Cars of Yesteryear.

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After reading about the Cars of Yesteryear thread I have decided to try and transfer the data over from the old forum.(hopefully saving Doug too much work)
I have tried to condense it as much as possible keeping the names of who posted them but not when they were posted.
I hope everyone approves.
(TRANSFER IS NOW COMPLETE 28/5/08)
Wish me luck, 'I am just going IN, and I may be some time'.
R.H.

Many thanks to Rabid Hamster from the Mods for retrieving and assembling all this good stuff!

I don't know if this will work, but after numerous conversations, articles in our magazines, and recently alot of questions (me included), on this forum and others about, where are they now? What about letting everybody know if you or your mates now own, or know the whereabouts of any well known cars of years ago. I've owned a few myself and have seen some for sale just recently. One being the 'Shotgun' T-bucket that I just missed, and Mike Key's 'Photofantasy' T among others. I don't know how many years to go back before you can call it 'old', I'll leave that up to you. I'll start the ball rolling with Nick Butlers 'VITAMIN T', the 27 T Coupe built in the 70's and well on it's way to recovery after a quick rush of blood to get the car back on the road. I'm not saying when, just as quick as I can...... next season ? We'll see.
Fingers crossed we will have a long list of great interest to everybody, and you never know what could come of it all. Stuck in the past?.......Yeh, I guess I am..The Candy Man
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What a good idea
i heard that "PLUM CRAZY" the Fordson was in essex/surrey being re-built
can any one shedd any light on this one?..kevpop
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The ''Speedfreak'' Fordson is in my hometown of Doncaster, it's been in a rebuilding state for some years now, so as and when it is going to be finished is anybodies guess..The Candy Man
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If I remember correctly, Speed Freak has been dropped and tubbed, kind of ironic now that Gassers are back in style! Perhaps it's a sign of how long the rebuild has been going on for
..40Stude
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Hope this fits this topic,from Tony Smiths site..Crossfire Rob
http://www.cunningplan.net/show-programs.html
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KEV
PLUM CRAZY BELONGS MEL GARRARD, THE DAD OF THE BOY WITH THE GASSER J40. DON'T KNOW HOW HE'S GETTING ON WITH IT THOUGH. THE BLOKE THAT OWNS HENRY HIRISE IS BACK WORKING ON IT FOR THE TIME BEING. I KNOW WHERE THE BLUE 'FLAKE T BUCKET IS THAT WAS PICTURED ALONG SIDE GEOFF JAGOS OWN GREEN T IN THE FIRST ISSUE OF CUSTOM CAR.
HOPE THIS THREAD RUNS FOR A WHILE, LIKE THIS SORT OF STUFF.
KAPRI, GET TYPING MATE!
CHEERS..AL
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Desperado T is now ( 2/3 years ago )owned by a local hi fi comapny. Boston Strangler was last seen locally as a centrepiece in a local restaurant about 8 years back.(!).Vanpire Tom Reynolds Escort van broken up by new owner about 15 years back , same goes for John Gordons Flamin Rebel ( later Tin God ) Escort. John Crosses old 31 A was won in a competition and went to Ireland , now brought back and living in Manchester area.Keith Dores old candy red B coupe is in Southern Ireland.Guess a load has gone abroad as well.John Cross s Black Rose was about still 10 years back but now fitted with a Rover V8 and jag rear ,it was to undergo a repaint so ?? Ray Evans showinning ( Belle Vue) straight 6 T is still sat in his garage. Tony Putticks pink flake T ( got to be 30 years ago ) was in Isle of Man lat time I heard of it.Thats all that immediately springs to mind.Oh nearly forgot Andy Saunders candy Pontiac was last seen as a display item outside a restaurant in Teneriffe!! Cemen T is still owned by the cement company that bought it from Ray Christopher.Devon delivery ( Derek Chapmans old van ), is in the middle of a rebuild and may be for sale shortly
And after a quick soak (!) Ray Austins little blue Y roadster is abroad along with his Blue /Pink 32B 3 w. John Cross s red resto style 34 Roadster as well.Pip Biddlecombes stagecoach ( who remembers that one ) became the Belchs Beers wagon and then disappeared.Geoff Cousins blown 32 3w went to Demark along with Billabong Bobs full fendered full screened 27T..kapri
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KEV
I KNEW IT WOULDN'T TAKE YOU LONG, NOT AS MUCH INFO AS I WAS EXPECTING THOUGH! A MATE OF MINE BUILT DESPERADO, DO YOU KNOW IF THE FIRM STILL HAVE IT? THE 390 ENGINE FROM HILLBILLY EXPRESS WAS SAT IN HENRY HIRISE FOR A WHILE, THEN WENT TO ANOTHER MATE FOR HIS HI LINE MK2 ZEPHYR. THE ROCKER COVERS FROM IT WITH ALL THE VINES/GRAPES ETC GOT SOLD FOR ABOUT £15 AT THIS YEARS ESSEX SWAP MEET.
CHEERS..AL
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Boy is this taking off well
as per ususal sir kev Rooney (alias kapri) is a wealth of knowledge
Al if you know the bloke who has PLUM CRAZY give him my e-mail i have the blower that came off it.
How about some pic's of the cars of Yesteryear Kev know you must have some hiding and you Al anyone else
would be good to get a collection together..kevpop
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Hi Guys,
I have just found this thread, though I dont know the where abouts of any of the old Rods, I have 7 pages of old photos from the 70's through 80's from Shows, Runs etc on www.uk-hotrods.co.uk (http://www.uk-hotrods.co.uk) web site which may interest you..Holmsey
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Hi Al , did nt know what happened to Hillbilly although it was a local car and ex Southern Roadster as well.Desperado was/is in the hands of Sextons hi fi. The local branch has been taken over but they were shifting it from branch to branch on display.
Kev , not a lot of pics at all strangely. Did nt , and still dont bother with photos that much. As you may have noticed tend to rely on my memory! LOL..kapri
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KEVPOP
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT PLUM CRAZY HAD A BLOWER, SPEED FREAK DID THOUGH.
CHEERS..AL
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I used to own the car that was originally Jeff Beck's Boston Strangler, I sold it to The Busch brewery chain to go in their restaurant "TJ's" down in Havant. Last I heard, the restaurant closed after about a year & the architect rang me to see if I wanted to buy it back. He then decided to try & buy it himself & put it back on the road, but I've heard no more. That was some time ago as Kev says.
Gary Belcher's T is in the Haynes museum in Sparkford, as is an amazing Morris Minor van which has been completely airbrushed to look like its made out of wood. Belongs to a guy from Jersey & a friend of mine helped to put it together. Same friend bought my Cream & Green Mk1 Consul with the 302 in it that was featured in SM years ago & it's now in its retirement home in Jersey!
Revenge is temporarily back with its creator, Nick Butler, for some re-assembly work prior to being shipped down to Spain where it will live with its owner whilst he finishes rebuilding it. Andromeda has been sold & may yet re-surface..MisteR Tee
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Also the ,bear with me on this cos I m not exactly sure on the details, ex Dave HaskellY or " the Duchess" Y , if they are nt the same is languishing in a local lock uo where its been for about 13 years. It sused to be many colours through the years , black and silver when he bough it . The main original (rod ) colour is metallic red. It featured E type jag rear ,Rover V8 and viva front.It had centrelines on it when bought..kapri
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AL
if were on about the same PLUMB CRAZY that came from the West country it deffo had a blower on it during its life up till about 90's when it was sold by Treve from cornwall in 95 to person unknown..kevpop
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Firstly, 40Stude, you are right about the Speedfreak rebuild. It is owned by a friend of mine and he bought the entire pro-street running gear off of 'Shuggies' orange 32 coupe at Bruntingthorpe years ago, although I did call to see him a couple of months ago and he was trying to get the blown 351 running, I wouldn't hold your breath as to seeing it in the near future.
Another car that I used to own was Mike Key's 40 Chevy sedan, which I sold to a mate in Portsmouth, it's still doing the show's now.
Another one was Ray Christophers 1915 model T Center door sedan, which I ran for a while and is in Scotland at the moment and up for sale.
And another one was, and one of my real favorites, the 1935 Hillman minx built by Bob Wellstead called 'Moulin Rouge', this went to a garage in Harrogate and has not been seen since.
I know the red 32 Chevy powered hi-boy roadster (featured show car, oh! What was the owners name.... Kev? Cherry B I think was the title in the mag) that was rebodied with a 32 Vicky, spoilt it in my mind. MMMMM, break for tea and I'll think of some more. Keep 'em coming guy's..The Candy Man
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Hot n Bothered still lives & is in with us for a rebuild in the next coupla weeks.We cut up Autumn Gold the old rover 90 with Clive miles murals/flames a while ago with a disc cutter (eat your heart out Angle Grinder man), it was as rotten as a peach.Lemon Squash & Al C'ablown were/are owned by Treve in Cornwall as far as I know..flamer

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Remember El Ritchies "The Phoenix" Cresta Sled? Killed in a Banger race!Did quite well apparently but its still a shame to see em go.
Kev,whats the plans,if any,for Dave Haskells old Y? As a kid I loved that car and its probably more responsible for me being involved in this than anything.
Cheers,Russ..rottenpop
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I thought the brief description Kev would have been enough, anyway I've got it now. It was Brian Lucas and his 32 roadster called Cherry B. It was bought by Pod in Sheffield and then Vicky bodied..... Shame!
On a different note, if anybody is thinking of buying a rod, be it their first car or whatever, then I seriously suggest to them that they look into buying an old 'Car of Yesteryear', because if it is still on the road now then it is obviously well built and reliable, also there is the recognition you get of driving and owning the car and also the fun that you have in trying to track them down in the first place. I've ended up on the wrong trail a few times but I've got there in the end.
The thing that is suprising me in all this is the amount of old cars that are still out there in peoples garages and not being put back on the road........ WHY?
So get to that Hi-Fi shop or knock on that garage door, you'll never know if they'll sell unless you ask.
My mate Paul 'scouse' Kennedy had the 'Mr Torquer' Fordson untill last year, where is it now?..The Candy Man
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Anybody know what happened to Small Fry, the Ruby that Baldy built up and featured in CC many years ago?
Cheers,.. Paul B
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Russ , think its going to sit and rot. Hes completely out of the rodding scene after a VERY bad experience with a now defunct rod shop down this neck of the woods.
Mick, strange that the chassis was under Pods. I know somebody who think she has the chassis under his A sedan? Just thought as I m typing Pod then had a new chassis made when he changed bodies again did nt he , that would explain it
Mick , just thought ,if you d have said first glass B roadster from the Jago molds I d have sussed it! LOL Front cover of Hot Car (!!) when there was a small article on my old hirider capri, how could I forget ! LEL..kapri
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So do you fancy knocking on his door for me then Kev.Like I havent got enough on at the moment..rottenpop
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Tony Ham's green Model Y Fordoris currently for sale at Doug Hacking Motorcycles in Bolton for £15,900....so I guess it'll be there for a while..micks47
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Russ , I was hoping to see him shortly anyway . Marian bumped into him at a car boot the other day ( have nt seen him for 10 years ! ) and he mentioned he still had the Y.
Mick , talking about cars of yesteryear there was actually an article in a VW mag looking into what happened to the cal looker I built back in 87!..kapri
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I THOUGHT PODS VICKY HAD THE WISBECH TUBE FRAME UNDER IT FOR BOTH BODIES. REMEMBER SEEING IT PAINTED RED AT THE FIRST PAUL HAIGH SHOW.
CHEERS. AL
PS. KEV, ABREHART SNRS. EX PILLING COUPE IS PAINTED IN A SORT OF BURGUNDY COLOUR WITH CREAM STEELS, K?A666 PLATE ON IT. IT'S A BIT SPECIAL..AL
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Mick thanks for that Kev and I were only talking about Tony Hams Y a week or so ago
nice to know its still around
what ever happened to Jim Donlops A
how about the streached front end moggie..kevpop
I belive that the Y built by Paul Gibbs is in the hands of Tim Hammond anyone shed any light on this one..kevpop
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I'm 99% sure that Pod vickied the Lucas chassis, because I recall seeing it in the 'Donny Show', kinda sat wrong, then he went to Paul Gibbs and put a Wisbech tube chassis under the Vicky. That chassis was then repainted from red to blue and the Wisbech 'Woodless' body was put on that. The original Lucas chassis was sold on so it could be the one under the model A you refered to.
The 'Small Fry' Ruby is in the Birmingham area, isn't it? I've seen it out 'n' about on very rare occasions (why when you own a car that good), once at Drayton Manor and the other at Billing years ago. If anybody knows him then go and talk him into putting it back on the road, PERMANENTLY!..The Candy Man
Oh, oh, just thought of another one. When at the NASC Nats, a guy came up to me and asked if I'd got 'Vitamin T'. I told him that I had and it would be finished asap. He then told me he had another one of 'Nicks' old cars and that he owned the T-bucket 'Andromeda', it was well on it's way to completion although it was going to be run in primer to start with before the final part of the restoration, only personal, but I'd rather wait and see it in all it's 'bouncing ball' glory later..The Candy Man
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Mick got to agree with you wont look the same without the paint job..kevpop
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Hi Mick,
Small Fry is in the Birmingham area, abotu 5 mins from me and 2 miles from the manor. It was rebuilt and I cut the new windscreen foot it. Now sits at the back of a paint shop under covers. Not been out in a while though. Pip's rubellion also up this way meant tobe being rebuilt after a crash 5+ years ago on the way to street machine shootout at bruntingthorpe.
Anyone any details of Pete Fowlers?? Dirty 30 A lovly car that I last saw ay the Rex Centre Show in Birmingham about 92 when I did it with Neil M.Barry..blownthames
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Hi Barry , the Rex centre was when I first met Neil when he was doing fire marshall duties! However I was at the Volksworld show!! OOPS LOL..kapri
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Hi Kev, Did that one with him too,Great Man.. Miss Him..but back to the cars.. anyone jknow if Celestial Trans Am is still in scottish museum?? havn't seen that one since the world of wheels at the NEC.Barry..blownthames
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Barry, Dirty 30 was owned by Pete Fowler who lives around here, but he's not into rodding anymore. I think the car was sold abroad a few years back, Langy, you out there? You used to hang with those guys, did it go abroad?Keith..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Nearly forgot!! I own the steel 32 cabriolet that was rodded in the UK in the 50's and was featured in Street Rod and Machine monthly in its as found state. I bought it from Bernie Chodosh and before that it was owned by Bomber Stevens. I would love to trace its history prior to that. Keith jnr..The Abreharts
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Anybody know if Cliff Moore still owns the dark green with flames 31 Sedan Fat ***tard ? Another car and owner I haven't seen for a while is Chris Adams and his blue 40 Ford. I sold my 29 Delivery "Predator" which I think has now been sold on to some guy called Dusty. Love to see the old van back at events. It was built by Stan Yanetta from South Shields. Had all the right bits but needed some serious work..Maurice Craig

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the last time i saw cliff and his 31 was at the nasc nats a few years ago 99ish
could'nt get it to do a proper burn-out anyone else seen it since?..kevpop
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Celestial is in Cumbria not Scotland.
Anyone remember the two model T Buckets with stretched chassis done to look like Dragsters (rails)
They were Mad. Kev Pillings 32 when it was Red and owned by a Swedish guy was what really made me want a Rod.. agiain when Kev Pilling did it and it was featured in CC, I used to see it regular at the Pod. Now in its new guise it is still a beautifull machine bet your owd fella loves it Mr Abrehart Jnr :>)
Seeya..Holmsey
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EIRERODDER
I READ SOMEWHERE RECENTLY THAT CLIFFS TUDOR WAS BEING REPAINTED BY ASHLEY MARKHAM.
CHEERS.. AL
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Some others who live in my home town, it's all happening up here........or rather it isn't. Cliff Moore isn't into the car scene anymore, he's enjoying his Harley with a couple of other guy's who have retired from Hotrod's. Ashley touched up some stone chips on the A, but other wise it's in the garage gathering dust. I don't think that will be out again.
Chris Adams sold his 40 and is now helping to crew on a pro-something or other drag bike.
And the Predator delivery has been bought by a friend of mine in Huddersfield and is being rebuilt, along with a dozen or so other cars, so once again don't hold your breath on that one, and the stretched T's, I only recall one, a burgandy kolor with a flathead in it, god that was more years ago than I care to remember at the Doncaster Show in about 79/80ish, is it still out there, if so and you know him, GET HIM TO PUT IT BACK ON THE ROAD! Oops, sorry for shouting..The Candy Man
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The stretched T with a flathead was built by Ian Loveday of Corby, back in '79. He was a member of Welland Valley Roadsters at the time. Great car, it was painted sort of copper/bronze metallic and he always claimed it was his wife, Sandra's car. He bought a garage business in 1980 in Nothants and retired from the rod scene to concentrate on the business. The car was stored and then maybe sold. He and Sandra broke up later and I've lost contact with them. Like to know how he's getting on..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Great topic guys, a old favourite of mine was California Dreamin, Tel Prowneys Pilot, and see its in this months CC at Burnham Autos being worked on, (under a picture of my old 54') nearly bought it once when it was flooting around Bristol for a while, remember going for a test drive, could'nt get in gear and the prop or torque tube fell off, Anyone know what happened to the silver 53' Chevy also built by Burnhams , last time i saw it was at Knebworth on CC's stand, nice car..Hotrod Rod
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I wonder names we will be dropping rememberin in another 20 or 30 years. Any know if small fry is around,imagine finding the rasberry sheik transit, ugggggg, the ex jon bonham gasers style 55 is now all pro streeted. lol could imagine if the 70'/80's rod revival came along, chow for now vince..????
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vince34 mentioned vans earlier, well I was talking yesterday to an old scooter pal of mine, and he asked if I was still messing about with those old cars, ''of course'' I said, he then told me he used to have a custom van from way back to haul his Lambretta to race meets. It turned out to be 'In Transit', I told him I knew it well and what happened to it, well unfortunatly it got scrapped years ago. I remember seeing a van outside his house that he had mat-blacked to hide the rust. Ah well.... another old show vehicle bites the dust.
..The Candy Man
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Pete Fowlers Dirty 30 was sold in Calif about 4 years ago. He now hangs out with the guy who owns Andomeda, whos name is Billy Bunter. The both live around the Bracknell area. ..Biffo
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Biffo, is that the same Billy Bunter that walks round car shows in a school boy uniform eating doughnuts??..Gary Kybert
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So thats why theres never any doughnuts left for sale in Bracknell! Thanks Gary. P.S. Hows the white fabric doing?..
And another thing, ever felt like kicking yourself mightily up the butt? I do today, I went into the Ford dealership in Windsor which I must have passed a zillion times in the last ten years. Due to this thread, I pulled in for fuel and while waiting for the pump wandered into the showroom as it was the last known place John Wilkinsons old '32 Sedan was seen. I asked the guy if anyone knew of the car, he replied he did, it had been 'round the back' for ages in good condition but had sold last week!! and for less than £7k!! Has it been bought by a rodder? I need to know!!
Anyone else who wishes to come around and administer aforesaid buttkicking, Feel free, I deserve it!..Lord Purple of Binfield
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It just shows how easy it is to have a great car like that on your doorstep and not know about it. The thing is there must be loads of them out there somewhere, ok so some have been scrapped, some have been rebuilt and we perhaps don't recognise them anymore, but think about it, over the years there has got to be loads and loads of rods/streetmachines that people have invested to much money in, to allow them to just disappear. They've got to be lade up in some garage or garden somewhere, they'll just take some finding....... keep up the good work guy's! If anybody knows of anything then pass it on, like I said when I first started this thread, you never know what will come of it..The Candy Man
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Can anyone confirm that the all steel `32 3 window that was for sale in Custom Car recently was/is the ex Wal Barter BAD 32B?I`ve heard two stories about how much it went for, the first I heard was what I`d expect, the second , if not a windup, must be the steal of the century.I always loved that car and presumed it had gone overseas.Another favourite of mine that has disappeared is the `39 of Robbie Stirling, bright red and gasser stance, reg numberTHE 39.Finally does anyone know what became of the chocolate brown `32 cabriolet with, I think, a caddie motor that was owned by Dave Palmer(Rod Shop)I think?.
..hotroddeuce
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Hotroddeuce, I believe , wait for this , the cabrio was bought and restored!! To original!! The cabrio was the one at allly pally with caddy engine, boc and rear axle ( WiiiiiDe ) and Dave Palmer fitted it with a V6 and jag rear.
Lord Purple, been talking to Ddooce who knows a load of history behind Spats old motor including its rodded past back in the 50S . If he does nt pick up on this thread then maybe give him a shout?..kapri
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The Ex.Graham Sanderson 32 Sedan is still around and is now up for sale £16,000
so anyone intrested should get in touch quick before this one goes over the water as well
..kevpop
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Hotrod deuce, always lead to believe that Wally Barters old 32' was left to deterate in the garden of the guys who sold the glass bodies (cant remember there name) and was the body the mould was taken off, remember seeing it brown and unchopped about 1978 outside Matt Mattheos rod shop near the Kings Rd, later in Black chopped form everywhere, What happened to Wally Barters 5 windo Chevy Coupe, saw at the Southern Nationals in the 80,s i guess, never seen it since..Hotrod Rod
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RE WALLY BARTERS COUPE.

SOMEONE I KNOW GOT OFFERED THE JOB, BY WALLY, OF PUTTING THE CAR BACK TOGETHER AROUND 2-3 YEARS AGO. HE WENT TO SEE IT & SAID IT WAS MOSTLY STRIPPED, SAT ON STANDS, SURROUNDED BY NEW PARTS IN BOXES. HE SAID HE'D NEVER PART WITH IT.
WASN'T IT TONY THERON OF AMERICAN STREET ROD PARTS THAT TOOK THE MOULDS FROM IT?
MATT MATHOUS NEW KINGS ROAD SHOP, "CRUISIN", IS NOW A TWIST & GO SCOOTER SHOP.
THINK THE CHEVY COUPE ENDED UP IN SCOTLAND.
CHEERS.. AL
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After being at the Steel City's run this weekend, I was talking to a guy from the Derby area who has now got a car that could well be a little more well known up North, but definitely an old show car of yesteryear. This being Chris Adam's 'Peugeot Lowrider', it disappeared for years, then was for sale at an American car dealers down South and then appeared in Mansfield. It's now got all the hydraulics repaired, a new interior, and he now wants some metalflake off me to revamp the paint, and then back on the road next season. Great to see an oldie back out again, anybody remember it?
Also heard a rumour that somebody has bought the old Mick Cooke's Camero and taken the blown engine out and put it in the 'Andys Instant T' c-cab, leaving the rolling shell up for sale, anybody shed any light on that one?..The Candy Man

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Seeing Kev mention Dave Haskell, i recently bought the red 34 5 window coupe that Dave built god only knows when (one guy at the nationals reckoned he'd seen it unchopped in the late 70's).
The first time i ever saw it was when i got into rodding in the early 90's..Tricky
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Hi Mick , remember Chris making the haul down to the Wheelers show at Hayling in the peugeot. Stock 1500(?) 3 speed sidevavle on hydraulics , 50 mph all the way from Hull.Think thats what convinced him to go to 8s ! LOL..kapri
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SOMEONE SAID EARLIER THAT MICK COOKS CAMARO, EIGHT MISBEHAVIN', HAD GONE. HERE IT IS RACING AT AVON PARK LAST WEEKEND.
http://www.eurodragster.com/live/2003doorslammerinternationals/pictures/sunday/html/camaro.htm
CHEERS.. AL
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Gary Kybert, the same Billy Bunter who had a graffti styls coupe many years ago, yes I think he does eat lots of donuts. Are you coming over for the Reunion at Bakerspatch?..Biffo
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Thats two stories that have been put right, just wait till I see the person who gave me the imformation, 'Roarin Rat' and 'Cookies Camero', still out there doing the business, brilliant!
..The Candy Man
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Was nt Mick Cookes camero the multi colour on red base that featured in the jewellery ad . Front page of CC , thought eight misbehaving was someone elses?..kapri
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MICK COOKES CAMARO, THE BLUE ONE IN THE PHOTO, USED TO BE A DEEP RED COLOUR WITH I THINK SOME SORT OF STARS & STRIPES THING ALONG THE SIDE. THE ONE IN THE PHOTO HAS GOT EIGHT MISBEHAVIN' WRITTEN ON THE PLATES, CAN'T BE TOO MANY WITH THAT SMASHING SPLIT SUNROOF EITHER!
CHEERS.. AL
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You beat me to it Kev, I don't know if that is the same car, if it is then a lot has changed over recent years, not only the paint but also the high(ish) front end and skinny Ansens(?) Maybe the owner of the car in the pic will see this and enlighten us..40Stude
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well guys, that isn't Mick cookes Camaro. His was a '67 SS with hideaway headlights & was called Silhouette not Eight Misbehaving.It was advertised for sale recently & was supposed to be unchanged from its show circuit days.If memory serves me correctly,which it doesnt always, Eight Misbehaving originally had a 327 with dual 2 barrels!? Silhouette was red candy with stars & stripes, side pipes & slot mags. Eight Misbehaving was also red I beleive but wasn't a patch on Micks Camaro in the show winning stakes..flamer
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SORRY CHAPS, SEEMS I'VE GOT MY RED CAMAROS MUDDLED. THE BLUE ONE IN THE PHOTO IS EIGHT MISBEHAVIN', SAYS SO ON THE NUMBER PLATES, ALWAYS THOUGHT MICK COOKE OWNED IT. SHALL I GET MY COAT?
CHEERS..AL
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Had me thinking I was loosing it! Though I probably still am ! LOL..kapri
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Hi Chaps,Eight Misbehavin was and I believe still owned by Mick East of Enfield.He's owned it forever.I've got Plum Crazy,and have had since '95.It's on the deck with serious 302" Ford,8" rear,stainless IFS and still has the second paint scheme (girlie metallic pink)with a happy looking plum mural and lettering on the side.When purchased it had a 3.1 Essex V6 (are'nt they all!)Jag IRS and Viva IFS.If this kid stops growing for a while,I'll leave his tot-gasser alone and get back on PC..Fordzon
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Fordzen
i have the original blower that came off the van
did you get the car from Treve down in Cornwall
nice to know it still is around any chance we will see it out and about got any pic's of it now
bring back some good memories
cheers kev..kevpop
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Hi Kev,thanks for the interest,I've also been told that the blower from Plum (RO34) now resides on Rory's black Standard Flying Eight,Who lives in Coopersale,Essex.
Yeah, got the van from Treve,not a popular(ouch) chap by all accounts,and it still had the hole in the bonnet for the blower.As a shell it stood me in 3k!
You can't buy history eh????? I'll sort out a recent pic and forward it on.Cheers, Mel
..Fordzon
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Mel
Thanks for that mate could you e-mail direct kevjpop@hotmail.com
i got the blower from the same person (so i know what you mean)
shame i dont have any pic's of her in her hay day
My blower still has some of the old plum paint on it
how far off is it from hitting the road
cheers for now..kevpop
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Hi Guys
Here is a link to Mick Cooks Camaro to clear things up. Pic in Marks great hotrodphotos.co.uk, site.
http://www.hotrodphotos.co.uk/pages/pages.GarysPicnicatSantaPod/Blown%20Camaro.htm
Stevie...
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Anyone remember Roy Osborne's (Insurance in Motion) red Deuce Fordor sedan from the early 70's? It was a late English body with the skirted fenders, chopped with bobbed rear fenders mounting frenched HA Viva tail lights just like Pinball Wizard at the same time. I think it ran a big Olds motor. Where is it now?
Talking of Pinball Wizard anyone else remember the red white and blue paint scheme for one of the Olympia(?) shows?..40Stude
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As many people already know 'Pinball Wizard' is still out 'n' about, it was at the Steel City run at the weekend, but now the Cookies Camero thing has been sorted out, this brings me back to the original rumour I heard that said car had it's blown motor taken out and put in 'Andy's Instant T' leaving the shell up for sale. Anybody know any different? Noticed on another thread that 'Roarin Rat' did indeed spend some time abroad as I suggested before coming home for good, so my contacts are not as inaccurate as I thought
Also notice the For Sales. The Graham Sanderson B sedan (324 DOR) and 'Fotofantasy' T-bucket, any takers, go on you know it makes sense..The Candy Man
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The Graham Sanderson B sedan does not have the (324 DOR) plate on it any more but at least some one rermembers it
It now has a megga blower under the hood but apart from that and a stereo fitted i think its about the same as when featured
Any one know what car the plate is on now????..kevpop
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I rang Graham Sanderson after he sold his fordor about the plate (as we have a 32 fordor) and he had sold it to a non rodder - probably called Dorothy I guess!!
I am intrigued by the Roy Osborne fordor also as we have a pair of skirted 34 B front fenders that are painted in bright red and always wondered what they came off - perhaps this car?
..The Abreharts

[rabid hamster]

I mentioned on another thread that a mate of mine knows Mick Cooke and that the Camaro was stored in his garage, unchanged. I know that the house was up for sale a short while ago, so, maybe Mick was looking to sell. Alan Spittle, who owns Andy's instant T is local to this area, maybe the rumour is true. Someone in the Birmingham area must be able to clear this up..V8Devon
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Andy's Instant T is now owned by Bruce at Cypress Nurseries, I'll see if I can contact him and get an answer.
Are we sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin.
Just got off the phone after talking to Bruce Screen and yes the motor from Mick Cooke's Camaro is now fitted in Andy's Instant T. Bruce bought the Camaro after Mick passed away (another one lost to the big C) about 18 months ago. The rolling shell of the Camaro is still the same as it was. The C cab now looks the way it did when owned by John Bonham. Bruce owned Alan Spittle's old Ray's Rods C cab a while back but that has now gone back to Alan apparently. Just for good measure Bruce tells me that Lemon Squash is now owned by Dean at Star Autos in Blackheath. So now you know!..40Stude
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Sorry to hear about Mick Cooke. Seems that evryone's losing the battle lately. Do you know if the Camaro shell is for sale? if so could you email me on nigel@baysplits.com Thanks
..flamer
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What is going on here yet another name to add to the list
condolences should be passed on to his family even if it is a while ago
On a diffrent note
some one mentoned Jamie cambell's Y
i have seen it a few time at Worthing Sunny Sunday looking as good as when it was Featured in Street Machine back in 1988 i belive that he lives in Channel islands now..kevpop
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.....and another name from the past,a friend of mine a little while back told me that he was working in an underground private carpark,in the city and he noticed a car under a cover.Being a rodder he of course removed same to be confronted with Golly Godber's Minor van HAVOC! still in the same guise from the mid-70's,untouched and mint.Legends are made of this my son....................Fordzon
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Isn't havoc now the peach coloured, tube axled, minor van that was featured in CC & has been doing the show circuit for a few years. I'm sure i saw some build up pics of it a while ago?
Paul Kemptons black Pop coupe LUT 490 still lives & is owned by Chris Shears? I believe.We built it in '82 I think (thats when it won participants choice @Billing & he couldn't fit the trophy in the car) it was originally black with blue flip flop flames & V6, It's now cream & runs a small block. I've attached some pics as it is now. Chris, if you get this message contact me as I've the build up pics of this car for you. Tried to send them to you before but your email must have changed. Mail me @ nigel@baysplits.com..flamer

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Flamer, wasn't the peach coloured Minor a similarly styled one to Havoc, also painted yellow but called Jus' Booglin' ?..40Stude
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Stude
i thik you will find you are right on that one. remember talking to the owner a few years back at Billing
recall seeing a piece on it in one of the mags as well..kevpop
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LANGY
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE GASSER FALCON WAGON YOU WERE BUILDING IN THE EARLY '90s?
ANYONE KNOW WHEN NICK KEMPS OLD LO LID MK2 ZEPHYR WILL BE BACK OUT? IT NOW LIVES UP NORTH SOMEWHERE I THINK. LAST I HEARD IT HAD LEFT CLAYDONS AFTER HAVING A 440ci MOPAR, CAGE ETC FITTED & A REPAINT. THAT WAS ABOUT 2-3 YEARS AGO.
CHEERS..AL
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Ain't this great? For years I thought I was the only one who hsd a store of useless information, mind you, never can remember birthdays and the like..40Stude
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Stude, kevpop, yeah, you could be right, now you mention it, jus booglin was in a similar veign but came after Havoc. Always was crap at history, some thing never change..flamer
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Al,Nick Kemps old mk2 is indeed still around and is in Chorley, Lancs.I know the guy who has it and the last time I spoke to him(a few months ago)he was waiting for someone to cut down the screen for him ,I think hes bought about three screens and had them break during cutting.It`s painted, trimmed, wired and just needs a bit of work to finish.Hippy, the owner is about 6` 6" tall and beefy, so I don`t know if he can even get in it!!with that radical chop!When it debuts it will cause a real stir.
On a seperate note, I made some tentative inquieries the other day about the availabilaty of the old Model A sedan delivery "friut machine"as it has been languishing in a workshop here in Blackpool for toooo many years and it needed rescueing...however it transpires that he has passed it on to his son and he is on with it and has already unchanneled it and sat it back on the rails,..I`ll keep an ear open for that one..hotroddeuce
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I remember the old 'Fruit Machine' delivery from way back, be great to see it again. I got to thinking about another rod from years ago, after bumping into one of it's previous owners last weekend. It's a red Chevy powered Model B sedan, that was, I think built by Dave Finch, then bought and rebuilt by Jeff Broome from Doncaster, afterwards being sold to someone in the Manchester area, drop-tube, jag rear and leather interior, it used to be a regular winner and has been missing for years, same old thing guys, anyone know where it is?

Also.... kapri's been quiet for some time, has somebody tied and gagged him?
..The Candy Man
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I m here ! Just busy trying to my T finished before it turns into " whatever happened to.....? " LOL..kapri
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Candy man, i can trace back a little bit of Dave Finch's 32' about 17/18 years ago it was bought by Shaun (surname forgot) a old mate of Andy House in the Froome area, it was then bought by Bristol rodder Jeff Clements, i remember seeing it in a show report up north, with the appliance fine wires painted red, whilst Shaun owned the car it was used as our wedding car and caused quite a stir on the local high st. (photos available) no i wound'nt want to put you of you breakfast, at our wedding another old rodding couple that i have not seen for many years were Roger & Lisa from Poole and there C-CAB English Oak, i lost touch with them some years ago and believe up till then they still had the car, Kev may know more as its part of the country. Pete Watkins mini 'T' which appeared in Hot Car and was the first winner of participants choice at the first Billing fun run, ii ni Bristol he still owns it and says it wiil back on the road soon towing his slingshot. Rod..Hotrod Rod
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Hi Rod , went on an Andy Saunders organised cruise about 6 years ago and it was there then. Think thats the last time I ve seen it about.
Was`nt the mini T also in the April 72 ish issue of CC , the one with the Yellow jag powered Riley RME on the cover? Think Grannys Pride was also in that issue. That resurfaced a coupl eof years back as well..kapri.

[rabid hamster]

The last time I saw Grannys Pride it was yellow with a Taz on the doors,bodily it looked pretty much the same..
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Hi Guys,
My man still owns Alca'blown,its in the garage stripped at the moment ! Lemon squash has been sold.Still has the chopped dodge,The little freak,A model A Delivery and lots of others.This hobby is an obsession with Treve !!!!! He spends all his time in the garage Tinkering !! Drives me and the baby mad.
Well into Monkey Bikes at the moment.Got one for sale if anyone is interested.If i had my way we would have The dodge and alca'blown only and the rest can go...(He will kill me for saying that..hee hee )..alcablown
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Right then.Pop Coops.
Paul Kemptons is now cream and still around.
Mark Simkiss, is now green,still owned by him and now a roadster.
Now I get fuzzy.
The one chopped by El Ritchie in Rod and Custom is still about I think.Black and a bit ratty.
The metallic pink one with the chromed I beam front is getting a makeover I believe but dont know by whom or where.
This leaves the one that Mike Bull built.Last time I saw it was at Long Marston in about 85 or 86.Nice motor and I refuse to believe thats its just disappeared.I did a little detective work for a mate last year on the same subject and drew a blank.Anyone know anything? Bristol area I think if that helps!
I,ll go back in the loft now and see if I dig out a picture..rottenpop
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Remembered the other day that a friend I used to be in touch with from the Bridge County Cruisers, had 'The Sweeney', the Rover V8 powered Zodiac from way back when, I've tried to trace where it is now, and all I got was it was sold to somebody in the local area and hasn't been seen since. Anybody know any different?
He lives in the Scun*horpe area, but the forum wouldn't let me type it. (Word deleted)
..The Candy Man
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Do any of you old geezers remember the Coffee Grinder ? (Bit before my time )..trimmer
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hi Trimmer, how ya keeping? Yeah, I remember the coffee grinder, didn't the grille shell go onto Nick Diss' black coupe. if memory serves me right, i think it got broken up a long while ago..flamer
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anyone remember the cortina that used to advertise, i think, good year tyres in street machine. flake paint with flames, huge rear spoiler, chain steering wheel. not exactly a classic i know, but its currently living in a garage in heanor, derbyshire, undergoing a rebuild. i took my car there for an mot and the thing was parked outside..dooscoop
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The coffee grinder was at Dave Haskell's some time back for a lot of work,I made some hairpins for it.I've also got Kris Brown's old Fordson (EPX 144)down me drive at the mo for some suspension mods.
Apologies to Treve from Cornwall for the "unpopular" remark,goes to show that a gun-weilding maniac can be quite persuasive..Fordzon
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My dad Pete Gething build "TEMPTATION" C-Cab Ex "BEER WAGON" in the 70's. Sold it in 79' resently brought it back, in a sorriful sight. Still in the original candy red Glowbal. Now got small block Chevy to fit....if we get round to it. Thats if we finish my flamed,chopped POP.
..J Gething
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Ian Fuery-King built the Beer Wagon when i was about 16 remember seeing it whilst out on my Yamaha SS sixteener special, which means that was 29 years ago, he later swopped it for a pearl white sky riding, mag wheelled mark 1 zephyr from Manchester..Hotrod Rod
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Firstly it's great to hear that Pete, and now his son, are still flying the Hot Rodding flag, this C-cab to me is a true 'Car of Yesteryear'. I've ogled it at Bell Vue, and followed it all over the Leeds Cruise in the days when we used to meet at the Hindle Valves carpark, and now you've got it back it would be great to see this one out and about again. Best of luck with the rebuild and let's see it asap..The Candy Man
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after reading though this topic im pleased to say that andromeda will be back next year the rebuild started about 2 months ago and is now sitting in nicks workshop . when it leaves nicks it wont be finished but it will be running .the body is good but has some damage so i will be looking for a good artist to re do the ball and as for revenge well next year andromeda will go to lemanns and then on to spain for the euronats where it will meet up with revenge and be shown side by side for the first time in some 20 years..joyfull
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Thanks kevpop for mentioning my Y (built in 88 so hopefully not too out of date), we've been to every 'Knebworth' so far and came to Biggleswade this year with car now reg 1934, in 80's owned pop typical early 80's style with a orange perspex roof (tasteful)was sold and now back so wife getting cheesed off (again), a friend of mine in Guernsey owned Barry Cox's blown Mustang which was last seen for sale in Florida! When I first had the Pop (Thruxton era) one of the Pops I admired most was one owned by a guy named Stan a friend of mine Tim Horsfall owned 'Lemon T' a Daimler powered T sold to Ireland any news on that one?
..jamie34
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Hi all,
I drove down to Billing with Dexy and Steve Cheatham in the 70's when they did the deal with Ian Furey King. I was in a Mk3 Cortina a newish car at the time with a Geoff Ridgeway paint job etc, Dexy and Steve in their Cool looking White pearl Zephyr, where we cruising.
Ian Fuey King, took their white pearl painted Zephyr, in exchanged for his C Cab Beer Wagon. They both couldnt get away quick enough once the deal was done, both thinking they had the better part of the deal. Dexy spent the rest of the day trying to get the C cab to run right and get it back to Stockport with Steve. The twin Carbs were playing up, I think it had a Rapier engine? It had a boxed crossmember as a petrol tank, so held about 2 gallon I think, first we knew was when it ran out of fuel at speghetti junction Birmingham. We had to push it off the motorway, it wasnt until they finally got to fill it up that the size of the tank became aperent.. Great times...
Pete Gething who became its new owner made an ace job of redoing it as Temptation. We lost touch and after not seeing each other for 20 odd years, Pete and I are back intouch. Hey once its in ya blood its in ya blood I guess. Just thought I'd share that with you ;>)
..Holmsey
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I'm taking the liberty of posting this message I found on the UK Hotrods forum, I hope it will be ok and help the person out. It is as follows by a guy called Brian Smith.........
"I have a friend who has an old Ford Pop hotrod in his garage called 'Mister T'.
He has asked me to restore it for him, does anyone out there have any pictures of this car when it used to do the circuit?"
Told you this old car thing would catch on!..The Candy Man
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I'm pretty sure I've got a couple of pics in an old book. I'll scan them if I can find them.
Mr T was owned by Batty Treacy who founded Woolfrace Wheels, He also had a tall top T bucket called Mr T..40Stude
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Yeah, Barry nicked my name, LOL (but mine is fully correct - MRT). Would love to see some pics of the Pop, remember it well & the T. Had a big block in it & was full-fendered as well, unusual for a '23.
Went to see Andromeda yesterday, not a lot left on it now & a pile of twisted bits to replace. Hope you've got deep pockets Eddie! Oh & ask Nick about the fuel, when we tipped it out after removing the tank, it came out GREEN! Must have leached colour out of the brass..MisteR Tee
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You're right about the T, it was blue with a white top. So far as I can remember the Pop was white at first with the name in blue and later changed to a dramatic all over 'rising sun' paint scheme, possibly the work of Eddie Wimble..40Stude
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For years now I've tried to get a friend of mine to get 'Speedfreak' back on the road again, well now I think I've made some progress. I've convinced him to take it somewhere to get it completed, so at the moment we're getting all the bits together, loads of photo's for reference and away we go. So sometime, sooner rather later I hope, 'Speedfreak' and 'Vitamin T' will be rolling out of Doncaster to a show next year. All I've got to do now is talk him into turning it back into a Gasser!..The Candy Man
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is there anyone out there who remembers the two super vans built by fords /late 60s was super van one \ mk1 transit with gt40 mechanics and in the early 80s was van 2 with kevlar body sitting on a modified f1 chasis thay would be a nice find . edd..joyfull

[rabid hamster]

Anyone know what happened to Geoff Cousins old black/flamed pop that Paul Mc Cartney had in the film "Give my regards to Broadstreet"? Does anyone have a copy of this film?
..flamer
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The film company eventually persuaaded Geof to part with it ! Fortunately I do NOT have a copy of the film! LOL..kapri
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I seem to remember reading about the film company giving it away as a competition prize in the States and that the winners were to elderly sisters who immediately put it up for sale.
..40Stude
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the pop was given away by the film company via a competion on MTV. A couple of sisters won it oin Florida who knew nothing about what they had won. It was then sold to a beatles collector in New York, He still owns it in it's original condition.
Hope this helps
Barry..blownthames
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Re. The Ford Supervan Transits, I believe they were built by Ford apprentices at the time and then used by Ford for promotional purposes. The Mk 1 was basically just a Tranny with a V8 stuffed in it don't know much else about it. The MkII I think was cossie powered with race chassis, modified arches etc. The third version on the latest bodystyle featured full on Formula 1 technology clad in Transit body panels. I expect the older ones were broken up long ago. Unless anyone else knows better?..Lord Purple of Binfield
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anyone know what happpened to the old Slick Willy Willys owned by Bob Donogue, haven't seen that for a while?..flamer
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Paul Kemptons couped pop LUT 490 is still alive but with a different plate. Flamer is right but it is owned by Chris's wife Sarah.The car has been completely stripped and rebuilt when they bought it a few years back.The car was complete but needed some TLC. I remember seeing the car at Chelsea back in the mid 80's and took an instant liking to it and was very pleased to see it again when Chris asked me to go with him to buy it. I will give Chris and Sarah your e-mail tonight and get him to contact you..Pepsi Max
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Thanks Pepsi, yes we still have the Pop. Flamer I have sent you a mail re the pics, but I think you already sent them.
Still looking for the current owner of the plate, LUT 490. In the Bristol area. Looking for a swap with current reg. VPB 403..CoupedPop
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Red 32 roadster/chevy ex brian lucas i think.
40 stude,the red deuce fordor was owned by a guy in staines who also had a v6 powered pop.colin jeffries swapped his red 32 3window and a vw for both,part of the deal was that john martinez would buy the fordor,the car was stripped then rebuilt ,rover v8 tina front and sold on to holland,saw it at the euro nats in germany with german owner and blue metalic paint.any one know were my old model y is,reg dtv 230 chopped top v6 jag irs shelby cal 500s last seen in stanwell middx 84/85 also just visited paul mcmanus in usa who owns colins old pop,flashback and reg wilcoxs y type,the pop is unchanged in 19 yrs and used regular the y needs a new screen surround any one got one..hersham hot rodder
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Hi Bob, I remember when both Colin and Reg owned both of those cars and Reg telling me it had gone to the States. Good to know they are both still around. Done anything to the Coupe yet?
Keith..Lord Purple of Binfield
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hi keith coupe is close to being done,few probs with ifs ,ball joints,spring rates etc,seats are being trimmed,cant wait to see it with the other two 5windows in hersham bob
..hersham hot rodder
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I COULD DO WITH A BIT OF HELP REGARDING A CAR OF YESTERYEAR I'VE JUST BOUGHT. IT'S THE BLUE 'FLAKE JAGO T BUCKET, THE ONE THAT WAS PICTURED NEXT TO JAGO'S OWN STRAIGHT 6, GREEN 'FLAKE CAR IN THE FIRST ISSUE OF CUSTOM CAR. I'VE SPOKEN TO GEOFF JAGO & HE TOLD ME IT WAS THE SECOND ONE THEY BUILT FOR A CUSTOMER. THEY USED THE ENGINE, BOX & REAR AXLE FROM A 750cc RELIANT FOR INSURANCE REASONS, HEARING THAT PUT AN END TO THE INITIAL IDEA I HAD OF RESTORING IT!
LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT ITS HISTORY.
CHEERS.. AL
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Hi Al, the use that engine in formula 750 ( old Austin 7 type based class). Theres a lot of tuning gear and they do go well!! Will it then get a bright yellow respray ? LOL..kapri
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so al, youll be needing a small block for that T, i have a few 305 chevy lumps that need a little work , but if you want one , come and take your pick edd,,..joyfull
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EDD
THANKS FOR THE OFFER, BUT WAS THINKING OF USING THE 327 I'VE GOT PUT TO ONE SIDE. THIS IS PART OF THE PILE OF BITS THAT'S MEANT TO BE FOR MY A TUDOR PROJECT. OUT OF INTEREST, WHATS THE STORY WITH THE 305'S, PRICE, CONDITION ETC?
CHEERS..AL
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Al... any chance of posting a pic of the 'T', I'm interested to see what this old rod looks like.
..The Candy Man
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AL, the 305 lumps i have all need striping , rings/bearings and a good decoke i allso have a big block 440 mopar ill take any sensible offers on the 305s and the 440 ok edd,,..joyfull
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CANDY MAN
AT THE MOMENT IT'S ONLY A BODY WITH INTERIOR & SCREEN FITTED, & A VERY DUBIOUS LOOKING CHASSIS. IF I CAN WORK OUT HOWS MY NEW SCANNER WORKS & HOW TO INCLUDE THEM ON HERE, I'LL POST THEM SOON.
CHEERS..AL
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Hi Al , as I used to pop into Jagos a lot I may recognise the chassis. Pop Brown used to work there so may recall it. The very early chassis used semi elliptal springs a la MK2 Jag and early Healey Sprites on the rear wityh normally a straight tube axle with e93a spindles..kapri

