will be a lazy day for all things custom, rod, rat, muscle, chopped and bobbed, with monies raised going to the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance.

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Walnut wheel Looking for a wood rim steering wheel for your whip? We came across these from Heritage Parts Centre the other day and were impressed by the quality, y, the thin mahogany rim with no rivets and their likeness to the Speedwell wheels of the ’70s.

They’re 15-inch diameter, have a fourrinch dish, a brushed ali finish to the spokes and the standard three-bolt fixing, ing, which means they can be made to fit pretty much anything via either one off the steering boss kits the company sells ls or a Grant adapter.

They cost £128.65 from www.heritagepartscentre.com

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News & reviews

In memory of Colin Casey y

Words by Bob Wilding My best friend of over 30 years, Colin Casey, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday 1 August following a long illness.

He was a very popular guy in the hot rod and American car community, and also within the local birding scene.

Colin was well known in Lincolnshire as the person who started motor factor group LINCO in the 1980s. More recently, he was one of the authors of the Lincolnshire Bird Club publication, Birds of Lincolnshire.

Charitable work was another of Colin’s passions, which he actively continued with despite the onset of his illness.

Colin was a generous and sincere bloke who will leave a very big hole in our family’s lives.

RIP bud, see you on the other side.

Shooting for it Santa Pod Raceway will present The Euro Finalss Shootout over the 9-12 September weekend.

The outline programme features Pro S Shootouts for Top Fuel Dragsters, Nitro Funny C Cars and Nostalgia Funny Cars. Pro Exhibition c classes are also planned for Top Methanol D Dragsters, Pro Stocks and Scandinavia’s o outrageous, outlaw Top Doorslammers. w www.santapodtickets.com

Bus stop Also spotted at the Supernats was the new for this year School Bus Bar. The establishment on wheels was appreciated by many, especially those marooned on it when the rain came.

Check out booking it for your event at w www.schoolbusbar.co.uk

Island classic

The Isle of Wight Charity Classic Car Extravaganza takes place on 11-12 September at Ryde Esplanade. Anyone wishing to display a classic, custom or vintage intage vehicle is welcome, but please note it is an insurance stipulation that all exhibits are pre-booked.

For more information, or to register your show vehicle, call 02084 397871.

Model growth Having last come across Mark Thornton’s array of 1/32 scale models at the 2019 Supernats, we were pleased to see he hasn’t been idle during lockdown.

Mark’s display had grown a fair bit come this year’s Supernats, including replicas of a number of old Custom Car feature cars.

To see more, search half.pint.hot.rods on Facebook.

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The flagship product in this new range is SHIFT Waterless Wash, with a ‘spray-on and wipe-off’ application, priced at £16.99 for a 500ml bottle – enough solution to clean up to 20 cars. Other products in the range include a glass cleaner and tyre dressing. www.shiftcarcare.com

Fast women Bonneville’s Women Of Land Speed Racing is the latest publication penned by ‘Landspeed’ Louise Anne Noeth. The book contains 307 names, and spans 70 years on the salt.

Joy Houston, the first woman to vie for a land speed record, will join Louise at book signings at the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials and the Utah Salt Flats Racing Association World of Speed. www.landspeedproductions.biz

It’s a blast New from Sealey is this 37-litre, wheeled shot blaster. Designed to accept a variety of grits up to 700 microns, the blaster is ideal for stripping paint and rust.

The kit includes five ceramic nozzles, a 2.4m rubber hose, bayonet airline coupling regulator and water trap. A current offer package also includes blasting grit, blasting soda and a pair of lined leather gauntlets for £377.94. www.sealey.co.uk

Swapping around The re-scheduled NSRA Southern Swap Meet will take place on Sunday 7 November at North Weald Airfield, Epping (CM16 6HR).

The trader gate opens at 7.30am, the public gate at 9.30am and admission costs £10, reduced to £5 for NSRA members.

Anyone interested in booking a trade pitch should initially email andy27sawyer@aol.com for details. www.nsra.org.uk

Shelve it Manufactured from mild steel with a durable powder coated finish, B-G Racing can and bottle shelves offer a neat and tidy solution for fluid and aerosol storage.

Prices start at £41.99. www.bg-racing.co.uk

Pod ccast cas asst a ast st The latest happenings at the home of UK drag racing - Santa Pod Drag racing fetched up on Britain’s shores in the 1960s and it only took a couple more decades for folks to get nostalgic for those not-so-distant times.

The manifestation of this keening for the days of déja vu was a race meeting called the Hot Rod Drags, held on the Long Marston track, latterly known as Shakespeare County Raceway.

When Shakey went the way of all flesh, Santa Pod took on the show, and in 2018 the Hot Rod Drags became the vibrant, late-season complement to July’s blockbuster Dragstalgia weekend. If you came to Dragstalgia, and long for more in the same retro vein, or if you didn’t come to Dragstalgia and wish you had, you’re in luck. The 33rd Original Hot Rod Drags, supported by the National Street Rod Association, blossoms on to the drag strip from Friday 17 to Sunday 19 September.

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” is the event’s winning formula, borne out by the splendid array of ‘old iron’ parked around the paddock or pounding up the track.

Happen to have a pre-1973 battle wagon resting away at the back of the garage? Then get it out and bring it along. Sign on for £35 per day and RWYB will give you the run of the drag strip. Retros, classics, hot rods and Yanks are all welcome. But watch out! You’ll be sharing the weekend with some serious metalwork, too.

Invited classes include Outlaw Anglia, Gasser Circus, Supercharged Outlaws and Wild Bunch – never a dull moment when any of those are on the loose, and the noisiest of them will contribute to a Cacklefest, too.

Lighting up, and smoking out, the place will be Julian Webb and his Split Second jet dragster, giving the Saturday evening fireworks display a run for its money, while the NSRA hands out its Dirty Dozen awards to the cars considered most to represent the spirit of the event.

Add the Nostalgia Trade Village, live music, funfair rides and even an hourly bus service to Rushden Lakes if you fancy a shopping spree, or a trip to the flicks, and you have an autumn weekend to remember.

Visit www.santapod. co.uk/hot-rod-drags.php for the full deal.

See you there

Even more pressing issues Dear CC, regarding the ongoing National Drag Racer / Drag Racer magazine correspondence in the September issue, I do have a copy of the pictorial Drag Racer Colour Action.

I don’t know when this was issued but my recollection is that it was after the final, 44th, edition of the magazine. I seem to remember this was as some recompense to subscribers for the demise of the magazine.

However, that was many years ago and my memory might be incorrect.

The inner pages of Colour Action do not give a publishing date, and I have looked

More Zs Dear CC, further to the ‘Zs not dead, baby’ letter in the September issue, I own two old feature cars built by Nick Arlett, who is a good friend of mine.

One is the ’55 Zodiac (pictured here with the builder) I watched being built in the street by Nick in the very early ’80s, the other is the ’55 Standard Vanguard estate featured in your August ’06 issue.

The latest addition to my collection is the Rob Rashbrook-built, Farnhamesque Ford Prefect estate. That was another of your cover cars, this time in the August ’12 issue.

Len Lucas, via email

> Wow Len, that’s an impressive line up of hot rodded British tin. Thanks for sharing it with us. Just one question, how do you decide which set of keys to pick up each day? Ed.

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through the later editions of the magazine for clues but have found none.

I have all of the issues of the magazine except the fourth, which I have searched for without success.

Graham Thompson, via emaill Dear CC, with regards to the National Drag Racer pictorial, I have a copy of that, plus a second with four pages missing!

There was only one such issue, with most of the photos cribbed from the magazine, but without text blown over them.

Jeremy Cookson, via email

> I guess that puts the history of National Drag Racer to bed now. All that’s needed now is for me to source the issues I don’t have to complete my collection.

Plus the Colour Action pictorial, of course. Good luck with your quest for a copy of issue four Graham. Ed.

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More T Dear CC, as there’s been a fair bit of talk about Jagos of late I thought I’d let you know about the Model T I’m currently restoring. The car made its debut in 1972, as pictured here, but has changed quite a lot since then.

Now I am retired, I have the spare time to finish the project. Being a good friend of Ian Austin [Brewing T on p24 - Ed] is also a bonus as he has helped me with obtaining parts as the hot rod scene here in North Wales is not as active as it is in England.

Power comes from a 3.0-litre Ford Essex V6 mated to a four-speed manual ’box, and the paint is now a black base topped off in high glaze lacquer with rainbow holographic flake.

