What's happening at Bristol Hotrods August 2010 Just added: Bristol Hotrods vist to The Bristol Pegasus Motor Club '2010 Tuition and Track Day' - Castle Combe, Saturday 14th August. Bristol Hotrods at Castle Combe     Chill out weekend, Gloucestershire Les Sanderson, founder and former president of the mid west American auto club, would like to invite you all to a chill out weekend! Following the success of last year’s first event we have decided to do it again! You are invited to bring along your AMERICAN, VINTAGE, CLASSIC AND CUSTOM CARS. CLASSIC & CUSTOM MOTORCYCLES, TRIKES. HOTRODS, DRAGSTERS, RACING AND RALLY CARS. In fact anything unusual, different or just plain crazy on two, three, four or more wheels!! On the 4th & 5th SEPTEMBER 2010 12pm – 4pm on both days. No Charge FREE CAMPING (Caravan & Camping club listed site) Pre-Booking Needed CHILL OUT BY THE RIVER FOR THE WEEKEND! To be held at: Lower Lode Inn Forthampton Nr Tewkesbury Gloucestershire GL19 4RE Please contact Les Sanderson if you have any questions or would like to reserve a space on the campsite! Mobile: 07799081989 Email:     Haynes Motor Museum run - Sunday 22nd August. This will be the fourth time we've been invited to the Haynes Museum, with discounted entry to the museum, and our regular spot in the main car park directly in front of the museum. Our Bristol meeting point will be the same as usual - the MacDonald's car park, Aspects Leisure Park, Longwell Green BS15 9LA - just off the ring road opposite Asda. We'll leave MacDonalds at 9.30am to make our way to the second meeting point in Somerset - the large lay-by on the left hand side after Ston Easton. After gathering here we'll move off to Haynes at around 10.00am. If you are making your own way to Haynes, please arrive between 10.00 and 10.30am to get parked up safely before public entry. On arrival our parking should be allocated; just follow the Haynes directions. Our Haynes Museum visit, August 2009   New pages: The Bristol Volksfest Pegasus Motor Club's June Meet     July 2010   'Hot Rod Parade' at The Bristol Pegasus Motor Club '2010 Tuition and Track Day' - Castle Combe, Saturday 14th August After our great day at Castle Combe last year, Tony Smith of The Pegasus Motor Club has had approval from the circuit for another lunchtime "Hot-Rod Parade" - and this time we're encouraged to bring along even more rods for the day. Hot rods attending the event get free entrance to the circuit, and a free place in the lunch-time "Hot-Rod Parade" around the circuit. The Tuition and Track Day is on Saturday 14th August from 9am – 5pm, with the parade around 12:30pm. As Tony says, the chance to run your rod around the racing circuit is an experience that doesn’t come along often. Bristol rodders - please meet up the Griffin early enough to set off by 10.00am, to get us to Castle Combe by 10.30am. If you're making your own way there, please arrive around 10.30am, and enter through the Competitors Entrance, off the B4039 - look for the Bristol Pegasus signs. Read about last year's Castle Combe visit here ..or dig out the December 2009 NSRA Gasser magazine.         New Forest Custom/Classic Car and Bike Day In aid of the Hampshire & IOW Air Ambulance. 21st August, 2pm until 8pm. Gang Warily, Newlands Road, Blackfield, Southampton SO45 1GA. Contact Matt:   Classics at the Castle, Sherborne, Sunday 18th July At Sherborne Castle over 100 cars will be on display, from veterans to supercars, and Phil has again been offered some club stand space for Bristol rodders. An early start is needed but this one well worth the effort, (and there's even plenty there for the ladies). Read about last year's visit here               June 2010 Reminder - Monday June 14th is our invitation to the Bristol Pegasus Motor Club meet, at North Bristol Rugby club.. easy to find, just of off the M4 at Almondsbury. Either meet up at the Griffin in time to leave by 7pm, or find your own way there. Hopefully we can support them with a good turnout. Their web site is www.bristolpegasus.com   Also on this weekend: the Extreme Wheels show at the Haynes Motor Museum and the Bristol Volksfest -11th-13th June just one mile from J17 of the M5, Cribbs Causeway at Washingpool Farm, Easter Compton, BS35 5RE.       