[rabid hamster]

On numerous occasions I've heard people say, don't live in the past, or stop looking at things through rose koloured glasses, well it just proves that there is more than me with a liking for the old times and old cars. It seems that now more than ever the revival is kinda happening. The indoor show idea is hopefully making a comeback next year thanks to Chryslerboy, and quite a few old cars are being put back together with the likes of Al and his Jago T, Andromeda in for repairs, along with my own Vitamin T being rebuilt, and numerous oldies in the For Sales in our magazines. Kandies and Metalflakes are making a comeback, aswell as an advert for a Chainlink steering wheel being needed by one rodder, (got a 10" deep-dish chrome one hung on my garage wall). It's all looking good for a decent showing of 'Cars of Yesteryear', out and about at the rodruns in the coming seasons. Can't wait! Keep up the good work Guys! Keep living in the past?
I've just been looking through different sites while off with the dreaded flu, came across something that perhaps you lot already know, and that is that the old cars just keep on coming. Sometime back Graham Sanderson's model B (324 DOR) was up for sale, well now I've just spotted that Bill Gabb has bought it, so that will be another 'Car of Yesteryear' out and about then!..The Candy Man
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Have to admit that with the resurgence of interest in Gassers I was sorely tempted to clone my old high rideing consul capri.That would be started in about 2015 then ! LOL..kapri
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After a post of mine a few weeks back concerning Graham 'Spats' Wilkinsons English bodied '32 Sedan from the seventies, I can now answer my own question. I found it again at a mates workshop today, it was bought by a local guy and was in having a few jobs done.
..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Is it still in the yellow and black paint with the Deuce Factory style logo on the doors that was used by that clothing chain in the early eighties or did somone have an outbreak of good taste?..40Stude
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Hi Stude, it's still yellow with black fenders but the logos were painted out ages ago, still has original interior in good condition. Still has original ride height (stock '32 with a rack and pinion), Badly needs a dropped axle!..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Great to hear about 'Nykilodeon' being rebuilt and hopefully doing the shows again next year, and also 'Novel T'. Obviously the T-bucket is not finished yet but is the old C-cab still looking good and is it still in this country, will that be doing the shows at all next year as well? Anybody know?..The Candy Man
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In last weeks Classic car mart there was a pic of a Pop for sale & it looked like the old Pure Hell car. Did anyone else see this or know of the car..flamer
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Hi Mick,
Nykilodeon is back together and driving. Lost it's fibreglass roof a while ago but otherwise as was. Anyone remember which Custard tarts it was in all those years ago as new owner would like to get hold of copies.
Novel T is in good shape and the owner also has the other yellow body that was broken up. The owner is a bit of an old timer from yesteryear.. anyone remember Barry Sturgis and his mustang?? I am hoping to get some pics soon so will post them here.
Barry..blownthames
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Wasn't the yellow C Cab Biffo's?..40Stude
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Hi Alan,
Yep the yellow one was Biffos, believe it got broken up and Barry has ended up with the body and a few other bits.
Baz..blownthames
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Ask Barry Sturgess if he remembers burning out his Mustang in a car wash on the Custom Car Cruise to Paris late in '79. Me and a mate were leaning on the rear quarters while he laid rubber, when the owner of the car wash came running out quite irate about something or other!
Was anybody else on that cruise years ago? I remember Disco trucker, the Nightdiver Moggy Pickup, Chris Boyle in a silver '32 Highboy, the CC staff in a 4dr Mercury.
Nykilodeon was featured in CC in May 1973..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Going by the pics Bill sent me, the B sedan is either dark blue or black now & blown as well & looks to be in excellent condition (& tasteful - apart from the velour interior!). Can't wait to see Nykilodeon as I last saw it years ago when I tried to buy it..MisteR Tee
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Just to bring the topic up again, anybody bought anything, any updates on any old cars out there, anyone spotted anything???..The Candy Man
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i have herd that the disco trucker is in a lock up in broxbourn herts..gumble.freeserve.co.uk
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Just noticed on another thread, somebody mentioned an article in 'Hotrod & Custom' called 'coping with the coupe', well the 32 is well under way and could possibly be finished by now. It's been rebuilt by Colin Jeffries, a name from years ago, I've supplied him with some rainbow-flake and the pics are on UK Hotrods garage scene, it looks the 'nuts'. There'll soon be more reborn again Hotrods out there than new builds if it carries on like this.
..The Candy Man
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im right alongside you with this one mick ,,i went to see the new rad today , should be ready next week ,,ill be giving you a ring soon for some white pearl paint ,in fact the only parts im having trouble with are the rear wheels. ..joyfull
hay everybody i need help im trying to locate a frim that will spin me up two rear wheell rims out of steel 15*13.5 ,, iv,e got someone to punch and lace them. but he cant get me the rims , so if you are successful ill give you a blast i BIG A thanks edd..joyfull
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JOYFULL
HAVE YOU TRYED WELLER WHEELS? JUST TRYED THE NUMBER I'VE GOT FOR THEM, DISCONTINUED, IT IS OLD THOUGH.
SORRY I CAN'T BE MORE HELP.
CHEERS..AL
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Weller wheels got taken over by "Wheelwright (right?) " wheels.Did nt seem too interested in one offs last time I spoke to them.What about one of the American companies like Stockton ?..kapri

[rabid hamster]

thanks guys for trying but before going state side i want to try all in england first so any phone numbers would be good ,, thanks ,,,,,edd..joyfull
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Whenever your ready for the paint just give us a shout, I'll get it as quick as I can.
..The Candy Man
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Hi Joyfull, Re: your wheel problem, try Motor Wheel Services, Langley, Slough, Bucks. 01753-549360. no guarantees but worth a try, i believe they build/rebuild wire wheels, good luck..Brizey
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Try looking in Back Street Heros or Street Fighter Magazines. With 250 tyres comming out for bikes there might be a company making the rims..cunningplan
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brizey the front wheels are at M W S as we speek but the rear ones freeked them out thanks ,,,,,edd..joyfull
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I got two 7 inch rims from Weller a few years back,to put in TR3 centres to cut a long story short they were crap, the holes were different sizes and after sixteen hours trying to make them run anything like true I gave up....Dave Lowe
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CANDYMAN
FOUND OUT TODAY THAT THE SHOTGUN T BUCKET GOT BOUGHT FOR 2 GRAND! IF IT MAKES IT ANY EASIER ON YOU, THE 283 HAS BEEN SPLIT OPEN ALONG BOTH SIDES DUE TO FROST DAMAGE. THE NEW OWNER'S HOPING TO HAVE IT OUT NEXT YEAR. SHOTGUN, NYKILODEON, ANDROMEDA, YOUR SEDAN & HOPEFULLY MY '23, LOOKS LIKE NEXT YEAR'S THE YEAR OF THE T.
CHEERS..AL
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Thanks for the info Al, can't help but wonder how the car was sold for 2grand though, as my £4000 bid was the last one before it got taken out of the sale, ah well as long it's out again next year. My T is well on it's way now, but it's not a sedan, 'Vitamin T' is a tall 27 Doctors coupe, Alan Spittle's got the '23 center door sedan, although I did used to have Ray Christopher's '15 center door which is now in Scotland and up for sale I believe. Looking forward to the 'T party' at the Super Nats next year. Any pic's on yours yet?
Just had a thought, I noticed 'Dave Lowe' on the message board. Is this the same Dave Lowe with the powder blue Devon from way back when? If so where's the car now Dave? A true 'Car of Yesteryear', any chance of seeing it on the road again?..The Candy Man
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HOPEFULLY THERE IS A PHOTO OF THE T BUCKET ON HERE.
CHEERS..AL

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Hi Al, Looking at what remains of the paint, I think I've got a pic of your 'T' taken at the CC show at Olympia 1976. Did it use to have copper painted steel rims? Keith.
..Lord Purple of Binfield
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PURPLENESS
NO IDEA MATE, I WAS AT THAT ONE TOO, I WAS 12. WHEN YOU GET A MINUTE WOULD YOU DIG IT OUT FOR ME, JUST IN CASE. I THINK WHEN IT WAS IN CC IT HAD FULL WHEEL COVERS ON IT.
CHEERS..AL
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Al,Wahey! Now you can put piccies on! We could have gotten it a bit bigger too by the looks of things but I,ll let you figure that out!
Good to see you today mate.Nice day out.
Cheers,Russ..rottenpop
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Hey Al, I've just checked and I'm mistaken, it was a fully fendered T called Goldrush that had copper steelies at Olympia. Pic of your 'T' was taken at Belle Vue, Rainy City's show in '77. Definetly the same car, its got a V6, Red top, chrome front axle and same interior. Reg No. is EPX 552H got some weird alloys on the front look like GKN's. Contact me with your address and I'll scan it and send it, then you can put it up on site if you want. Keith
..Lord Purple of Binfield
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PURPLE ONE
YOU SMASHER, THAT IS THE CAR, GOT TOLD BY THE BLOKE I BOUGHT IT FROM THAT IT'D HAD A V6 IN AT ONE TIME. NOT BEEN HAVING MUCH LUCK GETTING THROUGH TO PEOPLE OFF SITE, MY ADRRESS IS ANGLIAAL1@NTLWORLD.COM.
THANKS FOR THAT MATE, WELL PLEASED TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF ITS HISTORY.
CHEERS. AL
PS. WAS BELLE VUE '77 THE YEAR THAT THE CROSSLEY FROM THE STATES WAS THERE, OR WAS THAT '79? THAT WAS THE ONLY TIME I WENT TO BELLE VUE, STAYED AT GEOFF RIDGEWAYS HOUSE..AL
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Come on Al, let us in on the pics, I just love photo's from that era, and what you got in line for it this time round..The Candy Man
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MICK
I POSTED A PHOTO ON HERE LAST NIGHT, JUST ABOVE THIS LOT. THE PLAN THIS TIME IS FOR A NEW CHASSIS, [OTHER ONE TOO FAR GONE] 327/TH350, SUICIDE MOUNTED DRILLED MODEL A BEAM, 40 FORD FRONT BRAKES, '57 CHEVY REAR END ON A POP SPRING, CRAGAR S/S 5 SPOKES.
CHEERS..AL
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I've seen the pic and it looks great, but I thought his Purpleness had got you some more pics of it in it's heyday?..The Candy Man
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MICK
HIS HIGHNESS MUST BE BUSY, I'M WAITING JUST LIKE YOU ARE.
CHEERS..AL
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Ok Ok, Jeez just had me dinner (Spag Bol) 3 glasses of red later I'm ready to scan. Al, arriving at an inbox near you soon! LP..Lord Purple of Binfield

[rabid hamster]

Wow, that's tells a story, spag boll and red wine for dinner and it's only midweek, you can tell His Purpelness doesn't work on the railways or a building site. I'm lucky to get a soggy ham sandwich or a bag of chips and a can of pop. I've realised now why he's a 'Lord'.
..The Candy Man
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just read through some of this again.. and to fill in a few gaps .. albeit minor ones .. The ex Wally Bartlett Chevy coupe did come to Scotland and was in the hands of MatT Nixon for a good few years .. Matt sold it to finance his 40 coupe but it returned to some one well know in england by then though it was painted black.
The pop called Mister T is in a lock up in Dunfermline .. geez is it rough.. The ex Ralf Seifert "shot in the dark " pop ( Daimler V8 jag viva) is still knocking around with a 302 and a complete revamp.. any body remember "Damson Whine" a blown 440 powered model 60? (pilot without a boot) that come up here and is now after many years sitting in a back garden in Fife.. "Astral Travler" mm series minor with 302 built in the 70s up here is still sat about the original builders chippy workshop..redoxide
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Asral Traveller? Isn't that the one with the spotlight in the middle of the roof?..kapri
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Sorry about the Spag Bol comment Candy man, didnt want to appear elitist or anything, its just that Thursday's is the night off for the staff so we whip up something simple ourselves, thank heavens for Dolmio! :)..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Kev it come from a country area up here so it probably did .. It was sparkly blue with some mural of planets etc on the boot ..redoxide
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Do the resurection shuffle.
You aint the only one having problems with this Al!
Cheers,Russ..rottenpop

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Think I ve got a picture of that in the Southern Roadsters feature shot taken in Beaulieu back in about 73/4 , was shown in "around the clubs "in Hot Car.First 3/4 rows are T s, thats about 30/40 T buckets!..kapri
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RUSS
THANKS FOR PUTTING THE T BUCKET PHOTO ON HERE FOR ME.
KEV
WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU'VE GOT A PHOTO OF IT TOO. I THINK I'VE GOT THE H*T C*R YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, HAVE TO VISIT MY DADS TO CHECK THROUGH THEM ALL.
CHEERS..AL
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Al, after looking at the Bell Vue pic of your 'T', it got me to thinking about what type of paint sceme your thinking of, any chance of Kandies/Metalflake etc, even the swirls pattern again, surely a proper T-bucket should have an over the top paint job shouldn't it? Looking forward to seeing the finished item..The Candy Man
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Surfin about on a lazy kinda Sunday,came across some pics of what I think is Shug,s old roadster,on a French club,s site called Loud Mufflers.Its going through a bit of a rebuild for sure..rottenpop

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THOUGHT OF A CAR TODAY THAT A COUPLE OF MATES OWNED YEARS AGO. IT WAS A 105E ANGLIA CALLED PUT DOWN. BUILT BY ASHLEY TROOP FROM ROMFORD/ILFORD WAY IN ABOUT '78/9 I THINK. IT HAD A LITTLE BUICK IN IT, THE ROVER ONE. IT WAS PAINTED PURPLE WITH GOLD 'FLAKE OVERLAY, HAD MURALS ON EACH DOOR OF A GORILLA SMOKING A FAT CIGAR & PUT DOWN WRITTEN IN GOLD LEAF. CHROMED E TYPE REAR, CUT DOWN SCOOP, BLACK WINDOWS & SHELBY CAL 500 SLOTS. IT WAS FEATURED IN CC TOO. LAST TIME I SAW IT WAS AT THE POD WHEN BRIAN HILL FROM SMOKE CITY OWNED IT. ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO IT?
CHEERS..AL
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Anybody got photo's of Rover 10 sedan delivery, appeared in St Machine 1987, yellow supercharged RV8, Model B grille shell. Mostly round Sheffield?..roverod
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I think it was green before that with 'Guaranteed Auto Engines' written on the side. Brian Marshall was the original owner/builder from S****horpe if that's any help, the only pics I can think of were some in Street Machine when they did a feature on the Doncaster Show, unless anybody has got any personal photo's of it. Are you the new owner/where you from?
**If you write the correct spelling of were he lives, they delete it!**..The Candy Man
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the late steve broadley (bugsy) had put down for a short while,late 70s early 80s only saw him with it once never saw it again,seem to remember it was brown with those big bubble arches that all the mk 1 escorts had back then.in the process of buying a model y from way back,more when i get it. bob..hersham hot rodder
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HERSHAM
IT DID HAVE BUBBLE ARCHES. NOT SURE ABOUT THE BROWN PAINT, I KNOW IT WAS PURPLE IN '79 AT BELLE VUE. WHERE ABOUTS DID YOUR MATE LIVE? IF MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT, THE FIRST MATE OF MINE THAT OWNED IT GOT IT AROUND 1980, THE LAST ONE HAD IT 'TIL AROUND '82/3. GOOD LUCK WITH GETTING THE Y, IS IT A WELL KNOWN CAR?
CHEERS..AL
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Redoxide, The Damson Whine car lived round here in Stoke for many years during the mid to late 80's, was later called Damson Punch, at one time it had a model B grille with a spiders web in it, aah happy times eh? Actually I think it was a locally built rod unless anybody knows differently.
That definately looks like Shugs old roadster in the photos, didn't he also build a pro street coupe which I think is now fenderless and black with green scallops..WagonMan
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Wow, Putdown, I rememmber that, only ever saw it at Alley Pally or Bell Vue and in CC mag. Must say though, as soon as you mentioned it the colour brown spang to mind, what about the other well known Anglia 'Sexpensive', blue, jag irs, and V6? Here we go on a Anglia memory trip, wonder what happened to that low salt's flat one? (Lol)..The Candy Man
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Re PUT DOWN COLOUR.
GO TO www.105speed.com. CLICK ON GALLERY, THEN POD FROM THE '80's. ON THE FIRST PAGE TOWARDS THE BOTTOM ARE 2 PHOTOS OF PUT DOWN. GOING BY THE FACT IT'S GOT CORTINA RIMS ON THE FRONT, IT MUST'VE BEEN WHEN BRIAN HILL HAD IT AS HE USED TO DO THAT WHEN HE RACED IT. THESE ARE THE ONLY PHOTOS I CAN FIND OF IT ANYWHERE, THE CC FEATURE WAS IN B+W SO THAT'S NO HELP COLOUR WISE.
CHEERS. AL
PS. AS FOR THAT OLD SALT FLATS LOOKING ONE, I LAST SAW IT HAVING ITS LITTLE WHEELS DRIVEN OFF BY THE NEW OWNER, USES IT AS A DAILY DRIVER, LOOKS GREAT IN ASDA'S!..AL
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al, bugsy lived in walton on thames ,surrey and owned quite a few rods(pinball,popatop,chris suttons fordson,a t bucket,2 more pops and a 33 plymouth. the y i am getting is the 1st westbourne glass body,car is black jag rear tube front,tuned rover originaly ran chrome wires, now center lines andhas been off road since 96,got to get cjs 32 out me garage first bob..hersham hot rodder
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confirmed Thats shugs ole roadster ( ex sport coupe)..redoxide

[rabid hamster]

Hersham ,is that the one that used to be pearl yellow and was featured in the mags at the time? I,ve a photo somewhere of its maiden outing. Cost a lot of money to build in its day.It was done for the owner of a local tyre depot..kapri
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On the subject of Model Y's, does anybody know what happened to the metallic green one, chevy powered and jag rear I think, fully chromed undercarriage and owned, again I'm not sure, was it 'Tony Ham'. Too nice a car to be split or just sat in a garage rusting away. Anybody?..The Candy Man
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Mick
that one has been talked about some were on this forum still around think its for sale somewere for about £15,000..kevpop
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THOUGHT OF ANOTHER CAR TODAY, MUST GET A PROPER JOB. ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO TOM NEWTONS PALE BLUE, 2 DOOR HIGH RIDING CORSAIR? REMEMBER SEEING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME AT A RIVERSIDE STREET CRUISERS RUN NEAR HEATHROW, BLOWN AWAY BY THE DETAIL IN THE WIRING & HOW LONG IT MUST'VE TAKEN TO DRILL ALL THOSE HOLES.
CHEERS..AL
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kapri yellow seems to ring a bell, what mag was it in and when.will post pics at weekend hopefully,reg is dxw 214 bob..hersham hot rodder
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Hi Bob, found the pic but the reg looks like CG something but have a feeling that may have gone elsewhere;-)) Its pearl yellow with black tints and what looks like truspokes or possibly appliance fine wires. It was definetly the first car from the mold as I know Tony Puttick well and remember him building it over a 18 month period. I think Steve Goodridges light blue was the second from the mold..kapri
Sorry .think it was either an early Street Machine or Rod and custom. The car debuted in about 81/2 I think?..kapri
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Remember Andrew Chaddocks flip bodied Mini van from the late 70's, he still owns it and is in his workshop slowly being worked on in between other projects.
Tony Jarvis' lime green flip bodied Pop possibly built in the early 80's?
I heard about 5 years ago that the ex Dave Grady 'High Spirits' '57 Fairlane gasser was in a north staffs lock up with seriously bad corrosion..WagonMan
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Just been looking through an old Custom Car from 1997 and noticed an ad selling my mate Reg's old 1935 Hillman Pickup.
He built it err....a long time ago, I think late 70s but i'm not sure. It was the front half of the 1935 Hillman, but the body was widened a bit. In this ad it is been sold as having a Rover V8 and Jag rear (live axle I think), but when Reg built it it had a 4 pot. I think the front suspension was Triumph or similar. In the ad it is painted light blue or white, and has a wooden bed.
The reg number was NXH 884 and it was called the Moonshine Runner.
Anybody have any ideas where it is?
See ya
Matt..4x4100E
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On the subject of 'Cars of Yesteryear', my monthly edition of Streerodder dropped through my letterbox this morning. One thing I noticed of interest was inside the back page, there's an article showing some of our old cars.
1)Pip's 'Low Blow'.
2)Plum Crazy - Fordson.
3)Light/Dark Blue Model Y that did the show circuit.
4)Mk1 Capri (Yellow/Graphics and stretched front bodywork that I recognised.
5)A custom van that I can't really make out.
6)And a sports car with a mural of an airbrush on the side, must admit that's a new one on me.
Now the thing that get's me is the caption that goes along with it says......... "Streetrodding was less than 20yrs old when this photo was taken in 1983". Now I've been in this game since 1975 and there were alot of people and cars of all shapes and sizes out there along time before I turned up. It's just the Americans are suppost to be the best at everything apparently, obviously not journalism, but when they have as much contact as they do with Rodders from this country, you'd think they could get something as important as our history correct wouldn't you.
And a couple of pages further in there's the story of 'Andy Brizio' and all his 'Instant T's', obviously one being very noticeable as the ex John Bonham/Alan Spittle C-cab with it's original blown small block which I understand it's been refitted with.
Forgot to put this with the other post, I know what you mean Al about "must get a better job", it all gets rather addictive this NSRA website stuff. Anyway, Tom Newtons highriding Corsair was recently in the 'Forsales' not to long ago so perhaps the present/new owner could tell us him/herself what's happened to it.
Got another couple of cars for you that everybody must rememmber, first one is, now I think this guy worked for Paul Gibbs at Wisbech, and he built a widened Ford Pop that was green and running cycle fenders with Rover V8 and jag rear, the other one is that Paul built a bright yellow V6 powered C-cab which I think was again for sale in Scotland some months back. The obvious question is 'Where are they now?'..The Candy Man
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kapri, the y is in the october 83 issue of cc,the one with semi naked traffic warden,looks like it has f,glass bonnet and sides,got steel one now,cheers for the info.bob.
..hersham hot rodder
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That yellow Capri with the stretched front, was that 'Capri or not Capri' ? always used to be at the Doncaster show with the wheels off showing all it's chrome suspension and stuff.
Fanta-C was a Revenge style C-Cab with 2 round porthole windows in each side. I think it started out white with graphics but ended up yellow in a later life.
Got a video of an old Street Cruiser Custom Show that they used to hold at drayton Manor showing stuff like 'Dusty Rose' the Model T, 'Odessa' CF custom van and 'Summertime Blues' which I think was a Vauxhall sedan delivery..WagonMan
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Is the yellow C cab with the V6 the one that had dragons painted on the side with the stripey
( brown?) seats ? If so was built dowm this way..kapri
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quote:Originally posted by AL
:THOUGHT OF ANOTHER CAR TODAY, MUST GET A PROPER JOB. ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO TOM NEWTONS PALE BLUE, 2 DOOR HIGH RIDING CORSAIR? REMEMBER SEEING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME AT A RIVERSIDE STREET CRUISERS RUN NEAR HEATHROW, BLOWN AWAY BY THE DETAIL IN THE WIRING & HOW LONG IT MUST'VE TAKEN TO DRILL ALL THOSE HOLES.
CHEERS. AL

Hey Al.Lookit. Could this be the same motor?
Currently for sale on e-bay for £1500!
Cheers,Russ..rottenpop

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RUSS
NO DISRESPECT MATE, BUT I ASSUME YOU NEVER SAW TOM NEWTONS CAR? THE ONLY THING THE EBAY ONE'S GOT IN COMMON WITH IT IS THAT THEY ARE BOTH BLUE & 2 DOORS!
CHEERS..AL
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And if my eyes don't deceive me the e bay one is a 4 door with the back ones welded shut.Just look at the propotions of the front to rear windows..kapri
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I,ll get me coat..rottenpop
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Cheque Please !!!..The Candy Man
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Mick, heres one for you, During the mid-eighties, there was a young guy making all the runs in a nostalgia style highboy (rare then!) it was white with orange steelies and flames, nice car! He came from the Midlands and he and his mates often used to dress 'hillbilly' style with dungarees, straw hats and even a banjo or geetar! It was never featured and I always wondered who he was and what happened to the car. Having said that he's probably a well-known rodder now and I'll have to get my coat!!..Lord Purple of Binfield

[rabid hamster]

Shouldn't be to hard with it being white, there aren't that many hotrods painted that kolor, but in all honesty it's beat me. I can recall a white 29 roadster from Geordie land that I lost track of some years back, a white'ish 32 roadster from Harrogate that ended up 'darn sarf' and I think a 32 coupe with steelies that I've seen in a couple of rodrun reviews but in all honesty I never knew the guy anyway. Shall I get my coat or leave in on the hook for now?
..The Candy Man
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No, you're ok mate, even you can't know 'em all! I should have specified, it was a glass '32 roadster by the way. Anyone from the Midlands remember it?..Lord Purple of Binfield
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You mean Coyd Boddington!! I'm not joking!He wrote it as a gag at Hayling once but was led to understand he actually changed his name to it later .Then again you know the hotrod grapevine is like for reliabilityHe was from Geneva, I think ( as well as the Midlands) .Big sport trucks on the back. Think he was mates with the Farrant Bros..kapri
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Dave Gradys old `57 fairlane is at Mick shephards(Premier Auto Trim)sat out back but not in too bad nick.It would be good to see it up and running in the Gaser Circus.The old `56 Custom Car give away, flamed from headlamps to tail lights is in Merseyside at Dave Stanleys.
Was the White High boy the one featured in Street Machine in a feature about a Rockabilly outfit called the Highliners, I think??
The ex show car "Celestial"is at the Lakeland motor museum at Holker Hall, Cumbria.
There are TWO, Original Barris Customs at a little museum in Keswick,Cumbria,Both are the genuine article and have the Barris I.D plate affixed(the Adam West, Batmobile and the Munsters Coach)..hotroddeuce
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Hi Mick,If you mean the 29 White hiboy roadster that was featured in Street Machine Back in the late 80s along side my fendered model A roadster when it was painted orange, the white one was built by Steve Saunders who now races a mk3 zeph,in super pro ET,
Well it still on the road only now its a marron colour with blue steelies last time we saw it,and mind is still on the road the same as when I sold it years ago,it was seen at Hotrod Drags this year,
See you soon
DaveC..DaveC
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Hi Dave, I knew that the white car was originally Steve's, what I didn't realise was the purple with steelies roadster was one of the same, I bet there's quite a few out there that we don't recognise because of the changes.
After talking to a few mates in one of their garages the other day, I found out that there could be a few cars coming up for sale in the future. One in particular will be well known to a few, especially to those us who live 'up norf', this being the red 35 Ford coupe that was owned by a guy called 'Dave Hornik' from Hull. I thought this would be of interest for obvious reasons, but first refusal I guess will be to the person that told me this.
..The Candy Man
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Good to know that High Spirits is in safe hands, thanks Nige.
Remember Mervyn King's old Rover powered Pop with the gold centred Crager sst's and a maltese cross taillight? It was sold to Pop Parts Plus a few years ago and not been seen since.
`Satisfaction' the mk3 Cortina is in Derbyshire and is still shown occassionally.
John Baldachino's old black & chopped HA van is still doing the shows..WagonMan
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It's not surprising that old cars go missing for ages, but what gets me is they end up emerging again right under your nose. Everybody remembers the 'Satisfaction' cortina and that's in Derbyshire, not exactly a million miles away from Doncaster and I've not seen it about. And I was talking to the previous owner of the 'Baldy Van' at the NASC AGM at the weekend who said he had sold it on, where about's is it now, and will we ever get to see it in it's original paint?..The Candy Man
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Yes Kapri Kev, thats the one I was thinking about, I should have remembered to put the 'Coyd' clue in there. I think the last time I saw it/him was Hayling, come to think of it. It was a'32 wasnt it? or was it an 'A' with a '32 grille?..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Yup was a 32 .Lovely stance to it.Last time I saw it was at the Nats the same year you would have seen it at Hayling when they were floating about in it dressed in the straw hats?
..kapri
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Coyd, actually Pete Wurmli, was from Worcester, think he owned a hair salon, and he did bring the roadster to the Drags a few years back (maybe 4 or 5 you know how time flies) still looking the same but in desperate need of a freshen up. At the time it was up for sale whether he still has it or if it sold, I don't know..40Stude
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Straw hats and dungarees. I remember thinking that they looked like they were having a good time! But then again, did anyone ever have a bad time at Hayling?
..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Only when you had to stay behind for 3 days unpaid ,using up your summer holidays, to tidy up behind everyone! No , I lie , even that was good fun , did it for 6 years so must have been..kapri
Only when you had to stay behind for 3 days unpaid ,using up your summer holidays, to tidy up behind everyone! No , I lie , even that was good fun , did it for 6 years so must have been..kapri
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a novice question,did cc's giveaway coupe get finished?
chris..poprodder
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POPRODDER
THINK I READ IN CC AT THE TIME THAT IT GOT BROKEN UP ALMOST THE SAME DAY THEY DELIVERED IT. I WAS TALKING TO A MATE ABOUT IT THE OTHER DAY, GREAT LOOKING CAR AS I REMEMBER.
CHEERS..AL
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WagonMan,
With reference to Merv King's pop, if you check out page 62 of Oct '03 CC there is a pop for sale that looks suspiciously like Merv's old one. The main clue is the rounded door corners (haven't seen another pop with this mod) and the wheels. What do you think?
Dave..DaveH
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hi al,
pity considering the work that went into it.wonder how many people entered comp to win. spot the tea cup.
chris..poprodder
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Last I head of "Satisfaction" the guy who owned it was looking for someone to respray it back to its original flame job. Good to see that one still out and about I loved it as a kid.
Someone asked about "Slick Willys". Last time I saw it was painted up in Pioneer sponsorship livery (late 80s?) and last I heard of it was a spectacular rollover at the pod or Avon Park about 10 years or more back. I think that finished it off, although I do recall hearing a couple of times it was being rebuilt but can't recall if that was from previous crashes or what.
Did someone ask about the old cream lakes style Pop? Built by a guy called Al Stevens if I remember. I heard somewhere that was broken up.
One I often wonder about is "Canned Heat" which was a silver Morris Minor gasser style with a blown Essex. Built in something like '82, I was really hot on that car when I was younger. Wonder where it went?
Here's a "Anyone recognise" one - in the summer I was driving about near Nottingham (Stoke Bardolph in fact) when I saw a hi-riding Mk1 Capri. It was white with yellow scallops, sidewinders, sitting very tall with a Jag IRS all chromed and polished. Looked mint, like a fresh build, but in a style from long ago. IIRC it had a tube grill and fully shaved, no bumpers or handles, etc. V. cool, v. retro. Looked mad just cutting through the traffic. :)..alistairk

[rabid hamster]

Slick Willy got bent twice, including a spectacular roll at Blackbushe. Bob West then let the car go and it was rebuilt without the blown hemi and painted black no less by a guy who I think was called Bob O'Donohough and it was featured in Street Machine with plates that read HEMI 40. Al Stevens' Pop was parted out (I have the front spring, still painted red) and I think the hood went on Andy Gisbee's Pop coupe.
Anyone know what became of the channelled, steel Deuce roadster that was owned by the same guy in Scotland who owned the 'Fruit Machine' Model A delivery? He had a style all of his own and festooned both cars with truck mirrors, marker lights and chrome side pipes at a time when even the vanners were ditching them..40Stude
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Satisfaction, was that a mk3 `tina with bonnet bulge , big moulded in spoiler , seriously raised rear & slotmags.Somekind of moulded rear side windows & red velvet or draylon interior?..Paul G
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Thats the beast. Someone mentioed seeing at a garage in/near Derby or Heanor earlier in the thread. Wonder if it got its new paint job yet? IIRC it originally had a *WORD DELETED*tail cabinet in the back seat... :)..alistairk
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Saw it Friday in a garage in Heanor , still in primer & covered with dust..Paul G
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The steel '32 roadster was still in Scotland a couple of years ago, I spoke to the guy (Nats 2 years ago)who had owned it for quite a while. Can't remember his name, but he was a oldish biker, Redoxide may know his name and if he still has it.
Chris..hotrodboy
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Paul, thats a shame. I'm also amazed I can't say *WORD DELETED*tail cabinet!..alistairk
arrgghhh...
c o c k t a i l cabinet..alistairk
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Hi Alistair - welcome to the message board - I see you found the swearword filter :)
The code for this comes as part of Snitz forums, so all we can do is specify words - we have no control of how they are deleted even when part of non swearwords.
The filter does however function well - since kids (or 'junior rodders') do frequent the forum.
..Doug
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Hot rod Boy te fellas name is Stuart he lives in the borders around Gretna and he still has the roadster... I havent seen it but he describes it as poor .. and its definately not for sale ... ive asked ..LOL, the chap that brought it in from the states was from Glasgow, I think his family had a van/ truck hire company .. He recently ( well about 10 years ago) brought in a belter of a 28 roadster pickup from the states.. It was matt black with a white top.. with the legend " the color it is is the color its gonna be" painted in the tail.. Guess what .. He painted it YELLA ... Think the company was called Portman trucks .. or something like that . still cant remember his name though ..redoxide
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Alistair,
That Capri sounds like one that used to be around in the late 80's, I remember seeing it at Doncaster and it's just like you described, may have been freshened up or just looked after.
I think 'Canned Heat' was later painted black but I don't know where it went to.
Anybody got a picture of the Pop in Octobers CC that DaveH mentions somebody has swiped my copy..WagonMan
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I`m pretty sure that the Scottish guy was called John Kerr..hotroddeuce
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Treve, how is Al Cablown, will we get to see it again next year. You took it to Drayton Manor a while back, will it be there again?..The Candy Man
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Refer to page 9, Candy man,Devon.
Hi Mick,yes I still have the devon,been in the garage nine years after the rear end blew.
Got a 8inch narrowed by a Essex drag car builder threw that S--t away and got a proper one done at curries USA (work of art!)
4Bar,watts link,coilover,discs on rear,on the road next summer,want american racing salt flat special wheels,any one how to get them to the UK cheap?.....
Dave lowe
PS have another devon I have been building since Feb 87! and unstarted dorset.....
..Dave Lowe
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Hi Dave, nice to hear from you again, is the Devon still the same colour/same upholstery. I hope so as I thought it was perfect the first time round, what run are you going to get it ready for, look forward to seeing you and the car again next season..The Candy Man
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HRD thats the fella John Kerr...think he still has the A truck..redoxide
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Just noticed on another thread about Gary Belcher. Got to thinking, did he ever build anything else? Another thing I didn't realise, I just took it for granted that the museum where the car is stored, actually purchased the car from him, but reading the other post makes me think he could still possibly own it and if for sale it could be bought. Does anyone know any more about that situation, mmmmmmmmm, a V12 T, wonder what that would be like to run?
..The Candy Man
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Mick,I have it on reasonably good authority,that the only reason Gary Parked the T was that he was embarrased to drive it.Seems strange really but I guess anyone with the smallest hint of self consciousness would have a problem in that car! I saw it parked in a side road near an indoor show in Bristol,years ago (1984 ish?)and it certainly was a sight parked up with all the normal run of the mill stuff.
I spent an evening at Haynes last year at a dinner do and its a shame to see such a quality,outrageous car,just permanently parked.Its a driver allright.I,m pretty sure it went accross to France on one of Strit Mashin,s jaunts.
C,mon, someone must know where Gary is and wether hes prepared to part with the T.
Cheers,Russ..rottenpop
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I'll chip in what I know here,
As 40Stude sez, Pete (actually Hans-Peter) Wurmli's 32 was for sale, a few years ago, but he did not sell it. It was in need of a redo, so Pete, in cahoots with ace metalman Al stevens has redone the car from the ground up. It was unfinished when I saw it last about a year ago, but who knows, it might be out in it's new guise next year. I can't give the game away, because Pete and Al are secretive, but it is not a bellybutton car by any means.
Pete was selling parts left over from the rework a couple of years ago at the southern swap meet. I bought the steering arm, it's on Old Rusty now. He also had the upholstery and (I think) the truck radials and wheels up for grabs.
Al did break up the cream and red Pop, the magazine cover car (name of mag eludes me..not cc or sm) I have the bootlid off it for my Pop.
So, here's a new one if anyone is actually still reading this old thread, What happened to the Clockwork Orange, the Ford 390 powered Jago 32 roadster from the early 80's? I do remember hearing it was in bits in someones garage (house?) but cant remember who or where?
I used to run it with Ian Sabell and John Kowalewsky. We sold it to Rich Llewellyn from Bristol in about '86..Mart
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Hi Mart,
Now you're raking up the past about Clockwork Orange, spill the beans, what happened to John's 3 window?
Alan..40Stude
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golley godbers Goblin..I wonder where that is?..cadillac61

[rabid hamster]

I can tell you what happened to John Kowalewsky's coupe. (For anyone not familiar, it was a well built 3w coupe, with a 421 cube Pontiac tri-power motor). It sat idle at John's for a while when family commitments curbed his hotrod time. He announced he wanted to sell it, and another friend bought it. But he really wanted a roadster, so the coupe body was replaced with a roadster body, again built to a high standard. It still runs the 421, with big slot mags on the back and steels on the front.
Must get in touch with Nick, the new owner and make sure he gets it to a show or two in '04.
..Mart
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Now that's one car I could get real excited about, (V12T) it will be with great interest to watch for any up and coming news on the 'Belcher T'. How could anyone be ashamed of driving that about, I dare say it's not everybodies cup of 'T', but to actually be embarrassed.........nah, not me! That would be fantasic to turn up at say the 'Supernats' and see that parked on the showfield, come on guy's, see what you can find out.
..The Candy Man
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From what i remember of Gary Belcher he tended to be a bit of a loner, i dont think he built any other cars and rarely took the "T" to many outdoor shows, mainly did indoor shows, alexandra palace, etc. I can`t imagine Gary being embarrassed about driving the car, after all, if your to embarrassed to drive your car or dont want it, most would sell. He probably needed the room. Shame the "T"s sitting in a museum going nowhere..Brizey
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Can anyone remember what happened to Tony Thackers `37 slant back sedan.He started doin` it as a build up type feature,I think, and it had a really serious chop...does it still exsist?Was it ever finished?Where is it now?Was it all a dream??..hotroddeuce
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Hotroddeuce,last I heard of it it belonged to one of Watford Rods about 3 years back..kapri
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Found out abit more Hotrod gossip the other week from a source who in the past has been pretty accurate......
1)The Pop called 'Electric Funeral', I think he said he saw some panels for sale from it at one of the swap meets.
2)Another Pop, the yellow 'Popatop' car is somewhere down south apparently being given a dusting down and,
3)The 'Fruit Machine' model A is close to being out and about again next year.
It was a while ago when I was told this so I might have not got it 100%, I'll have another word and get back to you.....unless anybody knows any different of course.
..The Candy Man
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Going back to Satisfaction for a moment , the current owner posted this on the uk-hotrods site a couple of days ago "looking for old pictures off mk3 cortina satisfaction email me alan.brown@tesco.net".Looks like he wants to put some paint on it at last..Paul G
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CANDYMAN
THERE WERE SOME PANELS FROM ELECTRIC FUNERAL AT THIS YEARS ARENA SWAP MEET, FRONT WINGS &/OR BONNETS I THINK. NEARLY BOUGHT THEM TO HANG UP NEXT TO THE DRIVERS DOOR I'VE GOT FROM THE ORIGINAL ALS GASSER RACE CAR.
CHEERS..AL
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Not confusinfg those panels with the ones from Steve Fry's pop that were for sale at Essex? They had orange/red striping around edges. Thought the only thing special on 707 AMP was the bootlid mural? Saw the car last at Bruntingthorpe ,totally changed but still with the old reg..kapri
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KEV
COULD WELL HAVE BEEN. SEEM TO REMEMBER THESE WERE A SORT OF DARK PURPLE COLOUR WITH LIGHTNING FLASHES AIRBRUSHED ON THEM. I THINK THERE WERE SOME PANELS FROM ANOTHER OLD ONE, TRUE BRIT I THINK.
CHEERS..AL
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There were some Pop panels for sale at one of the swap-meets, as pictured in one of the mags. Those were Steve Fry's (Black with orange/red stripes). The 'Electric Funeral' Pop, was I believe, purple with white lightening flashes on it. 707AMP was a different car all together I think, that was a heavily chopped Pop where as the other was stock height. And 'True Brit' was Dave Finches black and flamed (firstly green) English sedan, a 'Standard' maybe, I'm sure you guy's will know more..The Candy Man
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Electric Funeral was so named cos of the reg 707 AMP .Fetured a Triumph 2000 six in there,featured in a Hot Car with a Maya Maynot kit car .Only remember it as a dark colour with the boot mural. The edging on Pop wings I can think featured on John Cross's Black Rose , Steve Fry's and one other but can't think which at the mo , think it was dark blue V6'd with blue around the edges.Dave Finch's was a Standard,10/10 * Mick!!..kapri
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Once again I bow to your superior knowledge Kapri, I just remember being at the NASC Nats at Knebworth and the 707 AMP Pop was there, I just don't recall the lightening painjob on it. There was also a pic in an old CC or HRC mag with 2 or 3 Pop's parked in a line and I'm sure that was one of them. I don't know why I'm bothering, I just know when you come up against Kapri you'll be wrong.
Is this the 707 AMP car???
http://www.hotrodphotos.co.uk/images/imgs.allypallyshow1979album2/lightning%20painted%20Pop.jpg
..The Candy Man
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MICK
WHATEVER THAT CARS NUMBER PLATE IS, THEY ARE THE PANELS THAT I SAW AT THE SWAP MEET EARLIER THIS YEAR.
CHEERS..AL
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Hi Mick, thats not as I remember it if it is !! I can be wrong you know , just not often! LOL
Only saw Electric Funeral in the flesh that once at Bruntingthorpe the last year the Nats was there.It had lost the straight six by that time..kapri
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Re. the 'Satisfaction' Cortina, as luck would have it I happened to come across a double page colour pic of it used in an advert for Good Year tyres in the July 1980 issue of Custom Car pages 8-9. Its wearing a weedy set of GKN? 51/2j wheels for the pic. The CC ish has a featured Sunoco Topolino on the cover (plus model of course!)with the strapline 'Fiat as a fiddle'. Great stuff! L.P..Lord Purple of Binfield
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PURPLENESS
TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF THE CIRCLES I MOVE IN, I KNOW SOMEONE THAT'S GOT A BRAND NEW SET OF THOSE WHITE LETTERED GRAND PRIX S TYRES IN THEIR LOFT! I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER GETTING THAT OUT IN THE OPEN.
CHEERS..AL
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My usually reliable source has just informed me that the car that I've posted as 'Electric Funeral' could well be a car called 'Electric Sunset'. I've definitly got it wrong somewhere because the straight six engine that you refer to Kapri doesn't ring any bells.
And if my usually reliable source is looking in........MUPPET!!!
I've got myself involved with that many number plates and paint scemes, chopped/unchopped, I've got all confused, come on guy's sort it all out. HHEELLPP!!!
..The Candy Man
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I may be getting confused myself here BUT Bob Wilding ( I think ?) owned Electric Funeral.
..kapri

[rabid hamster]

JUST TO CONFUSE MATTERS, BOUGHT ON BY THE NAME BOB WILDING, I REMEMBER A BLACK POP THAT HAD A BOOT MURIEL CALLED PURE HELL, THINK IT WAS OWNED BY SOMEONE CALLED WILDING. COURSE, COULD BE TOTAL TOSS.
CHEERS..AL
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Who,s got the Baldy ruby now? john toft had it for a while down this end of the world, ive
got a nice write up in the loft if he wants it..jsf55
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That's the one I was thinking of Al, Pure Hell, that's it. I saw this at the Nasc Nats lined up with others and I thought this had the 707 AMP number.....obviously not.
So as it stands now we've got 'Pure Hell', then there's a totally different car called 'Electric Funeral' and one that my source had got mixed up called 'Electric Sunset'. Now out of the two Electic's, which one is the car that I've put the link on for? Cos this is the one that Al saw panels being sold from......isn't it???
It's now got personal, I will get to the bottom of this, if it's the last thing I do.
..The Candy Man
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Have a look on spencers site www.v8.cjb.net hes got a few on there..jsf55
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Found some old photos today,Gary Belcher V12 T, the only time I saw it driven at Detling Kent county showground 1980,a pic of revenge parked next to the Butler 27T coupe at blackbush drags,Mike Keys 32 and I think Pete Hurrel? Hillman leaving Knebworth S.R.nats 1978,AKT 974 reg standard green yellow ghost flames Dave Finch I think.I have more somewhere!
Dave....
Found some more!This may appeal to the drag racing fans,tiny black/white photos of the second ever meet at Santa Pod 1966,this was the visit of the american drag race team they had ultrasonic AA/FD,Anglia gasser(lawman),Dodge charger(another lawman) an altered rail that on one run at the top end was on one rear wheel,and of course E.J.Potter on his 160mph chevy V8 bike,he was tow started,put it on a rear wheel stand like that on a old grocers bike revved up and rocked it off the stand!!! thats why he was called the michigan mad man.
On there second visit to the UK I was walking down Brixton hill in south London late one night and the whole team came driving past my mates thought I had gone mad jumping up and down waving at some funny cars.
On the other pics there is wildthing pop racing a model Y,a slingshot jag powered racing a mk1 consul! a cut down pilot racing a topolino,these pics are 1st practice day 1967,they also had a new funny Y shaped xmas tree,I can remember before then they used a flagman.
Dave....Dave Lowe
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Dave....why the hell have you kept them to yourself all this time. Please put them on the site for all to see, especially the V12T, Revenge, 27T coupe one you spoke of, com' on Dave....ger yer finger owt !...The Candy Man
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I will try to scan some in,I will have to wait till the wife comes home as I dont know how to do it,(I dont understand modern cars either!!!)
God knows what they will look like I am no David Bailey......
PS do you remember one drunken evening discussing the Eccy Thump Roadsters!!!!!!!
..Dave Lowe
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I must have been drunk Dave for that one. Mind you, at some of the shows after a few drinks trying to put the world to rights, there's alot of conversations I'd rather forget.
..The Candy Man
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All this talk of straight six Pops and guess what? I,ve just unearthed a couple of old pics from an indoor show (Ally Pally?) and one of ems got a straight six Pop in it! Will scan and post tommorrow.
Cheers,Russ.
Oh! other ones a Jago T-Bucket.Steady Al,steady..rottenpop
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Just spent the last hour looking through old CC's for a pic of Electric Funeral. No luck so far, but from memory it was black with the name in green down the side and mural work of cemetery scenes on the bootlid, I think it was a six in it and I think it was featured in Hot Car once but never CC. Does this help any Candy Man?..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Hi kieth, think u'll find a boot pick of it in one of the old hot rod and customs, its to cold in the loft this time of year!! regards john..jsf55
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Hi guys - Happy new year to you all - on the subject of 707AMP Pure Hell / Electric ? - found a photo I took, dated 1989 Knebworth showing 707AMP in met. blue roof chop with what looks like a rover in. In the Sept.79 issue of HR&C at Garys picnic is a picture of Pure Hell/707AMP black with a large circual mural on the door which I think is taken from a Queen album. Text for picture states "440 Dodge... with six-pack". Sorry having problems uploading photos. Hope this helps..
jsf55
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I've mentioned this before, but it just shows the amount of interest and the fun in looking back at our rodding history, there's no wonder that certain cars a being tracked down and rebuilt, while others are now turning up after years hidden in a garage somewhere. Keep up the good work Guy's!..
The Candy Man
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Sorry Mick just spent two hours messing,saved the photos to my doucuments both as .bmp and .jpg files and try to insert a file on the posting form and it wont take it,I give up!
..Dave Lowe
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Post me the damm things and I'll do it! Tell ya, builds a rod to that standard and can't do a simple task! (Lol) I'll get my boy to do it!!!..
The Candy Man
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Just read the editorial page in Classic Cars For Sale, where they mention Andy Saunders Mentley & ask where John Dodds' Merlin-engined Roller is now. I seem to remember that his son brought it back to the UK a while ago, but does anybody know anything else? I would also love to know where Treacle's Model T "Mister T" is now, if at all?
Happy New Year to one & all, & please remember to read my valuation guidelines carefully & tell your mates to as well..MisteR Tee
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Is Paul Dodd from Surrey Muscle club related to John Dodd? The Rolls certainly turned up at the Guildford Cruise a couple of years ago painted a sort of matt beige colour and Guildford was their local cruise..Lord Purple of Binfield
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It wasn't that long ago when the 'Merlin' car was in the Doncaster Show, but as to it's where abouts now I don't know..The Candy Man
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Paul Dodd is John's son and I believe he is now in posession of 'The Beast' and uses it as and when he can. I did hear something about Paul returning from Guildford one evening and killing the Merlin engine, so it may be off the road at present. I think John now lives in Spain or Portugal..WagonMan

[rabid hamster]

It's taken me years to try and talk a friend of mine to finish his rod. Well fingers crossed it's on a trailer and away 'somewhere' to be finished pretty soon. He'd perhaps be abit annoyed at me for letting the cat out of the bag because for some reason he wanted to keep it quiet. So I'll do what I can to keep you posted on a well known little Fordson Van!
I've just spent the last half hour having alook through the numerous custom van sites, and they got me thinking about a van that I tried to purchase some years ago. I had no luck then and just wondered if my luck has changed now. The van I was looking for was a Bedford CF, chopped and shortened and called 'Abbreviation', I think. Same old question really, anybody know anything about it?..The Candy Man
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mick, that little yella van with graffics,built by john unsworth. dont know what became of it though,bob.
maurice,worked for a guy once who had a 1923 roller/wooden boattail, merlin engine ran off a single holley 750.said he built the beast and the six wheeler one also,saw build up photos of both,he also had spare engines,the six wheeler was photographed at blackbushe with a spitfire flying above it,just like porkys pilot.bob..hersham hot rodder
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Abbreviation! What a coincidence.Transferred a load of mags to the loft today and saw the blighter on the cover of an old Steet Moshin.I saw it in the flesh at Bingley Hall back in eighty ?,it came,it was around,it disappeared.Why does this happen to so many cool vehicles?
And why oh why am I having so much trouble posting pictures?!!!!! bah..rottenpop
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John Unsworth reads this site sometimes, but I'll email him and ask him who he sold it to. Much of the credit for 'Abbreviation' is due to Steve Jest who did all the bodywork on that and the paint on many other vans in the eighties including my F100 Panel. The red paint he applied in '1984 was still on it (the F100) when 'Nitro' T-shirts owned it up until last year. The new owner has now Pro-streeted the back end and was last seen in pale blue primer at the Supernats this year..Lord Purple of Binfield
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quote Originally posted by Paul G
:Going back to Satisfaction for a moment , the current owner posted this on the uk-hotrods site a couple of days ago "looking for old pictures off mk3 cortina satisfaction email me alan.brown@tesco.net".Look (alan.brown@tesco.net%22.Look)s like he wants to put some paint on it at last.

yes satisfaction will return this year call in when your passing..alan
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Will do mate . That Mercury should be back on the road soon - I managed to sell it on after swapping the wheels over :O).See you Thursday..Paul G
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quote:Originally posted by Paul G
:Will do mate . That Mercury should be back on the road soon - I managed to sell it on after swapping the wheels over :O).See you Thursday.

ill see you on thursday cheers..alan
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hi people abbreviation was sold to my brother who used it for a couple of seasons then i think it went up to the newcastle area..COOL 37
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quote:Originally posted by hersham hot rodder
:maurice,worked for a guy once who had a 1923 roller/wooden boattail, merlin engine ran off a single holley 750.said he built the beast and the six wheeler one also,saw build up photos of both,he also had spare engines,the six wheeler was photographed at blackbushe with a spitfire flying above it,just like porkys pilot.bob

If he's called Paul Jameson, then your right he did. Remember now that John went to live in Spain/Portugal & I know remember that Paul is in Surrey Muscle. The engine in the Beast was in fact a tank engine & not out of an airplane as was reported (sounded better, I suppose-the "provenance" not the noise it made!)..MisteR Tee
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quote:Originally posted by Lord Purple of Binfield
:you're ok mate, even you can't know 'em all! I should have specified, it was a glass '32 roadster by the way. Anyone from the Midlands remember it?

