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ah, dammit, it's October.


That means another
season all but over and
nothing to look forward to but
cold, damp weather, salt on
the roads and the festive
jollity of Christmas. Easter
suddenly seems a very, very
long way away.
But still, it seems to have been
a terrifically good season. I've
said it in plenty of the show
reports we've run over the
summer (and there are more to
come) but there seems to have
been a long overdue upswing in
enthusiasm for many of
these events. The Hot
Rod Drags in midSeptember see
page 53 was a
case in point.
This has always
been a popular
event, and you
get the impression
that many of the
event's hardcore fans
would be there if the
weather forecast suggested
that there'd be two feet of snow
and a hurricane over the
weekend. And yet this year,
the buzz leading up to the
event and the rave reviews
afterwards went above and
beyond just a 'good show' vibe.
Long may it continue.
That was just an example.
Plenty of other events generated
the same sort of excitement and
enthusiasm, helped along by
social media and some glorious
weather in early summer. It was
a real kick up the backside to

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anyone who is dithering over


whether they can take the time
off work, or whether they can
justify spending the petrol
money, or whether they really
should be gallivanting off to
shows or races when the hedge
is so direly in need of trimming.
The answer is yes, of course
you can, and if you can't, then
what the hell do you own that
car for? Just to fill the empty
space in your garage? You've
now got all winter to chuff about
with your privet.
Maybe this renewed
enthusiasm is a sign of the
economic recovery
we've been waiting so
long for? And not a
moment too soon.
Although I've also
noticed that some
events are being
left behind in the
enthusiasm stakes,
perhaps because of a
'been there, done that'
attitude from showgoers, or
perhaps because the organisers
have an 'ain't broken, so not
gonna fix it' mentality. Either
way, some events that, on paper,
have all the right ingredients
seem to be suffering from a
distinct lack of vitality. Why?
Well, that's another item on the
agenda for over winter
answers on a postcard, please.
Of course, there are several
important winter events the
NSRA Northern Swap Meet,
Whitby Kustom, the NEC Classic
Motor Show, Rhythm Riot, the
Romsey Boxing Day classic car
meet, Autosport International,
and Surrey Street Rodders' epic
Wheels Day event is back at
Rushmoor Arena, Good Friday,
April 3rd, pre-entry only, details
to follow ... in fact, looks like
there's not much chance of
getting bored after all.

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P7: A Motor Trend


favourite that's not
European? Surely not...

P92: Dear Santa, I've


been very good, could
I please have...

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Two things to do before you're 40
HEAVY AS HELL
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RENEGADE MASTER
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THE LAST HURRAH


Could the Hot Rod Drags have been better?
DOWN TO THE WIRE
The National Finals was a real nailbiter
AMERICAN SUPER STOCK
The deciding round for the all-American bracket
OUTLAW STREET
The Outlaws head to the Mopar Euronats

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TECHNICAL
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76
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BLUEPRINT
GMC's turbo nutter Syclone
ONE-BREW JOBS
Getting rid of ancient grease
HOW-TO
Building the casing for a tough street nine-inch
JARGON BUSTER
More about LSD than Sergeant Pepper
TRIED'N'TESTED
More chemical experiments
WHAT'S IN THE WORKSHOP
A Pony gets a new shell

P90: What, and


miss out on all
that lovely
welding?

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SHOWS
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47
50

FLY-DRIVE
Pistons and propellers at the Sywell Classic
THE GATHERING
The retro rumble at Shelsley Walsh
'57 VARIETIES
The Tri-Chevy-palooza at Shakey


WATERLESS ENGINE COOLANTS

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ModelBulletin

Christmas is coming check out this Brooklin 1:43 white-metal 1937 Graham 116
supercharged four-door sedan, from www.diecastlegends.com.

news

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THIS MONTHS PRESSING ISSUES IN THE WORLD OF AMERICAN CARS

Evil Twin

Check out the newest 2015 Mustang from UBB its going twin-turbo!
In Magnetic Grey with ebony
leather/Alcantara seats and handstitched Alcantara dash, it comes
with all the toys, including touch
entry, remote start, coil-over
suspension, laser jammers (sorry,
parking sensors!) and remote
window opening a handy tool

if youre in California, so you can


let the heat out before you get in.
However, while Roush and Saleen
are sticking with superchargers.
UBB is looking at the twin Garrett
set-up to give 750bhp and will
have a kit ready for the righthookers next year.

Ooh La La

UBB are also looking at a


shooting brake estate version
with either the 750bhp turbo V8
or a 450bhp version of the 2.3
Ecoboost. These can be built in
the USA to order. There are still
2014 UBB Widowmakers with
1,000bhp available. While were

at it, check out boss Tims 2013


5.0 auto in flourescent green
the only one in this colour,
apparently. UBB Supercars have
a shop in Detroit, right next
door to the Ford Racing plant,
so see www.ubbsupercars.com
for details.

Red Mist?
Nope, Red Vapor, the latest
special edition of the already
rather special Jeep Grand
Cherokee SRT, which also made
its European debut in Paris. Note
the 20-inch five-spoke blackchrome Goliath wheels, glossy
black badges and other goodies.
Stay tuned...

Shuttered
One of the stars of the recent Paris Motor Show was the
Ford Mustang, now officially ready for sale early next
year across Europe.
Well, the bits of it that drive on
the right, obviously; the rest of us
will have to wait a while longer.

Itll be available as a fastback


or convertible, and with the 2.3
EcoBoost or the 5.0 V8 motor.
The new Mustang is one of the
most hotly anticipated cars ever,
we are very excited to now give
drivers in Europe the opportunity
to experience the real thing, said
Roelant de Waard, Vice President,
Marketing, Sales & Service, Ford
of Europe.

As we mentioned some months ago, one of ACMs


regular contributors, Martin Drakie Drake, suffered a
broken shoulder at Shakey County earlier this year.
Were sad to report that, months
down the line after several
surgeries, Martin will be hanging
up his press pass and dayglo
tabard for the last time. After
10 years of covering hundreds
of shows and racing events for
www.drakies-americans.co.uk,
the end has come, though the
website will remain and Martin
will still be clicking away but with
a slower pace and slower subject

matter! Thanks for everything,


Drakie, and hope the recovery is
going well.

ACM

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Pardon? Bulletin

news

According to JD Power in the US, audio, communication, entertainment and navigation systems are the most problematic component category
in new vehicles, with built-in voice recognition proving the worst of the bunch. Sadly, none of them understand the command Just shut up!

Nitro Monkey

The Gas Monkey Garage guys are going all Top Fuel
on us! Aaron and Richard have teamed with Hennen
Motorsports to run in NHRA Top Fuel with Kebin
Kingsley at the wheel and John Bodie Smith tuning.
Theyll be in Las Vegas for the
NHRA Toyota Nationals right as
this mag goes on sale, for those
of you lucky enough to be at the

SEMA Show, for example sigh


but the rest of us can keep up to
date on Facebook. Just look for
Hennen Motorsports.

Car
Sharing

Motley Mopar Monkeys

This was the New York


Stock Exchange in midOctober, when FCA (Fiat
Chrysler Automobiles)
began trading.
This happened a few weeks
after Chrysler instigated a recall
of around 350,000 Chargers,
Magnums, 300s, Commanders
and Grand Cherokees from the
2008 model year for the current
favourite, ignition switch problems.
In excess of 33,000 of these
vehicles are outside the US. Its a
pre-emptive recall as with other
cases, its mainly down to owners
storing a hundredweight of other
junk on their key ring.

Dodge are holding an evening made in heaven for modern Mopar-loving old rockers
the Dodge Rocks Gas Monkey car show, to be held on November 1st at Richard
Rawlings Gas Monkey Live restaurant and concert venue in Dallas.
Open to owners of late-model
Chargers, Challengers and Vipers,
therell be Viper drift cars, Hellcat
thrill rides and loads of fun and
games and the whole Dodge and
SRT line-up on display. And therell
be live music, too, from none other
than Motley Crue, as part of their

Dodge-sponsored farewell tour.


Motley Crue, Richard Rawlings,
Gas Monkey Live and Dodge
muscle cars are all awesome by
themselves, said Tim Kuniskis,
President and CEO, Dodge and
SRT Brands. Put all four together
with a full day celebration of

Dodges 100th anniversary and


youve got an event that will not
only make the Dodge brothers
proud, but also will be something
that Dodge enthusiasts talk
about for years. See www.
dodgerocksgasmonkey.com and
just wish that you were there.

High Horse
The mighty 707bhp Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat has
just been given an EPA highway fuel economy rating of
22mpg for the TorqueFlite auto version, and 21mpg for
the six-speed manual.
As you might imagine, Dodge
SRT are particularly smug
about this, pointing out that
the Lamborghini Aventador

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Roadster, which boasts a mere


700bhp, can only achieve a
rating of 18mpg yet costs around
$365,000 more.

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Figures obtained by the IAM for the second quarter of 2014 show that the highest recorded speed on a UK road was 149mph on the
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KW@V8XS
The Big Three have always been quite keen on offering performance parts for their
products, and now branches such as Ford Racing and GMPP are big business.
KW Parts are the official
distributors for GM and Mopar OE
parts, accessories and complete
crate engines and transmissions
throughout Europe, and now
they have a Performance Centre
in the UK V8XS. These guys
earned their bones in the kit car
and low-volume manufacturer
field.Simon Scleater, Director

of V8XS, commented, We
are delighted to have been
appointed as the Performance
Parts Centre for KW Parts in the
UK. This partnership gives us
access to the GM and Mopar
range of performance parts to
complement the Ford Racing
Parts we currently offer. This
gives us the unique position of

Gone In 3 Seconds
The new 2015 Corvette Z06 with the Z07 Performance
Package and eight-speed paddle-shift auto has
shattered records.
Zero to 60mph takes just 2.95
seconds with the quarter mile
disappearing in 10.95 seconds,
straight from the showroom
floor. The seven-speed manual
is close behind at 3.2 seconds
and 11.2 seconds respectively.
The same car also achieved
1.2g in lateral acceleration and
blitzed the course record at
GMs Milford Road Course by a

being able to offer the full range


of American performance parts to
the kit car and American owners
markets on one website.You
can contact Simon at V8XS on
01462 711850, or email sales@
v8xs.co.uk, or see the website at
www.v8xs.co.uk where youll find
full performance catalogues from
Ford, GM and Mopar.

The Americans
Are Coming!

clear second from the previous


record holder, the Corvette ZR1.
The Corvette has long been
known as Americas sports car,
said Mark Reuss, GMs Executive
Vice President for Global
Product Development. With
the capability of the new Z06
rivalling the best performance
cars in the world, we will also be
Americas Supercar.

The Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 has won the prestigious


title of Motor Trend magazines Best Drivers Car 2014,
the first American brand to win the award in the seven
years its been running.
The competition all new
or significantly revised cars
launched in the previous 12
months were put through their
paces at Laguna Seca, a 4.3-mile
hillclimb and on a closed rural

highway to determine which


car delivers the most engaging
experience behind the wheel.
The previous winners were four
Porsches, the Audi R8 and Ferrari
458 Italia. Rarefied company!

The Eye Of The Beholder


The 2015 Lincoln Navigator has
a more powerful engine the
3.5 EcoBoost twin-turbo to give
18mpg on the combined cycle
and an interior update which, with
the Reserve pack, adds an acreage

of leather only seen in certain


specialist under-the-counter DVDs.
The exterior has also undergone
a redesign to offer a fresh
interpretation of the classic vehicle
that created the full-size luxury

SUV segment. Sweet styling


may not be the prime concern
of someone shopping for a vast
luxo-barge SUV, but we reckon that
it has a fizzog only a mother could
love. Sorry, Lincoln.

ACM

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The features list for the first all-new Saleen Mustang since 2005, the 302, has now been published and the order book is open. A $2,000
deposit secures yours at www.saleen.com.

Geared For Winter

Winners And Losers

Winter is all but upon us, so nows the time to get


prepared.
Start by grabbing Sealeys
Winter Promotion booklet,
with up to 60% off the list price
of more than 500 products,
most of which will help you
through the coming months.
StartnCharge packs, heaters,
generators, lighting, car covers,

breakdown kits, winches, even


snow shovels... The promotion
is on until February 28th, so
check it out now. Get the leaflet
from your local stockist, view
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download the free Sealey app
for smartphones.

SRT Motorsports won the 2014 IMSA Tudor United


Sports Car Championship GTLM driver and team
championship at the season-ending Petit Le Mans 10hour endurance race at Road Atlanta in early October.
Kuno Wittmer captured the
driver championship after a third
place finish with co-drivers Marc
Goossens and Ryan Hunter-Reay
in the #91 Dodge Viper GTS-R.
The #93 Viper of Bomarito,
Farnbacher and Bell finished sixth
to bring SRT Motorsport the team
honours, and SRT second place in
the manufacturer championship.
So how has Chrysler rewarded
the team that have brought
Viper its first title in 10 years? By
announcing, two days later, that

they are discontinuing the SRT


Motorsports programme in IMSA
in order to redirect its focus and
efforts on the [Dodge] brands
product line-up. Hmm, thanks
a bunch.

Flying The Nest


At the end of September, GM announced that, As part
of the continued expansion of Cadillac, a strategic
realignment will establish the flagship brand as a
separate business unit.
In addition, the new Cadillac
organization will expand to
New York with a new global
headquarters opening in 2015.
While the majority of functions
with oversight and responsibility
for both global and US
operations will be located at the
new global headquarters, there
will be no change to technical

product development teams


located in Michigan. There
was a load of other waffle in
there about relentless upward
repositioning, focus and
cultivating the brand but it
basically means that new Cadillac
boss de Nysschen gets a swanky
new office in Soho.
A short while later, in another

Higher Sierra
Usually special editions are reserved to tempt buyers
to an ageing model, but GMC have just launched two on
their brand-new Sierra pick-up.
First is the Elevation, a sporty
little number with body coloured
and colour-keyed trim and black
20-inch alloys for a monochrome
appearance, LED lighting and
advanced connectivity. In two- or
four-wheel drive, a 4.3 EcoTec V6
is standard with a 5.3 V8 optional.
Then theres the Sierra Carbon
with a carbon fibre appearance
package, black alloys and well,
pretty much the same as the
10

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barrage of corporate crapspeak,


Cadillac announced a brand
new model to be called the CT6,
which will continue the brands
elevation and emphasise a
dynamic driving experience
when it launches in late 2015. The
rear-drive CT6 will be positioned
above the current CTS and XTS
on the top level of luxury sedans,
on entirely new architecture
made of modern, lightweight
materials. It will be built at the
Detroit Hamtramck plant, which
has just had $384 million of
updates and investment.
above. Theyre out now.
If shadowy monochrome isnt
high on your list, check out the
Reaper, a performance off-road
version of the Chevy Silverado,
clearly aiming at Fords Raptor.
Developed by Lingenfelter and
styled by Southern Comfort
Automotive, it features a

three-inch lift, long-travel


suspension, Fox Racing shocks,
exclusive 20-inch wheels with
General Grabber LT tyres and a
Lingenfelter exhaust. Available
upgrades include a Magnuson
supercharger, and you can buy
the Reaper through selected GM
dealers with a warranty.

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This years Hot Rod Drag Week was won by Jeff Lutz in his 57 Chevy with a five-day average of 6.845 seconds at 212mph. His son, Jeff Lutz Jr,
also in a 57 Chevy, came fourth with an 8.2 second average at 166mph!

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THIS MONTHS RACING AND TRACK NEWS

Elapsed Times

Santa Pods James Forster summarises a superb season.

Its been another incredible year


of highs and lows at Santa Pod
with some blistering times and
gob-smacking incidents. As usual
with this fickle sport, you simply
could not in your wildest dreams
have imagined some of the sights
we have seen this year.
The lifestyle events here at
Santa Pod throughout the year
have been blessed, generally,
with some pretty good weather
but the core National Drag Racing
Championships suffered all the
way up until the European Finals
without completing a cycle of
eliminations here at Santa Pod,
though after the weekend we

had at the Euros many will say


it was well worth the wait! Chris
Andrews became the first British
driver to run in the three-second
zone in Top Fuel, Andy Robinson
finally broke into the fives in
Pro Mod (where the top four all
qualified in the five-second zone)
and Gareth Ellis put in a stellar
performance and took his first
event win in Top Methanol Funny
Car. A memorable weekend all
round for the Brits.
For many though, 2014 will
be remembered as the year the
kids really stepped up. So many
of the championship classes,
both National and European, can

now be found heavily populated


with junior dragster graduates.
Scott Hauser once again sewed
up the Super Pro ET National
Championship where he was
joined by a whole host of exjuniors; Jayne Kaye put in her first
runs in the Altered and it was great
to see Pete Walters getting straight
into the fives with Dave Wilsons
Top Methanol Dragster. But
who can forget that courageous
young girl from Ireland, Gabrielle
McDonald, who has jumped
straight out of a junior dragster
and into a Top Fuel car, somehow
making the gigantic step up
appear seamless as she acquired
her licence with ease.

With the junior dragster class


frequently exceeding 25 racers at
each round and the 2014 Junior
Dragster Champion already
planning a step up, who knows
where the next big force in your
race class will come from? If
you and your child want to be
successful in drag racing, you
could do worse than sticking
them in a Junior for a couple
of seasons. Those who have
stepped up are already proving
that the class teaches you great
race craft and as they qualify on
reaction times, they dont turn
out bad on the tree either. Watch
out drag racers, the youngsters
are coming

The Sportsman

Shakespeare Countys Jerry Cookson looks back at a super-successful Hot Rod Drags.

This years NSRA Hot Rod Drags


must go down in the record
books as the busiest ever. Right
from the moment the gates
opened hordes of hot rods and
Yanks came flooding through the
pay booth. I dont think it ever
stopped until late Friday night.

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Looking at the pits and the


campsite I dont think there
was a blade of grass to be seen
between each tent. The pits was
more like a whos-who of drag
racing and hot rodding with
teams from the Supercharged
Outlaws and Outlaw Anglias all
neatly lined up like a national
event! The Gasser Circus was
even more intense with some
fantastic vehicles all looking to
entertain the anticipated crowd.
It was also pleasing to see the
Flathead Meltdown racers back
after several excursions to the
beaches and hills under the Vintage

Hot Rod Association banner.


Entertainment value at this
years Drags was second to none
with no two cars looking the
same. Even the Heritage Stock
Cars and the nostalgia drag bikes
didnt look out of place with their
Sixties and Seventies coachwork,
snarling V8 motors and nitrofuelled classic British Norton and
Triumph engines. Im running out
of superlatives now but Saturday
evenings Cacklefest and fire
burnouts just simply rocked
along with the fireworks. I dont
know how many cars we had
but the line-up was almost up to
the eighth!
Highlights for me include
Andy Hadfields storming
burnouts and runs with the
street-legal Twister Model T
resulting in several on the
bottle seven-second passes.
It was also a pleasure to push
the button on Neil Townsons
seven-second 500ci KB-powered
Northern Spirit 32 Supercharged
Outlaw. The Anglias were in
scintillating form, as ever,
providing the crowd with some

colourful burnouts as well as onthe-edge runs particularly from


three-peat champion Cliff Griffin.
But we owe massive thanks
to all the rod and Yank owners
who made this years drags one
of the best, if not THE best in
its 26-year history under the
National Street Rod Association
banner. So, how are we going to
capitalise on all this action and
entertainment for next years
Drags? Well youll just have to
wait and see on September 11th13th, 2015. If you cant wait that
long then youll have to grab a
copy of the HRD DVD for winter
viewing! See you at the drags.

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Alex Peters takes his cover-car Mustang to the Brighton Speed Trials.

Following the disintegration of


my brake disc at the Woodbridge
sprint, I had a lot of work to do to
get the car ready. With the help of
Steeda in the UK and US, Wilwood
very kindly supplied new front
brake discs and pads, whilst I
purchased a new set of rears. I
also fitted new wheel hubs just
in case they had been damaged.
Steeda provided new front lower
control arms, which are much
more robust than the OEM parts
and give me a great deal of
confidence.
Toyo Tires very kindly agreed
to sponsor the Mustang just
before the Brighton event and
supplied a new set of Proxes
R888s just in time for the race.
I have only been able to get
one event out of my previous
worn set of R888s this year and
that produced two class wins at
Blyton (beating most of the field
including TVRs, Lotus 340Rs and
Ferrari 430s!), so I am confident
they will help provide more good
results this season.
The parts only turned up
in the week before Brighton,
so Mike and Kev at Redline
American Muscle of Aylesford
had to work very hard to get
the car ready, also including
an MOT and service. Other
complications included changing
the exhaust back to the freeflowing SLP Loudmouth to get
the full 573bhp, compared with
the more restrictive but quieter
BBK Varitune adjustables that I
needed to pass noise restrictions
at Goodwood and Crystal Palace.

Redline also noticed that a


breather pipe attached to the
supercharger plenum chamber
was not made of sufficiently
strong rubber, so collapsed under
vacuum. Replacing this pipe
made a noticeable difference to
the power output!
On race day I was parked
alongside my old friend and
on-track rival, Graham Pryme.
At Grahams suggestion I had
softened my suspension settings
(Compression/Rebound -3/-3 front
and -9/-9 rear) but left my tyres at
their normal race setting of 32psi.
I had learned a lesson at Debden
in 2013 that although lower tyre
pressures increased grip and, in
that case, significantly reduced
understeer, the penalty in
increased drag meant that I was
slower overall. I had found that
lowering the rear spring heights
of the new KW competition
suspension as far as possible
almost completely eliminated
understeer; however, the front
wheels were rubbing against the
arch liners under heavy braking
so the front springs were raised
by an inch, which improved
handling even further.
It was great to see my friend
and mentor Jason Andrews at the
event in his 66 Mustang, the first
time I had seen the car on track. It
made a fantastic sound! I have to
thank Jason for all of the success
I have had to date in sprinting. His
coaching to drive the car like a
bank robbery getaway has really
suited my driving style and made
me much quicker.