Neil Gavin, via email

> Thanks for getting in touch Neil, it’s amazing how many old Jago builds are reappearing these days. Keep up the good work on the project, and don’t forget to keep us updated with your progress. Ed.

More Zs contd.

Dear CC, I am writing with regard to your piece in the September issue Mailbox on the Zephyr recently purchased by Dave Hunt.

I was married to the previous owner and had done a lot of work on it before our divorce. Attached is a shot of the car at a show many years ago.

Mike Vinton, via email Dear CC, I owned the Zephyr, registration number OAM 260, in the ’80s. Twice.

Terry Peters, via Messenger

> Thanks guys. Although not exactly overflowing with information, your correspondences add a bit more to the Zephyr’s history. Can anyone else fill in any more? Ed.

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Think Big part 3

The body now done, it’s time to look at some of the parts needed to turn project Big-T into a roller n Words and pics: Bo Bertilsson hile we were waiting for more parts to arrive from the USA, we decided to get on with some of the more mundane jobs that turn a rolling chassis into a driveable car. The pedals, along with the master cylinder for the brakes, had to be installed, and things all get a bit tight in a Model T with a manual transmission as you have three pedals to find space for, in amongst the gearbox and steering box. To satisfy Swedish regulations, the car must use a new dual master cylinder, so we chose a readily available one, the same as is used on Volvo 740s, and many other cars here.

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 The pedals we used came from a Pete & Jakes Model A kit, but had to be modified a little bit to fit as there’s so little room in a Model T. To give us enough room for three pedals, the clutch pedal now kicks out over the frame a bit but will obviously still sit inside the body.

 Swedish di h road d traffic ffi law says we must use a new dual master cylinder with level sensor, so we chose this compact unit that is used on Volvo 740s. We’ll have to add a little LED brake fluid level warning light on the dash to make the inspection guys happy, but that’s no big deal.

g  For the 1940 Ford part, shortened, an adjustable, rose-jointed linkage and made a bracket that bolted under the frame.

g bits of the Big-T - is the front spring bracket cover, so we had to replicate that. You can do a lot with cardboard and tape, and so we knocked up a quick cover to check we were happy with the look.

You can also see the old Hurst front engine mount in this pic that will eventuall y hold the motor in place.

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° We then transferred the card template to sheet metal and made a start on the cover. A second part will be made that goes from the front of the frame up to the grille shell, which will make it look like it is one piece, even though it won’t be so the bracket cover can be removed if needed.

° A cover for the transmission was needed, too.

Those thicker gauge support pieces around the pedals and steering column were laser cut for us to our dimensions.

© If you look at the opening picture this month you can see just how high the original 1923 windscreen is. After carefully measuring the windscreen on our Big-T reference model, we scaled that up and worked out we needed to remove two inches from our windscreen posts. Because of the shape of the tubes, we deemed it easier to cut one inch out of two places on each post, as indicated on the un-cut one behind.

To get a comfortable driving position, the pedals were mounted in front of the steering box, while the bracket for the master cylinder sits behind, with the cylinder and reservoir mounted beneath the floor.

For the clutch mechanism, we used an original 1940 Ford set up that was shortened to fit between the engineto-transmission adapter and the Ford bracket bolted to the frame. With all this in place, we could make up the brake lines in copper tube.

A major part of the look of the car is the rear axle ° Another job to do was replicate the original Big-T dash. The Model T dashboard is not very big at all, but we had to fit a full set of Stewart Warner gauges in there, just like the original.

Out came the hole saws. ¿ It felt like Christmas the day the package arrived from Hot Rod Works in Ohio, USA. The fully polished Rodsville quickchange centre section is like a piece of jewellery, and was all ready for us to put together. Exciting stuff.

Incidentally, the line to the rear end goes goe along the torque tube to a t-piece on the centre section and splits there out to the rear brakes.

A major part of the look of the car is the rear axle, and we’re using a Rodsville quickchange housing from Rod Hot Rod Works in Ohio, together with p a pair of ’37 Ford bells, and a split ’36 Ford For wishbone to locate it.

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Let Tardel help you, f you’re doing anything with early Ford banjo or quickchange rear ends, we highly recommend checking out Vern Tardel’s series of ‘Let me help you’ books. We had copies of the Banjo Axle Quickchange assembly guide and Ford 1932-’48 Banjo-differential servicing and rebuilding guide, both of which proved invaluable in putting our Rodsville rear end together.

To be sure we’d done everything correctly, after assembly we followed the procedure for checking the ‘set’ on the rear end gears with paint, noting that the witness marks on the ring gear should be in the middle of the teeth, and made sure we had the right combination of gaskets at the bells to achieve the appropriate clearance at the big gear set.

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©° New bearings were pressed on… u …and the diff gears lubed and assembled.

When word arrived that our rear end package had arrived from the States, we were straight over to pick it up. The polished centre section looks amazing, and it came with a new pinion and 3.25 gear set. With a set of 25 / 23 gears, that

red steel wheels and whitewall tyres, as per the original Big-T box art will give us a final drive of 3.45:1 or 4.11:1 with the cogs flipped. With the 283ci Chevy and the diameter of the rear tyres we've chosen, we figure that would be a good combination.

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° With the original ’37 bells painted black and the gusseted Model A spring hangers in place, the rear end is starting to look real nice.

When it was all assembled, with the Model A spring installed, along with the split wishbone and the torque tube, the whole rear end was bolted into the chassis.

With that, we could bolt on our red steel wheels and whitewall tyres, as per the original Big-T box art, and really start to see what it is all going to look like.

° Brake lines were made in 3/16-inch copper tube as it is easy to bend and put flares in. Take your time and try to only make bends in the tubes once as copper quickly work hardens.

° A good brake line tool that can do more than one style end is an invaluable workshop tool.

¿ A good safety tip when you use older Ford drum brakes is to fit Tardel brake drum retainers. They’re nothing very clever, but they’ll keep the drums (and the wheels) on the car should you ever break a rear axle. And take it from us, early Ford rear axles do break.

There were still a few important parts we wanted to get the right look for the car. At the front, we needed a cover for the spring bracket, and the original ’22’25 T grille shell we bought had to sit just right in the chassis. In fairness, a repro part might have been better here as they have flat sides, whereas the originals have a more tapered shape that follows the engine side panels. We aren’t using any of those though.

Just as we got that sorted, some more parts turned up, this time from England.

We had planned all along to use a threecarb manifold, just like the real Big-T, and had a trio of carburettors on the shelf

° Another small metalworking job was to make these support pieces that help mount the shortened Model A pick-up bed to the body. It is also bolted securely to the frame of course. © Final job for this month was to sort out the intake on the engine. We had the manifold, and we had the carbs, but Str Stromberg in the UK came up trumps with the linkage we needed. It’s easy to adjust for when you want the secondary carbs to open, so we set it about 60% on the cen centre carb before it opens the other two.

We We’ll see how that works when we get to ro road test the car.

the original '22-'25 grille shell had to sit just right in the chassis that we’d already rebuilt, along with an Offenhauser manifold. What was missing was a linkage, and Stromberg in the UK (www.stromberg-97.com) had just what we needed. It was easy to install, and adjust, so we put that together, as well as assembling the ’39 transmission with Lincoln gears, while our engine builder was getting the short block ready. Things were progressing nicely.

Next month, we’ll move on to the interior, as well as start prepping things for colour and polish. CC

¿ Al Also included in the deliv delivery from Stromberg were some of the company’s new Superseat hose fittings, which are a much better design than the old type.

In part four next month, we make the chassis a roller and fit the Big-T body…

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Sand flies After a two-year absence, it was back to Wales for the eighth running of the fastest beach races on earth n Words: Mike Pye Pics: John Isaac @squiresurf or the first time since it started, due to an exceedingly annoying clash between the Hot Rod Races at Pendine, Dragstalgia at Santa Pod and the Goodwood Festival of Speed, I had to make a choice as to which to attend. Dragstalgia won, so I will use this opportunity to thank Neil Fretwell of the Vintage Hot Rod Association (VHRA) for his invaluable assistance with this year’s report.

It won’t have escaped your notice that, by and large, every event on the 2020 calendar was cancelled but, due to Covid, the beach races had to be re-scheduled twice before the event could go ahead, so massive credit to all those who made it happen in July this year, despite all the additional bureaucracy involved.

Combine Covid with new laws invoked in the wake of Brexit, and that kept the European and Scandinavian racers away this year, which sadly may be the case with a lot of events from here on in.

