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ah, dammit, it's October.That means anotherseason all but over and

nothing to look forward to butcold, damp weather, salt onthe roads and the festivejollity of Christmas. Eastersuddenly seems a very, verylong way away.

But still, it seems to have beena terrifically good season. I'vesaid it in plenty of the showreports we've run over thesummer (and there are more tocome) but there seems to havebeen a long overdue upswing inenthusiasm for many ofthese events. The HotRod Drags in mid-September – seepage 53 – was acase in point.This has alwaysbeen a popularevent, and youget the impressionthat many of theevent's hardcore fanswould be there if theweather forecast suggestedthat there'd be two feet of snowand a hurricane over theweekend. And yet this year,the buzz leading up to theevent and the rave reviewsafterwards went above andbeyond just a 'good show' vibe.Long may it continue.

That was just an example.Plenty of other events generatedthe same sort of excitement andenthusiasm, helped along bysocial media and some gloriousweather in early summer. It wasa real kick up the backside to

anyone who is dithering overwhether they can take the timeoff work, or whether they canjustify spending the petrolmoney, or whether they reallyshould be gallivanting off toshows or races when the hedgeis so direly in need of trimming.The answer is yes, of courseyou can, and if you can't, thenwhat the hell do you own thatcar for? Just to fill the emptyspace in your garage? You'venow got all winter to chuff aboutwith your privet.

Maybe this renewedenthusiasm is a sign of the

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long for? And not amoment too soon.Although I've alsonoticed that someevents are being

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perhaps because of a'been there, done that'

attitude from showgoers, orperhaps because the organisershave an 'ain't broken, so notgonna fix it' mentality. Eitherway, some events that, on paper,have all the right ingredientsseem to be suffering from adistinct lack of vitality. Why?Well, that's another item on theagenda for over winter –answers on a postcard, please.

Of course, there are severalimportant winter events – theNSRA Northern Swap Meet,Whitby Kustom, the NEC ClassicMotor Show, Rhythm Riot, theRomsey Boxing Day classic carmeet, Autosport International,and Surrey Street Rodders' epicWheels Day event is back atRushmoor Arena, Good Friday,April 3rd, pre-entry only, detailsto follow ... in fact, looks likethere's not much chance ofgetting bored after all.

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28 HEAVY AS HELLYou can't beat a full-sizer that runs the numbers

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43 FLY-DRIVEPistons and propellers at the Sywell Classic

47 THE GATHERINGThe retro rumble at Shelsley Walsh

50 '57 VARIETIESThe Tri-Chevy-palooza at Shakey

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53 THE LAST HURRAHCould the Hot Rod Drags have been better?

58 DOWN TO THE WIREThe National Finals was a real nailbiter

61 AMERICAN SUPER STOCKThe deciding round for the all-American bracket

64 OUTLAW STREET The Outlaws head to the Mopar Euronats

70 BLUEPRINTGMC's turbo nutter Syclone

74 ONE-BREW JOBSGetting rid of ancient grease

76 HOW-TOBuilding the casing for a tough street nine-inch

86 JARGON BUSTERMore about LSD than Sergeant Pepper

88 TRIED'N'TESTEDMore chemical experiments

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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.

Ooh La La

One of the stars of the recent Paris Motor Show was the Ford Mustang, now officially ready for sale early next year across Europe.

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 black-chrome Goliath wheels, glossy black badges and other goodies. Stay tuned...

Well, the bits of it that drive on the right, obviously; the rest of us will have to wait a while longer.

It’ll 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.

Evil Twin

In Magnetic Grey with ebony leather/Alcantara seats and hand-stitched 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 you’re 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 right-hookers next year.

Check out the newest 2015 Mustang from UBB – it’s going twin-turbo! 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 we’re

at it, check out boss Tim’s 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.

ShutteredAs we mentioned some months ago, one of ACM’s regular contributors, Martin ‘Drakie’ Drake, suffered a broken shoulder at Shakey County earlier this year.

We’re 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.

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Pardon? Bulletin 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!”

Open to owners of late-model Chargers, Challengers and Vipers, there’ll be Viper drift cars, Hellcat thrill rides and loads of fun and games and the whole Dodge and SRT line-up on display. And there’ll be live music, too, from none other than Motley Crue, as part of their

Nitro Monkey

They’ll 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.

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.

Motley Mopar Monkeys

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

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 Rawling’s Gas Monkey Live restaurant and concert venue in Dallas.

Dodge’s 100th anniversary and you’ve 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

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

Car SharingThis was the New York Stock Exchange in mid-October, 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. It’s a pre-emptive recall – as with other cases, it’s mainly down to owners storing a hundredweight of other junk on their key ring.

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SpeedingBulletin 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 M25 near Swanley. In Scotland, the highest was 139mph on the A96 in a 60mph limit.

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

KW@V8XSThe 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.

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

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 [email protected], or see the website at www.v8xs.co.uk where you’ll find full performance catalogues from Ford, GM and Mopar.

Gone In 3 SecondsThe new 2015 Corvette Z06 with the Z07 Performance Package and eight-speed paddle-shift auto has shattered records.

The Americans Are Coming!

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 GM’s Milford Road Course by a

clear second from the previous record holder, the Corvette ZR1. “The Corvette has long been known as America’s sports car,” said Mark Reuss, GM’s 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 America’s Supercar.”

The Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 has won the prestigious title of Motor Trend magazine’s Best Driver’s Car 2014, the first American brand to win the award in the seven years it’s 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 BeholderThe 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.

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SaleenBulletin 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 WinterWinter is all but upon us, so now’s the time to get prepared.

Start by grabbing Sealey’s 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. Start’n’Charge 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 online at www.sealey.co.uk, or download the free Sealey app for smartphones.

Winners And Losers

SRT Motorsports won the 2014 IMSA Tudor United Sports Car Championship GTLM driver and team championship at the season-ending Petit Le Mans 10-hour 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] brand’s product line-up.” Hmm, thanks a bunch.

Flying The NestAt 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

barrage of corporate crapspeak, Cadillac announced a brand new model to be called the CT6, which will “continue the brand’s 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.

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 there’s the Sierra Carbon with a carbon fibre appearance package, black alloys and … well, pretty much the same as the

above. They’re out now.If shadowy monochrome isn’t

high on your list, check out the Reaper, a performance off-road version of the Chevy Silverado, clearly aiming at Ford’s 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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DragWeekBulletin This year’s 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!

Elapsed TimesSanta Pod’s James Forster summarises a superb season.

The SportsmanShakespeare County’s Jerry Cookson looks back at a super-successful Hot Rod Drags.

This year’s 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 don’t think it ever stopped until late Friday night.

Looking at the pits and the campsite I don’t think there was a blade of grass to be seen between each tent. The pits was more like a who’s-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

year’s Drags was second to none with no two cars looking the same. Even the Heritage Stock Cars and the nostalgia drag bikes didn’t look out of place with their Sixties and Seventies coachwork, snarling V8 motors and nitro-fuelled classic British Norton and Triumph engines. I’m running out of superlatives now but Saturday evening’s Cacklefest and fire burnouts just simply rocked along with the fireworks. I don’t know how many cars we had but the line-up was almost up to the eighth!

Highlights for me include Andy Hadfield’s 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 Townson’s seven-second 500ci KB-powered Northern Spirit ’32 Supercharged Outlaw. The Anglias were in scintillating form, as ever, providing the crowd with some

It’s 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 ex-juniors; 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 Wilson’s 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 don’t turn out bad on the tree either. Watch out drag racers, the youngsters are coming…

colourful burnouts as well as on-the-edge runs particularly from three-peat champion Cliff Griffin.