On the first practice run,


Graham put down a time of
13.26 seconds against my 13.37.
I had never drag raced before,
only circuits and sprints, and
realised the massive importance
of getting a good start. On the
second run (which was important
as it decided the placings for the
speed league) I managed a 13.27
while Graham didnt do so well
with a 13.75. This makes me fifth
in class by my calculations.
I compared my performance

figures at Brighton with the


summary of all members on
the Mustang Owners Club GB
website and was interested to
see that although my ET of 13.27
seconds put me in the lowest
25% of cars, the finishing speed
of 114mph puts me in the top
25%. I conclude that this is due to
the very poor potholed surface,
which gave little grip and a lot of
wheelspin off the line compared
with drag strips like Santa Pod.
Graham had softened his
tyres and suspension settings
on his Porsche GT3. I noted that,
despite our best ETs only being
one hundredth of a second
apart, Graham had a much better
60 foot time (2.21 seconds v
2.55) but with a much lower
terminal speed (104mph v 114).
Ultimately though, Graham has
earned the right to look smug
by beating me again! Talking of
smugness, I took great personal
satisfaction in beating Joe Eagle
in his Lamborghini Aventador
he made a right mess of the
complex launch control and
stuttered off the line to record
the slowest time in the class!
Overall, beating benchmark
cars such as the Ferrari 430 and
Porsche 911 GT3, I feel it was
a good performance. I would
like to be the first to offer my
congratulations to Jeff Wiltshire
who clinched the Speed League
championship win from me in
second place with his class win
at Brighton.

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The first 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat , VIN #00001, sold at Barrett-Jacksons Las Vegas auction for $825,000 in September. The
money all goes to a local charity, with the final sale figure matched by the Engelstad Family Foundation to make a $1.65 million donation!

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THIS MONTHS AUCTION NEWS IN THE WORLD OF AMERICAN CARS

Indoor Sports

Silverstone Auctions are hosting their big sale at the


Lancaster Insurance NEC Classic Motor Show again this
year, and there are some standouts to look out for.
First is a 1989 Corvette ZR1, one
of the earliest made, that has had
the same owner from new and
just 10,000 miles on the clock. A
modern supercar thats definite
future classic material and with
a very reasonable 15-20,000
estimate. Next, the obligatory

Mustang, a 65 K-code Fastback


that has been restored in the US
and that Silverstone describe
as as good as it gets, with a
40-45,000 estimate. For the
haulers among you, how about a
1950 Ford F2 pick-up? Following
a ground-up restoration and bare-

Champs De lUSA

If youre quick, youll catch Artcurials Automobiles


Sur Les Champs VII in Paris on November 1st and 2nd.

metal respray, with a fully rebuilt


Flathead V8, this has covered
few miles and the estimate is
15-18,000. Then theres another
Ford, this one a beautiful 55
Thunderbird with a 292 Y-block
and three-speed manual, which
has been in the UK since 1963. An

The Big D
Mecums September auction in Dallas featured 1,155
collector cars, of which 766 found new homes and
raised a whopping $31 million in sales.

Top seller was a 1969 Corvette


L88 convertible, one of only
two L88s that year finished
in black on black, which was
ordered new by renowned
Corvette racer Tony DeLorenzo.
This hammered at $680,000.

Theres a small handful of


Americana amongst the Euros,
including a 1959 Corvette with
a 283 and four-speed manual
and an estimate in the region of
55-75,000, and a Cobra replica,
dating back to around 96,

older restoration, this continental


kit-equipped baby-blue beauty
is expected to fetch 17,50020,000. There may be more
lots added to the catalogue
between now and the sale on
November 15th-16th, so see www.
silverstoneauctions.com.

Next came a 67 Camaro, built


on the first day of production
and delivered to Yenko
Chevrolet on September 1st,
1966. Although it spent more
than a year at Yenko its not
actually a Yenko Super Camaro,
yet it still brought $300,000. A
genuine 69 Yenko Camaro later
fetched $285,000. Four 2005/6
Ford GTs also hammered for in
excess of a quarter million each.
Mecums next auction will be
the SoCal auction in Anaheim
on November 13th to 15th, so
check www.mecum.com.

powered by a 460 Ford big-block


and T5 manual, with a similar
estimate. Theres the obligatory
Mustang, of course, this time a
69 ragtop with a 302 and auto,
with an estimate of 20-30,000
but with no reserve. See the
catalogue at www.artcurial.com.
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Hershey Rides Again


Hershey is the Mecca for vintage and collector car
fans, and this year's RM Auctions showed that there's
still strong money in the scene, raising $14 million at
their sale there with 93% of lots sold.
Top seller was a 1930 Cadillac V16
Roadster at $1.1 million, the 'C' car
in collector John Moir's unique
'A-to-Z' car collection, which had
been in the family barn since
1933. Now that's provenance, and

the sale price is a new Cadillac


record. Another collection, the
50-car Jeffrey Day collection,
was also on sale, top seller being
a restored glass-top 56 Ford
Fairlane Crown Victoria Skyliner.

London Calling

There were a few surprises at RM Auctions Battersea


Park sale in September.
Ray had the side pipes and
knock-off wheels but only the
327 under the hood, but still
sold for 78,400. Meanwhile, a
1963 Shelby 289 Competition
Cobra, CSX2430, campaigned
by Gentleman Tom Payne in
1964 and 1965, and which spent
25 years in the Shelby American
Collection, hammered for a
whopping 1,176,000.
First was a rather lovely 1962
Ford Thunderbird, an M-code
Sports Roadster with the
340bhp triple-two-barrel 390
motor, chrome wire wheels and
that fibreglass tonneau, that
brought 44,800. A restored
split-window 63 Corvette Sting

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Hot Wheels
The fire burnouts at nostalgia drag events are always photogenic, and
this photo from Jeni Long at September's Hot Rod Drags is a corker.
Look at the concentration in driver Bob Hawkins' eyes... although if
being in a blazing dragster doesn't focus the mind, not much will.

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1969 Dodge Dart Swinger

Late
KICK-OFF
One guy didn't want to be the 40-year-old Virgin when it came to Yanks,
and he definitely popped his cherry in fine style.
Words: Dave Smith Photography: Darren Maybury

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1969 Dodge Dart Swinger

ince I was old enough to focus,


cars were what I wanted to look
at. My formative years were full
of Matchbox cars and Top Trumps,
later replaced by Scalextric and Street
Machine, and all leading up to the day
when I could finally get out on the
road. My 17th birthday also hosted my
first (official) driving lesson, and within
a few weeks my test was passed and
I've never looked back.
The whole driving licence rite of
passage was so monumentally crucial
to me that, even now, if somebody
says to me, Oh, I don't drive, I tend to
double take as if they've just told me
they're actually an alien and that limb
of theirs I've just shaken isn't actually
their hand. What?! How can you not
drive? Of all the people I know, well in
excess of 90% have a driving licence
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hardly surprising, given the


automotive-based social circles I move
in. So, when I heard the story of Jon
Leonard, a tattooist from Bristol, and
his '69 Dart Swinger I was intrigued!
I only started driving a couple of
years ago, says Jon. Passing my
test was just something I wanted
to do before I was 40. I got my
provisional licence when I was 17 and
living in Doncaster, but then I became
an apprentice welder. The factory
was only round the corner and
hardly paid anything, so I just got
used to not driving.
I've loved American cars since I was
a lad, watching the Dukes of Hazzard
and such on the TV. I wanted a Charger
in orange, though I'd seen a six-pack
Dart 340 on eBay, also in orange, but I
couldn't aord it. It was the first one I'd

Jon describes
the Dart as "the
poor man's
Charger" and
with these
proportions
(above) you can
see why! Being
Hemi orange
helps a bit, of
course. The
repaint, along
with the stripes
(right) and bodycolour steel
wheels (far right)
came courtesy of
Peels Motorkraft.

seen in months, and it HAD to be


orange! Then this one came up on
eBay three weeks later. I'd been out on
Sunday night, celebrating having
passed my theory test, came home
drunk and pressed 'buy it now'! I woke
up on the Monday morning knowing
that I'd bought something oooh, 'eck,
it's a car! I had to go to the bank that
morning and ask for a loan so I could
pay the guy, and I hadn't even passed
my driving test yet.
It was owned by an older guy called
Dave in Rochester, New York. He grew
up with cars like this, and he'd seen a
'67 Coronet he really wanted so the
Dart had to go. It was a 340 four-barrel
Swinger, and an original V2 orange car.
Fortunately, the bank lent me the
money and before I knew it the car
was on a boat.

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1969 Dodge Dart Swinger

I'd been out on Sunday


night, celebrating having
passed my theory test,
came home drunk and
pressed 'buy it now'!

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1969 Dodge Dart Swinger

The company who brought it in for


me are called ShipMyCar, and I asked
them to get it registered and road
ready so I could just come and collect
it. They collected it from the docks, got
it all roadworthy, sorted out the lights
and a charging issue it was having, and
I went to collect it from them at their
base in Milton Keynes. This was in
2010 I'd passed my driving test in the
September, and went to pick the car up
in December. It was cold, minus five
degrees with snow on the ground, the
car had no heater and I'd never driven
left-hand drive or a V8 before. I'd gone
in at the deep end! I thought I'd take
the long way home to try to get used
to it, so I went up the M1, across the M6

and M42 and back down to Bristol, by


which time I was freezing cold and
there was ice on the inside of the
windows. I dropped it o at the storage
place I'd rented and left it there for a
couple of days.
After a day or two, a closer
inspection showed that while it wasn't
a shed, it wasn't great and needed a
few odd jobs. The interior was great
but the doors were misaligned, the
bumpers were painted silver not
chromed, the engine bay was untidy
and the electrics were a mess. I got
introduced to Lee at Central Garage
in Kingswood, and he seemed very
keen, so I dropped it off to him.
He went through all the mechanics,

A closer inspection showed that


while it wasn't a shed, it wasn't great

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Big bumpers
(below and
above right) were
painted when the
car came in, but
Jon has since
replaced them
with chrome
examples. The
340 small-block
(below right) is a
corking little
motor even in
stock form, and
well able to
hustle the little
Dart along in
spirited fashion.
This has had a
rebuild to mild
spec, but a lessmild rebuild
might be on the
cards...!

and got Roy the auto electrician in


who rewired the car using a period
wiring diagram so it's all correctly
colour coded.
Then, about two years ago, the
engine packed up. I'd gone along to
the Ace Cafe for one of their American
car meets, just to look around, then
went on to the Chelsea Cruise. The
next day, on the way home, it got hot
and the big end bearings started
rattling. I spoke to Dave Billadeau who
told me that when it got hot 'the oil
turned to p*ss' and ruined the
bearings, so I took the engine to him
and he rebuilt it to mild stock trim,
about 310-320bhp, with motorway
mileage in mind.

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1969 Dodge Dart Swinger

It's a driver, not a show car,


and it gets used

Since then I've fitted all new trim,


bumpers, badges, wheels, a new
radiator and so much else. The original
three-spoke plastic steering wheel was
all cracked, so I fitted a three-spoke
woodgrain one, along with a new dash
top and gauges, and new armrests. I
also had the radio rebuilt so it picks up
UK radio stations as opposed to
picking up absolutely nothing.
Then I finally got my own garage at
home, but shortly afterwards I put a
scrape down the car while pulling out
of it. I'd been recommended Peel's
Motorkraft, not far away, so I called
and spoke to Matt Peel, and took the
car down to show him. I showed him
the scrape, but I told him the paint was

a bit flat and mis-matched, and some


of the panel gaps were way out. He
arranged a full respray and fitting the
vinyl roof, which it would have had
originally. I'd been saving to get all
these jobs done next year, but the
scrape brought everything forwards
and I thought it was better if I got all
the jobs done in one hit then it would
be finished and I could draw a line
under it, but it never quite works out
like that, does it?
Over the last few weeks I've been
talking to Dave Billadeau about more
engine work to pep the motor up a bit.
He's been telling me all about a stroker
340 that he built that now runs mid12s. I've never had my car on a drag

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1969 Dodge Dart Swinger

The Dart is like a poor man's Charger


strip, but a bit more power under the
hood would be a good thing, and a lot
of fun, I'd imagine! In stock form it
should run 14s. The auto 'box already
has a reverse pattern manual valve
body and column shift.
It's such good fun to drive, it really
puts a smile on my face every time I
drive it. It's not what I imagined it'd be
I thought it'd be just a big car, but it's
so much more. Its fun, always tinkering
and maintaining it's more than a car,
it's a hobby, a pastime. There's just no
comparison between classics and
modern cars, they're amazing. And it's
a keeper, I'll never get rid of it,
although I've been asked a few times.
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keeping him in the picture he's happy


I ended up with this car.
I've just done a 500-mile round trip
to Fort Paull for the YANCS show. It was
the last weekend in September, it was
my birthday, and it fell on a Sunday so I
wasn't working. I like doing something
on my birthday and thought I'd drive
to a show, so I checked the calendar to
see what was on and picked YANCS. It
did the trip eortlessly, though it was
slightly pricey on fuel, but that's
exactly what I wanted to be able to do
with the car. It's a driver, not a show
car, and it gets used. Peels worked
wonders on it, they really know their
stu and they're a good, friendly
bunch. I've picked up a couple of

Simple dash (below)


speaks to Dart's
bargain price bracket,
hence the additional
(and worthwhile)
auxiliary gauges.
Cracked plastic
steering wheel was
replaced with
something a little nicer
to hold onto. Jon had
this car built to be
driven, and he's really
not afraid to do so
(top). Driving 250 miles
each way to a show for
the day shows that! Jon
seems to think it's a
long way from perfect
now it has some roadrash. We disagree - we
reckon stone chips
are something to be
proud of!

trophies and had it on the MMA


stand at the NEC, but it's got a few
stonechips in it now, and I never trailer
it unless it's broken down.
I would love to get another
American car at some point, and it'd
have to be a Mopar, but there are just
so many out there to choose from.
And I'd still have to keep my Dart.
The reason I bought a Dart is because
I couldn't aord a Charger. I did
actually bid on a General Lee replica,
but the seller told me to stop
bidding because he wouldn't ship it to
the UK. I'm glad I didn't get the
Charger as then I wouldn't have my
Dart. The Dart is like a poor man's
Charger anyway... ACM

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asHELL

HEAVY
Nothing looks quite as good as a massive full-sizer
that can really pick up her skirts and run.
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nyone who follows Sportsman


drag racing in the UK can't
have failed to spot husbandand-wife team Carla Pittau and Rick
McCann in Pro ET. Carla's red early
second gen Camaro, Heaven And Hell,
and Rick's sky blue third gen Camaro,
Heaven And Hell As Well, have become
almost as well-known for their 45degree wheels-up launches as they
have for their winning ways. In fact, in
the past 12 years they've taken the Pro
ET championship title five times
between them.
These two absolutely live and
breathe drag racing, but how does one
go about contracting such a serious
disease? This car can take a good
proportion of the blame...
Rick and I were in California for
three weeks' holiday back in 1989,
says Carla. We'd got a little Japanese
compact rental car, and after three
days we absolutely hated it with a
vengeance. It was like driving a
photocopier. We had this crazy idea of
buying an old wreck, then selling it for
$100 at the end of the holiday, or just
abandoning it at the side of the road.
We found this 1970 Pontiac Catalina

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and bought it for $650. It was partly in


primer and looked very sorry for itself,
but it was a proper big American boat,
way better than Toshiba the
photocopier.
We had a few problems, starting
with the fact that it wouldn't pass its
California smog test. Apparently the
previous owners should have done
this test before they sold it to us, but
we didn't realise this, and we didn't
know much about cars back then. We
paid a mechanic to get it through the
test, and it turned out that all he did
was retard the timing! This made it run
hot, and that evening we set o to
meet some friends in Sacramento for
dinner. The exhaust was so close to the
boot floor it fried all of our luggage,
melted the rear light lenses which then
dropped out, and then the fuse blew
leaving us at the side of the road at
night! A truck driver stopped to help
us, went under the car with a wire coat
hanger and re-hung the exhaust, reset
the timing for us by ear and o we
went, with tin foil chocolate wrapper in
the fuse holder... We got to Sacramento
at midnight, to find our friends asleep
at the table in the restaurant.

The body is
almost totally
stock, except for a
spot of rear arch
massaging to get
those big tyres to
t (above). Pro
Stars look the
business (top
right). We've all
seen some awful
indicator
conversions, but
this one looks
pretty damn neat
(centre right).
Pontiac's full-size
styling was a loveit-or-hate-it aair
in the early
Seventies, and
features like this
monster grille
(right) certainly
polarised
opinions. Now we
love it. The
Catalina (far right)
is the forgotten
Pontiac, but
thanks to these
two (right) this
one's pretty
unforgettable

It was a proper
big American boat,
way better than
Toshiba the
photocopier

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The next day, we bought new rear


lights from a superb scrapyard. The
whole trip was like that, with lovely
people who stopped to help us for
nothing. We met so many nice people
because of it, we wouldn't sell it, so we
had to bring it home. It got to the UK in
January 1990, we had it resprayed and
that was that. That summer, we took it
along to a RWYB at Santa Pod, but
when we got there Rick found he'd

forgotten his driving licence and said


I'd have to run it! I'd never driven it,
and never drag raced, so Rick gave me
a crash course in startline technique. I
had a run and thought, 'I like this!' I had
four more tries but we were suering
from fuel starvation, so we cured that
problem and by the fifth run I was
hooked. That autumn, I went out and
bought my 1970 Camaro that became
Heaven And Hell.

We cured that problem and by the fth


run I was hooked

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The Catalina had a totally stock


Pontiac 350 engine and two-speed
automatic. A couple of years later, as
we learned a little more, we swapped
the cam and fitted a new manifold and
four-barrel carb. From 1992, the
Camaro was my daily driver, a street
and strip car. We'd drive it to the track,
take the exhausts o, swap the carb
jets and spark plugs, fit the slicks, race
all day, then swap everything back and
drive home. Then, in 1996, I crashed it
at the track and we couldn't get it
home, so we've trailered it ever since.
At that point, the Catalina became my
daily driver. People didnt expect such
a big boat to be so aggressive! It's a big
car, really big, and it handled terribly,
which made it even more fun to drive.
Then the transmission gave up.
The Catalina went on the back
burner for a long time while we were
rebuilding my Camaro, building
engines and so on. Then about three
years ago, we decided it had
languished long enough and we
decided to give her our full attention
and start the build.

We'd acquired bits over the years


to build a big Pontiac engine. We got
a 455 block, bored to 468, and the
crank and pistons, Edelbrock heads
etc, and let them mature in a
cupboard for a few years before
putting them together. On paper, we'd
hoped for 500bhp, and on the dyno
we actually got 512bhp and 565ft.lb. of
torque. It was our most successful
engine yet on the dyno, as every
change we made improved the
performance, but as soon as we put it
in the car it all went wrong.
First, we melted a head gasket. The
head bolt torque on a Pontiac is really
high, it seemed way too much to us,
but the gasket deformation suggested
over-torquing. The other head gasket
was fine, though. We had a little
fountain coming from the exhaust at
our first visit to the track! Cylinder
number eight was full of water, I'm
surprised it didn't hydraulic. We had
the block pressure-tested and it was
perfect, so we went to Cometic
gaskets like we use on the race cars
and so far, so good.

We'd hoped for 500bhp, and on the


dyno we actually got 512bhp and
565ft.lb. of torque

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Carla and Rick


apologised
because the
interior isn't
perfect. As if we
could give a
monkey's bum
for perfection
when the car is
this "right". A full
interior on a race
car? Thanks very
much. A full
arsenal of
AutoMeter
gauges are a
necessary
replacement for
the stock dash
with the big
tacho
dominating the
outlook (top
right), and threeinch four-point
harnesses are a
ne idea, even on
a stock bench
seat! Carla says
that trim parts,
especially for the
interior, are hard
to come by for
what is a
relatively
obscure model.
We think they're
doing pretty
damn well from
where we're
sitting... though
we wish we were
sitting in that
driver's seat!

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Tech Spec
1970 Pontiac Catalina Heavy As
Hell by Heaven & Hell Racing
Engine: Pontiac 455 block,
Bored/stroked to 468 cubic inches,
Eagle steel crank, Eagle H-beam rods,
SRP flat-top pistons, Crane hydraulic
roller camshaft, Crane roller lifter and
roller rockers, Edelbrock Performer
RPM aluminium heads, skimmed 35
thou', Holley 750cfm 4150 Double
Pumper carb, Holley HP150 fuel pump.
Cometic head gaskets, 10.55:1
compression, Edelbrock Torker II single
plane port-matched manifold, Doug's
headers, GTO, adapted by Rick, MSD
6AL ignition, MSD distributor and coil,
All plumbing by Speedflow, 518bhp at
5,200rpm, 565ft.lb. at 4,500rpm
Transmission: TCI TH350, Aluminium
forward and direct clutch drums, TCI
front pump, B&M shift kit, QuikSilver
shifter, Continental torque converter,
Moser aluminium propshaft
Rear End: GM 10-bolt from 1990
Caprice wagon, narrowed, Auburn Gear
LSD, 4.10:1 Richmond gears, LPW cover,
Moser halfshafts, Ford housing ends
Brakes: Front Aerospace for '70
Camaro, spindles adapted by Rick
Rear Wilwood Pro Series with parking
brake
Suspension: Chevelle trailing arms,
lengthened by Rick, Polyurethane
bushes, Competition Engineering drag
shocks, 90/10 front, 70/30 rear, 1970
Camaro six-cylinder front springs, cut
down, Stock rear springs, Baselined by
Jon Webster Race Engineering
Interior: Autometer gauges. Roll bar by
Jon Webster Race Engineering, Resto
parts by OPG, Upholstery by Neils Auto
Interiors
Body Work: Fabrication and alterations
by Rick, Paint by Roger at Trickett
Autos
Wheels & Tyres: Weld Pro Star rims all
round, Front - Mickey Thompson
28x7.5x15 front, Rear - Mickey
Thompson radial 315/60R15 rear

This car originally


came with a 350cube Pontiac
motor and a twospeed TH300
trans - a very rare
poverty-model
option in 1970.
Rather than take
the easy option of
just binning the lot
and tting a big
Chevy, Carla and
Rick have built up
a big-inch
powerhouse
Pontiac that
should haul into
the 11s on
forecourt fuel
while still being
totally streetable.
Note the heatproof
carb spacer
(above) and
electric water
pump (top left).
And power
steering, of course!