I cant believe I'm actually talking to a Lord, yes I'm still around and no I havent sold the Roadster. I started rebuilding her 5 years ago, it's been with Al Stevens for a few years but now I'm on strip down, hopefully for July, mind you the only part you'll probably reconise will be the no plate.
Sorry about the screw up's but I've only just moved on from the calculator..Coyd
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Coyd Boddington, or was it Heinz or HP, Remember that old roadster, one of the best at the time, got around everywhere in its day, remember it winning a pot at a Renagades do at Brean, but left before presentation, finally got the trophy to you at a later date, ahh memories..Hotrod Rod
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Cool 37.What year would that be when the van went up North?..The Candy Man
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Remember sand dragging on Brean sands with Matt
Farrant and Dave Harris..Coyd
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Hi Coyd, We never met way back then and I probably won't recognise the car after the rebuild cos I cant remember the plate. You'll have to give us a clue or will you be wearing dungarees and plucking a banjo once again! Welcome to the forum anyway!
..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Hi Mick ben reading through this thread it`s brilliant, the Mr T pop has been up here in Scotland for twenty odd years , i saw it on a trailer getting moved to a garage in Dunfermline , still in it`s bummblr bee paint job, the owner was John Miller who bought it from Barry Treacy i think , John has lived in Jersey for a good 15 years and the car has been stored ever since , i take it that now he has decided to sell unless Mr Smith is restoring it for him , i myself owned Gladys the 57 fairlane it was a different orange with a white roof when i got it i stripped it baare and resprayed it back to AMC sun orange had the wheels repolished and redone the top end of the 390 big block , i used it daily for 2 years then sold it to a chap in Carnoustie , he then sold it on to some one down south , previous to that i had pods old yellow delivery , i found it on a chicken farm next to Gleneagles golf course , it had a jag front clip and a half fitted 400 pontiac, i put the drop tube back on got the engine/trans fitted and up n running , the sold it to Pete Clean who put hydraulics on it and painted it red pearl and towed a teardrop caravan half way round the world with it , i always thought it looked like postman pats van in the red , cheer`s
Russ..Russ

[rabid hamster]

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:Hi Mick ben reading through this thread it`s brilliant, the Mr T pop has been up here in Scotland for twenty odd years , i saw it on a trailer getting moved to a garage in Dunfermline , still in it`s bummblr bee paint job, the owner was John Miller who bought it from Barry Treacy i think , John has lived in Jersey for a good 15 years and the car has been stored ever since , i take it that now he has decided to sell unless Mr Smith is restoring it for him , i myself owned Gladys the 57 fairlane it was a different orange with a white roof when i got it i stripped it baare and resprayed it back to AMC sun orange had the wheels repolished and redone the top end of the 390 big block , i used it daily for 2 years then sold it to a chap in Carnoustie , he then sold it on to some one down south , previous to that i had pods old yellow delivery , i found it on a chicken farm next to Gleneagles golf course , it had a jag front clip and a half fitted 400 pontiac, i put the drop tube back on got the engine/trans fitted and up n running , the sold it to Pete Clean who put hydraulics on it and painted it red pearl and towed a teardrop caravan half way round the world with it , i always thought it looked like postman pats van in the red , cheer`s Russ.

Tell me more about the Mr T tee, please.
Whoops, just re-read the last one & realised it referred to the Mr T Pop, not the T, so kindly ignore last reply. Oil get me cote!..MisteR Tee
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If Russ could find out some more on the car anyway that would be great. There has been a few people recently, asking if anybody has got a Pop for sale, well what better car to rebuild than something like that one with the history that it's got, and interesting to the rest of us anyway..The Candy Man
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I`ll see what i can do Mick, it`s a mate of mine Dave Duff who moved it and was storeing it for John i`ll give him a call to see if i can find out the lay of the land
..Russ
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Hi Russ, Sold your cars yet? You owned Gladys? I knew the original builder down here back in about '89/90. He was bodyshop manager for a company in Iver, right next to the M25. I think his name was Martin. That was a great looking car, wonder where it is now. Hey, it could be the one thats now grey primer and running in the Gasser Circus with a beam axle! Anyone know?..Lord Purple of Binfield
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purple gladys was built by Mrtin Ayres in Courts garage iver heath, i now belive the people who owned it are now courts recovery and he still worked for them the last i heard, i don`t think it`s the primered gasser , one of the first things i did to it ws get rid of the hydraulics to make it a driver , as for the rest of my cars the victor is away, the 46 is no longer for sale, and still using the pop every day till it`s sold or till the 46 goes on the road in march,
..Russ
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Just as an aside. The car Martin had before Gladys ? ... wait for it ..... Cal look Beetle.Probably a photo of it in the SM that contains the "Street Machine Nationals" ( yes really!) mid 89..kapri
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Martin Ayres, thats the guy, Courts recovery, yes they are still around, couldnt remember their name when I posted previously. By the way, I.m keeping the T now too.
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Lord Purple of Binfield
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quote:Originally posted by J Gething
:My dad Pete Gething build "TEMPTATION" C-Cab Ex "BEER WAGON" in the 70's. Sold it in 79' resently brought it back, in a sorriful sight. Still in the original candy red Glowbal. Now got small block Chevy to fit....if we get round to it. Thats if we finish my flamed,chopped POP.

i bought temtation about 2 1/2 years ago found on someones drive gave him £125 for it then sold on to darren at peugeot parts in heanor derbyshire later to be sold to pete hope your getting on with it..alan
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By the way, I.m keeping the T now too.
Good, there still a chance for me yet then, eh?..MisteR Tee
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What is the latest on 'Temptation', any pics?..The Candy Man
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:What is the latest on 'Temptation', any pics?

ive got some of when i bought it ill send them..alan
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russ wasnt "gladys" in a music video with a 40 ford, was a cool car,would look today air bagged and big billets..????
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Came across this whilst surfing through eBay, anybody recognise it?..
MisteR Tee

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6057&item=2453120773
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yeh it was vince , Martin blew the motor up doing constant burout`s for the camera`s , film company paid for a rebuild,..Russ
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Hi Guys, i have some pics of old brit. rods, but like Dave Lowe cannot upload pics to "reply to topic" i just get "page cannot be displayed," "open the nsra homepage to look for links to the info. you want". Am i missing something, or doing something wrong.
Any help would be appreciated.
Brian..Brizey
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hi
any one know any info on a morris 8 reg LMM 595
was called pieces of 8 has i have just got the car and putting it back on the road and like to know about the car..
rubyhotrod
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There was a white MKII Zephyr/Zodiac that used to race at the Pod called 'Pieces of Eight' doubt if it is the same car Though! :)
Mister Tee, Isnt that the Pop that was built by a lad in Essex and shipped out to the 'states where he spent the summer attending US Rod runs all over? I think he ended up working at Fairlane Motors f'glass shop, then married the boss's daughter and now runs the place! Talk about livin' the dream!..Lord Purple of Binfield

[rabid hamster]

lord p, stuat woollard is his name,dont know about the pop being a 46 though
..hersham hot rodder
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MAURICE
HIS PURPLENESS IS RIGHT, THINK IT WAS ON THE COVER OF BLEAT MACHINE WITH A BLOKE SAT IN FRONT OF IT WITH A HANKY ROUND HIS NECK! IT WAS LINKED TO DOWNHAM AUTOS SOMEHOW, PROBABLY A MATE OF THAT BLOKE STEVE THAT HAD THE YELLOW V6 FORDSON.
PURPLESHIP
PIECES OF EIGHT HAD A 390ci FE FORD I THINK & WAS OWNED BY NORM WILDING, THE BLOKE THAT BUILT FORD FEVER [WE'RE NOT WORTHY] & DROVE FUNNY CARS IN THE STATES.
CHEERS..AL
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Wasn't the one on the cover of Fruit Machine Steve Goodridge's long term project and the guy posed with it Al Stevens? That cover appears on the Anglia Obsolete web site..40Stude
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That one on the cover of Teat Machine was/is Steve Goodridge,s VEEEEEERYYY long term project.That particular issue features how he designed and built the front suspension, interesting piece for anyone thinking of doing similar.
Well done Lord finding the fenderless one.I always planned to run my Pop fenderless and found that one quite inspirational.They didnt take any shots of the back of it in the feature though.Now I know why! Yeeeuch!..rottenpop
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it`s not a rod...but anyone interesred in drag racing might be interested....took the dog for a walk afew nites ago and sitting in the garage at the bottom of my road in amongst the used escorts and rovers was a bright yellow funny car....knowing that mr nobby hills lives down the road i did a bit of digging and it seems a reincarnation of the `hound dog` is on it`s way
monkey..surfmonkey
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The mention of Nobby Hills got me thinking about all the old UK built floppers with Brit bodystyles, The Sting and Eurosting Capris, the Vauxhall sponsored vx4/90, a couple of Hillman Avenger bodied cars even the Swedish Volvo P1800, The Saint, did any of the shells (or complete cars) survive and wouldn't it be great to see a field of nostalgic funny cars at the Hot Rod Drags?..40Stude
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Stuart Woollards epic journey was announced in Sweet Machine and it promised a diary of his adventures across the pond. I don't think the feature materialised due to him not coming home! Shame I was looking forward to it at the time. The car made an appearance in Street Rodder with a caption along the lines of 'This crazy Britisher gets everywhere' after he turned up at 3 or 4 NSRA shows across the country..Lord Purple of Binfield
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REALISED IT WAS'NT THE SAME POP WHILE AT WORK THIS MORNING. I'M QUITE WILLING TO GET ME COAT THOUGH.
AS REGARDS THE NEW HOUNDOG FUNNY CAR, TAKE A LOOK AT www.houndogdragracing.co.uk (http://www.houndogdragracing.co.uk). TOP SITE.
CHEERS..AL
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Try looking here
http://www.eurodragster.com/live/2004autosportinternational/pictures/friday/Index.htm
and reading herehttp://www.eurodragster.com/live/2004autosportinternational/reports/friday.htm
for photos and write up about the new Hound Dog..cunningplan
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Hi guys,if this works you should be able to look at a photo of the Mr."T" T !!!.
427" chev. motor, muncie trans,lsd olds rearend on coil springs and pilot frontend.
Pic was taken at Silverstone drags, early 70s, pinball`s parked next to it"..Brizey

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quote:Originally posted by rubyhotrod
hi any one know any info on a morris 8 reg LMM 595
was called pieces of 8 has i have just got the car and putting it back on the road and like to know about the car

i also owned this vehicle about 2 years ago sold the number then sold again to darren at peugeot parts heanor derbys don,t know much about it exept it didn,t see much road in the ninety's then had probably the worst paint in the world..alan
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Now for the Mr. "T" pop in its rising sun paint work, car had 273" chrysler, four speed, triumph frontend and a daimler rearend, disc brakes and coilovers fitted all round,car also came in white early on. Santa Pod early70s.
Sorry about the size of the pics will try and sort that for the future, ENJOY.....
Brian..Brizey

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quote:Originally posted by Brizey
:Hi guys,if this works you should be able to look at a photo of the Mr."T" T !!!.
427" chev. motor, muncie trans,lsd olds rearend on coil springs and pilot frontend.
Pic was taken at Silverstone drags, early 70s, pinball`s parked next to it.
Right click on red cross, select"show picture".

Excellent, all I want now is the real thing! Where is it?..MisteR Tee
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Hi guyz !!
Ere goes....Think e'cornishmen an computeerrss dont go,but me think e'v got 'ang of it now !
Hello to The Candy Man.Really dont think you will be seeing Alcablown this year,lots of work still to be done and no time ! The usual ..We should still be going to Drayton,but we will probably be in my Model A Delivery.
A little bit of History........Street Odyssy pop (If anyone remembers) was for sale in last months custom car,however it is sold now..and No..i didnt buy it ! and Bodysnatcher 'c' cab is dry stored up the road from me,and is not for sale.As a few of you know or will now know, i own and have owned many 70's and 80's Rods,some really nice and some that have seen better days ! The ones that have gone to pastures new, i hope are being looked after well.My latest addition to the family is Terry Bulls Model Y Delivery,Just been freshly painted and looks good.Oh....and i have also got a baby now,he is 15 months old and called Harley.(Must get my priorities right !!!!!) Treve..alcablown
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Hi Treeve, you used to own one of my old cars, a purple 300E van with a 1700 x-flow and Centreline type wheels reg no TFF 653 from Derby in the late 90's. Just wondered what happened to it.
Gaz..SPECIAL WHEN LIT
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Hi Gaz, Yeah youre right i did own your old van after finding it near the coast in poor condition.I towed it home,stripped it,sprayed it orange with purple flames and then a friend bought it off me and he is putting a small block chevy in it.Was it you who sold it to Ken from Cornwall ? Treve..alcablown
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Treeve, I swapped it with a friend, Andy Gothard for a V6 Consul Capri but lost track of it after that. I did own another 300E a few years ago that was Orange with a 7" chop and a Rover in it which I last heard of in Leicester.
Now I have a Saab 96 in need of a clutch, and when that's fixed and sold, I'm going to buy/build a Pop..SPECIAL WHEN LIT
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quote:Originally posted by MisteR Tee
:I used to own the car that was originally Jeff Beck's Boston Strangler, I sold it to The Busch brewery chain to go in their restaurant "TJ's" down in Havant. Last I heard, the restaurant closed after about a year & the architect rang me to see if I wanted to buy it back. He then decided to try & buy it himself & put it back on the road, but I've heard no more. That was some time ago as Kev says.
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Andromeda is back at Nicks and is being worked on as you read this
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quote:Originally posted by MisteR Tee
:I used to own the car that was originally Jeff Beck's Boston Strangler, I sold it to The Busch brewery chain to go in their restaurant "TJ's" down in Havant. Last I heard, the restaurant closed after about a year & the architect rang me to see if I wanted to buy it back. He then decided to try & buy it himself & put it back on the road, but I've heard no more. That was some time ago as Kev says.
Gary Belcher's T is in the Haynes museum in Sparkford, as is an amazing Morris Minor van which has been completely airbrushed to look like its made out of wood. Belongs to a guy from Jersey & a friend of mine helped to put it together. Same friend bought my Cream & Green Mk1 Consul with the 302 in it that was featured in SM years ago & it's now in its retirement home in Jersey!

Revenge is temporarily back with its creator, Nick Butler, for some re-assembly work prior to being shipped down to Spain where it will live with its owner whilst he finishes rebuilding it.
Andromeda has been sold & may yet re-surface..Ratcatcher

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid99/p822d24c5a80050bc0ec076cab45ce9c8/f9f2bad8.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid99/pd9e891a619b54050e45ad43e2eac21c0/f9f2c727.jpg

As I mentioned about a 4 months ago.....
I was given these old photos by a kid at work.Seems his dad used to go to a few shows and I thought they might be of interest on here.Plus I,m chuffed that I managed to post them! If they dont come out,thats gonna sound sooooo stoopid.......
Cheers,Russ..rottenpop

[rabid hamster]

An update for you on the ex Stewart Woollard fenderless "Coast to Coast" Anglia. It's still alive and well, after being parked up on a lot in Michigan it's been bought by a young US rodder who's going through it now and hopes to get plenty of miles on it this season. Stewart was contacted by the new owner and I have arranged some replacement parts for the front end to be shipped out to get the rod rolling again. Stewart did indeed work for Fairlane Automotive and he did marry the bosses daughter, together with his boss/father-in-law and "Dusty Muroc" he launched "Real Hot Rods" selling a kit form Model A modified, a build up of this is being featured in R & C at the moment, unfortunately Stew is not quite "living the dream" as LP puts it as he's just been laid off due to low sales figures on the new modified. On another thread there's been some discussion on quality of US fibreglass bodies, if you've ever seen any of the Fairlane / Real Hot Rods products you'll know what quality is all about, they are quite unbelievable, but, quality like that comes with a price !! and Fairlane have suffered having some of their products ripped off by other manufacturers (poorer quality)which US rodders still buy, so we're not the only cost concious buyers out there. Getting back to Stew's trip across the States, an article was supposed to appear in SM but never happened due to the person who was earmarked to write it sloped off to the States as well !! The Anglia was sponsered by several people including our club (The Rodfathers) and Downham Autos and yes that was arranged through Steve Elliott who still has the Yellow Fordson (ex Kris Brown "Old Iron")which is now being gassered. Stews Anglia covered some serious miles in the US, from Florida to California, Bonneville to St Ignace and performed really well. He has some great stories to tell of his trip and it's a pity the articles never appeared in any of our mags..Chad
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About the same time Ray Christipher was producing chassis, mainly for C cabs, but a few ended up under Jago T's.
These chassis were built of two rails 1 1/2" box section, spaced 3" appart. The front suspension was Triumph Heralod and the rear was Healey leaf springs. Ihope this is of interest..Ratcatcher
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i think the pop pic posted above is popcorn,jag engined,any one know more,bob
..hersham hot rodder
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Looks like your right Bob, Ally Pally mid 70s..Brizey
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I've been looking through some old Hotcar/Hotrod and Custom mags and found a couple of pics very similar to the ones posted and it looks like the Pop in question is called 'Popcorn'. I'd love to see some more pics taken by 'joe public', just to see what type of car interested them at the time..The Candy Man
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POPCORN CAME FROM THIS AREA [KENT]I THINK. THERE USED TO BE A SHOW AT THE KENT COUNTY SHOW GROUND DETLING, NEAR MAIDSTONE. THE BLOKE THAT OWNED POPCORN USED TO GIVE RIDES AROUND THE SHOW GROUND TO ALL THE NORMAL PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.CHEERS..AL
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Years ago, we went down to near Chichester to view a Pop for sale. I was high riding, fenderless, heavy top chop and running a Chevy motor. At the time it was painted Rolls Royce Red, but think it was originally yellow.
Anyone know what happend to it, as I've never seen it since..cunningplan
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There was a yellow one fitting that description built by a guy in Hastings area, It was featured in Street Machine I think. Can't remember his name, Alan something?....he had a beard and wore a white 'stroker'cap. Last seen at the 'Ace of clubs' show in Aldershot in 1985..Lord Purple of Binfield
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I think there were two yellow pops both hi riding at that time, one was Alan Humphrey's reg 210MMC featured in SM Jan'85 stock height blown 289, the other was "Popatop" which was heavily chopped reg NNJ896 which I remember seeing at Slyfield in 1989 painted dark red with yellow and blue graphics think it went back to yellow later on when it moved to the south coast and was owned by Paul Homewood.
Was "Popcorn" the one that had a pop front end as a trailer ?Ralph....Roadster
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DIDN'T IAN DAWES OF FAT RAT WILLYS FAME EITHER BUILD OR OWN POPATOP? IT HAD A 400ci SMALL BLOCK CHEVY IN IT I THINK.CHEERS..AL
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Popatop was the one, as you said it had graphics on the sides. I know it was'nt Alan Humphrys Pop as I used to see that around Hastings.
Where is it now??..cunningplan
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Alan Humphrys still owns the pop used to take it to the 1066 cruisers show belive its sat in a workshop nr Battle now..kevpop
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ralph.the one with the trailer was red and black,the bloke with guys old 32(with relish)had it,the 32 was spotted recentley on a trailer looking in need of a good tidy up.bob..hersham hot rodder
..hersham hot rodder
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Think I can shed some light on Tom Newmans Corsair, The car was parked up in the late 80`s in a barn in deepest darkest suffolk, the engine was sold to Toms brother who put it in a yellow pop, the car then sat in said barn until 4 years ago when Toms youngest daugher wanted it four her 18th birthday, it was then moved into another garage (This is when I First Saw it) the shell rolls but the front end and shiny bits are in Toms Loft two this day !!! Said daughter is now 21 and has not toughted the car only two move it 3 times in 3 years !! Ive Tried two by the car several times but she will not let me have it, even Tom said it would be ok four me two have it and that he would help me rebuild it !!
Its still go the 87 (i think) tax in the window and the Orwell Vally Crusers Sicker in the window !!..Youngblood
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YOUNGBLOOD
THANKS FOR THE UPDATE ON THE CORSAIR. STICK WITH THE ATTEMPTS TO BUY IT, IT'D BE GREAT TO SEE IT AGAIN.CHEERS..AL
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Can anyone remember the pop called "street odyssey" built by Phil rutherford, where's that gone?, I know his candy 32 roadster went abroad, anyone seen it?, so many cars I remember, anyone remember the pop called "moondust"?..Frankee.
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'Street Odyssey was involved in a bad smash back in the seventies, can't remember whether they put it back on the road as it was quite severe. I remember 'Moondust' featured in 'H*T C*R and came from Essex I think..Lord Purple of Binfield
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FRANKEE
PURPLE'S RIGHT ABOUT THE POP MOONDUST. I THINK IT WAS BUILT BY A BLOKE CALLED GEORGE SMITH, HAD A V6 , HE WENT ON TO BUILD A RADICAL BEDFORD CF VAN CALLED INVADER, DARK BLUE WITH GULLWING DOORS, POINTY FRONT & THE OBLIGITORY FISH TANK. THINK HE HAD ANOTHER CF BEFORE THAT CALLED NIGHT GALLERY, WAS ON THE COVER OF H*T C*R. INVADER WAS AT BELLE VUE IN ABOUT '77/'78, WAS IN CC, TERRIBLE PHOTOS, THEY PUT A SHEET UP BEHIND CARS AT THE SHOW WITHOUT OWNERS PERMISSION I SEEM TO REMEMBER. THINK THEY DID VITAMIN T AT THE SAME TIME.CHEERS..AL
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LP, the first incarnation of Street Oddysey was written off but a new one was built with the same name in candy red with a tube front axle. Seem to think it had a Daimler whereas the first one was Jag powered?..kapri
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[I] quote:Originally posted by Lord Purple of Binfield
'Street Odyssey was involved in a bad smash back in the seventies, can't remember whether they put it back on the road as it was quite severe. I remember 'Moondust' featured in 'H*T C*R and came from Essex I think.

A mate of mine used to own moondust -Mike Bannel ,he is pictured with the car in July77 issue of hot car p62.He seams to think when he sold the pop the then new owner believe it or not put it back to more standard.The carb(tops)and scoops were fixed to the hood to make it look like it had a highriser set up.There was a lot of pops about round this way in the 70s and 80s one other being john hocklys wild ride,mustang powered.He owened hot rod enterprises on canvy.Ive been told by a mate that barry george may have biult the moondust pop(he was pictured with the car in a local paper at the time)It was then sold to keith harvie(had fire-brewed camero in the 70s).Keith had the pop sprayed the pearl white and gold lettering moondust (by possibly mechspray).He also put dummy injecters on the hood.George smith then bought it,who then sold it to Russ wald(he once had a cad powered roadster)Mich bannel then bought the pop end of 76.Mick changed the dummy injecters for dummy carbs on the hood.Mick had it for a while,then p/x it to Brian kirby(of prisoner T fame)The pop was then sold to someone else who altered it completly.The car was last seen at billing by my mates in 86 or 85 in a dark colour.Hope this all makes sence.By the way apparently mr kirby still owns the prisoner T.Still in the same gues.The T was once owened by the church Brothers..SJB
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Moon Dust, now that rings a bell. The car was built originally by Ken Britten from Cheltenham. He sold it and then built the 47 Morris Z van called 'Bubbles'. He still owns the van today, though it now is only used on the strip and is call 'Pozzessed' Geof..geof harris
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Street odyssey ford pop is alive....But is feeling pretty sick ! Now runs 318 ci Chrysler.still got its original number,and was for sale in custom car recently.I have a picture record of the car in my display cabinet,infact i have the picture records of the whole collection !..alcablown
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Moon Dust, now that rings a bell. The car was built originally by Ken Britten from Cheltenham. He sold it and then built the 47 Morris Z van called 'Bubbles'. He still owns the van today, though it now is only used on the strip and is call 'Pozzessed'.Geof.

The pop that was Moondust had number plate POP 908,if anyone knows of its where abouts.When last scene in the mid 80s it may of been dark green,and may of moved up north..SJB

[rabid hamster]

quote:Originally posted by Chad
:An update for you on the ex Stewart Woollard fenderless "Coast to Coast" Anglia. It's still alive and well, after being parked up on a lot in Michigan it's been bought by a young US rodder who's going through it now and hopes to get plenty of miles on it this season. Stewart was contacted by the new owner and I have arranged some replacement parts for the front end to be shipped out to get the rod rolling again. Stewart did indeed work for Fairlane Automotive and he did marry the bosses daughter, together with his boss/father-in-law and "Dusty Muroc" he launched "Real Hot Rods" selling a kit form Model A modified, a build up of this is being featured in R & C at the moment, unfortunately Stew is not quite "living the dream" as LP puts it as he's just been laid off due to low sales figures on the new modified. On another thread there's been some discussion on quality of US fibreglass bodies, if you've ever seen any of the Fairlane / Real Hot Rods products you'll know what quality is all about, they are quite unbelievable, but, quality like that comes with a price !! and Fairlane have suffered having some of their products ripped off by other manufacturers (poorer quality)which US rodders still buy, so we're not the only cost concious buyers out there. Getting back to Stew's trip across the States, an article was supposed to appear in SM but never happened due to the person who was earmarked to write it sloped off to the States as well !! The Anglia was sponsered by several people including our club (The Rodfathers) and Downham Autos and yes that was arranged through Steve Elliott who still has the Yellow Fordson (ex Kris Brown "Old Iron")which is now being gassered. Stews Anglia covered some serious miles in the US, from Florida to California, Bonneville to St Ignace and performed really well. He has some great stories to tell of his trip and it's a pity the articles never appeared in any of our mags.

Is that yellow fordson the one that used to go to north weald,i think it had a v6 then.Cool another gasser..SJB
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quote:Originally posted by AL
:MAURICE
HIS PURPLENESS IS RIGHT, THINK IT WAS ON THE COVER OF BLEAT MACHINE WITH A BLOKE SAT IN FRONT OF IT WITH A HANKY ROUND HIS NECK! IT WAS LINKED TO DOWNHAM AUTOS SOMEHOW, PROBABLY A MATE OF THAT BLOKE STEVE THAT HAD THE YELLOW V6 FORDSON.

PURPLESHIP PIECES OF EIGHT HAD A 390ci FE FORD I THINK & WAS OWNED BY NORM WILDING, THE BLOKE THAT BUILT FORD FEVER [WE'RE NOT WORTHY] & DROVE FUNNY CARS IN THE STATES.
CHEERS. AL

Thats right about norm wilding,he also biult blue moon another mkII with a v6.This car turned up at north weald in 2002 lookin the same as all them years ago.But wot happened to pieces of eight.When i was looking at blue moon at north weald someone there that used to no norm said that he thinks norm broke it up.The reg was 460 BOV if anyone nos.This car was a real blast.Also does anyone no whot happened to these-Shy Tot a 56 chevy that was in cc ,the same mag with roaring rat jun78.Also a seriosly fast red mk1 zephur/zodiac with very radiaced archs.I think it had a nitrous small block..SJB
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How about Steve Uragello's Minor pick up with the Rover V8, a well built car that just dissapeared around 1982. Any one know what happened to it? What of 'Cornish Tin' the green Model Y pick up with gold plating & no front brakes?..Andy
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Who was it that had the yellow pop that had lotus suspension years ago? Can`t remember what engine it ran.
Dave..Dave Lowe
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Yeah Dave I remember a road test feature in SM or CC on that one. Didn't it used to run a Rover V8? I don't think it was the guys first build either, wasn't he a bit of a 'name' at the time?..Andy
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If my memory serves me right it was Mervyn King,rover v8 & crager sst
wheels with gold centres..
chevy2
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Hears three cars that have been lodged in my memory bank(For about twenty five years). but does anyone remember them?Well here goes,i lived in benfleet then,just off the A13,you got quiete a bit of traffic down my road,ofton you would see custom cars about(they seamed to criuse about more then**.One of them was a MKIII zephur,with ovel back and rear side windows,had a beige vinel roof and terquwize in colour.It had a raised rear,im not to sure whot wheels,and had two criuse lights in the grill.I seam to think the car was changed to black a bit later on then red.then diserpiered.Another was a stock looking dodge charger (The 71-73 shape).It was red in colour and had orengey lettering all down the sides(Saying how much BHP it had)It was allways spining up its tyres.The third car,i first see was when i was sitting on a bench on bread-and cheese-hill(I was about 13or14 about the time)It was a PB Cresta,Bronzy type of colour,had slot mag wheels with the slots painted yellow,raised rear,cutterway rear valence to show of the yellow painted and detailed underside.It looked real good.I later see the car again parked up in a drive,it had two criuse lights on the front and had CRESTA ITS FROTHY MAN on the boot lid.A few years later the car reapiered in red.The car had the 3.3 lump.The driver at that time seamed to be known for doing burnouts(in mainly stock cars,one being a knocking triumph toledo)The CRESTA later may of been brocken up,im not sure.Ive looked in all my old mags for pics of these cars,but no luck.I wish i took more photoes back then,but its only in the memory bank..SJB
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Steve Uragellos chassis got sold on. Don't know what happened to the rest of it..kapri
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Mervyn King was Chairman of the NSRA I think (can anybody back me up on this?) and I mentioned his Pop on here many pages ago. Started off yellow then metallic brown then electric blue. It was a friend's daily driver for most of the late 80's and early 90's before being sold to Pop Parts Plus.Ian..WagonMan
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Kapri, you mentioned the ex Paul Gibbs model Y, it is indeed in the hands of Tim Hammond undergoing a complete revamp, it will then be up for sale, this summer possibly..Frankee.
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Wagonman, i know Mervyn King was N.S.R.A. secretery for a few years (late ,70s), but not to sure about chairman, it was the same time i was on the commitee.
Mervyn also produced the gasser for quite a few years, late 70s-early 80s, much the same as Dave does now.
If i find out otherwise i`ll post it on here..Brizey
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quote:Originally posted by cunningplan
:Popatop was the one, as you said it had graphics on the sides. I know it was'nt Alan Humphrys Pop as I used to see that around Hastings. Where is it now??

Alan Humphrys and the pop are still around Hastings and the pop is still in use..Ratcatcher
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quote:Originally posted by cunningplan
:Popatop was the one, as you said it had graphics on the sides. I know it was'nt Alan Humphrys Pop as I used to see that around Hastings. Where is it now??

Alan Humphrys and the pop are still around Hastings and the pop is still in use.
I might have missed this one but wot about Golly Godbers minor van ? & the herald of Richard wale (i think that was his name ) ?
& there was that Marina pick up too ?..boyceeeee
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I can help with info on Richard Wales Triumph, unfortunately after keeping it for many years, Richard himself broke it up and sold the parts on. Back in late '98 I went with a mate of mine up to Putney and we filled a van with stuff, my mate bought a job lot of everything Richard had left including a very highly detailed small block Chevy and 'box that sat on its own display trolley. I believe the engine had been displayed at indoor shows next to the Herald. The engine was supposed to go into my mates '57 Chevy but don't think he's done the swap yet!..Lord Purple of Binfield
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[rabid hamster]

quote:Originally posted by boyceeeee
:I might have missed this one but wot about Golly Godbers minor van ? & the herald of Richard wale (i think that was his name ) ?
& there was that Marina pick up too ?

I remember two marina pick ups,1 black,1 white.Both were featured in custom car.Dident custom car biuld the black one?I seam to rember a feature on putting a rover lump in,with a pic of the front panal cut away.Wasant it called star trucker.I cant rember the white ones name..SJB
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Further to Al's comments on the George Smith invader cf van it was last
seen by a certain Terry Barrow who had a workshop near liverpool st
station in central london, the van was taken in to the local kwik fit
for an exhaust,the owner never returned,kwik fit chucked it out on the
street,a couple of days later the council towed away,this was over 15
years ago.
More vans;- who remembers the transit called 'TRANSFORMATION'with the
canted forward back door,that was last seen about the same time around
the waltham cross/herts area,it was rotten then.
What about the white mk 1 escort van v6/jag rear and the one piece
back door cut into 2 triangles that would take your eye out when they
were open,it's long gone,it ended up in a breakers in north london,
i wonder why the engine and jag rear sold quicker than the back doors?
Update on the pale blue f100 panel,its currently having a 454 chevy
stuffed up front..chevy2
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BOYCEEEEE
WHEN YOU SAY MARINA PICK UP, DO YOU MEAN THE WHITE ONE CALLED MOONSHINE OR THE BLACK ONE CC BUILT AT MG'S SPECIAL TUNING CENTRE WITH THE ROVER IN? EITHER WAY I'VE GOT NO IDEA!
GARY
CHEERS FOR THE UPDATE ON INVADER, QUITE LIKED IT WHEN IT WAS ABOUT. WHAT NEW PARTS HAVE YOU BOUGHT FOR "NOT RACING" WITH THIS SEASON?
CHEERS..AL
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Moonshine got written off by, I think , Tony Thacker when he owned it..kapri
LP , Richard displayed the engine by ITSELF back at the Easleigh show that John Cross put on.The Herald was long gone at that time. Think he said the chassis had gone under a Y , the main shell had beeen sold to a restorer and all he had left was the glass flip front..kapri
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Many years ago I was in Richard Wales tiny garage at the back of his house,the Triumph was parked at an angle across the garage uncovered with about half inch of dust on it.
He was working on the chevy engine,while I was there, painting and detailing the INSIDE of the starter motor!!!!!!!!
Dave..Dave Lowe
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Dave, he did spend something like 2 1/2 years building that engine.Something like 6 months on the throttle linkage. Must have been about 87/8(?) when I went round and just the engine and bonnet remained..kapri
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Chevy 2, Can you find out whats happening to the 289 lump out of the F100 panel. I might buy my old engine back! Thanks.

That Chevy engine and box had the block and casing worked smoother than a glass of fine vintage port! The custom trolley was made from an ex GPO posties four wheel cart that they used to drag around for a while. Which figures, cos Richard was a postie I think. Never went to that show Kev, but I know the engine was a show piece in its own right.
..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Anyone happen to know about the chopped dark green Wyvern at Ally Pally show ?
Or another (don't think it was the same one) called "Low Life" maybe once owned by Ken Brooks and made it to Slyfield once in red and then matt black ?..Japchris
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Brian, Thanks for the info on Mervyn, I knew he had a position in the NSRA just couldn't remember what!
There used to be a chopped Velox here in Stoke in the early 90's but this was two tone blue and was originally built by Kris Greensmith (of lowrider Peugeot fame), I don't think it was ever dark green.
I had a picture of that Escort van with the diagonally split rear door as my pc wallpaper for a while, I quite liked it.
The Abbreviation CF is my current wallpaper..WagonMan
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JAPCHRIS
DIDN'T THE GREEN WYVERN SLED HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH JAGOS OR SOMEONE IN THAT AREA? I COULD BE TALKING TOTAL COBBLERS, KEV'LL KNOW, ABOUT THE CAR I MEAN, ANYONE CAN SEE I TALK TOTAL COBBLERS.
CHEERS..AL
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Japchris,the wyvern that Ken Brookes made famous was started by Richard Parkes ( one half of "The Rodding Scene" as his and Jago's premises were known). Glen Clarke of Winchester put it on the road and used it daily for about 5 years .After Ken had it it went through loads of hands and downhill. It ended up being put forward as a restoration project for Salvage Squad ( seriously! ) but even with UKK behind it we couldn't muster enough votes.
Last I heard of Kris Greensmiths Wyvern " Earth Angel " was about 10 years back when it was in the Birmingham area and something to do with tour manager / roadie for The Specials.
..kapri
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I remember seeing the ex-Kris Greensmiths Wyvern in Knebworth in the mid ninetees painted matt black, and then in Avon Park I think, a year or two later, a kind of cream colour with blue flames and painted on whitewalls I think. Lovely looking car that !!..MutantV8
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Wagonman.........any chance of sending me any pics you have of the 'Abbreviation' CF, it was a van I tried to purchase some years back and would like to keep a pic or two on file.....Thanks!..The Candy Man
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Anybody know this car?
Dunno where its from but its "english" running gear.
See ya Matt..4x4100E

http://hem.fyristorg.com/hool/tha-hool/barry-dad.gif
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Ah Yes! Judging by the number plate, its a russian registered LHD Mk 2 Kortinaski! All the russian export models had thar ground clearance cos of their lousy roads!
..Lord Purple of Binfield
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The Street racer MK11 was black at one time,and featured in Street machine(Black version).The car was later pro streeted,with the blown v6,changed to a 500 Caddy lump.The car was featured again like this(with a pic of tyre marks that had just been laid.Top gear done a bit on pro street years ago,this car being one of the cars featured.(Another one was that black big blocked fordson,and i think a black pop)The owner was Steve walls.The pro street cortina was in the December 86 pro street issue..SJB
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Ditto to that, Steve Walls' gasser Cortina was a nice piece of kit which I personally preferred in that guise than the later pro streeter.
Never realised Jay Kay once owned it until I saw that picture!
Ian..WagonMan
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I wokeup this morning,when my memory bank opened to tell me the cortinas name was STREET SAVEGE(when it was black).The wheels of the high rider where used on the pro streeter(where they called Cal500s).I agree with the last post,i liked the sky scraper vertion.Ive allways liked this stile,(i biuld all my models raised up,one being a replicer of that 57 ford that were in the old AMERICAR(Tim cook owened)adds.
Wot about that elevated early 60s hillman minx,had a blown 1750 motor,(then later a rover lump).The car was yellow,and would hit the strip at the Garys picnic meats..SJB
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2 new pages of old rod pics on holmseys site,www.uk-hotrods.co.uk (http://www.uk-hotrods.co.uk)
..hersham hot rodder

[rabid hamster]

Must agree with the other two posts, I like the stance of the car better that the pro-street version, just a thought....... has the idea of the older style car caught on enough for anyone out there to not only be rebuilding a 'Car of Yesteryear' but to possibly be trying to recreate one?..The Candy Man
I mentioned a good while back that a certain well known little Fordson van would possibly be finished after me spending ages and ages working on the owner to do something with it.... well 'Speedfreak' has at long last finally gone somewhere to be completed and could be possibly be out again this season.
OH MY GOD !!! I've just finished looking at the old photo page on the UK Hotrods pages, I now feel a hell of alot older than I am after thinking about some of the cars in the pics and the shows that I and they were at and especially what year it was. One pic that really got me thinking was the picture of 'Moulin Rouge', out of all the rods I've owned over the years this is one car that I would just love to own again. I know it's like looking for a needle in a haystack but if anybody knows anything about this car then please let me know. If any info turns up on 'Moulin Rouge' it would be great to see it again, let alone own it...... never say never or something like that?..The Candy Man
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Must admit I too have always liked Moulin Rouge. Still, to my mind, the most radical car, chopped channelled and sectioned. That and the fact that the builder now lives in Bristol.
..nigelh
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I wonder if anybody will cut up a pro street car(De-pro street it)and put a jag rear on or make a gasser,or something out of it.Dident someone buy a pro street 40 WILLYS pick up from the states,and import it to(Im not sure wot country),and made it into a gasser..SJB
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Noticed a car for sale on 'Classic Mart', it's called 'Pieces of Eight'. I stand corrected, but isn't the name wrong. If I'm right then this is a car that really does fit into the 'Cars of Yesteryear' category, I'm sure the name is actually 'After Eight', the last time I saw the car it was up for sale at 'Pop Parts Plus' some months ago, I'm just wondering if Julian there has passed on the wrong history to the present owner..The Candy Man
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:It's not surprising that old cars go missing for ages, but what gets me is they end up emerging again right under your nose. Everybody remembers the 'Satisfaction' cortina and that's in Derbyshire, not exactly a million miles away from Doncaster and I've not seen it about. And I was talking to the previous owner of the 'Baldy Van' at the NASC AGM at the weekend who said he had sold it on, where about's is it now, and will we ever get to see it in it's original paint?