But we owe massive thanks to all the rod and Yank owners who made this year’s 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 year’s Drags? Well you’ll just have to wait and see on September 11th-13th, 2015. If you can’t wait that long then you’ll have to grab a copy of the HRD DVD for winter viewing! See you at the drags.

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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 free-flowing 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 Graham’s 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 didn’t 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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HellcatBulletinThe first 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat , VIN #00001, sold at Barrett-Jackson’s 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!

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 that’s definite future classic material and with a very reasonable £15-20,000 estimate. Next, the obligatory

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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.

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-

metal respray, with a fully rebuilt Flathead V8, this has covered few miles and the estimate is £15-18,000. Then there’s 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

older restoration, this continental kit-equipped baby-blue beauty is expected to fetch £17,500-20,000. There may be more lots added to the catalogue between now and the sale on November 15th-16th, so see www.silverstoneauctions.com.

Champs De l’USAIf you’re quick, you’ll catch Artcurial’s Automobiles Sur Les Champs VII in Paris on November 1st and 2nd.

There’s 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,

powered by a 460 Ford big-block and T5 manual, with a similar estimate. There’s 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.

The Big DMecum’s 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.

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 it’s 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. Mecum’s next auction will be the SoCal auction in Anaheim on November 13th to 15th, so check www.mecum.com.

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Hershey Rides AgainHershey 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.

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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

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.

There were a few surprises at RM Auctions’ Battersea Park sale in September.

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Sounds like a superb day out, Neil, and definitely something to bear inmind for the rest of us when it comes to what you'd like forChristmas...? See www.classicamericanmuscle.co.uk ACM

Dear ACM,Since purchasing your excellent magazine I have fervently read yourarticles and get a buzz from the enthusiasm that is portrayed from yourproviders. Up to now I do NOT have ownership of my dream car (aGT500) but the nearest I can come to driving my dream car are thedriving experiences. The latest one was my Christmas present boughtby my wife and kids. I attended Brands Hatch for my driving experience(Thursday July 10th, 2014) intending to drive the Sixties 'Stangs BUT Inegotiated a drive in Classic American Muscle's 2005 white GT500 auto.

Whilst reading October's edition I noticed the very same car in thebackground of one of your articles, on page 25 of Alex Peters'convertible feature, in Redline's workshop. It reminded me of howexciting it was to have been given the chance to drive the car of mydreams but with the added bonus of a great driving instructor (Will) anda wet track. Well, what more could a Mustang nut want from the day?The instructor quickly brought it to my attention that this car on a wettrack could be a widow maker! Nothing like grabbing your attentionprior to driving your ultimate American car for the first time!

I was only on the Indy track for three laps but the GT500 did notdisappoint. During the drive Will told me he would introduce me to thewet line (I thought, "What's he on about?") and sure enough it madesense after he placed me nearer the grass and just about on the blackstuff. To add even more to my drive Will informed me that a Corvettewas attempting to overtake us and insisted this would not happen. Sureenough the instructorcoached me aroundthe bends andallowed me to go flatout down thestraights. This is thesecond year I've beenon a race track, lastyear's beingGoodwood, and Iwould like to stress toanyone who has nottaken the plunge toget it booked. It's notcheap but it keeps the dream alive while I save my hard-earned moneyto buy a little bit of American motoring history.Neil England, via email

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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.

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1969 Dodge Dart Swinger

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ince I was old enough to focus,cars were what I wanted to lookat. My formative years were full

of Matchbox cars and Top Trumps,later replaced by Scalextric and StreetMachine, and all leading up to the daywhen I could finally get out on theroad. My 17th birthday also hosted myfirst (official) driving lesson, and withina few weeks my test was passed andI've never looked back.

The whole driving licence rite ofpassage was so monumentally crucialto me that, even now, if somebodysays to me, “Oh, I don't drive,” I tend todouble take as if they've just told methey're actually an alien and that limbof theirs I've just shaken isn't actuallytheir hand. What?! How can you notdrive? Of all the people I know, well inexcess of 90% have a driving licence –

hardly surprising, given theautomotive-based social circles I movein. So, when I heard the story of JonLeonard, a tattooist from Bristol, andhis '69 Dart Swinger I was intrigued!

“I only started driving a couple ofyears ago,” says Jon. “Passing mytest was just something I wantedto do before I was 40. I got myprovisional licence when I was 17 andliving in Doncaster, but then I becamean apprentice welder. The factorywas only round the corner andhardly paid anything, so I just gotused to not driving.

“I've loved American cars since I wasa lad, watching the Dukes of Hazzardand such on the TV. I wanted a Chargerin orange, though I'd seen a six-packDart 340 on eBay, also in orange, but Icouldn't afford it. It was the first one I'd

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seen in months, and it HAD to beorange! Then this one came up oneBay three weeks later. I'd been out onSunday night, celebrating havingpassed my theory test, came homedrunk and pressed 'buy it now'! I wokeup on the Monday morning knowingthat I'd bought something … oooh, 'eck,it's a car! I had to go to the bank thatmorning and ask for a loan so I couldpay the guy, and I hadn't even passedmy driving test yet.

“It was owned by an older guy calledDave in Rochester, New York. He grewup with cars like this, and he'd seen a'67 Coronet he really wanted so theDart had to go. It was a 340 four-barrelSwinger, and an original V2 orange car.Fortunately, the bank lent me themoney and before I knew it the carwas on a boat.

Jon describesthe Dart as "thepoor man'sCharger" andwith theseproportions(above) you cansee why! BeingHemi orangehelps a bit, ofcourse. Therepaint, alongwith the stripes(right) and body-colour steelwheels (far right)came courtesy ofPeels Motorkraft.


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“I'd been out on Sundaynight, celebrating havingpassed my theory test,came home drunk andpressed 'buy it now'!”



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“The company who brought it in forme are called ShipMyCar, and I askedthem to get it registered and roadready so I could just come and collectit. They collected it from the docks, gotit all roadworthy, sorted out the lightsand a charging issue it was having, andI went to collect it from them at theirbase in Milton Keynes. This was in2010 – I'd passed my driving test in theSeptember, and went to pick the car upin December. It was cold, minus fivedegrees with snow on the ground, thecar had no heater and I'd never drivenleft-hand drive or a V8 before. I'd gonein at the deep end! I thought I'd takethe long way home to try to get usedto it, so I went up the M1, across the M6

and M42 and back down to Bristol, bywhich time I was freezing cold andthere was ice on the inside of thewindows. I dropped it off at the storageplace I'd rented and left it there for acouple of days.

“After a day or two, a closerinspection showed that while it wasn'ta shed, it wasn't great and needed afew odd jobs. The interior was greatbut the doors were misaligned, thebumpers were painted silver notchromed, the engine bay was untidyand the electrics were a mess. I gotintroduced to Lee at Central Garagein Kingswood, and he seemed verykeen, so I dropped it off to him.He went through all the mechanics,

and got Roy the auto electrician inwho rewired the car using a periodwiring diagram so it's all correctlycolour coded.