Just added: Paul Woodland's Brean photos Quincey's meets Chris Kenny's 2009 Nostalgia Nationals pictures Phil Thomas' Austin Westminster                 May 2010 A few events and invitations for your diaries:   New Forest Classic/Custom Car & Bike meet The organisers of a weekly Bike Night on Thursdays at Gang Warily Newlands Rd Blackfield SO45 1GA in the New Forest are holding a Classic/custom car & bike meet on Sunday 30th may 2010 from 12 noon, in aid of the Hampshire & I.O.W air ambulance. Exhibitor & public Admission is just £2 per vehicle & driver plus £1 per additional passenger - and 50% of this is donated to the charity. Classic/Custom Car & Bike meet   Riders of Bristol is a big Harley dealer and they're looking to do a free event at their shop promoting independence day.. they're aiming for an American theme for their car pack, with a barbeque and music to hopefully get hundreds of Harleys to visit. Riders have asked if any Bristol cars would be interested in attending.. if so, please contact Phil:   Bristol & Bath Classic Car Run - Sunday 11 July 2010 in aid of Avon Riding Centre for the disabled. Open to Classics, Sports and other cherished motors of all ages. Not a timed event or skills test, not a treasure hunt, not off-road, but an 80 mile scenic tour and great day out for you and your motor. Bristol start, with breakfasts from 9.00am. Route includes Cheddar Gorge, Mendips and Chew Valley Lake, visit to Avon Valley Railway. Rally plates and final instructions to be posted 1 week before event. Route maps and written directions provided at start. BBQ & Desserts at Henbury finish (bring your own wine & glasses) - live jazz. Contact the organiser: Bill Phillips: 0117 962 4867 or e-mail:       Grillstock - Bristol -Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th July Grillstock 2010 is a barbecue themed two-day food and drink festival taking place at Bristol’s waterfront on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th July. The event will see up to 150 of the UK’s top barbecue chefs battling it out for the title of ‘King of the Grill’ in the two-day competition with an anticipated 10,000 visitors who will all have the opportunity to taste and vote for their favourite BBQ food. The organisers say our cars would be welcome at the weekend, and they would provide complimentary guest passes for families and friends. There will be plenty to eat and drink plus a VIP party on the Saturday evening where they could make our cars pride of place. As usual, please contact Phil Mitchell if you're interested:   http://www.grillstock.co.uk       Just added: The St Patrick's Shows in the 'History' section         Apr 2010 Those of you who visited the Pegasus club night last June will know what an interest was shown in our cars, and you'll be pleased to hear that we've been invited to visit again this year. The club night will be on June the 14th at North Bristol Rugby Club - BS32 4AG. If the weather permits, the Pegasus guys are hoping to have a BBQ on the night. As this is not too many weeks away now, please contact Phil Mitchell if you'd like to make the return visit.   Bristol Pegasus Motor Club     Now that the light evenings are with us again, a reminder that Bristol Hotrods club nights are held every Tuesday at: The Griffin 107 London Road Bridgeyate Bristol BS30 5JN The Griffin is just about a mile off of the Avon ring road on the A420 out of Bristol. The pub has two car parks, and we use the larger one around the back. Club nights are open to anybody in the spirit of having fun with cars - we get a wide range of vehicles attending, including vintage, classics, bikes and scooters.               Bristol Rodder Ian Walker is on the organising committee for the Thornbury Carnival and he'd like to know if there's anyone interested in joining him in the parade and showground. The date is Saturday 3rd July. Last year the vehicles were the usual mix of classics, military, commercial and one Hot Rod! It would be great if we could get another couple to attend and have a little Bristol Hot Rods stand on the showground. If there is interest, Ian will need to pre-book, so please register your interest with Phil by email: .             Bristol Volksfest -11th-13th June After four happy years at Wraxall, the Volksfest is upping sticks and moving north of the city to South Gloucestershire, just one mile from J17 of the M5, Cribbs Causeway at Washingpool Farm, Easter Compton, BS35 5RE. Chris White aka Dr Dub invites rodders to come along and display their vehicles on the sunday. If Bristol rodders want to attend as a group, Chris says it'd be great if we could organise something, and he'll ensure that anyone in a Rod gets free entry tickets. email: http://www.bristolvolksfest.co.uk             The New Forest Custom/Classic Car & Bike Meet is to be held on Sunday 30th May at Gang Warily Recreation & Community Centre, Newlands Road, Fawley, Hampshire, SO45 1GA. Just 13 miles straight down the A326 from Jct2 of M27, only 4 miles from Beaulieu Motor Museum. Make sure you come on down and have an enjoyable day with like minded people. On offer will be Hot