On the upside, the fickle British summer blessed the Carmarthenshire beach with glorious sun for at least part of the Saturday, but then changed its mind and brought proceedings to a premature close on Sunday.

So, what did all this do for racing conditions? Well, mixed would probably be the best word or, as veteran campaigner, David Sollis, put it, “Saturday

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 Pete Ayres has been busy a blower off season revamping his T Modified, n four hed-o breat ly heavi its from ting now sprou V4/M banger. A 95.73mph first run upped the again class record, but he then bumped that with a 97.45mph pass on the Sunday.

was good until the sand dried out, Sunday was dreadful because the sand was too wet.” That’s racing on a beach for you.

For the drivers of the 120 race cars that signed on, that meant good, firming conditions on the Saturday morning, allowing everyone two runs, but deteriorating sand after that, and the approaching tide, meant the organisers had to call it a day after just 40 cars ran through for a third pass.

Sunday started damp and, after a brief respite where a few cars were able to make a run, the rain continued on and off until the on was more than the off and

 ‘Secret’ Steve Hill said he hadn’t touched his car in over 12 months, but Ben Rushforth at EDA had been busy putting together a high winding small block Chevy for it as he badly wanted to win tthis year. The decision paid off with a 121.06 first pass and a winning 121.96 on Sunday morning.

Congratulations Steve, King of the Beach 2021.

For reference, 2019 King of the Beach was Marcus Bennett at 121.70mph, which further adds to our theory that these cars are reaching terminal velocity on sand.

 Following Gavin Meanley’s lead, Jon Foster removed the bed from his Zetec-powered RPU, allowing him to switch class from L4/R, where he already holds the record at 106.24mph, to L4/M, upping that class record to 93.28mph.

the event was called to a halt ahead of schedule. Such a shame for all those that had worked so hard on their cars and then made the long journey to Wales, but it’s a known risk every year and the event has had more hits than misses over the year. We’ve no doubt everyone that took part will be back with renewed enthusiasm at the next running of the fastest beach races on earth. CC

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° Brent Wright’s chopped late A sedan is fresh out of Wheel Works Auto Refinishing in Poole. Car looks great in light grey and satin purple, and managed a best of 68.49mph, though it must be pretty much still running that Flathead in.

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° Lee Harris at full tilt in his Flathead ’31 Model A roadster on his way to a 93.11mph best. Note how much more aerody namic the DuVall-style ’screen is compared to a standard Model A windscreen. ° Carl Byatt left his full fendered A coupe at home and took his fenderless roadster to Pendine. Late V8 Roadster is home to the fastest cars at Pendine, meaning Carl’s strongest 96.92mph pass was still well short of the class record.

° Conversely, in the less well populated V6F/K class, there were only two entries, one being the delightful ’39 Dodge sedan of Simon Godefroy. If you want to go for a record, choosing a more obscure combination is a good start.

© Simon Jones prepa pre res to leave pr the line in his late V8- otored Chevy V8-m cou , hitting 99.58mph coupe acr s the line in search acros of a 105.23 L8/K class recor rec d. Disappointingly re for Simon, he was the only onl one of the three conte con nders in that class to not top 100mph.

u Even at a slower 108.50mph (114.83 in 201 2019), Jim Turnbull took the Stromberg-sponsored Fa Fastest Vintage Engined Car award home with him for the second time running.

° In la land nd speed ed racing ing weigh weight ightt can c be an adv advant antage age,, but but it als also o take ttakes akes more time to wind a full-bodied car up to speed. Mark Roberts managed a best of 77mph in his big ole’ ’39 coupe, competing in V8F/K.

° Kev Heffernan put a massive amount of work into the Flathead in his A roadster and achieved his goal at 100.70, rising to 100.83, but carb problems, and the deteriorating conditions, prevented him realising the engine's full potential.

© Steve ‘Stinger’ Read has been suc successfully competing in his pr pretty Modified at Pendine with a straight six over the years but dec decided to put a Flathead V8 in it for this year, earning himself the fastest run in V8F/M for his eff efforts, 97.03mph.

° With the accidentally pink sedan now sitting significantly lower at the front, David Sollis hit an impressive 119.95mph in L8/C, up from 116.54 last time out, but missing the 120mph he was aiming for by a whisker. A new record for his class all the same.

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° Proving chrome will not onl only ly get yo you uh home, it home it can get you a record too, Ben Barnett eased the bar up to 94.52m ph in L4/C in his tasteful, Zetec-motivated A sedan.

° Nick Bohen at speed in his late A coupe, but 72.46mph was a way off the V8F/C class record of 103.37. Note the fabric roof billowing due to air circulating in the closed cockpit.

° Mark Aldridge was driving the Balls Cross Billys' streamliner this year, clocking 96.49mph and upping the ante in V4F/S in the process.

° A new belly tank on the course this year was Brett Pillinger’s polished version. Being Flathead powered, it ran in V8F/S, setting a best time of 90.01mph against a class record of 102.63.

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Selected winners Best Tot Rod Bethany Travis, ’35 Ford Pop Festival Ian Armstrong, ’55 Pop Young Rodder Award Ben Barnett, ’28 Model A NSRA Pre-29’s Pick Mick Harle, ’50 Matford Woodie Best Model T Tony Saxon, ’27 T Best Traditional Hot Rod Simon Phillips, ’32 roadster Traders’ Pick Nick Barnett, Model B sedan Shuttleworth Pick Alan Marsh, ’37 Dodge pick-up UK Kustoms Pick India Tate, ’69 Volvo Amazon Liberty & Lows Pick Jack Gibson, ’55 Chevy hauler Special Awards Billy Marshall Kim Sawyer Keith Smith, Mk10 Jaguar Spirit of NSRA Hannah Thomas

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Voted winners Participants’ Choice Mick Harle, ’50 Matford Woodie Top Ten Kim Rogers, Thames 307E Andy Thatcher, ’46 Chevy pick-up Sean Berry, ’77 Camaro Bryan Whitfield, ’55 Chevy Paula Nortcliffe, ’32 roadster Garry Bennetts, ’34 coupe Jack Gibson, ’55 Chevy hauler Chris Hay, ’64 Fiat 500 Nick Mellett, Model A pick-up Simon Phillips, ’32 roadster

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Non-stop This year’s cruise, once again organised by Dave and Lesley Brown, came with a twist as it didn’t actually go anywhere. The reality was it worked a lot better than it may have sounded on paper and all those who took part enjoyed the jaunt around the Bedfordshire countryside.

The circuit clocked up a touch over 30 miles and, with two opposing routes, cruisers met each other coming the other way along the way. Nice one.

r of this not  We never did catch up with the owne n Daimlerblow nt, brillia ly utter but quite finished name is Mick powered C-Cab, though we know his r body to us Shepherd. Looks like an old Nick Butle leted. comp one this see to wait can’t we and Mick. touch in get e Pleas

 Cast your minds back two years and remember the Blown Budget ’46 wrecker truck that won at the Supernats. Now look again at Andy Thatcher’s ’46. Yep, it’s the same truck, albeit completely changed.

“I was left unsupervised,” he laughs, “and that’s what hap ppened.”

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 Paula Nortcliffe’s previously black and flamed d ’32 Ford has been subjected to an extensive lockdown makeover with most of the work carried out by son, Wade. His efforts didn’t go unnoticed as the roadster placed in the Top Ten.

 Roger Hamilton’s Modifie ed was on the cover of CC in September 2013 and we haven’t seen a lot of it since, but this year it was wea ring a new set of shoes – fully polished 16 and 18-inch Rocket Solids with Blockley and Dunlop tyre s.

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cket line up  Amongstt the more traditional T bu Spring ’21, Reg were these two – our cover car from d Modified, and Noyce’s entirely hand built track-nose last car Kris the was which T, il Bobta ’s Saxon Tony d away. Tony passe he e befor on ed ‘Pop’ Brown work ts. won the Best Model T award for his effor

 The big screen was put to good use throughout the weekend showing films for both kids and grown ups, along with activities such as the cruise leaving site and Tim Devos bashing six bells out of pieces of metal.

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 Chriis Hay can allways be relied upon to put a smile on your face, and he certainly did it with Il Delinquenete – his 1600cc Alfa Sud-engined Fiat 500, even taking part in the tot rod cruise with Sue Ayres riding shotgun. Amazingly, this car was built locally to him 30 years ago with a VW engine, so he’s totally rebuilt a blast from his own past.