“Then, about two years ago, theengine packed up. I'd gone along tothe Ace Cafe for one of their Americancar meets, just to look around, thenwent on to the Chelsea Cruise. Thenext day, on the way home, it got hotand the big end bearings startedrattling. I spoke to Dave Billadeau whotold me that when it got hot 'the oilturned to p*ss' and ruined thebearings, so I took the engine to himand he rebuilt it to mild stock trim,about 310-320bhp, with motorwaymileage in mind.


Big bumpers(below andabove right) werepainted when thecar came in, butJon has sincereplaced themwith chromeexamples. The340 small-block(below right) is acorking littlemotor even instock form, andwell able tohustle the littleDart along inspirited fashion.This has had arebuild to mildspec, but a less-mild rebuildmight be on thecards...!

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“It's a driver, not a show car,and it gets used”

“Since then I've fitted all new trim,bumpers, badges, wheels, a newradiator and so much else. The originalthree-spoke plastic steering wheel wasall cracked, so I fitted a three-spokewoodgrain one, along with a new dashtop and gauges, and new armrests. Ialso had the radio rebuilt so it picks upUK radio stations as opposed topicking up absolutely nothing.

“Then I finally got my own garage athome, but shortly afterwards I put ascrape down the car while pulling outof it. I'd been recommended Peel'sMotorkraft, not far away, so I calledand spoke to Matt Peel, and took thecar down to show him. I showed himthe scrape, but I told him the paint was

a bit flat and mis-matched, and someof the panel gaps were way out. Hearranged a full respray and fitting thevinyl roof, which it would have hadoriginally. I'd been saving to get allthese jobs done next year, but thescrape brought everything forwardsand I thought it was better if I got allthe jobs done in one hit then it wouldbe finished and I could draw a lineunder it, but it never quite works outlike that, does it?

“Over the last few weeks I've beentalking to Dave Billadeau about moreengine work to pep the motor up a bit.He's been telling me all about a stroker340 that he built that now runs mid-12s. I've never had my car on a drag ➔


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strip, but a bit more power under thehood would be a good thing, and a lotof fun, I'd imagine! In stock form itshould run 14s. The auto 'box alreadyhas a reverse pattern manual valvebody and column shift.

“It's such good fun to drive, it reallyputs a smile on my face every time Idrive it. It's not what I imagined it'd be– I thought it'd be just a big car, but it'sso much more. Its fun, always tinkeringand maintaining – it's more than a car,it's a hobby, a pastime. There's just nocomparison between classics andmodern cars, they're amazing. And it'sa keeper, I'll never get rid of it,although I've been asked a few times.I'm still in touch with Dave in New York,

keeping him in the picture – he's happyI ended up with this car.

“I've just done a 500-mile round tripto Fort Paull for the YANCS show. It wasthe last weekend in September, it wasmy birthday, and it fell on a Sunday so Iwasn't working. I like doing somethingon my birthday and thought I'd driveto a show, so I checked the calendar tosee what was on and picked YANCS. Itdid the trip effortlessly, though it wasslightly pricey on fuel, but that'sexactly what I wanted to be able to dowith the car. It's a driver, not a showcar, and it gets used. Peels workedwonders on it, they really know theirstuff and they're a good, friendlybunch. I've picked up a couple of


trophies and had it on the MMAstand at the NEC, but it's got a fewstonechips in it now, and I never trailerit unless it's broken down.

“I would love to get anotherAmerican car at some point, and it'dhave to be a Mopar, but there are justso many out there to choose from.And I'd still have to keep my Dart.The reason I bought a Dart is becauseI couldn't afford a Charger. I didactually bid on a General Lee replica,but the seller told me to stopbidding because he wouldn't ship it tothe UK. I'm glad I didn't get theCharger as then I wouldn't have myDart. The Dart is like a poor man'sCharger anyway...” ACM

Simple dash (below)speaks to Dart'sbargain price bracket,hence the additional(and worthwhile)auxiliary gauges.Cracked plasticsteering wheel wasreplaced withsomething a little nicerto hold onto. Jon hadthis car built to bedriven, and he's reallynot afraid to do so(top). Driving 250 mileseach way to a show forthe day shows that! Jonseems to think it's along way from perfectnow it has some road-rash. We disagree - wereckon stone chipsare something to beproud of!

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Nothing looks quite as good as a massive full-sizerthat can really pick up her skirts and run.

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1970 Pontiac Catalina

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nyone who follows Sportsmandrag racing in the UK can'thave failed to spot husband-

and-wife team Carla Pittau and RickMcCann in Pro ET. Carla's red earlysecond gen Camaro, Heaven And Hell,and Rick's sky blue third gen Camaro,Heaven And Hell As Well, have becomealmost as well-known for their 45-degree wheels-up launches as theyhave for their winning ways. In fact, inthe past 12 years they've taken the ProET championship title five timesbetween them.

These two absolutely live andbreathe drag racing, but how does onego about contracting such a seriousdisease? This car can take a goodproportion of the blame...

“Rick and I were in California forthree weeks' holiday back in 1989,”says Carla. “We'd got a little Japanesecompact rental car, and after threedays we absolutely hated it with avengeance. It was like driving aphotocopier. We had this crazy idea ofbuying an old wreck, then selling it for$100 at the end of the holiday, or justabandoning it at the side of the road.We found this 1970 Pontiac Catalina

and bought it for $650. It was partly inprimer and looked very sorry for itself,but it was a proper big American boat,way better than Toshiba thephotocopier.

“We had a few problems, startingwith the fact that it wouldn't pass itsCalifornia smog test. Apparently theprevious owners should have donethis test before they sold it to us, butwe didn't realise this, and we didn'tknow much about cars back then. Wepaid a mechanic to get it through thetest, and it turned out that all he didwas retard the timing! This made it runhot, and that evening we set off tomeet some friends in Sacramento fordinner. The exhaust was so close to theboot floor it fried all of our luggage,melted the rear light lenses which thendropped out, and then the fuse blewleaving us at the side of the road atnight! A truck driver stopped to helpus, went under the car with a wire coathanger and re-hung the exhaust, resetthe timing for us by ear and off wewent, with tin foil chocolate wrapper inthe fuse holder... We got to Sacramentoat midnight, to find our friends asleepat the table in the restaurant.

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The body isalmost totallystock, except for aspot of rear archmassaging to getthose big tyres tofit (above). ProStars look thebusiness (topright). We've allseen some awfulindicatorconversions, butthis one lookspretty damn neat(centre right).Pontiac's full-sizestyling was a love-it-or-hate-it affairin the earlySeventies, andfeatures like thismonster grille(right) certainlypolarisedopinions. Now welove it. TheCatalina (far right)is the forgottenPontiac, butthanks to thesetwo (right) thisone's prettyunforgettable


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“We cured that problem and by the fifthrun I was hooked”

“The next day, we bought new rearlights from a superb scrapyard. Thewhole trip was like that, with lovelypeople who stopped to help us fornothing. We met so many nice peoplebecause of it, we wouldn't sell it, so wehad to bring it home. It got to the UK inJanuary 1990, we had it resprayed andthat was that. That summer, we took italong to a RWYB at Santa Pod, butwhen we got there Rick found he'd

forgotten his driving licence and saidI'd have to run it! I'd never driven it,and never drag raced, so Rick gave mea crash course in startline technique. Ihad a run and thought, 'I like this!' I hadfour more tries but we were sufferingfrom fuel starvation, so we cured thatproblem and by the fifth run I washooked. That autumn, I went out andbought my 1970 Camaro that becameHeaven And Hell. ➔


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“The Catalina had a totally stockPontiac 350 engine and two-speedautomatic. A couple of years later, aswe learned a little more, we swappedthe cam and fitted a new manifold andfour-barrel carb. From 1992, theCamaro was my daily driver, a streetand strip car. We'd drive it to the track,take the exhausts off, swap the carbjets and spark plugs, fit the slicks, raceall day, then swap everything back anddrive home. Then, in 1996, I crashed itat the track and we couldn't get ithome, so we've trailered it ever since.At that point, the Catalina became mydaily driver. People didn’t expect sucha big boat to be so aggressive! It's a bigcar, really big, and it handled terribly,which made it even more fun to drive.Then the transmission gave up.

