While I absolutely love the Goodwood Revival, I’d made a decision earlier in the year that I would not attend. This was to give me the opportunity to experience something different. However, when I received an email the week before inviting me to visit the Revival at a vastly reduced rate I jumped at the chance. There was a clause to the reduced rate, I wouldn’t be able to enter the event until after 13:00hrs and my ticket was for the one afternoon/evening. Not a problem, at least I’d still get my fix for a few hours.
Fashion is as important as the vehicles at Revival and period dress is the order of the day. Not everyone makes the effort, but the whole event is so much better due to those that do.
You can find interesting shots in every direction at the Goodwood Motor Circuit. Whether it’s vehicles being manoeuvred between the paddock and the track or many of the set displays there is plenty to catch your eye. Sometimes just waiting in one place for a little while will present a great opportunity, at other times you just need to keep moving to find those shots.
In the run-up to the event, I’d been privy to some shots of the Rolling Bones cars that were to be part of the large hot rod display. This was the main reason I was keen to revisit my decision not to attend this year and I’m so glad I did. What a display of mid-century, period-correct hot rods, gassers and support vehicles. I spent ages walking among these beauties and kept returning throughout my time there.
There was one car in particular that I was keen to see, the Boston Brawler. I’d been following the build-up via Vally Gas Speed Shop’s Instagram feed. This iconic British Gasser is based on a 1933 Willys Coupé and was originally built back in 1996 by VGSS owner @hibberdjimmy it was running a normally aspirated big-block Ford. Now in new ownership, Valley Gas were entrusted to revamp the Gasser, with a new style that was sympathetic to the previous incarnation and retaining some of the original features including its iconic name. As for the engine, well, it’s now running a massive blown Chrysler hemi, now that’s one wild ride!
