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Dave Days ford there too before the 'Days of thunder' stickers put on it.

I think it lost it's fenders for racing too or is this a similar car?

It's a similar car ft. I don't think Dave Day's '32 came out until '94 and this is Hugh "Shug" Hanchard's Pro Street '32 which was on the cover of the Dec '86 Street Machine magazine

[sjb]

Dave Days ford there too before the 'Days of thunder' stickers put on it.

I think it lost it's fenders for racing too or is this a similar car?

It's a similar car ft. I don't think Dave Day's '32 came out until '94 and this is Hugh "Shug" Hanchard's Pro Street '32 which was on the cover of the Dec '86 Street Machine magazine

"shugs" coop later lost its fenders and the scoop and was re-done in light blue,then later black with green flames,and proberly other coloures as well.

[muddytalker]

Does anyone remember the Chateau Impney Drag & Custom Show put on by the Midland Drag Racing Association in 1974! Well, this was the first of many shows fronted by the MDRA to coincide with the promotions of eighth mile drag racing at Long Marston.

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Held just outside Drotwich, Worcester, the Chateau was the perfect place to hold a show with perfect weather and a good attendance from the general public. Taking on the organisation was MDRA Chairman Ron Clark who, in a short period amassed some 16 teams to show what drag racing was all about. Sadly I don’t have any photos from the show to put up on the forum other that a copy of the original show guide.

Headlining the show were Dave and Roz Prior with the Revell sponsored ‘Fast Lady’ slingshot dragster, Ed Shaver’s Castrol VX4/90 rear engined Funny Car and The Stones Tender Trap Escort driven by Radio 1 jock Dave Lee Travis. However, the most talked about car of the whole day was the jag powered Vauxhall performing wheel stands in the hotel car park by owners Brian Richards and Ken Sheldon.

Here’s the full list of exhibitors…
Tony Frome - Pontiac powered dragster and Chevy Corvette street car
John Rotherham - Avanti Allard Dragon
Gerry Cookson - Joker Junior Dragster
Richard Fielding - Imagination Fiat Topolino Altered
John Williamson & Pete Smith 3.8 Jag powered Poison Ivy Falcon-Carribean Altered
Vince Shaw & John Gibbons - Mexico Mouse Fiat Topolino Altered
Liz Burn’s Lizard dragster
Ollie Burns Ollies Folly Avenger bodied Altered
Brian Mason’s 500cc Triumph powered drag bike Chemera
Paul Eastbury’s 247cc Yamaha Junior Bike
Ralph Parker’s Dracula Street Bike
Steve Georgi’s V4 Ford drag bike
Norman Hyde’s 875cc Triumph drag bike Roadrunner III
…and Chris Nicholson with his Mini engined lawnmower.

There were a number of Street Rods on show from clubs in the surrounding areas including a Ford 3 litre V6 powered Ford Pop owned by Cheltenham’s Ken Britton. Yes, the very same Ken Britton who still occasionally runs his Morris Z van at Shakey. The programme notes says that Ken used to own a Daimler powered Model T but family commitments called for something bigger.

Drag racing films where running all day long with ’Drag on a Summers Day’ being the most popular. In fact it was quoted that the projector operator has seen it so many times that he’d counted the number of hairs on Clive Skilton’s beard!

I do hope that someone can post some photos here for me to get all nostalgic over as I had a display case full of model dragsters on display in the MDRA tent. Just 40 pence was the admission charge and 3 pence for a programme…worth every penny but I didn’t think I would be writing about it again all these years on….

[muddytalker]

Not quite sure where this first photo was taken other than to say the cars on display were Nick Lewin's 'Hyperformance' dragster and the 'Frontline Video' Top Fueller of messer's Craddock & Clark. Bikes are a mystery too. I think one one of them could be 'Sidewinder'.


Thunderbirds Are Go anyone!

Santa Pod's 'Scorpion' jet monster on display at the Brighton Metropole Hotel.

[muddytalker]

This overhead shot taken by Bob Massey shows just how poular the Drag Racing displays were at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in the mid seventies. From the photograph how many well know cars can you see?

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1969 Dragster Show at the Arndale Centre Leeds... http://www.nsra.org.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=41246

[muddytalker]

Well, I can see from the above Crystal Palace Show Dorset Horn, Paranoia, Music Machine, Houndog Funny Car, James Whitting’s 'Black Knight' Austin Farina , Reg Summers 'Sunset' altered, possibly Pinball Wizard, the Blue Rose Drag Racing Team, Optimist and the wheel and nose of the Houndog Fuel dragster. How’s that TT!

[timetravel]

Well, I can see from the above Crystal Palace Show Dorset Horn, Paranoia, Music Machine, Houndog Funny Car, James Whitting’s 'Black Knight' Austin Farina , Reg Summers 'Sunset' altered, possibly Pinball Wizard, the Blue Rose Drag Racing Team, Optimist and the wheel and nose of the Houndog Fuel dragster. How’s that TT!

I'll give you 8 out of 10 Muddy, the Capri is the old Chevy powered "Red Rampage" which had been rebuilt by Glen Searle and the Pop is John Riches' Jag powered Street Altered "Honey Pie"........ There's some more pics from that show here http://www.timetraveldvds.co.uk/gallery ... index.html

[muddytalker]

If it had been a colour photo I would have gussed the Capri as 'Red Rampage' but I would not have put a name to the Pop. Thanks TT.

[jaytee]

I posted on here (Somewhere) a couple of slingshots coming out of the Park Lane tunnel, would this have been the same time as the show?

A shot of the cars from Custom Car June 70