“The Catalina went on the backburner for a long time while we wererebuilding my Camaro, buildingengines and so on. Then about threeyears ago, we decided it hadlanguished long enough and wedecided to give her our full attentionand start the build.

“We'd acquired bits over the yearsto build a big Pontiac engine. We gota 455 block, bored to 468, and thecrank and pistons, Edelbrock headsetc, and let them mature in acupboard for a few years beforeputting them together. On paper, we'dhoped for 500bhp, and on the dynowe actually got 512bhp and 565ft.lb. oftorque. It was our most successfulengine yet on the dyno, as everychange we made improved theperformance, but as soon as we put itin the car it all went wrong.

“First, we melted a head gasket. Thehead bolt torque on a Pontiac is reallyhigh, it seemed way too much to us,but the gasket deformation suggestedover-torquing. The other head gasketwas fine, though. We had a littlefountain coming from the exhaust atour first visit to the track! Cylindernumber eight was full of water, I'msurprised it didn't hydraulic. We hadthe block pressure-tested and it wasperfect, so we went to Cometicgaskets like we use on the race carsand so far, so good.


“We'd hoped for 500bhp, and on thedyno we actually got 512bhp and565ft.lb. of torque”

Carla and Rickapologisedbecause theinterior isn'tperfect. As if wecould give amonkey's bumfor perfectionwhen the car isthis "right". A fullinterior on a racecar? Thanks verymuch. A fullarsenal ofAutoMetergauges are anecessaryreplacement forthe stock dashwith the bigtachodominating theoutlook (topright), and three-inch four-pointharnesses are afine idea, even ona stock benchseat! Carla saysthat trim parts,especially for theinterior, are hardto come by forwhat is arelativelyobscure model.We think they'redoing prettydamn well fromwhere we'resitting... thoughwe wish we weresitting in thatdriver's seat!


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“First time out was Flame AndThunder at Santa Pod last year, wherethe whole crew was driving. Rick hadbuilt the engine, I'd built the trans,Dave Buckland and I built the rear end,Rick and I did the suspension, ColinRoaf and his daughter Grace rewired it,Dave's wife Christine helped with theinitial disassembly (cheerfullydescribed as 'demolition'), paintingunder the car, preparation andcatering! We'd had blood, sweat andtears from the whole team, so we saidthank you by all having a go at FlameAnd Thunder. Three of them had neverbeen up the strip before. Grace wasonly 18 then, she's hooked now!

“We still have problems with the fuelboiling in the carburettor, but we need

this to be a proper street car, happy toidle and happy to sit in traffic. Weimproved matters by replacing thenitrous spray plate with a phenolicspacer, which seemed to have solvedthe problem, but when we took her toShakespeare County early this year theproblem was back, added to lots ofwheelspin. She still ran a 12.64 though,not bad for a 4,200lb car! Yes, she's aheavy girl. She doesn't officially have aname, but as the Camaros are HeavenAnd Hell and Heaven And Hell As Well,we thought she should be Heavy AsHell. We think there's an 11 in there withgood traction. The idea was to run herin Pro ET (9.0 – 11.99) – it's all about theracing. You're talking to people whohave no other life!

“She still ran a 12.64 though,not bad for a 4,200lb car!”

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This car originallycame with a 350-cube Pontiacmotor and a two-speed TH300trans - a very rarepoverty-modeloption in 1970.Rather than takethe easy option ofjust binning the lotand fitting a bigChevy, Carla andRick have built upa big-inchpowerhousePontiac thatshould haul intothe 11s onforecourt fuelwhile still beingtotally streetable.Note the heatproofcarb spacer(above) andelectric waterpump (top left).And powersteering, of course!

1970 Pontiac Catalina – “Heavy AsHell” 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 hydraulicroller camshaft, Crane roller lifter androller rockers, Edelbrock PerformerRPM aluminium heads, skimmed 35thou', Holley 750cfm 4150 DoublePumper carb, Holley HP150 fuel pump.Cometic head gaskets, 10.55:1compression, Edelbrock Torker II singleplane port-matched manifold, Doug'sheaders, GTO, adapted by Rick, MSD6AL ignition, MSD distributor and coil,All plumbing by Speedflow, 518bhp at5,200rpm, 565ft.lb. at 4,500rpm

Transmission: TCI TH350, Aluminiumforward and direct clutch drums, TCIfront pump, B&M shift kit, QuikSilvershifter, Continental torque converter,Moser aluminium propshaft

Rear End: GM 10-bolt from 1990Caprice wagon, narrowed, Auburn GearLSD, 4.10:1 Richmond gears, LPW cover,Moser halfshafts, Ford housing ends

Brakes: Front – Aerospace for '70Camaro, spindles adapted by RickRear – Wilwood Pro Series with parkingbrake

Suspension: Chevelle trailing arms,lengthened by Rick, Polyurethanebushes, Competition Engineering dragshocks, 90/10 front, 70/30 rear, 1970Camaro six-cylinder front springs, cutdown, Stock rear springs, Baselined byJon Webster Race Engineering

Interior: Autometer gauges. Roll bar byJon Webster Race Engineering, Restoparts by OPG, Upholstery by Neil’s AutoInteriors

Body Work: Fabrication and alterationsby Rick, Paint by Roger at TrickettAutos

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“She's great on the street, and veryenjoyable to drive – put your footdown and she goes like a train. Thebody is stock and untouched exceptfor massaging the rear arches andwheel wells to fit bigger tyres. It's beendifficult to find trim and interior pieces,so the interior isn't perfect, but it's ALLbeen done by us and there's a lot ofvalue in it that way. Plus she soundsbrilliant, with a lovely burble. There'sno radio, and I don't think we want one.She's been my favourite car for manyyears. Yes, she has an ugly face but alovely bum! We've only seen one otherin the UK, a convertible, at Americanasome years ago. We saw another inSweden, but it was a Canadian versioncalled a Laurentian, I think. I don'tsuppose many people would botherrestoring a Catalina, they'd rather havea Grand Prix.

“We will carry on testing andimproving but we just have too muchon at the moment as we're moving toSweden next year. Rick wants to racein NHRA Super Stock over there. Wedid our first meet there in 2010, andloved the track and loved the people.They have 22 drag strips in Sweden,and we thought, 'Wouldn't it be greatto live there' … Drag racing is the coreof our existence. Plus, property pricesare much, much lower in Sweden so ifwe sell our home in London we canafford to retire and still go drag racing.We've worked hard all out lives, now

it's time to enjoy it. Our new home inSweden is out in the country with ahuge barn and three garages, plus ournearest neighbour is a quarter of amile away so if we want to visit it'll onlytake nine seconds...