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Brewing T ■ Words and pics: Ian Austin ’m not a patient person, but I try to tell myself delays are part of life, even though they drive me nuts. With the T taking shape nicely, and the end of lockdown on the horizon, I have found recent hold ups incredibly frustrating.

We got to the point of starting road testing, which was when the gearbox lost drive. Having taken advice from several

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a Cooper Cobra GT in the UK, I ordered a replacement tyre over the internet, but that never arrived. So next I tried a German supplier. I chased delivery after two weeks, only to eventually find out there was an issue with non-payment of VAT to HMRC, even though I had paid it when I placed my order.

With that order cancelled, John Pettifor

safety and quality before budget sources, we changed the filter (despite it looking okay to me) and transmission fluid and resumed testing. It was then that one of the rear tyres developed a huge bulge on its inner wall.

The Cooper Cobra tyres were fitted when I bought the car and were clearly unused, with the date code reading week 21 of 2014. Unable to track down

° The Cooper Cobra tyre fitted had never been driven on and looks perfectly good…

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of North Hants Tyres entered stage left.

John felt the tyre wall bulging was a fitting fault, and that the other tyre may well go the same way. Taking that on board, I bought two new Galaxy tyres from them and, when they fitted them, it was easy to see the beads on the Cooper tyres had been broken, so I bought a pair of new tyres for the front, too.

° …but not so when it was removed from the wheel for replacement.

A valuable lesson learnt – safety and quality before budget. My personal thanks go to John and his team for their expertise and help. CC

° New Galaxy tyres were supplied and fitted correctly by North Hants Tyres in Aldershot (www.northhantstyres.com).

g  After seeing the d decision was taken tto fitters had caused, the tyres. also replace the front

 Rough road testing revealed an issue with the front mudguard stays having too much side-to-side movement, allowing them to touch the tyres.

 …their curved design makes them look a whole lot neater, too.

 With a new filter fitted and the transmission filled with Driven Super F fluid (supplied by Anglo American Oil Company in Poole - 01929 551557) the BW35 auto’ transmission was working properly again.

 With the trans’ seemingly sorted, although still to be tried over long distances, road testing the T recommenced.

 Dave Thickens of Dakota Cars designed some new stays that are better suited to the job.

 Thanks to the shaped gussets, not only do the new stays not flex like the old ones…

 With those issues sorted sorted, it’s it s back to road testing

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Royal classics Words and pics: James Webber Despite the venue being a Covid vaccination centre, there was still room to host the Classic and Vintage Vehicle Rally at the Royal Cornwall Showground during the May Bank Holiday.

Organised by Jason and Emma Goss, both attendee and exhibitor turnouts ensured the event was a huge success.

It was an all outdoor show and, with restrictions somewhat eased, it was great to see a wonderful variety of classics, vintage and Americana on display, along with a few

A wonderful variety of classics, vintage and Americana traders and mobile caterers. Although I only attended for one day, it was joyous to be out in the sunshine catching up with old friends and making new ones in the process.

Another similar meet is scheduled for the August Bank Holiday weekend so, if you’re in the area, why not pop along and boost the number of rods, customs and Yanks on show.

Details, including pictures from previous events, can be found on the Wadebridge Classic and Vintage Rally Facebook group, and on the South West Classic Events calendar. CC

this ’51 Ford ° I overheard someone saying tripe flames was a coupe with subtle pins ’t manage to catch up recent purchase. I didn firm that though. con to er own the with

° The 455 Pontiac Super Duty Trans-Am is said to be the last of the American muscle cars. A non-Super Duty like we suspect this one is could still have the 455ci motor, but an emissions strangled 215bhp version, as opposed to the 290bhp SD.

° Likewise, it may say GT350 on the side of this ’67 Mustang notchback parked next to it, but there are plenty of giveaways that this isn’t one of the hi-po specials, not least the fact Shelby never built any GT350 notchbacks. © Huge thanks to potentially the world’s smallest car club, Chrome Sweet Chrome Cruisers, for their kindness and generosity. That’s Janet and Barry on the left, who own the ’64 Ford Thunderbird, and Christine and Robert on the right, who own the ’55 Ford F-100 pick-up. The four of them make up the whole club!

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Double Scramble Words and pics: Bob Roberts Like many venues, Bicester Heritage had not hosted an event since early 2020. Many have been proposed and then cancelled or postponed as the various stages of lockdown applied.

But by April this year it was announced with reasonable confidence that, come June, it could be done, and the pent-up demand was such that the decision was made to make this the first two-day Scramble.

this was the first two-day Scramble Not only did it run, but the weather was kind too, and the result was the usual eclectic selection of modified and classic cars, including several we spotted with recently fitted electric powertrains. Decency prevents me from showing any of these.

Star for me was a gloss black ’32 roadster, which was parked next to an SS Jaguar, making it interesting to note the similarities between the two.

Quite a number of competition cars were on display as well, partly because Motorsport UK now has its offices in one of the new units at Bicester Heritage. CC

° …as did daughter, Hannah Thomas, in her oversize Model Y. ° Tim Horsfall went Scrambling in his ’34 coupe…

° ’69 Dodge Sweptline pick-up is so clean it doesn’t look like it has ever done a day’s work in its life.

Super neat Midget racer is based on a Bugatti engine, or rather a Bugatti engine cut in half…

° ’38 Buick Spe cial is a veteran of the 2015 Road to Mandala d l y long l distance rally.

° Going by the way it sits over those biginc rims, we’re guessing this ’48 Ford F-1 inch pick-up is bagged.

° …with the starter motor mounted on the back axle driving a ring gear fixed to the crow n whe h el. This Caruso Bugatti features in a YouTube vide o if you want to see how it works.

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Floyd house Words and pics: James Webber Middlewick House in Wiltshire is owned by Pink Floyd drummer, Nick Mason, and his wife, Annette. For the past few years, 2020 excluded, the couple have opened the gardens to raise money for both the Wiltshire Air Ambulance and the Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust.

Along with the gardens, Nick arranges a display of some of his incredible collection of exotic and race cars for people to view up close, while a selection of local producers and artisans set up small stalls around the venue.

some of his incredible collection of exotic and race cars Entry was by pre-booked ticket only, although a fortunate few were able to turn up and pay on the gate.

A few car clubs also came along to display just outside the gardens, although they were more of the classic variety, rather than rods and customs. Oh well, there’s always next year to put that right.

The day was thoroughly enjoyable, and I highly recommend anyone in the area to put it on the calendar for next year. CC

red  1949 F Fraser Nash Le Mans Replica is powe the driver’s by a Bristol 2.0-litre inline six. Note Nick. not te, name on the door of this one is Annet ’79 Chevy Camaro Z28 was one of the limited number of Yank motors on display.

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 The highlight for me was the chance to see Nick’s recently completed by Roy Brizio Street Rods ’34 3-window. The coupe is right-hand drive and I noticed a five-speed manual shifter inside.

 One of Nick’s own racers is this ultra desirable Bugatti Type 35B, which was built in 1927 and yet still tops out at 130mph, thanks to its supercharged 2.3-litre straight eight.

 I’m gue g ess ssin ing g there’s re s a story behiind d ‘Th ‘The Shazz’ script that ado rns the but I’m afraid I don’t kno bonnet sides, w what it is.

 Another Bugatti Bugatti, this o one fi firstt registere i t d iin 1926, is a bit more reserved and has an engine displacement of 1496cc.

 Whilst parked up among the many Europeans, we noticed this 1968 Volvo Amazon, a perennially stylish motor.

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The good stuff I remember speaking to Adrian and his partner, Heather, and coming away not entirely sure whether the car was for sale or not. Adrian assures me it wasn’t for sale at the time though: “I built it for myself. It had all my good parts on it, and was a car

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 If you were to write a list of the ideal parts for an A-V8 roadster, with the possible exception of a quickchange back axle, they’re pretty much all here.

Note the ’32 chassis is stock dimensions, not pinched to suit the A body and not z’d for lowering. The only real mods are Model A front and rear crossmembers

 First to be painted was the chassis, in the same Midnight Blue as the car. Note the total lack of chrome, and simplicity of construction. Even the wishbones front and rear, albeit from different years, have been kept whole, meaning the suspension still works in the way Henry intended.

 It’ It’s an original i i lH Henry FFord db body, d and was a pretty good one to start with, but it still needed a fair of amount of metalwork. Here Adrian has made new floors, sub rails and a cover for the rear crossmember.

