American Car - November 2015

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there were history buffs re-enacting

scenes from the pioneer west, who

are always worth chatting to, along

with club turnouts from the likes of

the Cadillac club. One club who had

a very reasonable turnout was the

Astro/Safari Club, an online forum

club for fans of GM’s mid-size vans and

dayvans, and the Astrafarians were

out in force.

Favourite cars on the field for me

were a painfully clean ‘69 Mustang,

and a mid-seventies Firebird

resplendent in red that reminded

me just how much I love second-gen

F-bodies. Richard Jackson was along

with both his cars; the Chevelle that

starred in our August issue and the

Plymouth that will be starring in a

forthcoming issue this winter, and

both picked up pots.

All in all, it was a decent event

hobbled by the good old British

weather; it wasn’t the first this year to

suffer that fate, and I expect it won’t be

the last. If you’re very, very quick off

the mark you might catch the AACUK’s

Autumn Nationals at Drayton Manor

Park, near Tamworth, on September

18th-20th, and we hope they have

better luck there. See http://www.american-

auto-club.co.uk for details. ACM

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