“We'll miss the scene here verymuch, of course, so we plan to comeback and race! We've so many goodfriends here. For instance, at therecent National Finals, the fuel pumpon my tow vehicle died the day wewere due to set off. Simon Gough, aSuper Pro ET racer who was alreadyat Santa Pod for testing, droppedeverything and came to London toget me and my Camaro. I arrived,qualified third, and won my first roundpairing but in the pits I found a six-inch nail through the sidewall of myslick. Another mate who'd beenknocked out in the first round ranoff, took his own wheels off andbrought them back for me. I wenton to win the meeting! You can'tbeat people like that. I'd love to setup a Swedish/English racerexchange programme.

“The Catalina will be coming withus, of course. She's part of the family –I can't believe we've had her for 25years, and she was already 19 yearsold then. My daily driver is a 1997Firebird that I bought new, and I thinkof that as a modern car. It has 157,000miles on the clock, and one carefullady owner...” ACM


“Our nearest neighbour is a quarter of a mile awayso if we want to visit it'll only take nine seconds...”

For a full-size two-tonner, this thingwill still get up andboogie. You canappreciate Carla'scomments aboutthe front endbeing a face only amother could love(above), but she'salso bang onabout the otherend (right) - yum.Those tight-fittingsticky Mickeyshelp a bit in the"Oh, dat ass!"stakes, too(below). For a carbought as a cheapalternative to adull rental car aquarter of acentury ago, it'scome a lot furtherthan it could haveexpected to... andit's not finishedyet! It may well beemigrating againnext year. Well,our loss isSweden's gain.Bon voyage, guys!


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Renegade Master

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 twin-clutch manual with 140bhp, or

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driving all four wheels through the nine-speed auto with 170bhp. Then there’s 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 six-speed 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-and-grille 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

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 décor 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, never being pushed off-course, never

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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

that doesn't necessarily mean that it 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 rock-crawling, 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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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)

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Fly-Drive

A one-day flying visit (sorry!) to Sywell meant plenty of ground to cover to see everything at this busy car-show-cum-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

What: Sywell Classic Pistons & PropsWhere: Sywell Aerodrome, NorthamptonWhen: September 27th, 2014

There’s something in the air at the Sywell Classic. And plenty on the ground, too.

Words & Photography: Andy Davis

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.

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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.

There’s 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. We’ll be back for sure. ACM


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The Gathering

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

It’s uphill, but not a struggle for the Retro Rides crew.


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 chance to blast up the hill for the fun

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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 wasn't to be. That didn't stop him giving it bloody hell up the hill, though,

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 VarietiesA 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 America’s 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 Avon’s Shakespeare County Raceway, home to the NSRA’s annual Hot Rod Drags and Nostalgia Nationals.

Even though there’s 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 were fired up and driven up and down the strip with much enthusiasm from

eager owners to floor the throttle a few times!

Saturday evening the entertainment centred round Kenny’s 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 show’s relaxed atmosphere there wasn’t going to be an array of presentation trophies except for one: Jerry’s Pick, to be judged and presented by the raceway’s 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, Jerry’s 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.

Here’s 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 HurrahWhen 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 mid-September, 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 would have presented you with a

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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...

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 super-sensory experience that prepared everyone for another night of revelry!


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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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Down To The WireHeld 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 eliminations. There was an upset in

The National Finals at Santa Pod, where the year’s champions are decided. It all came down to this.

Words: Dave Smith Photography: John Kennedy

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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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

2014 UK Drag Racing Champions

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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.

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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 Carter-Chiles 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 breaking-out 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

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

2014 American Super Stock Champions Team Nowak!

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Outlaw StreetRound 5

1 OS-21 George Bebikan, Zephyr 224 points

=2 OS-7 Andy Murton, ’68 Camaro 217

=2 OS-19 David Mahoney, supercharged C5 Corvette 217

4 OS-9 Rob Leyman, LS1 Monaro 213

5 OS-47 Eric Humphreys, turbo’d ’69 Firebird 212

6 OS-31 Nick Rose, supercharged Mustang 211

1 OS-27 Trudy Slater, Cosworth Moggy 0.027 RT

2 OS-18 Vic Fisher, supercharged Mustang 0.0471

3 OS-35 Tom Semper, 100E 0.144

4 OS-47 Eric H, ’69 Firebird 0.145

5 OS-40 Steve Newport-Hall, ’66 Cobra 0.155

6 OS-21 George Bebikan, Zephyr 0.170

1 David Mahoney, Supercharged LS1 Corvette 890 points

2 Trudy Slater, Morris Minor 886

3 Steve Newport-Hall, ’66 Cobra 881

4 John Latham, PT Vanster 867

5 Nigel Jenkins, Supercharged Mustang 671

6 Rob Leyman, LS1 Monaro 666

7 Gary Semper, ’69 Pontiac Firebird 654

8 Kline Demaine, small-block Ford Capri 477

9 Andrew Murton, ’68 Camaro 467

10 Nick Rose, Supercharged Mustang 460

11 Kevin Shepperson, RS2000 Escort 454

12 Dean Newport Hall, Nissan Skyline 446

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-to-head 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:

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:

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

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

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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GMC, a brand known for dependable trucks, had never seemed to pay muchattention to performance until, suddenly, they hiccuped in 1991 and outcame the Syclone.

Based on the GMC Sonoma/Chevrolet S10 light pick-up, these were actually builtby a third party company and sported a turbocharged V6, 700R4 auto, four-wheel drive, ABS brakes and a skipful of attitude. They were all black, quotedpower output was 280bhp with quarter mile times in the mid-13s straight fromthe showroom and original advertising pointed out that 4WD helped itaccomplish frightening performance figures even in the wet. The only thing itwasn't any good at was carrying a load.

It only lasted for one model year, but was succeeded immediately by anidentically powered Jimmy/Blazer-based SUV called the Typhoon. This wasslightly heavier but had an extra row of seats so you could scare morepassengers witless in one go. It was also available in a choice of colours, thoughblack 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 askeda couple of guys with their fingers on the pulse... Ivan Purchase, Martin Mumford and Shaun Wilson.

“The interiors suffered a bit – cracked dashtops, baggy seats etc – but that was typicalof GMs of the period.” - MM

“The dashboard in the Syclone is sharedonly by the Pontiac Sunbird Turbo and theinstruments are notoriously haphazard intheir accuracy. The factory boost gauge wasthe least reliable of all, so do not besurprised to find an aftermarket gauge inany decent survivor today – certainly do notcontemplate tuning one without havingreliable boost information.” - SW

“The factory wheels – whichhave different offset front torear so cannot be swappedabout – suffer from corrosionand although they can berefurbished or replaced (atleast one specialist supplierin the States offers these)they don't come cheap.Likewise the centre capsfetch a premium price asthey easily became lost – onebrand new, in the bag caprecently made over $1,000alone!” - SW

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“When they were brought out, they were a real pocket-rocket sothe first thing people did was blast 'em! Early 4.3s are prone toblowing head gaskets, but it doesn't seem to be down to theboost because Astros did the same. Syclones and Typhoons hadupgraded blocks and cranks, but they can be swapped for astock 4.3 bottom end so look out. The earliest ones knocked outthe big ends, but later ones seemed to have a tougher crank.” - IP