B Bonnett sides id and d a new ttop were made from scratch too, with three sets of stepped louvres each side. They’re held in place with Dzus fasteners, and the one-piece top located with toolbox latches.

 Adrian made his own stainless tubular headers for the Flathead.

In fact, the whole system from front to rear, though curiously omitted to include any silencers in the spec…

 Jay Bradley at Jay’s Auto Body Works does all the paint for Buckland Automotive, and he’s made a fine job of his part of the process again here.

 Another angle of the freshly painted body sitting on the built up rolling chassis. It looks like a car again now, but there’s still a long way to go, even at this stage.

 One of our favourite details on the car are the tail lights. At first glance they might appear to be the popular ’41-’48 Chevy lamps, just mounted vertically, but they’re actually from a 1947 Kaiser. They’re still mounted vertically though.

Discreet twice pipes have just enough detail in their rolled ends to look properly finished.

or even just the choice of wheels and tyres, can change the period of the car dramatically. Wires put it in the ’40s, steels in the ’50s and mags and a more nose-down disposition put it in the ’60s, roughly speaking, though obviously there is some overlap between those eras.

Wheels are 16 x 4-inch ’40’s Ford steels all round, wrapped in 6.00-16 and 7.00-16 Firestone Deluxe Champion blackwalls. V8 hubcaps are the perfect finishing touch.

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 Adrian is particularly proud of the ’screen posts. They’re a combination of ’31 tops on modified ’29 bottoms, and allow the ’screen to be angled back two inches when the hood is removed.

It says 1947 on the number plate, so that’s clearly where Adrian sees it sitting, which

suited Dominique to a tee, as she has a penchant for the fashions and styles of that and the following decade.

And so back to how come she came to own it, when she wanted a later model coupe. You know, one with a lid.

Using a bit of artistic licence, you could say it’s all down to the seat, or at least the eBay-sourced heating elements integrated into the seat during its construction.

“Oh, that’s not really true,” says

 Here’s ’ the h car mocked k d up iin b bare metal, l with an original hood frame in place to better gauge the overall look. It’s on mismatched wheels here just to ensure it all sits right before it comes apart for paint.

A ’29 body on a ’32 chassis is just a great look for an early style traditional hot rod.  The 255ci engine is the French Flathead out of Adrian Smith’s Buckland Special.

It benefits from an Isky 400 Jr cam, Offenhauser ali heads and two carb intake, dual Stromberg 97s, a Powergen alternator disguised as a dynamo and some nifty brass hose clamps that Adrian only recalls costing £15 each!

In Adrian’s car, this engine pushed him to 104mph on the sand at Pendine.

 The stainless steel hood frame is another Adrian special, knocked up in double quick time in order to meet the deadline for the car going off to trim.

Those lovely wooden hood bows and header are by Ian Whittaker.

Dominique with a smile when I suggest just that. Hey, it all adds to the story, right?

“Adrian actually posted when he was at the Motorama that the car was for sale.

I saw the pictures and really liked it, so I message ed him asking how much it was. He nding me more pictures.

“I took it only for a small test drive, but it was just so nice, so I put a deposit, and then my mum and her boyfriend had a look at it. I think I was hoping they would talk me out of it as I was also thinking I could use this money to pay off a bit of my mortgage, or at least do something more sensible with it.

“But they told me if I like it, I should buy it. Well, sometimes you have to treat yourself, don’t you?”

“The other reason I sold it so soon after finishing it was a ’36 Ford Cabriolet came up for sale,” interjects Adrian, “and that’s in a different league, isn’tt it? I couldn’tt pass that opportunity up, and the plan

An early A roadster on a ’32 chassis makes for a great profile. The jury is split on the use of a ’32 grille shell with the earlier body style, some feeling it is more suited to the ’30 / ’31 body shape, and that the ’28 / ’29 grille shell is a prettier piece. Horses for courses though, right?

was to tour Europe in it, though obviously that’s all had to go on hold for a while.”

Garage envy So, shortly after that show, the car changed hands, but only moved a few miles down the road in the process. The poor old Hillman – which Dominique says has been the most reliable car, new or old, she’s ever owned – was kicked out of the garage onto the drive and the roadster took its place.  There’s not a lot to a roadster interior, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be luxuriously trimmed. Richard at the eponymous Richard James Upholstery in Gloucestershire (richardjamesupholstery.com) can take the credit for the wonderful combination of distressed leather and square weave carpets, as well as turning Adrian’s piece of plywood into a comfortable, heated(!) seat.

Details include a ’40 Deluxe steering wheel on a Buckland column and a Stewart Warner rev countter.

“I was so excited to have it, for a while it was my daily driver. I’d go shopping in it, and go to my scuba diving lessons, or just down to the pub to meet friends. I just loved driving it.”

Sure, it didn’t prove to be quite as reliable as the old Minx, but that’s no

sometimes you have to treat yourself, don’t you? slight on Adrian’s workmanship. It’s just an old car, with old parts, and some not so old that aren’t perhaps as good as they should be. “I think I went through three distributors in the first year, and I had to be recovered from the Rockabilly Rave,

 Close up of the front end shows just how many original Ford components have been used in this car’s construction. Only those tubular upper steering arms and the reversed eye spring give the hot rodding game away here.

The axle is an original 1940 piece dropped by Mor-Drop, a blacksmithing company in Oakland, California that opened in the ’50s and was still dropping axles up until about 2012, when then owner, Marty Costello, died. They’re generally only about 2½ to three-inch drop, which is less than modern dropped axles, but for a period car they’re hard to beat.

 Adrian will no doubt be horror struck to he ar Dominique say sh prefers the look of the he ’36 Ford dash in a frie nd’s Model A to the handmade gauge pod he knocked up for her car !

Its angled nature allows the original fuel gauge to still be operational but gives room behind for the coll ection of additional Stewart Warner gauges .

but I’ve also been to Prescott twice in it, and driven it up the hill there, which is always fun to do.

“Obviously, last year we couldn’t do much, so I wasn’t able to take it to the beach races at Normandy, which I wanted to do. And this year the weather hasn’t been so great, but I still try to use it as much as I can.”

I always joke I never liked the early Model A body style Is there anywhere you’d still like to go in it, or anything you would change? I ask.

“I’d like to take it up the strip at Santa Pod. Just to see how fast it goes. That’s something I would like to do this year.

“But I’ve had some oil in the cylinders recently, so I’m hoping new rings will sort that out, but otherwise there’s nothing I’d really change, I don’t think.”

There followss a short pausse. “I do somettimes look at the [’36 Ford] dash in Harley [Peter’s] coupe, and then I look at mine.

“I also always joke I never liked the early Model A body style, but apart from that it’s a great car, Adrian did a really nice job on it.

“Oh, there is one thing. He made some window frames for it, and Richard [James] who did the trim has the material there waiting for me, but I’m always just so busy with work that I haven’t been able to find time to go to Gloucestershire to have them made. Maybe I’ll do that this winter.”

Asked whether she prefers to drive the car with the top up or down, Dominique  When following such a well-trodden path it’s difficult to make a car like this stand out, but there are always places where subtle and thoughtful differences can be brought to bear.

The style and position of louvres on the bonnet sides, the choice of latc , hey’ 39 / ’ 0 ever rm units all round, and those seven-inch lamps sit n a modified ’32 V8 h a

replies usually with the hood up up. “I like the look of it like that and also, when it’s down, I’m quite small so I can’t see much behind me. I don’t trust the English weather enough to take it off completely!”

Built for fun As to how the roadster compares to the Hillman, if at all, the response is considered: “The Hillman is more of a family car, more a comfort car, the roadster is more a fun car.

“It’s a lot quicker, of course it is, and when you pull up to the traffic lights, you know, with the boy racers. I put my foot down and then I’m gone. Yes, it’s more fun for sure.”

“My friends complain it is too loud, that you can’tt have a conversation when you’rre in it. Adrian did offer me some mufflers when I bought it, but it’s never had any and I like it like that. My friend .

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Transmission is a Tremec T56 six-speed.

Products steering box and tubular upper and lower arms, Wilwood brakes and a Winters Quick Change. Whoa, hold on a minute. A Quick Change under a big old Chevy? Surely you mean a Ford 9-inch Bryan?

I’ve some old shit in my yard group of mates were enjoying one of their regular trips to Bakersfield, California. The group got into conversation with Randy Winkle, the man behind Famoso Speed Shop, which lies just down the road from the Auto Club Famoso Raceway. Randy’s sales pitch wasn’t exactly polished: “Come over and take a look. I’ve some old shit in my yard.”