Hi,the baldy HA van is in a front garden somewhere near Bracknell.. I bought some bits off the owner but i didn't get a good look cos it was half in a hedge & it was dark..hotrod32b
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Due to unfortunate circumstances "Devon Delivery "is for sale. See sale/wanted forum..kapri
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Moulin Rouge,a real back seat driver,and a real peice of british customizing history.That chopped and sectioned body was realy something,even now.That body Kinda remineds me of that Lil-coffin.I wonder if back seat drivers will one day come back.I still remember seeing Small Fry comeing out of a show,the driver ducking down to see out the screen.WOW,whot wild show cars.And whot was that blue pop that had a flip body like Pinbal Wizerd?,where did that go?Is that still around some where..SJB
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Are you sure it was the Baldy van Richard? I thought that was back out doing the shows again with a new owner, sounds odd that it's been abandoned again so soon!
Anybody remember Ray Christopher's 'Tonka T'? a really small, almost characature-like tall T.
Jam Roller?
Mr Pop Star?
..WagonMan
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hotrod32b, As someone who lives 'somewhere near Bracknell' have you got any more information on 'The Baldy vans'whereabouts and I'll go check it out,find out if its for sale etc. Someone on here may want to buy it and resurrect it. You can email me off site if you want, L.P..Lord Purple of Binfield
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steve, the blue flip bodied pop was missdemena had a tranverse sprung jag irs just like arthur evans pop the deer hunter sorry russian roulette.i think the blue one was completly rebuilt as a pro street.arthurs pop was built over 30 yrs ago,hes still got it.bob..hersham hot rodder
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:hotrod32b, As someone who lives 'somewhere near Bracknell' have you got any more information on 'The Baldy vans'whereabouts and I'll go check it out,find out if its for sale etc. Someone on here may want to buy it and resurrect it. You can email me off site if you want, L.P.

Erm.. Can't remember the address! I bought some seats for a k**car off the guy. I know he works in addlestone quite local to me. It was the baldy van as i asked the guy if it was baldachinos old van & he said yep its Fungus the baldy van. He said he'd replaced the rover with a fresh one but other than that i think it was much the same as when it was last out. Its not abandoned but the guy has more than one project..hotrod32b
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At one of the last Hayling Island shows I went to (94/95), there was a Modal A pickup, the body was original, but far from finished, while the running gear was immaculate, including some sort of quick change axle. Was it ever finished?? as I can never remember seeing it after that..cunningplan
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With a lot of interest in cars,the owners and biulders of Yesteryear,has the time come to have a Hot Rod reunion.Drag racing and Rodding is now 40 years old in this country.We now have our own rodding history.There seams to be more interest in old time Hot rods and custom cars,espesialy the 70s than ever before.The talk of old custom cars being found,and Rods being restored..SJB
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..hersham hot rodder

http://www.nsra.org.uk/forum/photos.freeserve.com/my/my-homepage.html
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Where did Phil Rutherfords old '32 roadster go, it had a BAD***B number plate?
Where did the moulds for the Revenge type C-Cab go? Does Nick Butler still have them?
I don't remember many being built, Revenge, Novel T and Biffos yellow one, any others?
Too many questions I know!
The 'After Eight' Morris was advertised recently in Derbyshire but the then owner said it was 'Pieces of Eight' so it looks like the current seller has been misinformed..WagonMan
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hi thanks for info on morris eight (AFTER EIGHT)
has i have got the car and i like to know more about it so if any one knows any thing about this car i love to know cheers john..rubyhotrod
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Ruby'rod, are you the owner whose selling or the one that's just bought? I remember 'After Eight' from a good few years back, the colour originally was green, very similar to the after eight mint chocolat box, hence the name. Then after that I believe it was painted red. The rod was a regular on the local scene and a regular visitor to the Doncaster show. It then went missing for quite some time and then surfaced again when I saw that Julian at Pop Parts had it up for sale. What state is it in now and how far is it off the road? The earliest memory I have, was when the car came to the grand opening of the late Dave Grady's new shop 'SuperPower USA' at Swillington near Leeds. If I recall it used to be a regular trophie winner..The Candy Man

[rabid hamster]

hi candy man thanks for info on my morris 8 (after eight), i am the one whose selling it (well thinking about selling it) the car just needs about 2 days work if that, rewiring and a tidy up inside, it do look ok i like to put it back like it was but having no joy in finding any old pics of the car as it was,
i was told it was in street machine nov 1979 but cant find a copy
cheers john..rubyhotrod
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Good morning from sunny australia and thanks for helping me finally to be able to join in the forum.If in the future you guys wander what happened to the pro street pop lfo 907 as seen racing at avon park,supercharged small block chevy blue with twin stripes its over here with me in perth.Kicked some butt at the motorvation show the biggest in W.A here at the quit motorplex in rockingham by picking up 4 trophies. Its great as pops are quite rare over here havent seen another yet.Anyway cutting to the chase id like to clear up the outcome of PURE HELL<707 AMP> the pop featured in CUSTOM CAR dec 1978.it was featured next tO ELECTRIC SUNSET<XTM 143> .Some years back i swapped my mk 3 zephyr for 707 amp and a crappy vauxhall cavalier not realizing its history it was metalic blue with a rover v8 auto box and jag rear end.It wasnt in very good condition and unfortunately i decided to strip the car completely and rebuild it and it was when i stripped the paint i was mortified to find the murals on the sides and boot.The airbrushing was amazing even down to the fingernails needless to say i was mortified by the discovery as the stripper had ruined some of the artwork.I completely stripped the car and discovered the steering coloumn was held in place by 6 woodnails NOT GOOD.Well cut a long story short i fully chromed the rear end and had it sitting in the back of a works van for at least 2 years and finally sold it along with a wisbeech chassis at the swap meet at essex yes you all remember it as the chassis was made gasser style by paul gibbs.The original chassis was junked and the rest of the parts where sold as someone on the forum suggested at the swapmeet nearish heathrow cant remember the place the chopped body didnt sell and i was going to junk it as we left the swapmeet, but fortunately pop parts plus offered to buy it as we left a right result.The registration was sold on ,i think i have one door handle left i have always felt guilty about ruining PURE HELL but its now off my chest.I did try to find the original owner bob wilding to no avail as i understand it was present at the first olympia cc show the first chelsea cruise four welland valley runs,now i feel guilty!! Can anyone tell me what happened to some cars from my past one was a black and my first pop rover with 4 speed manual built by a guy in fife scotland who i unfortunatelyi sold back to him years ago when i met him at billing PSP 397.Also my mates pop which was also in the article in custom car along with pure hell and electric sunset gold with buttoned draylon rover and reg WPF671 sold and went to ireland.Also mk 3 zephyr< 418 xkn> 289 with twin hollies red orange and yellow stripes as swapped for pure hell.And being greedy the one that cost me most in hassle 1968 plymouth barracuda reg GKX 759G Orange with a 440ci last seen along side road in eastbourne sussex. cheers guys and galls..popinoz
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Come on dig out those old Hot Car mags ! Somebody must have the one with Electric Funeral in? Featured on the same page as a Maya Maynot orange kit car. What is the registration and did Bob Wilding build this one as well ,is it the same car.? It's starting to bug me now! LOL..kapri
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The Candy Man, sounds like your up in north, I'm looking for info on Rover 10 Sedan delivery green with supercharged RV8, got copy of 1987 St/Mach but want to know where it went between then and me buying it 18mths ago. Picture of it on UK Hotrods Old photos page 10.
..roverod
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Kev, I'm pretty sure that Electric Funeral was the first incarnation of the car and it ran a Triumph straight six. It was then chopped, fitted with an eight and repainted as Pure Hell.
Back in the early 80's Bob Wilding also built a street sleeper Honda Acty pickup with a 2 litre BMW motor mid mounted. Other than the fact that the rear steel wheels were 13" diameter it looked stock. The guy driving the late model Vette wasn't impressed when he had his doors blown off by it at Gary's Picnic!..40Stude
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Any clues as to when it turned into Pure Hell? I'm sure I saw it at the last Bruntingthorpe nationals with the same reg ,running a Rover but unchopped?..kapri
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No idea when Kev, maybe I was wrong about the chop. It was a long time ago!..40Stude
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quote:Originally posted by The Candy Man
I don't know if this will work, but after numerous conversations, articles in our magazines, and recently alot of questions (me included), on this forum and others about, where are they now? What about letting everybody know if you or your mates now own, or know the whereabouts of any well known cars of years ago. I've owned a few myself and have seen some for sale just recently. One being the 'Shotgun' T-bucket that I just missed, and Mike Key's 'Photofantasy' T among others. I don't know how many years to go back before you can call it 'old', I'll leave that up to you. I'll start the ball rolling with Nick Butlers 'VITAMIN T', the 27 T Coupe built in the 70's and well on it's way to recovery after a quick rush of blood to get the car back on the road. I'm not saying when, just as quick as I can...... next season ? We'll see.

Fingers crossed we will have a long list of great interest to everybody, and you never know what could come of it all. Stuck in the past?.......Yeh, I guess I am..39COUPE
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Roverrod........your car was originally built in Scun#horpe by a guy called Brian Marshall who was in a club at the time called 'Bridge County Cruisers', it had 'Guaranteed Auto-Engines' signwritten on the side, he used it for many runs in the North including the Doncaster Show and eventually sold it to Keith in Sheffield years ago who I believe is the person you bought it off. Also from Sheffield, Brian Whitfield, is the man who put the two-tone paint and artwork on it. Originally it ran with no hood and a wade blower on the Rover V8 with a large Hilbourne type scoop sticking half way up the screen, would be great if you gave it that look again......any chance? As far as mag features goes, I think it was featured in Street Machine, but I know it was captured quite alot when featuring pics of rodruns and especially the Donny Show. I think I've got a couple of photo's of it somewhere, I'll have a look and get back to you on that one.
Ruby'rod...... if the car is so close to being finished, a couple of days I think you said, then why not finish it? Firstly it would make the car worth more when trying to sell it and secondly, you would be driving around a piece of our history and thirdly, you'd love it that much it would never be up for sale in the first place !!!.
Roverrod.......just been searching through my old pics and the first ones I came across are one of the car when it was yellow and another when it was painted red, funny how the mind plays tricks on you over the years, I remember it as plain as day now I've seen the pics. I'm trying to put the pics on for you now...The Candy Man
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kev,been looking trough old hot car mags but aint found pure hell yet,found ruby tuesday though but came across this letter about jagos 1st 32(blue 5 window).quote-as a restorer who appreciates custom cars,not the jack up variety though,i thought i would point out a couple of inaccuracies on the very nice jago coupe. firstly the hood louvres are incorrect.model b louvres were a single line of deeper ones. secondly the model b was never a v8 so is in correct having the v8 motif on the headlight bar.the v8 model was called the model 18, although i was unable to convince chris brown of jagos when chatting to him at ally pally.as a pilot owner and ford enthusiast has anybody thought of building a jago coupe on a pilot chassis and engine to make a real authentic rod. bob ps why was hot car not called hot van, theres one in nearly every issue..
hersham hot rodder
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hi candy man yes think it is the best way to go is to finish the car but you what it is like with no garage at moment and just to cold to do it out side do you have any old pics for after eight as i love to see it as it was..rubyhotrod
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Ruby'....... I'll have a further look through my old pics and see what I can find, although I can't remember which mag 'After Eight' was featured in but it was definitly featured, anyone out there know????
Rover'....... I, or rather my son, has tried and tried to post the pics that I've found but still nothing happens, I've followed the instructions on the post at the top of the tech page and still nothing. What's annoying is I posted some pics on another thread, quite some time ago now, and that worked fine, so why it worked then and not now I don't know. Pity really because I've got a good one of your Rover in red with some girlie model posing at the side of it.
Doug......any ideas???..The Candy Man

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Electric Funeral,biult by Bob Wilding is the same car Pure Hell,orcording to custom car Dec78(three pops featured,1 was Gold had V6- power).Electric Funeral,appered in 75 doing the show circet,had Vitesse 6.In the mag it said a Damiler 2.5 was next(im not sure if it came out like this),then it had 283 Chevy as featured,as Pure Hell.In the feature it mentions that a 327 or 350 was next.Pete Darwell done the Electric Funeral paint job,and Bob done the chop and paint for Pure Hell,around 77..SJB
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Anyone remember an orange pro street deuce that was built by Shug i think..i think the reg was LOA 24 ??....it had small block Ford engine n blown.....it was around in the early 80's i think ....is it still about now ?, i would have given anything back then to have owned it.
..Skimmer
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:Anyone remember an orange pro street deuce that was built by Shug i think..i think the reg was LOA 24 ??....it had small block Ford engine n blown.....it was around in the early 80's i think ....is it still about now ?, i would have given anything back then to have owned it ..

The rod was later made fenderless and repainted Mat blue.The last time i see this car,it was black with green flames(At Hot Rod Supernats)(Must be 5 years ago)I think the blue verstion looked Real Bad.
Just found pic of LOA 24,when black,looked real good.Had american racing five spokes at the time.The coop had no hood,and had bobbed rear fenders in this pic..SJB
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Anybody remember the radical and totally outrageous 'Satans Pawn' from the Derby area?
..WagonMan
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Yes I remember Satans Pawn, saw it at one on the Bingley Hall shows, got a photo somewhere.
Heres a photo of what I think was the Model A down at Hayling Island. (courtesy of hersham hot rodder)

http://www.cunningplan.net/modela.JPG

http://www.cunningplan.net/modela.JPG

(Thats better)..cunningplan
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what about petes panel,a black pop that had fordson doors and lenthend side windows that were panelled in,a whole lot of work! was pictured at hickstead 1984 in street machine,also saw pic of plymouth coupe with flip roof called triller and paul haighs a roadster FFA 3. bob
..hersham hot rodder
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sorry it was thriller,oooohh hoooo..hersham hot rodder
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Was that Model A truck the one with the TPI small block init,and had cracked door glass one side,plus there was a sticker on the window(a little man,you have to be this high to ride this ride)?..SJB
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i have pictures of LOA 24 from it`s first guise in black with red steels nostalgia style , about 79 before we had nostalgia, then black pro-street with blown 351 cleveland, then orange , the blue, then blue fenderless, the unpro-streeted back in black but with the green steels and green flames up over the roof , now running a mopar 440 i think..Russ
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The Pure Hell Pop reminds me of Tony Bakers old car Torque Of The Devil(Before the green one).This pop had the same wild rake,a chopped roof,was black,and i think a jag rear.The name was on the boot lid.I seam to think the car had a big block(440).In about 88 the car got into a real wild spin at north weald on a damp track at the top end.WOW,wot a ride.Luckerly the car dident go over.This cant be the same car has Pure Hell,can it? No it cant be.Anyway wot happened to Torque Of The Devil.In about 89 Tony had the green Torque Of The Devil biult by i think Bob Nixon.This one was un chopped with the rear wings moved up into the body(so a lot lower).This one had a blown 440 and i think was the first into the 9s with street treads.This one ran into the 8- 50s(slicks and another engine)in the end.This one later on crashed,and later turned up as DayGlow Orenge 11.But wot happened to the black car?..SJB
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The second Torque of the Devil is in Stoke and is currently being rebuilt and fitted with a Keith Black Hemi ready for the strip next year.
No idea about the first one..WagonMan
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Good to here about Torque Of The Devil 2,sounds real wild.On another subject,theres a film on tonight called Prime Cut.Wasent that a name of a van that was brought over with the Green Flame merc for one of the shows(indoor).The american late 70s van was chopped-n-sectioned,had orenge paint and a big wing on the roof..SJB
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looks like thorney island to me tony, you have been to long in the place where men are men and sheep are nervous !!!!!!!! :o)
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quote:Originally posted by cunningplan
:Yes I remember Satans Pawn, saw it at one on the Bingley Hall shows, got a photo somewhere.
Heres a photo of what I think was the Model A down at Hayling Island. (courtesy of hersham hot rodder)..muthaswurry

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SJB
I THINK THE FIRST TORQUE OF THE DEVIL ROLLED AT THE POD WITH HIS WIFE/GIRLFRIEND DRIVING. I SEEM TO REMEMBER ONE OF THE DRIVE SHAFTS ON THE JAG REAR LET GO, FLIPPING IT OVER.
CHEERS..AL
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The Prime Cut van was built by Jack Kampney who also built the Green Flame I believe. They were both brought over for the World of Wheels show in either '79 or '80. (I think '80).
Remember the CBS Bedford van with nascar style wings built about the same time? I was offered it about 10 years ago for £1500 but I couldn't buy it as the insurance premium for me then would have been the same amount..WagonMan
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LOA 24 was owned by a friend of mine in Nottingham in the early 90's and was then sold to a chap in Derby and I heard that one of the heads got cracked, he took the car of the road to re-build it and it remains in bits in his garage..SPECIAL WHEN LIT
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I THINK THE FIRST TORQUE OF THE DEVIL ROLLED AT THE POD WITH HIS WIFE/GIRLFRIEND DRIVING. I SEEM TO REMEMBER ONE OF THE DRIVE SHAFTS ON THE JAG REAR LET GO, FLIPPING IT OVER.
CHEERS. AL

Al,shame about the first Torque of the Devil.I always liked that car(Bad looking)I seam to remember another chopped black pop rolling at the pod,this one was a lot lower at the back(level looking)This one may of had a 440,im not to sure.His wife/girlfriend was driving.I seam to think the car had just come out.This one was featured in one of the mags at the time..SJB
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SJB
SOUNDS LIKE I MIGHT BE CONFUSING MY BLACK POPS THAT ROLLED.
CHEERS..AL
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The pictures of the Model A pickup look to me like they were taken in front of the hangar at White Waltham airfield where the swap meet used to be held. Then again, one old hangar looks much like another! L.P..
Lord Purple of Binfield
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LP
DIDN'T THAT A PICK UP BELONG TO A MATE OF NICK ARLETT? IF IT'S THE ONE I'M THINKING OF, IT HAD THE POWER RACK FOR THE MUSTANG II FRONT END STICKING THROUGH THE SPLASH APRON. ALWAYS A GOOD LOOK.
CHEERS..AL
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Sorry Tone, the photo taken by hersham hot rodder, was taken about 8/9 years ago at the White Waltham swap meet. What I meant to say was "Its looks like the one that was at Hayling Island"
You got Thorney Island on the brain.
[quote]Originally posted by muthaswurry

looks like thorney island to me tony, you have been to long in the place where men are men and sheep are nervous !!!!!!!! :o)..cunningplan
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Special When Lit.....LOA 24 In bits on a garage floor , pity you dont know his address i would go n offer to take it of his hands...y do people do that to Rods ???..Skimmer
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quote:Originally posted by hotrod32b
:hotrod32b, As someone who lives 'somewhere near Bracknell' have you got any more information on 'The Baldy vans'whereabouts and I'll go check it out,find out if its for sale etc. Someone on here may want to buy it and resurrect it. You can email me off site if you want, L.P.

quote:Originally posted by Lord Purple of Binfield
:Erm.. Can't remember the address! I bought some seats for a k**car off the guy. I know he works in addlestone quite local to me. It was the baldy van as i asked the guy if it was baldachinos old van & he said yep its Fungus the baldy van. He said he'd replaced the rover with a fresh one but other than that i think it was much the same as when it was last out. Its not abandoned but the guy has more than one project...

hi i used to own the baldy van i was wondering were it had gone i sold it with a knakered gearbox at the time it had cost me fortune a i was a bit fedup with it so i sort of sold it just to get it out of my way I really regret selling it now though i put alot of work in getting it back to the old baldy van everybody knows it even had a three foot rot hole in the roof when i got it
only needed the intirior and the pinstriping redoing (things we do when we'er fed up with our cars)I got some pics of it but I can't seem to post them on here
hope this works this is what it looked like when i sold it..nobolts

http://community.webshots.com/s/image5/7/94/24/115179424kYQvms_ph.jpg
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quote:Originally posted by WagonMan
:The Prime Cut van was built by Jack Kampney who also built the Green Flame I believe. They were both brought over for the World of Wheels show in either '79 or '80. (I think '80).
Remember the CBS Bedford van with nascar style wings built about the same time? I was offered it about 10 years ago for £1500 but I couldn't buy it as the insurance premium for me then would have been the same amount.

Thats right about Jack biulding the Green Flame(I of the best mercs biult in my opinuon).The car was in one of Bob Williams illustrations,(A Devil with a Hammer and Hell with a Torch),and jack duplicated it right down to the 3 1/2-inch chop,54 pontiac grill,52 buick side crome and 54 pontiac running lights.The flames were exellent going right down the sides,on the fender skirts and on the boot lid.I like the car so much ive got a picture in the gareage,and Bobs illustration in the Hall way..SJB

[rabid hamster]

Speaking of cars that that came over here,me and me mate(we were about 20 at the time)were just driving about one night when we stopped at the lights by Fords Show Room on the A127(not far from Progress road trading estate)In the show room was the ZZ Top Eliminator coop.We couldent believe it,me mate had just been biulding the Monogram model not long before.We dident no at the time the car was even in the countrey..SJB
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That must have been early `80s Steve, the coupe was in the u.k.
to promote the z.z tour, it was also at the N.A.S.C. Nats (bruntingthorpe i think), Jim Jacobs was here with it as "baby sitter"..Brizey
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i remember being at an indoor show in the early 80`s at NECC Birmingham , California kid was there along with eliminator or rather a copy of it as they built 2 or 3 cheep imitations for us plebs to drool over , rather than get grubby fingerprints on the real ting.
what was the clothes/fashion chain, called that had rods hanging from the roof and parked in the windows , it was glass A and B coupes and sedans mocked up off course, i remember going down Oxford street looking for a suit for my brother`s and there were 3 or 4 of them there, then more down the kings road. p.s in the end we wore kilts..Russ
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Keith Anrews , project engineer for SM , left to build those display items. He's no wdown at Burnham Auto's. Can't remember the name of the chain though!..kapri
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quote:Originally posted by hotrod32b
quote:Originally posted by Lord Purple of Binfield

: hotrod32b, As someone who lives 'somewhere near Bracknell' have you got any more information on 'The Baldy vans'whereabouts and I'll go check it out,find out if its for sale etc. Someone on here may want to buy it and resurrect it. You can email me off site if you want, L.P.

: Erm.. Can't remember the address! I bought some seats for a k**car off the guy. I know he works in addlestone quite local to me. It was the baldy van as i asked the guy if it was baldachinos old van & he said yep its Fungus the baldy van. He said he'd replaced the rover with a fresh one but other than that i think it was much the same as when it was last out. Its not abandoned but the guy has more than one project...

: hi i used to own the baldy van i was wondering were it had gone i sold it with a knakered gearbox at the time it had cost me fortune a i was a bit fedup with it so i sort of sold it just to get it out of my way I really regret selling it now though i put alot of work in getting it back to the old baldy van everybody knows it even had a three foot rot hole in the roof when i got it.Only needed the intirior and the pinstriping redoing (things we do when we'er fed up with our cars)I got some pics of it but I can't seem to post them on here

Its coming back to me... The guy who owns the baldy van is called Dan (i think) & lives in Yateley, Hampshire. If anyone really wants to get hold of him I believe he is selling some seats on findit under kitcar parts..hotrod32b
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RUSS
WASN'T THAT CLOTHING FIRM CALLED "THE DEUCE CLOTHING COMPANY"? I REMEMBER THE ONE DOWN THE KINGS ROAD. I THINK PAUL BURNHAMS BLACK PICK UP BODY IS ONE OF THE WINDOW DISPLAYS.
CHEERS..AL
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I've just thought of another vehicle I always admired but havent seen for years, unfortunately it didnt get about much so most won't know it. It was a very clean 56 F100 pickup owned by a guy in the Uxbridge/Hayes/West Drayton area. It was Yellow with chrome 5-spokes and originally imported by Mike Hall I think. Had a sixties car column, s/wheel and shifter I remember. Last seen in the Mid eighties at the Chelsea cruise. Anyone from the West London area know where it is now?..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Been away for a while, and when I look back in to see what's happening, it doesn't surprise me that the topic has moved on a couple of pages. It does surprise me though to read that somebody actually recalls a car from way back when called 'Thriller'. I have to admit and own up to it that the car in question was actually one of mine. Capri rear, 3L V6+auto-box, vitesse front end. It was quick, reliable and economical, but the rest of the modifications were somewhat to be desired. Flip-up roof, werewolf's head sticking out from the boot, (which somebody put an apple in it's mouth at the Doncaster show) and a flip front from a sit up an beg Pop. Really loud paint job and a Wacko Jacko muralled shaker hood scoop poking through the pop front, all this on a Ray's rods 33 Plymouth coupe.........ah well....I was only 20......it was the early 80's.......come on, give us a break, I can't think of anymore excuses.
..The Candy Man
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Really loud paint job that doesnt sound like you at all Mick , back to "pieces of eight" or "after eight" I think they were two different cars or is it my age , I found a pic of after eight when it was red leaving our show at Burton Constable the reg no was LMM 595 I think (poor picture bad eyesight) anyone else remember two cars ? also found a pic of a minor van "Bewitched"..Pete Edwards
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You might be right Pete....I doubt it, but you might be, it's definitly an age thing. Now do what Doctor Coupe is telling you, back to your dark room and take your medication!
Unless anybody know's different?..The Candy Man
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their coming to take me away ha ha he he ho ho..Pete Edwards
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candy man,re thriller 33,it said it was yours in s/machine,just wondered if you would admit it!,ive just sent a pic to holmsey of my 1600e with woolfies and side pipes,wish ide left it alone..re the yellow 56 f100 it was on an estate in northolt,i used to see a young lady who lived there and when i had said goodnite to her i would go and park up next to it and just look at it for 5 mins(how sad is that)..hersham hot rodder
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Just to add a little more fuel to the fire: anyone know where Tony Puttick's Model-Y (EMD ???) is these days? Does Tony still own it?.
Fat Rich
..Hopped58
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Think Tonys Y became the " Bluedots" magazines parts hauler and then Terry Bull acquired. ( could be talking crap though ! ). Tony bought and finished the Dave Rose ( Isle of Wight ) pro stock Devon and its been at Thorney past couple of years..kapri
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I remember a few The Body Snatchers Inc C-Cab used to be based in Kenington Oxfordshire. The owner Bob Remnant used to work for Hurley Motors accross the road from where I live.
I saw it when it was updated and resprayed. He was thinking of fitting a blower to the V6..
I used to go to NSVA shows around oxfordshire/berkshire. Remember seeing Vanpire Escort V6 painted in Green Red Glowble flake with murals, the V6 had a RS carb setup of 3 DCOEs with a clear hood scoop. Saw it later with very tired paint.
A few Vans have long gone, Dusty Rose was in primer the last time I saw it, converted to a caravan/ with cooker etc.
Some have been smashed or long rotten. Shame really, but times change.
See a few new rods n vans at the All Ford Rally in Dalton Barracks in Abingdon, and the NSVA show in Oxford.
Nice to see some old rods making an appearence even Ray Mumford is alive and well.
Remember Ray Christophers marvels, he is into GT40s now, running in a Mini pickup with a GT40 engine... Pastyereyes express was sold to a dairy in Poole Dorset and you see a few of his now and again.
Hel-Rod/CemenT were used in Runaround as seats for the question rounds!!!..colbart401
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:Anyone know what happened to Geoff Cousins old black/flamed pop that Paul Mc Cartney had in the film "Give my regards to Broadstreet"? Does anyone have a copy of this film?

It was won in a magazine competition a few years ago in the US, if memory serves me right.
Won by a couple of girls who had no interest in rodding, jus Paul McCartney.
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Shame about George Smiths Invader,all that work that went into biulding such a wild van.The gullwing doors and the front metal work must of taken ages to get right.It doesant seam that long ago seeing the biuld up pics in (was it Hot Rod and Custom**.Ill have to search through all me old mags,i cant rember wot engine it had.There was that other CF with a crazy flat lent back screen,and a flat roof,light blue in colour that was in Street Machine.WILD..SJB
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On the subject of Model Y's, there used to be a green model Y, leather interior, jag rear, rover V8, total chrome undercarriage, a true resto-rod. I think the owner was Tony Ham? A superb car that was definitly to good to let rust away somewhere, come on then guy's, what happened to it and where is it?..The Candy Man

[rabid hamster]

Hi Candy man,
Guess what.......I now own the Model Y Delivery that used to be Terry Bulls.A lovely Rod,but it may be for sale due to the Missus not being able to drive it (You know...A vision thing !!!)
See you at Drayton..alcablown
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Al, i hope this helps with the black rolling
pops thing at the pod, Bob o'donohue built
a 440 mopared/centerlines/graphics one,
sold it on to Dean o'Brian whose girlfriend
rolled it, Dean later bought mr torquer.
Last spoke to Bob o'Donohue about 6/7 years
ago, he still owned slick willy, had sold
off the chassis,engine,wheels, had bought
a steel front end,Halibrand sprints and
planned to run a 440 with phase 5 heads
(converts it to a 426 type hemi)
as far as i know it's pretty much the same,
damn shame as that was a hard street car,
even over 10 years ago..chevy2
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Talk about raised up!I was just lookin through some old mags,and came across this beasty,a towering 62 FB Victor,which would be a good candidate for being in the top ten most raised up rides.Love it!In the same mag(December 85 Street Machine)theres a pic(rear view)of a Transit-style twin wheel set up under a Fordson van,with ultra wide arches(whale).I just love these wild creations.Theres a very tall mk1 escort in readers cars as well.Im going to have to do a bit more searching for some more wild rides..SJB
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Anyone remember a Humber Hawk with a narrowed Transit axle on the front? Twas black and flamed and in the readers rides bit of SM back in the very early 80,s.
What about that tube axled Victor Station Wagon.Metallic red,built by Les errrr That was such a cool car and I refuse to believe thats gone.
Sorry for the vagueness,I amputated the end of my left thumb earlier today and the painkillers have just kicked on.No,in. I think.Cheers,Russ..rottenpop
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I remember a yellow Humber Hawk ,raised up slightly,Damiler powered,with a upside down sump used as a bonnet bulge,i think it was in the first custom mag i ever bought(Hot Car oct78).This car was also on the front cover of custom car.There was another Humber,this time a Super Snipe,raised right up on a tube front,had a rover lump and again was yellow.Ive got to seach out that black one..SJB
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GARY
THANKS FOR SORTING THE BLACK POP THING OUT.
RUSS
THE VICTOR WAGON YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOUNDS LIKE SWEET FA. IT WAS BUILT BY SLICK TRICKS FOR THAT LES BLOKE YOU MENTIONED. IT'S STILL ABOUT, PALE BLUE, SAT LOW NOW UNFORTUNATLY, OWNED BY JOHN PRIOR WHO'S ON THE NASC COMMITTEE. IT STILL HAS SWEET FA ETCHED INTO THE REAR WINDOW IF YOU KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR IT.
CHEERS..AL
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Les Howlett was the original builder of Sweet FA.
Chris Shearing ,from Mid Kent Roadsters,builtthe fish scaled Hawk.Remember it turning up at a asouthern Roadsters club night just after the feature, Quite a buzz having a real life feature car parked up in the car park! Simpler times..kapri
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Alcablown.......I went down to Terry Bulls with the money in my pocket, but after driving it I had second thoughts about buying it for the very same reasons, you just couldn't see out of it. It will make a good car for somebody though.
P.S. How's the gear lever? Moves out of the way for added leg room on long journeys....or so I was told..The Candy Man
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Russ , go to Holmseys site theres a pic of the victor when it was black & flamed on page 14 of the old photos section , then go to hotrodphotos.co.uk page 2 of the knebworth 2002 pics there is a shot of the car as is / was in 2002 ,I first saw it at santa pod in I think 79 it was more or less standard just different wheels & mirror film on the windows , always liked it & ended up owning 5 or 6 estates over the years , cheers Pete..Pete Edwards
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Les Howlett was the original builder of Sweet FA.
Sweet FA the estate version was it??
I remember when it was flamed, and built gasser style.
I saw a picture in a magazine, it is now blue and lowered. Runs modern rims.
Same registration though. The caption Sweet FA??..colbart401
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I think them Humbers realy looked good,the shape realy suited the street racer treatment.The Chris shearing car looked real tough with that hood bulge.(anybody no any more info,on wot happened to this car).The Yellow Super Snipe i mentioned on a earlier post was still about not to many years ago and was seen at the Nats at Great Leas.The car still looked the same(luckerly,in my apinuon).Its a shame when these cars get lowered back down,but i suppose styles change,but i have allways liked the street racer stance.Any way back to the Super Snipe,will it reapear one day?When last seen it had a Yeller Cab style affect on the sides.The rest was the same-Bench seats,Daisy Mags on the rear etc..SJB
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Years ago at Slyfield Green Shane Powell( I think)had a tube chassis Devon pickup, in progress, on display, was it ever finished?
Dave..Dave Lowe
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I have a very low Hawk.
Its going UP in the world..rottenpop
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Wanna find out if your favourite rod from yesteryear's still about?
Simple, go to; http://www.rac.co.uk/myrac/vehicle_data_check/
and type in the registration number of the car you're interested in. Whilst (obviously) it won't tell you where that car is, it WILL tell you if it has a current tax disc, how many owners it's had etc etc etc...and best of all it's free! I had great fun going thru old HRC/CC/SM/H*t C*r's and seeing just what was still on the road, and also seeing if any of the cars I have owned are still extant too.Brian..Jack Upkit.Brian..Jack Upkit
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Jacks Back!! I take it that you have now finished your 'car of yesteryear' replica? I still think those 12" wheels look lost under the bubble arches on your Mk1 Escort mate!! The Savage 500 wheeltrims look ok though. Did that L88 scoop go on alright?..V8Devon
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Is Blue Movie still about somewhere?I think the body was a 33Plymouth with the boot area cut off.(anyway it looks like one in the pic i have)The rod had a T style open front end,and exhausts,and the blue body was set back on the chassis,and had round rear lights in the body.The rod was im sure on a Top Gear program,in the fire up road at the pod,when the Custom Car(was it Wynns)pro street challenge was on.The car may of been mentioned already,i aint had the time to go through all the back pages yet,theres getting quite a few now.I think the subject kinder worked.I wonder how many pages it will go onto.It cant ever end..SJB
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just been on rac site and my y type reg dont exist and my daily s10 blazer is a yamaha motorbike ummmmmmm..hersham hot rodder
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4 out of 9 of my recently sorned cars don`t exist either!!..51ford
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Hi Hersham, My rod dont exist either and just about every other car I've owned before has been scrapped apart from the F100 which is re-registered and a Model A which is now in Belgium. L.P..Lord Purple of Binfield

[rabid hamster]

I think the RAC site thingy only covers cars which are currently taxed....
Yes V8Devon....the Escort's looking pretty keen with the wheeltrims...next job is to fit some plastic dummy sidepipes and a front spoiler made from an old wardrobe door.....then I shall turn my attentions to the 6" fur interior with chain link wheel, Binatone 8-track and pod speakers. Wait till you see the red light Ive fitted over the back axle, when those 21-watt rays hit the old hubcap I've screwed to the diff housing...you'll be green with envy my mate! Paint will be Glowble/Vreeble/Eerie-dess with Mirraflake over grey primer.Brian..Jack Upkit
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My Rod's taxed! Praps it doesnt cover the 'Historic' free tax motors. Then again, my daughters bug is exempt, but SORNed not taxed.Its on there but they dont know what make or model it is..Lord Purple of Binfield
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RAC site-my two Devons don`t exist,but my Dorset does and that has`nt been on the road or taxed for 30 years!Dave..Dave Lowe
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On this orrible rainy afternoon ive been doing one of me favorite past times,of looking through me old mags(I got home early).In HOT ROD&Custom(I loved this mag)May82 shouerly one of the first in this country(If not the first)tubbed out cars was being biult,pictured in the COOKIN" pages,the soon to reappear Ray White MK1 Zefhur.I mean 12inchs of rubber inside the archs in 82!I was at the 1990 Nats when i see the car finished,(the first verstion and the first showing of the car,i Think). P.S Cheers for the mail Colbart 401..SJB
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my own car of yesterday,glass westbourne y sedan is now a car of today as its just passed its mot,yippee bob..
hersham hot rodder
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Somebody asked about 'Blue Movie', the 33 Plymouth, I mentioned this earlier on in the post, a friend called Chris Hepworth from Hull actually had the body in his back garden and used it as a dog kennel, absolute sacrilige!!!..
The Candy Man
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Funny That,Candyman....This car must have been destined to be a shed because it was used as a storage container for rubbish (I mean all my good stuff !) I then sold it to a mate who built a plymouth pick up out of it.( The red one that has been for sale in custom car ) So in a way ' blue movie ' still survives !!Treve..alcablown
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TO Dave Lowe; No need to think,you were right
about Shane Powell and the tube chassis devon
pick up,he was building it for a customer to
hopefully run 9s,one of our smoke city members
owned it a few years back and sold it on again,
still unfinished,I think it's in the watford area?..chevy2
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Does anyone know whats happened to ''Mississippi Shuffle'' an old Chevy Greenbrier van?
Just curious really as Ive just bought a similar van.
Retro vannin' ...the next big thing !!!..lancelot link
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GARY
THIS BIG VAN THING, GIVE IT UP........
I THINK YOU SHOULD CUT SOME HEART SHAPED PORTHOLES INTO KEITHS THAMES. HE'D LIKE THAT.
TO HELP JOG A FEW MEMORIES REGARDING MISSISSIPPI SHUFFLE, IT HAD SILVER FILM WINDOWS ALL ROUND & A TRICK PAINT JOB. I THINK IT WAS OWNED BY A TOP PAINT SHOP OF THE TIME [PETE DARWELL?] USED TO SEE IT AT THE CUSTOM CAR SHOWS.
CHEERS..AL
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The STAR WARS Thames was pictured in Issue number 1 of street machine("The new customizing magazine"as they said on the TV advert).The Thames was uninsured due to an error in administation,so it said in the mag.The van had the exhausts running inside the seal area exiting infront of the back wheels through a vent(off a X19 or something.Mind u were X19s out then?)anyway the van looks like it rolled over frontwoulds and landed on its roof.In the pic it looks like the roof panal was ripped of.(SHAME)..Dave Lowe
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One of the coolest things about the Star Wars Thames was the fibre optics built into the murals on the sides. Wow, I remember sitting round a bonfire at about 3AM at at a run watching the fibre optics twinkling in the dark while the Stereo in the van played Jeff Waynes 'War of the Worlds' it was surreal dude, I mean we were totally in the zone! And then two Scotsman shattered the peace by running in an doing the famous 'Dance of the Flaming a-r-s-ehole! Aye, we knew how to have fun in them days!..Lord Purple of Binfield
Retro vanning could be cool, but the rules are, Only Early flat fronted vans allowed, Early Econolines, Dodge A100's (Like the famous wheelstander pickup in Don Garlits Museum), Early Chevy vans plus Thames 400e's and maybe VW splitties. (Gary, your Greenbrier is in, naturally!) Jo-jo Darton is already ahead of the game as his Gasser Thames is towed by his flamed sixties Chevy Van. He's not retro vanning though cos he's owned that Thames since the sixties anyway! L.P.
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Bang on, L.P.
I wouldnt want to see some of the horrors return from that era but the types you have just listed are exactly it..The 60's thing is getting bigger , lots of people are moving that way with their cars and combine that with the big retro surfing , tiki movement etc and its only natural that cool vans and campers should be part of it.
WAGONS have already started leading us this way , who would have thought wagons would have been cool? Dont get me wrong , I have always liked them but when I imported a 56 Pontiac Safari (far better looking than a nomad !)about 12 years ago , no one really wanted it.I could sell it 10 times now !..lancelot link
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Talking of vans,back in,must of been the mid 70s,a guy Dave something or other had a MK1 V4 Transit up the road from me(I was just a kid then)(some people say i still am,HMMM)The Tranny was lite blue and had Murals on the sides.I think your could buy stick on ones(i seam to remember he changed his once)The van allways looked imaculete,mind you it couldant have been that old then.The van would be seen cruisin about a few times on a daily bases,and ofton would have other bits put on.1 day the front bumper was gone and four spot lights were put on like they did with the MK1 escorts.Another guy Mikele Croft,round my way had a Anglia with bubble arches,and one day it appeared in a petrol station(They ofton seam to have yanks and a few other modified cars there) on Bread-n Cheese hill with sheet metal fixed somehow to the back to make it a fast back.I think it was done just to see wot it would look like,as the next time i see the car the sheet metal had all gone.I should thank that guy because he would give me cousin his old Hot Car mags,then when he finished with them i would get them,GREAT!..SJB
A big mid engined van would look good,like that yellow CF thats hits the strip ofton at shakey.I remember a HOT CAR mag that had a Drawing of a super tough Thames van made into a pickup(the back had just the top half removed,im sure they dident make them like this)Im sure that was mid engined and had a chopped roof.That would look real wild.There was a Stock looking MK1 Transit biult with a big Olds motor in the back with a blower.Hot Rod&Custom had pics of it in COOKIN,i think Nick Butler Biult it for a customer.The van was finished as latter on it was for sale in Street Machine.
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We had a Mk 1 Cortina locally with flared arches , running boards and a twin wheel transit rear axle fitted !
A mk3 IMSA'd Cortina with portholes , louvre panels etc.called 'street life'
An anglia with bubbles , fur , prismatic tape etc. called 'Christine'
And of course being produced locally , we obviously had every C-cab variation you can think of !!..lancelot link
Wish Id taken pics now !
Hang on....C-cabs , retro vannin' hmmm....maybe not !..lancelot link
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Roverrod.....If all goes to plan there should be two pictures of your car from way back when. Here goes..The Candy Man

http://community.webshots.com/s/image8/3/75/61/116937561FDbnGC_ph.jpg

http://community.webshots.com/s/image9/3/81/96/116938196GBFQpc_ph.jpg
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That Thames van with windows in the sides(old mini bus/camper?)that was at knebworth a few years ago looked good.For anyone who dosant remember it had a chopped top,de guttered,tubbed rear but wasnt too low and had a maroon/bronze colour.The front and rear side doors were open to show the four full harnesed seats.Wot-a-ride!..SJB

[rabid hamster]

That twin wheeled MK1 sounds totaly madness and that Street Life one rings a bell.Going back to vans,the american mag Truckin" biult a real tough 60s Econoline or was it a Dodge A100,Yea i think it was,anyway it was named "TWO BAD" because of the two 350cidV8s lurkin in the back under the chopped top.The engines were mounted inline driveing through a B&M trans with blanket to a tubbed out rear end.The van had custom paint and a Deist drag chute.TALK ABOUT WILD!That was in the Jun87 issue..SJB
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Just to see if I've got this picture thing right, here's a couple of my old tub.......'Vitamin T'.
..The Candy Man

http://www.muchos.co.uk/members/modelt/Chassis%202.jpg

http://www.muchos.co.uk/members/modelt/Hothood.jpg?955

http://www.muchos.co.uk/members/modelt/Panel%205.jpg?679

Going as fast as I can to get her finished!
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Candy Man,"Vitamin T",that must be the one that Barry George owened,then black.He owened it for quiet a few years with a 2 Litre Pinto,then sold it on then later bought it back and dropped in a 350 chev.I remember being down the pub when he turned up after the transplant,somebody shouted out,"about time too"(Cause he had put the chevy in).He ran it up the strip at north weald,ran 14s..SJB
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13.2sec was the quickest I saw it run at the same place actually. I wonder what it will be capable of now?..The Candy Man
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Its all about power to weight ratio Mick ! ? :-))..kapri
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Same weight car, alot more powerful engine, HEAVIER DRIVER, I'll say it before one of you lot do!..The Candy Man
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Too late ,I already had!! LOL..kapri
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I havent had the time to go through all the past posts properly and may of mist something,but does anybody no any info on Bob Rothwells Model Y.I see the car at the 94 Nats,i think the first appearence in many years.The car was (later on) sold on.Is the car now still the same???.I just loved that Fairlane Dash,custom grill and the rear lights.I havent had the chance to go to that many shows in the last few years and may of mist it.I have a pic here with Mick Kemps "Silver Surfer" MK1 Transit being shown next to the Y on there Club stand(Hot Rod&Custom Pic).Micks still driving the S&K Dragster(Super Pro ET)and is biulding a mid 50s chevy truck..SJB
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hi candyman great photos of the build up . i cant wait to see her light up the tarmac im still hunting for tubes for me rear wheels ? any ideas. and ill be needing some paint soon .. ohh by the way 13 sceonds ..ill go easy on ya???? edd..joyfull
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Stevie John, ive just posted some photo`s of the `72 Beaulie, Southern Roadsters Run on holmseys U.K. HotRods site,Bob Rothwells "Y" is in one of photos, on the left of a four car line up, sure was neat for its day. Also have a better photo of it next to Spat`s red "Y" at Silverstone drags, early `70s.
Will be sending this and other pics with cobwebs on `em to Holmsey soon.
Brian..Brizey
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Cheers BRIZEY for the info,ill look them up sometime.Hot Car done a detailed drawing of the Y-Type,showing all the undercariage,through the see-through body shell.Insedently Bob still goes to the twice monthly Chelmsford Drag-n-Street Rod Club..SJB
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Steve, thanks, nice to know some of the "old boys" are still out there.
Any idea what month/year Hot Car did the drawing ?.
Brian..Brizey
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Ill try to find it,i no ive got it somewhere because i was looking at the mag not long ago,but i cant remember whot was on the cover."DAMN"..SJB
Found it already,SEP 75,the mag was only 25p then.Theres a red kit car on the cover(Mind you they nearly all had kit cars on then),and it says biuld a street rod(with a drawing of bobs Y chassis)on the bottom of the cover.Theres three pages with 11 photos of the Y,many showing the undercarrige.It says here that Bob got the basically stock rolling shell in 1970,but it had 15 inch Fairlane wheels(same stud pattern).
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Just had a look through this months Street Rodder and the editor has come up with a good idea. He's suggesting if anybody knows the where-abouts of any old Hotrods from days gone by, or if there's any info on any, they'll start running an article on the subject and started off by showing a couple of pictures. Now you don't think they got the idea from.........nah........they couldn't have done...could they?..The Candy Man
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what became of the kiss discobar 29 a delivery,reg WWJ 239 built by the rodshop,it was pink,blue,white ????..
hersham hot rodder
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S.J.B., thanks for the info on Hot Car mag, looks like i`m going to have to drag all my mags from hybernation, jeez, some of my mags have been stored since `65, thats nearly fourty years !!!, THANKS for making me feel old guys ;-) .
Candy Man, it would`nt surprise me one little bit, coupes looking good to.
Brian..Brizey
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Sorry,It was a diagram not a drawing of the Y(CHEERS)In the same mag theres a very small pic of the Electric Funeral Pop as was discussed in a past posts,the first appearance!..SJB
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Brizey, got given a VERY ratty copy of the Hot Car with your old B roadster on the cover. Can't believe that such a pioneering car got about a quarter of a page in black and white! I always thought it as a full feature ,such was the impact..kapri
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what became of the kiss discobar 29 a delivery,reg WWJ 239 built by the rodshop,it was pink,blue,white ????
I dont no where the rod is now,but i very nearly became a owner back in 94.I was trying to by a 32 coupe that was not really for sale,the guy was just thinking about it.After a while i gave up on the coop,when a guy at work told me about an A Delivery(not noing at the time it was the old KISS one),so i went round to have a look.The rod was one colour then,a maroony-purpely colour,the chromed jag irs was prety rusty and a few bits of the grey interior needed attaching properly,other than that it wernt too bad.All three of us went out for a drive in it around Westcliff,which was great fun,as it was quiet alot of people and cars about.So i put a deposit on it,the guy was going to get a full MOT in the week.Anyway after getting an insurance value,i was down the Weir when the guy with the coop came up to me and said he was selling,so i bought that instead(I did even thing about bying both)The Kiss panal was pictured in Club International back then,which i have the copy.Me mate at work told me that the A was used as everyday transport for a time thats why the jag rear had rusted.It could have had a bit of a clean up and used as was.The rod was sold for a slightly higher price not long after,i think the guy was going to re-biuld it but im not sure.The KISS panal was featured in CC as well..SJB