“A stock truck will pull a solid 14.7lbs of boost under fullthrottle, pinning you firmly in the custom-stitched seats (whichare unique to the vehicle). The boost can be tweaked very easilybut 18lbs is generally considered a safe limit, beyond that you arein the hands of the gods, and whilst some people claim to haverun up to 23psi without problems, others have some expensive

shrapnel to show for it. Any attempt to increase the boost shouldbe met with intelligent safety measures such as ensuring thatyou run high-octane unleaded only (our regular unleaded willwork fine in a stock truck, which incidentally will return around23mpg when driven steadily). Engine mounts are also prone tobreaking (usually through owners winding the revs up againstthe brake at the traffic lights – boost launching – for maximumeffect). Once the left-hand engine mount is on its way out it willtorque twist the motor off its mount under throttle and typicallythe fan will cut its way through the radiator hose! The other side-effect is that the front propshaft, which runs perilously close tothe transmission, will begin to foul, quickly cutting its waythrough the front joint gaiter.” - SW

“The transmission isn't the toughest,but they did get thrashed and often werenot well maintained.” - IP

“They're not particularly heavy, butcheck for any slop in the propshafts,especially at the transfer case end.” - MM

“The biggest weak link on the vehicleis the transmission, a TH700R4 four-speed overdrive automatic, which wasinternally similar to the Corvette but in aBlazer casing. Be warned that the valvebody is totally unique to the Syclone andnot interchangeable with other GMmodels. The trans should have a veryfirm thump in each up-shift, either at partor full throttle. Any sign of slippage orlaziness in the change between third andtop is a sure-fire sign that the box will betoast in a very short time. Almost allSyclone owners will have a tale of woeabout this symptom, which generallydenotes that the third gear clutch band isabout to expire within the next couple ofhundred miles. GM are said to have ratedthe Syclone at 285bhp as that was all the700R4 gearbox was rated to... although itis common knowledge that these truckswere making well over 300bhp whenthey left the showroom floor.” - SW


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Conclusion“They're similar to later Lightnings, in that many have been thrashedand 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 youwant – a white Typhoon on eBay recently went for £9,000, so they'reholding strong money.” - IP

“There don't seem to be many of these left now, it's all gone veryquiet 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 worthchecking anything you're thinking of buying. A lot is reflected in themileage and condition, and how much it's been thrashed, as it will havebeen! Most have been modified in some way, though they're bloodyfast 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-upon the planet, it was also the fastest car that you could buy. Its four-wheel-drive platform, derived largely from the Blazer parts bin, gave itastounding launch capability for the time (remember that this truck

pre-dated Subaru Imprezas and Mitsubishi EVOs) and with a turbo-charged 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 aquarter-mile drag race, with the Syclone winning three out of three.Numerous celebrities have owned them, and with fewer than 3,000being made in their one-year production run they had exclusivity fromday one. Twenty-odd years on and that exclusivity is either a damngood reason to buy yourself a piece of history, or a good reason tostay clear. Many of the parts that are unique to the Syclone fetch aserious premium price, so when going to check one out be sure thatyou know what you are getting into. The trucks seem to inspire a reallove-hate relationship with their owners – they are fantastic to driveand offer great handling for a Yank pick-up (although the factory didwarn owners not to exceed 500lbs of weight in the pick-up bed) withacceleration that is still right up there with the supercars even 20years on.” - SW

“They're quite robust, based on the plentifulS10, but rust issues usually depend on howlong they've been in the UK. Yes, they're on atough separate chassis, but bear in mindthey're all over 20 years old now.” - MM

“The bodywork cladding is easily broken in parking skirmishes andagain is unique to these vehicles, look for any missing, cracked ordamaged 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 youfind rust issues there is still a good parts availability.” - SW


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Grease Is The WordAs 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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Hauser Racing have been askedto build a Ford nine-inch fromscratch, using toughaftermarket parts, that will dropinto the space vacated by thecustomer's original Chevy axleon four-bars (53), seen hereupside down. This is the sort ofjob Geof Hauser and his teamcan do in their sleep, but it's farfrom straightforward.

First, Stu starts with a brand-new Strange centre section –the part that houses thedifferential – and some newaxle tube (54). The centresection is the tougheststreet/strip housing; there's a'hot rod' version available whichis similar but doesn't havesuch broad 'shoulders' betweencentre and axle tube and isn'tquite as tough. Here's anexample (55).

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Knowing the overall width thatthe axle needs to be between thewheel mounting faces, andknowing the width of the centresection itself plus the width of theend bearing housings (56) andthe width of the brake assemblyto be used, Stu can work outexactly how long the axle tubesneed to be on either side. Thepinion housing sits dead centreon the axle, which in turn meansthat the diff housing is offset, soone side will be four incheslonger than the other. Once allthe maths has been done, Stu canuse Strange's halfshaft lengthcalculator (57) and get thehalfshafts ordered.

Using a cut-down third-member housing and a specialtemplate that shows thecentreline of the diff (58), Stu canstart assembling the axle tubes.

Back to Hauser Racing for the assembly of the scratch-built Ford nine-inch – this month, the casing.

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The tube is three-inchdiameter, 6swg wall (192 thou', orjust shy of 5mm) and comes afair distance into the centresection (59). On most factoryaxles the tube is held in placewith a simple plug weldthrough a hole in the casing, butthis one will be seam-welded – inthe meantime, with the tubes atthe correct length to thecentreline, they're just tack-welded in place (60).

Next step is to drill the holes forthe oil filler/breather tube (61),which is then held in place with abolt (62) before Stu TIGs it inplace (63). The same procedureapplies to the oil drain bung (64).Then, with the wheel bearinghousings on template mandrels(65), Stu uses a length of solid,dead-straight bar (66) to do a finalmock-up (67) to check overalllengths and measurements arewithin tolerances.➔

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Now it's time to start on thesuspension brackets. With bothaxles mounted on jigs so thefront faces are vertical (68), Stustarts measuring the locationsfor the brackets (69). Thedistances between the four-linkmounts are the most critical, andthe Panhard rod bracket on theold axle was all but useless (70) –it's too long and provides no realsupport, as a lot of force worksthough this bracket. The four-barbrackets are laser-cut pieces, andStu mocks them up using a set-square and magnets before

tacking them in place (71). Theangle between the centrelines ofthe holes for the four-bar links,for example, needs to be eightdegrees, so this bracket is within0.1 degrees of perfect (72). Whenthey're spot-on, Stu MIGs them inplace (73) and, obviously, theseare critical load-bearing welds sothey have to be pretty damngood (74). When he comes to dothe other side, he also has tocheck each pair of bracketsagainst the one on the oppositeside as well as checking it againstthe vertical.

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Then the same proceduretakes place for the coil-overbrackets (75), which are also thenseam-welded (76).

The bar through the centre ofthe axle helps keep thingsstraight while the welding takesplace, as 1,800 degrees F ofwelding can pull the whole thingout of shape. The MIG has to becranked up to its maximum, wellover 200A – this is not the sort ofjob you trust to a shonky little 90-amp no-gas. Also note how thecontact patch between bracketand axle tube is as large aspossible, almost halfway aroundthe tube.

While it's cooling, Stu runs atap down the taper thread of thedrain bung hole to make the plugsit closer to flush (77). Asstandard, they sit a little proud,just waiting to be knocked on aspeed bump or whatever.

With the axle at nearer roomtemperature, the mandrels oneither end of the bar are tight inthe ends of the axle tube, which

means the axle has pulledslightly and will needstraightening. Loosening themandrels shows that the axletube and bar are no longer quitein line (78). It doesn't look likemuch, even close up (79), butany out-of-straight conditionwill shorten the life of all theaxle components. It's acceptableas it is, and factory toleranceswere way higher than that, plusthe axle will bend slightly underits own weight when fittedanyway, but Stu's tolerances arevery low indeed...