She still ran a 12.64 though,


not bad for a 4,200lb car!
First time out was Flame And
Thunder at Santa Pod last year, where
the whole crew was driving. Rick had
built the engine, I'd built the trans,
Dave Buckland and I built the rear end,
Rick and I did the suspension, Colin
Roaf and his daughter Grace rewired it,
Dave's wife Christine helped with the
initial disassembly (cheerfully
described as 'demolition'), painting
under the car, preparation and
catering! We'd had blood, sweat and
tears from the whole team, so we said
thank you by all having a go at Flame
And Thunder. Three of them had never
been up the strip before. Grace was
only 18 then, she's hooked now!
We still have problems with the fuel
boiling in the carburettor, but we need

this to be a proper street car, happy to


idle and happy to sit in traffic. We
improved matters by replacing the
nitrous spray plate with a phenolic
spacer, which seemed to have solved
the problem, but when we took her to
Shakespeare County early this year the
problem was back, added to lots of
wheelspin. She still ran a 12.64 though,
not bad for a 4,200lb car! Yes, she's a
heavy girl. She doesn't officially have a
name, but as the Camaros are Heaven
And Hell and Heaven And Hell As Well,
we thought she should be Heavy As
Hell. We think there's an 11 in there with
good traction. The idea was to run her
in Pro ET (9.0 11.99) it's all about the
racing. You're talking to people who
have no other life!
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Our nearest neighbour is a quarter of a mile away


so if we want to visit it'll only take nine seconds...
She's great on the street, and very
enjoyable to drive put your foot
down and she goes like a train. The
body is stock and untouched except
for massaging the rear arches and
wheel wells to fit bigger tyres. It's been
difficult to find trim and interior pieces,
so the interior isn't perfect, but it's ALL
been done by us and there's a lot of
value in it that way. Plus she sounds
brilliant, with a lovely burble. There's
no radio, and I don't think we want one.
She's been my favourite car for many
years. Yes, she has an ugly face but a
lovely bum! We've only seen one other
in the UK, a convertible, at Americana
some years ago. We saw another in
Sweden, but it was a Canadian version
called a Laurentian, I think. I don't
suppose many people would bother
restoring a Catalina, they'd rather have
a Grand Prix.
We will carry on testing and
improving but we just have too much
on at the moment as we're moving to
Sweden next year. Rick wants to race
in NHRA Super Stock over there. We
did our first meet there in 2010, and
loved the track and loved the people.
They have 22 drag strips in Sweden,
and we thought, 'Wouldn't it be great
to live there' Drag racing is the core
of our existence. Plus, property prices
are much, much lower in Sweden so if
we sell our home in London we can
aord to retire and still go drag racing.
We've worked hard all out lives, now

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it's time to enjoy it. Our new home in


Sweden is out in the country with a
huge barn and three garages, plus our
nearest neighbour is a quarter of a
mile away so if we want to visit it'll only
take nine seconds...
We'll miss the scene here very
much, of course, so we plan to come
back and race! We've so many good
friends here. For instance, at the
recent National Finals, the fuel pump
on my tow vehicle died the day we
were due to set o. Simon Gough, a
Super Pro ET racer who was already
at Santa Pod for testing, dropped
everything and came to London to
get me and my Camaro. I arrived,
qualified third, and won my first round
pairing but in the pits I found a sixinch nail through the sidewall of my
slick. Another mate who'd been
knocked out in the first round ran
o, took his own wheels o and
brought them back for me. I went
on to win the meeting! You can't
beat people like that. I'd love to set
up a Swedish/English racer
exchange programme.
The Catalina will be coming with
us, of course. She's part of the family
I can't believe we've had her for 25
years, and she was already 19 years
old then. My daily driver is a 1997
Firebird that I bought new, and I think
of that as a modern car. It has 157,000
miles on the clock, and one careful
lady owner... ACM

For a full-size twotonner, this thing


will still get up and
boogie. You can
appreciate Carla's
comments about
the front end
being a face only a
mother could love
(above), but she's
also bang on
about the other
end (right) - yum.
Those tight-tting
sticky Mickeys
help a bit in the
"Oh, dat ass!"
stakes, too
(below). For a car
bought as a cheap
alternative to a
dull rental car a
quarter of a
century ago, it's
come a lot further
than it could have
expected to... and
it's not nished
yet! It may well be
emigrating again
next year. Well,
our loss is
Sweden's gain.
Bon voyage, guys!

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Renegade
Master

Its the Jeep thats going to take on the world. Is it up to the job?
Words & Photography: Dave Smith

Jeep arguably conquered the world


with the Allied forces during that
little kerfuffle back in the 1940s. Now
the Renegade, the new, small SUV
from Jeep, as revealed at the Geneva
Motor Show, is going to be the Jeep
that is globally available through the
showrooms rather than at the head of
an invasion/peacekeeping force.
Designed by Jeep engineers in the
US, the Renegade is built in Italy in
step-parent Fiat's Melfi plant right
alongside the Fiat 500X with which it
shares a great deal of architecture. So,
the new Jeep's just a Fiat in a pair of
Timberland hiking boots then, is it?
Well, this is where it all gets a

bit serious. Jeep are definitely


stressing the inherent 'Jeepiness' of
the Renegade, with nary a mention
of Fiat anywhere. The range starts
with the Sport, then goes up via the
Longitude to the fully loaded Limited.
Top of the tree is the Trailhawk version
which, like its older brother Cherokee
Trailhawk, is 'Trail Rated' for the more
serious off-roader. Engine choices start
with the 110bhp 1.6 petrol E-torQ motor
driving the front wheels through a
five-speed manual. Next up is the little
engine that could, the 1.4-litre MultiAir
II, driving the front wheels through
a six-speed manual or six-speed
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driving all four wheels through the
nine-speed auto with 170bhp. Then
theres the 185bhp 2.4-litre Tigershark
with nine-speed auto driving either
the front or all wheels and with a
low-range option. Diesel-wise there's
a 1.6-litre 120bhp MultiJet II with sixspeed manual and front-wheel drive,
or the 2.0-litre MultiJet II with 120, 140
or 170bhp, all 4x4 and all with manual
or auto with low-range options, though
low-range auto is standard on the
170bhp. You still with us? Good. If you
skimmed that, then just know that the
Hemi is not an option.
Just looking at the fizzog of the
new Renegade should leave you in no
doubt that it's a Jeep. It has the two
round headlamps flanking a seven-slot
grille that's supposed to shout Willys
MB at you though, for some reason, it
put me in mind of a rather p**sed-off
Mini Clubman. The headlamps-andgrille motif appears all over the car in
odd places, just as a reminder that this
is a Jeep.
For the launch, Jeep again invited us
over to Fiat's Balocco proving grounds
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to put them through their paces. Here,


designers from Jeep in the US were
on hand to tell us about the 'spirit' of
Jeepiness that runs through the car
and how one of the elements that the
designers used for inspiration was
the jerry can that was strapped to the

original Willys Jeep, the tall square


one with an X-shaped cross stamped
into either side. This little motif also
appears all over the car just look at
the rear lamps, for example again
reinforcing the notion that you're in
a Jeep.

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So, on a cool, grey, damp and misty


day (very like the one we'd left behind
in the UK) we set off to see whether the
Renegade deserved its Jeep badge. We
started with a 2.0 diesel 4x4 Limited,
and on hoisting yourself in it's clear
that there's plenty of room inside. In
fact, it seemed that there's not a lot
less room in the cabin than there was
in the new Cherokee we tested a few
months ago. It's very comfortable,
very easy to find a happy driving
position, and while it comes with
plenty of toys, the dashboard is clear
and simple and it's not overburdened
with buttons and gadgetry. Visibility
isn't bad, though the A-pillars widen as
they meet the scuttle for some reason,
which slices a chunk out of each side
of the windscreen, and there's a big
box between the rear-view mirror
and screen for no apparent reason,
which would be a complete pain with
overhead traffic lights or road signs.
Oh look, there's one of those little
headlamps-and-grille motifs on it. The
interior dcor is quite funky, almost
self-consciously so, this one having

a brown dash top over a silver-grey


bottom half with orange trim around
the grab-handle and door speaker trim
and... oh yes, there's another of those
headlamps-and-grille motifs.
Setting off, the diesel is well up
to the job of shifting the Renegade,
and while it doesn't feel particularly
weighty it probably is a considerable
lump to heft about. The diesel is
relatively refined, and the manual gear
change is pretty slick for a transverse
motor, and the gearing is lovely on
the road. The test route was varied
between motorway, B-road, narrow
roads through little villages and a
couple of rutted, potholed tracks,
and it took all we could throw at it
without any complaint. It's not quite
as eerily silent as the Cherokee, but
the majority of the noise seemed
to come from the tyres and wind
whispering around those enormous,
almost clumsy-looking mirrors. You
could barge down those tracks,
thundering through the potholes
and the thing would keep straight,
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Jeep Renegade
All-steel unibody
ENGINE:
1.4 petrol turbo to 2.0 turbo diesel
(2.4 not available in UK)
POWER: 110 to 170bhp
TORQUE: Up to 350nm/258ft.lb.
WHEELBASE: 2,570mm/101
TRACK:
1,541mm/60.6 front and rear
OVERALL LENGTH:
4,236mm/166.7
GROUND CLEARANCE:
Up to 210mm/8.2 (Trailhawk)
0-60MPH: 8.8 to 11.8 seconds
MAX SPEED:
178 to 196km/h (110 to 121mph)
EU EMISSIONS:
Euro 6 (Euro 5+ for 1.6 diesel)
CO2 (COMBINED): 120 to 160g/km
ECONOMY (COMBINED CYCLE):
6.9 to 4.6l/100km (40.9 to 61.4mpg)
TOWING CAPACITY:
Up to 1,500kg/3,300lb
(2.0 turbo diesel)

making a squeak and never rattling


the occupants' teeth together. Even
out on the damp, greasy tarmac, you
could push this thing through corners
with boy-racerish abandon and it
would look after you. In fact, this little
wide-track machine never once lost its
composure. I was impressed.
Later on, I took out a two-wheel
drive auto with the 1.4 petrol motor. It
was still a Limited, so had most of the
toys, but in terms of dynamics it was
a very different story. Again, on the
road it was capable and comfortable,
with 100mph being a fairly sedate
3,200rpm, but its off-tarmac prowess
wasn't a patch on its four-wheeling
sibling. This is to be expected, without
the sure-footedness of 4x4, but on
the same greasy roads is was far
easier to initiate slip, scrabbling for
grip, and understeer.
Overall, this car surprised me, and
I think what surprised me most was
that it was fun to drive. I don't think of
many new cars as being fun, because
'fun' with a new car seems to begin and
end with a set of novelty eyelashes
from eBay or something equally
cringeworthy. This Renegade actually
felt like it had a bit of character, as if
you could possibly get attached to it.
So is this a Fiat dressed as a Jeep for
Halloween? Possibly, but that's the way
the world is going these days cars
built 'for the North American market'
are an endangered species and
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doesn't deserve its Jeep badge. I think
the hardcore Jeepers will be tough to
win over with the Renegade, but that's
not really the target market. If you
want to go mud-plugging or rockcrawling, you're not going to pick a
Renegade, are you?
That said, Jeep are pushing the
thing on its Jeepiness, showing that
it hasn't lost all its off-road prowess
despite the fact that the market for
this sort of small SUV could probably
care less about going off road. They're
definitely pushing the 'lifestyle' angle,
accompanied by lots of pictures of
the same sort of healthy, smiling,
outdoorsy people that populate the
Wrangler and Cherokee brochures,
because you're not supposed to be
just buying a car; you're supposed
to be buying into the brand ethos.
Buy a Renegade, and feel the sudden
urge to go canoeing or camping in
the wilderness. They're also pushing
the idea of personalisation with a
fair old range of off-the-shelf Mopar
accessories available direct from your
dealership, and not a fake eyelash in
sight. If the price is right, it'll probably
sell on its Tonka-toy looks. I hope it
does. It deserves to.
The Renegade is the first proper
American-Italian collaboration for
Fiat-Chrysler, and is set to go on sale
in more than 100 countries. It has
already been released in Italy, and will

have debuted in a few other European


countries by the time you read this, but
will not be on sale in right-hand drive
in the UK or South Africa (or Slovenia,
for some reason) until next year.
Recommendations? Avoid the limp 1.6
engines, petrol or diesel I'd go for the
2.0 turbo diesel. The leather interior
is lovely, better than the cloth by a
country mile. And definitely go for the
4x4 if you can stretch to it. ACM

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Fly-Drive
What: Sywell Classic Pistons & Props
Where: Sywell Aerodrome, Northampton
When: September 27th, 2014
Theres something in the air at the Sywell Classic. And plenty
on the ground, too.
Words & Photography: Andy Davis
A one-day flying visit (sorry!) to Sywell
meant plenty of ground to cover to
see everything at this busy car-showcum-air-display; there was loads going
on! On the ground, the tarmac taxiway
was turned into an eighth-mile drag
strip complete with Christmas tree.
The crowd was treated to big burnouts
and squirrelly runs by Outlaw Anglias,
bracket racers and the Taz Racing
boys amongst others a good display
organised by UK Street Machines that
gave spectators a real flavour of drag
racing. Later, the track was extended

into a sprint course with a couple of


bends in order to showcase racecars
from the Twenties to the Seventies.
Supercharged Thirties MGs and Rileys,
C-type, E-type and XK120 Jags, Sixties
Le Mans MG Midgets and classic Group
2 rally cars all took to the course as
spectators vied for position behind the
straw bales.
In the air, we had team aerobatics
from the Blades (all ex-Red Arrows
pilots) and Russian Yakovlevs, with
the high spot on Saturday being the
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from the Battle of Britain Memorial


Flight. Sunday apparently featured
mock WWI dog fights between replica
vintage warbirds, including one owned
and flown by Iron Maiden singer Bruce
Dickinson.
Over at the live music marquee,
there was Forties-style swing from
five-piece vocal harmony group Elle
and the Pocket Belles, and a highly
entertaining rockabilly set from the
ever-reliable Houndogs, who knocked
out a catalogue of Fifties classics while
balancing on the stand-up bass and
setting fire to the drum kit like you do!
Weekend visitors also had a Saturday
night party in one of the hangars
featuring (appropriately enough at an
air show) The Dakotas, the Sixties band
of Billy J Kramer fame.

The show field was packed with a


variety of club displays and individual
exhibits, with the Mopar Muscle
Association and NSRA, together with
a host of individual Yank and rod
owners, providing plenty to keep the
American car enthusiast happy. With
time running out, there was no chance
to check out the vintage fair, trade
stalls, fun fair or aviation museum
before hitting the road, just a few
minutes left for a refreshing shandy in
the wood-panelled Art Deco splendour
of the Aviation Hotel bar.
Theres no time to get bored at
Pistons & Props the mix of car
and aircraft activity works well and
the vintage airstrip setting offers a
great atmosphere. Well be back for
sure. ACM
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The
Gathering
Its uphill, but not a struggle for the Retro Rides crew.
Words & Photography: Dave Smith
Right at the close of August, the Retro
Rides Gathering brought together
everything automotive that lives just
outside the mainstream. Cars that
are modern but not new, old but not
necessarily classic, modified but not
hot rods. They don't really have a
definition, other than that they're all
loosely banded together under the title
'retro', and their cool is subjective.
There's a lot of the Wheels Day
vibe about the event, and the very
British surroundings of Shelsley Walsh
hillclimb in Worcestershire were
suddenly overrun with all sorts of odd

machinery from all over the world.


The hillsides were covered with show
cars I would usually say 'show'n'shine'
cars but very few people seemed to be
that bothered about polishing and
nobody seemed to be excluded. The
smattering of American cars and hot
rods were just parked up among the
other punters and got their fair share
of 'wow' and 'cool', especially the
Cadillac hearse that tackled the hill...
Meanwhile, the hillclimb was open
for business, although there was no
timing gear in place so it was just a
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of it. Many took this opportunity, and


while there was plenty of machinery
suitable for hillclimbing an ex-F1
single seater and an old Group B
Lancia, for example it seemed to
be the drag stars that were putting
in the most effort, including a couple
of V8-powered NSCC competitors
and Sean Rooney's ex-cover car star
1950 Studebaker street rod. Mick
'Wacky' Wilkes was hoping for a timed
run, looking towards the Fastest
Commercial Vehicle record set last
year by a Holden Maloo, but that
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to the extent that the clerk of the


course had to tell him to rein it in a bit
and the marshals mentioned that he
was as quick out of the traps as most
single-seaters...
Some of the club stands were pretty
extensive, and filled to capacity, so I
wonder if next year there shouldn't
be an all-comers 'Americans and hot
rods' stand to show this predominantly
younger crowd that there's life in
our side of the retro scene, too. It's
provisionally happening again on
Sunday, August 23rd next year no,
that's not bank holiday weekend. Is
anybody up for it? ACM

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57 Varieties

A show for the ever-popular Tri-Chevy seems to have been a long time coming,
but the 57th birthday of the 57 Chevy seems to have provided just the occasion.
Words: Jerry Cookson Photography: Jenny Wren Photography
One of Americas most iconic
automobiles, the 1957 Chevrolet, this
year celebrated its 57th anniversary
since rolling off the General Motors
production lines in Detroit to rave
reviews. Fifty-seven years later that
old 57 keeps chugging along and
turning up in a variety of places the
world over. From Bel Airs to Nomads
and Del Rays, all of these names
played an important pivotal part in the
history of the great 57.
Inspired by previous celebrations,
57@57 was first conceived in February
by Chevy enthusiasts Wendy Strickton
and John Hayfield after various
debates on internet forums and chat
rooms by fellow enthusiasts. The
chosen venue for the celebrations to
take place was Stratford Upon Avons
Shakespeare County Raceway, home to
the NSRAs annual Hot Rod Drags and
Nostalgia Nationals.
Even though theres a drag strip on
hand, the organisers were looking for
a relaxed atmosphere which, over the
two days in mid-September, everyone
certainly got with plenty of mellow
moods and chill out moments.
With plenty of photo opportunities
to savour from on-track photo
calls against the tree to the now
customary line-up of cars across the
drag strip centre line: all 46 of them
from 55s through to what the event
is all about, the 57. There was even a
rumble in the valley when all the cars
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eager owners to floor the throttle a


few times!
Saturday evening the entertainment
centred round Kennys Bar which
provided the usual alcoholic
beverages, an Indian buffet and music
with Ricky Cool & The In Crowd. The
night ended with a cool Drive-In
movie showing that timeless classic
American Graffiti.
With the shows relaxed atmosphere
there wasnt going to be an array
of presentation trophies except for
one: Jerrys Pick, to be judged and
presented by the raceways manager
Jerry Cookson to the 57 Chevy he
would like most to take home with
him. So, from the 30 or so 57s on the
property, Jerrys Choice found itself
going to Bewdley to the household of
Steve and Sue Storey for their classic
untouched Bel Air. Steve acquired
the car a year ago and has cherished
it every since. Since my love affair
with American cars began in the
mid-Eighties I have always wanted a
57 and when the opportunity arose
to buy this one I just had to have it,
said Steve. And since it drives like a
car from the Fifties then it should look
like a car from the Fifties. This is the
second trophy Steve and Sue have
won with the car; the first came earlier
in the year at the Hatton Country
World gathering for Best In Show.
Heres to the next 50 or so years,
although I did hear that another
anniversary is on the horizon for
the 55! ACM

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The Last
Hurrah

When the nostalgia drags season closed in mid-September, it


sure went off with a bang.
Words: Dave Smith Photography: Jeni Long, Dave Smith
You'll have read in this magazine well
before now about the NSRA's Hot Rod
Drags event celebrating its quarter
century, and how it's grown to become
just about the biggest event on the
nostalgia racing calendar. This year,
the event showed just how much
love and support it can muster with a
massive dose of something that can't
be bought enthusiasm.

Even though it happens in midSeptember, there's a feeling of 'the


end of the season' about it. This could
be a bit depressing, but everyone
instead decided to make it a blowout
to remember and the build up of
excitement began online weeks before
the event. When the day finally rolled
around, arrival at teatime on the Friday
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campsite already crammed full and


the pits, already extended, being only
accessible by application at the NSRA
stand on the entrance road.
The track had been open on Friday
afternoon for the very keen, and
once darkness began to fall the party
atmosphere really started up. The
Straight Aces played to a packed house
in the marquee while Kenny's Bar
was bouncing until well into the early
hours, and there were still barbecue
and bench racing parties happening all
over the pits and campsite.
Despite the over-exertions of
some the night before, Saturday was
pleasant and warm and the track was

opened on time for the early risers. It


was a little slow to start, but soon hit its
stride and the action came thick and
fast in front of grandstands heaving
with spectators. Nobody could have
been disappointed, and despite a
couple of oil-downs and one crash in
which, fortunately, nobody was hurt,
the racing went on all day. As dusk fell,
many of the more serious racecars
lined up on the track for the Cackle,
in front of grandstands even more
packed than they'd been all day, and
with flaming burnouts and fireworks
backing up the noise, it was a supersensory experience that prepared
everyone for another night of revelry!

The Northern
Spirit altered was
running sevens
in Supercharged
Outlaw, to
everyones delight
(top left). Burnouts
in the pairing
lanes are only
ever allowed at
one time in the
year, and this was
it (top right). Wild
sideways burnouts
are a feature of the
ex-Bryan Whitfield
Nova, now with
new owners (right).
The turbo humps
on Joe Stevens
Stiletto (bottom left)
conceal the tax disc
in the window...

