FineweatherblessedtheSolent
Renegades’StartofSeasonShowat
theFarmhouse,PortsmouthonEaster
Sunday.Itwassurprisingthenthatshow
carnumberswerenotablyreduced.
Icanonlyspeculatethiswasbecauseof
theclashwithEasterandthenewdatefor
theNationalHotRodandCustomShow.
Presumably,severalwould-beattendees
wereeitherinCoventryorhadfamily
commitmentselsewhere.Thosewhodidattendstillhadplentyto
seewithrods,customs,classicsandYanks
supportedbyasoundtrackofliverock’n’roll.
Asistradition,afterprizegivinghasclosed
theshow,manyofthecarsmadetheirway
toClarencePierforthefirstSouthseaCruise
oftheyear.Icanvouchthatcruisingaround
SouthseaandOldPortsmouthisagreatway
toviewthesunset,andthere’llbeplenty
moreopportunitiestoenjoyitasittakes
placeeverythirdSunday(from5pm)through
toOctober,withthelastcruiseoftheyear
precededbytheSolentRenegades’Endof
SeasonShow.CCThosewhodidattend
stillhadplentytosee
AndSolentitbegins...
Wordsandpics:ZackStiling
SeasonShow.CCA 35 0Chevyliesbeneaththebonnetofthis
Wisconsin-built,mildcustom’^5 3ChevyBelAir.BarryKinch’smostlyhomebuilt’3^4 wasintended
forSantaPodoriginally,butlaterwentdownthe
roadcarroute.TwinHolleyDominatorssitatop
the3 05 smallblock.Whileattendancewaspredominantlylocal
cars,GarySnellvisitedfromNorthLondoninhis
immaculate’ 61 ChryslerNewportandwonBestin
Showforhistrouble.FollowingamoreBritish
tradition,thischoppedand
de-seamedPophasaRover
V 8 andJagIRS,thoughwe
suspecttherealisticflames
areamorerecentaddition.Alsorunninga350,thispeachandgraphic’d’ 47
Chevypick-upisatimewarpAmericancustom
from1999.ItwasapleasuretoseethelatePaulDawkins’
F-100KrippleKartstillbeingenjoyed,withthe
sunbringingoutthebestinitsmetalflakepaint.RoySandaledoesn’tknowthe
historyofhisTruespoke-shod
’30ModelAsedan,exceptit
wasimportedfromAmerica 14
yearsago.Lookslikeasurvivor
1970’sRestoRodtous.20 CUSTOMCARAUGUST 2019