Bryan’s response was more direct: “I’m not buying any shit, I’ve far too much work on already.” Even so, he had to take a look, didn’t he?

Upon entering the yard, Bryan was confronted by the ’55. “I took a good look and it was a really solid car. At $3,500 it was too good to pass up.

“We then spent the next few days filling the car with as many parts as we could lay

It will come as no surprise that no body filler was used in the making of this car, just a trace of lead where needed. Paint is a mix of Skoda Steel Grey and Toyota Hilux pick-up Super White.

New green tinted glass is fitted all round.

our hands on, the bonus being it had no seats so there was plenty of room inside.”

Retirement plan With enough on his plate already, Bryan left the car just as it was for the next two or three years.

“It was a typical Mexican fruit picker’s car,” Bryan expands. “Six cylinders, totally neglected, but with a really good body.

I had it blasted and spent around four hours grinding and welding to sort out what minor issues there were. It really was that good, and I knew I was going to have to make it my retirement car.”

As with all projects, a shopping list was drawn up. It was pretty much as expected really: small block Chevy, Tremec T56 manual transmission, Classic Performance

“No, it’s definitely a Quick Change, and a monster one at that. John Reid sourced it for me, but forgot the bloody brakes to go with it though.”

Twist away With the parts needed now in stock, Bryan could set about bolting them to the chassis rails. Er, not exactly.

“I wanted a car you could throw round the track at Donington Park, not just run in a straight line. The real issue with Tri-Chevys is their inherent chassis twist, which gets really bad if you start pushing the car as the stock rails have very few crossmembers.

“The Roadster Shop in Illinois supply purpose-built replacement frames that eliminate the problem, but they’re $20k. I had a good look at one and thought, I can do just the same to a stock chassis for 600 quid.”

Chances are you will never get another view of the stripes in the paintwork like this one, so make the most of it. It’s an unusual approach, but one that really works.

What else would you expect from the master with the gun?

I wanted a car you could throw around the track at Donington Park ¿ As the ’55 was completely bare inside when he bought it, Bryan sourced the more upmarket ’57 Chevy Bel air interior here in the UK. He then ordered a trim kit based on ’59 Impala convertible cloth with vinyl edging from Ciadella Interiors and fitted it himself.

u Even with the relocated fuel tank, access to the Quick Change cover is still somewhat restricted.

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° The weather worn but solid Chevy arrives at Bryan’s workshop in style, on the back of Big Job. © Running parallel from the rear, the additional central bars then curve round to mate up with the original chassis rails.

° With the rear axle in situ was removed from the , work begins on beefing ° Once blasted, the body up the chassis to stop it twisting ie. sser roti n’s Brya on under load. nted mou and sis chas

© With a hoop and belly pan, should the propshaft ever fail, it ain’t going anywhere.

© Rear axle location is by 4-bar and Panhard rod, all supplied

by Andy Whithorn.

© Should the urge ever take hold, all Bryan has to do is crawl underneath, drop the blackedout skull & crossbones cover…

© …and switch out the gears for a new ratio.

Chances are it will never happen, but the option is available.

rs. ° Rear brakes are Wilwood discs and calipe © The completed rolling chassis ready for strip down and detailing.

© Front end features tubular CPP upper and lower A-arms and a heavy duty sway bar.

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the ° Again, Wilwood discs and calipers handle box g steerin series 600 CPP a whilst ng, stoppi controls the direction the car takes.

© That fettling did, of course, include the underside, which is finished to the same high standard as the outer skin.

° Anything The Roadster Shop can do, Bryan can match. At a fraction of the price, too.

° With the body being so solid, only minor fettling was needed to get it ready for paint.

© Bryan relocated the fuel tank six inches further back to improve access to the cover on the Quick Change axle.

° We always say the devil’s in the detail, and those shaped exhaust tips are inspirational.

° With the prep complete and the body coated in primer, it was time…

© With the body ensconced in the dust-free environment, Bryan performed his magic with the spray gun.

° …for the body to move home to inside the spray booth.

° It was then time for reassemb ly…

© …which is both fulfilling and time consuming, as one slip could mean a return visit to the paint booth.

° Even professionals like Bryan have to utilise whatever props they can lay their hands on.

° Coming together nicely now, with the light at the end of the tunnel glowing ever brighter.

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© The kit Bryan bought comprised everything needed for the entire interior, including the door cards and even the carpets. The crossed flag emblems on the seat bases, repros of those found on early Corvette wings, are a perfect enhancement to the interior trim.

all I had to do then was decide on paint colours to complement it. I think I got that bit right.”

Not just show

We’re guessing it’s not quite as simple as Bryan makes it sound, but he set to and did it anyway.

With the rolling chassis complete, Bryan’s attention switched to the Chevy’s body. Despite his many other talents, bodywork and paint are what Bryan is best known for.

y’know, the ones where most Yanks leave before us Brits get there – and I glimpsed a convertible as it was pulling out of the car park.

“It happened so quick I couldn’t even tell what make of car it was, but the interior trimming was stunning, and just what I wanted in the ’55.

It's a good looking car, and it drives better than it looks “I knew people would have high expectations of the paint being something special, but I don’t think they anticipated the colour choice.”

Asking what made him go for the grey and white, we weren’t at all surprised with the response: “There’s a story to that you know. We were at a breakfast meet at Donut Derelicts in Huntington Beach –

Pseudo knock-off Halibrands measure 16 inches in diameter, and five and 8½ inches in width, front and back respectively, shod with 205/50 and 235/60 Falken rubber.

“A while later, thinking about the interior for my car, I clicked on to the website of Arizona-based Ciadella Interiors (www.ciadellainteriors.com) and there was that same car. Turns out it was Gina Ciadella’s own car, and its interior is based on an original, one-year-only option for the ’59 Chevy Impala convertible.

“That sorted out the inside nicely, so

Bryan’s mate, Darren, wired the car using what they refer to as a ‘Painful’ kit supplied by John Reid, whilst Bryan fitted an electric handbrake mounted off the rear crossmember, only to later find it was right where he wanted to mount a tow bar.

A tow bar on car like this? I hear you ask. Yup. It may look pretty, but this is a car that has to earn its keep. Bryan built it to use, and that’s just what he is doing.

The inevitable question came next then, so what’s it like to drive?

“All I can say is it’s a good looking car, and it drives better than it looks. u Those who know Bryan will appreciate the significance of the Mister B graphic, a nod to his great pal, the late Roger Butterworth. Artwork is by the talented signwriter, Craig Ainge.

The one-piece bumpers, grille, headlight bezels and door handles are new. In fact, all the external trim was bought new, bar the stainless ’screen surrounds and side mouldings, which are refurbished originals.

And thanks to that sixth gear, it pulls 60mph at just 1,300rpm.

“Mind you, the combination of the Quick Change and side exit exhausts makes it sound like there’s a Merlin engine under the bonnet, so this winter I’m going to have a new exhaust made for it with a pair of silencers that will fill the gaps in the chassis. I’m getting too old for all the noise now.

“I could switch to helical gears in the rear end as they’re quieter than the

straight cut ones but I probably won’t. A bit like I’ll probably never change the gear ratio either as the current one it just right for the gearbox.

“I need to fit seat belts, though, as that’s stopping me driving it really hard as I keep sliding around on the bench seat.

That’s all though.

“In saying that, my other ’55, the black one, now has an LS motor in it and that’s really nice… Then again, I am now heavily into getting my Fuel Altered built.” CC

Thanks Ian Tubb for the stroker motor and John Reid for all the parts

u CPP supplied the steering wheel and column, whilst the digital gauges housed in the dash binnacle are by VDO. The SO-CAL Speed Shop shifter has been chopped two inches, though Bryan says it ideally needs a bit more taken out of it. Note the cut out in the seat base, essential for the manual shifter to move as it is supposed to.

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he last weekend in June saw the key turned and the doors opened as the Festival of Power Unlocked hit Santa Pod Raceway. Okay, it wasn’t quite the same event as in previous years, hence the addition of the word Unlocked to the title, but it was a bloody close facsimile.

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Saturday saw no such malarkey, and a whole day’s racing, but Sunday’s early morning drizzle delayed proceedings slightly.