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Sunday saw more of the same, and
the track was open for all-comers.
Sadly, by mid-afternoon, the monster
truck doing some demos and
passenger runs in the field adjoining
the return road had kicked up a dust
cloud that was blowing onto the track
and making traction marginal for
some of the faster classes, so some
elected to call the day early, but this
was just one of those unforeseeable
problems. As the day tailed off to a
close, with many weary but happy
showgoers heading home throughout
the afternoon, they could reflect on a
truly excellent event to round off the
season. The weather had been great,
the place had been packed and the

atmos superb. My only complaint if


it can be called that is that there
are getting to be so many invited
nostalgia classes (Supercharged
Outlaws, Gasser Circus, Wild Bunch,
Outlaw Anglia etc etc) that the RWYB
side of things seems to be taking a
back seat. On the other hand, if the
crowds packing the grandstand came
to see those classes then they must
be doing something right, and I've
seen plenty of RWYB events where, at
3.30pm, it's the same half dozen cars
running laps... Congratulations to the
NSRA and Shakespeare County crews
for yet another superb event. The
Nostalgia Nationals suddenly seems
an awfully long way away. ACM

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Ford Model A

Steve Hill

Ford Model T

Brett Pillinger

Ford Model A

Russ Kirby

1969 Sunbeam Stiletto

Joe Stevens

Ford Pop "Barn Stormer"

Barn Levy

Ford Escort MkI

Darren Scannell

Fordson "Time Bomb"

Dave Sidaway

Ford Model Y

Andy Park

1953 Chevy Pick-up

Chris Hill

1969 Vauxhall Cresta

Dave Mace

Ford Thames

Johnny Morris

1967 Chevy Camaro

David Faircloth

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Down To
The Wire

The National Finals at Santa Pod, where the years champions


are decided. It all came down to this.
Words: Dave Smith Photography: John Kennedy
Held over the weekend of September
20th and 21st, the National Finals
decided most of the UK's drag racing
championship classes, with a few
records and upsets along the way.
Saturday's qualifying started off a bit
damp and misty, but ended up running
to completion anyway.
Pro Mod is always a favourite for the
ultimate doorslammer class, and with
well over half the field now running
consistent sixes it's a sight to behold.
Andy Robinson in the Camaro, that
had shown five-second form at the
Euro Finals, was still clocking off low
sixes though he had already absolutely
swept the board in the Pro Mod
Championships. In our other favourite
class, TopSpeed's Street Eliminator,
Steve Neimantas's amazing Bentley
was on record-setting form, clocking a
7.41 at 187mph in qualifying.
The Sunday dawned absolutely
beautiful, sunny and cool, ideal for
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Street Eliminator straight away, as


championship leader Stu Williams
redlit his way out in the first round. If
Jon Webster's Comet won the finals,
he'd take the title from Stu. It got
even more tense in the semis when
Jon beat Andy Bond to face Matthew
Smith in the final, but a shut-off from
Jon handed Matthew's V8-powered
Escort the win and Stu (in his gasp
Toyota Supra!) the title. Andy
Robinson defeated second place man
Rick Garrett 6.2 to 6.4 in the final to
stamp his authority all over Pro Mod.
It's going to be a long, hard wait
over winter for all the hard-working
drivers and crews, but the 2015 season
looks to have plenty of enthusiasm
behind it already. Many thanks to the
track crews, marshals, promoters
and organisers, and well done to
everyone who took part in the 2014
championships. See www.eurodragster.
com for news of developments over
winter and into next season. ACM

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2014 UK Drag
Racing Champions
MSA Pro Mod

Andy Robinson

Nostalgia Fuel Altered

Nick Davis, Chaos

Super Pro ET

Scott Hauser

Pro ET

Rick McCann

Sportsman ET

Ricky Hale

Super Comp

Paul Hudson

Super Gas

Jon Morton

Super Street

Karen Stevens

Lucas Oil Junior Dragster

Joe Kellett

Topspeed Automotive
Street Eliminator

Stu Williams

Wild Bunch

Adam Price

Wild Bunch Real Steel series

Bob Hawkins

Wild Bunch
Springbridge MSA series

Keith Crampton

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Final round, York Raceway, September 21st


Words: Dave Smith Photography: Richard Smith (rdsmith.zenfolio.com), Dave Smith

After a long and very close-fought


season of the ever-popular American
Super Stock, it all came down to the
10th and final round on September 21st
to decide the champion. Father and
son team Chris and Adam Nowak had
a healthy lead but Lee Chiles and Mick
Elsworth could still have snatched the
glory should fate decide to piddle on
Team Nowak's chances.
On a cool and breezy Sunday
morning, though, Adam nailed his
colours to the mast in qualifying, an
11.065 on his 11.06 dial-in showing that
he was not about to be intimidated
and giving him pole position. Another
18 competitors beneath him weren't
going down without a fight, though.

The cool but sunny day and a


crosswind seemed to be putting a
lot of drivers off their swing, and the
first round of eliminations saw plenty
of breakouts. In the first pairing, Kris
Thoburn, who had already been
pushed back in qualifying due to a flat
battery, and Vic Parsons both broke
out, Vic's crime being the lesser to
take the win. Howard Holmes was back
out in his beautiful Dodge Coronet
R/T after a prolonged absence, and
it was out to surprise him he broke
out by two tenths in qualifying, so he
dropped his dial-in by two tenths for
eliminations and promptly blitzed it
by well over six tenths to hand the win
to Sam Carter-Chiles. Plenty to look

out for from Howard next year, I think.


Second place qualifier Joel Kerr in
the Dodge Lancer was on the money
to oust a breaking-out Des Taylor's
SN95 Mustang both of those cars
are currently up for sale, incidentally
while Jon Challenor in the Pro Street
Camaro and Richard Sykes in the swift
Ford Lightning had a really close race,
just one hundredth of a second in it
with the Camaro taking the win. Lee
'Cookie' Chiles and Mick Elsworth,
second and third in the championship,
met each other in this first round,
and both showed why they were
championship material Mick ran a
13.47 on his 13.45 dial-in but Cookie ran
11.98 on his 11.95 dial which, coupled
with a one-tenth swifter reaction,
was enough to put paid to Mick's
championship hopes. Karen Gregory in
the blue Lightning was on the brakes at
the top end against Blackpudlian Paul
Cross in the tremendously handsome
orange Chevelle, but Karen got the win,
while Andy 'Boz' managed an 11.201 on
his 11.20 dial but a better reaction saw
Andy Reynolds' Rodzilla Chevelle take
the win light. Daz Chandler redlit his
chances away against Claire Johnson,
while Mark 'Dirty Harry' Harrison never
made it to the startline, leaving Nigel
Preston to solo the Camaro into the
next round. Adam Nowak also took a
leisurely bye to finish up the first round
of eliminations.
The next round would be another
war of the numbers, beginning with

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Vic Parsons running an 11.351 on an


11.35 dial-in but leaving a cherry on the
tree to gift the win to a breaking-out
Nigel Preston. Jon Challenor pulled a
superb reaction time but Sam CarterChiles drove around him for the win,
and then Cookie broke out against
Andy Reynolds, which all but wrapped
up and put a bow on the championship
for Team Nowak. In fact, Adam sealed it
in the next pairing, beating a breakingout Karen Gregory to put himself
through to the quarter finals, while a
no-show from Joel Kerr allowed Claire
a free pass into the quarters.
The quarter finals started off
interesting 60% of the competitors
were driving GM! This is very unusual
in this Mopar-infested series. It started
badly for GM, though, with Andy
Reynolds redlighting and breaking out
against Sam, though Claire had drawn

the bye and couldn't go wrong. Adam


Nowak managed to break out, too,
running 11.02 on an 11.08 dial, but by
then it didn't matter what he did, he
could have stripped off and streaked
the whole track, he was still overall
champion, and Nigel went through to
the semis.
The semis were now 66% GM and
66% ladies, though Sam getting a bye
into the final meant that the last race
of the day would definitely be 50%
Mopar. Claire, however, managed to
redlight and break out to give Nigel the
other golden ticket.
The final was less tense than
previously, with the title already sewn
up, but the 2013 champion, Sam, wasn't
giving in. She launched her Demon
with a 0.6 reaction and stormed off
down the track. Three and a half
seconds later, Nigel picked the front

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end up with a 0.5 reaction and set


off after her. The result was a double
breakout, Nigel running 10.11 on his
10.15 dial but Sam, just 0.0042 under
her 13.88 dial, took the win light and
yet another trophy for her collection.
It had been another amazing day's
racing, and a fitting end to another
exciting season of American Super
Stock. Congratulations go out to Adam
and Chris Nowak, 2014 Champions in
their Plymouth Road Runner, well done
gents. Congratulations to everyone
else who took part or just came along
to enjoy the fun. You can bet it'll be
back next year, as strong as ever, with
hopefully some new faces to challenge
the usual suspects, and plenty of
laughs along the way. Stay tuned at
www.americansuperstock.co.uk or find
them on Facebook, and let's see you
out there next year! ACM

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Outlaw Street
Round 5
Words: Mark Wallington Photography: Dave Smith

What: OS-5 Where: 21st Mopar Euronationals, Santa Pod When: July 25th to 27th

The Mopars has always been and will always be a firm favourite for
Outlaw Street members what V8 petrolhead can't but enjoy three
solid days of wall-to-wall muscle cars and drag-racing banter?
This year's Mopars was, as always, a big turnout for Outlaw
Street with over 40 members in attendance and 25+ cars racing across
the weekend.
OS-62 Doug Harwood was out to play in his newly acquired
Barracuda, spending the weekend hot lapping to get settled into
the car. OS-47 Eric Humphreys in his turbo '69 Firebird and Andrew
Murton in his 540 V8 powered Camaro had some friendly head-tohead racing, which saw some of the closest and best racing of the
weekend between the two muscle cars. We also had OS-61 Linden
Shepperson join for his first 'dial in' of the year, keen to chase down his
Dad's PBs, which means Outlaw Street now has FIVE father-and-son
teams and a total of 10 cars all competing against each other's PBs.
This shows that Outlaw Street has achieved its original aim of bringing
'new blood' into drag racing.
OS-5 and OS-5b were a joint round (meaning the points were
available across the two rounds). This is due to the 'no FWD' entry
rules at the Mopars, and last year we had quite a few FWD cars in the
series. This year we didn't, which meant the extra OS-5b round wasn't
needed. Big thanks from all at Outlaw Street to the track staff and
Mopar crew for making yet another great Euronationals, and we're
already looking forward to 2015's!
At each main points scoring round of the 2014 series the highest points
scorer for the meet will win a prize, the top six at Santa Pod being:
1

OS-21

George Bebikan, Zephyr

224 points

competition at Santa Pod was as close as ever with 0.143 of a second


between the whole top six, Trudy Slater winning with a 0.027 RT.
The top six RTs over the two meets were:
1

OS-27

Trudy Slater, Cosworth Moggy

0.027 RT

OS-18

Vic Fisher, supercharged Mustang

0.0471

OS-35

Tom Semper, 100E

0.144

OS-47

Eric H, 69 Firebird

0.145

OS-40

Steve Newport-Hall, 66 Cobra

0.155

OS-21

George Bebikan, Zephyr

0.170

The 2014 League Table as of OS5/OS-5b is:


1

David Mahoney, Supercharged LS1 Corvette

890 points

Trudy Slater, Morris Minor

886

Steve Newport-Hall, 66 Cobra

881

John Latham, PT Vanster

867

Nigel Jenkins, Supercharged Mustang

671

Rob Leyman, LS1 Monaro

666

Gary Semper, 69 Pontiac Firebird

654

Kline Demaine, small-block Ford Capri

477

=2

OS-7

Andy Murton, 68 Camaro

217

Andrew Murton, 68 Camaro

467

=2

OS-19

David Mahoney, supercharged C5 Corvette

217

10

Nick Rose, Supercharged Mustang

460

OS-9

Rob Leyman, LS1 Monaro

213

11

Kevin Shepperson, RS2000 Escort

454

OS-47

Eric Humphreys, turbod 69 Firebird

212

12

Dean Newport Hall, Nissan Skyline

446

OS-31

Nick Rose, supercharged Mustang

211

At every main round of the 2014 series there is a Joe & Cosponsored Reaction Time trophy and 25 prize money up for grabs. The

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The finals of Outlaw Street 2014 run at Santa Pod's Flame and
Thunder meet, just before this mag hits the shelves. To find out more
about Outlaw Street see www.outlawstreet.co.uk.

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Walk, Worcester WR1 1LH
or email: editor@americancarmagazine.com
Likewise your cruise meets for the Monthly Meetings
section.
November
November 1st - Whitby Kustom,
Whitby, N Yorks YO21 3EG, www.
whitbykustom.com
November 1st-2nd - Jukebox and
Retro Fair, Chessington, Surrey,
www.jukeboxfair.co.uk
November 5th - Firework Frenzy,
Santa Pod, 01234 782828, www.
santapod.com
November 12th - DWYB, Santa
Pod, 01234 782828, www.dwyb.
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November 14th-16th - Classic Car
Show, NEC Birmingham, www.
necclassicmotorshow.com
November 14th-17th - Rhythm
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Camber, Sussex, www.rhythmriot.
com

When: November 14th-16th


What: Classic Motor Show Where: NEC, Birmingham
Damn, two big weekenders in
November and they fall on the
same weekend! The Classic Motor
Show, sponsored by Lancaster
Insurance, is the end-of-year indoor
blowout for all classic fans, and

theres usually a healthy American


and rod contingent, too. This years
theme is The Big Screen, so carshare or take the train and have
a fine day out, indoors! See www.
necclassicmotorshow.com.

February 20th-22nd - Race Retro,


Stoneleigh, Warwicks CV8 2LZ,
www.raceretro.com
July 9th-12th - Americana
International, Prestwold, near
Loughborough, Leics, 0115
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When: November 14th-17th What: Rhythm Riot Where: Pontins, Camber, Sussex
The Rhythm Riot Weekend at
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traditional season-ending party for
almost two decades and is simply
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A November event that can draw
thousands of people and hundreds
of classics from across Europe has
got to be pretty special. With a lineup of Fifties legends, the hottest

bands from around the world, floorfilling DJs, huge music venues and
late-nite bars, its a combination
that guarantees a fantastic party,
with three days and nights of
almost non-stop Fifties fun. One
of the highlights of the weekend is
Sunday afternoons drive out, when
hundreds of cars rumble through
the ancient town of Rye, and

gather for an official town centre


reception. Its been described by
many as the best cruise in the UK,
and its certainly an experience you
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Monthly Meets
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PE22 7AJ, www.withamandblues.com
Every Sunday National Can Am car club, 2pm, The Viewpoint,
Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, www.canamcarclub.org.uk
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1st Wednesday Hot Rod Night, 6pm on, Ace Caf NW10, 0208 961
1000, www.ace-caf-london.com
1st Wednesday (& 3rd Wednesday BST) American Auto Mags Cruise,
The Hollow Tree, off A49 Stretton, WA4 4LX, 01606 888324, www.
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2nd Wednesday UK Street Machines, The George Inn, Main Rd, Wilby,
Wellingborough NN8 2UB, www.ukstreetmachines.com
2nd Saturday Big Moes Diner, A13 Newham, London IG11 0AD, www.
bigmoesdiner.co.uk
3rd Monday National Can Am Car Club, 7.30pm, The Angel Inn,
Ferndown, Dorset, www.canamcarclub.org.uk
3rd Wednesday The Bowling Green, Lichfield, Staffs, 7pm on
3rd Wednesday The Head Gas Gits, North Star pub, Iver, Bucks SL0
9AL, www.facebook.com/groups/headgasgits
3rd Sunday Burnout Auto Club, meet 3pm, Wrey Arms, Sticklepath,
Barnstaple, Devon 07973 471125 or see Facebook

1st and 3rd Wednesday The Victory Wheelers meet, The Plough,
Portsmouth Road, Burlesdon, Southampton SO31 8BT

3rd Sunday Fairmile Pub, Portsmouth Road, Cobham, Surrey KT11


1BW, 07802 166957

1st Sunday V8 Mentalists Breakfast Meet, The Coach House,


Chelsham Common, Warlingham, Surrey CR6 9PB, 07950 258704

Last Friday National Can Am car club, 7pm, McDonalds, Wessex Gate
Retail Park, Creekmoor, Poole, www.canamcarclub.org.uk

1st Sunday AACNW Big Meet, 10am on, Krispy Kreme Trafford Park,
behind Trafford Centre, 0161 865 7684/01744 609404

Last Saturday All American Cruise-In, 4pm on, Ace Caf NW10, 0208
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BookReviews

Titles are available from


American Auto Mags;
Chaters Wholesale; Bookworld;
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Mustangbooks.com; VW-DIY; and, of
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Hot Rod Gallery


Author: Pat Ganahl Published by: CarTech Price: 30
Ah, yet another look back at the
golden heyday of hot rodding. I'm
always slightly wary of any thing
or place that puts too much
emphasis on its glorious
heritage; anything that trades too
much on its past too often points
to a mediocre present and a
dubious future. It's basically
saying We have a sparkling
future behind us. I get a lot of
books crossing my desk, and I
can't remember the last nontechnical one that wasn't about
how great things were in the
Fifties/Sixties/Seventies (delete
as applicable).
Still, in terms of looking back,
this is a fine subject matter, and
written not only by someone who
cares deeply about the subject
but someone who was actually
there. Mr Ganahl is a SoCal dude
who grew up around the rod and
dry lakes scene and has authored
and edited some seminal titles in
his time. However, this is a
gallery, a photo album, and the
majority of the contents are not
his own work. He is the guy that
has gone round all the blokes
that were on the scene from the
beginning and collected all their
photographs, mostly negatives
or transparencies shot by
amateurs, scratched and faded
with age and mistreatment, and

duplicated them. This, don't


forget, from the Thirties onwards,
when a camera was a fair old
piece of equipment, way more
than half a century before
everyone carried a camera built
into the phone in their pocket.
It's a jaw-dropping collection,
chaptered according to era and
location the street, the dry lakes,
the early drag strips, the indoor
shows etc and captioned
according to what is known about
the cars or people involved.
Sometimes, that's absolutely
nothing. Most are black and
white, but some are in that rather
artificial-looking Sixties colour,
and the vast majority have never
been published before. And that's
what makes this title so perfect:
its complete, on-the-ground
authority. From the front cover
pic that looks like a Beach Boys
album cover to a bunch of guys
wearing car club coveralls,
grinning at the camera on their
way to Muroc in 1940, these
are real snapshots of the way it
was in SoCal.
Buy this absorbing hardback
for any hardcore hot rodder this
Christmas and you'll not see or
hear from him or her until at least
December 29th. And next
Christmas, they'll be asking for a
time machine.

The Complete Book of Corvette


Author: Mike Mueller Published by: Motorbooks Price: 35
Wow, this is a chunking great
hardback full o'love for
America's favourite sports car,
and while the world is hardly
short of books about Corvettes,
this one may well have raised
the bar. Mike Mueller is another
guy who's no stranger to
authoring and editing, and this
work is pretty authoritative.
Coee table books full of glossy
photos have their place;
likewise techy books that are
heavy on the numbers and
statistics. This title doesn't only
fall smack in the middle, it also
manages to encompass the
peripheries as well.
This book covers every model
from the development stages
onwards. Yes, it's been published
before, but this is the revised and
updated edition that covers the
last of the C6 and the first of the
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C7 well, it has its own title to live


up to! Working in chronological,
model year order, Mueller shows
the progress and evolution of the
Corvette from the six-pot limited
edition sportster of 1953 to the
world-class GT that it is today.
Each model year starts with a
box of bullet-points and some
Top Trumps-style figures, then
the entire tale from factory,
showroom, street and race track
is woven around period
photographs and press pictures
that really colour in the life story
of the GM pet project that
refused to die.
Every Corvette fan needs this
book, and even if you're not
fussed for the plastic fantastic
you'll still enjoy the engrossing
read provided here. It's definitely
high on the gift ideas list for any
petrolhead. Recommended.

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Thanks

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Ivan Purchase, West Midlands American


Vehicles, 01902 798840,
www.american-vehicles.com
Martin Mumford, Ultimate Spares,
01953 601410, www.ultimatespares.co.uk
Shaun Wilson, Seamless Servicing Stalmine,
07974 269364

1991 GMC Syclone / 1992-1993 GMC Typhoon


GMC, a brand known for dependable trucks, had never seemed to pay much
attention to performance until, suddenly, they hiccuped in 1991 and out
came the Syclone.
Based on the GMC Sonoma/Chevrolet S10 light pick-up, these were actually built
by a third party company and sported a turbocharged V6, 700R4 auto, fourwheel drive, ABS brakes and a skipful of attitude. They were all black, quoted
power output was 280bhp with quarter mile times in the mid-13s straight from
the showroom and original advertising pointed out that 4WD helped it
accomplish frightening performance figures even in the wet. The only thing it
wasn't any good at was carrying a load.
It only lasted for one model year, but was succeeded immediately by an
identically powered Jimmy/Blazer-based SUV called the Typhoon. This was
slightly heavier but had an extra row of seats so you could scare more
passengers witless in one go. It was also available in a choice of colours, though
black was still far and away the most popular, and lasted just two brief model years.
So, are these hyperactive hay haulers a gift from the gods, or just a quick way of meeting yours? We asked
a couple of guys with their fingers on the pulse... Ivan Purchase, Martin Mumford and Shaun Wilson.

