Custom Car November 2021

The directors of the British Drag Racing Hall of Fame are delighted to announce the late Stuart Bradbury has been elected to membership of the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame, based at the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing in Ocala, Florida. ‘Stu’, who was elected to membership of the British Hall of Fame in 2017, becomes one of only five individuals to hold membership of both British and International Halls of Fame, joining Sydney Allard and Dennis Priddle (UK) and Carl Olson and Don Garlits (USA). Stu was appointed Chief Starter at Santa Pod Raceway in 1968 and served until the late 1980s. He joined several colleagues to establish the British Drag Racing Hall of Fame in 2006 and chaired the organisation from its beginning until his death. Stu’s wife and…

Running from January to the end of May 2022 at the Coventry Transport Museum, the Women in Motorsports exhibition will showcase inspirational women involved in all areas of British motorsport, from the early 20th century through to the present day. The most exciting part is Hannah Thomas, formerly NSRA PRO, and British Drag Racing Hall of Fame’s Lesley Wright, are working together to have female drag racers and hot rodders of all ages represented. So, if you are passionate about drag racing or hot rodding, have an inspiring story to tell about how you got involved, or your business supports these interests, they’d love to hear from you. Contact Hannah at Hannahathannah@htautomotivepr.co.uk or Lesley at lesley@britishdragracinghof.co.uk to find out more. If the Museums’ Hot Rods & Kool Kustoms exhibition of 2017 is anything to…

Here’s one for all ’32 Ford lovers, DEUCE! 1932 Ford Hot Rods from The Bruce Meyer Collection features photography by Peter Harholdt and highlights the four iconic coupes and four roadsters owned by Bruce Meyer. This high-quality publication covers the history of each of these top-drawer Deuces and how they came to be part of the collection, which makes for interesting reading. The book is available to buy online at www.petersenstore.org, priced at $39.95, but obviously there is shipping, duty etc. to consider on top of that. If you can’t resist anything with the Doane Spencer roadster in it, maybe consider doing the same as me and have a copy sent to a friend in the States who can then forward it onto you.…

Wow, there is apparently something in the Northamptonshire water this year. Something that is having a marked affect at the goings on at Santa Pod. We’ll bring you full coverage of the Euro Final Shootout in a future issue, but I make no apology for mentioning a little taster of the action here. To start, Mark Todd ran the quickest ever Street Eliminator pass on the Saturday, 6.833 at 210.01mph, backing up his earlier 6.906 / 206.94 to set a new class ET record. Records are there to be broken, though, and that’s just what Todd did on the Sunday when he ran 6.880 / 212.77. That wasn’t the end of it though as, not to be outdone, Andy Bond took the win in the final with a 6.826 at 212.90.…

The Summer 2021 edition of HOFTalk, the magazine of the British Drag Racing Hall of Fame, contains a tribute to the late Dennis Priddle, which highlights his tremendous contribution to British drag racing. Other content includes activities of BDRHoF members, a retrospective look at the 2010 Hall of Fame inductees and Pro Modified and Fuel Altered news from 2020 inductee, Nick Davies. HOFTalk can be downloaded in PDF format atwww.britishdragracinghof.co.uk or by clicking on the Lucas Oils-sponsored Features link in the main menu at the top of any Eurodragster.com page.…

The all-electric Morris JE made its public debut in early September. Designed and engineered in Britain, the GVW Morris JE offers a 1,000kg payload, 6m3 load volume and 200 mile driving range, making it a perfect about town small delivery vehicle. What we here at CC like best about it, though, is it’s a genuine 21st century re-imagining of the classic 1950’s Morris J-Type. Worcestershire-based Morris Commercial Ltd. is reviving the ‘Morris’ name with this new approach to carbon-neutral transport. As well as its all-electric powertrain, the JE features recycled carbon-fibre body construction and quintessentially British design details. If only they could replicate the original sound. www.morris-commercial.com…