Out for Revenge...

[spoodler]

Took Archie van out seeking Revenge...
Revenge is a Ford C Cab hot rod.
It was built by a famous hot rod builder, Nick Butler, nearly fifty years ago. The current owner is covering 1000 miles in a week raising awareness of and donations for the mental health charity MIND. That might not sound a big deal to an owner of a brand new Corsa, for example, but 1000 miles in an 800 brake hot rod, with no windows, a vertical steering column and nowhere to put your feet...

A few of us met up with them at a short break at the Atwell-Wilson Museum in Calne.

And, Yes, I am well aware that it's not as fast as your 330D, isn't practical and you don't like the colour or the lack of air bags - nobody cares. Just posting to highlight a charity run in a good cause that may interest some on here.

Moderator edit: no canvassing for charity donations please

[Mr Tidy]

I can see why 1,000 miles in Revenge must be quite a challenge!

Nice to see some support for a good cause too.

[Benni]

Great car, good to see it´s still alive, is the lettering a real Rodney Matthews, looks like his style ?

[spoodler]

Benni said:

Great car, good to see it´s still alive, is the lettering a real Rodney Matthews, looks like his style ?

It's certainly of its time... gold leaf under clear lacquer, I believe.

My old hot rod would wear me out over about seventy miles, I'd then need a rest before continuing, thankfully that was about the distance from our place to Shakespeare County Raceway. Without power assisted brakes, steering and the like, and with no modern creature comforts they can be a bit of a work out. Much like riding a motorcycle in bad conditions, they remind you of your mortality. Covering a 1000 miles in a week in the current heat is quite an achievement.

[Reciprocating mass]

Good cause hope it all goes well !
Revenge was my first ever picture of a hot rod, from my
Childhood book a pictorial history of cars 1978
The picture shows it in black with a more orange colouring
Over the gold leaf

[Turn7]

I have a picture disc of Revenge in my loft.....

[J4CKO]

Reciprocating mass said:

Good cause hope it all goes well !
Revenge was my first ever picture of a hot rod, from my
Childhood book a pictorial history of cars 1978
The picture shows it in black with a more orange colouring
Over the gold leaf

I have an M and S car book from about then I got for Christmas one year and Revenge was in that and I found it fascinating, would love to see it in the flesh.

[swisstoni]

Memories of Custom Car, Hot Car and Hot Rod & Custom mags as a youngster.

[Turn7]

swisstoni said:

Memories of Custom Car, Hot Car and Hot Rod & Custom mags as a youngster.

I first got into the custom scene when I bought a copy of Custom Car with the hot rod milk float........ Name escapes me now but he had planty of custom cars

[spoodler]

Turn7 said:

swisstoni said:

Memories of Custom Car, Hot Car and Hot Rod & Custom mags as a youngster.

I first got into the custom scene when I bought a copy of Custom Car with the hot rod milk float........ Name escapes me now but he had planty of custom cars

Probably Ray Christopher and Past yer eyes Express.

Still have the M&S book of cars with the pic's of Revenge, preferred it in the original black, but I'm not complaining.

[langtounlad]

Nick Butler was my hero in the days of Custom Car So many good memories of that magazine. The cars, the cover girls, the writing style - good times. Nick did so many iconic Rods - he was our Boyd Coddington.

[spoodler]

langtounlad said:

Nick Butler was my hero in the days of Custom Car So many good memories of that magazine. The cars, the cover girls, the writing style - good times. Nick did so many iconic Rods - he was our Boyd Coddington.

Revenge, along with Nykilodeon and Andromeda at Nick Butler's Auto Imagination earlier this week, yes, he's still working... count the horses, one thousand... two thousand... ha, ha! Glad I'm not paying the fuel bill. Pic's not mine, lifted off the net, probably one of Sam Evans'.



And one of my old Jag powered '36 Austin, with its fully adjustable, four bar, dropped front end... courtesy of... you guessed it...

Edited by spoodler on Friday 12th August 13:19

[Composer62]

swisstoni said:

Memories of Custom Car, Hot Car and Hot Rod & Custom mags as a youngster.

Me too I remember the car very well.

Great to see it's still around.

[Dermot O'Logical]

Crikey, that takes me back a bit!

I can remember seeing Nickelodeon in Custom Car and later in the metal at the Southern Roadsters Rod Run at Beaulieu many years ago.

Nick's cars were outlandish, but "right". Good to hear that he's still around.