[rabid hamster]

Kev, that cover was the June `78 issue, they ran a proper article / rod test in the december `78 issue (desert rat jeep on the cover) with times for the quarter and brake distances, Keith Seume did the tests at the army testing ground at cobham. That was a blast, a big test track and quarter mile to ourselves.
Custom Car asked if the could do a cover / centre spread feature at the same time but did`nt persue it when i said o.k., but no girls draped over it. I`m no prude, i like a pretty girl, like all red blooded males, but they use to stand the girls right in front, obscuring the cars, when they could have put them to one side and got the best of both worlds.
I remember the editor was Dave Hamill at the time.
Brian..Brizey
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Keith Seume,remember him Driving a Nitrous426HEMI Challenger in the old HOT CAR Days?They done one of there STREET TEST features.Martin David had shipped the car over,the laughing gas allready fitted and Bob Hatton of HATTON ENTERPRISES(They also supplyed Turbo Kits from the states) refilled the bottle.I wonder wot this car would cost now???The times were-0-60 4.2,1/4 13.2 and with N20-0-60 5.2,1/4 12.1.The 0-60 down due to massif wheel spin,the tyres breaking loose at every shift..SJB
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A mate of mine owned that car for a while , I remember him having a hell of a job trying to get £5,000 for it..Stitch

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REGARDING THAT SECOND PHOTO, I'VE GOT WOOD.
CHEERS..AL
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THOUGHT OF A CAR WHILE AT WORK LAST NIGHT. PALE BLUE, ROVER POWERED, MINOR PICK UP. HAD A MOON LOOKY LIKEY TANK IN ITS STEP SIDE BED & THE MOST CARTOONY RAKE YOU EVER SAW HELPED BY TRUCK RADIALS. THINK IT WAS CHOPPED. USED TO BE SEEN AT GARYS PICNIC EVERY YEAR AT THE POD, RUNNING 13's?. NOT CERTAIN, BUT I THINK JULIAN RUSSEL OF POP PARTS MIGHT'VE HAD IT AT ONE TIME, DID HE BUILD IT?..AL
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Nige Bond owned it after Julian Russel why ,I also believe, built it. Think it then went to Paul Coleman and onto some others afterwards? It's now defunct.!!..kapri
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AL,
That is the Paul Coleman who works for us !!
He owned it for a while a few years back and I think did a deal with Nigel Bond on his chopped couped etc Hi-line Consul for it.
Incidentally Nigel now has a Dooster Trad style Rover powered 32 Rdstr. that Paul did a lot of work on..lancelot link
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That crazy raked Minor was featured with another truck,this one was very low,on a pro street chassis,chevy small blocked(I think)and green in colour.The strip only machine would leave the line with one wheel well in the air,looking like the chassis was twisting.Once at North Weald i was standing behind when the lights went to green,the truck moved to the left heading for the grass,the truck not getting straight to half track.Ive a pic when it was blue and blown Rover powered (the first version). Ill have to get a scanner!
Stich,how long ago was your mate selling the HEMI,and when was the pics taken.Thinking about it that Challenger was very young when in HOT CAR magazine..SJB
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That would've probably been around 1983/4 , he also owned a #'s matching 1966 Impala 425/427 4speed . He sold both of them to raise the money to build the Rat Fink 68 Camaro which is still racing today.
The Challenger was red when he bought it , he had it resprayed in orange.Stitch.
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Steve Bundy that name rings a bell ! How's it going pal ?
What's happened to your 32 ? do you still have the car?..trimmer
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HI Neil,how ya getting on?Ive still got the coop,but dident use it much last year due to work Comitments.I see your car the first time when it was on the telly.CHEERS..SJB
Stitch,the Rat Fink camero looked very nicely turned out and profesional with the Truck/Trailer outfit when i see it at the Pod.There was a grey primed stock chassed camero from way way back that was called RAT FINK.The car was very fast and may of hit the high 9s(I may be Wrong)There was a rear veiw pic in Street Machine of the car wheeling of the line.Do you no if this is the same car???..SJB
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Talking of Morris Minors (well we were a couple of posts ago), this is parked next to Gary Belcher's T in the Haynes Museum. It is totally air-brushed & I mean totally. The whole car was dismantled & every part has been painted to look like it's made of wood(which begs the question, WHY?). According to my friend in Jersey (where it comes from) who helped to re-assemble it, the owner's an art student & it was a college project. Amazing piece of work, but is it art? Candidate for the proposed art exhibition at Old Warden this year?..MisteR Tee

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It may be the same car Steve , my mate did take it to the pod for a shakedown before he painted it white and had it signwritten and logo'd ,yes it did run high 9's first time out , this was almost 20yrs ago remember .He never had a truck though , tow car would've been either a black 70 El Camino or a gold 73 Impala wagon. It had the stock front subframe but tube frame/roll cage from the firewall back . It had a 427 with a DNE 5 speed and Ford 9" then but I'm sure it's probably on a full chassis now with a much more exotic eng/trans combo . It was originally metallic green with gold prisma lettering and Centrelines ,pretty stock with a 427/4 speed , belonged to a guy called Nick Mellet?(I think that's his surname) from Henley on Thames , he was a mate of Mike Halls..Stitch
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Speaking of Minors although not a truck,John Websters old Minor Roadster "Hot Lemon" was for sale last year.I see it advertised on a notice bord at the Pod.For anybody not remembering-it was flip fronted with small scoop,tubbed,260 powered(when first biult i think but may be wrong),round back lights fitted into the body,no door handles.Geoff Owen nocked up a bolt in Driver roll cage that could be removed.John would ofton come down the Rayleigh Weir in the car,must of been-87-88.The car was later sold with the Gone Crazy MK11 getting the (Last engine).The Minors then new owner i think had a 3.1 v6 fitted..SJB
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Some time ago, a colleague at work gave me an old paperback Custom Car publiction that gave a brief(ish) history of Rodding in the uk.
One car in there defies belief. Called 'Swamp Rat' it was described as a 'Ford Pilot chassis with a Jago T body perched precariously at one end, at the other end, about 200 yards away is the flathead V8.' Typical early 70's, with loads of lights and the obligatory Transit pickup rear lamps, indycar style rear wing and banded steels.
Anyone else remember it? If the builder is reading this..........Sorry, but it was quite nasty.
...V8Devon
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THAT SOUNDS CRAZY!Wot was that ROD kinda Freaky THING with bits of ROVER 100 and loads of pipes?I know it was in one of the very early mags but its going to take me forever to find it.Theres been some other ODDBALLS over the years,these are some-MK1 capri front tacked onto MK1 Escort van rear with colowne archs(GOLDY colour with darker lower half)(EARLY 80s)(went to some indoor shows)////////Capri MK11 front half connected to XJS rear half(Red And Brown six wheeler)sounds "crazy" i know!Plus there was half a Minor connected to something or other but me brain aint telling me wot..SJB
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You're going back with that Rover 100 thing! All I remember was it was built by a motor trader by the name of "Dickie" Bird. Think it was featured in an early Hot car along with a Daimler v8 powered 30's Chrysler.Talking of Hot Car who can remeber the A40 Farina with cut back/off front wings with a spoiler on the roof?..kapri
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I only remember Swanp Rat from the same book but I do remember a kind of (very Kind of) Jago Bucket slingshot fom the mid to late 70's that made a few runs in a metallic burnt orange colour, with a flathead mounted in the conventional place, fronted by a cut down glass Deuce shell but with the front section of the frame extended a few feet. Somewhere to pack the tent and beer I suppose!..40Stude

[rabid hamster]

About 10-15 years ago there was a car from the nottingham way that was a Minor front welded to a Beetle front (or was it the other way around) called Push Me Pull You, think the Minor was the front end and the Beetle the rear..SPECIAL WHEN LIT
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Kapri,did it have a realy wierd crazy front bodywork with yellow going into blue paintwork.I seam to think it had orenge round lights on the roof and banded wheels.Some crazy ideas back then..
SJB
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Thta sounds like it! Don't get TOO detailed , I only stopped having the nightmares a few years back LOL..kapri
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Neil, You're right about the Camaro belonging to Nick Mellet. He certainly owned the car but didnt drive it much, at the time it was called 'Li'l Wopper'. It was supposed to be quick but I never saw it run personally. Your mate must have changed the name when he painted it. Always wondered what happened to it!..Lord Purple of Binfield
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That's it LIL' WOPPER .His mate ,Steve Robinson, had an absolutely gorgeous red 69 Chevelle SS396 that hardly ever used to get driven - must be something in the water around Henley .
..Stitch
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That guy who worked for Street Machine,FLY wasant it,then went to Lax Plower,he had/still has a red 396 Chevelle tubbed out yonks ago,but never seam to see it much..SJB
Ive just remembered,that other half of a Minor(back)was connected to a capri MK1or2.These capris seamed to be a popular choice for this kind of customising for some unknown reason.Back in the mid 70s there was a late 60s or early 70s american or Ausi car(Im not sure wot,i was only a kid then)about around Canvey and Benfleet with a very unuseral modification.This sounds hard to beleave but the back was completly cut off(Boot Area),from behind the rear wheels and a sheet of flat metal just blanked the back off.The rear lights(unknown)and number plate were fixed to the flat back.The rest of the car was stock factory.I used to think the car may of been in a smash and he couldnt get the panals so he took drastic action on the orenge coloured car.Very strange.I would ofton see the car down Northwick road Canvey or at Tarpots roundabout area.The car looked something like a Ausi charger,but i dident no that many cars then.I must of been only 11 or 12..SJB
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You're spot on with that Henley comment Neil, I never worked that one out either. They had another mate called Nick who had a very clean yellow 57 Chevy, at least he used to drive his car! I believe Steve and Nick got into Hot street VW'S, though never seen them drive one! Nick Mellet is the service manager of a local BMW dealership.
40 Stude, the long wheel base flathead T was built and owned by Ian Loveday of Corby Northants. A member of Welland Valley Roadsters, he built it that way because that was the length of the steel he was given to build the chassis! True! It was featured in CC and was always credited as his wifes car. I wonder what happened to it?..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Hey Lord P , it's Ron not Neil :P . Yeah that was Nick Reah with the yellow 57 , he done a chassis off job on it - only trouble was he put new cills on with the body off the chassis and the doors wouldn't fit afterwards :O . Do you know Pat Tisdale ?, he comes from Maidenhead and still owns his Surf Green 57 Bel Air 2dr sdn after over 20 yrs.
Anybody remember the Cross brothers from Leicester way I think ? , Pete & Rob ? . They built the early 70's Camaro and Firebird show cars in the late 70's early 80's..Stitch
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Here you go guys, hot off the press (well out of my camera actually), the return of Nykilodeon to it's old home Ally Pally!! Best yet, it's nose to nose with mine!!!!!!

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PS, you gotta see the Model T skidoo from Sweden, I'll post the pics later. Those crazzeee Swedes!!!!..
..MisteR Tee
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The T looks real good,a real peace of British Hot Rodding.On another note for anybody into vans,theres a old style MK1 transit at ALLY- PALLY.Perhaps vans will come back as in superCC theres a 1960 Standard Atlas Tubbed out with mid mounted Big Block,WOW!i cant wait to see/hear this one pound the pavement.Imagine this down the high street,but this one will only be delivering horse power!I take me hat of to this guy for biulding such a choice ride.Kinder reminds me of some HOT WHEELS cars-using unuseral old shells like there latest BLINGS DAIRY DELIVERY and the others being the twin engined tubbed BUS and Metrorail.This is where pro street realy works.
Is that J2 Bus still about with the Hydraulics?I havent had the chance to go too many shows the last few years so may of mist it..SJB
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Told you AL.....RETRO VANNING THE NEXT BIG THING !!!!!!!..lancelot link
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LANCE BABY
IT'S T BUCKETS THAT ARE MAKING THE BIGGEST COME BACK. YOU'VE GOT MAIL BY THE WAY.
CHEERS..AL
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I was on about the where abouts of a Model A pickup the other week. Its odd as the running gear under this looks like what was under the pickup. (Mind you it was a long time ago, I could be wrong.)..cunningplan

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I mentioned a while back that I'd been trying to talk to the owner of the 'Speedfreak' Fordson van, to try and get him to start work on it again after a long lay off. The last time it was taxed was 1986, as we found the old tax disc for it while moving the van around to get it on the trailer. Yup....it's away being rebuilt! Chassis painted front and rear suspension back in and the blown 351 cleveland getting sorted before it's new coat of paint. Shouldn't be to long before the bodyshell will be getting prepped and a coat of paint going on that as well.
Marvellous! 20yrs laid up gathering dust and could be back on the road before my 'Vitamin T'!
Oh, by the way, I know the person who's reduilding the van looks in from time to time, among others. Well I've spoke to the owner about what paint/kolor etc, as you asked me to do and he's told me the kolor he basically wants the van in but the rest he's leaving up to me. WELL GET OUT THE PAINT GUN COS THE METALFLAKE TUBS ARE ON THERE WAY!!!!!
..The Candy Man
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Mick,"gathering dust"don`t you mean sawdust? at least thats what it had on it in the 80s when you gave us the grand tour of Doncaster.I remember that guy had the biggest snap on toolbox I have ever seen!!!
Dave..Dave Lowe
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After reading this site I decided to rumage around my mothers attic to find my old photos.There was a yellow sedan delivery with a blown motor,tan roof,spinners on centerlines?and the plate said "DIRTY 30".It was in Blackbushe in '84.Who's was it,where is it?It would still be stunning today!..steben
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I think the rod you are refering to is Pete Fowler and the 'Dirty 30' Model A. I've heard rumours that Pete is still looking in on the rod scene and that his car went abroad somewhere. C'mon kapri.....help me out here..The Candy Man
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Im sure its in the states.I think the rod was mentioned in a past post.Im still reading them all!..SJB

[rabid hamster]

'Blown 30' was Pete Fowlers Undelivery/ Dirty30 that he imported from the states as a built rod.
I believe it is now back over there.

Did you know Pete actually bought that car whilst serving a driving ban and he had to let his missus drive the car back from the docks.
Full of useless information I am!..WagonMan
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They were quick replys!Next one???as theres nothing on the telly,but DUELS on tomorow..SJB
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Spot on Candy Man, Pete Fowler`s "Dirty 30" went back to the states to be sold quite a few years ago, nice car.
Brian..Brizey
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Hi Mick, Yep Pete Fowler owned Dirty 30 and I think someone said it went back to the states on a previous post.
Pete Angell's Model A pictured at the show was purchased from Tony Theron as is, after a long lay-up in a lock up so don't think its the same car. Theres an A pickup with similar running gear down in Bristol isnt there?
I made it to the show at Ally Pally yesterday and good to see a few of the regular forum members after the winter lay off. Toad, Langy, Mister Tee, Adam,Brizey etc. But where was everyone else? Look again at the backgrounds of the car shots on the previous posts and see how many punters you can spot! and it was like that all day. Many of the exhibitors were getting cabin fever boredom having been there since Thursdays set up day poor blighters! Good display of rods though. Disappointing display of rodders! (Unless you're all going today!)..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Lord Purple , i was also there yesterday (sat) from doors opening at 10 till about 3ish...i seemed to keep bumping into various rodders n all in all i thought it was a good show..Skimmer
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quote:Originally posted by steve john bundy
:this one was very low,on a pro street chassis,chevy small blocked(I think)and green in colour.

That's Low Blow 2. Used to race at York in Super Street I think when York was still big. Stunning car, but some Scottish guys *WORD DELETED*ed it up completely.

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Got it on video somewhere.
My mate Ben owns the old Pop Dragin'/Fatal Attraction Pop Super Gasser raced by the Flavell Bro's. Currently on the back burner as we're building a T but will eventually run Super Street with a 460 Ford (ex Steve Saunders)
See ya.Matt..4x4100E
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Pete's Model A came back to California and was sold over here about 4 yrs ago..Biffo
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Just got back from the show. I was toild the No's were a little low yesterday but I think it was made up for today. It's like any first event, you never know what going to happen until it's over.
I hope it's on for next year.
I will be posting some more photos on my site tomorrow night..cunningplan
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Wanted to go, now really wish I had (here comes excuse) club reliability run 20 March no rear floor, duff gearbox, small baby = work on car when ever you can (missus gets upset when angle grinder wakes baby at midnight)..roverod
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I agree with cunningplan,i hope its on next year as well.I went Sunday but i thought there would be more general publick there and maybe (hopefully)a few might get into the hobby one day like i did.It was good to here Nobby Hills and Stu Bradbury being interviwed,cant wait to see the Nitro funny hit the strip this year with the babe by the startline as well.Nick Butler was seen looking at his old car,that and the custom vans and the flip body on the Devon made it a bit like the old days.The model drag strip seamed quiet populer aswell,ashame the Tour Wheely Bus stood in the pits all day(BROKE)(a great track layout by the club).The girls put on a good show,like the Autosort show,we may start to see em at the other shows(Maybe)like the few Santa pod girls sean at the track.I just hope the organizers can do it again next year..SJB
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hi steben the yello a was pete fowlers and was first called undelivery back in the early 80s then some **** went up the back end of it and pete rebuilt it and called it dirty thirty and then after a time sent it back to california where biffo sold it for him/ it would be nice to try and find out hows it doing.edd
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The moggy pick-up Low-Blow was built and driven by Phil 'flat-top' Drewitt of Melksham. called low blow cos it had a blown rover then changed to a small chevy. he sold it to a scottish racer?? Phil then bought a XR3i with 460 ford called it Psycho and raced successfully in super gas for several seasons. think he gave it up to go hotrod racing(roundy sort)..matt
just remembered ! before Low Blow phil owned one of the couped pops that were around ( LUT 390?? )..matt
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Overheard at Ally Pally, two young guys looking at Devon Cream, with its flipped up body, one says to the other "is that one of those simulator rides that you get in , pull the top down, and you feel like your driving it".
Yeah some ride, they say ignorance is bliss :-?
Brian..Brizey
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quote:Originally posted by The Candy Man
:I mentioned a while back that I'd been trying to talk to the owner of the 'Speedfreak' Fordson van, to try and get him to start work on it again after a long lay off. The last time it was taxed was 1986, as we found the old tax disc for it while moving the van around to get it on the trailer. Yup....it's away being rebuilt! Chassis painted front and rear suspension back in and the blown 351 cleveland getting sorted before it's new coat of paint. Shouldn't be to long before the bodyshell will be getting prepped and a coat of paint going on that as well.

Marvellous! 20yrs laid up gathering dust and could be back on the road before my 'Vitamin T'!
Oh, by the way, I know the person who's reduilding the van looks in from time to time, among others. Well I've spoke to the owner about what paint/kolor etc, as you asked me to do and he's told me the kolor he basically wants the van in but the rest he's leaving up to me. WELL GET OUT THE PAINT GUN COS THE METALFLAKE TUBS ARE ON THERE WAY!!!!!
Anything to do with that grotty little tin you nabbed the other day Mick?!
Don't think there's enough in that.
Maybe do the key fob in it..Deuce
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Watch and learn my son......watch and learn!!!..The Candy Man
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Stitch, Re your question on previous page, yep, I've known Pat for years, he even gave me sanctuary for a year after my marriage broke up! He's currently advertising a Florida holiday home in the back of CC. Sorry about the 'Neil' Ron, I was mixing up 'Stitch' with 'Trimmer' who is a Neil! Does that make sense? L.P..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Ive just been looking through Steven Myatts old book from the early eighties "Quarter Mile".Theres a few cars in there that i wondered wot happened to,one being a real tough street/strip car of the time "Neon Star" the red 69 Mustang,351 powered.I think the car was from South London area and was ofton at the pod and also was at the Chelsea Cruise.Another car was a tough little 100E"The Menace"that Hot CAR magazine biult for one of there projects.For anybody not remembering the car,it had stock bodywork,no bumpers,Holley carbed V6,striped out interior with ally paneling and lightweight seats.The doors had lenghs of old seat belts used for door stops and window pulls(old railway carriage style)The car was bright red with lots of race Decals on the lower rear querters and the cars name on the doors.I seam to think the car had chrome eight spokes all round.The car was featured in the mag not that long before it sadly ended in 83 after 15 years of being published.Just think we had at least four custom mags going in 83.I have most of the old mags-CC,SM,HRaC,HC and the not long published Sreet Rod+Machine that ran in 83 but one mag i only have one issue of is International Street Rod+Machine(77).Does anybody no how long this was published for?Cheers..SJB
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quote:Originally posted by The Candy Man
:Watch and learn my son......watch and learn!!!

As I always do.
Mucho respecto for The God of Flakeism..Deuce
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SJB. Congratulations! You have a full set of International Street Rod and Machine.It was published or produced by the 'Royal' family. no, not that one! They lived local to here and ran a blue metallic '72 Ford Econoline van with 'zoomie' pipes and a big rake. It was at the CC show at Olympia that year (1977). You'll see a pic of it and other references to them in the mag. Don't know why it never made it past the first issue. Don't know what happened to them, maybe they went back to the states. L.P..Lord Purple of Binfield

[rabid hamster]

LP
DO ME A FAVOUR & GIVE SOME DETAIL ON THIS INTERNATIONAL STREET ROD & MACHINE MAG, DOESN'T RING ANY BELLS. I REMEMBER A SORT OF FOLD OUT POSTER TYPE THING THAT FEATURED GRANNIES PRIDE &, I THINK, THE Mk1 CORTINA FORDROLET. MUST'VE BEEN ABOUT '76.
CHEERS..AL
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I had that fold out poster mag...there was a straight 6 jag powered T bucket in there also.
pale colour with leaping Jag logo on side of cowl and banded steels I think.
I remember thinking at the time how cool T buckets were and obviously my school books were covered in T bucket and 'Revenge' doodles , but as you know now Al , no ones got any time for T buckets anymore !!..lancelot link
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Al,the mag was realy good and had lots and lots of pics from the Drags and shows.My copy sadly has no cover but this is whot was inside-Pics from differant meets from the Pod and Blackbushe,pics of Custom British Camaros,a feature on Ed Iskenderian,a page of pics of Revenge and another of Norm Wildings MK2"Pieces of Eight",theres ten pages of pics from 77(6 on a page)of indoor shows from this side of the pond with a lot of forgotten about rides.Theres also a bit on a 58 chevy cop car,a page on the Bakersfield March meet(had 50 Fuelers entered it says here) with Clive Skilton in etendence,two pages on British Chopper Clubs(one being the Bracknell Chopper Club)plus pics from Cruises from the states.All in all a very good mag and a real shame it never continued.
Just been reading a bit more-That 58 that was made into a cop car,it says here that he paid £100 for it in 76 as a beater.It had been left standing but only had 26000miles on it.Theres a DEALS'ON'WHEELS ad here with Big Richards Stars and stripes Sidepipes 70"£52.95 each.That must have been a lot then.When i was a kid i remember me dad saying look at that exhaust on that Triumph,when we were going along the A127.It was a stock Triumph 2000 with one of these pipes on.I also remember seeing a red MK11 Jag with them upswept Zoomie pipes just before the back wheels and it had the wheel covers radiest.I just wish i used the camera then....SJB
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Thanks SJB , I thought I remembered a car called "Pieces of Eight" how I mixed it up with "After Eight" I dont know must , be my age..Pete Edwards
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Ah Steve,now you are really talking about my early days getting into rodding, Blackbushe Drags and that '58. I think it belonged to a Brian Surey of the Uxbridge Valley Street Cruisers, a club which morphed into the 'Spirit of the Fifties' club. I remember when I first learnt to drive we used to go up to Heston Services Eastbound on a Saturday night for a coffee after the pubs chucked out. Sitting there one night when the 58 cop car rolled in and burned out under the canopy right outside the door. Thanks Brian, if you are out there you made my evening/week/ month etc. 29 years on and still loving it! L.P..Lord Purple of Binfield
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hi purple one you just made me think of of the past . when you said / brian surey\ . it was pre his 58 he had a 55 / 4 door orange with purple flames he got it from mike halls . we went to see american graffiti in it it was about //74//75ish it was his fault i got into rodding ? what a guy ? ed..joyfull
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I remember the 55 Mr Joyfull, and I think I'm right in saying that was the first 55 Chevy I ever saw for real. Got my Dad to take me to the Chelsea cruise the month after it was first featured in CC. Saw the 55 cruising the Kings Rd that night. I've got a black and white pic of it at SSR Wheels Day 1976 held at South Hill Park Bracknell. Other 50's yanks there were a Silver 55 Buick, a red and white '52 Ford 4-dr, Dave 'Mouse' Evans white '56 Chevy (also a 4dr,SXN 909)and of course the 58 cop car. We stayed late when most people had gone and the guys were goofing around in the car park with Paul Money and his V8 Escort and some other local cars. As an impressionable teenager at the time I thought those guys were the coolest!..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Heres a bit more on that 58.It says here that he got the car of a guy called Alex Lychinaski of 48 Ford Woodie fame,apparently he had bought it and lost interest.It says that the car was a bit worse for wear body wise but ok mechanically.He re-acquired his original 58 as a breaker after the owner had blown the engine.As Joyfull says he owened a 55 as well with a fairly hot 327.He used parts from the breaker 58 to use on the Highway Patrol Project,which when finished had Wolfrace Slots alround,fronts of the 55 and rear ones that his mate couldant get under his E-type.The rear suspention looks like it was raised slightly.The car had twin rear Aerials on the rear wings and one on the roof and the revolving Dome light are normaly used for French fire boats.The car looked real good..SJB.
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Even better than that, I just found my copy of 'International Street Rod and Custom'to give it its correct name. Strangely, there are no publication dates anywhere but as SJB says, loads of good pictures from the period. A 10 Page pictorial feature on the Belle Vue show, shows Mike Keys Flamed 32 sedan, and a MK111 called 'Satan's Creation' owned by none other than Holmsey himself (old git):). The rest of the pics show many cars already mentioned on this thread. I could scan the cover and email it so someone clever could post it up on the thread so you guys can see what the cover looked like, any volunteers?
Oh and two other special mentions, BRIZEY! Theres a pic in here of Franks 46 Pickup at Blackbushe whose running gear you now have in your roadster. LANCELOT LINK, pic also of Pete Baileys 'MISSISSIPPI SHUFFLE' 62 Greenbriar van, painted by Mech Spray and the only other known one in the UK before your new one.L.P
Steve, I think thats a typo in there, The Alex with the 48 Woodie was 'Alphabet' Alex SZCEPANSKI (I think thats right). Alex went on to import a cool yellow '30-31 Model A Coupe with chrome 5-spokes that was later sold to Cornwall's Richard Hartley. (Wonder where that is now) Alex then imported a black '46 Ford Kustom pictured in the 'Custom Fords' Hardback book published in the eighties, the 46 is now owned by Andy Loizou.
(God, I'm coming across as a right anorak tonight!) L.P..Lord Purple of Binfield
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And wot about that Multi-coloured Pop with a full race 1300cc(p5)also theres a pic of Steve Myatts(of "Quarter Mile" book fame)Concul with that monster hood scoop.Quiet a lot of cars had these big pro stock scoops then.There was a PA Cresta about with one.I noticed that Roger Butterworth owened that black-n-flamed 33 plymouth.Thats cool paint work on Terry Gibbs Camaro as well.Geoff Ridgway had the "State Express"escort van with the wild looking dummy Crower blower.
Another mag ive got here from 76 called RED HOT RACERS,the amazing world of drag racing,NO1 issue 40p quarterly.I have no idea how long this one went on for,Anybody no???.Theres a bit on the history of the sport and although a straght line mag this issue had five pages on Jeff Beck and hot rods,(Four pages to read and the other a pic of the black T..SJB
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Lord Purple , Ive been e-mailed by 2 people to say they have Greenbriers since placing my ad.
One completely stock , scruffy example in Devon and a turquoise with mild graphics , directional wheeled version in Scotland. Both fairly recently imported...(Retro vanning , its coming !!!) they are both window vans , so maybe mine is the only panel , who knows !!..lancelot link
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On another subject theres a guy who lives a few miles away from me who up to about a year and half ago had a A35 van(estate)that was featured in Custom Car in i think 92or94or was it 93,im not sure.The van with windows in the sides was when i last see it the same as in feature,lowered,Hot A series,stock body,Grey with maroon scalops(similer grey to that rover powered Corsair that was in a mag about that time).The guy,Ian i think is his name told me he also has a T in bits.Ive never seen the T but i may be wrong on this but im 99% sure its the one that was pictured in the STREET ROD SPECIAL,How to get started that came with Oct92Custom Car.The four pot T on page 8,a Unique Autocrft 27 roadster fully fendered,still wheels,trim rims/caps,Tear drop lights,hold down straps on boot lid,dark blue colour with cream wheels.The plate in the mag LE 1927..SJB
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Here's the front cover. from LP

http://www.cunningplan.btinternet.co.uk/streetrod-custom_small.JPG

Click here for the full size copy..cunningplan.

http://www.cunningplan.btinternet.co.uk/streetrod-custom.jpg

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SJB
I THINK LE1927 IS ARTIST/FJ ELLIS EMPLOYEE PAUL BARROWS OLD CAR.
CHEERS..AL
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love the forum
Been distant from scene for 10 odd years due to family commitments
A few questions?
Does anyone remember a rod in the Cosham(Old Manor Way)area of Portsmouth in the early to mid 70`s,it was a purple coloured Jago bodied box(bread)van with a black vinyl roof (sloping at the front) open cab,v4 ford engine(green)and triumph? front and ford rear suspensions.Sorry no reg no. or owners name.
I remember the car as a kid seeing it over the backway from my house and I was wondering if it was still around as it got me interested in hotrods/customs.Have been told it was in the London area 20years ago.
Is Devon Delivery still about?
What about Satans Pawn or the purple Daimler Dingo
I have some video of Dicky Bird`s Rover(on the move)from a cine film my dad took. has anyone got any ideas how to download it so you can all see it.thanks..rabid hamster
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quote:Originally posted by Lord Purple of Binfield
:Steve, I think thats a typo in there, The Alex with the 48 Woodie was 'Alphabet' Alex SZCEPANSKI (I think thats right). Alex went on to import a cool yellow '30-31 Model A Coupe with chrome 5-spokes that was later sold to Cornwall's Richard Hartley. (Wonder where that is now) (God, I'm coming across as a right anorak tonight!) L.P.


Where is it now? Japan mate.Exported in about 93
Cheers,Russ..rottenpop

[rabid hamster]

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quote:Originally posted by AL
:SJB I THINK LE1927 IS ARTIST/FJ ELLIS EMPLOYEE PAUL BARROWS OLD CAR.
CHEERS. AL

Me and me mate reckon the guy has proberly still got the T and A35.We havent seen him much the last few years has he got into bikes,but when i last see him at North Weald he wanted to get back into cars again.
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:I remember the 55 Mr Joyfull, and I think I'm right in saying that was the first 55 Chevy I ever saw for real. Got my Dad to take me to the Chelsea cruise the month after it was first featured in CC. Saw the 55 cruising the Kings Rd that night. I've got a black and white pic of it at SSR Wheels Day 1976 held at South Hill Park Bracknell.

After talking to Ken Robbins earlier,i relized whot chevy this was.I remember it at the Nats when at Great Leys,the chev was then a red colour,no front bumper,slightly modified rear archs and had fenderwell headers.Im sure it was Grey primered before that,but may be wrong,i seam to remember seeing it on one off Nick Pettits Tapes.Does anybody no the where-abouts of the car now?Cheers.
LP,do you have any idea when the 55 was featured in CC by any chance?.Thanks in advance.Ive a pic of another 55 four door,this one was in CC and i think on the cover sometime in 81.This Chevy was then black with multi- colouered stipes all along the sides and had stock rear archs and a small scoop on the hood.The chev also had fenderwell headers and Centerline Type wheels and retained the front bumper.I think the car had a flip front.In later years i see the car at another show in Straight red.Does anybody no where this one is?By the way the number plate was RGY 379..SJB
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sjb,the 27t you talk about,is it the one on page 8 of old photos on uk hot rods site,bob..hersham hot rodder

http://www.uk-hotrods.co.uk/old%20photos/page%208/27.jpg

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SJB, The flamed 55 4dr that Joyfull and I remember wasn't ever featured in CC that I know of. It did get painted red though as I have another later pic of it at Blackbushe drags. It had slot mags. I think the number was RGF 404. I remember the graphic'd black one in the mag, don't ever remember seeing it about anywhere..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Wow Ken Robbins !!! ......there's a name from the past , does he still own the 57 Nomad ? . Brian Surey also owned a 55 150 2dr sedan with a glass flip front , it was powder blue but he sold it to Bob Holland who sprayed it his trademark Red/Silver and done a lot of work to the 327 . He ran a best of 12.99 with it..Stitch
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On a totally different track but an old car anyway, does anyone remember seeing a radically restyled Mk 1 Capri based in central London? I went to do an engineer's report on it years ago. It's owner lived in a block of flats & built it in the open carpark beneath the block, including painting it! He lived on the 3rd floor I think & carried all his tools & equipment up & down in the lift! Ran an extension lead out the window for power. The car had a restyled flip-front, Rover V8 engine, custom interior & a huge dustbin-size jet engine type exhaust tube in the back. I'm sure I took pics but can't find them. Never saw it anywhere & always wondered what happened to it..MisteR Tee
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Euro Exhausts had a Capri with a back end styled like that, used it as a promotion. Not the same one? or was that a MK11? Yellow and Brown livery I think.
Bob Holland built that after his Bel Air was stolen and torched didnt he? Picture of Bob and the 150 in Mike Key's Tri-Chevy book.
..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Lord P , Bob sold his Bel Air to a guy in Cambridge called Les , unfortunately a disgruntled husband found out that Les was knocking off his missus so he broke into his garage and torched it. With the insurance proceeds Les went to California and bought another 55 2dr sedan , it was a super clean car in black with silver and blue flames - wonder where that is now ?..Stitch
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LP
THAT EURO EXHAUSTS CAPRI WAS A Mk2, LOOKED LIKE A HUGE SEMAPHORE LANTERN GLUED TO THE BACK. IT WAS THE SAME TIME THE COMPANY SPONSORED LIAM CHURCHILLS CAPRI BODIED FUNNY CAR.
CHEERS..AL
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:Wow Ken Robbins !!! ......there's a name from the past , does he still own the 57 Nomad ? . Brian Surey also owned a 55 150 2dr sedan with a glass flip front , it was powder blue but he sold it to Bob Holland who sprayed it his trademark Red/Silver and done a lot of work to the 327 . He ran a best of 12.99 with it .

Ken still owens the 57,he bought it in 79,thats 25 years this year!Does anybody Remember when it was white including the spokes on the old wheels,and it also had a tube grill and was very very slightly higher at the back.Theres a pic of it like this taken at a indoor show on another site(i cant remember which).Do you remember kens stock Blue 55 BEL-AIR from 76,which was Changed to Bright red and had a very slight rake and rolled on slot wheels?The 55 was featured in CC in 78,on the cover and centre spread with a very naked lady.Custom car im sure had a free cristmas card with the girl sitting on the front bumper.Talking of Cristmas cards ive got one that SM gave away showing a 50s yank with some people sitting by it.Anyway back to Kens 55,well that went abroad years ago proberly in 79.A little while ago Ken was wondering where the 55 might be now.The Brian Surey powder blue 55 was in Hot Rod+Custom along with i think a stock Black 57.I really liked that 55 with its Daisy mags.When featured it had a 265,then later changed to 327.Is this the car that later became "GREEN UNYONS"or am i getting side tracked,ill have to ask Ken!.
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:LP CAPRI BODIED FUNNY CAR.
CHEERS. AL

Talking of Funny cars,i went down to Geoff Owens workshop not long before he packed up,and outside was a MK1 Capri Funny Car Shell"WOW"I wonder where this is now?I wonder wot car this once was?Geoff was not about so was unable to ask.The shell was plain White.Another Funny car Shell OBLIVION,the Hillman Avenger was up for sale(PHOTO)at Hot Rod drags in 02.Did anybody buy it and is anybody Biulding it????..SJB
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SJB
THERE USED TO BE A WHITE Mk1 CAPRI FUNNY CAR CALLED SNEAKY GLOWORM, HAD A FORD IN IT I THINK. IT WAS RUN BY A BLOKE CALLED PHIL ELSON, CORGI DID A MODEL OF IT. FIBRE GLASS REPAIRS DID THE BODY & OFFERED THEM FOR SALE. AS FAR AS I KNOW THE ONLY ONE THAT MADE IT ONTO THE STREET WAS THAT YELLOW ONE WITH TURBO VEC WHEELS, CAPRI OR NOT CAPRI I THINK IT'S CALLED.
CHEERS..AL
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:Lord P ,With the insurance proceeds Les went to California and bought another 55 2dr sedan , it was a super clean car in black with silver and blue flames - wonder where that is now ? .

I remember a 55 like this with flames,but im not sure about the blue.This one may be a completly differant one.Did it have polished Daisy mags?The one im thinking of later had the rear narrowed and is now the Orenge and white one with the 502 that runs in the Street racer Sundays/Saturdays.
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:Brian Surey also owned a 55 150 2dr sedan with a glass flip front , it was powder blue.

Wasant the number plate TRIP55!..SJB
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Yes , I remember when Kens' Nomad was white with the tube grill . The 55 he had that was sprayed red - did that belong to a guy called Nigel Freemantle ? The 55 with the blue/silver flames did have polished Daisy mags , the guy never owned it long , I remember driving through the night up to Cambridge with Ian Coombes when he bought it . I think it is the same car that is now orange and white with the narrowed rear - WFX 415 .
At the time Kens' Nomad was white there was another one that used to do the runs , it was metallic green with a white roof and had a 396/4 speed in it , I think the reg was MLW 980V , could be wrong though..Stitch
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:sjb,the 27t you talk about,is it the one on page 8 of old photos on uk hot rods site,bob


I think this is the car he said his got.I never see the car but me and me mate recone its this one.I dident no it was red though.It must be at least ten years ago when he bought the T but was dismantled not that long after.I dident see him around for a few years as he got into bikes and moved house.When i see him at North weald he still had the cars.A guy i worked with new his dad and said that ian still had the cars..SJB
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sjb. when i took this pic it was at brooklands with kev elliots 29 roadster,bob
..hersham hot rodder
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Stitch, There used to be a black 57 Nomad around, I think that had a Big Block in it, Is that the same car? Never saw the green one. L.P.
..Lord Purple of Binfield
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SJB, last I heard Ians old man reversed his JCB into the '27 roadster, it made a bit of a mess of it, but apparently it's repairable. It was grey when he bought it & had no registration with it, oh and the electrics caught alight at some stage....... how's that for luck ?..Chad

[rabid hamster]

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quote:Originally posted by Lord Purple of Binfield
:Stitch, There used to be a black 57 Nomad around, I think that had a Big Block in it, Is that the same car? Never saw the green one. L.P.

Ive just looked at my HOT ROD drags film from 92 and the Black Nomad is on there running up the strip.Aint got much detail on it other than it was stock looking,all black with white side flash(bit Between Trim on rear querters)had a tow bar,had still wheels of a 70s yank(Camaro or something) and the exhaust exited just in front of rear wheels.Sorry cant see the Plate.
Hi Chris,Thats right his dad has got a JCB,done some work for me mate once.Have you seen Ian about,he was Always down the Weir in the A35(that went well)He appeared at North Weald in 02,said he may get back into cars.I seam to think he sold a Rover Powered Summerset he had but may be wrong.Heard your got a Panal!SJB(YELLA COOP).
Chad,has Andy still got his Pop?His had that for a long while.
Anybody got any info on that Capri Funny Car Body i mentioned on a earlier post???I dont no if the car(I see just the Body)was there to be worked on or mayby was just stored there.This was just a few years ago just before Geoff Owen packed up.Mayby one of the Wild Bunch has got it or knows any info.
Talking of Geoff Owen and JCBs,do ya remember the wheely one the company had biult???I think the campany may of approched Geoff about biulding it,but it was biult by someone else.The Digger was Blown-n-injected(Big Block)(I think).Anybody no where this is now?..SJB
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As far as I know the Capri Funny Cars in not it the Wild Bunch. (Not yet anyway.)
The last time I saw the yellow stretched Capri was At the Festival of Transport in Sussex mid to late 80s. I could only be there for one day and the day before Andrometer was there and I missed it..cunningplan
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SJB, I PUT A REPLY ABOUT THE CAPRI FUNNY CAR ON PAGE 33.
CHEERS..AL
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Hi Purple, yeah, thats the truck on the cover of Int`l street rod & custom where i "liberated" the motor, rearend and front brakes now in my roadster.
The body and chassis fitted with Jag front and rear suspention was sold to a guy and his son from up north, yorkshire i think, they were going to make it into a woody..Brizey
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I guess the black one could be the same car as the green and white one , I wouldn't know .
Please excuse the quality of the pics below,I can't believe how orange they'd gone! ..Stitch

http://www.btinternet.com/~rondeco30/kensmad.JPG

Kens Nomad resplendent with custom tube grill and below the dark metallic green and white Nomad with BB/4 speed . These pictures are from Garys' Picnic around 1980 .

http://www.btinternet.com/~rondeco30/greenmad.JPG
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Cheers AL and Cunningplan,I remember the Yellow street one,had a 302 and Street Machine done one of there Street Workouts with a fifth wheel attached.This car later came more of a show car,a bit higher at the back,and had stripes put on the sides.I remember the gloworm Funny,see it on one of Nicks Pettits tapes the other day(This verstion had Bubble Archs though.Maybe a first verstion)).Im sure a little while after the gloworm capri body dident have these and the toy hasant.Could the body down Geoffs been this one?Maybe not.I wonder.Perhaps Geoff or someone out there can shed any light on this.They couldant have made many shells and i dont remember any others.Me mates got the Corgi toy you mentioned.Its got Custom Car (sponser)on the roof.Ive a mag here called National DRAG RACER from oct 73,20p it was then.On the cover is a capri Pro Stocker called "MUSIC MACHINE"but this looks like a stock Still body..SJB
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hi All,
The JCB digger went to the states. I just tried to chase it for the xtreme wheels show. Anyone remember Nick Butlers Major Minor?? Or any of Nicks T's?? I am putting together a little show at the supernats with Nick coming down. I already have, Nykilodeon, Novel T Biffos C cab.. Mick with Vit T if you fancy it, Bave Browns van.. but looking for Money Hungary, Andy Parfitts T, Gary Jenkins T although I have a number for Gary, Gary Ellis Minor, Gone in 60 seconds Mustang.. Oh and I've traced Sonic. Any Help appreciated and if this comes off ot will be a hell of a get together.
Any details contact Barry NSRAPRO@yahoo.co.uk THANKS..blownthames
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Last I heard of" gone in 60 seconds" was when Andy Saunders bought it from Barry Cox. Might be worth a call?..kapri
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This car you on about??

http://www.theaccelerationarchive.co.uk/alan_currans/plastic_fantastics/1-CA-181_Sneaky_Gloworm.jpg

http://www.theaccelerationarchive.co.uk/alan_currans/plastic_fantastics2/2-CA-055_Sting.jpg

http://www.theaccelerationarchive.co.uk/alan_currans/plastic_fantastics4/5-CA-123_Entertainer.jpg
These are all the same body and chassis. and come from the http://www.theaccelerationarchive.co.uk web site..cunningplan
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Stitch, Could that be Pat Tisdale's 57 next to the Nomad? Still don't recall that Nomad, though have found a pic of the black one. As SJB says, it ran Chevy Rallye wheels and its reg was KSU 708..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Hi Lord P , it looks very much like Pats' car next to the Nomad . With a TSU reg I would think that the black one is a different car , the 'SU' reg's were being issued to new imports in the mid/late 80's .
I dug out the copy of CC today with Undelivery on the cover , on the page with all the small pics of cars outside Olympia there is a (very)small pic of my tropical turquoise and white 57 spt cpe*blush*..Stitch
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Going back to the T, that was mine, I put it together then sold it to my mate Bob, so I could buy a house, he finished it drove it a bit, painted it grey then sold it so he could go to the states to buy a 34 coupe.
He then built that in to the Moonyhem Sharp look alike.
Id love to have that car back, if any one knows if it may be for sale, I may be interested
Pete..p.f.f.
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stitch.on the same page as your 57 is me in my old 67 camaro convert ,the pic below has jon (blobby) martinez,debbie coles me and ian corner who i just got my y type from and little chris mooning.bob..hersham hot rodder
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quote:Originally posted by p.f.f.
:Going back to the T, that was mine, I put it together then sold it to my mate Bob, so I could buy a house, he finished it drove it a bit, painted it grey then sold it so he could go to the states to buy a 34 coupe.
He then built that in to the Moonyhem Sharp look alike.
Id love to have that car back, if any one knows if it may be for sale, I may be interested Pete

Ill try to find out,i dont no where Ian moved to but i no his dad lives near me mate.
Cunningplan,yea thats the car,love the "Entertainer" paintwork,dident no they done it in these colours.Im trying to think of any other racers that used the MK1 body shells.SJB.
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quote:Originally posted by Stitch
:Yes , I remember when Kens' Nomad was white with the tube grill . The 55 he had that was sprayed red - did that belong to a guy called Nigel Freemantle ?

