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If the name Lennart ‘Zacke’ Zackrisson is ringing a bell with some of you, then head into your stash and dig out the February 2018 issue of Custom Car. One of the most active hot rod and custom car builders in Sweden at the moment, Hedemora-based Lennart is becoming something of a regular in these pages. After finishing the outrageous, 1960 Chrysler 300-bodied, 341 DeSoto Hemi-powered, Kryptonite show rod, Lennart decided to build something more traditional, more in keeping with his roots as a restorer, albeit mostly of vintage Chrysler iron. So he took a ’57 Ford Fairlane 500 and turned it into the Golden Arrow, a full custom with a chopped top (done with help from Gene Winfield no less), extended and peaked body, handmade tube grilles front and…

In 1976, my father, John Webber, bought a ’48 Vauxhall Velox to customise. An unusual starting point maybe, but he had a plan and work a small lock-up garage began. The running gear was to be left stock, just refurbished and serviced, whilst the standard interior would be re-trimmed in red vinyl with white piping. The custom work started by removing the rear wings, and then finding someone competent enough to cut and widen them by four inches to cover the new wheels and tyres. Dad told me that was not as straightforward as it sounds. used regularly, including for family holidays Custom front and rear bumpers were made and aftermarket indicators fitted at the front. The car was finished that summer and used regularly, including for family holidays. Apart…

Having always been into American cars, Simon Foster got his hands on his first left hooker, a C3 Corvette, around eight years ago. He still has that, although it’s currently being transformed into quite a different beast, but has parted company with the NASCAR-style race car he had a brief dalliance with in the interim. The ’Vette isn’t alone in the Foster household, though, as Simon also has a ’67 Dodge Coronet, the odd Harley or two and a Ferrari, but we’ll skip over that Italian imposter as, in case you hadn’t noticed, there’s a far more interesting English-bodied ’32 sedan in the stable, too. The sedan was actually Simon’s 30th birthday present, beating some naff aftershave by a country mile. It came along as just a chassis originally, with…

Uncle Keith was on holiday in California when he dropped in on Dave and Judy Kawell at Kawell Racing Engines, before they relocated to Tennessee. It was there he stumbled across a part-built, Split Window Beetle-bodied race car. It was just a roughly chopped body on an older chromoly chassis at the time but, with a bit of help from friends on both sides of the Atlantic, Keith turned it into No Mercy, a 450bhp, turbocharged, nitrous-assisted, flat four-powered race car with designs on nines. He let the cat out of the bag about the project in the May 1990 issue, but roughly 12 months later showed the completed car, which at the time had just done its first test passes. Keith ran the car successfully in the VWDRC Modified…

Last month, we left Pete tidying up the running board joins, and this time round it’s the door gaps coming under scrutiny, as well as the integrity of the firewall, trans’ tunnel and floor. Creature comfort has also received attention, with Pete ensuring his legs won’t ache on a long run and will stay warm at the same time. Ease of access has also been considered, with the doors now fitted with discreet latch actuators, aided by parts from the taxi’s old heater. Creature comfort has also received attention Now he can get in the car, it made sense to Pete to have something to sit on, so that’s another thing ticked off the list. Okay, that bit is still a work in progress, but it’s a step in the…

I remember well talking with Miles for the feature on his previous car (see CC February 2016). He was over the moon with the end result, but it was clear building the fully detailed show car had taken it out of him. When that car sold, he needed something to replace it, and that came along in the form of a 1940 Ford Tudor Deluxe Sedan. With its aged, patinated bodywork, it couldn’t have been further from the sparkling jewel his golden Shoebox was, but maybe subconsciously that was deliberate. “A friend of mine saw it for sale in an auction in Florida and had a chance to properly look it over. The story goes it came out of a barn in Kentucky. Who knows how long it had been…

Whilst it seems like the entire world has been in lockdown on and off for over a year now, the extent of restrictions has varied considerably from country to country. Some of the strictest curfews were in place in Australia, the capital of Victoria, Melbourne, in particular. After 12 months of no hot rod gatherings of any sort, River City Coupe & Roadster Club (RCCRC) was therefore determined to make the most of its 10th annual reliability run, held when restrictions had been temporarily lifted over the Australia Day weekend in January. the opportunity to give it large on an historical hillclimb Closed borders prevented any out-of-state entrants attending, but that didn’t mean cars were thin on the ground, quite the opposite in fact. The three-day event kicked off with…

Write to: Custom Car Mail, Kelsey Publishing, PO Box 978, Peterborough PE1 9FL E-mail: cc.ed@kelsey.co.uk Fax: 01733 557235 ExtraE Dear CC, you are quite right to point out to your readers that E10 (10% ethanol) unleaded fuel will be in the pumps at petrol stations nationwide later this year. You’re also correct in saying the increased level of ethanol will be more corrosive than E5 to rubber and plastic parts in the fuel systems of older vehicles. I’m currently replacing all the braided fuel lines in my ’63 Chevy Biscayne with the help of fellow drag racer, Fay Fischer, and her company, Speedflow. Fay has been exceptionally helpful with information and parts supply, making the task much easier for me. Just sayin’. Great mag, keep it comin’ Damian Halliwell, via…

Since the first such venue opened in Camden, New Jersey in 1933, the drive-in movie theatre has been the place to check out a movie, and occasionally get treated to a really cool car show. Sadly, as years passed, so did the drive-ins, and more and more of these iconic meeting places shut up shop. brought back the heyday of that drive-in experience Fast forward to 2020 and all the crazy Covid virus stuff got some folks thinking that the old drive-in movie theatres might once again provide an appropriate platform for a car show. Even more ideal then that the industrious people at the Dead Man’s Curve Hot Rod Club had previously staged a few events at the historic drive-in located in Warwick, New York, just across the New…

30 years ago The year was 1991 and pastel colours I were all the rage with your Pro Street meats. We kicked off this month’s issue with a pair of blown bruisers from the States on the cover, but there was some tidy British stuff within the pages as well, which covered t e whole spectrum of UK rodding at the time. Reading the features again, what’s interesting to see is how the approach has changed to building similar cars, but a so how CC no longer has to go to America to find top notch cover cars. In fact, by my reckoning, we've only had two American- built cover cars in the last 15 years, and we're pretty proud of that fact. The opening article in this month’s featured…