Food, Tea/Coffee, Bar, Live Band, Stalls, Rodeo Bull & more. Vehicles will be on tarmac. There will be a small admission fee with proceeds going to the Air Ambulance. Hopefully there will also be Steam Engines, yet to be confirmed. Anyone wishing further information please contact:           Modified Madness - 10-11 July - Thorney Island Drag yourself down to where you can drift away to your hearts content enjoying an action packed fun weekend. Drag racing and drifting all at the Modified Madness weekend. An action packed weekend for all you petrol heads. Plenty to see and do at the Modified Madness weekend. Camping available all weekend where you can camp with friends other maxers and car enthusiasts. Top Drag racing action where you can RWYB and a purpose built Drifting / handling circuit. http://www.modifiedmadness.co.uk     Mar 2010 South Wales show: Club 42 invites any owners of Ford hot rods to the first Ford day at the Pontypridd high school, South Wales on Saturday 5th June for the only Ford show in Wales. We hope to gather a wide variety of Ford vehicles old, new, race and rally to Ford powered kit cars. Entry is free. For details email Chris Morris at home-8oakstreet@hotmail.co.uk   Sleepers (Milos Jankovic) MySpace page Yanko sends us details of his Myspace site that lists events on the other side of the Bridge with the 'sleepers' a new Cardiff based club. The site includes links to many early Welsh Coast Cruisers photos. http://www.myspace.com/sleeperscars       This year's Reading MAG Easter Bike Show is at Reading Abbey Rugby Club, 4th April 2010.. see www.readingmag.org.uk   Feb 2010 A new show at Santa Pod The All American Show is a new American Car Show on 1st and 2nd May 2010 at Santa Pod Raceway, for owners and enthusiasts of muscle cars, hot rods, classic drags and beyond. Bikes and non american cars are welcome too. Featuring Run What Ya Brung, Drag Racing Demos, Show & Shine, evening entertainment with Live Band "Executive Relief", Club Displays, Mobile Dyno, Traders, Fun Fair Rides, RV parking, and lots more for the whole family.. see http://www.allamericanshow.co.uk News of a new web site and forum About a year ago two American car owners had the idea of creating a website to provide a central point of information on clubs, meets, cruises, suppliers etc for all owners and enthusiasts here in the UK, and so have created classicandamerican.com. http://www.classicandamerican.com   Events coming up this year: Castle Combe Track Day We're happy to say that Tony Smith, Event Secretary for Bristol Pegasus Motor Club, has confirmed our repeat invitation to attend the 2010 Castle Combe Track Day on Saturday 14th August 2010. After last year's successful visit this should prove popular - so if you'd like to attend please drop Phil an email so he can get a feel for numbers: (see Castle Combe Track Day 2009)         A visit to Prescott Hill Climb? Prescott's 'Autumn Classic' event is on the 2nd and 3rd October 2010, and consists of competition on the hill, plus trade stands, club stands, an autojumble and various other attractions. This year they are having an American theme for the event, and would be able to provide an enclosure in the Clubs area for Bristol rodders to display their cars. Phil is making tentative plans for a possible visit on the Sunday - so please help him out by letting him know if you 'could be interested'. Email Prescott is situated 5 miles north east of Cheltenham off the A435 Evesham Road. www.prescott-hillclimb.com     Visit to Brooklin Models, Bath? Phil has been talking to Brooklin Models Limited of Bath, regarding a possible visit and factory tour. Brooklin make quality auto models (including hot rods) so this could be interesting.   Motown weekend at Norton Park in Dartmouth Phil has had an enquiry from Kenny Johnson of the Real American Drifters about a possible visit to the Motown weekend at Norton Park in Dartmouth, August 21/22 2010.         Phil spends a fair amount of time liaising with the organisers of these events, and it really helps if he has an idea of possible numbers. Please help him out by checking your diaries, then emailing Phil to let him know if you are interested:           The Classic Ford Show will be held at Santa Pod on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th June 2010. As part of this show Classic Ford drag cars are invited to perform demo runs and be on display at the show. This is the same weekend as the NSRA Billing Fun Run, but Phil can provide details if required.         The Surf Coast Cruisers are currently planning their summer show for 2010. It will be held at Monkey Tree Holiday Park, Newquay, on the 2nd to 4th of July 2010. See www.surfcoastcruisers.co.uk for details, or contact Adrian on 07717 477 107.         