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| Driving up towards the main entrance of the 235 acre site we followed this 1972 super low burgundy beetle, sometimes you just get the feeling it's going to be a good day. |
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| We paid the mere £6 entrance fee which gave us access to the whole site, including the fun day. Making our way through the maze of fields and fishing / boating lakes we spotted this super bright green 1932 3 window coupe. |
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| To be honest, I don't really know what this is, or was, but I do know it has had a serious roof chop, and the body had been channelled over the chassis creating it's super low stance. I do know however that it's running a big block hemi motor with a blower that produces around 700 bhp. A friend of the owner was saying that the motor is a pro stock engine. |
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| This really does sit so low and whilst it may not be to everybody's taste, you have to admire the engineering, personally, I love it. Apparently it can light the tyre's up in any gear. |
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| The interior is sparse and in keeping with the exterior. The gear shift was so tall it almost touched the roof.! |
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| After that totally mad pick up, let's get back to normal, and this 1932 Ford 3 window coupe finished in bright yellow with the traditional red painted steel wheels with beauty rings and chrome hub caps fits the bill perfectly. |
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| Another vehicle painted in a bright single colour was this lovely Model A 3 window pick up in the brightest orange paint I've ever seen. This car had the Model B grill, which is a common body modification as a lot of the body parts between the model A & B are interchangeable. |
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| This 1954 Chevrolet 3100 pick up truck was close to perfection. The overall condition was immaculate and the two tone colour choice was perfect. |
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| The contrasting colours along with the wood helped this truck stand out. Parked up next to the red and white '54 was another immaculate pick up truck in brown and cream, although this one was a year older being a '53. |
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| This model A, 2 door has a phaeton style body (I think) and it looked great with it's pretty much stock body. It's nice to see a rod that hasn't had a roof chop. |
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| The chrome spoke wheels are new and add some serious bling to this RAT looking rod. |
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| This lovely blue 1927 model T roadster looked great with it's open engine and the motorcycle fenders. The hot rodders favourite choice of a small block Chevrolet engine with the triple carburetters powered this little 'T' along. |
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| This stunning baby blue 1934 Ford looked fantastic, the bodies on these fully fendered 34's have such smooth flowing contour lines that are enhanced by the curved and pointed front grill. The pale body colour really suited this coupe. |
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| The flowing curves of the body continue right to the tip of the rear fenders. This really is a straight car, that reflection in the door is amazing. |
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| On the deck lid (boot) there was some very good yet subtle pin striping in complimentary colours which just added to this car's true uniqueness. |
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| An old hot rod buddy of mine Russell, was at the fun day in his 1930 model A, 5 window coupe. Russell and I go way back when we both had Ford Popular's, I had a Rover V8 in mine while Russell had squeezed a Jaguar V12 into his.! |
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| The body has been channelled over the chassis to give it's low stance which is enhanced by the roof chop. The roof has been lowered by 6" at the front & 5" at the back. This 3 window has a 354 cubic inch big block Hemi motor with a Weiand 6:71 blower on top which produces around 500 bhp. |
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| Russell was saying that although it has such a big blown motor, it is relatively easy to drive on the road, even though the view out of the windscreen is partly blocked by the blower and carbs.The new colour scheme for this year really suited the car and the old skool white scallops down the side looked awesome. |
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| The view of Russell's 1930 from the rear. How good does this look. Those massive rear tyre's are needed for traction when Russell gives the car some serious throttle abuse. |
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| A gorgeous 1950 Ford 2 door sports sedan in a lovely coat of gloss black paint. Originally these sedan's would have had a two tone paint scheme as standard. |
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| Perfectly straight body panels make this 50's Ford stand out. The classic pin stripes on the deck lid looked great and suited this old Ford. |
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| This lovely sign written pick up truck started life as a 1946 Ford. It has been seriously lowered and has gorgeous wire wheels. |
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| This Ford Anglia 105E panel van looked as though it had just appeared from the 1970's. The black and flames paint scheme, the jacked up rear end and running on old skool slot mag wheels, this old Ford looked awesome. |
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| Inside the old panel van the 1970's theme continued. Brushed buttoned draylon, with a mirror ball and sparkly flooring was the height hot rod styling here in the U.K. in the 1970's. |
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| Another 1970's reincarnation was this 1967 SS Camero. Again the paint scheme was pure 1970's as were the chrome side pipes. The 'SS' had the 350 cubic inch V8 engine. |
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| A super bright multi coloured Ford Anglia E494A 2 door panel van. This pro street van had a big blown Chevrolet motor and massive wheels and tyres tucked under the original body. |
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| You can see just how big those huge rear wheels actually are in this photo. This really was a bold colour scheme, that actually works very well. |
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| The Ford Popular was, and I guess always will be the British rodders favourite choice of base vehicle to transform into a hot rod. It was nice to see so many 'Pops' at the show, each different from the next. |
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| The line up of Ford Popular's around the out side of the show field. The Popular was produced from 1953 -1962. |
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| Ford did make a pick up version of the Ford Popular, although only in Australia. I'm not sure if this is a real Aussie 'Utility Vehicle' they called a 'Ute' or not, but I did like it. |
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| A neat touch was the twin rear wheels which were not fitted as standard. I'm sure the Ford script on the tail gate was also not standard, it looks like something of a model 'A' or 'B'. |
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| The variety and standard in the Ford Popular line up was amazing. I did like this pro street Pop with it's custom paint scheme and with the huge rear tyres tucked under the original wings. |
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| I keep secretly hoping to see one of my old Ford Popular's at one of the hot rod shows, but as yet I haven't seen one. |
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| No hot rod show would be complete without a 1955 Chevrolet, and this 4 door sedan looked great in it's red and black paint scheme. |
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| The '55 Chevy is one of the most iconic cars of all time within the hot rod scene. |
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| It's nice to see some fellow Volkswagen's at the N.S.R.A fun day. The black fender less bug in the foreground looked great in it's matt black paint scheme and whitewall tyre's and roof chop. |
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| The rear of this bug looked good and that small rear window shows just how much the roof has had taken out of the height. I did like the high exhausts and the tall skinny rear tyre's. |
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| A gorgeous 1953 Ford Customline 4 door Sedan in mint green. This lovely Ford had not been restored or rodded and it was a bit shabby around the edges, but I wouldn't have it any other way, it looked fantastic. |
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| This may well have been the original paint, it certainly looked old enough. I did like those round tail lights. This really is a gorgeous 1950's vehicle. |
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| This massive 1960's Chevrolet C-10 panel van looked great. I was trying to work out if the bright pink paint was the new colour the owner was painting bit by bit or whether it was the old colour the owner is getting rid of, either way I did like this huge van. |
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| This stunning MK2 Ford Zephyr low line was another car that had it's roots back in the 1970's. The jacked up rear end with the 5 spoke chrome wheels are classic British 1970's hot rod styling. |
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| The rear of this Zephyr is high, but that is how it was, back in the good old days. The simlpy gorgeous gloss black paint looked fantastic and gave off an amazing reflection. |
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| This is the beetle Claude and I followed up to the main entrance of the site. This really is low and the rear wheels have an amazing camber. I did like the roof rack full of period accessories. So that was the 2015 N.S.R.A. Fun Day at Billing Aquadrome. This show is always good, and maybe next year I'll come along for the whole weekend. The sheer numbers of hot rods and the numerous makes and styles make this show so interesting. My photo's are just a very small selection of the vehicles that attended this show. I can thoroughly recommend this show if you like your hot rods, or if you're just into experiencing something different. |
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