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Many of us older
local rodders will know the name Phil Baines, but the younger ones may not.
Phil was one of Bristol's first rodders along side Ian Furey-King and Pete
Watkins. He built what was the first rodded Pop in Bristol which went under the
name of Lazy Lotus. |
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Just by chance,
whilst looking through our free local weekly I saw a story about a local lay-by
and in a picture alongside the feature was a man named Phil Baines. Now I
thought there can't be many people with that name locally so with the use of
the internet I tracked Phil down and found out it was the same person who had
built the Pop all those years ago. After a few phone calls I met up with him
and he let me have what literature he had of his old car and allowed me to scan
it for you to see. He did say he was surprised how well it drove as it was
built in his back garden, and that he had never seen a modified pop
before.
The Pop was later sold on to a Bristol Renegades member John
Buckland who I once did the Birmingham Cruise with in Lazy Lotus (we broke down
with a dynamo fault). Then it went through a few more local hands before
disappearing from sight.
The last story I heard it was in Yate, but
this was never backed up. Phil did have another rod which he acquired whilst
dealing in second hand cars, but this was later sold on. It was a nice Hillman,
built originally by Mark Tanner, this car also stayed local then
disappeared - it was last seen in Brislington. |
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Above and below,
another car owned by Phil - sold on and eventually turning up near Aiden
Kenny's house in Brislington. |
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