Dave Grady Super Gas The top three qualifiers in this 9.90-index class were Dave Fulton, 9.901 / 144.77, Simon Fulton, 9.903 / 146.73, and Andy Dibley, 9.905 / 147.18. Of those, only Dave Fulton progressed through the elimination rounds, though, breaking out in the semi-final with a 9.892 / 143.45, allowing Andrew Harrison through to the final with a 9.922 / 140.70.

In the other semi, Bob Molden produced a 10.176 bye, before ramping it up to a 9.971 / 124.92 in the close-run final against Harrison, who edged it with a 9.998 / 132.07 pass.

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Overall, it was a great weekend’s racing with some spectacular passes, notably amongst the Pro Modified ranks.

Well done Santa Pod, well done race teams and well done spectators. You all did everyone proud. CC

Funny Car Cannonball Andy Raw in Nitro Bug won the Festival of Power Cannonball, his final pass of the weekend being a 5.763 / 192.11.

Tony Betts, meanwhile, was piloting Venom, a totally new car following the incident at last year’s Not The Euro Finals, and produced a 5.535 / 202.50 and a 5.524 / 182.87 bye, whilst Steve Ashdown ran Undertaker to a best time of 6.495 seconds.

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Modurstang Pro ET Allan Schofield joined the ranks of Pro ET on the Friday after having spent 30 years racing at motorcycle circuits and the TT. Schofield’s best was an 8.812 / 151 break out.

Round two of qualifying saw Tig Napier pull a huge wheelstand with his Dodge going almost vertical, folding the wheelie bars in the process and ending his weekend early.

Qualifying produced a 32-car elimination field, headed up

by Gary Carr, James Forster and Nick Mugridge, with all three progressing through the first elimination round.

Come round three, though, all the top qualifiers had fallen by the wayside.

The semi-finals saw Will Clark (9.80 index) run a 9.825 / 125.44 to see off Dave Cherrett, whilst Marc Huxley’s (10.15 index) 10.283 / 124.88 eliminated Leigh Morris.

William Clark (9.82 index) then took the final with a 9.810 / 133.71 against Huxley’s (10.22 index) 10.121 / 131.28.

Running a Pro Mod-style Firebird, newly constructed by Robinson Race Cars, Jack Brewster progressed through to the third elimination round, whilst Mark Coulsell took the Perfect Light Award with a 0.0005 reaction time in qualifying.

Phil Toppin broke out with a PB 8.637 / 155, and Dave Russell (8.70 index) put down a perfect ET in the Van With No Name, 8.700 / 159.59, to move into top spot, only to see Bob Doyle (8.71 index) nudge him off by a margin of 1/10,000th of a second with an 8.710 / 154.20. Laura Turburville (7.75 index) occupied third spot with a 7.752 / 170.42.

Only Doyle survived the initial elimination bouts, but was then knocked out in round three.

The penultimate round saw Tom Atkinson (8.94 index) 8.928 / 151.07 booking his ticket to the final as Barry Giles broke out by a greater margin, whilst Ron Bartlett ran an 8.268 / 165.99 bye.

The final saw Bartlett (8.26 index) come out on top, his 8.284 / 157.36 too strong for Atkinson’s (8.92 index) 8.911 / 151.55.

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Susanne Callin Antti Horto

In the first side-by-side Top Fuel race in the UK this year, Susanne Callin ran 4.563 / 171.73 to see off Antti Horto.

The situation was reversed next time out, though, when Horto stormed through to a 4.040 / 217, overcoming the 4.205 / 206.64 from Callin.

Both cars suffered tyre shake, with Horto’s car collecting some bodywork damage in the process and Callin then experiencing a safety system shut off, which deployed the ’chute after the burnout.

Jet cars Throughout the weekend, an assortment of jet cars not only put on some great displays, but ran some quick times, too.

Of note was a 6.054 / 246.48 from Roger Goring in Firestorm, a 5.248 / 292.39 by Martin Hill in the Fireforce 5 jet dragster (the quickest and fastest quarter mile of the weekend), and a 5.728 / 209.18 by Julian Webb in the Split Second jet dragster.

Martin Hill was also running the Fireforce 3 jet Funny Car, clocking a best of 6.064 at 232mph.

Perry Watkins

Be Fast R Super Comp In the second round of qualifying, Paul Hudson bagged the Team Twister Perfect ET award with an 8.900 on the 8.90 class index.

Steve Field broke out in the next round, but wasn’t too disappointed as he ran Black Pig Too to a PB 8.368 / 161.89, and then improved that further still in the final qualifying round with a mega break out 8.177 at 163.06mph.

First round elimination wins went to Leah Kellett, Darryl Howells, Steven Hudson and Paul Hudson who was on a bye.

Darryl Howells then defeated Paul Hudson, 9.133 / 142.94 to 8.890 / 157.41, while Kellett saw off Steven Hudson, 8.952 / 157.96 to 8.890 / 136.45.

Kellett then came out on top in the final, her 8.983 / 147.66 too strong for Howells’ 8.924 / 130.20.

PB 8.177 / 163.06

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Steve Field

Julian Webb

Darryl Howells

Paul Hudson P

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Martin Hill

Leah Kellet

Steven Hudson

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Track Worx Comp Eliminator During Elaine Hancock’s first burnout in Lethal Zephyr, the tyres gripped and the car hit the wall. It was a relatively low-speed impact and Elaine was unhurt, but the Zephyr needs work and was out of the running for the rest of the weekend.

Meanwhile, Jordan Payne was running strong with a PB 7.409 / 183.50, bettered by a 7.374 / 184.35.

The weekend saw the UK track debut for Spencer Tramm’s 350ci Camaro. Spencer quickly got used to the car, his qualifying times improving from a 12.249 / 115.31 to 11.166 / 115.92.

Another PB was set by Kev Perkins, who ran an astounding 7.719 at 170.43mph.

It was the Williams brothers who dominated qualifying, though, with Nic (11.55 index) on top with a 10.706 / 99.39, Dan (10.70 index) third with a 10.211 / 126.15 and Payne sandwiched between them.

Payne, Tramm and both Williams brothers were victorious in the first elimination round, with Payne then dispensing with Tramm, despite the latter running a PB 11.020 / 117.12.

The all Williams semi-final was settled when Nic fouled and Dan went through with a 10.212 / 127.32 on a 10.70 index.

The final, however, went the way of Payne who ran 7.390 / 184.26 on a 9.4 index.

Motorsport UK Pro Modified On his second qualifying pass, Nick Davies ran a PB ET of 6.001, with a flying terminal speed of 243.72mph. Not content with that, though, he then dipped into the fives for the first time on his last qualifying run, a 5.973 / 242.55 securing him top rung on the ladder.

Not be outdone, Wayne Nicholson produced his PB of 6.200 / 230.51 to bag himself second place, with Kev Slyfield third on 6.367 / 235.30.

Davies was then on a bye in eliminations, as was Nicholson, who was on rare form, bettering his PB to a 6.145 / 230.21.

Slyfield then dipped into the fives as well, equalling his best speed ET with a 5.943 / 238.71 flyer to defeat Jon Webster’s PB 6.327 / 235.30.

Nicholson was then on a bye through to his first ever Pro Mod final, whilst Slyfield’s 6.048 / 226.66 was enough to see off the 6.100 / 242.77 from Davies.

Unfortunately, Nicholson then saw red in the final, allowing Slyfield the win with a leisurely 8.414 / 111.66.

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VW Pro The top qualifiers were Paul Bargate (12.04 index), 12.069 / 114.17, Guy Folley (11.20 index), 11.235 / 125.56, and Abi Tether (12.75 index), 12.785 / 106.39. All three went out in the first elimination round, though, with wins going the way of Jacob Bailey, Thomas Herbert, David Crowhurst, Lee Cordery, Adrian Solley, Rob Carter and James Hodson.

The semi-final pairings saw Cordery (12.25 index) run 12.464 / 105.28 to defeat Hodson’s (11.90 index) 11.944 / 117.43, and Solly (11.00 index) produce an 11.120 / 116.79 to see off the 12.731 / 118.52 from Carter (12.55 index).

Solly won the final with an 11.359 / 123.48 on an 11 dead index, beating Cordery’s 12.571 / 103.35 on a 12.25 index.

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Adrian Solly

Jedd Guy opened his account with a PB 7.221 / 184.31 in qualifying, only to then top that with a 7.146 at 190.61mph.

However, it was Colin Millar on top of the qualifying ladder on 7.121 / 190.62, followed by Guy, then Mick Taylor in third spot with a 7.964 / 167.93 and Ben Kennedy on the fourth rung at 10.559 / 123.23.