From the archives: Why are these locals holding bits of tents in their hands? Email Phil if you know, and then all can be revealed - including the rest of the set.       Below: Knebworth 1981 - in the picture Mary Roberts, the Grant brothers, Phil Thomas, Mike Bull, Rich Denley. Here showing the Bristol twist on a Scottish theme. There are two more pics but one of Mike Waters could not get past the censors. If I remember it was not only the top hair that was sprayed orange!         Coming soon - the full chop story of this car in pictures .. from around the early 1980's.       Jan 2010 Now xmas has passed and the new year is upon us we should all be planning this years events. With all the bad weather the past couple of weeks have bestowed upon us I was surprised to hear that Paul Quick did take his newly MOT'd 'T' out over the seasonal break. With a couple of runs under his belt he's now put it back in his garage to do a few odd jobs ready for the coming season. In December's news we put a picture of a model A being built and asked if anyone could place the vehicle. The rod in progress belongs to Mel Thomas and has been in build for approx 28 years? Many of us older locals will remember his progress with it sharing the same garage as brother Phil's 3-window build. More pics and info on Mel's build will be added soon. This years events are coming in fast, and for anyone who wants to use their car this year here are a few in progress: - Classics at the castle, an event held in the wonderful Sherbourne Castle grounds. - Our yearly run to Haynes museum, and also another show - The Extreme Wheels show also being held down at the Haynes museum. - For those into soul / Tamala Motown a live music weekender at Dartmouth, where we have been invited to display some cars. This I am really looking forward to as this was the music of my youth. - Castle Combe motor circuit would also like us to display again at one of their events, dates still to be arranged. As we are only a couple of weeks into the year, this gives us all something to look forward to, and I'm sure more will follow. New cars to hit the roads this year... there are three steel model B's, all packing huge engines, two roadsters, and one five window. Details will be released when the owners allow. Hopefully the two '36 roadsters will be out, along with Nicks V12 'T', as I said this year should be special so let's hope the weather will allow us to use our rides. We've had an e-mail from an evening Post reporter who was asking if we had any events January / February for a feature.. this still has to be arranged, as we'll need good weather. I hope you all liked the write up in the Gasser about last years Pegasus Castle Combe event, I think Ian's write up did us proud. Phil...           We've had an email from our friend Tony Smith of the Bristol Pegasus Motor Club, who passes on his regards, and reminds us that more photos of Bristol Hot Rods at the Castle Combe Track Day can be seen on the Bristol Pegasus Motor Club web site: 2009 Track Day Gallery Details of the Track Day are here Castle Combe Track Day and you can check out the Bristol Pegasus Motor Club by clicking the link on the right..               Travelling back in time for this old photo.. up the pole is Paul Domini, Mike Taylor & Neil Grant, whilst standing in the crowd is Mike Walters. Can anyone tell us who the other face is up the pole? Agh.. those were the days..     (Photo courtesy of Mopar Mark)                 Just added: more spec on Paul Quick's 'T'          Dec 2009 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!                 After it's November MOT, Paul's 'T' is now on the road. Paul would like to go for a run on Christmas day or Boxing day - so if you're up for it, please get in touch.. Paul Quick's 'T'           Phil and Rich enjoyed a visit to 'Classics at the Castle' at Sherborne Castle, in Dorset this year. For the 2010 event, the organisers say they would welcome the club to arrange a special feature display of hot rods in a display area near the Castle. Spaces would be limited though, so please contact Phil if you're interested. The 2010 'Classics at the Castle' Show will be held on Sunday 18th July. Classics at The Castle - Sherbourne Castle         A seasonal teaser for you .. we've been sent this photo of a local car that's been in build for a while .. know whose it is? We'll bring you a bit more information when we can get it..               Just added: Pegasus Motor Club's Track Day at Castle Combe, August 2009               Looking for older News? 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