Ron,Kens says Hello,remembers Ya,and no the car wasant the Freemantle one.I spoke to him this afternoon,he said that his blue 55 was brought over from France by Keith Harvey the same time as the 55 that became Tim Cooks.Tims one was Black when first come over,then he changed it to Silver,then later to Black again.Ken has no computer but said his 55 was pictured in Custom Car in 76(B/W pic taken by Mike Key)when the Nats were held at Lester.I also remember the car being pictured another time when at Chelsia Cruise when i think it was red.The 55 when sold went to Sweden.I wonder Where it is now???..SJB

[rabid hamster]

I told Ken about the Pic of his 57 on here at Garys Picnic,his going to look it up round his Brother Petes.I found another pic of the white 57 on another site(some where)when he took it to a indoor show.Ill see if i can find it.Ken said he must have pics of the Nomads mentioned and said that he see the Black 57 at Rally of The Giants still the same but with out the Big Block not that many years ago.I hope i ive got all this right,if not ill get me coat..SJB
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Re, capri funny cars, the original "Glow-worm" funny car was owned and raced by Roy Phelps, then owner of Santa Pod Raceway and had a first generation F.G.R. made body, and ran a blown Holman & Moody 427 Ford and had a very early Factory Experimental (funny car) style of chassis, nothing at all to do with the three cars pictured.
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The Sting also ran a first gen` body, while Phil Elson`s "Sneaky", which ran Chrysler power and "The Entertainer" both ran second gen` body`s. I believe the second generation bodys were developed initially for John Dodds Merlin engined car "The Beast".
The Music Machine pro stock capri was built round an original capri (had to be to run in pro stock) and did not run a glass body, but did run a 327 chevy. Brian..Brizey
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Still on that Intro page in CC, Up at the top next to the heading is me in my Veedub Bay window van with a load of Dutch Vanners (whose vans were all on display in the show!)Well Well what a small world! Bays are dead trendy nowadays but I was there first! L.P..Lord Purple of Binfield
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BRIZEY,Cheers for info.The NATIONAL DRAG RACER" magazines own Pro Stocker the "MUSIC MACHINE" had a roadgoing verstion(Just same paint sceme)pictured next to it on the cover of that OCT73 issue i mentioned.It doesant seam to say much about the cars inside though just that the photographer Pete Quinn owned the street car,and that Barnet Motor Company painted the cars.
In that same mag theres a wicked pull-out poster of the"Stones"drag racing team in colour with "TEE-RAT",the rail and the MK1 ESCORT.That escort would look great on the street reserected in the blue colour(first verstion)The car was later changed to yellow and by the looks of it slightly lower at the front end.I just love them radeiest archs and the old style pro stock scoops which found there way onto the bonnets of many custom cars from that era.The escort shell and chassis is proberly long gone but i seam to remember the 350 chevy engine with gas found its way into the chassis of a Pilot street rod.SJB.
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Just a little info, the Mk1 Escort Tender Trap was driven by, none other than DLT (Dave Lee Travis.)..cunningplan
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S.J.B.& Al, the stones were a great race team, D.L.T. was later let lose in "Hemi Hunter" then went on to run his own rail "The needle", did pretty well to.
Apart from "T Rat", my fav` car they ran was the "Opus 1" comp altered, an opus h.r.f. body/chassis fitted with 283cu.in. then 350cu.in. Chev (injected), ended up with a big block Chev.(also injected), this motor was the first motor to go in "T Rat".
"Opus 1" was a wild ride for Dave Stone at the best of times, sideways off the line, both front wheels in the air, sometimes it used to bounce on just the rear wheels, bit like a kangeroo hopping, i can remember seeing daylight under THREE wheels more than once.
Dave used to drive it wearing just a crash hat jeans and T shirt, brave guy.
There used to be some pretty wild altereds around back then, late sixties / early seventies, back then you knew you were going to get a "show", not like today where you get a smokey burnout then there gone, nothing wrong with that of course, thats the name of the game.
Brian..Brizey
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I mist all them good ol days brian,i never started going to the drags to 85,been every year since.Ive got a good idea whot it was like seeing Nick Pettits tapes.I Know the cars run real quick times now but its just great seeing a wild wheels-in-the-air-tyre-smoking-run leaving tyre marks as far as the eye can see.One car i loved from back then was"ITSAVIVA"Chevy small blocked HA,that would realy light-em-up of the line,but sadly ended up crashing i day.We had some real wild cars then.On one of Nicks Tapes theres an altered wheel base AFX Nova 11,black i think that must of came over here to run.I just wish id gone to the races just that bit earlier..SJB
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GOT A PHOTO OF WHAT LOOKS LIKE TENDER TRAP AT A GARYS PICNIC, MID 80's. STILL HAD THE PRO STOCK SCOOP, RADIUSED ARCHES, SLOT MAGS BUT PAINTED MID BLUE METALLIC. IF IT'S NOT TENDER TRAP, IT'S A GOOD COPY.
CHEERS..AL
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Its just started snowing here so im staying in!Thats interesting AL about that MK1,may of been the ol TENDER TRAP.I dont no when they stopped racing it.DLT had some wierd futeristic car with gull wing doors,that he had bought and was featured in HOT CAR with it.The car im sure was used in a film.He also done that program i mentioned on another subject STREET DREAMS..SJB
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Been off line for a couple of days so I'm just catching up. As far as the Nick Butler thing at the SuperNats is concerned, as long as my car is finished, (and it should be by then) then just try keeping me away.
The 'Major Minor', is that the black Rover powered 'moggy thou' saloon with the chrome wire wheels? If it is then it should be fairly easy to find. A guy called Dick........? owned it from Newcastle, (Dave Cox or Epy should know his surname) ran it for years taking his family all over the country. He then moved to the Birmingham area a good few years back, the reason why it should be easy to find is because it was for sale in Custom Car, photograph and all, for about £3500 and I think didn't sell. I know for certain it had a full Butler chassis and did the Bell Vue shows etc, just not to sure about the 'Major Minor' name. Best of luck with your search.
ited by - The Candy Man on 28 Feb 2004 5:06:49 PM
The Gary Jenkins T-bucket, again was this the green one with the Chrysler V8 in it, called 'Lionheart'? I was looking through some of my old videos yesterday, ('Doncaster 93') when I saw this green T. It had a '8up' motif on both sides in the same script as the '7up' fizzy drinks. I know it's 10yrs ago but that is the last time I've seen it and should be easy to remember because of the logo. It was in fantastic condition then and I hope it's still the same, tucked away in someones garage somewhere, anybody know 'owt?
..The Candy Man
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MICK
I THINK THE MAJOR MINOR WAS A RED TRAVELLER WITH WIDENED WINGS. IT HAD A MAJOR BADGE CAST IN THE SAME STYLE AS THE MINOR ONE ON THE BACK DOOR. THE LIONHEART T YOU MENTIONED, DIDN'T IT HAVE A HIGH BACK BODY WITH GREY INTERIOR & ENGINE?
CHEERS..AL
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Last I heard of Lionheart was that it had been sold at a classic car auction! Shame its disappeared as It was a cracker.Yes Al,Metallic Green,grey interior,loadsa brass inc fuel tank.
Wheres it gorn?
Thing about this one that always sticks in my mind is that he built it in a workshop in the back garden and had to hire a 20tonne mobile crane to hoist it out.No,it wasnt that heavy,just no vehicular access to the garden,see.
Heres one.
When I used to crew for me old mate Nole Craske,on his Mk2 Zodiac,Grounds For Divorce,we,d often pair up against Andy Robinson in his Street Elite,white and orange,Mk2 Zephyr.Nole sold what was left of GFD in 1985ish after a disasterous season that culminated in spectacular engine failure.Three rods through the sump,took the cam out in 3 pieces,you get the picture.That was rebuilt and put back on the street by.....err,er.*blighter*,forgotten.Anyway,it was cream,some sort of AMC lump,reg number 8776 PE.Thing is,what ever became of Andy,s old Zephyr? He,s a bit well known and more than a little successful at building race cars thesedays! It,d be nice to know where it is.
Cheers,Russ..rottenpop
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Hi Mick,
The moggy you mentioned belonged/belongs to Dicky Phillips from Newcastle,he must have put more miles on that car over the years than any
one else I have come across,thats what its all about driving our cars.I believe Dicky is now building a 4 door 34 sedan a true family rod in everu sense of the word.
On a different note I when to Steve Fletch`s yesterday, and all I can say is
WOW!!!!!..DaveC
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Andys old car "STREET ELITE RACING"is still about but in a completly differant style done just a few years ago.The car is low right down on a tube chassis with something like 15-by-15s and i think a Big Block.The paint is dark Maroon with a differant colour roof and i think races in Super Gas.Anyway ive seen it run high 9s.The car was mentioned with pics of the car then and now in one of the mags a few years ago.I see the old Grounds For Divorce on a trailer somewhere last year with a Cowl induction scoop on it,looking a lot better than aero scoops.The car was still the cream colour and i think was for sale.
The Nick Butler biult Minor saloon with wire wheels,Rover V8 and slightly wider rear archs was in Street Machine on there reguler"Back Page"features they ran.I remember this car because there was a white Minor round this way the same time as the feature.But this one had a Stock Width Jag IRS still inits cage with something like 10-by-15s and i dont no how wide rear wings and up front was a well set forward rover V8.I remember the guy saying to someone that was looking over the moggy,the one in the mags been done properly..SJB
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Ok boys im not going back as far as u lot but does anyone remember the brown Hudson pickup with the glass tailgate on it, if i remember on the yank type plates it had "luxury & power" with i think there phone number....the last time i saw it was at Slyfield green wheels day a few yrs back...is it still about as it was in mint condition pickup yr was about 1939-41ish..Skimmer
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me/waves "Hello Ken , long time no see " .

Here's a pic of WFX 415 with proud owner Ian Coombes at Thruxton in 1982
..Stitch

http://www.btinternet.com/~rondeco30/blueflamed55.JPG

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Just found out tonight that Gary Jenkins was at Ally PAlly, saw him talking to Nick Butler, but didn't know who he was at the time. Apparently, he's just imported a 7 sec alcohol rail from the states..MisteR Tee
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The 55 was owned by a guy in the Brentford/Chiswick area, many years ago, with the surname Powers, can't remember his christian name though. He used to belong to Riverside Street Cruisers. It either started with Blue flames, then went to red. Or started with red flames then went to blue. My memories not like it used to be, so I'll have to have a look in the archives of photos..Martin
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Al........I found out after the last post that the Butler Minor was a red traveller, I can just remember it but have not seen it for years. The other car I described is a Butler built car that went to Nottingham not Birmingham as I said, and as far as I know is still there.
And the 'Lionheart' T is as you described and must be around somewhere, it was to nice to split. I've said this before but it still amazes me how cars of such good quality can just disappear!..The Candy Man
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Mick, I think it possible that many owners of the old cars find them a bit overwhelming ,all that attention or the style of driving needed,if they are not used to them.The other side, that I've heard from many , is that they are not as good as they thought they would be and have been taken off the road to be "fettled" and its turned into too much time or money , or that personalising them to their own tastes was a bit much and they are awaiting the time when they know enough or can afford to have it done.Must be nice to be able to afford all that money on a " one day " motor?..kapri
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I've just heard last week about a yellow 'T' bucket with possibly a small block Ford Motor locally, thats not been out for years, belongs to the son of a local haulier, thats all I know for now but am on the case..L.P..Lord Purple of Binfield
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C'mon L.P, we want a full written report and a full road-test by the end of the week!!!
A good few years ago now I know, but I'm sure that flamed 55 was once owned by a guy from Leeds/Wakefield, 1986-90ish. The 'Eliminators' I think they were called. Dean and his 'Y', Dave Cooper and his A roadster, Paul Kearsley and his Mk 1 Consul and ????? with the 55 Chevy. Rotten isn't it when the mind goes!..The Candy Man
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I have seen the ex-Nick Butler Morris Minor recently.
It was for sale in the back of some Mag for a while and I had no cash. Spotted the Nottm. number though. I think he was asking about £4K for it. Then about a year ago I had £3500 burning a hole in my wallet, and was walking down the chippy and I heard a V8 rumbling, turned around and there it was. Looked nice condition still, but it was half dark by then. As it passed I saw the "for sale" sign in the back window. I tried waving and shouting and running after it but it was gone.
If anyone comes across it and its still for sale I'd be interested to know. i don't have the cash at the moment but I might be able to catch it next time I do!..alistairk
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The black 'Butler Minor' is on page 63 of Nov 99 Custom Car mag. I'm sure it's still owned by the same person and was for sale then at £3,800 o.n.o. Go on, give it a ring, you never know! Nottingham...0115 961 1871. That's the number given, code might have changed?..The Candy Man
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Wheres "GREEN ONIONS"now???Aint seen that for a few years now.Anybody not remembering,it was a 55 CHEVY with radeiest rear archs,and ran at the HOT ROD DRAGS in 92 when i first went there.The car was running Black steels on the back then,proberly with slicks.Was this the same car as the Pale Blue one with the TRIP 55 number plate or a differant one.Anybody no??? There was a T with the same name from the very late 80s that i see for sale at NORTH WEALD.The car may of not been used for a while and the cars name was on the scuttle.This car later had a Blower put on and was very slightly changed and put back on the street.A Guy at Rayleigh owning it for a while before he sold it and bought a red small blocked tubbed out 55..SJB
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Green Onions still belongs to the same guy I sold it to back in 1984 .It was formerly owned by Micky Hammond then myself and the reg was NLK 136V . Came from Real Steel in 79 , was initially orange , then black and now it's still Green .Trip 55 was Brian Sureys car which became Bob Hollands Red/Silver car ,355 DEL , last I heard it went to Belgium..Stitch
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Green Onions is owned by a lad in Witney (nr Oxford) cant remember the lads name at the moment,only comes out once a yr for a small evening car show held at a local school,hes had it for years..Skimmer
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Cheers guys for the info on Green Onions,glad its still about on this side of the pond,always liked that one.Never knew it was orenge then black.Talking of black 55s,Kens been round and said that Tim cooks 55 was black when it came over,then changed to silver then he apparently sold it and the car went up north.The new owner slightly narrowed the rear to get bigger boots on,then Tim bought it back.So there you are another bit of info.
Had a good day at the swop,a few old cars there-Anybody no any History on these-Red 33 Plymouth Body on rolling chassis with long front suspention bars,and rear bumper,T Body and chassis(body had mural on door of Mouse sitting in T),the yella 70s Raked Pop-Jag rear with spanner tie bar,Black windows,long sun roof,twin sunken arials on rear and interier had switchs above screen.Did ya see them old slicks aswell?...SJB
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Green Onions is still owned by Ray from Witney, Oxfordshire. Haven't seen him for a while, Rem will be able to shed some light on this as he lives near Ray. Andy Harvey also owned it when it was black, back in the early '80's. I remember being 6/7 up it in with Andy smoking out like he hated it.. even managed to bottom out on the radiused wheel arches! ahh happy days.
..hotrodboy
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We think we know who built the T, just waiting for him to respond to email.
..MisteR Tee
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The T body mentioned at the swap meet was built by Dave Gibbons (driver of the Alien comp altered & the Rough Diamond Racing altered way back when). The "muriel" was done by Mike Charman whilst he was studying fine art (later worked as a designer for Ford & Vickers). It depicts a wolf leering over the edge of a T. He said it was a bit "crap" (the car not the muriel). If anyone took any pics or knows what state it was in, he would like to know. Doesn't want it back, just curious..MisteR Tee
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MAURICE
I NEARLY BOUGHT THAT T FOR ITS 'GLASS INTERIOR LINER, SOMEONE MADE MY MIND UP FOR ME BY BUYING IT!
CHEERS..AL
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quote:Originally posted by Lord Purple of Binfield
:I've just heard last week about a yellow 'T' bucket with possibly a small block Ford Motor locally, thats not been out for years, belongs to the son of a local haulier, thats all I know for now but am on the case....L.P


Re Above. Found out today that the car is at the guy's other place on the Isle of Man. Do we have any spies on that particular island that might have seen it tooling around (probably without an MOT!) L.P..Lord Purple of Binfield
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i took a pic of the T,but im afraid i have no scanner.I only noticed the car when the guy was straping the body down on the trailer with the other shells he had.The rest of the paint on the body was gone,only on the doors left.I think it was just the Chassis,Body and screen he had.He said it was sold like Al said.Anybody remember what that yellow OPUS was like when about,was it in any ol mags?(Body only for sale Yesterday-was £100).It was for sale there before but nearly whole car with Chassis,engine,screen..SJB

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sjb 33 plymouth sounds like the old bob wellstead one moulin rouge car was sitting in camborne where my mate was going to restore it to its 1978 custom car show winning condition
how much was it would make *WORD DELETED*ing cool gasser..gasser-boy
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Gasser...did you say you've seen 'Moulin Rouge' in Cambourne or the 33 Plymouth? If it's the 35 Hillman, it shouldn't want that much doing to it, I know it's a good few years now since I last owned it but I rebuilt the engine, rechromed alot of parts both to the engine bay and the underside, even renovated the mural which was on the firewall, repainted it in Porche Guards red and gave it a full new interior. It had Appliance 5-spokes and Pos-a-Traction tyres which were all still in top condition, including the spare on the back which had a new black cover made for it. If it is 'Moulin Rouge', could you get some pics? I'd love to see that car again..The Candy Man
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hi mick moulin rouge in camborne , thats new to
me i live in camborne have'nt seen it , mick who
did you sell it to ?....alcablown
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A garage owner in Harrogate called 'The Horseless Carriage' made me an offer I couldn't refuse. I heard some years later, it went to Belgium with a mates A roadster from Wakefield, that's the last I heard of it, I'd love to see it again.
..The Candy Man
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Recognise any of these?? found at http://cgi.feelthenoise.plus.com/gallery/category.php under Miscellaneous, then Nostalgia. Taken at Santa Pod..cunningplan

http://www.feelthenoise.plus.com/galleries/misc/nostalgia/sp0007_03_0t.jpg

http://www.feelthenoise.plus.com/galleries/misc/nostalgia/sp0007_03_0u.jpg

http://www.feelthenoise.plus.com/galleries/misc/nostalgia/sp0007_03_0w.jpg
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anybody knows what happened to the int. of the
baldy viva van its now being restored..alcablown
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Hey Al! get off the space bar!
Now you,ve made all this space,whatcha gonna fill it with? A virtual garage! I like it.
Could catch on..rottenpop
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OOPS! YOU'D NEVER BELIEVE ME IF I TOLD YOU HOW THAT HAPPENED!

CUNNINGPLAN
THE '57 FORD WAS DAVE GRADYS, IT WAS CALLED HIGH SPIRITS. THE '55 CHEVY IS TIM COOKES OLD CAR. IT GOT PUT BACK ON THE ROAD BY PERVY PETE FROM SMOKE CITY WHEELERS.
CHEERS..AL
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Talking of vans on here a while ago,ive seen an Escort Van about with muraled bonnet,side panals and rear doors,so maybe there comeing back.The otherwise stock Escort is not the old shape but the last one they did(MK4).Murals are done very well,the guy with the van said that his son had done the work and was an artist..SJB
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lets hope vans are coming back i own a 1965
chopped a100 dodge been in storage but i will
root it out if time lets me..alcablown
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Super CCs just popped through the letter box,just right on a Saturday,lucky i got up early and got some things done,mined you i wont get anything else done now.Ol yea theres a pic of "STREET ODYSSEY"as it is now.Good news because the guy is hoping to put it back to how it was in its heyday.Its great that these old cars are re-appearing and being put back or being restored to how they where.Some of these cars now have been modified for longer than they were stock.The guy found the old picture disc from the 70s that had the car on,in his record collection that was in the loft,and wants to no any other info on the cars history..SJB
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This is probably one for our friends north of the border. Does anyone remember a Rover powered Pop called His Latest Flame? Pearl white with blue ghost flames, built in the 80's in Scotland. This came up a couple of years ago when I was looking to buy a car. It was sitting in dry storage and needed needed quite a bit of work, mainly cosmetic. I bought something else, car is probably still there in the garage. Contact me if interested and I will pass on the details.Mike..Austin10
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The guy with "STREET ODYSSEY"is L.Picton from kent. Alcablown,you got any pics of ye Dodge?love the shape of them,and it sounds prity wild chopped.Heres some more vans from how customizing history-Dark blue long wheel base CF with Ventuora grill,wider archs,gold wheels, this one differant from the rest becauise it was mid engined(Im not sure what lump it had).Another one was a MK11 Transit with a lenghend body,six wheeled,wider archs,straight black paint with i think 2001 or something repeated down the rear sides.Im not sure without diggin the feature out(SM 79-80 area)but it may of been used for advertizing.This one must be about still somewhere.What about that custom painted black XJS pickup six wheeler,wasant it a "100 PLUS" wheel company motor.Talking of motors i think the jag lump was oust in faver of 454 cubes,the drive going to the first set of rear wheels only.Another van was another tranny this time a MK1,white with i think gold stripes,six wheeled again,higher roof at the rear and had a straight six motor in the middle.The van was more like a coach and was pictured in the first issue i think,of SM at slighfield wheels day.De-ya remember when street machine done them workshop jobs back then?one was how to mould a door mirror on a transit(RED),and another was how to make a rear pan for a Chevy Pickup(GREY or PRIMER).Me CC re-sub-renewal has just come up which im deffinetly renewing,but i think i will finaly cancal SM before the sub ends.Its a shame because ive bought the mag since the early eightys never missing an issue,but i never seam to read it now,just looking through it once when it comes through the door.I seam to read me old mags more,perhaps im just stuck in the past.When i go to the shows i search out round the grounds and the public car park looking for old rides,thats whot i did last week at the swop meet instead of waiting in the quew.
Heres another one ive just remembered-yellow long wheel base CF with big playing cards painted on the sides.The guy had made the rear wheels to look like a Roolet wheel.By the way anybody into vans Corgia Toys are making a custom MK1 TRANSIT in there "BOY RACER" SERIES.There also got an IMP,HB VIVA,ANGLIA,POP....................SJB.
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hi sjb no chance of any pics i have not seen it in about 2 years its in a lockup a few miles
away its the one that used to belong to the smoke city wheelers was orange
..alcablown
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Yea bring the van back out Alcablown.On another subject,with boyracers using criuse lights and spoilers and now twin outlet rear boxes similer to what people put on 4 pot MK11 Cortinas and the like.Some are using four outlet pipes on stock 4 pots.I wonder now that Starsky and Hutch has just come out will we now see them striping there cars like the Torino again like what was done with Mk1 Escorts,FD Victors,Cortinas and Capries.There was a guy down my way in Benfleet that lived down a dust road,he had a stockish red Mk1 Escort which he raced about in.He had the Roof painted like the Duke Boys Charger..SJB
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In Hot Rod & Custom UK, years ago,there was a T bucket in build and the guy had just found a shed load of original steel T parts,did it ever get finished?
Dave..Dave Lowe
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Alcablown, your A100 used to belong to Roger Warren of Smoke City, Its got a clamshell side door which was responsible for many a bruised head! I think Roger painted it yellow before he sold it? I'd forgotten about it,Great looking van, you should definetly get it back on the road.
SJB, The CF with the Ventora grille (The Predator)used to belong to a guy in our club at the time (Thames Valley Vans) his name was Ross and the van had a Chevy mid mounted in it. The CF with the Las Vegas theme belonged to a mate of his. L.P..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Roger Warren,dident he have the yellow F-type estate with the way cool red flames or am i getting side tracked.That car Remineded me of the Old issue from the 70s Monogram 57 Nomad.
Heres some more Smoke City Wheelers rides from the eightys-"Blue Confusion"Capri owened by Martin Foulsher,Ford Mustang Owened by Robin from Dagenham,"OLD VIC"F-type owened by Brian Keen,Another F-type owener-Dennis Carey and the "SWEET F.A."thats been mentioned on here already.I couldant remember all of this info,ive just cheated and read them out of an old program.The "Blue Confusion"was that the one with Fibersports Colowne archs?And one of the Victors was a saloon,black,raised up rear with red painted solid axle and i think a light on it.The Stang was that the one with pulled out rear wings and a superbird style wing that was pictured in an old SM in a Gararge Forecort with the guy looking out at a lovely girl.(GOLDIE/BRONZY COLOWER paintwork)..SJB

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SJB. Roger did indeed have an F-series estate but it was the Black high rider with the chrome reflective windows, later painted red and owned by another club member Les something..Lord Purple of Binfield
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i owned a f type estate was yellow with flames
it was orange when i had it xr2 wheels however
i did it black n flamed plus slot mags looked
the part then sold it aint seen it since..alcablown
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The car you describe sounds like 'Sweet FA', you had it in the John Prior guise after he rebuilt it. Did it have a 4-pot motor in it? The black 'n' flamed high- rider version was in my opinion the best the car had ever looked..The Candy Man
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MICK
JOHN PRIOR STILL HAS SWEET FA AS FAR AS I KNOW. IT'S LOW NOW & PAINTED PALE BLUE, STILL HAS A V6 IN IT. THE ORANGE ONE WITH XR2 WHEELS HAD/HAS A V4 [!]. HE BUILT IT WHILE SORTING SWEET FA OUT.
CHEERS..AL
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Al, correct! Who owns XTP 88L( coul be K but the rest is right) Daimler powered T bucket in red? Andrew Blacktop had it a couple of years back and I believe it went to Lifestyle cars down in London. This was the first car built by Derek Chapman and was originally blue..kapri
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al your spot on thats the one had a chat to john
some time ago nice bloke..alcablown
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I'll get me coat!..The Candy Man
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KEV
THE T YOU ASKED ABOUT, DOES IT HAVE 2 CAL CUSTOM BRUTE SCOOPS ON THE SU's? IF SO, IT WAS ON EBAY A SHORT WHILE AGO, THE BLOKE LIVES IN BELGIUM I THINK.
CHEERS..AL
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Hi Al, think it just had normal ram pipes? The only T I remember with twin Brute scoops was Tony Putticks old Daimler powered pink flake one that was last heard of in the Isle of Mann..kapri
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the t on ebay was the old brown suger used to be blown i think..alcablown
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sweet fa ?..hersham hot rodder

http://www.uk-hotrods.co.uk/old%20photos/page%2014/victor.jpg
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Alcablown , that's the old one from down Bournemouth way,remember seeing it on e bay now..kapri
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HERSHAM
YEP, THAT'S WHAT IT USED TO LOOK LIKE.
CHEERS..AL
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Ive got a picture here of a brown T with twin Cal Custom scoops on a Damiler.Its got slot wheels,one of them old fashened vintage horns and a light coloured top.The car sat very level and the rear tyres looked quiet low profile.The pics one of the ol"TOP TRUMP"cards..SJB.
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Brown Sugar was originally built by 'little' Roger Budden way back . Started off in blue looking like an advert for Mr. Roadster products then came out a couple of years later in the much , much better guise its in now. This earned it a CC feature.
The car changed hands a few times more recently ending up in the possesion of Dave Thickens. He sold it on last year , I think.
I have a soft spot for this car because , growing up in Hamworthy close to Rockley Sands at the back of Poole Harbour , there wasnt exactly a lot happening , and this car was built just round the corner from us , I used to cycle round and watch him on a Sunday , much to his annoyance , Im sure.
..lancelot link
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anybody remember cornish tin y pick up spoke to the old owner he sold it to a bloke in london and it fell off the transporter on the way home aint seen it since anyone know of the gold thames van reg.xgv 283 rover v8 jag rear
..alcablown
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Must be able to help this guy out can't we?
This advert is in this months CC under 'Cars Wanted'.
'NO MORE MR NICE GUY' Victor wanted. Tel...01242-254801, Glos.
This car was mentioned earlier on in the thread wasn't it? It must be out there somewhere, let's get another 'Car of Yesteryear' back on the road.
..The Candy Man
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Mick i eventually made the call about the Mr T POP, it is still owned by John Miller, who is still working and living in Jersey , it`s still in a lock up near Dunfermline, and most definately not for sale , i`m surprised John never answered this himself as he`s an Nsra member , he`s maybe forgot he has it as the last time i spoke to him he had about 20 cars ,
..Russ
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That's such a shame that the car is parked up and looks like it ain't ever going to be seen. It's good to have a few vehicles I suppose but that's the downside, you end up with that many that some of them end up never being used or seen again. You can only drive one car at once.
The 'Belcher' V12 T for example is nice I suppose for the public to look at in whatever museum it's in, but I know where I'd rather see it.......parked at the side of me at a rodrun....and the 'Mr T' Pop parked on the otherside!
..The Candy Man
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Now i aint got much information on this one but it would be intertesting to no a bit of History of the Rod.About 1+1/2 to 2 years ago down the A127 going towards Southend there was a rod in a front garden.Now i only see it from a distance,but it looked like some kind of coupe,but im not sure what.It diserpeared after,but two weeks ago i see a mate at the Swop meet that i hadent sean since we see the Rod that day.I spoke to him about it,he remembered it straight away as he loves old rods like me.Anyway he recons the car was a Prefect and he thinks it was only missing a Engine.He also said that you could just about see a name at the bottom of the door area,so it may of been a old race car and by the way it was red.Did anybody alse down that way see or no any info???Cheers..SJB

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my mate got a old racer from southend a wile back it wos called blew valvet geeza who had it wos into horses might bethat one it used to be red and had blew valvet writen on the bottum it wos a austin 12 or 14 or sumthing
jus foned earwig me mate to ask about his car and he said it wos from southamton not southend sorry ill get me jakket....gasser-boy
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Cheers anyway,that did sound like it as well,i thought that ones sorted out quick.Im not sure like me mate said that it was a Prefect though..SJB
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GASSER BOY
YOUR MATE EARWIG, DOES HE LIVE IN REDRUTH? USED TO KNOW SOMEONE DOWN THAT WAY BY THAT NAME.
CHEERS..AL
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nah mate he used to live in peranporth he used to say they wos the peranporth possy we say they wos the peranporth posers he now livin in somwear between tavistock and plymouth cos the band gets more gigs bein near a bigger town lots of people called earwig down hear its a sort of local way of telling poeple they is nosy..gasser-boy
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Is this still about---Dave and Steph Milams old 390 cubed 1954 A30.The car for anybody not remembering was yellow with wide rear archs and no bumpers and rolled on Chrome eight spoke wheels,also the car had long ladder bars painted red going nearly up to the front wings.The car was strip duty only,what i remember.The reg number i think was-OLP 226..SJB
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If its the one I'm thinking off, painted red and called something like "Little Devil" I saw it last on a trailer in a lane by the Archery Pub, Eastbourne a couple of years ago. I asked the Woman in the car accessory shop across the road if she knew who it belonged to, She didn't. Never did find out and the next time I was down there it had gone..cunningplan
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do anybody remember andy lees old vicky last seen in purple went to wales i think aint been seen for a long time come on you welsh lot you must know
..alcablown
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I was under the impression he still had it?..kapri
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'Vitamin T' is coming along pretty well at the moment, not to many problems. See here..http://www.uk-hotrods.co.uk/Garage%20scene%20stuff/mick%20tebbs/page%201.htm
And another 'Car of Yesteryear', Speedfreak is coming along even faster. The van has a full rolling finished chassis and the bodywork has started, so shouldn't be to long before it's looking like a finished item. Looking forward to the coming season, what with the yesteryear cars and all the gasser's that are being built it should be a good season..The Candy Man
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mick looking good i must put in more time 25 hours a day is still not enough alcablown has come to a standstill but the baldy van is coming along well rear axle redone new shafts rollcage cut out underside cleaned redone as per feature still a bit to do , devon delivery slow progress you know only two hands and lots of cars see you at drayton treve..alcablown
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Looks stunning Mick can't wait to see it in the summer sun.See ya.Matt
..4x4100E
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SJB I remember the Red Coupe you are talking about in Southend. Lived in Rayleigh for 2 years (the right side of the A127!!!LOL) Used to drive past it, on the right hand side as you drive towards Southend on a road that ran parallel with the A127. Pulled up outside once in my old '32 to see if anyone was about but no one answered the door. At the time was missing the engine and front sheet metal and to be honest was looking a bit the worse for wear. Thought it was a couped Pop but could be wrong (has been known on occasions!!) Didn't see any sign writing though. Disappeared just before I moved, about 2 years ago. Is there still a Wednesday meet at the pub on the A127 half way between Basildon and Rayleigh (Dick Turpin?)?..Widewhites
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Yea,the Dick Turpins on Wednesdays for cars,and bikes are Tuesdays(Road Bikes)when the weathers better.This year will proberly be packed out on days with good weather like last year.Cheers for the info on the red coupe.What 32 was that you had?..SJB
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SJB had an unchopped 5 window, red with chrome steelies and whitewall tyres. Daily drove it for 6 months whilst working in Basildon. Got to Turpins a couple of times but then sold it to a guy in Kent to fund the Vicky project he then sold it on 12 months later. Saw it at Knebworth the year before last and have not seen it since. Great car, very reliable apart from one incident at the Dartford tolls during rush hour.........!!!LOL..Widewhites
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While reading about a open-engined Anglia on another post got me to thinking about another unusal car that I recall from years and years ago. When the 'Don Valley Cruisers' used to meet up at a pub in Doncaster we had a few cars visit us one night from I think Leicester, it must have been because I think Terry Riddle was there in his 33 Plymouth. The car in question was a blue Mini traveller, open-engined hot rod. It had a chromey Jag rear, chromed Triumph front and a detailed triple carbed Jag six for power. Does anybody else recall seeing this car about years ago or have I been sniffing to much 2K lacquer lately?..The Candy Man
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No Mick, I remember seeing it at the Welland Valley Roadsters run at Stamford in '79. What with that and the Fenn brothers mini creations from that area, must have been something in the water.
I remember the Anglia as well, I took a pic of it for the first magazine feature I ever wrote (Street Machine Jan '84 page 57) It was a 105E Estate turned into a pick up, chopped, with a Ford V4, open engine, stainless firewall, vinyl roof,deuce grille, slot mags and front cycle fenders. It was er.. a lot of work!
..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Talking of the 'Fen Brothers', they had yellow and blue cars called 'This Mini' and 'That Mini' didn't they? Same old question....where are they now?
..The Candy Man
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SAW A Mk1 CORTINA AT GARYS PICNIC [AT THE POD, WHEN IT WAS GOOD]. IT HAD A FLAT BULKHEAD, OPEN ENGINE, A V6 I THINK. NOW THIS IS THE GOOD BIT. THE FIRST FOOT OR SO OF THE FRONT WINGS HAD BEEN LEFT ON IT, HELD IN PLACE WITH T BUCKET STYLE STAYS. I DON'T REALLY CARE IF ANYONE KNOWS WHERE IT IS.
CHEERS. AL
PS. THOSE MINIS, DID THE YELLOW ONE HAVE A NON FUNCTIONAL MINOR REAR AXLE?..AL

[rabid hamster]

Al, your right on the yellow car, (That Mini) it did have the 'dummy' back axle. The blue car, (This Mini) was Ford V4 powered with a tilt body.
I do recall the Mk1 Tina, and your safe...I don't know where it is!
..The Candy Man
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Was that the yellow mini with the Dummy rear axle,A-series Engine front wheel drive,and the Blue one was flip bodyed(like Pinball Wizard)V4 power going to the solid rear with ladder bars.The ladder bars had the V4 shape one side and something else the other.The car had alot of chrome and painted/detailed parts.
There was a custom painted green(By Hand i seam to think)Austin 1100 with dummy solid rear on leaf springs all painted red.The rear valence was cut into some shapes.There was a green Maxi about with beige vinel roof aswell.Some of the back windows had been filled in and smaller windows put in.All this British Leyland stuff-must of been CustomCar starting it with that Allegro and Princess pictures they done.I seam to think they did biuld one of em..SJB
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have not heard anything about the progress on hot,n,bothered and is it still ongoing ,heres one for you green modle y open engine tru spokes was also pink once ran a 318 mopar well its down the breakers close to me well rotten
..alcablown
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That Mini traveler was still knocking about Derby around 10 years ago, if it's the same one, had a stainless bulkhead, a mad rake and horrid wrought iron door hinges but was painted red with a Rover fitted..SPECIAL WHEN LIT
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I have it on good authority from Dave 'The Shorts' Bigg. that both minis have been laid up in the Fenn brothers parents garage for years. L.P.
..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Alcablown , Ive seen that Y in the breakers years ago , and it was rotten then !
Are the other 'beauties' still in there festering away at the back?
Did Marke ever do anything with Neils old 'Tuppence' , The Peirson bros lookalikey 34 Coupe or is that just sat around as well ?
I sold them a Daimler engined 32 Roadster years ago , that last heard of had been left in Russia or somewhere like that when it broke down ! Not sure of accuracy of that story , do you know any more?..lancelot link
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its true the 32 is still in moscow and most of the cars have gone the yard is now closed i think ,nick has moved to france spends a lot of time over here [ nice bloke ] got some good photos of his trip..alcablown
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See a real cool 70s style Classic Capri today.The girl owner said that the car had been garaged up for 10 years and i think had not long been back on the road.The car is black with red interior,has a slightly raised rear using differant leafs or de-cambered,big and little slot mags and a side pipe which was connected up as well!.WOW i love these 70s cars and side pipes!..SJB
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A mention of a car with little devil on it or de devil, well the only one i can think of was a fordson van built around the time of speed freak and hot n botherd. It was candy red, chrome jag end and five spokes i think with a devil in black air brush work near the door i think, not sure now what engine.. the last i saw of it was about 15 years ago owned buy a mate of mine called phill-?.. He was rebuilding it back to its origanal form as it had pretty much been left for dead. He lived near peterborogh and unfortunatly i havn't seen him or the van since.. He was the same chap who cusomised a mk1 fiesta van and called it Tron, after the movie and was coverd in murals. It was featured in cc about 78 82ish and was ahead of it's time realy for not having a big busted bird trying to chop a dragon up... Ring any bell's anyone!..big vern
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quote:Originally posted by AL
:SAW A Mk1 CORTINA AT GARYS PICNIC [AT THE POD, WHEN IT WAS GOOD]. IT HAD A FLAT BULKHEAD, OPEN ENGINE, A V6 I THINK. NOW THIS IS THE GOOD BIT. THE FIRST FOOT OR SO OF THE FRONT WINGS HAD BEEN LEFT ON IT, HELD IN PLACE WITH T BUCKET STYLE STAYS. I DON'T REALLY CARE IF ANYONE KNOWS WHERE IT IS.
CHEERS. AL
PS. THOSE MINIS, DID THE YELLOW ONE HAVE A NON FUNCTIONAL MINOR REAR AXLE?

Al, in response to your posting above , I think the guy who owned the Cortina emigrated and is carrying on the tradition over in the states check out the below link !!..lancelot link

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2469382999&category=6221
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Gonna buy it Gary?..Lord Purple of Binfield
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I bet that F100 can realy"light the hides up"with a 460.I kinder like it,But then again i do like ODD Rods,check out the deap dish wheel..SJB
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anyone knows whats happened to hot and bothered aint heard nothing for a while..alcablown
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Wasant "Hot And Bothered"being re painted,im not sure,i may of got side tracked somewhere.Dident all the old cars have good names.People must of ran out of ideas for names.I was thinking of makeing a name up for my coupe once.There aint many if any cars now biult with names..SJB
Does anybody remember "THE GAMBLER",must of been the most outrages Capri ever.The back was so modified you had no idea what it was.The Mk1 Capri seamed to be the one at the time for massif body work.Ive got a pic here ,il put on when i get a scanner,of an old capri i found a few years ago.
..SJB
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im gonna call me gasser toldyaso cos nun of me mates reckon im ever gonna biuld one..gasser-boy
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Gasser-boy,What ya going to base it on?I cant wait to the drags and the shows start,hope to see some gassers dayveiwed."Theres no ride like a high ride!"..SJB
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Going back a couple of pages, the "No more Mister Nice Guy" F-type Victor is sat in a garden in Bicester, Oxforshire. Still grey, high riding and running a rover. Don't know if it's on the road or not or who owns it..hotrodboy
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Good to here the F-types still in the same Guyz,got it on video from 88 at Bruntingthorpe loved the stance..SJB

[rabid hamster]

I seam to remember it had been two doored or am i getting sidetracked with another car.I know the car was Featured in CC when they done a peice on Wilf Staceys and Geoff Owens workshop.You can just see Ken Robbins Nomad in there and the Ex Martin Bonner 55 outside.
Went into Halfords today to check out the new Rayleigh Chopper and see there still selling Crayston Coil spring raisers.I was going to put these rubber rings on me Mk3 Cortina when i was 18.They had the clamp ones as well for lowering or raising,mind you there mainly for towing now.The new Chopper was slightly differant but looks near enough the same- Front mudguard,seat,gears on handle bars,Handle bar stem,brakes ETC.They do extras like mirrors,T-Shirts and some others that they dident have in yet.This Was the shop at Rayleigh..SJB
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Got to thinking the other day about where all the Jago Deuce 5 windows have gone to. Back in the early 80's there were a fair few about. I know that Rob Whitwell's last surfaced as a gunmetal grey hiboy and the old 'coping with the coupe' is accounted for but what about the yellow blown v6 hiboy, or the two tone blue Jago 'demonstrator, the powder blue hiboy and the darker blue one or even the full fendered one with the wild red flake paint? I'm sure there were a few more so where are they all now?..40Stude
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Im sure that Paul Burnhams diesel powered truck was originally a Jago 5 window, which he chopped up and made the truck body out of. I think it was originally used in a shop display window, he told me once , got it for next to nothing..crusty
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The red flake one was Bill Carters at one time ( Top cat jag/plane thing ) and he sold it abroad. Think there was a candy red 5 window down Kent ( Keith Dore ?) way that was given away as a Budweiser prize along with John Cross's old A sedan..kapri
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I think the 32 pickup that MART28 selling for his mate is a Jago body.For anybody not remembering the truck was featured in one of the mags in about 80,when it was yellow and with a much shorter bed,and also had Crager wheels.Me mates got a Jago Chopped Coupe that his had for about 13 years.Its very similer to how he got it-pearl white,full fendered,Jag rear,drop tube front,rover P6 lump,Manual box and a Model A viser molded in.I dont know if the car was biult like this or changed later on,or when the car was biult.Does anybody no?The reg is-Q506 NTM.Another coupe ive got pics of which im sure is a Jago-DVB 256,Coupe,Bobbed rear and cycle front fenders,no hood,39 tail lights,did have chrome Smoothis then painted steels.The car was light blue many years ago then yellowy primer colour then Yellow..SJB
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The pick-up that's for sale is a definate 'Car of Yesteryear', it's the old 32 Ford originally built by Ken Stamp that used to do the show circuit..The Candy Man
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quote:Originally posted by The Candy Man
:The pick-up that's for sale is a definate 'Car of Yesteryear', it's the old 32 Ford originally built by Ken Stamp that used to do the show circuit.


Be good to see it back how it was with the pearly yellow cab and brown coloured bed.Got a pic here in a book-Custom Cars in Colour by Richard Nicholls(got a cool T on the cover with Zoomie Headers)..SJB
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There's a picture of its current guise on www.rodandclassicmart.co.uk , where its in " cars for sale"..kapri
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Did anyone spot any 'Cars of Yesteryear' at Wheels Day, or talk to anyone and find out they were rebuilding any old rides?..The Candy Man
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hi candy can you e mail me your home add/ so i can send some greenbacks to you ,,,,,,edd..joyfull
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I dont no when these were biult but there was a 74ish Camaro there with a bit faded red paint with silver star decals and some name on the doors,L88 hood scoop with clocks sunk in the back and a "bit rusty" side pipes.Them L88s were populer,you dont ofton see them anymore.There was two similer four pot,black Opus's there,one with a blower.Olly Chambers Mk1 Transit was there with a big crowd around it,he said he may change the murals some time.Ive got an old show program from 80 with the van listed.There was also a maroon 69 Pontiac Firebird Convertible(White Roof)there that was from round my way,must be 20 years ago,a guy named Phil Walker(i think)still the same owner,the car still looking good.The Black high-up Fordson thats been around for a long time was also there.
Another one there,a maroon 300E van,Rover motor,Jag rear,arches on the back,flip front,70s style pro stock hood scoop and a beam front axle on leaf springs.The van had a bit of a rake but wasant high up at the front.Was this in any old mags or does anybody no when it was biult?
Alot of people must of seen the Mk1 Capri with the fastback Mustang style rear bodywork at the swop meet in the car park.This car is sometimes been seen at North Weald over the years.Anybody not remembering the car was about in 81 when dark blue top half and white bottum half.Tha car was quite high already then and was raised up alot more a bit later on.Sometime or other the car came back down again..SJB
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Do you meen this one??..cunningplan

http://www.cunningplan.net/capri.jpg
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Yea thats the one,the cars lower now like it was when it first came out.Its got differant wheels and blue paint(One Colour),other than that the car looks much the same.The guy runs it at North Weald sometimes and maybe at other tracks,im not sure..SJB
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I guess a few of you have already noticed it in the for sales over at 'Rod&Classic', but it's another 'Car of Yeasteryear' I think? If I'm right it's Pete Hurrells old car.....'Lady Luck', nice to see it out and about and a good buy for somebody. If I'm wrong then I'm sure the messiah Mr Rooney will correct me,....nice to see you at the weekend Kev!..
The Candy Man
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...He's a very naughty boy!
M. Python..V8 Rumble
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to 40 stude i had a jago 5 window in 81 it was done like the graffiti car then i fulley fenderd it kept it yellow then sold it to mick jenkins he painted it green then sold it on . it ended up it germany . no ideawhere it is now me and miky hammond did the graffiti scene for street machine back in 81..joyfull
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quote:Originally posted by steve john bundy
:Talking of Geoff Owen and JCBs,do ya remember the wheely one the company had biult???I think the campany may of approched Geoff about biulding it,but it was biult by someone else.The Digger was Blown-n-injected(Big Block)(I think).Anybody no where this is now?

..big vern

[rabid hamster]

quote:Originally posted by steve john bundy
:Talking of Geoff Owen and JCBs,do ya remember the wheely one the company had biult???I think the campany may of approched Geoff about biulding it,but it was biult by someone else.The Digger was Blown-n-injected(Big Block)(I think).Anybody no where this is now?

Last i saw of it was in the foyer of JCB's head office tup north about 5 years ago just after it whent quiet on the display scene. but don't know about today.. waa good to watch though.