The factory wheels which


have dierent oset front to
rear so cannot be swapped
about suer from corrosion
and although they can be
refurbished or replaced (at
least one specialist supplier
in the States oers these)
they don't come cheap.
Likewise the centre caps
fetch a premium price as
they easily became lost one
brand new, in the bag cap
recently made over $1,000
alone! - SW

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The interiors suered a bit cracked dash


tops, baggy seats etc but that was typical
of GMs of the period. - MM
The dashboard in the Syclone is shared
only by the Pontiac Sunbird Turbo and the
instruments are notoriously haphazard in
their accuracy. The factory boost gauge was
the least reliable of all, so do not be
surprised to find an aftermarket gauge in
any decent survivor today certainly do not
contemplate tuning one without having
reliable boost information. - SW

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When they were brought out, they were a real pocket-rocket so


the first thing people did was blast 'em! Early 4.3s are prone to
blowing head gaskets, but it doesn't seem to be down to the
boost because Astros did the same. Syclones and Typhoons had
upgraded blocks and cranks, but they can be swapped for a
stock 4.3 bottom end so look out. The earliest ones knocked out
the big ends, but later ones seemed to have a tougher crank. - IP
A stock truck will pull a solid 14.7lbs of boost under full
throttle, pinning you firmly in the custom-stitched seats (which
are unique to the vehicle). The boost can be tweaked very easily
but 18lbs is generally considered a safe limit, beyond that you are
in the hands of the gods, and whilst some people claim to have
run up to 23psi without problems, others have some expensive

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The transmission isn't the toughest,


but they did get thrashed and often were
not well maintained. - IP
They're not particularly heavy, but
check for any slop in the propshafts,
especially at the transfer case end. - MM
The biggest weak link on the vehicle
is the transmission, a TH700R4 fourspeed overdrive automatic, which was
internally similar to the Corvette but in a
Blazer casing. Be warned that the valve
body is totally unique to the Syclone and
not interchangeable with other GM
models. The trans should have a very
firm thump in each up-shift, either at part
or full throttle. Any sign of slippage or
laziness in the change between third and
top is a sure-fire sign that the box will be
toast in a very short time. Almost all
Syclone owners will have a tale of woe
about this symptom, which generally
denotes that the third gear clutch band is
about to expire within the next couple of
hundred miles. GM are said to have rated
the Syclone at 285bhp as that was all the
700R4 gearbox was rated to... although it
is common knowledge that these trucks
were making well over 300bhp when
they left the showroom floor. - SW

shrapnel to show for it. Any attempt to increase the boost should
be met with intelligent safety measures such as ensuring that
you run high-octane unleaded only (our regular unleaded will
work fine in a stock truck, which incidentally will return around
23mpg when driven steadily). Engine mounts are also prone to
breaking (usually through owners winding the revs up against
the brake at the traffic lights boost launching for maximum
eect). Once the left-hand engine mount is on its way out it will
torque twist the motor o its mount under throttle and typically
the fan will cut its way through the radiator hose! The other sideeect is that the front propshaft, which runs perilously close to
the transmission, will begin to foul, quickly cutting its way
through the front joint gaiter. - SW

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They're quite robust, based on the plentiful


S10, but rust issues usually depend on how
long they've been in the UK. Yes, they're on a
tough separate chassis, but bear in mind
they're all over 20 years old now. - MM

The bodywork cladding is easily broken in parking skirmishes and


again is unique to these vehicles, look for any missing, cracked or
damaged arches or side mouldings they are not easy to replace.
The rest of the bodywork is just your basic Chevy S-10, so even if you
find rust issues there is still a good parts availability. - SW

Conclusion
They're similar to later Lightnings, in that many have been thrashed
and it's very rare we see a stock one. They are pretty robust, though,
and very rapid for a small truck. Pricewise, you can ask anything you
want a white Typhoon on eBay recently went for 9,000, so they're
holding strong money. - IP
There don't seem to be many of these left now, it's all gone very
quiet and there only seem to be a few about. Most were bought as
'toys', and they're not really any good as working trucks, but it's worth
checking anything you're thinking of buying. A lot is reflected in the
mileage and condition, and how much it's been thrashed, as it will have
been! Most have been modified in some way, though they're bloody
fast as standard they were as fast as a Corvette in their day. - MM
In 1991 the GMC Syclone was not only the fastest production pick-up
on the planet, it was also the fastest car that you could buy. Its fourwheel-drive platform, derived largely from the Blazer parts bin, gave it
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pre-dated Subaru Imprezas and Mitsubishi EVOs) and with a turbocharged 4.3 litre V6 it could rocket from 0-60 in around 4.5 seconds.
Motor Trend famously put a Ferrari 348 up against the Syclone for a
quarter-mile drag race, with the Syclone winning three out of three.
Numerous celebrities have owned them, and with fewer than 3,000
being made in their one-year production run they had exclusivity from
day one. Twenty-odd years on and that exclusivity is either a damn
good reason to buy yourself a piece of history, or a good reason to
stay clear. Many of the parts that are unique to the Syclone fetch a
serious premium price, so when going to check one out be sure that
you know what you are getting into. The trucks seem to inspire a real
love-hate relationship with their owners they are fantastic to drive
and oer great handling for a Yank pick-up (although the factory did
warn owners not to exceed 500lbs of weight in the pick-up bed) with
acceleration that is still right up there with the supercars even 20
years on. - SW

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Last month, we looked at brake discs on a Seventies Jeep. This month, the same Jeeps front bearings.
Words & Photography: Dave Smith

Grease Is The Word


As often as not, to change a
brake disc you're going to have
to remove the hub. While you're
doing that, it makes sense to
give the bearings a going over,
and down at Wacky Racers, with
the drive flange removed, their
customer's Jeep CJ was looking a
little gummed-up in the bearing
department (1). After tapping
back the locking washer and
removing the centre nut and
washer (2) it was clear that the
bearings could do with repacking
the brown sludge on the stub

axle (3) suggested that water may


have got in there.
So, after thoroughly cleaning
the stub axle and hub (4), it
was time to clean the taper
roller bearings. Many people
will say you should not use
petrol or other solvents to
clean bearings this is because
they leave a residue which can
break down the fresh grease.
Wacky uses a bath of cellulose
thinners (5) which evaporates
quickly, followed by a damn
good blowing-through with

compressed air (6) which leaves


the bearing completely dry and
free from residue.
In this case, the bearing rollers
and races seemed fine so it was
time to get mucky. You can't be
shy about getting your hands
dirty when it comes to regreasing
(7) you need to work it into
every part of the bearing. Then
refit them, tap a new oil seal into
place (8) and remount the hub.
There are different methods of
setting the preload on a wheel
bearing, but a good rule of thumb

is to tighten the centre nut just


enough to remove all the play in
the bearing, but not tight enough
to interfere with the free rotation
of the hub (9).
Then Wacky refitted the drive
flange with a smear of silicone to
keep the water out, used a drop
of thread-lock on the nuts that
attach the flange to the hub (10),
refitted the circlip and, finally,
tapped the bearing cover back in
place (11). A one-brew job? Just
about. Time to brew up and get
on with the other side!

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Back to Hauser Racing for the assembly of the scratchbuilt Ford nine-inch this month, the casing.
Words & Photography: Dave Smith
Hauser Racing have been asked
to build a Ford nine-inch from
scratch, using tough
aftermarket parts, that will drop
into the space vacated by the
customer's original Chevy axle
on four-bars (53), seen here
upside down. This is the sort of
job Geof Hauser and his team
can do in their sleep, but it's far
from straightforward.
First, Stu starts with a brandnew Strange centre section
the part that houses the
dierential and some new
axle tube (54). The centre
section is the toughest
street/strip housing; there's a
'hot rod' version available which
is similar but doesn't have
such broad 'shoulders' between
centre and axle tube and isn't
quite as tough. Here's an
example (55).
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Knowing the overall width that


the axle needs to be between the
wheel mounting faces, and
knowing the width of the centre
section itself plus the width of the
end bearing housings (56) and
the width of the brake assembly
to be used, Stu can work out
exactly how long the axle tubes
need to be on either side. The
pinion housing sits dead centre
on the axle, which in turn means
that the di housing is oset, so
one side will be four inches
longer than the other. Once all
the maths has been done, Stu can
use Strange's halfshaft length
calculator (57) and get the
halfshafts ordered.
Using a cut-down thirdmember housing and a special
template that shows the
centreline of the di (58), Stu can
start assembling the axle tubes.

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The tube is three-inch
diameter, 6swg wall (192 thou', or
just shy of 5mm) and comes a
fair distance into the centre
section (59). On most factory
axles the tube is held in place
with a simple plug weld
through a hole in the casing, but
this one will be seam-welded in
the meantime, with the tubes at
the correct length to the
centreline, they're just tackwelded in place (60).

Next step is to drill the holes for


the oil filler/breather tube (61),
which is then held in place with a
bolt (62) before Stu TIGs it in
place (63). The same procedure
applies to the oil drain bung (64).
Then, with the wheel bearing
housings on template mandrels
(65), Stu uses a length of solid,
dead-straight bar (66) to do a final
mock-up (67) to check overall
lengths and measurements are
within tolerances.

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Now it's time to start on the


suspension brackets. With both
axles mounted on jigs so the
front faces are vertical (68), Stu
starts measuring the locations
for the brackets (69). The
distances between the four-link
mounts are the most critical, and
the Panhard rod bracket on the
old axle was all but useless (70)
it's too long and provides no real
support, as a lot of force works
though this bracket. The four-bar
brackets are laser-cut pieces, and
Stu mocks them up using a setsquare and magnets before

tacking them in place (71). The


angle between the centrelines of
the holes for the four-bar links,
for example, needs to be eight
degrees, so this bracket is within
0.1 degrees of perfect (72). When
they're spot-on, Stu MIGs them in
place (73) and, obviously, these
are critical load-bearing welds so
they have to be pretty damn
good (74). When he comes to do
the other side, he also has to
check each pair of brackets
against the one on the opposite
side as well as checking it against
the vertical.

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69

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78

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81

Then the same procedure


takes place for the coil-over
brackets (75), which are also then
seam-welded (76).
The bar through the centre of
the axle helps keep things
straight while the welding takes
place, as 1,800 degrees F of
welding can pull the whole thing
out of shape. The MIG has to be
cranked up to its maximum, well
over 200A this is not the sort of
job you trust to a shonky little 90amp no-gas. Also note how the
contact patch between bracket
and axle tube is as large as
possible, almost halfway around
the tube.
While it's cooling, Stu runs a
tap down the taper thread of the
drain bung hole to make the plug
sit closer to flush (77). As
standard, they sit a little proud,
just waiting to be knocked on a
speed bump or whatever.
With the axle at nearer room
temperature, the mandrels on
either end of the bar are tight in
the ends of the axle tube, which

means the axle has pulled


slightly and will need
straightening. Loosening the
mandrels shows that the axle
tube and bar are no longer quite
in line (78). It doesn't look like
much, even close up (79), but
any out-of-straight condition
will shorten the life of all the
axle components. It's acceptable
as it is, and factory tolerances
were way higher than that, plus
the axle will bend slightly under
its own weight when fitted
anyway, but Stu's tolerances are
very low indeed...
The technique to cure the
problem is unusual Stu uses
an oxy torch to heat up the
'tight' side of the axle tube at
the di housing end (80). This
really puzzled me, as that side of
the tube will then expand,
making the problem worse!
This is the case, as Stu explains,
but as it cools helped by a damp
rag (81), NOT by quenching
it will contract slightly more than
it expanded.
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82

83

As if to illustrate, once the


axle has cooled, the mandrels
slot perfectly into either end of
the axle. I was dumbstruck, but
Stu admits that getting it right
first time is very rare, and he
has often had to spend all day
doing this.
After this, Stu sets about
making a new boxed Panhard rod
bracket out of some stouter steel
(82) and welding it on in the
same attitude as the bracket on
the original nine degrees from
vertical (83). Then it's time to
weld in the all-important bearing
housings (84). This is another
area where it's crucial to weld
them in level and exactly parallel
to each other, otherwise it'll
throw the brake mountings o.
Then, Stu plug-welds the axle
tubes (85), adds a bracket to take
the brake pipe flexi (86), a couple
of smaller brackets to attach the
brake pipes to and a breather
stub (87) and we're done!

86

And here's the end result (88)


a completed casing just ready
for a very thorough cleaning and
painting before being joined up
with the third member, the build
of which we covered in the last
two issues, plus the custom
halfshafts and brakes. It's all new,
and with appropriate care should
put up with whatever the car can
throw at it, and will look
gorgeous into the bargain.
People think that up to 2,500
for a new axle is a lot, says Stu,
but buying second hand and
rebuilding won't be a great deal
cheaper. A lot of second-hand
stu is wrecked, and if you buy a
ready-narrowed axle, the chances
of it being done properly and to
the spec you want are slim. Plus,
with a lot of older dis, many of
the rebuild parts are obsolete.
We always go Truetrac if possible.
We do a lot of work like this,
building up a new nine-inch to a
pattern axle. ACM

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80-86 Rec 302 eng ... 1521.67*
351W Rec 1/2 eng .... 1331.85*
351W Rec engine ..... 1800.46*
351C Rec 2V engine . 2022.62*
302 330bhp engine ... 3639.67*
331 391bhp engine ... 4680.06*

Brass core plugs ........... fr 8.30


Cam bearing set ......... fr 20.92
Fuel pump block off ... fr 8.45
Main bolts ................. fr 28.64
Main stud kits ........... fr 54.46
Dart 302 HD block ... 1549.21*
Engine mounts ............ fr 9.53
Clevite con-rod brgs . fr 28.72
Clevite main brgs ...... fr 34.75
H type HD brgs ......... fr 55.81
Crankshaft std 302 . fr 228.83
Crank- stroker 302 . fr 228.83
ARP conrod bolts ..... fr 55.64
Balancer bolt ............. fr 20.57
Std timing set ............ fr 18.41
Performance timing . fr 43.80
Timing gear drive SB .. 169.27
Spigot bush .................. fr 9.30
Timing cover Alum .. fr 83.20
Crank damper ........... fr 86.94
Billet pulley set SB . fr 202.04
Billet Pulleys ............. fr 67.03
Con-rod sets HD ..... fr 252.19
Cast piston sets ....... fr 137.70
Hypereutectic pist .. fr 228.78
Forged pistons ......... fr 321.24
Regular piston rings .. fr 34.06
Performance rings .... fr 83.78
Camshafts std ............ fr 43.84
Performance cams .... fr 94.74
Std hydraulic lifters ... fr 57.23
Perf hyd lifters .......... fr 82.13
Mechanical lifters ..... fr 83.90
Hyd roller lifters ..... fr 145.92
Perf hyd rlr lifters ... fr 541.48
Cam gear bolt .............. fr 2.95
Cam thrust plate ....... fr 11.40
Distrib gear ................ fr 26.23
Std pushrods .............. fr 15.20set
Performance p/rods .. fr 26.64set
Racing p/rods ............ fr 90.04set

E-Street Alum heads fr 826.38*


Performer RPM SBfr 1249.67*
Victor jnr SB .......... fr 1043.72*
Perf RPM 351C .... fr 1622.90*
Perf RPM FE ........ fr 1409.63*
Perf RPM 460 ...... fr 1845.12*

1.9/1.6 58cc 165cc . 1618.81*


2.02/1.6 58cc 185cc1493.48*
1.9/1.6 60cc 165cc . 1596.48*
These are the best heads available
for the Small Block.

Std cyl head valves ..... fr 4.02ea


Cyl head core plug brass . 1.66ea
Performance valves .... fr 7.63ea
Exhaust seats .............. fr 2.89ea
Std valve springs ......... fr 1.08ea
Performance springs fr 70.66
Collets for valve ......... fr 7.20
Top caps for spring .. fr 52.82
Valve stem seals .......... fr 1.03ea
ARP cyl head bolts ... fr 46.40
ARP cyl head studs . fr 106.98
Guide plates-p/rod ..... fr 20.98
Screw in rkr studs ...... fr 39.96
Std rocker arms ........... fr 3.55ea
Roller rockers steel . fr 164.11
Roller rockers alum fr 172.90
FE rlr rkr kit ............... 518.39*
Comp cams race rkrsfr 339.00

Oil pumps std ............ fr 34.19


O/pump high press .... fr 49.88
O/pump high volume fr 50.52
Race o/pump ............. fr 60.94
Oil pump drive shaft .. fr 7.55
HD o/p d/shaft .......... fr 20.33
Oil pump primers ...... fr 14.16
Oil pump pickups ...... fr 10.37
Sumps std ................. fr 122.64
Sumps chrome ........... fr 85.39
Sumps performance fr 206.00
Windage Trays ......... fr 38.75
Main cap girdle 302 fr 190.26
Std oil filters ................ fr 5.45
Performance o/filters fr 16.73
Dipstick & tube ......... fr 10.19
Sump bolts/studs ........ fr 28.93

Mallory points dist . fr 189.66


Mallory electronic distributor has
coil in cap .................... 189.96
Mallory elec dist ..... fr 299.66
Mal race points dist .... 354.49
Elect conversion kit . fr 63.98
302W timing pointer . fr 7.94
MSD distributor ....... fr 315.79
Distrib hold down ........ fr 9.71
Spark plugs .................. fr 1.70ea

Std starters new ......... fr 76.01


Solenoids-bulkhead ..... fr 9.13
Powermaster startersfr 186.58
Starter heat shields ... fr 28.72
Std alternators new ... fr 78.71
100a alum alternator .. 121.22
100a polished alt ........ 136.04
100a chrome alt .......... 169.72
Alt bracket chrome .. fr 17.16
Alum alt fans ............ fr 34.40
Alum alt pulleys ........ fr 34.14
Alum alt brackets .... fr 131.24
Early volt regulator ........ 9.12

Top gasket sets ......... fr 29.70


Lower gasket sets ...... fr 13.73
Inlet gasket sets .......... fr 6.84
Ex-man gasket sets ..... fr 4.25
Rocker cvr gask sets ... fr 5.21pr
Felpro perf head gask fr 29.35ea
HD sump gaskets ........ fr 9.00

Water pumps ............. fr 33.94


Perf Alum w/pumps .. fr 67.82
Electric w/pumps .... fr 270.55*
Alum w/pump pulleys fr 56.26
Bypass hose-shaped .. fr 16.45
Thermostat 82c .......... fr 6.82
Chrome therm hsg .... fr 10.32
Swivel therm hsg ....... fr 97.30

Cast manual flywheel fr 76.98


Steel manual fly ...... fr 270.95
Fly-Ring-gear ............ fr 16.50
ARP fly bolts ................ 17.04
Sachs clutch kits ...... fr 135.55
HD clutches ............. fr 249.52
Dual plate clutches . fr 605.91*
Hyd release brg ........ fr 290.56
Bell housing T5 alum . 232.73
Steel bellhousings .... fr 351.06

Weiand inl manif 4b fr 140.12


Edelbrock inlet mansfr 191.12
ARP inlet bolts ......... fr 22.67
Chrome steel r/cvrs .. fr 38.88pr
Aluminium r/cvrs .... fr 119.42
Chrome r/cvr kit SB . fr 61.20

Exhaust headers ...... fr 129.17


Header bolts .............. fr 21.91
Exhaust silencers ...... fr 26.18

Holley 4b carbs ....... fr 251.27


Edelbrock 4b carbs .. fr 298.02
Holley & Edelbrock carb repair kits................................... fr 28.02
Fuel injection kits . fr 1992.06*
Fuel pumps ................ fr 28.94
Air-cleaner assys ....... fr 21.55
A/cleaner elements ..... fr 6.13
R/cover breathers ........ fr 7.84

Electric fans ............ fr 108.62


Plug lead sets ............. fr 34.13
Plug lead separators .... fr 8.51
Mallory coil .............. fr 54.65
Mallory ballast .......... fr 21.85
MSD C.D. boxes ..... fr 163.76

Auto flex pl;ates ....... fr 32.00


ARP flex plate bolts ..... 10.91
C4 uprated trans w/converter,
cooler & fluid ........ fr 1299.00*
Transmission coolers fr 62.32
T5 HD Must Trans ... 1757.70*

Tilt steering column fr 493.69*


Polyurethane front suspension
bushes ......................... fr 10.86
Front strut rod bushes fr 20.26
A/roll bar links .......... fr 18.34set
A/roll bar bush sets ... fr 16.45
Rear susp bushes ........ fr 46.45
Rear 4 bar kit 64-70 . 1229.87
Heidts front crossmember with rack
& pinion steering, independent suspension comprising tubular A-arms
+11 disc brakes .... fr 2143.90*
Chassis stiffener .......... 242.88
Power rack and pinion conversion
kit, includes pump . fr 1320.41*
Front disc brake kit 11 with dual
m/cylinder & servo . fr 787.95*
Dual brake master cylinder & brake
servo kit .................. fr 323.35
Subframe connectors .. 209.63
8/9 diff gasket ........... fr 3.70
CW & Pinions 9 ... fr 173.32
Ridetech alum shocks . 113.65*

Running in oil 10/30 ...... 5.78


10/30 high Zinc oil ......... 7.08
15/50 high Zinc oil ......... 7.08
Valvoline Race oil 5l .... 35.77

Mustang Restoration bk 11.95


Rebuild SBF engines ...... 11.25

64-68 Front bumper fr 133.92


64-66 F/bumper guard .. 34.30
64-68 Rear bumpers fr 133.92
64-66 R/bumper guard .. 39.89
Bolt kit-bumpers ........... 15.16
Front wings 64-68 .. fr 159.44
64-68 Inner structure fr 28.64
64-8 F/R splash shield fr 21.54
64-68 Rad support .. fr 137.11
Wing protection cvr .... 31.82
64-68 Fender apron .. fr 38.21
64-66 Bonnet Hinges fr 44.59
64-70 Bonn hing spring 17.47
64-68 front valance ... 154.66
65-70 Frame rails ... fr 231.23
64-68 Sill panel assy fr 173.80
64-68 Doors ............ fr 303.00
65-66 rear 1/4 panel .. 159.44
64-68 Tail panel ..... fr 105.20
64-70 Outer door handles- set
high quality ............... fr 63.73
Outside chrome mirrors high
quality ........................ fr 46.19
Electric 2 speed self parking wiper
motor kit 1964-68 ..... 231.14
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ouryanks

TALES FROM THE GARAGES OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK ON, AND CONTRIBUTE TO, AMERICAN CAR MAGAZINE
Dave Smith, Editor
1990 Ford Mustang LX & 2001 Pontiac Bonneville SSEi
Yes, I went and bloody bought
it. I get offered quite a few cars,
and most I will turn down or
otherwise not buy and Ill rarely
give them a second thought. This
one had been gnawing at me
since I first saw it for sale, and
having taken the trip down to
Bristol to view it I couldnt let it
go, so at the end of September I
collected all my pennies together
and returned with a trailer.

The story goes that the owner


had bought the car as he did
regular trips to Hungary. On his
way back from one of these trips,
it had developed a misfire on the
Autobahn and lost power, so he
pulled over, called his recovery
company and had it shipped
home. That was two years ago and
the car hadnt moved from outside
his flat, but fortunately hed left it
in Park with the handbrake off, so

it still rolled easily enough to get it


on the trailer.
Once it got back to the
workshop, the first job was to
hunt the battery. After a brief
search I found it under the back
seat and, oh goody, its one of
those side-terminal ones. They
were only ever fitted to a handful
of GM cars sold in Europe the
Vauxhall Sintra MPV being the
main one so theyre hard to find

and pretty damned expensive.


I put it on charge and despite
the fact that it appears to be the
battery it left the factory with
13 years ago, it still seems to
hold a charge! I also found 46
cents in change under the back
seat. Score! However, the car
only came with one key, and no
fob remotes, so I expect Ill now
have the joys of dealing with a
factory immobiliser...

Kev Carrington, Contributor


1973 Plymouth Duster, 2004 Ford Mustang GT
Hi, everyone. As winter draws
nearer the Duster is enjoying
the garage and the Mustang is
shivering outside, which I am not
happy about, so I am considering
a car port! The Dusters MPG
issue and the inability to spin
the wheels is pointing to the
cam, I think. I have now installed
a tacho and it's clear the cam
doesnt start doing its stuff before
2,500rpm. I have checked on the
road and it is showing around
2,800rpm at 70mph, so that may
be alright. I checked the spark
plugs and they look very clean,
in fact probably a bit lean so its
definitely not the carb, though I

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am still thinking about changing


to a Holley for tunability. I have
managed to get hold of the
proper swirly cloud logos for the
back of the stripe and the Duster
logos for the front, so thats
another job done.
The Mustang had a nice steady
drive to Shakespeare County
Raceway last Sunday but only
for the run out and to watch
my son racing. As always, it
drove perfectly and I love those
SLP Loudmouths, the exhaust
sounds awesome! Got to start
my Christmas list for the Duster
now carb, cam, rear seat... Dear
Santa! More on both next month.