The technique to cure theproblem is unusual – Stu usesan oxy torch to heat up the'tight' side of the axle tube atthe diff housing end (80). Thisreally puzzled me, as that side ofthe tube will then expand,making the problem worse!This is the case, as Stu explains,but as it cools – helped by a damprag (81), NOT by quenching –it will contract slightly more thanit expanded.➔

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After this, Stu sets aboutmaking a new boxed Panhard rodbracket out of some stouter steel(82) and welding it on in thesame attitude as the bracket onthe original – nine degrees fromvertical (83). Then it's time toweld in the all-important bearinghousings (84). This is anotherarea where it's crucial to weldthem in level and exactly parallelto each other, otherwise it'llthrow the brake mountings off.Then, Stu plug-welds the axletubes (85), adds a bracket to takethe brake pipe flexi (86), a coupleof smaller brackets to attach thebrake pipes to and a breatherstub (87) and we're done!

And here's the end result (88)– a completed casing just readyfor a very thorough cleaning andpainting before being joined upwith the third member, the buildof which we covered in the lasttwo issues, plus the customhalfshafts and brakes. It's all new,and with appropriate care shouldput up with whatever the car canthrow at it, and will lookgorgeous into the bargain.

“People think that up to £2,500for a new axle is a lot,” says Stu,“but buying second hand andrebuilding won't be a great dealcheaper. A lot of second-handstuff is wrecked, and if you buy aready-narrowed axle, the chancesof it being done properly and tothe spec you want are slim. Plus,with a lot of older diffs, many ofthe 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 apattern axle.” ACM

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TALES FROM THE GARAGES OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK ON, AND CONTRIBUTE TO, AMERICAN CAR MAGAZINE

Kev Carrington, Contributor1973 Plymouth Duster, 2004 Ford Mustang GT

Dave Smith, Editor1990 Ford Mustang LX & 2001 Pontiac Bonneville SSEi

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 Duster’s 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 doesn’t 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 it’s definitely not the carb, though I

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 I’ll 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 couldn’t 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 hadn’t moved from outside his flat, but fortunately he’d 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, it’s 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 they’re hard to find

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 that’s 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.

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 I’ll now have the joys of dealing with a factory immobiliser...

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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 DiffA 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 'torque-sensing' diff. Different sorts can use clutch plates between the spider gears and the halfshafts,

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 locker-equipped 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 Eaton-based 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.

SpoolSo, 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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We thought we’d give it a go byputting it to the test on one of themost hard-working parts of thecar – the wheels. To apply it, allwe had to do was make sure thewheel was clean (we washedthem then used a spray-on panelcleaner). No primer or anythinglike that was needed, just a cleansurface. The paint went oneffortlessly, and once we’dlearned to be patient with theapplication, it went on withoutruns or blemishes. We chosegunmetal grey, that way, if it worethrough or failed in anyway, itwould be easy to spot the silverwheel peeping through.

After being on the car for threeweeks, racking up over 1,000miles, we’re pleased to reportthat the wheels still look as good

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Last time we were down atOxfordshire's TeslaynEngineering, they had a veryintriguing project on the go.Outside, and looking very, verysorry for itself, was a 1968 FordMustang coupe; inside, lookingresplendent, was a brand newDynacorn '67 fastback bodyshell.

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rebuilding the 289 as a 300-ishhorsepower mild street motor andswapping the auto for a Tremecfive-speed manual.” The shell iscurrently in primer, and by thetime you read this should bewearing its topcoat of a modernMustang blue, with white Shelbystripes to come.

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Ford's dependable old Flathead V8 was never knownfor its high revving, but this could certainly help.

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Fidanza have released a lightweight, 6061T6 aluminium flywheel for1949 to 1953 BBA Flatheads, offering high tensile strength with quickerthrottle response and faster acceleration. Clutch efficiency is improved,and the steel friction surface is replaceable to save on skimming.See www.fidanza.com and speak to your engine builder.

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The Herald was raised using a 3003CXQ Trolley Jack and supported on

AS5000 5 Tonne Axle Stands to allow the engine crane legs to roll under it.

The cylinder components need to be kept in order ready for re-building.

The VSR01 Cylinder Head Component Organiser does exactly what it says on the

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The cylinder head and block were checked for warping. Steve used a VS1481

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Once removed, the engine was levelled and attached to the ES450 Engine Stand using four

suitably long bolts. These are ideal, as the engine can be rotated for easy access to all areas.

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The LS500 was used to tilt the engine a little at a time while lifting to ease

it out of the engine bay.

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The head was removed and mounted on VS1555 Cylinder Head Stands.

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valves ready for grinding them in with a VS1653 Valve Grinder.

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Then a LS500 Load Sling Adjuster was hung on the cranes hook and attached

to the lifting points on the engine.

In our Summer promotion, our resident car enthusiast Steve, cut out a corroded area at the base of the B pillar. He then created a hand fabricated patch repair panel and MIG welded it in position. In this issue, he turns his attention to the engine removal and strip down. Fortunately, the accessibility of most components on a Triumph Herald is second to none. The easy access allowed Steve to quickly remove the bonnet, radiator, dynamo, distributor gear lever and transmission tunnel. He then disconnected the clutch pipe, speedo drive cable, engine and gearbox mounts and the earth lead and prop shaft. Next, we used a 3003CXQ 3tonne Trolley Jack to raise the vehicle and supported it on a pair of AS5000 5tonne Axle Stands . This was necessary

to allow the legs from the SC10 1tonne Folding Engine Crane to roll under the vehicle. He then attached a LS500 Load Sling Adjuster and started to lift the engine . The LS500 allows the engine to be tilted, a little at a time, to ease its exit from the engine bay . The trick here is to alternate between lifting and adjusting the angle. Steve could have used load slings, but they can slip, causing damage to the vehicle as well as to the operator! This is particularly important when you are re-fitting the engine into a freshly re-sprayed engine bay. Once removed, the engine and gearbox were drained of oil before being mounted on an ES450 Engine Stand . These are ideal, as the engine can be rotated to allow access to all areas.

Next, he methodically stripped the remaining external components from the outside of the engine block. Top Tip…It’s essential to take plenty of photographs for reference and use re-sealable polythene bags for storing all the small parts. Remember to write what they are, or where they were located on the bags! Use a permanent marker to prevent oily fingers from rubbing off the details. Following these simple procedures can make life so much easier when you’re putting everything back together. Next, the cylinder head was removed and left to soak overnight in a DRPM4 20ltr Drain Pan filled with AK25 Degreasing Solvent. The solvent contains an emulsifier which enables it to form an emulsion when it is mixed with water. This makes cleaning the solvent off the head a much easier operation. The cleaned head was then mounted on a pair of VS1555 Cylinder Head Stands . These are perfect for valve removal, valve seat grinding and to inspect the head. Steve used a VSR01 Cylinder Head Component Organiser to keep all the components in order as they were removed . He then used a VS1481 Technician’s Straight Edge to check for distortion . The valves were cleaned with a VS1803 Decarbonising Brush and then ground in using grinding

paste and Valve Grinders from the VS1653 set. The engine block was next on the agenda as it needed cleaning thoroughly. Steve cleaned off any oily deposits and then used the excellent SA719 48 Piece Air Angle Grinder/Sander Kit . The kit includes three grades of abrasive pads in two diameters, 50mm and 75mm. These are great for cleaning off any stubborn deposits, gasket remnants and old engine paint without damaging the surface of the block. This is particularly important on areas where gaskets will be used as any damage created in the metal could cause leaks when the engine is re-built. The block was then re-sprayed using black engine paint using an HVLP731 Gravity Feed Touch-Up Spray Gun.Fortunately, the crank shaft, camshaft, cylinder bores and pistons were all found to be in good order which is not surprising considering the Herald has only covered forty four thousand miles in forty four years! This averages out at just 1,000 miles per year. The engine must have suffered from over-heating as Steve found the coolant waterways in the head and block were badly blocked with sediment. Blasting water through them using a garden hose for an hour did the trick. He also treated the radiator to a back flush at the same time, for the same reason.