OH by the way, every one keep's talking about alcablown was a model y or
somink. The one i remember from year's ago and saw it at aly paly was a daimler. had roof chop with wire wheels red dralon and the dash for what ever reson was moved to the floor. It run a blown rover with exhaust coming strieght out of the block and droping down under the car. it was built orignaly buy some one in hemel and then dissapered for years to turn up in stevenage when the roring meg cruise was on. I'm sure it was sold again through s'm or c'c not to long ago.. This was a top looking mota! any one know wot i'm rambling on about!!..big vern
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The guy who owens Alcablown is on here,ive just seen a pic of it on that photo site mentioned somewhere else on here.
With 4X4100e mentioning a PA Cresta on another thread,it reminded me of a PA that Fred Rutherford was biulding or having biult,pics/feature of biuld up in in Hot Car magazine many years ago.The car was differant has scrach biult independent front,circut style was going on,mounted on a new tube frame section from the bulkhead forward.There was a yank V8 in there,Buick i think and im sure a glass flip front was going on to be electricly operated.Was this car ever finished?..SJB
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SJB.
I remember reading about that one too.I think I was about 11 at the time! From a similar period......
Custom Cars project Avenger.Chopped,channeled,extensive body mods.It cant have rotted away as it was carved from filler.Got a little pic of it somewhere at a school fete,years ago.First time I saw Revenge too..rottenpop
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Russ
CC's Avenger was sectioned as well as chopped. I was never mad keen on the front & rear light treatment though. I think it was built by Pete ferris. Might be total toss, but wasn't it mentioned or for sale in a mag not so long ago?
Cheers..Al
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Did I say channeled? I meant sectioned.Like what I should be.
It wasnt that good a car anyway.Best forgotten.
So heres another.
Strit Masheens "build a custom exhaust pipe" project! 1" box section anyone? Whos creator now works for......I,m not saying..rottenpop
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Al, your right Pete Feris did build the Avenger and it was for sale recently but I'm dammed if I can remember where it was advertised. Pete also built the A sedan delivery that ended up as the 'Fruit Machine' with a decidedly dodgy hood treatment. When built it was white and ran 5 spokes that Pete had specially cast for his previous rod which was a scratch built steel T bucket. Wonder where he is now?..40Stude
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Russ
I know the place you mean. A mate once rang them asking for them to rehang & reinforce the doors on his 'glass '32 3 window. The reply was "We don't work on crap like that here". This, we think, was based on the fact that the car is 'glass. A strange piece of customer relations I thought, bearing in mind they hadn't seen the car in question & more to the point, is very similar to a car owned by one of them.
Cheers.. Al
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Fred Rutherfords PA wasn't finished due to a break in when all his tools were stolen and he became wholey disheartened with everything..kapri
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Chears Kapri,i thought perhaps it was never finished as it would have been in one of the mags,but i wernt shore.Real shame it really would have been something.That sorts that one out as i always wonder what happened to it. I remember the Avenger for sale,im sure in CC,must of been a couple of years ago.
Anybody remember any other cars/vans/trucks or what ever that were started and for some reason never finished--change of ideas or something or other.I remember seeing a 67 Mustang down Geoff Owens Workshop years ago that he was pro streeting with a steel flip front and street tyres,but i dont ever seam to remember it ever finished. Forgot to say it was a Fastback.
..SJB
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a 69 mustang has just turned up again near me , i remember it in a mag years and years ago , not featured just a big picture of it at a show , it has huge slots on the rear , and smaller ones on the front , a healthy 70`s rake and a muralled custom paint job , a guy at work tried to describe it as he lives near the owner, but it has butterflies all over it worked into the paint scheme , i remember it being for sale about 20 years ago and called about it but never went to look as it was a bit on the dear side , it turns out it`s still the same owner, has been run up regularly and was m.o.ted every year until 3 years ago, he has now retired and moved house and it`s up for sale again , i`ll try and get a picture or even the name of the car as it escapes me right now , it`ll be interesting to see if anybody remembers it..Russ
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There was a pic of a PA on a stall or in a van window at the Essex swapmeet , the car was for sale as an unfinished project , from memory it was pro street with a flip front could this be the same car ? anyone else see the advert ?
..Pete Edwards
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Russ,thats unbelivable ,20 years ago still the same,it makes you wonder how many cars are out there still,waiting for the light of day to re-appere.When i took me car for a mot in 02 there was a 71-73 Custom Notch back Mustang outside just been MOTed.The guy in the gararge said that the owner had left the car there and was to collect it later,so ive no info other than it had been stored the last 10 years.Aint seen it since..SJB
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Can anybody help?!
I am trying to find Ray Christopher for my boss, as he has been into Hot Rods since 1977. Hes off ill and I want to cheer him up by finding any information be it websites or general information about him, where he is etc
Look forwar to any help/posts.
Nick Butler designed a car Sonic
Does anyone know whats happened to it??...Blonde
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isn`t sonic in a museum somewhere. i think Ray is still about i think in the same place he was on the telly last year touting kit cars that he builds now, bussiness was still called the same name but it escapes me right now..Russ
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The guy who owns "SONIC" im sure was on here a few weeks/Months ago.The car is aparently in Storage somewhere in Kent.Another guy on here is trying to get "Sonic" and other Nick Butler biult Rides to a show sometime this year-Super nats!It would be great to see this car out,and here run,mind you i suppose it was prety quite.
I dont no where Ray Christopher is now,he was into Sprinting,running a Small Blocked red Mini pickup,the engine being in the back.A lot of cars he biult are ofton mentioned on here somewhere,but trying to find them can take along time.But does anybody remember the down size Peterbiult he made,i think he was going to tow his show cars round other Countriys with it..SJB

[rabid hamster]

Ray Christopher still lives in Dorset (Poole)?. He is into building GT40s now.
Used to run a red mini pickup with a GT40 engine in the rear bed.
Pastyereyes Express was sold to a Dairy in Poole.
The HeliRod I last saw on TV, in the Runaround TV Show (Mike Reid he of Eastenders fame). Being used as a seat for contestants to sit in. Appeared to have some of the Helicopter Bubble removed.
Cement-T, is sometimes seen after a concrete company purchased it.
Col..colbart401
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Thanks for all the posts so far.
Anymore would be great. Its cheering him up with all the info so far.
My boss is having a neck operation soon and when he is well again he wants to start building a 35 Buick Coupe.
Any good sites or ideas on buying bodys or chassis?
Sorry if its a strange question
Cheers..Blonde
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Blonde....checkout www.dooster.co.uk..lancelot link
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Last year i see a Down size Peterbiult at Rayleigh and instantly thought of Rays one he biult,but after me mate told me someone in the States makes them and after looking through loads of mags i realised it cant/wasant Rays Truck.Does anybody no about these trucks being made?The only pic i found of Rays truck was in Street Machine,his hosing the truck down before it goes into a indoor show.
The Milk Float was me favorite one he biult,i remember seeing it on telly going round Brands Hatch(I think),cant remember what program it was though..SJB
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i liked the centre door T , didn`t you have that candy man and sell it to someone up here in Scotland..Russ
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quote:Originally posted by Lord Purple of Binfield
:Stitch, Still don't recall that Nomad, though have found a pic of the black one. As SJB says, it ran Chevy Rallye wheels and its reg was KSU 708.


Only just found this thread as I'm new to the site. I was the first owner in this country of the black Nomad when it came over in about 1987. Sold it to a guy in Hertfordshire who I believe still has it.Might be Nigel? who I believe is well known in 57 circles. Ran a later 283 with ally powerglide but otherwise pretty stock..plumpcars
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I did indeed used to own the center-door T that Ray Christopher built. I owned it when somebody had put a 2200cc Rover 4-pot in it. I couldn't find out who did that and why, especially when it had a 327 Chevy in when first built. If any body knows any info on that I would be interested to hear from them. The car was still in pretty good condition when a guy from Scotland bought it. The car was recently up for sale again in CC, and at the money it for sale at I would reccomend someone to try and find it and hopefully buy it, it was definitly reliable and comfortable..The Candy Man.
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Candyman, I think Ray himself did it before he sold it. I believe that 327 is now used in his Mini pick up!..kapri
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The Center door T was a strange car to drive at the best of times, totally safe and comfortable but just sat that high up and with that much glass around you, it felt at times as though you were driving a greenhouse. I wished I'd had the chance to drive it with the Chevy in it, it must have been a real handful. I bought a 3L V6 Ford engine and auto-box to put in it, after measuring it up I found that the V6 would have been a tight fit and goodness knows how the V8 fitted in? Shortly after that somebody showed interest in the car and it ended up in Scotland.
The other thing is I thought that the 2200cc Rover engine and auto was a strange choice, 2L Ford maybe, or your pick of numerous 4 pot motors, just wondered why the Rover?..The Candy Man
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Probably cos it was lying around? We had a Pop built down this way about 25 years back and that was Rover 2000 powered as well ( for that very reason! )
..kapri
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Anyone no any info on that yellow PB Cresta that was in CC for sale a little while ago,it has a Rover lump,raised rear,low scoop and flames on the sides.Is this a car from Yesteryear?,or maybe not!.Theres a pic of it on Eurodragster,on there events coverage from last weekends drags at Avon(sundays pics).There was one looking very much like this from the late 70s called "Cresta,its Frothy Man".I thought this one got broken up,are they the same car i wonder?
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Talking of PBs there was a raised up all round yellow one from way back-late 70s-early-80s,then about eight years ago there was a red raised up all round PB at the Nationals when at Great Leys.It was seen driving round the camp site roads.Where these two the same car?does anybody no..SJB
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A friend of mine is interested in finding the where abouts of a certain Car of Yesteryear. The car is '36 Austin 16 York' with the reg number BOV 287, I believe it has all jag running gear with chrome wire wheels and a twin-carbed Jag six. It was last seen in the For Sales in Custom Car some time ago, but a recent phone-call to the previous owner turned up nothing as he doesn't know where it is now. It had a burgandy coloured body with black wings, chrome bumpers and a travel basket above the rear bumper.
If anybody out there knows anything about it could you please let us know. It's not that long ago since it was in the mag, so come on guy's, do the usual and find this car......Many Thanks..The Candy Man
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If it's the one I'm thinking of, it was originally built by a guy from Hertfordshire, St Albans possibly and it first turned up at one of the Bingly Hall custom shows in the late 70's or maybe very early 80's. Don't know zip about it apart from that. Are you trying to trace the car or it's history?..40Stude
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I'm trying to trace the car on behalf of a friend, he's got a Pop at the moment and fancies getting in on the 'Cars of Yesteryear' scene. If we can trace where the car is he is hopefully going to make the present owner an offer for it. He wants to sell the Pop and get something that will accomadate his family better.
If any one fancies a nice reliable V8 Pop then his could well be up for sale depending on the outcome of the search for the '36 Austin, it was the kamen blue metalflaked one with kameleon flames at Drayton Manor last weekend if anyone is interested..The Candy Man
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Can anyone help out here.In the middle 70s I went to the NSRA yearly Stratford run.Here I saw the first chopped pop I had ever seen, and I beleive the first in the UK. The owner I beleive was a Simon Falmer ?.Later on this same car became the first couped pop then owned by Paul Kempton.Can anyone verify this or am I just getting number plates confused? I know the same car now runs a different number plate because the plate was transfered to a 5 window B and then onto a stock van.Any reply would be intresting.
..yellowboy
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Simon Farmer did have a blue chopped Pop that was featured along with Graham Young's chopped two tone blue Pop in Hot Car. It was later couped and painted black I think, and hit the scene at the same time as the beam axle, pink, sorry Adam, magenta, high riding couped Pop.40Stude
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Thanks for the reply Stude ,shortly after seeing the Paul Kempton black coupe I recall going to the NASC Nationals then held at Knebworth and seeing the pink(magenta) pop coupe .Unbeleivable to think that two people from so far apart would have the same idea! We came away from that show and a friend of mine who was building a chopped pop turned his into a coupe .This one was orange with graphics, and I beleive to be the third to appear..yellowboy
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Candyman, I think that Austin might have been owned up until recently (last year?) by a local fastenings suppliers owner, in West Oxfordshire. I'll see if I can find out tomorrow at work..rem

[rabid hamster]

The old pink pop coupe is languishing in loads of bits spread around a guys garden here in Poole , dorset. Its getting perilously close to not worth bothering with by all accounts...*WORD DELETED* shame , my daughter goes to school with his daughter. Another girl in her year has a dad with a blue 5w Model A coupe (I think its the one that keeps appearing in the insurance advert in CC.)
The Rover lump from the pink coupe is now in Shammies Dooster ratter that runs regular at Stratford (pale blue 32 roadster , reg. no. OOH 32)
..lancelot link
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Yellowboy
I think the fact that 2 Pop coupes happened close together was helped by a drawing that appeared in H*t C*r around that time.
Cheers.
PS. Lance, Did you say ratter?..AL
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Yes I did , Al....You know I hate the phrase 'rat rod' as it classifies all cars of a particular style under a general 'junk' category and several 'rat' style cars are built well. (several arent mind you !!!)
I believe the 'shiny' brigade headed up by the major manufacturers of new parts encourage the use of phrases such as these to undermine the whole look as they dont really benefit from people building cars using old parts.
They wont take this style of car seriously or give the ingenuity some of these guys show both in engineering and parts sourcing any credit at all.
Trad. cars are much more 'real' in terms of true hot rodding than anything else in our hobby and the 'catalogue style' is getting a bit stale in my eyes.
I also believe they have been fighting a losing battle for the last 15-20 years or so and this is one trend that wont just go away..lancelot link
I should just add (before someone uses the unsafe , dangerous examples of rattiness as an argument against this movement) Having looked closely at several trendy , contemporary cars over the years at shows there are just as many examples of 'high dollar' looking cars around with just as dubious , sometimes more dubious , engineering and construction features..lancelot link
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your not wrong there lance..scrap yard dog
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I guess the guy who owns the Pink Coupe is going to "get roundtuit one day?" Or can it be bought? Surely a deserved case for preservation.
Yellowboy. That orange Pop Coupe.What was the guys name who built it? Mike Bull? And where is it now?
Cheers.Russ..rottenpop
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What about the Pop coupe that Richard King was building for Ron Keenes? The one with the trunk area patterned after a 36 coupe. Some in progress shots were shown in Rod & Custom, it had a Buick V6 and from on the styling side it looked good. Did it ever get finished? Where is it now?..40Stude
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Rottenpop, Orange coupe was Mike Bulls, havent seen it for years, Mikes into Ducatis now, Iam sure Phil can shed some light on where the car is as he works with Mike.
So which was the best, Kemptons did it for me, won trophys everywhere it went in them ol'daze...Hotrod Rod
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Rottenpop, the orange coupe was Mike Bulls ,and after using it on the road for a couple of years he caught the racing bug. He removed the Rover engine and upgraded as they all do.Then a house etc took preferance and the coupe was sold on to another Bristol guy and put back on the road.It was then sold again but still kept local by a guy not into rodding but more 50s style.Anyway , he used it for a while then it was passed on to his son for a rebuild.As it seems with the pink coupe stripped but not finished.Its parked up about a mile from my house,we went there last year to try to buy it but as allways were told its not for sale! Maybe one day it will reapear.
Rod ,even though I work still with Mike of the three coupes I must admit Paul Kemptons did it for me also..yellowboy
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Cheers for that.
A good mate of mine saw some old drag racing pics I have including a shot of Mikes coupe doing a burnout at Long Marston in about 84 when it was orange with a black flipfront.He,d always liked it and having just sold his wheels and,consequently,having a large amount of folding in his pocket,asked me to put some feelers out on the old NSRA message board.Nothing,zip,denada.So hes now tied up in an A Tudor.
Nice to know its still out there though.Badger him!
Cheers,Russ..rottenpop
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I have mentioned this before-there was an old Pop coupe at Southend about 2 years ago,a rolling chassis and body in faded red.It was standing for a while outside some house.Was this an oldie from the past or maybe not. Richard king is still into VWS,his got some place down Southend.Ron Keenes had a pop called "soft Touch"i think and was a member of Essex Popular front..SJB
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I'm trying to track down a car for a pal, it's a 1929 Chevy 2-door sedan, 283ci sbc with a powerglide box, two tone colour with wire wheels. It was for sale about 3yrs ago in the CC mag in the Derby/Notts area, it's now, I think?, in the Herts area, apparently being used by a firm as a wedding car. It was an old show car years ago and was featured it 'Hotrod and Custom' in about 85-86. Anybody seen it lately or know the whereabouts of it? Hotrod grapevine at the ready..........Go!..The Candy Man
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Talkin of Hot Rod n Custom,the Pop they biult was up at the Pod the weekend at the Main Event..SJB
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Really enjoy catching up with Cars of Yesteryear. Fantastic forum Candy Man.I know this search was started some pages back,but someone must know what happened to Lionheart the Model T built by Gary Jenkins,I can not think a car like that can just disappear.
Cheers..TallPaul
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Ray Christopher, mentioned
GTD have had a bit of a chequered history of late but the company is now back in the hands of creator Ray Christopher and it’s to be hoped that their fortunes can be turned round. Plans are afoot to offer a monocoque version of the Mk1 alongside the original spaceframe version. Over the years some 500 GTD’s have been sold making it easily the best selling replica, and there is an extremely loyal and strong following for the marque..

GTD Racing
15 Belena Close, Creekmoor Trading Estate.
Poole, Dorset. BH17 7DB. UK
Tel : 01202-694861
Fax : 01202-604684
Contact : Ray Christopher
..colbart
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Candyman, about 3 years ago myself and Jerry went to see the Chevy with a trailer and my intention on buying it, mettalic brown and cream,ran on tru spoke wires with thin whites, had weird shaped rear archies, it was very dated, with almost stock running gear apart from a 57 chevy rear, didn't run to well, handled real bad and the guy was firm on the price so we left without it.cheers Rod..Hotrod Rod
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im looking for my old pop reg U M E 3 6 3 I SOLD IT to a guy in windsorhe had a wheel shop it was light blue lotus power slot mags i sold it late 79/ 80 and have not seen it sence also a black high rider that ran a jag 3.8 and corvett rear lights thanks edd..joyfull
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quote:Originally posted by The Candy Man
:I'm trying to track down a car for a pal, it's a 1929 Chevy 2-door sedan, 283ci sbc with a powerglide box, two tone colour with wire wheels. It was for sale about 3yrs ago in the CC mag in the Derby/Notts area, it's now, I think?, in the Herts area, apparently being used by a firm as a wedding car. It was an old show car years ago and was featured it 'Hotrod and Custom' in about 85-86. Anybody seen it lately or know the whereabouts of it? Hotrod grapevine at the ready..........Go!

Mick, I used to own a '29 Chevy sedan, although when I had it it was two-tone brown. It had slots on when I got it, i put the wires on & it had a 283 & a Powerglide. It was built by a Brit (Karl-still around & bump into him at shows)living in the US in the late 70s & imported by him, together with a 39 Chevy coupe. He built it from a collection of parts & drove it all over the US before bringing it over. It got sold to a Uni lecturer in Loughborough, he sold it to someone in the Cambridge area I think. It got painted a horrible two-tone white & red (YUK) to do weddings in but it wasn't really suitable, being a 2 door. I doubt the new owner reads CC now, would like to know where it is though as I liked it (had it for 5 years) & know most of its history..MisteR Tee

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Just read the history of the NSRA oh the new look webpage .It mentions the first winner of the participants choice as being Pete Watkins with his mini T . Pete still owns the car and hopefully it should be back on the road this year . Well now I've written this it might shame him enough to finally finish it ! Come on Pete you're part of rodding history ..yellowboy
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Has anybody got an uploadable picture of Henry Hirise? Would bring back memories
Regards
Andy..sidspop
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Just finished reading all 45 pages (phew !!) what a nostalga trip Cheers lads
Somebody asked about a White Capri with yellow scallops ...I am probably wrong but was it White Lightening ?
Cheers again Mike..matrix
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Matrix,there was a Mk1 Capri,white with yellow scallops at Battlesbridge(Local Classic show and jumble)last year.The car had V6,jag rear,yellow and white seats,wide rear archs running into them bits that went along the seal they used to make.Im sure the car was biult by Customville many moons ago.Ol yea the number plate VOF 55IJ.Dont no if this was the same car?..SJB
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The Capri your on about used to be black with yellow scallops and was repainted in the late 80's, was owned by the same guy for years, his name was Alan and he lived in the Notts area.
Used to run a x-flow when it was black, very well built car, if a little dated.
..SPECIAL WHEN LIT
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Thanks for the reply Mo on the '29 Chevy sedan, if anyone else out there knows anymore on it then please let me know as I have a pal who is desperate to buy it...Thanks..The Candy Man
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After me mentioning about an old Sox and martin car that somebodys doing up,a mate who does not have a computer asked me if i could put this on here-Does anybody no what happened to these cars-pro Stocks from the 70s that came over here,a couple of Mopars "London Heavy" and "Brooklin Heavy" pluce the AMX of Ed Shavers that had Hot Wheels backing.They raced around 76 with the Mopars (Dusters) being Handicapped..SJB
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hey mick hows it hanging iv,e seen the photos on the uk site the cars looking good sorry i missed you at billing anyway hows your dad i hope he,s better or on the road to recovery speek soon edd..joyfull
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quote:Originally posted by steve john bundy
:After me mentioning about an old Sox and martin car that somebodys doing up,a mate who does not have a computer asked me if i could put this on here-Does anybody no what happened to these cars-pro Stocks from the 70s that came over here,a couple of Mopars "London Heavy" and "Brooklin Heavy" pluce the AMX of Ed Shavers that had Hot Wheels backing.They raced around 76 with the Mopars (Dusters) being Handicapped.

I may be totally wrong on this but have a vague recollection that the 'Heavy' cars went to Sweden...plumpcars
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Chears for that ,il let me mate no!..SJB
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quote:Originally posted by sidspop
:Has anybody got an uploadable picture of Henry Hirise? Would bring back memories Regards Andy

http://www.hotrodphotos.co.uk/Allypallyshow1979album2.htm

..colbart

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With the F/1 cars on the streets of London yesterday,me mate seams to remember a dragster(Slingshot?Clive Skilton?)that was taken to London in the 60s,may of been 66 to promote Santa Pod. May of been in a mag at the time,pictured going under a bridge. Does anybody no anymore?. How about Andy Carter or Fast Fredy doing burnouts up there pryer to the Euro Finals.
..SJB
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quote:Originally posted by steve john bundy
:With the F/1 cars on the streets of London yesterday,me mate seams to remember a dragster(Slingshot?Clive Skilton?)that was taken to London in the 60s,may of been 66 to promote Santa Pod. May of been in a mag at the time,pictured going under a bridge. Does anybody no anymore?. How about Andy Carter or Fast Fredy doing burnouts up there pryer to the Euro Finals.


Yeh..He's right but I can't remember the magazine. I think it was coming out of the tunnel next to the Hard Rock Cafe but I thought it was a bit later than that..plumpcars
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You could be right,it might have been a bit later,ill have to search through me old mags,or though i dont remember it in any..SJB
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Hi Mick, Can you give me a ring tomorrow on 07929-640692. Thanx Barry
..blownthames
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Just seen this Pop Coupe for sale on ebay ,I think this one has been mentioned on here so nows your chance to buy it , it looks like it needs restoring though , item no 2484483936..Pete Edwards
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Joyfull, I lived in Windsor at the time you mentioned, was the guy called Andy and wore glasses, the shop might have been Windsorian Custom opposite a Ford garage on the way into town from Maidenhead? If so,I may be able to get in touch with him and pick up a clue about the Pop, though I don't ever remember seeing it around. P.S. I havent forgotten about your offr of the 305, just been away and real busy, sorry, L.P..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Last night I dug out the Feb 1980 copy of Hot Car (Power & Custom.), On the front cover is Ray Hill's V6 engined Model Y. (DWE 19). It was already slightly Rodded when he got it (1977) but what has happend to it and is it still out there??..cunningplan
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Ray sold the Y not long after the feature to a guy called Connie, from Nuneaton I think. He then chopped it quite heavily and painted it bright orange, not seen it for over 20 years though. Ray is still about, he did have a Y fordor that he was putting a SBF in but that went down the road too. His son, Martin is building a 105E with a Vauxhall 4 pot..40Stude

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thanks LP his name was andy is there any chance of a phone number ,,, just let me know when you want the 305 and ill bring it round ...edd..joyfull
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ray hills y type dwe 19 was painted black and featured in a book called custom fords in 87,the red y next to it is geof harris one which is now in tennessee also in that book is a y with a lotus engine built by bob vickers which has just turned up in west london after many years in a lockup,aparently its still mint.bob..
hershamhotrodder
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Sky high black Mk1 cortina from the cover and one of the posters from Street Machine from about 82-83 was at Thorney today.Car did run an Olds then with a blower,and when featured they done there track test thing..SJB
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Hi Guys,
I just found this forum by accident, and it set my mind wandering back to the good old days of the 70s & 80s. I used to own a Pop (922 FVW), which I acquired in Basildon back in 1977. It was then purple with orange fur interior. Within a week I had stripped it out, and repainted it white, with the name "Vanilla O'Lay" on the boot. It ran a Triumph Herald 1200 engine, which soon got replaced with an 1854 Dolomite slant 4 engine. It then underwent a major rebuild, with 2 litre Ford power, Yellow paint with orange wings and orange pinstripe flames. I got fed up with being mistaken for a Manchester bus, so I painted it red with gold/silver graphics and installed the biggest milled ally dash this side of Texas!
Having seen the first two Pop Coupes, I felt I could make one which looked "right". I had El Ritchie King build it for me to my detailed plans, (and a big stick if he got any strange ideas!). On the day he finished the bodywork he went out celebrating in Southend and got arrested for going through a red light..... on his roller skates!
This is the coupe which was featured in HRC mag just before it folded.(FCE 123)
I had both cars tucked away in my garage until 2000 when impending divorce forced me sell them.
My old Pop 922 FVW went to someone in Colchester, Essex, and I sold the coupe to Julian Pop Parts. I have a picture someone took of the coupe in a car park at a show last year, but it seems to have lost its 7Y grille and bumpers, which incidently came from the Paul Kempton coupe. It had HUGE wheels poking out the back and I was somewhat distraught to see it looking that way. It was intended to be an old style rod with wheels tucked under the arches, matt black paint with lime green flames and wheels.
Anyway, if anyone knows where my cars are now I would be interested to see how they are faring, and hi to all my old mates from those great days, especially from the Essex Popular Front, Geoff & John, Eastern Cruisers, Evil McNasties Truckers, and the Chelmsford Drug & Sausage Roll Club!
p.s.I will soon have the Pop Shop web site up and running again
Ron Keenes..POPSHOPMAN
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I have just spent the last 2 hours reading all the post's in this tread and wanted to throw some light on a rod mentioned way back in january called satan's pawn, if my memory serves me right it was a feature car in hot rod mag,maybe about 68/69, it was an austin devon and was built by some student as part of his exam's at college, the paint work was great at the time, blood dripping from the roof and flames rising from the bottom, it had an extract from the book of genisis on the boot door,all about the anti christ and 666, i thought that this was the dog's b%&&%£ way back then, and would have to say that this rod was probably the reason that i got into, firstly customising bikes, and then into car's, it's probably been scrapped and at the bottom of some ocean now, i would love somebody to say that it is crusing about still..........steve..spondon
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hey popshopman ....there was a pop coupe on ebay a few days ago...steve
..spondon
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Good to see you are alive and kicking ron, Dave W {evil mc nasties **
..vannerdave
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Joyfull, sorry only just seen your reply re 'Andy', I'll get on it. L.P.
..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Ron , as spondon said there was a pop coupe on ebay recently , it didn't meet its reserve price so I don,t think it will have sold check it out by item no 2484483936 it should still come up even though it,s ended , now here's the strange bit you said one of you pop's reg no was 922 FVW this coups reg is 299 FVW it has the three hole shell & early model Y style bumpers , cheers Pete..
Pete Edwards
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The e bay Pop coupe was the old Kev Pittam one.Pink ( or should that be magenta ? LOL ) with a tube axle originally..kapri
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POPSHOP MAN, there is pop in the colchester area painted yellow and called Grandads Toy could that be the one, will check numberplate next time i see it, john..jbeeez32
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Thanks for the posts about my cars, I knew Kev Pittam quite well, weird coincidence about our number plates! i spent a good couple of hours reading the posts yesterday, and remembered a lot of the cars mentioned.
Who remembers the film "Shutdown"? Featured Tim Cook's monster 55 Chevy. I had a bit part in it with my Pop, but they cut my line "How's it going?" Brian Godber was in it too, and had stacks of cars from '77. Revenge, Brian Lucas's B roadster, etc etc. I burnt my clutch out trying to emulate Revenge doing a burnout, I only had a 1200 engine in my car at the time!!!!
2 other cars I remember were in the film, Tim Cook's old purple Model T, and another old friend of mine (forgot his name now!) in the dark red Austin 8 with straight 6 Zephyr engine.
Tel Powneys pilot, Kenny Robbins, Bob Rothwell we were all there!! Does anybody have a copy of this film?..POPSHOPMAN
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Joyfull, Latest update, spoke to Andy tonight who bought your old Pop, he sold it about twenty years ago and can't help with any further details unfortunately. The trail goes cold...
I need your number re engine.
L.P..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Popshopman,you may no but Geoff is on here with user name Drive 35. John!,do ya meen John Hockley who had the white un chopped Pop with the name "Wild Ride" on the boot,remember seeing that one about.What happened to him? Do ya remember going to the old indoor Southend shows With the Essex Populer Front?..SJB
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The Pop Coupe that was on ebay did sell.
Apparently , its going to the States.
It was being offered by Dave Brown , an NASC Commitee member.
I saw it on Sunday in Daves Garage..lancelot link
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Ron, I dont,t have the film but i do have the sound track, some on must have the film......vannerdave
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Cheers Vannerdave,
I have the soundtrack too. The last time I saw Shutdown, it was the "B" film for a mega weepie chick flick. I was the only male in there! They talked all the way through my film, and cried all the way through theirs!
I have thousands of photos from the 70's rod runs and shows, but they are all stored in my parent's garage, and I can't get hold of them till at least Nov/Dec!!..POPSHOPMAN
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Hi Ron
Great to hear from you again - wondered where you'd disappeared to, but gather you've escaped abroad. Saw your old coupe at Billing last year.
I won't start reminiscing here - could be a very long message!!! Can confirm that the 'original' popular front is still surviving in essex, but in disguise these days! I last saw John (Hockley) about 3 years ago - he'd lost interest in cars completely, but I think he's still living in Norfolk.
Email me on 'drivethirtyfive@aol.com'. Geoff..Drive35
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I remember going down to a pub in frimley for the audition of cars for shutdown.......
how old are we now? Must have had about 15-20 cars in convoy from mitcham down the
A3, and back up the M3 a couple of hours later, in the early mid-surrey roadsters days..mopar steve
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Ron, if your comming over Christmass time and have time fof a pint let us know maybe we can ge a few old faces together, what do you think Geoff.... Dave W..vannerdave

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Noticed a good few 'blast's from the past' at the Super Nats this weekend, it's great to see all the cars and the 'new builds', but to me there's just something a bit special when an old rod from way back turns up.....Keep 'em coming!....Brilliant show by the way..The Candy Man
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talk about cars from the past at the s/nats for phil bowens t was pulled out of its garage where it has sat for several years and took home best t wot a guy ,,,,,..joyfull
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Mike Taylors yellow devon was there,18 years in a garage! now running a 289.
Dave..Dave Lowe
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Joyful i spoke to Phil Bowen no more than 6 weeks previous and he still hadn`t decided to take the T all credit to him , i was interested in it if it was to be for sale , but probably can`t afford now after it`s new found fame , boo hiss.
..Russ
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hi rus your right phills T is the mutts nutts and icant wait for next year when my T will be next to phills at a show edd..joyfull
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Billy your too big to get into it!!!!!!..Biffo
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message for spondon: satans pawn used to reside in leicester custom tech 1990ish. last i heard it was in rothely leics. may still be there or might have been banger raced!! will try to find out more info if you want?
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What were the other "blasts from the pasts" at the supernats,i was unable to
go.Chears!..SJB
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Gettingonabit, Ialso heard Satans Pawn had met its fate on a banger track but can't be certain. Richard Kings "Phoenix" chopped F type most certainly did !..kapri
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This was covered a good few pages back, Satan's Pawn ended up in a scrapyard in Sheffield, near enough totally rotted away..
The Candy Man
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you lot arnt still going on about old rods from the past your sick would,nt have anything to do with em. he he he..alcablown
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Mick i woulda said at the supernats if i had more time when i met you , but i spoke to the owner of the Mr T pop on Saturday and he is plannin a revival ,mail me an i`ll tell you more about the condition etc. he also has another good pop shell that he`s talkin of building a clone of it but with a bit more modernisation , but still lookin the same
..Russ
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Wait till you see Steve Napier's fully-fendered T roadster back out again after a looong rest, the first B-in-B winner & still the best as far as I'm concerned (but then I do have a penchant for Ts!)..MisteR Tee
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As a spin off from a posting above, when i bought and drove home the 37 from Ali, 3 years ago, the wife in front in the PT, me and one of the kids in the 37 in the miiddle lane moving on a bit, next thing flashing lights, yep we have been pulled, *WORD DELETED*, pull over ask said officer whats wrong, nothing he says just wanted to look at your car, then comes out with do you know PHIL BOWEN, the guy with the Model T i says, cop says he's a mate of mine and sends me on my way...........Hotrod Rod
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Same thing happened to me on the M5 just after I pulled out of Strensham services in my mate's black and flamed '29 coupe that I'd borrowed for the weekend. Asked me why the 'Q' plates were black and silver then launched into a conversation about Phil Bowen and the Willys coupe he had in the garage. That was close on 14 years ago though, so he'll be up for retirement soon!..40Stude
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Last time I spoke to Phil Bowen he said he didn't think the T would go back on the road for a long time. Glad it did, I spent BL00DY hours painting it using four 550 watt halogen lights to see where I was going in a converted chicken barn!! From memory there was over 40 coats of paint and laquer..geof harris
How many years ago was that Phil?
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It was way too many years ago when we built the car at Nicks shop....... long before it was painted..Biffo
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quote:Originally posted by Rod Rich
:As a spin off from a posting above, when i bought and drove home the 37 from Ali, 3 years ago, the wife in front in the PT, me and one of the kids in the 37 in the miiddle lane moving on a bit, next thing flashing lights, yep we have been pulled, *WORD DELETED*, pull over ask said officer whats wrong, nothing he says just wanted to look at your car, then comes out with do you know PHIL BOWEN, the guy with the Model T i says, cop says he's a mate of mine and sends me on my way...........

A few years ago Ali & Chris were driving the 37 through Tayside in Scotland and they got pulled over by the traffic cops. They were somewhat surprised to find out that not only did the cop know their names, he new everything about their car. Said cop is a regular on here, guess who?..Doug
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I asked if any 'Cars of Yesteryear' were seen at the S/Nats, and not making the NASC Nats I just wondered if any were spotted there?..The Candy Man
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What ever happened to geof cousins blue 34, that car was way ahead of its time..cabby

[rabid hamster]

I've a feeling that this was mentioned earlier on in this thread, and I think it went to Belgium or maybe France?..The Candy Man
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Hey Mick
I was in Keelby (village near Grimsby) the other night,
Nothing unusual there as my intended lives there, so do I most of the time ;-)
Saw a little blue Pop pickup parked up with some boy racers!
It looked sort of Candy Blue ish and I'm pretty sure it had some silver/blue flames.
Had a small pickup bed. I didn't hear it running so I dont' know what lump it had.
(It was quite dark - yes I'm a bit brief!)
Not seen it before so it could have been a visitor, do you know of it?..Deuce
PS - Ex Fish Gutters shed (a car of yesteryear?!!!) still under cover in drive 1 year on
boooo hoooo....Deuce
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I'm seeing all the guy's this weekend, I'll check it out.
Just a quick update on a couple of old timers... 'Vitamin T' is being wired and then off for upholstery and 'Speedfreak' is having the final coats of paint applied and then heading off for wiring and upholstery as well, so there's two 'Cars of Yesteryear' that will be out next year..... any more?...The Candy Man
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I mentioned at the beginning of the year that the old '32 Tudor of John Wilkinsons would be out this year, well due to a load of delays it wasn't. However, it is now painted and trimmed and having it's final assembly so will be finished for new owner Dave Griffiths real soon.L.P..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Mick how is speed freak looking is it the black flame job the blue candy or totaly new paint sceme and what power plant this time round , this rod was one of my all time favourite`s when i was 17 year old.. Russ
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The van is looking the 'nuts', in the late eighties it was changed to an all out pro-street van, well that part stays the same but everything else has been changed. It now has a 6/71 supercharger on a rebuilt 351 cleveland. The paint is a combination of the two old paint schemes but being a pal of mine there's a tub of metalflake thrown in there as well. Everything goes to plan it should be out at the same time as my 'T' at the beginning of next season.
What with Vitamin T, Speedfreak, Andromeda, Spat's B, Shotgun and a few others next season, it really will be like stepping back in time..The Candy Man
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sounds great Mick , i can see a business opertunity here selling flare`s, afgan coat`s and platform shoe`s, L.O.L..Russ
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While getting my photo's developed of the Hot Rod Drags, I noticed a car from way back. On the Sunday a black 27T roadster turned up, big block chevy, fully chromed front and rear suspension, leather interior, absolutly gorgeous car, top show quality. I got to thinking the last time I saw this car was in the late eighties? At Bruntingthorpe? Anybody know where it's been and who owns it now, any update at all? Can't understand why a rod as nice as this one hasn't been seen on a regular basis..The Candy Man
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Here's one for you Mick, Anyone know what happened to the Rays Rods 'C' cab wrecker 'The Happy Hooker'. Someone asked me the other day so I thought I'd put it on here. L.P..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Talking of C cabs, got told of a Triumph straight 6 powered one sitting in a garage just up the road from here. Went to make enquiries, got told it's just gone to the Isle of Wight. Anyone know anything about it?
Cheers..Al
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The 27T was Steve Napiers and I believe he still owns it. Ray knows him quite well..kapri
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Steve Napier's T roadster was at the Americar show at Stoneleigh earlier this year, looking even better than ever. He told me the last time he'd driven it was 13 years ago!!!!..MisteR Tee
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quote:Originally posted by Lord Purple of Binfield
:Here's one for you Mick, Anyone know what happened to the Rays Rods 'C' cab wrecker 'The Happy Hooker'. Someone asked me the other day so I thought I'd put it on here. L.P.

The "Happy Hooker" or "C-Moon" unfortunately is no more. The body was scrapped and the chassis moved on to pastures new back in the Eighties.
..Col33
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Back in the eightys round about 84 a 51 Merc was imported over.The car was white,lowed and had skirts,a guy named Simon Manhire owened it and had El Ritchie-Richard King chop the top.I no theres chopped mercs about,is this one still about?anybody no!The car had a 302 and a Tuc n roll interior and a pinstriped dash and hood..SJB
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I hope I've got this right... is this the car you were talking about? It's at.... http://www.uk-hotrods.co.uk/old%20photos/page%2026/page%2026.htm
Near the bottom of the page..
The Candy Man
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No, thats not Simon Manhire's Merc otherwise known as 'Korzy'. Thats the name that was on the California plates when imported. The Battersea Boys imported the car unchopped, I have an old copy of the home video they took out there whilst looking around LA for it or a suitable car. The car was painted dark red then I think went to Sweden. Again, the Battersea boys will know for sure. L.P..Lord Purple of Binfield
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No that isn,t simons his went to sweden in the late 80,s..Battersea Boys
your right L.P. KORZY was bought in L.A in 83 an
shipped over we nearly got the graffitti merc at that time but couldn,t swing a visit to the universal back lot to check it out!!.El ritchie chopped it 54 headlite rims were added. It was based on a chop by Murphy and the striper outa florida, His trade mark was the canted B post also leaving the rear windshield attached to the roof making the deck longer The one in the picture has neither of these. It was painted vauxhall maroon and is still in the same paint and it just looks as good, testiment to the skill of richard king
..Battersea Boys

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Chears for info guys.I spoke to R king a few years ago after spoting the "Phenix" F type he had parked up at Chelmsford.I showed him a pic of the car,but not long after it was pictured in SM after being banger raced..SJB
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Guys, ive seen on page 48 you've been talking about C- cabs. I know where theres one.
My dad had a C- cab in the 70's named Temptation, we brought the car back about 18 months ago as a rolling chassis, still in the red metalflake paint, even the same wheels and tyres.
He is now considering selling it as he doesn't think he'll have the time to start it never mind finish it.
Also he has a small block chevy that he had intended to put in, holley carb, elderbrook manifold, bug catcher, chrome rocker covers etc
It really pain's me to write this as i would hate to see it go, (and i'd love to put the small block in my pop!) but my dad has decided if the right amount is offered it will go Cheers Jody..J Gething
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I'm just in the process of buying a 'Car of Yesteryear', I'm waiting for the guy to get back from working in China for a week so I can take delivery of the ex Simon Pickford (I think) 32 hiboy roadster, Daimler V8, bright red, drop-tube etc, reg XFB 9T. If anyone has got any info on the car or magazines with anything about it, please could you let me know. If you've got Custom Car Jan 82 (again, I think), I would gladly pay the price for it. Eagerly await your replies..The Candy Man
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Look on the Bristol Hot Rods photo site. Roadster originally built by Merv way back when..40Stude
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Currently owned by Peter Stevens , head of MG design ? Mick, was that price correct ? I thought he'd missed a 1 from it ?LOL Was sorely tempted.
Chris Boyle owned it at one stage when it was painted silver..kapri
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Candy Man , as 40 STude says look at the phoyo's on Bristol Hotrod link site and you will see 2 pictures when it was almost built and jist on yhe road .
Kev I also think that price must be wrong even Merv ( Magoo) who built it was tempted to phone up for it .
Candyman vehicle spec as follows ,Chassis homemade 108 inch wheelbase . Engine V8 Daimler BW autobox .Suspension front ,homemade axle and 4 bar .Early Rover spindles .Rear axle Jag MK10 . Steering Pontiac tilt column using JU steering box .Body Jago . Windscreen ,headlight posts , and windeflectors all homemade . This spec was when the car was first put on the road by it's original builder Merv Barnett . Oh wiring by me ,
Phil ..yellowboy
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hi, first time for me. i have been one of the silent readers for quite a long time. i have read this marathon with interest me being a long time rodder and wondered if any of you guys knew anything about a couple of rods i built and sold south.
1. fordson van pro street,drk metalic grey,weld wheels,343amc, sold in 89.
2. willys coupe pro street,silver,convo pros,full tube chassis,37 headlights and bumpers,sold in 95ish.
cheers..scotrodder
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I saw the 32 too and thought it must be a miss-print.
Nice old motor with plenty of road miles under it's belt. Always fancied a Daimler hemi in somethin superb looking engine and well built Russ Carpenter used to run silly times with one..hotroddickie
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There was a AMC powered fordson around my way about 8-9 years ago or may be more.It was black and very low all round and no rear wings/archs.Was featured in one of the mags many years ago-SM i think..SJB
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Yes SJB thats the one very dark grey featured in S Machine,any idea where it went or if it is still on the go, its nice to keep tracks on your babies and lets face it you would never complete them with out becoming attached to them.
..scotrodder
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No idea where the Fordson went,havent seen it since.The guy who did have it when it was around my way was on here about 6 months ago selling some Nick Butler front fenders,but i cant think of his name or user name.He had owened other cars-Chopped yella pop,"Green Onions" T,green custom painted 302 powered trike and was biulding another V8 trike.He had a site with all the motors including the Fordson pictured that he had owened and he was going to imigrate to Aus..SJB
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Was that video your first gig as a presenter Milton? Visit to Dick Deans, the Barris auction, meeting a Duke of Hazzard. The drag racing action was good though, my copy is really worn out now. Oh yes, and the Chips soundtrack on the LA freeway! L.P..Lord Purple of Binfield
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The Fordson sounds very much like one that turned up to our cruise a few months back, the lad came over from Cumbria- whitehaven maybe?- he's on the forum as "vancam" but there's no name unfortunately- looked like a nice vehicle though! Erik..PDQPOP
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Steve.
The name of the guy who had the Fordson is MJ.Read.
The link to view the Fordson and his other cars is
http://members.aol.com/mjread/wildride/wildride.htm
..tallpaul
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Chears for that!wheres all these/his cars gone?.I used to see the "green Onions" T about ofton,someone at Rayleigh owening it for a while as well after,then they moved on to a orenge small blocked pro street 55 biult by Gary somebody.This 55 went abroad in the end..SJB
PDOPOP,do ya recon that was the same Fordson at the criuse?be interesting to no...SJB
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yeah that was the trip, I saw it a couple of nites ago at alex,s. thats my claim to fame.
super chevy sunday n antique drags was cool
i think it was 102 that day..Battersea Boys
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Yeah, I reckon it's the same Fordson- no snorkel scoop and a change of paint- grey metallic (it was dark tho')but an AMC mill. The lad who owns it lives in Carlisle- it actually says so on the Gateshead cruise topic but I obviously wasn't paying attention. I did speak to him for a little while, he reckoned there was half a dozen rodders who knew each other there. Perhaps Holmsey knows 'em?..PDQPOP
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Just finished reading all 49 pages, some interesting stuff. For the Candyman, "The Sweeny" Zodiac was last seen in a scrap yard in Sc*nthorpe many years back. Also got some pics of Brian Marshalls Rover 10 when it was red and had the wire baskets on the wheels and a different scoop - parked next to Dave Hornick's 35 ford at York raceway. (who was from Scunny also)..bomber

[rabid hamster]

