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Superheat We’ll be bringing you the full lowdown on this year’s Hod Rod Supernationals next month – but for now, here’s a pictorial snapshot of what was an excellent event. The weekend had it all: myriad live music, a mega cruise, wall to-wall sunshine and, of course, cars – and plenty of them. Oh, and it was hot. Very hot. Top job, NSRA. Long horn Webcon now offers a 100mm long aluminium air horn for the Weber 40 DCOE series of carburettors. The super-light air horn weighs just 0.08kg, is a simple bolt-on fixing, is suitable for use with Webcon mesh air filters and is priced at £35.94 including VAT. www.webcon.co.uk Kev York Kev York passed away suddenly on 14 July. Having been heavily involved in the car scene in…

As we reported in last month’s issue, this year the NSRA brought back the Fun Run after a couple of years’ hiatus. Based in Cornwall, the event gave participants all the excuse they needed to spend some proper time behind the wheel – the reward being an entire week of rod-related fun. A five-year tie-up with Away Resorts means the Fun Run will travel to a new location each year from now until 2029. Accommodation is flexible, meaning you can attend for all or part of the week to enjoy the chilled vibe and constantly varied mixture of cars hitting the road for the daily cruises – organised this year in tandem with the local Proper Cornish Cruisers club. The event culminated in a massive showand-shine on the Sunday that…

It was a wet start to the 2025 Sportsman Nationals over the first full weekend in June. But the heroic Santa Pod track crew did their usual sterling job and had the racing surface prepared for a 10.30 start – in the face of a distinctly iffy prediction for the day ahead. The six 100e Challenge entries were the first cars down track and the racing was fast and efficient through to the next rainfall at 3.30. Racing resumed briefly around 5pm after another drying session, allowing VW Sportsman a second qualifying session, but further rain ensured that was to be it for day one. Thankfully, Sunday dawned brighter, albeit cooler, with a much improved forecast, leading to a solid day’s racing from around 10am right through to 5.30, when…

“I knew it was rough, but I thought it was a lot of car for 5000 dollars,” says Simon Fox of the ’38 Ford Deluxe coupe he bought from a Facebook Marketplace ad in September 2021. “You know me, I’m a sucker for a car that needs a bit of help.” I do know Si, and have done for many years. I’ve witnessed first hand his progression from picking up trophies for his daily driver Beetle at Santa Pod in the late ’80s to being a driving force in the UK chapter of one of the most esteemed VW clubs in the world. Over the years, his home restorations have risen to a level that is on par with anything turned out by professional shops, so I’ll admit I was…

Event: Cars ’n’ Bars Date: 6 July 2025 Venue: HMP Gloucester Doing time, doing porridge, going down the stairs, Monopoly’s infamous Go To Jail square. You don’t want that to ever happen to you in real life, but on 6 July the phrases had a totally new meaning – as myself and many members of the public headed to the former HMP Gloucester for the annual, and new to cars, Cars ’n’ Bars event. Hosted by Lorne and his team who brought to you Kickback in April, this was once again primarily a bike show with rods and customs added this year for good measure. The prison is situated just to the side of the famous Gloucester docks area and had space for around 80 cars, situated in and around…

What do you remember about your first car? The freedom you felt from being out on the road, perhaps? The adventures (or misadventures) you had in it, the accidents, the repairs? What about your first hot rod or modified car? No doubt you can remember the mods you carried out and the shows you went to in it. What about if it still exists today? Phil Bishop definitely knows where his first hot rod is. Because he still owns it. It’s the car you see before you, a ’59 Ford Pop that he bought in March 1982 and still drives it to this day. And boy does he drive it, but more on that later. Phil starts off the story. “I’ve always been into hot rods and custom cars. As…

Thanks to: Little Thatch, Norden, near Corfe Castle, (airbnb.co.uk / tel. Lisa 07803 777740) for the photoshoot location There are collectors in every area of car culture you can think of, but among them are the really serious ones. In Mopar circles, few can come close to the collection Steve Juliano from New York assembled over the years. What marked Juliano out was that he didn’t just go for quantity: he went after the obscure, and surrounded them all with the most extraordinary collection of NOS parts, memorabilia and original dealership artefacts. Google him, and the 2019 Mecum auction where a lot of it was put up for sale after his death in September 2018. It’s mind blowing. Not only did Juliano manage to locate and piece back together the…

The last weekend in July saw the National Hot Rod, Custom & American Car Show roll into the Lincolnshire Showground for the third consecutive year. While the show’s title is pretty much self-explanatory, there is far more to the weekend than that. The larger part of the showground is home to the Modified Nationals, with supporting acts coming in the form of the Ink & Oil Tattoo Convention and the Lowrider Nationals. While each is a show all of its own, these four events combine to provide an eclectic mix with their sum total offering a weekend like no other in the UK. It matters not if not every aspect appeals to you, as you simply turn the corner and find something else of interest. During the day, exhibitors and…

AUGUST 29-30 VW Action Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk 29-31 Blue Ridge Runners Weekender West Huntspill, Somerset. www.blueridgerunners.co.uk 30-31 Straightliners Race Meet and American Super Stock Revival Rd 6 and Finals Melbourne Raceway. Facebook: American Super Stock. www.straightliners.events 31 Old Skool Cruisers Meet Anglia Motel, A17, Spalding, Lincs Facebook: Old Skool Kruisers SEPTEMBER 2 Hayling Hot Rods at the Beach. Hayling Island Seafront, Hampshire. Facebook: Hayling Hotrods at the Beach 3 Hot Rod Night. Ace Café, London. www.acecafe.com 4-7 Euro Finals Santa Pod Raceway. www.santapod.co.uk 5-7 Kustom Kulture Blastoff Slates Farm, Market Rasen, Lincs. www.kustomkultureblastoff.co.uk 5-7 The Trip Out Euston Park, Suffolk. www.thetripout.co.uk 5-7 Steel City Rod Run Hooten Roberts, Rotherham, Suffolk Facebook: Steel City Cruisers 6 Only Fools and Motors Meet The Five Bells, Tydd St Mary, Lincs Facebook: Only Fools and Motors 6-7 Petrolheadonism Live Herts County…