Retro Rides Awards 2009, 2nd place x2!

Retro Rides holds annual awards with a range of categories, from Thread of the Year to Best Magazine, letting the members have their say on what they liked and didn’t like over the past 12 months. Build Threads was nominated for Best Blog, while the below photo I took was nominated for Best Static Shot.

I didn’t tell anyone, as I wanted the voting to happen naturally, and I ended up getting 2nd place in both categories. Pretty happy with that! Retro Rides is a great forum if you’re into classic metal so I hope you all check it out, and thanks to everyone who voted!

You can see the results from all of the different categories here.

1956 Austin A30 family heirloom

I don’t think there’s a better intro for this car than the words straight from the builder:

This car was bought by my Grandad in 1963 and remained in his possession till he passed away in ’91, whereby it was bequethed to me. At the tender age of 10 at the time, there wasnt a lot I could do..but my (very) patient dad spent many sunday afternoon with me and so my experience grew..

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