and some really old stuff too, including from Bill
Rogers of Cambridgeshire, who rocked up in his
1914 Ford ModelTwhich also served asacooker
for his bacon sandwiches which he was retrieving
from the engine bay: “You need at least a
30-minute run for them to cook...” he explained.
They looked delicious!
What’salways funaboutthe DamnYankees
SummerSlamisthe mixtureofcarson
display as already mentioned–old,new,
modified, stock, rods, customsandfamiliar.
One carthat caughtmyattention was the
1965 Ford MustangConvertible featured
back in the January2014 issue (CA273). This
Arcadian Bluepony carfeaturesafour-barrel
A-code289 andafour-speed manualT-10
gearbox andis prettybasically spec’d, but is
incredibly original, still wearing itsoriginal
seat covers andeven carpets. OwnerTom
Killeen had purchased the car fromRichard
Ward in Oldham, Greater Manchester:“I
think ifpeople can be botheredto go up
north,there are some real bargains to be
had...” saidTom.
Another familiar car,but not seen for literally
decades, was Riccardo Godfrey-Bonnici’s’71
Chevelle SS. This eye-popping gold GM A-body
used to bearegular sight at Billing Aquadrome
in its glorydays in the mid to late-Nineties. Now
sadly its bigblock had bitten the dust (although
Ric has kept it to possibly rebuild one day)
replaced withaGMsmall blockcrate motor from
Roadcraft (www.roadcraft.co.uk/Tel. 01273
455057) which was installed by Back to Life
Cars in Southend (www.backtolifecars.com/Tel.
01702 870 087).
Dipping his toes in the American car scene
for the first time was Ben Finch and what a
way to start:a1968 Camaro in the one-year-
only colour of British Green. He andabunch
of mates had piled in the ragtop, dropped the
hood and it looked like they were going to cruise
the miracle mile–and that’swhat it’sall about.
Other show-stopping cars includedabrace of
hearses (featured on these pages in the past) a
’60 E ureka anda’62 Miller Meteor and various
drag demos in the arena with John Price. They
say time flies when you’re having fun and soon
it was3.30pm, prize-giving and the end of yet
another vintage DamnYankees Summer Slam,
roll on 2020.JohnHeadley and Jo Day with ’68 Mustang.Rad Camaro.We have lift off.1957 CadillacEldorado Seville. It can bealong wait sometimes.’60Eureka and ’62 Miller Meteor hearses.Hub caps galoreat the auto jumble.96 classic-american.com