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DEEP
DRAWERS

.98
269EXC.VAT
.98
323INC.VAT

RUBBER GRIP SIDE HANDLES

INC.VAT
143.98
299.98
335.98
574.80

EXTRA LARGE SIDE


HANDLE FOR EASY
MOVEMENT
FITS EITHER SIDE

.98
249EXC.VAT
.98
299INC.VAT

EXTRA LARGE
DRAWER PULLS
GREAT LOOKING,
BIG 5 INDUSTRIAL
CHROME SPOKED
WHEELS FOR EASY
MOVEMENT*

BOLTLESS
SHELVING

Simple fast assembly in


minutes using only a hammer
FROM
ASSEMBLE AS
.98
SHELVING, BENCH
EX.VAT
OR CORNER UNIT
.98

(evenly
distributed)
Strong 9mm
fibreboard
PER SHELF shelves

SAVE

10%
WHEN YOU BUY
ANY MIX OF 5

FROM THIS RANGE


(evenly
SAVE AT LEAST
distributed)
17.99 INC.VAT
Strong 12mm
CHOICE OF 5 COLOURS
fibreboard
PER SHELF shelves
RED, BLUE, BLACK,
Contents not included
SILVER & GALVANISED
(all items)
STEEL
MODEL SHELF DIMS
WxDxH(mm) EXC.VAT INC.VAT
150Kg 800x300x1500 29.98 35.98
350Kg 900x400x1800 49.98 59.98

was 814.80 inc.VAT


MODEL

CBB306BG
CBB229B
CBB315
CBB228B
1 CBB224B
2 CBB226B
CBB231B
CBB230B

SIZE
36"
41"
36"
41"
41"
41"
56"
56"

DESC.
WxDxH(mm)
6 Dr Chest
21 Dr chest
5 Dr Cabinet
8 Dr cabinet
14 Dr chest
16 Dr cabinet
9 Dr chest
13 Dr cabinet

.00
459EXC.VAT
.80
550INC.VAT

* Except on CBB231B & CBB230B

29
35INC.VAT

ALSO EXTRA WIDE


INDUSTRIAL UNITS
AVAILABLE

DESCRIPTION

EXTRA LARGE SIDE


HANDLE FOR EASY
MOVEMENT
FITS EITHER SIDE

DESCRIPTION

ROLLED EDGE
UPRIGHTS GIVE:

BOTTOM
DRAWERS

GREAT LOOKING,
BIG 5 INDUSTRIAL
CHROME SPOKED
WHEELS FOR EASY
MOVEMENT

.98
169EXC.VAT

.98
203INC.VAT

ALSO
BLUE & YELLOW

DIMS
WxDxH(mm) EXC.VAT
1 CBB209BGB 9 Dr chest
710x315x420 119.98
2 CBB217BGB 7 Dr cabinet 758x468x975 249.98
3 CBB224BGB 14 Dr chest 1045x415x486 279.98
4 CBB226BGB 16 Dr cabinet 1126x468x1000 479.00

.98
49EXC.VAT
.98
59INC.VAT

GREAT LOOKING, BIG 5" INDUSTRIAL CHROME


SPOKED WHEELS FOR EASY MOVEMENT

These great looking top


quality units are built
for tough daily use in
automotive and industrial
workshops.

BIG 5"
WHEELS

MODEL

EXTRA LARGE
DRAWER PULLS

EXTRA LARGE
DRAWER PULLS

PROTECTIVE
TOP MAT

FULL DETAILS ONLINE


OR IN STORE

EVENLY DISTRIBUTED

1
2

.98
49EXC.VAT
.98
59INC.VAT

.98
99EXC.VAT
.98
119INC.VAT

YELLOW

MAX. WEIGHT
LOADING 500KG

BLUE

Extra heavy gauge double


wall steel construction

63.59
77.99
143.98
125.99
155.98
179.98

THE ULTIMATE IN
TOOL STORAGE!

.99
78EXC.VAT
.79
94INC.VAT

672x310x250 49.98 59.98


662x305x365 64.99 77.99
662x305x421 74.99 89.99
685x465x790 169.98 203.98
685x465x950 199.98 239.98

RUBBER GRIP
SIDE HANDLES

Combines premium quality with fiercely


competitive pricing & super smooth ball
bearing roller drawers

DIMS
WxDxH(mm) EXC.VAT INC.VAT

HEAVY DUTY
PROFESSIONAL
TOOL CHESTS
& CABINETS
1

CHESTS/
CABINETS

.99
64EXC.VAT

.99
77INC.VAT

FULL EXTENSION ROLLER


RUNNERS FOR SMOOTH
OPENING ACTION

Superb quality & value


for automotive workshops

MECHANICS RANGE

MODEL

Dimensions (WxDxH) 1150 x 560 x 1440 mm


Pegboard back wall
with 30
hooks supplied

WHERE QUALITY
COSTS LESS

MECHANICS/PROFESSIONAL
TOOL CHESTS/CABINETS
1

Available in Red or
Galvanised Finish

NOW
SUPERSTORES
NATIONWIDE

DIMS
EXC.VAT
910 x 305 x 47
1045x415x486
927 x 416 x 985
1126x468x1000
1045x415x486
1126x468x1000
1460x615x490
1503x622x1011

INC.VAT EXC.VAT
179.98 215.98
249.98 299.98
299.98 359.98
399.00 478.80
269.98 323.98
459.00 550.80
419.00 502.80
649.00 778.80

1.5M TALL

SEE NEXT PAGE FOR MORE!


ALL SIZES/SPECIFICATIONS ARE APPROXIMATE

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M
O
N
P - AN ST EW
EN S C OR
A
S L HE E
N FO S
O
T
VE R ER
MD
B
ER

ALUMINIUM
RACING
JACKS

TURBO AIR
COMPRESSORS
PRICE CUT
NOW FROM

PRICE CUT
NOW FROM

Quick lift
Non-marking
nylon wheels Rubber
contact pad - helps protect
vehicle undersides

.99
84EXC.VAT
.99
101
INC.VAT
WAS 107.98 inc.VAT

* steel
chassis
MODEL
EX VAT INC VAT
1.25 tonne 84.99 101.99
2 tonne
149.98 179.98 was
2.5 tonne* 139.98 167.98 107.98 inc.VAT

FROM ONLY

.98
19EX.VAT
.98
23INC.VAT

# Voted Best
Buy in Car
Mechanics Test

MODEL
TYPE
EX VAT INC VAT
CTJ2B
DIY
19.98 23.98
CTJ2MB
DIY
24.99 29.99
CTJ2250LP * Low Profile
39.98 47.98
CTJ2QLG
Pro Instant
69.98 83.98
CTJ2001G
Pro Garage
74.99 89.99
CTJ2GLC # Pro Long High Lift 169.98 203.98
* CTJ2250LP has a 2.25 tonne capacity, has a
low entry of only 80mm and includes 2 sockets

CAR RAMPS

65

3 TONNE
JACKS

ARC
WELDERS

JACKS ALSO
IN STOCK UP
TO 10 TONNE

HYDRAULIC
BOTTLE JACKS

7EX.VAT
.59
9INC.VAT

AXLE STANDS

FROM ONLY

MODEL
90EN
105EN
151EN
160EN

AMPS
24-90
30-100
30-150
30-150

EX VAT
169.98
184.99
209.98
259.98

INC VAT
203.98
221.99
251.98
311.98

ARC ACTIVATED
HEADSHIELDS
CWH6

PRICE CUT

39EXC.VAT
47.98

.98

INC.VAT
WAS 53.99 inc.VAT

CWH7
PRICE CUT

.99
44EXC.VAT

.99
53
INC.VAT
WAS 59.98 inc.VAT

Activates
instantly when
Arc is struck
Protects to
EN379 Suitable
for arc, MIG, TIG
& gas welding
CWH8

PRICE CUT

.99
44EXC.VAT
.99
53
INC.VAT
WAS 59.98 inc.VAT

MIG WELDERS
All models include: Gas
regulator Earth
clamp Face
mask Welding
torch
Pro90-151TE
includes CO2
gas bottle
FROM ONLY

.98
109EX.VAT
.98
131INC.VAT

Ratchet action for


quick height adjustment
Sold in pairs

18EX.VAT
.19
22INC.VAT

.98
169EX.VAT
.98
203INC.VAT

MODEL EX VAT INC VAT


8 tonne 17.99 21.59
12 tonne 24.99 29.99
20 tonne 34.99 41.99

3 TON &
6 TON
MODELS

Uses flux cored steel


wire, which creates own
gas shroud as it burns

MODEL MIN-MAX AMPS EX VAT INC VAT


MIG102NG*
35/90
109.98 131.98
PRO90
24-90
179.98 215.98
110E
30-100
214.99 257.99
135TE Turbo 30-130
239.98 287.98
151TE Turbo 30-150
269.98 323.98
165TEM Turbo 30-155
339.00 406.80
175TECM Turbo 30-170
409.00 490.80
205TE Turbo 30-185
449.98 539.98
*Does not require a gas cylinder

219.98
EXC.VAT
263.98
INC.VAT

HUGE CHOICE
IN-STORE/ONLINE
MODEL
CAT29B
CAT36B
CAT24B
CAT22B
CAT27B
CAT23C
CAT221B
CAT32B
CAT73

MAX MIN/MAX
MODEL TONS HEIGHT EX VAT INC VAT
CAX-3TBC 3 300-430mm 18.49 22.19
CAX-6TBC 6 400-615mm 29.98 35.98

FROM ONLY

.98
79EX.VAT
.98
95INC.VAT

INC VAT
21.59
26.39
32.39
35.98
35.98
35.98
44.39
53.99
59.98

BODY
REPAIR
KITS

AMPS
10/80
10/130
10/160

ELECTRODE
DIA.
1.6 2.5mm
1.6-3.2mm
1.6-4.0 mm

167
INC.VAT
WAS 179.98 inc.VAT

EXC.VAT INC.VAT
139.98 167.98
169.98 203.98
199.00 238.82

24V
CORDLESS
IMPACT CIR220 ONLY
.98
WRENCH 89EX.VAT

.98
Inc. 17, 19, 21 107INC.VAT
& 23mm
CIR220
chrome vanadium
sockets
HEAVY
1 hour battery DUTY
charger & 2x
24v Ni-Cd Batteries

OTHER MODELS MAX TORQUE EX.VAT INC.VAT


Corded CEW1000 450Nm 56.99 68.39
Cordless CIR450B 450Nm 119.98 143.98

BIG

TIGER 16/510
AIR
AIR
EX
INC
MODEL
RECEIVER DISPLACEMENT VAT
VAT
Tiger 16/510 50 litre 15.5 cfm 219.98 263.98
Tiger 16/1010 100 litre 14.5 cfm 269.98 323.98

6 interlocking foam tiles protect flooring &


provide comfort when standing or kneeling Ideal
for use in garages, workshops etc. Each tile is
610x610mm
& includes
detachable,
yellow
borders

.99
44EXC.VAT
.99
53INC.VAT

3" CASTORS

Four swivel castors for easy


movement in confined spaces Heavy duty steel
construction - load rating 500kg per dolly

INDUSTRIAL AIR
COMPRESSORS

ANTI FATIGUE
FOAM FLOORING

FROM ONLY

.98
369EX.VAT
.98
443INC.VAT

These professional quality units


offer the durability & reliability
demanded by professionals.

H/DUTY

19EX.VAT
.98
23INC.VAT

.98

CS10BRK
Fast snap connector attachments for quick &
easy assembly Hydraulic pump, ram & hose
with various tubes, pieces & connectors
Includes metal case
* Fast action pump
MODEL
CAPACITY
EX.VAT INC. VAT
CS4BRK
4 tonne
79.98 95.98
CS10BRK
10 tonne
139.98 167.98
CS10SBRK* 10 tonne
149.98 179.98
was 191.98 inc.VAT

FOR 6 TILES

7" SANDER/
POLISHER

.98
69EX.VAT

.98
83INC.VAT

CP185
Pro sander polisher,
Includes hook & loop
backing pad and hook
& loop wool polishing
bonnet. 1200w motor

DRILL PRESSES

Tables tilt 0-45


CAR CREEPERS
PRICE CUT
left & right
NOW FROM
Oil resistant vinyl covered padded
Depth gauge

.98
backs & headrests Swivel castors
Chuck guards 59EXC.VAT
.99
for easy manoeuvrability
77
INC.VAT
B=Bench mounted
FROM ONLY
F=Floor standing WAS 77.99 inc.VAT

.99
21EX.VAT MODEL WATTS/ EXC.VAT INC.VAT

.39
SPEEDS
26INC.VAT
CDP5EB 350/5 59.98 71.98
MODEL
DESCRIPTION
EX. VAT INC. VAT CDP101B 245/5 79.98 95.98
CMC36
Car creeper
21.99 26.39 CDP151B 300/5 106.99 128.39
CMC45 With adjustable headrest 27.99 33.59 CDP10B 370/12 169.98 203.98
CMC50 Folding car creeper 44.99 53.99 CDP301B 510/12 199.98 239.98
CDP451F 510/16 239.98 287.98
NO GAS/GAS
CDP501F 980/12 429.00 514.80
MIG WELDERS
was 77.99 inc.VAT
Ready to go, just add your
own choice of wire, gas,
ENGINE STANDS
regulator & headshield
FROM ONLY
Turbo fan cooled Easy

.98
conversion to gas welding
CES500A
49EX.VAT
with optional accessories

.98
Rotates
59
INC.VAT
FROM ONLY
through 360

.98
149EX.VAT
Engines up to 227Kg
MIG145

.98
Only 49.98 EX VAT
179INC.VAT
59.98 INC VAT
MODEL MIN/MAX AMPS EX.VAT INC.VAT
Fully tested
CES750A
MIG 145
35/135
149.98 179.98
to proof
(SHOWN)
MIG 152
40/140
169.98 203.98
load

Rotates
through 360
MIG 180
40/160
179.98 215.98
Engines up to 340Kg
MIG 196
40/180
199.98 239.98
Includes
tool tray
ARC/TIG
Only
INVERTERS
69.98 Ex VAT
AT161
Used for ARC & TIG welding,
83.98 Inc VAT
utilising the latest technology
Low amp operation - ideal
for auto bodywork & mild
LOAD LEVELLER
PRICE CUT
/stainless
Max load capacity - 500Kg
steel NOW FROM
.98
Fine
screw
adjustment
for precise leveling
was 179.98 139EXC.VAT

.99
.98
CLL500
inc.VAT
27EXC.VAT
MODEL
AT101
AT132
AT161

SOLD IN PAIRS

Suitable for
powering all common
air tools & spray
equipment

.99
17EX.VAT

.59
21INC.VAT
CAT23C

DESCRIPTION
EX VAT
Air Hammer
17.99
Die Grinder Set
21.99
6" Dual Action Sander 26.99
1/2" Sq. Drive Ratchet 29.98
3/8" Air drill
29.98
1/2" Sq. Impact Wrench 29.98
14pce 1/2" Ratchet set 36.99
High Speed Saw 44.99
Hydraulic Riveter 49.98

.99

.49

AUTOMOTIVE
WHEEL DOLLY SET

FROM ONLY

FROM ONLY

NO GAS/GAS
MIG WELDERS

3HP V TWIN AIR


COMPRESSORS

FROM ONLY

CTJ3000G
SADDLE HEIGHT EX
INC
MODEL
TYPE MIN-MAX mm VAT
VAT
CTJ3000QL Quick Lift 195-520 44.99 53.99
CTJ3QLG Pro Instant Lift 145-520 83.99 100.79
CTJ3000G Pro Garage 120-520 84.99 101.99

FROM ONLY

AMPS EXC.VAT INC.VAT


40-100 46.99 56.39
40-100 59.98 71.98
65-160 62.99 75.59
30-110 64.99 77.99
60-200 89.98 107.98
40-150 67.99 81.59
50-185 94.99 113.99
35-180 139.98 167.98
40-210 149.98 179.98

AIR
TOOLS

FROM ONLY

.99
46EX.VAT
.39
56INC.VAT

Tiger 11/250
2.5Hp 9.5 24ltr 119.98 143.98
Tiger 8/510#
2Hp 7.5 50ltr 129.98 155.98
Tiger 11/510
2.5Hp 9.5 50ltr 149.98 179.98
AM17EC150*
3Hp 14 150ltr 419.00 502.80
was 107.98 inc. VAT * was 119.98 inc. VAT
# was 167.98 inc. VAT *Stationary belt driven

MODEL EX VAT INC VAT


2 tonne 7.99 9.59
4 tonne 11.99 14.39
6 tonne 14.99 17.99

HUGE CHOICE
OF SPRAYGUNS
& AIRTOOLS

MOTOR CFM TANK EX VAT INC VAT


BIG 2HP MODEL
Tiger 8/250
2Hp 7.5 24ltr 79.98 95.98
7.5CFM Tiger 7/250 * 2Hp 6 24ltr 89.98 107.98

CAT24B

.99
44EX.VAT
.99
53INC.VAT

8/250

WHERE QUALITY
COSTS LESS

FROM ONLY

FROM ONLY
Lift cars

.99
safely and
26EX.VAT
.39
quickly Tough
32
INC.VAT
angled steel
construction
MODEL CAPACITY EXC VAT INC VAT
CR2
2000KG 26.99 32.39
CRW25 2500KG 36.99 44.39

NOW
SUPERSTORES
NATIONWIDE

2 TONNE
TROLLEY JACKS

For home user,


automotive
and
industrial
applications.
MODEL
SEE THE
FULL
EA110
RANGE
105N
ONLINE & EA165
IN-STORE 115N
#Turbo fan EA200
cooled
160N
was
190N
113.99 190TEN#
inc.VAT
235TEN#

.98
79EXC.VAT
.98
95
INC.VAT
WAS 107.98 inc.VAT

LOW
ENTRY
ONLY
85MM

Superb range ideal


for DIY, hobby &
semi-professional
use

33INC.VAT

.59

INCLUDES
CHAINS
AND
HOOKS

HYDRAULIC
PRESSES

PROFESSIONAL QUALITY
Built for tough daily use in
automotive/industrial workshops
All models include gauge
MODEL
EX VAT INC VAT
4 ton bench 129.98 155.98
10 ton bench* 189.98 227.98
12 ton floor* 239.98 287.98
20 ton floor 399.00 478.80
25 ton floor 829.00 994.80
50 ton floor 1649.00 1978.80
* Available with/without 10 pce pin,
bracket & pressing plate Without kit

144EX.VAT
.99
173INC.VAT

MODEL
DESC.
EX VAT INC VAT
CFC500F 1/2 ton folding 144.99 173.99
CFC100 1 ton folding 149.98 179.98
CFC1000LR 1 ton
189.98 227.98
long reach
Folding and fixed
frames available
Fully tested
Robust, rugged construction
to proof load CFC100 Overload safety valve

.98
19EX.VAT
.98
23INC.VAT

NEW

.99
74EX.VAT

.98
89INC.VAT

CABLE MAX LOAD LIFT


(KG) HEIGHT (M) EX VAT INC VAT
125
12
74.99 89.98
250
6
200
12
99.98 119.98
400
6

CH2500B Single
Double
CH4000B Single
Double

Gravity Fed
Spray Gun
Air Wash Gun Tyre Inflator Air Blow Gun
5 Metre Air Recoil Hose
Also available 3 pce Air Tool Kit - KIT600 Paraffin
spray gun, tyre inflator & blow gun Only
14.99 EX VAT 17.99 INC VAT

DIGITAL VERNIER
CALIPERS
Dual scale calibration in 0.01mm & 0.0005
units Locking screw feature for batch
measurements Supplied in a case
Also in-stock CM265 300mm
Digital Calliper only
36.99 EX VAT
44.39 INC VAT

SPRAY
GUNS
FROM ONLY

.99
16EX.VAT
.39
20INC.VAT

HUGE CHOICE
IN-STORE/

ONLINE

MODEL DESCRIPTION EX VAT INC VAT


Sand Blasting SB3
16.99 20.39
Pro
1.2mm, 19.98 23.98
1.4mm, 1.8mm
PGF14
Pro, Gravity 26.99 32.39
Super Pro 1.4mm/1.8mm 27.99 33.59
AP15, 2.2mm 27.99 33.59
PRO12C HVLP

HYDRAULIC
MOTORCYCLE LIFT

349EX.VAT
.80
418INC.VAT

.00

FROM ONLY

.99

KIT1100

FROM ONLY

.98
129EX.VAT

.98
155INC.VAT

Includes remote control


230v motor FROM ONLY

ENGINE
CRANES

5 PIECE AIR
TOOL KIT

ELECTRIC
POWER HOISTS

MODEL

Cast
iron
pumps on SEV11C, SE16and SE19
Twin cylinder pumps (except SE11) Motor
overload protection Petrol models available
MODEL
CFM MOTOR RCVR
(HP) (LTR) EX VAT INC VAT
SEV11C*
9
2
100 369.98 443.98
SE16C100 14
3
100 399.00 478.80
SE16C150 14
3
150 439.00 526.80
SE16C200* 14
3
200 519.00 622.80
SE18(OL)
18
4
200 569.00 682.80
SE26
23 5.5 200 699.00 838.80
SE36#
30 7.5 270 979.00 1174.80
SE29*#
28 2x3 270 969.00 1162.80
SE37
36 2x4 270 1099.00 1318.80
SE46
40
10 270 1499.00 1798.80
#Supplied with starter *230v supply 400v, 3 phase

CML3

FROM ONLY

.99
16EXC.VAT
.39
20INC.VAT

CM145

E
PACKALG
DEA CHT624

TOOL CHEST
AND TOOLS
SAVE OVER 62

OFF OUR NORMAL PRICE


ALL THIS ONLY

329
.98
259EX.VAT
HAND
.98 TOOLS
311INC.VAT

FOLDS FLAT
FOR EASY
STORAGE
Safety locking device Hinged ramp for easy
loading Table size 2200 x 685mm
Fully mobile Max lift height 770mm
AIR ASSISTED VERSION ALSO AVAILABLE now
only 399.00 EX VAT 478.80 INC VAT

This great
value set includes
CTC900B 9 drawer
chest & CTC500B
5 drawer cabinet
Includes the
most popular
sockets, spanners,
pliers, drivers,
wrenches etc

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Integral work
light Extra long
1M leads
910 includes air
compressor
Long life battery

PRODUCTS

.98
49EX.VAT
.98
59INC.VAT

SPECIALIST PRODUCTS

NEW CLICK &


COLLECT

HEAVY DUTY INSTANT


GARAGES/WORKSHOPS

IDEAL
ALL-WEATHER
PROTECTION

MODEL
SIZE (L
(LxWxH) EXC.VAT INC.VAT
CIG1015 NEW 4.6 x 3 x 2.4M 219.00 262.80
CIG1216*
CIG1216
4.9 x 3.7 x 2.6M 249.00 298.80
CIG1020 NEW 6.1 x 3 x 2.4M 269.00 322.80 *Was 322.80 inc.VAT
CIG1220# 6.1 x 3.7 x 2.5M 299.00 358.80 #Was 394.80 inc.VAT
CIG1224
7.3 x 3.7 x 2.5M 379.00 454.80 Was 478.80 inc.VAT

TURBO FAN
GAS HEATERS
FROM ONLY

Low cost heating for the


garage, workshop etc.
Propane
NEW
gas fired

.98
69EX.VAT
.98
83INC.VAT

LITTLE DEVIL 2
EXC.VAT INC. VAT
69.98 83.98
79.98 95.98
89.98 107.98
109.98 131.98
139.98 167.98
149.98 179.98
299.98 359.98
339.98 407.98
399.98 479.98
469.98 563.98

INDUSTRIAL

Rugged fan heaters


for small to medium
sized premises
Tough steel
cabinets Adjustable
heat output with
thermostat

MAX AMPS
CHARGE/BOOST
15/100
15/120
38/180
15/120
35/400
50/510

.99
37EXC.VAT
.59
45INC.VAT

HEAT
MODEL
OUTPUT
Devil 6002 0.7-2kW
Devil 6003 1.5-3kW
Devil 6005 2.5-5kW
Devil 6009 4.5-9kW
Devil 6015# 5-10-15kW

DEVIL 6003
NOW
EX VAT INC VAT
37.99 45.59
59.98 71.98
74.99 89.99
129.98 155.98
189.98 227.87

Kit Inc: Tapered


spindle, Coloured
mop for initial
cleaning, pure
cotton mop for
high polish finish
& polishing compound
4" 19.98 Ex VAT 23.98 Inc VAT
6" 24.99 Ex VAT 29.99 Inc VAT
8" 29.98 Ex VAT 35.98 Inc VAT

FROM ONLY

.98
19EX.VAT
.98
23INC.VAT

.99
47EX.VAT
.59
57INC.VAT

799EXC.VAT

958.80
INC.VAT
WAS 1018.80 inc.VAT
.00

EX VAT
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2900psi 6.5 299.98
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CBG8W features 8"


whetstone &
6"drystone.
# With sanding belt

6 SPEED
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227.98
275.98
430.80
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jargonbuster

THANKS
Images courtesy of the
Eaton Corporation

Open diffs, spools, lockers what on earth does all that mean?
Words & Photography: Dave Smith
Before the days of electronic
traction control and all that jazz,
there was one way of improving
your car's traction a locker
or limited-slip diff in your final
drive.

