‘Astounding’, ‘wowza’ and ‘perfection’ are just a few of the buzz words being thrown around in this month’s Custom Car Magazine. Positive affirmations abound and a full house of features from the frontline of creative car construction mean it’s showtime for the October issue!

Jimmy Hibberd’s homage to Ford’s legendary Thunderbolt has been a long time coming and, now that it’s finished, you bet we gave it a full article from which to be adored. From there, we review the Vintage Hot Rod Association’s annual weekend of racing at Pendine – the Pendine sands have hosted some of the most important moments in racing and land-speed history over the last 100 years, so made the perfect backdrop to such an event.

All that glitters may not be gold, but if you’re referring to Adam Seyer’s Model A Tudor sedan it most certainly is. Specially mixed, pristine and giving-all-that-1930’s-glamour gold in fact. Find its full feature from page 22.

As always we round out with all of the recent racing highlights, a Readers’ Rod that’s not only rare but was really worth the restoration effort and every unmissable date for your drag-strip savvy diary.