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The early
Bristol Car Shows
The first Bristol Custom & Street Rod Show, and
some early eighties shows |
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The first Bristol Custom & Street Rod
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The Bristol
Renegades Custom Club was formed in March 1977, and eighteen months later, in
August 1978, they held the first Bristol Custom & Street Rod
Show.
The show attracted some mainstream sponsors such as Ford, Hot Car
Magazine, and Wimpey - who were advertising 2 and 3 bedroom homes starting
from £8495! Trade stands included Calbrook Cars, Deals-On-Wheels,
Stateside Custom Shop, and the Van Shop.
The Renegades also put together
a customised 1957 Beetle which was up for grabs in the show raffle. Although
the official show guide publication was lacking in pictures, the text extracts
and exhibitor's car profiles below make for some interesting reading. Look out
for a few familiar names.. |
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Thanks to
Les & Jill Sanderson (Mid-West American Auto Club) for the loan of the
original show guide. |
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Early 1980's Shows |
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of the first show, more were to come at the Bristol Exhibition Centre. Show
guides below are from 1980 and 1981. |
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Thanks to John
Travell of Gloucester for digging out these early guides and supplying
the images. |
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Such was the
interest in Rods and Customs in the eighties, that another show was staged in
1983. The 1st Bristol 'Hot Wheels' show was sponsored by Street Rod &
Custom Machine Monthly. We're not sure whether this show, held later in the
year, was a replacement or a rival for the earlier
Bristol shows.
Some surviving photos and show guide images
from around these years are below. Let us know if you can fill in any details
on the cars or their owners. |
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A joining
invitation from one of the early show guides. |
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Jan 2012: Web site visitor Gary Palmer used to live quite near to Ian Furey-King, the Renegades founder.
Gary contacted us to say:
"Hi, just reading the article on the Renegades car club, I have
attached a pic of my old mk1 Escort, which made it in to the first
Bristol Custom Show at Canons Marsh. You can still see the show entry
number F21 inside the screen, so this must have been taken shortly
after."
Thanks for the pic Gary.
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