Open Diff

A differential is there to provide


a way for both wheels on a
driven axle to turn at different
speeds relative to each other.
Think of a standard 90-degree
corner when the car goes
around a corner, the outside
wheel has to travel a lot further
than the inside wheel (see image
1). The differential makes this
possible, allowing the outside
wheel to travel faster than the
driven inner wheel. However,
anyone who has ever been
stuck on a muddy showfield
in a car with a standard 'open'
differential will have witnessed
one of the driven wheels
spinning while the other one
sits still and does absolutely
nothing. This is because there is
no direct connection between
them, so once one of the wheels
has broken traction it'll spin
until you die of old age, or until
it miraculously finds traction, or
until you back off and try again.
An open diff is perfectly fine on
a street car in most situations
other than mud or snow, and
is vastly more common than
LSDs. You can usually tell an
open diff by jacking the car up
and turning one of the driven
wheels by hand with the prop
stationary, the opposite wheel
will rotate in the opposite
direction.

Limited-slip Diff

A limited-slip differential
operates like an open diff
in normal use, only locking
up under loss of traction
circumstances. Some will
mechanically 'sense' one wheel
slipping and direct more torque
to the other wheel; others will
lock up harder the greater the
amount of torque provided
from the propshaft a 'torquesensing' diff. Different sorts can
use clutch plates between the
spider gears and the halfshafts,

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or helical gears in place of the


spider gears, or even a viscous
coupling. With the clutched type,
during cornering, the speed
differential between the inside
and outside wheel overpowers
the clutches and allows the
wheels to rotate at different
speeds, but as you can imagine,
this does take its toll on your
tyres. Jack an LSD or lockerequipped car up and turn one
of the driven wheels and the
opposing wheel should turn in
the same direction at exactly
the same speed. Examples in US
cars include the clutched Eatonbased GM Posi-Traction (2) and
the geared Truetrac (3).

Locking Diff

An automatic locking
differential, or 'locker', is a
limited-slip diff taken a step
further. It effectively locks
both wheels on the driven axle
together, as if they were on
a single, common shaft. This
forces both driven wheels to
turn at exactly the same speed
regardless of the traction (or
lack thereof) at the wheel
although cornering speed
differences should unlock
it. Older versions tended to
make a clicking or rattling
noise in operation that could
get a bit tedious. The Detroit
Locker (4) is a good example
of a proper locking differential.
Other diffs can be locked via a
cable, electromagnets or even
hydraulic pressure, but these are
more often seen in serious 4x4
off-roaders than cars.

Spool

So, basically, a locker diff is


locked until required to be
otherwise, and a geared LSD
is open until required to be
otherwise. A spool is no such
compromise. A spool replaces
the differential and literally locks
the two halfshafts together, so
that 100% of the rotation of the
propshaft is delivered constantly
to both wheels, with absolutely
no discrepancy between them.
It's really only suitable for drag
racing, though they can be used
on the street.

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D
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D
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TRexcutSigmaGreen
All grinding discs are not created
equal. When it comes to grinding
discs for the old 115mm angle
grinder, I've always assumed that
they were; I have been proven
wrong. I've always kept in stock
some of the cheapo discs that
I've picked up from the local
hardware shop or from
autojumbles, and they've always
done the job despite seeming
to be nothing more than some
sand suspended in chocolate.
They always either clog up or
wear out quickly, but what
choice do I have?
A while ago I got sent some
Sigma Green grinding discs from
American company Rex-Cut.
Wow. When it comes to removing
a lot of metal in a short time
which is exactly what I needed
on the project I was working on
these discs have got the job
licked. They cut through the steel
twice as quickly as a normal
cheapo grinding disc, didn't seem
to build up as much heat as el
cheapo, and wear out at about

half the rate. The 36-grit disc I was


using is no delicate instrument,
though, and I wouldn't want it for
any fine work, but for shaping
tube and grinding down welds it
was perfect.
So what's the problem? Well,
as far as I can tell, there's
nobody stocking them in the UK.

AVAILABLE FROM:
Erm... nowhere, unless
you know better?!

If there was, and the price was


right, I'd give them 10 out of 10.
As it is, it doesn't matter how
good they are if you can't get
hold of them, so they get a six.
But next time you're in the US
with some space in your
luggage, do yourself a favour
and look for Sigma Green discs.

D
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T
S
E
T

D
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RI
TFrostLiquidWrap
Spray on/peel o paint has
become all the rage of late, with
rubberised paint solutions
becoming a common option for
those looking for a fresh hue to
adorn their cars. Frost has
entered the market with its
simply titled Liquid Wrap, a paint
that can be sprayed on and then,
when the time is right or when a
change is fancied, it can be
peeled o.
We thought wed give it a go by
putting it to the test on one of the
most hard-working parts of the
car the wheels. To apply it, all
we had to do was make sure the
wheel was clean (we washed
them then used a spray-on panel
cleaner). No primer or anything
like that was needed, just a clean
surface. The paint went on
eortlessly, and once wed
learned to be patient with the
application, it went on without
runs or blemishes. We chose
gunmetal grey, that way, if it wore
through or failed in anyway, it
would be easy to spot the silver
wheel peeping through.
After being on the car for three
weeks, racking up over 1,000
miles, were pleased to report
that the wheels still look as good
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as they did at first application, if


maybe a little dirtier. The paint
hasnt worn, nor has it faded or
ripped. Were confident it would
last a lot longer.

AVAILABLE FROM:
www.frost.co.uk

In terms of removal, it was a


doddle. Just scratch a little bit
back and then from there you
can pull it o in big sheets,
much like when you put PVA

glue on your hand and let it dry


for a bit (we cant be the only
ones who did that in school?).
Now, while we know youre not
likely to use this product to paint
your entire car, its worth noting
that there is a clear varnish type
available that embodies the
same principles. So, you could
use it to spray the front of the
cars wings and nosecone, then
motor on safe in the knowledge
that youre cheaply and
eectively protecting it from
stone chips and other damage
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Whats In
The Workshop
THANKS:

Back To Life

Last time we were down at


Oxfordshire's Teslayn
Engineering, they had a very
intriguing project on the go.
Outside, and looking very, very
sorry for itself, was a 1968 Ford
Mustang coupe; inside, looking
resplendent, was a brand new
Dynacorn '67 fastback bodyshell.

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As you might guess, these two


were about to become one.
The coupe came registered,
taxed and MoTed, says Paul,
proprietor of Teslayn. The
customer wanted to upgrade from
a coupe to a fastback, but the
coupe body was far too rusty to
salvage. It required so many new

Teslayn Engineering,
01869 601028,
www.teslaynengineering.co.uk

panels that it was cheaper and far


easier to start with a brand new
shell, so he opted for a Dynacorn
body. All the donor parts will come
from the coupe, so it's basically a
restoration of all the salvageable
parts and replacement of the nonsalvageable parts. It came with a
289 and auto, so we'll be

rebuilding the 289 as a 300-ish


horsepower mild street motor and
swapping the auto for a Tremec
five-speed manual. The shell is
currently in primer, and by the
time you read this should be
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lever
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you
the engine
engine and
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lead and prop
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the engine
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from the
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The engine
of photographs essential to take plenty
block was
for reference
agenda as
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it needed cleaningnext on the
and use
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Steve cleaned
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the small parts.
for storing all
Remember
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they are,
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old engine
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Next, the cylinder
is
areas where particularly important
head
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black engine
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on VS1555
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valves ready Steve to use a VS152
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them in with
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thousand miles only covered
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Get Injected
Edelbrock are making the conversion to EFI easier with
their Universal EFI Sump Fuel Kits.
They provide the high fuel pressure required for EFI engines in vehicles equipped
with low-pressure carburettor fuel systems in a self-contained under-bonnet kit.
They deliver constant fuel pressure, the reservoir is fed from the original lowpressure pump, and it doesn't need a return line. There are two kits, a 58psi and a
49psi kit, and both come with the pump and regulator pre-installed, plus all fitting
hardware, so see www.edelbrock.com for details.
If you've not swapped to EFI yet, consider Edelbrock's fuel-injected E-Street crate
engines. Based on a brand new GM four-bolt 350 block with two-piece rear main
seal, this budget motor delivers up to 338bhp and 389ft.lb. of torque, provides
plenty of vacuum for street use, and is ready to run out of the crate with all the
Edelbrock goodies including E-Street throttle-body-style injection. It even comes
with a 7 tablet PC that connects wirelessly with the ECU for tuning. See the website.

Rollin' Oldies
Crane Cams have been leaders in the
camshaft market since the Fifties, and with
one of the largest cam profile databases in the
known world, chances are they have a cam to
convert your Yank motor to hydraulic roller lifters.

High Five
You know when you're
shopping at an online
speed shop and you end
up buying more than
you bargained for?
Well you can get plenty of hot rod
parts from Summit Racing
Equipment, now including
something to bolt 'em all to!
They're now selling steel United
Pacific '32 Ford five-window
coupe bodies and components.
Did you see the Edelbrock 75th
Anniversary Deuce? That was a
UP body; the first one, in fact. The
stock height shell is officially
licensed by Ford, the panels
stamped on steel dies to replicate
the originals, and its EDP coated
inside and out. It comes with
hardwood inner structure,
latched doors and a hinged deck
lid, though the firewall and dahs
come separately. You can also
choose original or filled roof
and cowl vents. See them at
www.summitracing.com and
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Roller cams decrease valvetrain friction and wear, and can use profiles
that increase lift without increasing duration, which is great all over the rev
range without valve lash to worry about. There are options for the usual small- and bigblock Fords, Mopars and Chevys, plus fitments for AMC, Ford FE, first- and second-gen
Chrysler Hemis, Oldsmobile and Pontiac engines. See www.summitracing.com for details.

It's A Cinch
Trailering an expensive race car strapped down with a few quid's worth of
Sunday market stall ratchet straps should give you pause for thought.
Check out Mac's Tie-Downs at
www.macstiedowns.com, where they have all the
solutions, such as this Cinch Pack, ideal for cars that
sit low on the trailer, making conventional straps
useless. Rated to 10,000lbs, the kit consists of four

two-inch wide, six-foot long straps that shorten to


just two feet in length, come in a choice of red, blue,
black or yellow, and come in their own duffle bag.
They're available in the UK through Old Hall
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Mount Everfast
Dropping an LS motor into an older muscle car is the quick way to modern performance, and never quicker
than with the new engine mounts from UMI Performance.
The set for the 1968-72 GM A-body lets you drop an LS with LS1 oil pan
straight in, with slotted bolt holes for adjustment and greasable
polyurethane mounts to dampen vibration. The set for 1974-1992 Fbodies and 1978-88 G-bodies let you move the engine up to an inch

rearwards, and work with solid aluminium motor mounts. All are made
from tough 3/16 laser-cut steel, so see www.umiperformance.com for
details. While you're there, check out the weld-in front coil-over brackets
for A-bodies, for that true Pro Touring handling to back up the looks.

Freedom
Of The
Press
Behind The Wheel

Don't bust your


bearings; get a press!

Summit Racing Equipment are making it even easier


to install a tilt column in

This little machine from Clarke


may be a pocket rocket at only
350mm (about 14) between
the uprights, but it delivers four
tonnes of pressure to the ram
without you breaking a sweat.
Made to be mounted to a
bench, it's available from
Machine Mart stores all over
the UK, or see
www.machinemart.co.uk.

Well, almost anything, with an extended range of sizes including 28, 30


and 32 inches from the top of the shroud to the end of the shaft for
floor shifters, and the same plus a 33 incher for column shifters. They
come in your choice of bare, black powdercoat, black chrome
powdercoat or actual chrome, with pre-wired indicator and hazard light
swiches, a billet indicator stalk, and colour-coded wiring to a GM-style
plug. You even get the option of an additional column-mounted ignition
switch and other accessories. See www.summitracing.com for details.

Lower Standards
For arms that are head and shoulders
above the factory pieces for lowered cars,
check out these redesigned rear lower
control arms from BMR Suspension for
2010-on Camaros and Pontiac G8s.
Built from heavy-duty 2 square tube, internally
gusseted and TIG welded with laser-cut mounting
plates and poly bushes, these increase camber
adjustability and cornering stability, reduce suspension
deflection, and all without ruining the ride. They're
shorter than stock to correct the camber on lowered
cars, and now incorporate sway bar mounts for FE3 and
FE4 suspension, too. See www.bmrsuspension.com.
While you're there, check out their new 1.25 lowering
springs for the same car, available in pairs or a full set.

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ANGELS

Rural Suburban

This month, Charlies found a barn-fresh ground-scraping 1953 GMC Suburban.


Words & Photography: Charlie Lewis
Owner of this fine dime 53
Suburban is Danny Chizzler
Piscitelli who is a local plumber
in Sherwood, Oregon. Danny
has nicknamed his wagon the
Burban Barn Find, and it was
built in two years including all
of its custom fabrications and
boxing and C-notching the
chassis. As for the air suspension,

Slam Specialties was what


Danny chose to use. The install
was done with a good friend
named Bruce Hemshorn who
worked at Vintage Rod Barn. The
engine is an unknown year 350
that puts down a nice, strong
400bhp, while the upgraded
700R4 transmission keeps the
shifts smooth. The exterior paint

is a Kirker Hotrod Black with


a much-needed yellow tinted
set of headlights. Moving on to
the rollers theres a great set of
15-inch Wheel Vintiques wrapped
in Firestone Vintage Bias rubber.
Danny sure gave us the low down
on his Suburban and hard work
does pay off; Danny gets two
thumbs up for this sweet build.

Tech
Spec
ENGINE
Chevy 350, year unknown
Edelbrock air cleaner
Edelbrock intake manifold
Hooker headers
Chrome valve covers and
oil cap
Holley carburettor
Stainless steel throttle cable
New master brake cylinder

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INTERIOR
Spray-on bed liner
Beer tap shifter
Air tank gauge
Pinstriping by The Saint
Custom Switches
Aluminium turn signal switch
Rest of interior original GM
Viair Compressor
Two air switches
Three-eighth-inch air valves
Five gallon air tank
EXTERIOR
Paint Kirker Hotrod Black
Frame boxed and C-notched
Dual Flowmaster 50-series
exhaust
Slam Specialties air bags
Front IFS
Rear 4-bar link
One-piece side windows
Wheel Vintique, 15x5 front,
15x6 rear
Firestone Vintage bias 67015 tyres

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The Waters Edge

Jenny Wren Photography checks out a monthly classic


meet at a gorgeous venue.
Bosworth Water Trust, just
outside Market Bosworth,
holds a classic car meet on the
last Tuesday of every month.
Attending can be as many as
350 classic vehicles from Chevys
and Mustangs, Ford Coupes
through to VW split-screen
campers, a wide diversity of
different kinds of vehicles.
During this visit, a gentleman

brought in a stunning 51 Nash


and continued to inform me
about how he has always
imported American cars and, of
course, his huge love for them.
The Nash was outstanding.
Each of the owners always
has time to stop and chat to you
about their cars and welcome
photographs also. It's a lovely
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setting of Bosworth Water with


the backdrop of the lake and
trees beyond. You can enjoy the
vehicles with a beer and bite
to eat from the caf, or like lots
do, turn up with a barbecue or
picnic and enjoy as you watch
the sun set over the water. If you
fancy a great evening out with
like-minded people then there

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is a nominal charge of 1 for


classic cars and 2 for soaking
up the atmosphere!
You'll find Bosworth Water
near Market Bosworth on the
Warwickshire/Leicestershire
border. The event isn't publicised
as continuing over winter, so see
www.bosworthwatertrust.co.uk
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799 ALX
PAM 11D
AMJ 378F
AMJ 40L
AMJ 377F
AMO 375A
ANG 611S
ANN 816H
ANN 934H
2 ANN
ANN 797H
ANP 265A
ANP 264A
ANT 177A
ANT 237A
ANV 89A
ANV 71A
A417 WAR
6989 AP
APE 69T
APP 13S
APT 97
APY 97A
ARA 4Y
ARA 71A
ARA 83A
ARA 425A
ARA 95A
ARA 427A
ARB 557A
ARB 546A
ARB 548A
ARB 550A
ARC 116R
ARF 80Y
A5 FAD
H15 HBY
ASO 479
F45 TON
741 ATD
ATF 257
AUD 139V
AUD 129V
AUD 135V
AUJ 716A
AUJ 677A
AUJ 398A
788 AWA
AWF 732
AWG 400

B
48 BA
BAA 795
BAB 504
G84 CON
BAD 357T
6 BAG
BAG 817S
9 BAG
BAG 876S
BAG 913S
BAH 81W
BAH 77T
841 NES
B4 LER
B4 NEY
K8 ANK
BAR 123T
BAR 120N
BAR 121K
BAR 121N
BAR 71N
BAR 77N
BAS 11L
EBA 570N
BBA 53Y
B4 SET
BBA 570N
YBA 73S
8 ATY
8 ATY
BBC 929B
200 BBD
BBK 69
BBR 564

74 BCE
82 BCJ
555 BCJ
296 BCJ
BDE 196B
BDK 85
49 BDL
B6 ATY
BEA 570N
BEA 57T
BEA 7T
BEA 1T
9 BEE
BEG 367
BEN 7T
BEN 10V
F83 RRY
B3 REL
E78 ERY
EDB 35T
TBE 57T
BET 228
BEZ 84
BF 4210
569 BFM
BG 6372
BGF 2H
BGR 36
8802 BH
BHA 77T
BHW 501A
BIG 8411
BIG 8115
BIG 655
BIG 59
B16 GER
BIG 54
B16 TUM
BIG 8115
81 MBO
TOP 131N
A81 RKE
B15 CHO
ARB 150N
913 BKE
BKN 2T
BKU 452B
E81 AKE
KBL 41N
B115 ETT
BLO 77S
544 BLO
830 BNG
BNG 23
BNH 85E
BNH 63E
BNR 8Y
BOB 805S
562 BOB
BOC 74A
BOC 862A
BOD 56Y
BOE 74A
BOL 7T
BOL 701V
751 BOL
BOL 77S
BON 533R
BOO 856X
BOO 85T
BOO8 53X
SBO 55Y
MFC 805S
TBO 5S
USA 805S
ROT 80S
FAB 805S
VET 805S
SHE 80S
PEE 805S
POW 805S
SHT 805S
REE 805S
CAB 805S
BOB 805S
TAN 805S
D80 WES
LON 680X
WAC 180X
WWW 80X
FUM 80Y
3722 BP
7334 BP
3108 BP
BPM 927
BPR 654A
BPR 657A
BPR 655A
674 BPW
957 BPW
BRA 99
BRA 7T
BRA 17T
BRA 77T
BRA 991T
BRE 70T
BRE 77J
BRE 35Y
BRE 78Y
BRE 223Y
BRE 770T
BRE 771Y
FBR 199S
ABR 199S
EBR 199S
GBR 166S
BBR 166S
GBR 150N
11 BRS
BRU 3L
CBR 750N
BRY 417T
B168 RYN
BSL 559
BSS 199M
BTM 92L
BTP 7B
368 BTP
321 BTT
31 BTW
BUC 223H
A18 UNK
K13 URN
SBU 12R
TBU 12R
B1 JST
BBU 7T
EBU 7T
CBU 7T
ABU 7T
JBU 770N
PBU 7S
HBU 770N
BVG 560E
BVS 234S
63 BVT
563 BWD
BYE 51T