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Edelbrock are making the conversion to EFI easier withtheir Universal EFI Sump Fuel Kits.

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They provide the high fuel pressure required for EFI engines in vehicles equippedwith low-pressure carburettor fuel systems in a self-contained under-bonnet kit.They deliver constant fuel pressure, the reservoir is fed from the original low-pressure pump, and it doesn't need a return line. There are two kits, a 58psi and a49psi kit, and both come with the pump and regulator pre-installed, plus all fittinghardware, so see www.edelbrock.com for details.

If you've not swapped to EFI yet, consider Edelbrock's fuel-injected E-Street crateengines. Based on a brand new GM four-bolt 350 block with two-piece rear mainseal, this budget motor delivers up to 338bhp and 389ft.lb. of torque, providesplenty of vacuum for street use, and is ready to run out of the crate with all theEdelbrock goodies including E-Street throttle-body-style injection. It even comeswith a 7” tablet PC that connects wirelessly with the ECU for tuning. See the website.

High Five You know when you'reshopping at an onlinespeed shop and you endup buying more thanyou bargained for?

Well you can get plenty of hot rodparts from Summit RacingEquipment, now includingsomething to bolt 'em all to!They're now selling steel UnitedPacific '32 Ford five-windowcoupe bodies and components.Did you see the Edelbrock 75thAnniversary Deuce? That was aUP body; the first one, in fact. Thestock height shell is officiallylicensed by Ford, the panelsstamped on steel dies to replicatethe originals, and it’s EDP coatedinside and out. It comes withhardwood inner structure,latched doors and a hinged decklid, though the firewall and dahscome separately. You can alsochoose original or filled roofand cowl vents. See them atwww.summitracing.com andprepare to want one.

Crane Cams have been leaders in thecamshaft market since the Fifties, and withone of the largest cam profile databases in theknown world, chances are they have a cam toconvert your Yank motor to hydraulic roller lifters.

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Roller cams decrease valvetrain friction and wear, and can use profilesthat increase lift without increasing duration, which is great all over the revrange without valve lash to worry about. There are options for the usual small- and big-block Fords, Mopars and Chevys, plus fitments for AMC, Ford FE, first- and second-genChrysler Hemis, Oldsmobile and Pontiac engines. See www.summitracing.com for details.

Trailering an expensive race car strapped down with a few quid's worth ofSunday market stall ratchet straps should give you pause for thought.

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Check out Mac's Tie-Downs atwww.macstiedowns.com, where they have all thesolutions, such as this Cinch Pack, ideal for cars thatsit low on the trailer, making conventional strapsuseless. Rated to 10,000lbs, the kit consists of four

two-inch wide, six-foot long straps that shorten tojust 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 HallPerformance at www.oldhallperformance.com


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This little machine from Clarkemay be a pocket rocket at only350mm (about 14”) betweenthe uprights, but it delivers fourtonnes of pressure to the ramwithout you breaking a sweat.Made to be mounted to abench, it's available fromMachine Mart stores all overthe UK, or seewww.machinemart.co.uk.

Dropping an LS motor into an older muscle car is the quick way to modern performance, and never quickerthan with the new engine mounts from UMI Performance.

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The set for the 1968-72 GM A-body lets you drop an LS with LS1 oil panstraight in, with slotted bolt holes for adjustment and greasablepolyurethane mounts to dampen vibration. The set for 1974-1992 F-bodies and 1978-88 G-bodies let you move the engine up to an inch

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

Summit Racing Equipment are making it even easierto install a tilt column in …

Behind The Wheel

Well, almost anything, with an extended range of sizes including 28, 30and 32 inches from the top of the shroud to the end of the shaft forfloor shifters, and the same plus a 33 incher for column shifters. Theycome in your choice of bare, black powdercoat, black chromepowdercoat or actual chrome, with pre-wired indicator and hazard lightswiches, a billet indicator stalk, and colour-coded wiring to a GM-styleplug. You even get the option of an additional column-mounted ignitionswitch and other accessories. See www.summitracing.com for details.

For arms that are head and shouldersabove the factory pieces for lowered cars,check out these redesigned rear lowercontrol arms from BMR Suspension for2010-on Camaros and Pontiac G8s.

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Built from heavy-duty 2” square tube, internallygusseted and TIG welded with laser-cut mountingplates and poly bushes, these increase camberadjustability and cornering stability, reduce suspensiondeflection, and all without ruining the ride. They'reshorter than stock to correct the camber on loweredcars, and now incorporate sway bar mounts for FE3 andFE4 suspension, too. See www.bmrsuspension.com.While you're there, check out their new 1.25” loweringsprings for the same car, available in pairs or a full set.


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INTERIORSpray-on bed linerBeer tap shifterAir tank gaugePinstriping by The SaintCustom SwitchesAluminium turn signal switchRest of interior original GMViair CompressorTwo air switchesThree-eighth-inch air valvesFive gallon air tank

EXTERIORPaint Kirker Hotrod BlackFrame boxed and C-notchedDual Flowmaster 50-series exhaustSlam Specialties air bagsFront IFSRear 4-bar linkOne-piece side windowsWheel Vintique, 15x5” front, 15x6” rearFirestone Vintage bias 670-15” tyres

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Rural SuburbanThis month, Charlie’s 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 there’s 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.

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The Water’s EdgeJenny 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 atmosphere in a beautiful

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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 before setting off. ACM

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SSB 512LSSG 86PSSG 95PSSG 989PSSG 96PSSN 691SST 446SK57 AGGB57 AGGF5 TAG

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STU 601RSTU 813LSTU 106VSTU 255VSUB 4R

SUB 3RSUB 84RSUD 4N

SUE 89W78 SUE8025 UE83 SUE

SUL 114NSVR 45HSUS 51RSUT 16RSUT 78NSUT 13RSV 9561SV 7757SV 6252SVR 78HSVR 59HSYD 769SYM 782536 SZ9886 SZ

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TAL 131RTAL 181RTAM 99STAN 14YTAN 14MTAN 170YTAR 44MTAS 235K49 TAY

TAY 116RTAY 483RTAY 819RTAY 119RTBD 5WTBE 95TCE 7

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TED 661STED 978STED 298STEF 79RTEF 102RTEF 51RTEF 54RTEN 77TTEN 7T

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TIB 8TIL 75TIL 15TIL 3TIL 7

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TOM 45NTOP 55S

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TRE 113RBTR 199TRO 73RTRY 913

TSO 240RTTM 45

TTU 624HTTU 625H

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WES 133KWES 57TWES 77T

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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 photographer Andy Tipping for the “Three generations” photo shoot for this very magazine. “The Beast” was being stored at my good friend and Pro Mod 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 don’t 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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