In eliminations, Millar went through with a 7.250 / 189, whilst Guy ran 7.557 / 165.46 to defeat the 8.168 / 169.77 from Mick Taylor.

The final went Guy’s way, a 7.265 / 182.80 pipping the 7.610 / 176.45 from Millar.

Coliin Millar

PB 7.1461 / 190.61

Class winner Jedd Guy

Hutchinson and Dibley Sportsman ET

Mick Taylor

The top qualifying spots went the way of Dan Holloway (16.10 index), 16.103 / 83.93, Felicity Gibbs (16.99 index), 16.998 / 82.55, and Holley Walters (15.70 index), 15.713 / 90.67.

Gibbs subsequently made it through to the penultimate pairings, where her 17.048 / 82.55 lost out to a 14.114 / 92.35 from Gary Lake on a 14.09 index.

In the other pairing, Rob Creswell (13.70 index) ran a 13.846 / 97.95 to eliminate Steven Mellors 16.203 / 85.84 on a 16.40 index.

Lake’s 14.155 / 96.64 took the win in the final after Creswell lit a red on his way to a 13.542 / 104.55.

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Topspeed Automotive Street Eliminator On his competition debut, new boy Elliot Day finished qualifying on a 9.421 / 150.13.

With Alan McSweeney failing to complete the cruise, Day then benefitted from a bye in the first elimination round. Wins also went the way of Anthony Higgs, Andy Bond, Nick Hale and Alan Williamson.

Bond then went through on a bye, Williamson ran a winning 8.302 / 152.18 and, with Anthony Higgs pushed back, Day produced an amazing 9.008 / 154.72 bye.

Day’s next run was 9.072 at 151.57mph, but that was no match for Bond's 7.963 / 145.77, whilst Williamson clocked 8.536 / 161.91 on a bye.

With Williamson a no show for the final, Bond crossed the stripe alone at 208mph after 7.477 seconds.

Felicity Gibbs Elliot Day

PB 9.008 / 154.72

Alan Williamson

Gary Lake

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fter a fight to the death over the last two episodes with the inlet manifold to rid ourselves of the dreaded swirl flaps, we hoped the cambelt replacement would be a bit easier – and to some extent it was, although I tackled this job hot on the heels of the manifold saga. With the airbox out and cambelt cover off, it made sense to plough-on and get it done.

In most respects the Saab, Fiat and GM 1.9 and 2.0 diesel belt is a fairly simple one. Cambelt cover off, offside engine mounting out, auxiliary belt off and finally the lower alloy cover to expose everything. Even then they make it tricky – the lower belt cover will not come off unless the auxiliary belt tensioner is fully retracted and locked in place with a suitable pin. I used a small Allen key. I used a big pair of gas pliers to twist the tensioner clockwise and you don’t want your fingers anywhere near this thing!

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New cambelt & water pump Do NOT try to do this job without a locking toolkit. They are less than £30 and essential. Also, whilst you must fit the belt with the direction arrows pointing forwards (so running clockwise), don’t get too hung-up on getting the white lines on some belts lined-up with the timing marks – it really doesn’t matter. Our new belt didn’t have them, some do. Always ensure the cam and crank pulleys are in position before slipping the old belt off.

Hints and tips As ever, patience is the key and a few tips you won’t find in the manuals. A trick I learned years ago was to press a bit of paper towel or similar into the gap between the cambelt and the lower timing cover when fitted to the crank sprocket – this presses the belt into the sprocket teeth and keeps it in position whilst you feed the belt around the rest of the

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the mounting removed, we can 3 With now see two of the three long 16mm bolts that secure the upper section of the lower timing belt cover and engine mount to the block. There are two shorter ones down below that are just out of shot. Some engines use 15mm bolts here.

the crankshaft pulley and 4 Here’s vibration damper with the four Torx retaining bolts, T30 on this engine but take nothing for granted on GM stuff! Slacken the bolts and after you have drawn a good diagram of the auxiliary belt run, deflect and lock the tensioner with a thin steel pin.

crank pulley is already off here but 5 The it’s the centre pulley with the 16mm bolt we’re looking at. The tensioner needs to turn clockwise and you can see the two holes in the tensioner that need to align before a locking pin can be fitted. It’s not essential to remove the belt pulley.

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sprockets. It took me at least three goes to get the belt timing correct – the diesel pump isn’t ‘timed’ and can go on any way.

All-in-all not a horrendous job, yet slightly frustrating… And the 13mm bolt and captive nut for the belt tensioner really doesn’t look like it’s up to the job – you can tell they were short of money when they designed that.

Be aware that there are few belt run diagrams for the timing belt or the auxiliary belt so take plenty of photos and draw a detailed belt run diagram for each.

is our budget GM/Saab/Alfa timing tool set – £27.50 from 6 Here Amazon. You can see the various bits – the big crank locking ‘spanner’, the silver screw in cam locking plungers and on the far right, the screw-in stud that the crank locking tool fits to.

the crank locking tool has been fitted using one of the crank 7 Here, pulley Torx bolts. You can see the retaining stud that is screwed into the block once the most left-hand oil pump housing bolt has been removed. Remember to refit it before the crank pulley is refitted though!

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This exposes the offside engine mounting which is a two-piece job. Here we can see the 17mm outer bolts and one 15mm inners.

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lfa’s pocket rocket of the last decade and possibly the next has got to be the turbocharged 231-237bhp front-wheeldrive 1750cc Giulietta Quadrifoglio Verde (Italian for green four-leaf, or the Cloverleaf brand), which pulls an impressive 221lb ft (almost 300Nm) of torque that results in a 0-60mph time of around six seconds. Under the steel

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1 CHECK COOLANT The engine coolant expansion tank can be checked by shining a torch at the side – look for MIN and MAX on the side. Alfa don’t offer a recommended renewal interval for the coolant, so test it with an antifreeze hydrometer and renew it if its freezing capacity is too high.

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2 TOP-UP SCREENWASH The screenwash reservoir’s filler neck is located on the nearside front corner of the engine bay, close to the top of the wing and headlight. Prise off the cap and top-up with a mixture of screenwash and water or pour a sachet of concentrated screenwash in and dilute it with tap water.

3 CHECK BATTERY Make sure the battery is secure along with its terminals – and check the terminals are clean. Measure the battery’s voltage or, if you have a battery tester, check its condition.

There’s a fusebox next to the battery, so check inside to see if any fuses have blown or if there are traces of corrosion.

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bodywork, there are MacPherson struts at the front with lower arms and an antiroll bar. At the rear, there’s another antiroll bar, along with trailing arms, single upper and lower arms and separate coil springs and dampers. The brakes consist of Brembo four-pots at the front and single-piston calipers at the rear.

Most of the involved work appears to be straightforward, with the exception of a few filters (pollen, air and oil), which are a little more awkward than most vehicles.

Some service components are not cheap.

Take the 14mm long-reach spark plugs, which need changing every four years or

36,000 miles. They cost around £25 each and there are four of them. On the plus side, some service components don’t exist, such as the for-life in-tank fuel filter and a lack of power steering fluid because of electric power steering.

We’ve looked at a 2016 model of the 1750cc Giulietta and listed the recommended servicing according to Alfa Romeo and Turin Motors. The 2010-2015 models have a different service schedule, which includes an oil and filter renewal every year (plus basic inspection), but a more major service every 18,000 miles or two years.

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4 CHECK BRAKE FLUID The brake and clutch fluid reservoir is located along the engine bulkhead, close to the nearside inner wing. The fluid level can be checked by looking at the outside of the transparent reservoir (MIN and MAX markers).

If necessary, top-up with DOT 4 brake fluid.

5 GREASE BONNET RELEASE Spray a light grease over the bonnet release mechanism on the top of the slam panel to help prevent it seizing. Open all four doors and the tailgate to apply more of this grease to the hinges, locks and check straps.

6 REMOVE ENGINE COVER The engine cover is clipped on to the top of the engine, so prise it off. Check that all breather, fuel and coolant hoses and pipes are secure with no signs of fluid leaks. Make sure the exhaust heat shield at the front of the engine bay is secure.

TOP TIP Fit each new spark plug with a length of hose, then tighten with a spark plug spanner and the rubber insert removed.

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8 REPLACE SPARK PLUGS Remove the four long-reach spark plugs using a 14mm spark plug socket. Check the replacement spark plugs are the same length, especially the length of the thread. Tighten them to 26Nm.

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