5 BYL

C 178
CAB 574R
CAB 805S
CAB 50N
HU11 CAB
CAC 53Y
CAD 50N
CAE 110S
CAL 110W
C4 LEL
C411 LOW
WCA 10W
XCA 10W
BCA 10W
C4 NES
S CA12R
CAR 6N
C12 RON
CAR 105K
CAR 18F
CAR 185T
CAR 773R
C4 REN
PCA 123Y
V8 OAR
BCA 120L
CAR 70N
DCA 120L
C412 ONS
CAR 104T
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CAS 11W
RCA 53Y
CAS 590A
CAS 677A
CAS 650A
CAS 641A
CAS 966A
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CAS 638A
CAS 864A
CAS 579A
CAS 808A
CAS 952A
UCA 551D
C47 ONS
CAV 380Y
CAZ 235
CBU 173B
708 CBC
542 CBK
353 CBK
567 CBM
CBW 32V
536 CCE
401 CCE
CCE 127
674 CCE
7996 CD
CEY 63W
CEY 64W
208 CFC
CG 6774
RCH 44M
RCH 41M
RCH 45M
CHA 210T
RCH 33M
RCH 34M
C11 OKA
CHO 74L
CHU 88Y
CIL 7601
CIL 6575
CJE 785
927 CJF
545 CJO
414 CKN
CKP 478
CKT 26
RCL 41R
WCL 45S
CCL 45S
TCL 41R
C112 VES
CLU 88S
576 CNN
CNU 59H
COA 57S
COA 77S
COB 8S
CON 4V
CON 311V
COO 165T
COO 180X
333 COP
COR 541R
COV 311S
COW 13S
976 COX
COX 31V
COX 792C
COX 576V
CPA 107T
714 CPC
CPE 76
CRA 16L
CRA 138L
CRE 3T
CRE 4T
CRE 45T
CRE 59Y
CRK 8H
CS 2374
CST 89A
CST 129A
CTT 140
CTV 565K
819 CUB
CUP 5S
CUT 53T
CUT 963K
CV 9731
224 CVA
CVG 660F
17 CVJ
CYB 46
CYN 119C
CYN 700

D
DAC 564J
214 DAE
DAH 21T
A99 DAL
E859 DAN
A227 DAN
E290 DAN
OAN 13L
OAN 16L
DAN 36H
DAR 12T
DAR 7S
DAS 188
OAS 70R
D4 SSU

DAS 189
DAT 267
DAV 15F
DAV 15L
DAV 3N
DAV 135N
DAV 135D
DAV 135V
DAW 17T
529 DAY
DBJ 49
477 DBM
DBR 23S
DCZ 9
DCK 238B
DCK 241B
DCK 59B
DCK 94B
DCK 75B
DCK 92B
DCK 231B
DCM 94Y
7479 DD
2522 DD
DDE 96P
DDE 99P
DDE 98P
DEB 501V
DEE 3L
DEE 99X
DEE 41L
DEE 585L
M9 DEL
DEL 128Y
DEL 5S
M9 DEL
DEL 661T
DEM 953Y
DES 1N
DEV 3Y
9074 DF
8422 DF
2986 DF
46 DFC
4016 DG
D34 BLO
DIL 4802
DIL 6646
DIL 8858
DJI 7757
DJK 77E
DJN 432C
DJN 174C
947 DK
4859 DK
639 DKH
DM 6144
DN 3754
DNG 34
192 DNR
DOD 580Y
DOM 41V
L36 DOM
DOM 513K
DON 875V
DON 54V
DON 39V
DON 63V
DON 42V
454 DOR
DOR 668
DOU 6K
DOV 688
DOW 17S
5469 DP
132 DRB
DRE 5S
DRE 64N
676 DRK
DRR 520B
DRR 517B
DRR 504B
DRS 235L
DRS 262K
DRS 218D
DRS 160D
DRS 759A
DRS 260J
DRS 761A
DSJ 852
DSM 73X
DSN 23K
DST 71
8908 DT
DT 9695
426 DTP
872 DTP
DUG 528C
DUG 425K
DUG 55S
DUG 237Y
DUJ 608B
45 DVB
DYL 101V
DYW 15

E
EA 5540
XEA 7X
EAN 11V
F9 EAN
F7 EAN
EAN 11S
F8 EAN
F6 EAN
JEA 501V
E17 VES
EAZ 7
153 EBK
148 ECD
9 ECD
667 ECD
ECJ 99
EDD 11T
EDD 17T
EDD 13Y
B16 EDD
EDD 51T
EDD 171T
EDE 86R
EDE 87R
E6 ENS
EDE 95R
EDE 89R
EE 9471
EFX 301C
EFC 308A
EFC 355A
405 EFH
4 EFJ
509 EHA
EHJ 904H
EHJ 859P
EHJ 915P
EKA 750
5607 EL
EL 67
8127 EL
LEL 150N

SEL 150N
ELL 4Y
LEL 107T
ELL 187T
ELL 152J
SEL 50N
ELW 15Y
ELY 107T
EMA 396S
EMA 635S
EMA 46X
EMA 53X
EMA 317X
EMA 65K
EMA 847F
EMD 57B
ENR 38
90 ENR
EPD 59V
EPM 48V
ERE 3N
ERG 73
ESE 536
EST 116D
E551 TON
EST 49D
EST 87D
1306 ET
8361 ET
ETA 18
EUI 20
EVE 383
EVG 550H
EVG 510H
EVN 202L
EVN 258L
EVO 7V
W5 EVO
32 EWD
7 EYL

FAB 110S
92 FAB
FAB 59S
FAB 118S
F46 ANS
FAJ 53L
FAJ 51L
FAJ 56L
FAJ 63L
5 FAJ
FAK 13Y
FAR 7Y
TFA 12R
FAS 77T
FAC 80Y
FAT 138Y
FAT 80Y
FAX 11V
FBK 825
FBR 83
533 FCG
FCR 888
62 FCY
9229 FD
TFE 4R
F36 ANS
HFE 1N
FLE 517Y
FFB 811
FIB 539
FIL 65
FLA 66S
91 FLA
FLA 91T
645 FLD
FLE 33T
86 FLF
8179 FM
3588 FM
1263 FM
FMA 502F
7553 FN
2641 FN
FNA 97C
FNA 91C
FNA 92C
FO 6482
FOB 813L
FON 6L
AFO 12D
FOS 733R
572 FOT
FOW 153X
FOX 701V
FOX 6S
3 FOY
FPA 22
7 FPP
FRO 664T
FRO 661T
FRO 57T
FRO 64T
FRY 39V
FRY 5V
FRY 5S
FUG 3Y
SFU 110N
FUR 12Y
FUR 3Y
FUR 9Y
FVL 177M
FWE 65H
FYJ 777

LSG 41N
GAL 73N
64 LS
A822 GAL
GAM 811N
GAR 189L
GAR 501N
GAR 1D
G4 ROT
GAR 1X
GAR 140Y
GAR 16N
T6 ASK
TPG 4S
GAT 3N
G4 VEN
GBF 82
GCN 254
693 GCR
GDE 444W
GEF 340V
GEJ 20
GEL 653L
GEN 77S
6 ENS
GEP 21
166 ERY
63 RRY
GER 1A
68 GFR
GFX 451D
GGL 273

61 ANT
GIL 15
GJI 4728
GJY 401
GKC 50
GKK 7V
GL 5918
GLA 231T
H161 ENN
GM 6585
986 GMF
GNJ 63
GNR 74
GOB 58N
GOB 81L
GOB 5W
OOO 560D
GOL 81N
NGO 1D
GOL 50N
GOO 1E
GOR 3Y
GOR 84N
GOV 88W
GOW 9N
999 GP
8 GPR
8 GR
GRA 318V
GRA 713V
GRA 990N
GRA 70N
GRA 758N
GRA 790V
GRA 78N
GRA 290V
GRE 50N
GRE 16K
GGR 33N
HGR 33N
GRE 694K
GRE 33N
GRE 169N
GRE 1N
ERE 3N
GRE 610N
GRE 950N
83 GRE
GRE 609N
6 RUB
GRY 565N
GS 2128
GSG 86
GSK 337
GSK 779
GSL 734
76 GTG
GUI 1
T900 GUN
GUN 58N
GUR 111T
GUS 74R
6 UV
GVG 909K
GVU 439D
73 GYM
T8 GYM

3207 HA
HAB 40S
HAB 86N
HAB 40J
HAB 84S
HAB 18N
HAB 18J
HAG 3E
HAH 11V
478 HAJ
HAL 58N
HAL 4N
HAL 550N
HAN 56N
HAN 120W
H417 SEN
J114 NDS
HAP 3N
APY 64A
HAR 799N
HAR 7T
WHA 121S
HAR 13L
HRT 50N
HAR 81Y
HAR 153N
VHA 121S
HAR 19Y
HAT 58N
H4 TAC
GHA 770N
HAW 50N
A537 HAY
851 HBC
415 HBC
HBF 406
HC 7831
HCT 58
MHE 4P
KHE 4P
HED 63N
HEG 50N
HEL 31V
HEL 317V
HEL 317S
HEL 41V
HEN 570N
HEN 71N
HEN 70N
HES 70N
HES 46
HEW 377S
HEW 177W
HEX 3N
98 HFK
38 HGG
ADH 188S
AAH 188S
S111 CKS
HIL 157
906 HJF
200 HKJ
242 HKL
HL 8674
146 HLU
HN 5141
HNJ 53T
HNM 5
HO 1234
HOB 135N
HOB 850N
HOB 85L
HOB 85H
JHO 850N
HOD 635N
T33 HOG
HOL 73N
HOL 70N
HOL 78N
HOL 7W

HOO 531N
HOO 50N
HOR 53N
F110 RNE
HOR 58N
HOR 702N
HOR 733N
HOR 701N
HOT 70N
448 HOV
HOV 154W
8927 HP
9287 HP
HRT 81
928 HTW
HUB 42D
SHU 88S
HUG 637S
HUG 35N
HUG 637T
HUI 19
HUM 33R
HUM 813S
HUN 71N
HUN 7N
HUP 1N
HUR 7Y
HUR 57T
HUR 57V
144 HUR
HUR 16Y
CHU 770N
HUT 701N
WHU 770N
HUT 71N
HUT 10V
HUT 76N
474 HYD
HYE 28
9 HYE
9301 BH

M9 JKC
JKN 7V
JKS 48P
82 JLA
JM 8753
JMR 702
4407 JN
JN 3773
JOA 14N
JDB 50N
C233 JOE
JOG 3R
C994 JON
JON 1K
JON 53N
JON 49E
JOH 17P
JOS 11L

KRG 99
KRP 750P
KS 7967
KSA 178F
KSC 226D
KSC 224D
KSP 3
700 KTF
KTS 91G
KTS 87G
90 KTW
KUN 189
6888 KV
5426 KV
KWA 83
KWC 688
KYA 51N
84 KYD

B16 EDD

J
JA 3638
JAB 81N
JAC 58N
JAC 687V
JAC 680V
JAC 946V
A864 JAC
JAC 264N
JAD 35V
JAG 163Y
JAK 356W
JAL 53N
JAM 190W
JAM 53E
JAM 53M
JAM 943N
JAN 35S
JAN 35A
E259 JAN
B898 JAN
JAP 17N
JAP 5
JAR 35Y
JAR 60N
JAR 50N
JAR 450N
JAR 120N
GJA 50N
HJA 50N
JAS 796

KAR 317V
KAS 160
KAS 210
KAS 839
KAS 170
KAS 802
KAS 842
KAT 35V
KAW 52N
KAW 53N
KAW 54N
KAW 51N
KAW 56N
KAW 85N
KAY 88V
KAY 537V
KBL 29N
KBL 31N

1 YMO
LJI 585
LKO 555
LNB 269
LOC 41X
LOF 4X
28 LOL
LOM 45S
LON 680X
LOO 138V
708 LOP
B10 PES
LOR 3R
LOR 77F
LOU 153P
LOU 15N
B10 UTH
LOU 159P
LOU 158P
LOV 3P
59 LOV
LOW 312Y
7 LOW
LOX 500
214 LPA
LRP 52M
LRP 7V
LRP 51M
LRS 72
LS 3903
LSB 3H
LSG 252N
LSG 42N
LSG 48N
LSG 47N
LSP 93
LT 728
LUC 180X
LUE 5P
LUR 4L
LVA 11
LWG 66
LYC 3E
LYL 3N
E282 LYN
LYN 814X
LYN 78P
LYN 87X

JOY 376N
JPB 448C
532 JRR
JRS 90V
JSA 228G
JSH 552
JSK 204
JSR 640
JSS 963N
JSS 962N

KBL 51N
KBL 45N
817 KBM
87 KBP
73 KBP
KBS 5
KCD 419
KCH 55N
B16 KCH
KCH 38N

K77 KYD
KYL 13M
KYL 38K
KYL 13S
9 KYM
KYM 774X

24 L
LAB 37T

MAB 813Y
MAB 682D
790 MAB
MAB 837T
MAC 16P
NMA 660T
MAH 41P
MAH 33D
MAH 41E
MAL 119W
MAL 338W
MAL 763K
MAL 357P
MAL 261W
MAR 437V
MAR 63P
MAR 647E
MRR 10W
MAR 7Y
MAR 63L
MAR 77V
MAR 771V
MRR 19W

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AEW 957A
AUJ 653A
BSS 199M
ALC
CEY 61W
AUJ 835A
398A BAG
OAJ 867S
230P UCA
657D
ANP
BNH
63E
CEY62W
EHJ 915P
PPV 146E WHJ
910M
AES 163T
264A
BOC 862A
CYN 119C
CNU 84A
59H
GEL163K
653L DCK
ONT236B
52P
ANV
BRJ
DUJ 608B
LCL 710A
PVV 109D
EFX 301C
LFM427N
TTU 624H
CEY 61W
FMA 502F
NWF 28P
TTU 625H

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ALL 149

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AMO79P
375A
DDE
ANP
264A
DRS 218D
BAG244L
868S
DRS
BKU92A
452B
EJO
BKU152T
460B
ETO
BNH85C
63E
FNA
BPR
657A
FVL 177M
BSS 199M
GNH
78B

NJA 50N
J45 ONB
JAT 117T
JAT 137T
JAV 51W
LOJ 4X
JAY 51N
JAY 510N
A364 JAY
JAY 833N
JAZ 59
JBB 906
JBM 990F
JCR 999P
JDY 200
JEE 1P
JEL 50N
JEM 41
JEM 5S
11 JEM
JEP 35H
JES 51Y
RJE 5S
JES 53P
24 JGN
59 JGN
164 JH
7127 JH
JHU 604N
JJ 5067
JJB 638W
758 JKA

CYN 119C
DRR 504B
HLK 107T
DRS 218D
JAT145T
DRS 761A
JBC 767D
EHJ 958H
JSA 214G
EVG 550H
JSS 959N
HNJ 53T
JST 260N
JSS 962N
JTR 385D
JTR 385D
JWO 85N

JSS 966N
JST 284N
JTR 385D
JTR 383D
JUD 68S
JUF 648
JUK 5W
JUL 104N
JUL 16N
JUL 106N
JUL 113N
JUL 110N
5 JUN
JWO 96N
2604 JW
498 JWE
JWO 84N
JWW 3V
JY 9184
JY 632
JYC 25
JYM 297K

913 KAB
KAJ 58N
KAJ 68N
KAJ 53N
KAJ 69N
KAJ 67N
KAR 317P
KAR 12Y

KBL 29N
KCH 69N
KEG 793Y
KBL 29N
LRP 52M
KCH 59N
MDM 759G
KEG 793Y
MNN 48D
KUJ 435J
MTH 337P
LNV887L
NAV 297F
LRP 78L
NSE 87V
MCY 226K
PHH 62P
MCY 94A

KDG 89
KEA 524
KEG 793Y
KEN 5S
KEN 33P
KEN 51P
K3 NOC
KEN 13P
4317 KF
KFC 47
KFM 73
KGD 71L
111 KGE
KGJ 409A
KGL 83
KHC 3Y
K1 DUM
KJ 1673
KJK 969
KKR 57
KLJ 351N
342 KM
4976 KM
KMB 775
KNE 109N
491 KOD
KOR 12Y
KOT 6Y
889 KOV
KPR 41
KPW 99
93 KRD

PMA 96D
PRC 84W
REY 446S
MCY 97E
RHR 255C
MFE 105H
RMO 112R
MNH 61K
SST 446S
MNH 63K
SVR 52H
MTH 337P
TEF 54R
NAV 297F
WRT 96A
NEG 242E
WRT 97A
NRX 590K

LAL 14W
LAM 88B
LAM 85P
B16 LAP
BUY 14W
LAY 10N
LAY 685
LAZ 8
LBF 57
31 LBF
LBK 513
LCL 710A
LDD 87
LDS 509A
LEE 366
LEE 5N
LEG 6P
LEG 785W
LEG 37T
LEN 941H
LEN 181P
LEN 297P
LEP 84
LES 13R
LEV 177V
LEV 177Y
LEV 177J
LFM 421N
LFM 457N
LFM 427N
LGX 227
568 LHA

PMA 551E
MAS 73R
MAS 6Y
MAS 537
MAY 769F
MAY 598P
MAY 698
MBC 978
MBH 3L
MBH 31H
35 MC
MCE 984
MCE 929
MCV 4N
MCW 84G
MCW 94G
MCW 95G
MCY 92E
MCY 94E
MCY 226K
MCY 97E
MCY 71E
MCY 75E
MDM 759G
MDM 653G
MDM 655G
3511 ME
MEL 25F
AME 110R
MEL 145P
MEL 15F
MEL 154P

NME 110R
MEL 32F
MEP 52A
MES 878
MES 53Y
MFA 54
MFC 805S
MFF 949
MFO 283
MGL 976
MHK 9P
222 MHY
MJI 1290
338 MJH
MLO 17
MLC 11P
MLC 14P
598 MM
179 MM
740 MM
167 MMT
MNH 69K
MNH 63K
MNH 62K
MNN 50D
MNN 763D
MNN 46D
MNN 48D
MNN 38D
MNN 34D
MNN 43D
MNN 60D
MNN 22D
MNN 37D
MOA 72X
MOE 566X
MOE 856P
MOE 96P
MOE 333X
MOG 772X
MOG 735X
MOG 810X
UMO 110Y
RMO 113R
MON 130X
M1 OOR
MOR 73R
MOR 155R
MOS 55S
MOS 51S
MOT 3L
MOV 13X
MOW 9R
MOW 3R
MOW 13R
MOY 124P
6 MPR
MRC 51P
MRC 124K
MRC 50P
MRR 45W
MRR 38P
B9 MSR
MT 2069
MTH 337P
MTT 606
MTW 555C
MUC 1P
9158 MV
MW 8743
286 MW
MWC 6P
MWL 45
444 MWP
777 MYC
MYR 46X
MYR 4P

NAD 99M
NAD 9P
NAJ 18W
NAJ 18P
NAN 70N
N45 EER
NAS 13R
NAS 54R
NAS 653
NAS 70R
NAS 45H
NAS 671
NAS 628
N4 THS
NAT 11S
NAV 330S
NAV 306F
NAV 289F
NAV 309F
NAV 317F
NAV 300F
1807 NB
6506 NB
NBD 52
NBN 50
9273 NC
96 NCG
NCP 267
6553 ND
NDD 958
NED 87P
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Muscle Car Corner


Paul Dodd checks out some muscle in the sky as well as on the tarmac.

We had just about got our breath


back after returning triumphant
from the Mopars when, on the
Monday, we were off again,
this time to meet up with
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The Beast was being stored
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racer Rick Garretts farm and he
was kind enough to let the shoot
take place there. Andy was there
for hours and took hundreds of
photos giving our Ed Dave Smith
plenty to choose from, then
during the course of the week
Dave spoke to all three of us,
father, son and grandson, to get
a real feel for the story. I have to
say it was a very proud moment
for me to see all three cars on
the front cover of the September
issue when it landed on the mat a
few weeks later.
The next event for us on the
calendar was the Wings and
Wheels show at Dunsfold and I
was really looking forward to it
as I have an equal passion for
cars and aircraft. The organisers
had invited the Beast and not just
for a static display but with the
chance to drive it down the now
infamous runway as it is part of
the Top Gear test track.
Over the weekend the skies
were filled with the sight and
sound of old warbirds with Merlin
engines aplenty including eight
of them via the two Lancasters
that displayed, but there were
also Spitfires, Hurricanes and
a Mustang all powered by that
famous engine. Then it was time

for the Beast's Merlin engine


to roar into life as the timeslot
came for all manner of vehicles
to have a blast down the runway.
I jumped into the passenger
seat and it just so happened
that when it came to our turn
we found ourselves behind
two Plymouth Superbirds. By
half track we had swallowed
up one of them and passed the
other just before it was time to
start applying the brakes. As
we blasted down that runway it
reminded me of what the Beast is
all about speed! By the time we
started to brake as the runway
was rapidly coming to an end we
were just getting going in top
gear and it felt like we could go
on accelerating forever.
Most people would be happy
with the seemingly unlimited
speed potential of the Beast

but no, not my old man. He is


not happy at all that both the
Olds and the Trans Am, whilst
having an inferior top speed,
are quicker over a quarter of a
mile. We are both in the tens but
the Beast could only muster a
15 at Dragstalgia due in part to
its high gearing it crossed the
finish line in second gear! So, as
I write, the Beast is back in Spain
undergoing various mods in an
attempt to return next year and
take us on. All I can say to that is,
Bring it on Dad, and you have
to admire the man's spirit, that he
should still be up to his old tricks
as he approaches 82 years of
age! I think the reception he and
the car received everywhere we
went has inspired him again.
Back to muscle cars, and the
two winged warriors previously
mentioned were joined by

Don Scott in his Petty-inspired


Superbird on the Sunday. Don's
Hemi-powered 'bird is a bit more
powerful than the two we passed
on the runway but it is about to
get even more serious as the
engine was actually pulled out
today and by the time you read
this it will be in Roger Luty's
workshop undergoing some
power upgrades. Also at the
show were plenty of Mustangs
from old school to new, a pair
of Corvettes, a lovely white
67 Camaro, then what many
consider to be the greatest road
car of all, American muscle
combined with English style, the
AC Cobra. I dont really consider
the Cobra to be a muscle car but
I might change my mind if ever
I were fortunate enough to get
behind the wheel of one with a
427 stuffed under the hood.

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