Custom Car – September 2019

The selected winners

Threescores

RutlandPick

■AlanLowes,’57FordPop

CruisePick

■DaveandLesleyBrown,

ModelAphaeton

MayorOfOakhamPick

■PeteHorne,

’50ChevyStyleline

TonyRobinsonAward/

PopFestival

■SimonBradder,’ 46 Fordson

NSRAPre-29sPick

■LauraAyres,Model

Apick-up

BestAmericanMuscle

■RichardJackson,

’70ChevyChevelle

BestBritishTin

■GaryTripp,’64FordCorsair

Road’n’Race

■GaryJones,FordModelA

TrickTruck

■LukeBriggs,’37Plymouth

GrassRootsAward

■GaryLayton,

’61FordThames

Traders’Pick

■MarkBellringer,

’49Chevypick-up

Under29s

■JoeBradder,’ 32 Fordcoupe

BestMordor

■LeeSaywell,

’64FordCorsair

Priortothe47thstagingof

theNSRAFunRun,thenames

ofthosewhohavewonthe

prestigiousParticipants’Choice

trophywasquiteanexclusive

list.Thosewhohavewonit

twice,though,isbestdescribed

asanextremelyexclusivelist:

KeithAtkinson’sFordsonin

1987 and’32roadsterin2002;

NickArlett’s’ 47 coupein 1991

and’40Fordpick-upin1994;

BobWellstead’37sedanin

1992 and’36coupein2003;

AndyCrockett’37Fordin 2008

and’41Willysin2016.

Now,though,thereisan

ultra-exclusivelist,andit

bearsjustonenamethathas

liftedthetrophythreetimes

–AndyCrockett,whoonce

againcollectedthetrophyfor

Unusual’56GMCtilt-bedisbasedonanIvecoDaily2.8TD.Thesignsaysit’s

adailydriver,althoughwesuspectyoumayhavetroublefindingaparking

spaceduetoitssize.Theaskingpriceis£^16 ,500.

ThelasttimeIrecallaFordCorsairinthetrophypresentationsatan

eventwasWarrenGillingham’sin2^00 9.Rutlandproducedtwosuch

winners,thesecondbeingthetubbedand’cagedcarofLeeSaywell,

whichwhichtotookokththeBeBestestMorMordordortrtrophophy.y.

DamoTomespulledroundhisgorgeous’54ChevyBelAir(repainte

DamosincewefeaturedinNovember’18)atprizegiving dby

FivetrophyfromNSRAChair tocollectaTop

,SueAyres.

ItwasonthecardsandjustasJoeBradder,crewmemberforOr

angePop

Racing,wasbeingpresentedwiththeUnder^29 strophy,the

heavens

opened.Thehospitalitymarqueesuddenlybecameverypopul

arindeed.

hisWillyscoupe.

Technically,BobSheppard

liftedthetrophy–well,itis

bloodyheavyandAndyis

gettingonabitnow–but

theengravingwillmakeno

mentionofthat,soyoursecret

issafewithusAndy.

Theladiesandgentlemenwhoneversaynever.Ahugepat

onthebacktoeachandeveryoneofthem.Thoughquitewhy

HannahandJohnareoutonalimblikethatisanyone’sguess.

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