And when I think about it, the last rod I tried building back in the early '80s before I gave up- I was always skint (no change there then) was a 1937 Standard Flying 9 with a chromed Jag IRS, Viva HA IFS, and Daimler V8. I flogged it to someone in Yorkshire. Was it ever finished? Does anyone remember anything like it? I suspect it's probably rotting in some lock up somewhere but it would be nice to know.
Now that I'm back into rodding- it only took me 16 years- how many other people out there came back to it after a long lapse caused by poverty, women, marraige,kids, sheep, etc.? Erik..PDQPOP
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Bomber,theres alot to read now to catch up on,in there.One of the mags done a bit on the "sweeny" Zodiac when the Jag IRS was fitted.Always liked that car,think the grill was of a Rover.Shame where it ended up though..SJB
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PDQPOP,
Still waiting to come back after about 12 or so years.
Trouble is the other half is a non-believer,if you know what I mean!
R.H..rabid hamster
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Erik, I came back after about 16 years, marriage, kids then divorce & I'm still skint! R.H. I know what you are saying about the non-believer, they take some convincing that car bits are as essential as 50 pairs of shoes!
..Pete Edwards
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With Candyman owning a couple of rods from yesteryear,is there anyother users of this forum owning/biulding or driving anyothers..SJB
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'The Sweeney'....That was owned by a pal of mine, Nigel Robinson, years ago. Last time out for that car was at Bruntingthorpe in about 85/86ish, he stripped it for a rebuild and never got round to doing it, let his brother in law have it and still never got done, so it went to the great scrap yard in the sky.
..The Candy Man
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That Gun metal gray fordson with the 343amc and pro street rear with no arches was around the leics area for a while, it was owned then by a Rasta guy called lloyd who had also owned the brown V4 moggy pick up that was featured in that uk mag rod n custom from the leics area and then made it into a convertible pick up. He drove and showed the fordson for a while but eventually broke the back axle, this was around the time Grumpy's toy Ford Pop was in leicester also Carl Deacons red couped pop, Eddie Hargreaves Pops, Ken Barrows wide flamed model Y, wheres that now? Pete's Jaguar powered and suspended Austin 16, Satans Pawn, Jims purple and white morris 8? powered by a baby Daimler hemi and varoius rover powered Escorts, Mk 1 Tinas, GT6's, 105e's and 100e, even i had a 2 dr mk2 Tina V8 in lotus livery, anyway the Fordson was laid up a while, then him and the Van disappeared glad to see its resurfaced..8BB
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baz, satans pawn has gone to copeys heaven! lol..lemonsquash
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Just to let you know I went down to collect my new 'Car of Yesteryear' on Saturday. Down in deepest Suffolk I met Peter Stevens to buy XFB 9T, the red 32 highboy roadster. What an experience that was. Myself, Carl Powells and Ady found his home address quite easily in just over 3hrs from Doncaster. Looked round the car in glorious sunshine, polite conversation, tea and sandwiches and then all to soon it was thanks a million, it's time to go. The very second we uttered 'goodbye', the heavens opened, it just absolutly lashed it down, lovely weather for a roadster with no roof! That was in another building at another address and will follow on in a weeks time. About half way into the journey home the battery cable melted and the bottom hose let go, Carl, who was driving the 32 was quite relieved actually, so after a quick phone-call the AA turned up and took it home.
So Sunday I've renewed all the pos/neg cables and a new bottom hose, a quick polish, dumped the bobbed fenders and mudguards and out on the road, rather spookily as soon as it was ready to drive...the sun came out, justice after Saturday.
So once 'Vitamin T' is finished I'm straight into the roadster! I'm going to drive it in the meantime and collect a few parts for it and away we go again. I'd only being saying to a pal that I was looking forward to finishing the 'T' so I could have a rest from the garage...I can't! It's this wacky world of Hotrodding, it's all just to adictive. So 20+yrs after being built, the last 3yrs it's hardly turned a wheel, another old historic hotrod is back out doing the shows again.
Oh, and for all of you who thought that the price must have been a misprint.... it wasn't!
..The Candy Man
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PDQPOP said 'Now that I'm back into rodding- it only took me 16 years- how many other people out there came back to it after a long lapse caused by poverty, women, marraige,kids, sheep, etc.?' That'll me then. Bought my first custom car mag aged 17 and took me till I was 41 to buy one. Still married, 2 teenage kids, missus and kids love hot rodding.
Bomber said 'Also got some pics of Brian Marshalls Rover 10 when it was red and had the wire baskets on the wheels and a different scoop'. That'll my Rover 10 then, which is orange and blue which I believe was painted by Brian Marshall at a later date.
Sod the pension lets put some more feul in it.
'IFE BEGINS AT 40' You better believe it. YEEEEHAAHHHH!!!!!!..Tonibe63
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Todays craption

http://usera.imagecave.com/Klunk/rocketman.bmp.jpg

It might have been just in my mind, but was not there a car built like this in this country?? was in one of the mags, if I'm not mistaken it had a Jag V12 and painted candy red..cunningplan
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Bill Carter built two. The first one bore a resemblance to this with beer barrels for fuel tanks on the small wings, it ended up getting sold to the Sultan of Brunei. The second one was more photogenic and was used by Ordanance Survey in their promotional stuff..kapri
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BAe did one the RB 211!..Battersea Boys
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Re The picture, Is that a Honda shuttle? L.P..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Oy Cunning Plan, what ever happenned to the red Austin Ruby that Alex owned ???
What was the reg, and where did that go. Never seen it since.
Get some details on here to see if anyone knows. I thought it went up North, but haven't got any details..MutantV8
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Evan, (Brians son) was looking for it a couple of years ago. (Brian from Barry was the builder of the car.) I dont know if he found it but I always thought that it went to kent.
It was a Red Ruby with yellow flames, blown Rover. I will have to dig out my old photos to find the Reg No..cunningplan
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hi the reg number for the ruby was AVN 604
IT IS NOW IN BIRMINGHAM I HAD IT ABOUT A YEAR
AGO THEN SOLD IT ON GOT IT FROM BRIANS SON IN BARRY IT HAD A REBUILD LOOKED NICE I DO HAVE SOME PICS HAS IT WAS WHEN I SOLD IT BUT CANT GET THEM ON HERE..rubyhotrod
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Sorry, these are the new photos sent to me by rubyhotrod..cunningplan

http://www.cunningplan.btinternet.co.uk/ruby4.JPG

http://www.cunningplan.btinternet.co.uk/ruby11.JPG
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RUBYHOTROD - Should have guessed from the name.
Don't think I've seen it around for a while did you ever do Drayton or Avon Park ?
Maybe I just wasn't looking.
Does it still look the same ?
Well, shunt my trucks.
Sorry, never read the last line under the photos. ;-)....MutantV8

[rabid hamster]

wasnt that rocket car built by rob carter?..lemonsquash
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hi mutant v8
i got the ruby mot and taxed
and then sold it like to see it
again was a good rod
never had time to get it to drayton manor
cheers john..rubyhotrod
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just missed the 1000th reply..Battersea Boys
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Theres a guy lookin for a custom Mini from the 70s on the Eurodragster site (28 OCT),called "Pulsation",Ford V6 powered,manual box,fur interior,differant rear side windows.Was for sale at Ed turners 15 years ago.Anybody remember it?
The rear windows/porholes were diamond shaped and the car was Metalic Purple and Blue when last seen..SJB
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What ever happened ti POP 908..vannerdave
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After many mentions on this thread over the last 12 months, the ex- John Wilkinson '32 Sedan is back on the road. It was MOT'd yesterday and its first run to a car event in many a year was tonight when we met up with owners Dave and Anna for a run up to the Chelsea cruise. Mr Tebbs, you will be pleased to know that not only is the Jag IRS re-chromed, but its still running a cruisin' light under there! Look out for it in the West country next weekend as Dave is cruising down to Exmouth on Friday to put some miles on the fresh motor. L.P..Lord Purple of Binfield
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That's great news LP, another oldie back on the road. There's more and more appearing every month. Took the roadster (XFB 9T) out on it's first run today to the Swapmeet, just loved every second of it, the old rod got a good reception. Also, when I first started this topic I never thought it would get over a thousand hits, I'm glad it has proved alot of interest to so many people, please keep 'em coming. Last thing, I went to pay a visit to my 'T' on Saturday to see how the wiring was coming on, guess what, he'd just finished wiring up the pair of red cruising lights that I've fitted underneath... Right, I'm off now to listen to my latest 70's glam rock album!..The Candy Man
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Forgive me if this pic has been on here before, but I found it while looking for something else on the web.
Is Barry Treacey's car still around in any form?
I went to the, then, headquaters of Wolfrace wheels (I seem to remember it doubled up as a potato warehouse or something) to buy my rear wheels for my Pop when this was in the artwork design stage. Barry Treacey ran the wheel side of wolfrace, and had owned one of the first (and probably the most spectacular at the time) T's on the road. Must have been around 1972 or 1973.
Some time afterwards, on a trip to the Motor Show, Barry plied us with copious quantities of gin while we whiled away an hour chatting about cars and rods and all sorts..pre_49_4_me

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I can't see the picture, if only it was easier to post photos on here..AL
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does any one remember my old humber sceptre 'out of time'..stus32
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Dident someone on here mention that pop is stored up somewhere???
I think the pop was white after with lettering on the doors.Great looking the 70s pops..SJB
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SJB You are right it was white but that was the first paint job, there is a pic on Holmsey's site, got to agree love those Pop's wish I still had mine!..Pete Edwards
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Malcolm, I'm pretty sure that early on in this thread someone said the Pop was in storage in Scotland. Wasn't the paint and lettering handled by Eddie Wimble?..40Stude
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yes, you are right Alan. Artwork by Eddie Wimble. When I went to Barry's place, I think there were several different designs on the table, with the one in the photo just having been chosen.
It was absolutely right for the time, and had the WOW! factor that everyone was after.
Malcolm..pre_49_4_me
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Without going through all the posts again, there was one that claimed the car to be in Scotland. If I remember rightly it has been stored for a good few years but still remains in pretty good condition, now if we could only convince him to get it back on the road or even sell it to somebody who is going to get some use out of it..The Candy Man

[rabid hamster]

Mick it was me that mentioned it was up here ,it`s looking a bit sorry for it`s self as the roofs been leaking on it but it is still complete and running and is getting a complete over haul , i last spoke to John Miller the owner at the supernats and he told me he has another very good shell and the plan is to restore the gennie Mr T and build a replica a bit more updated to today`s spec..Russ
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That's good news. That car and Pinball wizard are probably the best known Pops around (At least to old *parp*s like me) Malcolm..pre_49_4_me
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Malcom pinball wizard was up here for a few years aswell owned by a guy called Ronnie Blair he gave me a run round Dunfermline in it one night as my mate was looking for a pop at the time and we heard there was one for sale along there , it turned out it was pinball wizard. Over the top but still lookin the part..Russ
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Having posted the Treacey picture, it got me thinking about my own history and thought I would post some pics of Alleycat, the Competition Altered that I and Steve Gillian, Chris Wilson and Malcolm Watts built around 1970-1971.
The first pic shows Eddie Wimble painting the sponsors logo on the car. This, incidentally, he did for free on the grounds that by doing that, he would be putting something into the sport. (As if laminating his first T body in his bedroom wasn't enough).
The second shows the car when at a car show in Stockholm. We went there in February 1971. The journey there could fill a book!
We ran the car for a season, but on one run, a con-rod went through the side of the block (oil down -sorry) An engine re-build followed which had us spending what then was a fortune on a Weslake head.
We loaded the car up on the trailer to take, what we were sure was, a very competetive car to Santa Pod, and unfortunately, shortly after setting off, the trailer came adrift from the tow car. The result being the trailer crossed two lanes of oncoming traffic before embedding itself in the side of an AA hut at the Banstead cross roads.
The car was never rebuilt, although I belive the engine possibly still exists in the corner of a shed somewhere Enjoy the pics Malcolm..pre_49_4_me

http://usera.imagecave.com/PRE_49_4_ME/ALLEYCAT/wimble.jpg
http://usera.imagecave.com/PRE_49_4_ME/ALLEYCAT/show.jpg
http://usera.imagecave.com/PRE_49_4_ME/ALLEYCAT/crash1.jpg
http://usera.imagecave.com/PRE_49_4_ME/ALLEYCAT/crash2.jpg
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OH NO!!! The first two pics look amazing, it made me cringe to look at the other two. What a crying shame that the little van ended up like that. It's also a pity that it wasn't rebuilt or even a clone done of the vehicle. What was cutting edge at the time is so very 'old school' and 'nostalgic' now... wish there were more!..The Candy Man
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What are those rear rims Malcolm, J A Pearce's ??..kapri

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That's right Kev. Most of the car was scrapped except the engine and possibly the wheels. I have no idea what happened to them..pre_49_4_me
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Rare old wheel, remember them for sale in Hot Car! LOL Also used to love theMcnally slotless mags, think Dave Driver had them on his Topo , another Car of Yesterday..kapri
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WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gutted.
Always wondered what happened to that bitchin lookin Fordson.
Wish I didnt know now.
What a complete pi$$er..rottenpop
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Great pics Malc, I've only ever seen a couple of pica of it before, yours are much better. I think there wil be unanimous support for you to recreate a clone of Alleycat in the future when you've got your roadster done! What do say guys, start campaigning now!
..Lord Purple of Binfield
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I think it would be great if anyone else has any old pics of Alley Cat for them to post them up as well. Such a great looking car!
I'm also in full support of the rebuild!!!..Mk2Matt
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Another old pop that`s up here not far from me is an Apollo green one with biege vinyl roof , it was featured in a pop special in custom car in the same issue as Keth Atkinsons orange apeal pop, it ran a 1600 and 4 speed manual wolfie slots , ang green velour if i remember correctly, it was driven up the road and put in the garage , thenext thing i heard was that it was pulled apart to get a v8 fitted , but never heard anymore this was about 10 years ago . Maybe time i paid him a visit..Russ
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Whilst reading through an old CC mag on my usual morning ablutions visit, I was reading about the old black 'n' flamed track T that Chris Boyle built a way back called 'English Graffitt'. I don't recall this being mentioned on previous pages without going through them all but it was of some interest because this I remember being on the road not that long ago, the last Chelmsford Nats actually. Does anyone know it's whereabouts and if it's going to be out again soon anytime soon..The Candy Man
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Russ , if you look at my old pop photo's on the Popular Front forum I think you will see a snap of the green pop you are talking about . The picture is from one of Dr Bob's collection and he thinks it was taken at one of the Ally Pally shows ?
Malc I think your photo's are exellent and a real piece of racing / rodding history . Do you have any more hidden away ? Phil..yellowboy
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English Graffitti went to Belgium and was up for sale from there last year . Don't know if anyone bought it ?..kapri
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this is a shot my uncle Dave Elden gave me to scan in of him and his mate John collins working on John's camaro at york raceway in I think 1979 (my uncle is the one with his back to the camera)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/streetvw/165597798csGsUy_ph.jpg

and this is a shot of his own bug taken some time in the mid 70's. not the best shot of his car but the only one we can find..streetvw

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/streetvw/165236160pHrJem_ph.jpg
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Heres a little quiz.
This Consul became a bit of an icon. Heres the spec: Rover V8, Jag IRS, Transit beam axle.

http://img59.exs.cx/img59/1215/acar.jpg

Its your starter for 10,pop pickers.Not arf...rottenpop
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Wouldn't be Henry Hirise would it?..V8Devon
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You were right Al. It didnt take long!
Correct Dave!
The first in an occasional series..rottenpop

[rabid hamster]

Whenever I see anything about Henry Hirise I can hear someone singing 'Street Machine, you and me in my Street Machine'..dw123
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The Rover V8 bit threw me, the spec fits exactly to a car well known in the North from way bay and that's 'High 'n' Mighty', anyone remember that? White with orange lettering on the doors..The Candy Man
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Finally I have reached the end of this thread....Ahhhh, the mists of time....
So, cars I remember....
The Wanderer, Mk 2 Cortina, V6, Auto, Brown with Vinyl roof...Destroyed MANY years ago in a crash.
Goldrush...The Gold Pop from Kenton.
Dollar Gobbler...the WILD Camaro with the dollar bills in the paintwork.
Discotrucker. The Anglia van, was owned by Les from Ripspeed in Luton.
Lemonsquash (I know thats about still)
The 'other pop' that used to hang out with Goldrush, was black I think, with something written on the bootlid in red.
Dennis (the plasterer) Boyle's Pop. From Kenton also.
God, I feel old......Mind you, there's guys I know over here still driving cars they have owned since the late 50's/early 60's
Jerrys 36 Coupe for example....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v414/prophoto/Jers36bw.jpg

Oh well, back to reality!! Dave..A32Flathead
www.freewebs.com/pro_photo/ (http://www.freewebs.com/pro_photo/)
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Mick
I've got a photo somewhere of High & Mighty, taken at Ally Pally I think.
I took the photo of Henry Hirise at a Capital Radio cruise at Battersea Park, must've been about '76/7. *WORD DELETED*, that makes me feel old!
I'm off to look at all my old albums, got stacks of them..Al
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Al, cars like 'Hery Hirise' and 'High'n'Mighty', Dave Grady's 'High Spirits' '57 Ford were cars that inspired me in the early days, I love the Gasser Circus and wish you saw more of this style of car on the road. I reckon somewhere down the line I can see a '55 Chevy gasser on the shopping list. Will Keith every put 'Henry' back on the road? What old pics Have you got? Lets have a look!..The Candy Man
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Mick
It's running, minus blower at the minute, but running none the less. When he gets back from the States, there's another couple of weeks to get it driving.
As regards my old photos, I must have 15/20 old albums up stairs. Now I'm not sure if you know or not, it's not very easy for some to load photos on here..AL
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Just been reading some of the old posts on here which reminded me that when I worked in London's fashionable West End in the late 80's there was an Arab sheikh who owned Havoc,plus a burgundy 'flake Renault 5 with opera windows and landau bars, and they were both parked next to the white low miles '74 Chevy Monte Carlo(?) that Classic American featured a while back. They were all kept in an underground car park in Mayfair and never went anywhere! The stuff hidden away in the West End back then was amazing, I remember a '64ish Lincoln Continental that never moved..What a waste....
Also, anybody remember the V12 T that came from Swansea? Oh the memories, my mate's 351 powered Transit, all those Escort vans with portholes and fur interiors, Plastic Sam the DJ's green VW van. Anymore from anyone?..dw123
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:Mick
As regards my old photos, I must have 15/20 old albums up stairs. Now I'm not sure if......AL

No excuses Al. Get that scanner sorted and send them to me. I,ll do the rest.
Cheers,Russ..rottenpop
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<snip> Arab sheikh who owned Havoc <snip>


Now there's a car...
What *did* happen to Havoc? As far as I recall, there was an article about the chassis in CC when Bryan Godber had got it up to rolling and detailed, one small pic in a run report somewhere (Billing?) a bit later, then nothing else.
Sooo.... anyone got any pics? Was it ever featured in a mag anywhere? Where is it now? Anyone know?..Jim R
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One reason I never travel too far without my camera here in California, you never know what you might find sitting in a garage or driveway......

Know nothing about this, apart from it's steel, HEMI Powered & has what looks to be a 4-speed shifter.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v414/prophoto/Hemi1gp.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v414/prophoto/Hemi1gp.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v414/prophoto/Hemi2gp.jpg

Tying to find out more tho!! Dave..A32Flathead
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Dave

When I grow up that's the sort of car I want. Look forward to hearing more about it..AL
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Great to see the old 'Coping with the coupe' Model B again. Colin Jeffries made a great job of the 'HotRod & Custom' build up car......(I supplied the Rainbow flake, another convert!)..The Candy Man

http://usera.imagecave.com/TheCandyMan/A1Candyman/CopingwiththeCoupe.bmp.jpg
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Phew mick, glad you edited it, I thought I was going mad!
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Whatever happened to Wally Barter's 32 coupe from the early '80's?..plumpcars
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Also great to see 'OO 1932', the ex-John 'Spats' Wilkinson Model B sedan, both the B's were shot at the Oct Chelsea cruise. Seems amazing that these cars were both perhaps cruisin' the same place many years ago... back where they belong!..The Candy Man

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Plumpcars
Last I heard Wally Barters 3 window was sitting in bits in a garage in north London. A mate got offered the job of putting it back together, he didn't have the spare time to do it unfortuntely..Al
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:Plumpcars
Last I heard Wally Barters 3 window was sitting in bits in a garage in north London. A mate got offered the job of putting it back together, he didn't have the spare time to do it unfortuntely.AL

Wally, or Matt Mathous ? coupe was for sale in the back of CC earlier this year. Milton, or his brother,at Dream Cars bought it..p.f.f.
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Thanks...I knew that Milton had a 32 but did not realise that it was Wally's old car!
..plumpcars
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Dollar Gobbler was out racing again last year at the pod with its original paint!!
Den Boyle's pop was sold and repainted (white?) & is still running..blackpopuk
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i dont think the dream cars 32 is wallys one,the battersea boys would know though!!!
..hershamhotrodder

[rabid hamster]

No it,s not wally,s I think he still has his.
got my 58 chevy outa the garage yesterday first time its run in 8 years did anyone see that pop on ebay looked like a rod from back in the day
283 n glide jag rear chopped it sold early i was tracking it.
I saw havoc in knightsbridge 8 or 9 years ago.
it still belongs to the same man i think!. the monte carlo was a laguna S3 454 also happening to be the CLASSAM give away at the NEC this year
That pop was item# 4501278925..Battersea Boys
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Get the 58 back on the road....you know you really want to!..plumpcars
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Anyone recognise the pop that Battersea Boys mentioned

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4501278925
..Pete Edwards
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cheers pete, nice ain,t it!!..Battersea Boys
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strange side window rubbers? on that anglia..
Battersea Boys
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anybody remember the V12 T that came from Swansea? Oh the memories, my mate's 351 powered Transit, all those Escort vans with portholes and fur interiors, Plastic Sam the DJ's green VW van. Anymore from anyone? put me down for a few of those, remeber tony bulls old brown pop? had that and got one of byrons left overs!!..jsf55
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The brown Pop? Wasn't that from the uplands? The Transit was called 'Fannie Trannie' and had a Van Shop front end, also a 6-71 blown 351 Cleveland powered '69 Mach 1, I'm sure Ruby Tuesday lived in Llanelli, what else...a yellow 'Cuda, a couple of black Trans-Ams, I'm sure I'll think of a few more..dw123
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Martins still got the mustang, but the blowers gone, the guy in the uploads bought the pop from tony stripped it and left it to rot, tiny segadelli had the v12 t but i'm sure it was stripped for parts, how about the avenger form neath? tofty had the ruby for a while, keith day*sausage* and me both had vans at the time, i also had a green transit with a biege vinyl roof, mmmmmm, nice, john..jsf55
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Anyone no what happened to Dave Colbecks Camaro "street Fighter" with "Meaner than a junk yard dog" on the boot lid.Was ofton pictured next to Dave Gradys Ford.Is this car out there somewhere,maybe one of the many pro streeters or drag racers that are about?..SJB
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My friend George's brother bought this genuine 50's survivor Hot rod....
'51 Hudson...fitted with a '53 Olds 303 & rear axle in 1955...by the son of the original owner....who sold it to them about 4 months back.
It goes...rather well!!
Plans are to paint it & drive it!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v414/prophoto/HudFrontGP.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v414/prophoto/HudrearGP.jpg

Dave..A32Flathead
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Looks way cool as it is..SJB
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quote:Originally posted by steve john bundy
:Looks way cool as it is.

Looks cooler now, we got all the paint off it......Theres 2 VERY small repairs in the bodywork, both done in lead...way back when!
He has a 54 Buick grill for it as well.
Will post some more pics soon.
Dave..A32Flathead
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Street Fighter was parted out several years ago, don't know where the shell ended up but I won a pair of 15x15 Compomotive slots with Firestone dirt trackers that were intended to go under the car after it was back halved. Dollar Gobbler? I know of the old Money Hungry pro stock Camaro with the pound notes floated into the lacquer, were there two similar cars or was it just a 'nickname' for the car?..40Stude
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Chears for info on "Street Fighter",loved that car,had the Street Machine centre spread pic on the wall when a teen. Theres some cars of yesteryear in Custom Car this month-heres some-MK 11 concul on page 18 was featured in CC,the same issue as when "Henry Hirise" was in there.White Pop pickup on page 41 not looking much differant other than wheels.Heres a Question,did Ford make a Pickup or were the pickups that are about made from car shells?Other Pop pickups i can think of is Hot Rod Bobs yellow one,a blue one i see at the swop meet a few years ago plus theres a orenge drag racer one with a blown Rover..SJB
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SJB, I think there were some Pop pickups or ute's in Australia don't think they sold here though..
Pete Edwards
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The white Pop pickup was built by Steve Woodley. I believe it was a saloon that had been chopped square behind the doors(I think there were no Pop or Anglia pick-ups ever made, only modified saloons or vans). Steve got hold of it and created the roundy sections to make it like a 40 ford pickup. I presume the others were created in the same way? It's nice to see it still looking good..
Mel
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Pete's right, There were Ute versions down under, don't know if they were marketed under Pop/Anglia/Fordson or Thames badges. One to research on the net I think. L.P.
..Lord Purple of Binfield
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I stand corrected it's an anglia..Pete Edwards

http://www.smasa.com.au/documents/archives/1999/mem_cars/anglia_ute.htm

[rabid hamster]

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:Street Fighter was parted out several years ago, don't know where the shell ended up but I won a pair of 15x15 Compomotive slots with Firestone dirt trackers that were intended to go under the car after it was back halved. Dollar Gobbler? I know of the old Money Hungry pro stock Camaro with the pound notes floated into the lacquer, were there two similar cars or was it just a 'nickname' for the car?

Dollar Gobbler was built by Adam Jenn from South Harrow area in the mid 70's. He emigrated to Canada and sold it..plumpcars
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Utes were produced in Aus based on Anglias and Prefects and were of a 5 window 'fleetside' design as well as an Anglia Roadster pickup usually with a flatbed or a stakeside, these used the Anglia touring style cut down doors. Check out www.angliaobsolete.com (http://www.angliaobsolete.com) for loads of ute and touring pics..40Stude
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quote:Originally posted by plumpcars
:Dollar Gobbler was built by Adam Jenn from South Harrow area in the mid 70's. He emigrated to Canada and sold it


Thanks for that, I used to live in Harrow, and remember seeing it a couple of times at the Harrow Cruise night.......Remember them? In the carpark across from Harrow On The Hill Stn, before they built the Bus station & St Anns Shopping center? Dave..A32Flathead
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I cant remember if Dollar Gobbler was a 67 or 68? I do remember Monday nights down at Harrow burger van outside Harrow on the Hill station. Used to be there till way to early in the morning and then stagger into work the next day!Harrow in those days had a fair amount of rodding/racing interest..plumpcars
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:I cant remember if Dollar Gobbler was a 67 or 68? I do remember Monday nights down at Harrow burger van outside Harrow on the Hill station. Used to be there till way to early in the morning and then stagger into work the next day!Harrow in those days had a fair amount of rodding/racing interest.

I 'think' it was a '68...but not 100% sure....
Your right, Harrow used to be a real 'Hotbed of Rodding' back in the day, I remember when there used to be 40 or 50 cars there every week.
I recall a Capri Classic in a dark burgandy, that had a deep buttoned vinyl panel between the tail lights..plus various other cars...damm, i feel old!..A32Flathead
dave
www.freewebs.com/pro_photo/ (http://www.freewebs.com/pro_photo/)
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Thanks for the info on Dollar Gobbler - it's one car I must have missed!..40Stude
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Bob 'Billabong' Burgess's '27 T roadster. Built '86, featured in Jan '88, Street Machine
..The Candy Man
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6235&item=4504651877&rd=1
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Mick,
Remember it well,when I had 1st finished my roadster the chassis was on display at Doncaster,you could eat your dinner off it,not sure i would want to at the moment.
Would look good parked next to your collection of rods :-)..DaveC
29 Delivery..
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Yep..I think you're right, it was a '68.You're sounding suspiciously like John Milner in the second quote ;o)!!!
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quote:Originally posted by plumpcars
:I cant remember if Dollar Gobbler was a 67 or 68? I do remember Monday nights down at Harrow burger van outside

I 'think' it was a '68...but not 100% sure....

Your right, Harrow used to be a real 'Hotbed of Rodding' back in the day, I remember when there used to be 40 or 50 cars there every week..plumpcars
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Yep..I think you're right, it was a '68.You're sounding suspiciously like John Milner in the second quote ;o)!!!
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I remember when there used to be 40 or 50 cars there every week.

Used to take a couple of hours & a whole tank of gas just to make one circuit......
That better? ;o) So I take it that your a Harrow boy as well??
Dave..A32Flathead
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Anybody remember Keith Harvies "firebrewered" 67/68 dragster Camaro from the 70s?. Anybody got any info! Did this car ever end up on the street?. Some other Camaros i remember was a 70/71 body shape with a jag rear.Car was white and was ofton at the indoor shows back then.Another one that shape was "St,Louis Blues".These must still be about out there somewhere in a differant guess..
I recall a Capri Classic in a dark burgandy, that had a deep buttoned vinyl panel between the tail lights..plus various other cars...damm, i feel old!
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[/quote]I seam to remember one in the old mags that had a padded chopped roof.
..SJB
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SJB
The chopped Consul Capri with the padded top was owned by a bloke called Lackerstein. It was titled as Lackersteins lowrider, which was very strange as it was jacked up a gob load. The same bloke had a red '55 Chevy in Bleat Machine a while back. It had a blown Chrysler Hemi, he reckoned it lifted the wheels, on the street, on M/T's. Hmm..AL
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Refering back to 'Billabong's' T.... The guy in Denmark says the reserve is $14,500, I thought the Danish currency was Krone? Why sell in Dollars, perhaps cos he's got alot of American interest? Anyhow, if I've got my exchange right that's about £8000 plus shipping... cheap car!..The Candy Man
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Hi Mick, the Krone ( or whatever ) is worth s0d all . If he sells in dollars and converts to Krone he gets a LOT more money than selling in Krone, exchange rate and all that..kapri
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SJB
The same bloke had a red '55 Chevy in Bleat Machine a while back. It had a blown Chrysler Hemi, he reckoned it lifted the wheels, on the street, on M/T's. Hmm.

I remember reading that,whot a laugh.A Guy down my way bought it,but the engine later let go,now its got a 454 Chevy block with nitrous,and he hopes to have a blower on there one day.This car did run a 454 before the hemi back in 91,and was the same red but had no side trim.The flip front was on there with a eightys stile pro stock hood scoop.Then later on it was tubbed insedently by Nick Butler(remember the feature in SM when the work was caried out).The car still ran the 454 for a time then was changed to the blown 352? Hemi..SJB
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So I take it that your a Harrow boy as well??

Dave
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[/quote]Sadly yes...Don't ever go thinkin' it's like it used to be around here!
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:Sadly yes...Don't ever go thinkin' it's like it used to be around here!



Sadly a fact I know all too well, I came home in September following the sudden death of my father, and after the funeral etc, we spent a few days at home, Harrows really gone downhill....In just 2 years its totally changed, its kinda sad that the place I grew up in has, as far as I can see....gone to the dogs :o(
Oh well, on to happier things, you still live in Harrow? If so, what you got? Building? Do I know you? or do you know anyone I know I wonder?
Dave..
A32Flathead

[rabid hamster]

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Oh well, on to happier things, you still live in Harrow? If so, what you got? Building? Do I know you? or do you know anyone I know I wonder? Dave


Was part of the crowd that drank in the Victory in Pinner in the mid-late 70's. Also Spirit Of Fifties(Heston services crowd).Still dabbling? Of course. Ever known a petrolhead that stops!..plumpcars
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Dollar Gobbler used to run mid 12s I believe in street trim with a 350.How about his mate Barry Moore with the blue and white 57 chevy sport coupe around 1975.{dont know if its been mentioned already**That was a nice car.He moved to San Bernardino,Ca. in 1979.I wonder if anyone knows his address 'cause I am about 50m away.Like to see him again.
I went up Harrow a few times in my 55 chevy around '78 or so.Pretty good..mikeyboy
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Dollar Gobbler used to run mid 12s I believe in street trim with a 350.How about his mate Barry Moore with the blue and white 57 chevy sport coupe around 1975.{dont

Hi Mikeyboy...hope life's treating you well. If my memory is correct(A bit of a gamble these days!) that 350 was a spare engine from Super Pumpkin bought from Pete Devlin.
Somebody must know where Barry is. I lost touch with him when he went over. Heard that he was driving a big block '57 over there with the licence plate 'Mr Rat' but that was a long time ago..plumpcars
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Dollar Gobbler was a 68 then? did it have notes on the doors? has any one a picture of it?..mickthefish67
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quote:Originally posted by plumpcars

quote:Originally posted by mikeyboy

Dollar Gobbler used to run mid 12s I believe in street trim with a 350.How about his mate Barry Moore with the blue and white 57 chevy sport coupe around 1975.{dont

Hi Mikeyboy...hope life's treating you well. If my memory is correct(A bit of a gamble these days!) that 350 was a spare engine from Super Pumpkin bought from Pete Devlin.
Somebody must know where Barry is. I lost touch with him when he went over. Heard that he was driving a big block '57 over there with the licence plate 'Mr Rat' but that was a long time ago.

Yes thats right.He had a red 57 in 1981.Thats the last time I saw him.Maybe I'll try a people search.
Yep I'm OK I hope I'll see you at wheels day next good friday.Got to have a reunion.By the way I havent ordered the SOTF shirts as I have not located anyone apart from you and a couple others.Was hoping to get a few more..mikeyboy
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quote:Was part of the crowd that drank in the Victory in Pinner in the mid-late 70's. Also Spirit Of Fifties(Heston services crowd).Still dabbling? Of course. Ever known a petrolhead that stops!

The Victory!! Home of under age drinking since 1981!!
I used to work just up the road from it, at a R**speed.....at Pinner Green.
You probably know Graham Baldwin, 'Big' George the MOPAR guy, Steve Hedges (who don't) etc...
Ahhh...those were the days, Wolfrace Slots & N50-15 Kelly Supercharger Tires!!
Dave..A32Flathead
www.freewebs.com/pro_photo/
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Yep I'm OK I hope I'll see you at wheels day next good friday.Got to have a reunion.By the way I havent ordered the SOTF shirts as I have not located anyone apart from you and a couple others.Was hoping to get a few more.


I will speak to Bryan Surey..He will want some and may have a lead on some of the others. Be good to see you. Just starting on a 32 project so you will be able to tell me all about yours!..plumpcars
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hi steve
you asked about "firebrewed"didnt keith bartlett ref santa pod owner drive this too?
as to where it is? asto the year 1967. Not only did kevin pilling own the 32, but
"satans Toy" another 67 rs black but what happened to that early pro-stocker.
..mickthefish67
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I used to work just up the road from it, at a R**speed.....at Pinner Green.

You probably know Graham Baldwin, 'Big' George the MOPAR guy, Steve Hedges (who don't) etc...
Dave
www.freewebs.com/pro_photo/


Yep...Big George is a mate and still as clued up as ever! Wasn't there a Graham at R*pspeed with a Corvette? You must also have known Alan Evans and Ian Howie? Alan was into Mopars and Ian into Chevies.
Sorry...I dont have any pictures. Amazing to hear that it was out and about last year...

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Dollar Gobbler was a 68 then? did it have notes on the doors? has any one a picture of it?

Sorry...I dont have any pictures. Amazing to hear that it was out and about last year...
..plumpcars
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l was at santa pod most times last year, and missed this? what event/rwyb did it turn-up.
on race camaros,how about "red devil" the 69.On a earlier page someone mentioned they had-
the spare olds axle to money hungry? did/are they using it or is it for sale?..mickthefish67
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on race camaros,how about "red devil" the 69.

Yea red and white,featured and on the cover of Hot Rod&Custom. Think it ran in Modified.
"Red Devil" 69 Camaro number plate was MLL 40L,i think Sam Connell drove it.He also ran a early 70s Nova with similer "Red Devil" paintwork in Modified.It used to make me wonder if that yellow Nova from the "Surry Muscle" club was maybe this one or the old Insurance Inmotion Nova.Maybe not!..SJB
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hi steve
l had the red devil camaro early this year and sold it someone how intends
to restore it to 1/4 glory.
its the "satans toy" 67rs which is the mystery camaro? unless kevin pilling
still does own it.
as for the "red devil" 70 nova, sorry to say its recycled metal now..mickthefish67
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Good to here about the 69 car,but sad to here about Sams number 2 car the Nova.There was a third "Red Devil" car,this time he ran in the Production class driving a 73 shape camaro using the staight six.I think the car was just white with the name on the doors.Gary Goggin raced a 71/73 shape car aswell..SJB
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thats right steve, garys Go Go Gone,the last acticle cc done on MH with tony dickson,
also done one with garys camaro. not only that but kevin pillings 32.
what ever happened to the madness camaro? my mate looked at it in nth london?
two bros had it how also collected impalas?..mickthefish67
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Yep...Big George is a mate and still as clued up as ever! Wasn't there a Graham at R*pspeed with a Corvette? You must also have known Alan Evans and Ian Howie? Alan was into Mopars and Ian into Chevies.

Graham had left there before I started, Alan was my boss for a couple of years, then he left to go to emigtate to Canada... He had the red 71 Roadrunner..383, 4-speed.
Don't recall Ian tho??
Saw George when I was over there last November, he was working at Dave Belchers place in Greenford. Really nice guy.
Dave..A32Flathead
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Mickthefish67,just found out the "Red Devil" Nova used to be the Insurance In Motion car.No info on "Satans Toy" though.Just being looking through some ol mags,theres a yellow 69 camaro from Sweden that raced at the Pod called "Mouse Power"..SJB
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evening steve
understand the nova when it came over was a real deal race/pro stocker as it was acid dipped lve heard it was a schawtz? bros cars.
l know the "red devil" 69 turned into the "rampage"
so did "firebrewed" as it was a 67rs turn into "wind-up" camaro, any takers
on that idea,the reason for that wild guess is because theres a lot of 67rs..mickthefish67
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Graham had left there before I started, Alan was my boss for a couple of years, then he left to go to emigtate to Canada... He had the red 71 Roadrunner..383, 4-speed.

Don't recall Ian tho??

Saw George when I was over there last November, he was working at Dave Belchers place in Greenford. Really nice guy.

Dave
www.freewebs.com/pro_photo/

I owned the Roadrunner before Alan and sold it to him. He went out to Canada to join Ian and Adam who were already there. I saw a picture of him on a web page recently and he looked like a little old man!
George has some Mopars still and Dave has a spectacular Harley chop..plumpcars

[rabid hamster]

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evening steve
because theres a lot of 67rs

Mick...You obviously know your '67's!
I built up a 67 back in the late '70's using a solid 6 cyl. car. Fitted a 350/4 spd and even used it to tow my race car for a season. It was black with a black interior with the parchment seat inserts. Think the reg. was JGJ 157 T.
Sold it in the early eighties in Surrey.
Went to a V8 day at Donnington about 10 yrs back and it was in the car park, but now with a big block!
Do you know if it is still around?..Plumpcars
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There was a Camaro about many years ago with stars/stripes custom paint,side pipes,custom wheels,vinal roof(67 i think)also a dragracer called "Mean Machine",orenge stripes on white car(67 or 68).Dont remember the "Madness" Car though..SJB
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jgj 157t is that the frank sizer ex-johnny bunce camaro? mind you that maybe 68! the other 67 running bbc is paul marstons 396 67 camaro.
steve the first camaro mentioned was that disscused in earlier pages? with
the pics on hot rod photos website? as for the white/orange strips perphaps
l need to consult my piers and get back to you on that one.
madness/blue camaro was at one time ashley troops, then the two bros and in nth london maybe enfield?..mickthefish67
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"Satans Toy" i remember it now,straight black,name on the doors and i think crager five spokes and the best shape in my opinun pro stock hood scoop.Its hard to keep track of all these cars.There was a bright red big block 68 Camaro round the Hadleigh area in the late eightys,stock width axle,slight rake,also a mate back in the late 70s owened a blue with white vinal roof 69,with side pipes and stock hight all round and chrome five spokes-reg AKM 730K.
"Mean Machine"is going back even earlier to 76 area,raced by Mike Churchill.(Race car only)(big hood scoop)..SJB
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afternoon steve
satan toy was a super straight 67rs, would be great to see that one turn up again! even a match race,with money hungry at the mopars this year? when l hope to give it some at its rightful place
1/4 miling all day.this year there was 12/13 first gen camaro over the w/e,felt like an old garys
door slammers.
What happened to ron frances 68 camaro?when l saw that at garys picnic
didnt it see daylite under the front wheels when ron hit the n2o early off the line. theres a photo on a web page somewhere?..mickthefish67
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quote:Originally posted by plumpcars
quote:[I]Originally posted
Yep I'm OK I hope I'll see you at wheels day next good friday.Got to have a reunion.By the way I havent ordered the SOTF shirts as I have not located anyone apart from you and a couple others.Was hoping to get a few more.
I will speak to Bryan Surey..He will want some and may have a lead on some of the others. Be good to see you. Just starting on a 32 project so you will be able to tell me all about yours!

Great.Look forward to it..mikeyboy
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Just been checking my "Fire Up" and "European Dragster" magazines to see which ones i aint got and came across one with a section on old pro stocks.Your right Keith Bartlet did also drive "Firebrewd" and it says that Kevin Pilling ritired from racing when the "Satans Toy" kicked a rod.Dont mention what happened to the car though.Send ya E-mail if ya want and i will try to copy it if i can..SJB
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steve found that picture of ron france camaro,but to me that 68 was a 67?

steve l really would be grateful if you could send e-mail with that article
since the passing of Tony Dickson l have meet with his brother John who has
allowed me to scan the photos of the build up of "money Hungry".
infact any ones photo of the camaro when racing would be greatly recieved/scanned and returned..mickthefish67
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As you might know, Money Hungry was still racing until a couple of years ago

http://www.surepixuk.plus.com/cars/root/et_classes/pro_et/others/ap0105_08_29.jpg

you might find more photos of the car on http://www.theaccelerationarchive.co.uk/ ..cunningplan
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quote:Originally posted by plumpcars

I owned the Roadrunner before Alan and sold it to him. He went out to Canada to join Ian and Adam who were already there. I saw a picture of him on a web page recently and he looked like a little old man!
George has some Mopars still and Dave has a spectacular Harley chop.

Ian, wasn't that Alan's cousin? Had a Mk1 Lotus Cortina over there?
The roadrunner was a cool car, JRK 866N? I seem to recall seeing it used in an insurance article a few years back in Fruit Machine magazine....
Dave asked me to come shoot his Harley when I was over there in November last year, but I ran outta time!! From what I understang, its pretty damm awesome!..Dave
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quote:[I]Originally posted by up of "money Hungry".
infact any ones photo of the camaro when racing would be greatly recieved/scanned and returned.


It was a friend of mine , Bill Peddle, who put Money Hungry onto the street back in the eighties. Spent a lot of time and money on the car with some work by Nick Butler I recall. When he finally got it on the road it was a bit of a handfull!Lol. It was great to see it go back onto the strip and I'm sure that Tony would be chuffed that people take such an interest in it. Not sure if I may have some old cine footage of it at Blackbushe in the '70's?..plumpcars

quote:Originally posted by A32Flathead
[quote][I]
Ian, wasn't that Alan's cousin? Had a Mk1 Lotus Cortina over there?
The roadrunner was a cool car, JRK 866N? I seem to recall seeing it used in an insurance article a few years back in Fruit Machine magazine....End quote.


That sounds like Ian. He wasn't Alan's cousin though.
That old Roadrunner was a great car. Think it may be somewhere 'oop north' now..plumpcars
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cunningplan thank you for that.
plumpcars-that would be ace,do you still speak to bill? l dont surpose you know what happened to the orginal springs when bill had nick butler do the rear to 4bar?..mickthefish67
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quote:Originally posted by mickthefish67

cunningplan thank you for that.
plumpcars-that would be ace,do you still speak to bill? l dont surpose you know what happened to the orginal springs when bill had nick butler do the rear to 4bar?

I can speak to Bill for you...no problem.
I will look for my old film stuff but it may take a while...dont even know if the projector still works.! Some of my film was put onto video by Nick Pettit and sold as nostalgia drag racing. I was involved with top modified in the 70's and early 80's. Was a long time friend of Tony's..plumpcars
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thank-you,would love to chat/meet up some time mopar nats? in the mean time if you e-mail
your address l,ll send you a disc with the build up this time round. once again thank-you..mickthefish67
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I believe Bill took the springs home when we had finished the rear 4 bar set up..Biffo
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hi biffo
to those who are still in contact with bill, is there a chance he may still have them?
could you maybe ask if not too much problem?..mickthefish67

[rabid hamster]

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quote:Originally posted by mickthefish67

hi biffo
to those who are still in contact with bill, is there a chance he may still have them?
could you maybe ask if not too much problem?


Consider it done..plumpcars
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What happened to DLT's Honeybane??..satisfactions mate
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Speaking of Camaros.What happened to mine that I sold in 1984.If I recall it was 93V{dont remember the first three digits**It was a red 68 SS.Had a 454 in it then sold it with a 350.It had a turbo 400 and a 9inch ford.
I think the new owner sold it on to someone who tubbed it.Anyone seen it around?
I bet you know Plumpcars..mikeyboy
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your taking the michael?
fyh93v to this day is!is the fastest 1/4 camaro that ran road tax. simon payne "no name racing"
had 3 features do on the camaro when it was red,blue,blue with yellow strips and doubled up in pro-mod.at present jeff&belinda bull own the car with it running 8.13 at present..mickthefish67
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That car must have had some money spent on it over the years.Ran in ccse when there was the two classes(slicks Etc),i seam to think it mist the eights and went straight into the sevens-7.40 or was it 7.60?7.40 i think.Was blue at the time.Stripes were added when in pro Mod..SJB
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hi steve
as ever your on the money! there is another 396 camaro 67from down poole way grey/gunmetal &black strips races in sportsman et..mickthefish67
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Remember another one,68 i think that was featured in Custom Car,must of been late 80s.Car was white,stock width rear,slight rake,small blocked,had hood scoop i think,ran in Custom Car Pro Street Chalenge.Said in mag at the time the car was to be tubbed.Not too sure but "white lightning" seams to ring a bell..SJB
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would that have been martin curbishleys camaro which seems about the right time?
lm glad we are just keeping to 67/68, if we start on 69 we could open a whole tin of worms!..mickthefish67

OK lets really see if you know "where are they now" the story goes in the birmingham area lays
a real live Yenko SC camaro and in the days of camaro connection/terry gibbs,
a Dana camaro lurked in surrey/kent?..mickthefish67
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I bet you're glad that you asked now Mike!!!..plumpcars
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quote:Originally posted by mikeyboy

Speaking of Camaros.What happened to mine that I sold in 1984.If I recall it was 93V{dont remember the first three digits**It was a red 68 SS.Had a 454 in it then sold it with a 350.It had a turbo 400 and a 9inch ford.
I think the new owner sold it on to someone who tubbed it.Anyone seen it around?
I bet you know Plumpcars.
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the car dun good!!..Battersea Boys
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That Simon Payne car im sure had a blower on the big block when blue,then car was altered before it ran in CCSE.I may be wrong on this but i seam to think when in CCSE it had engine from Colin Taylers old pro mod Thunderbird.

Another Camaro from twenty years plus ago when Rob Stirlings 39 ford was about was the American Autoparts twin turbo red one owned by i think Tony Grandson.Theres another one,wheres that now?..SJB
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humdinger MK3Zodiac what happened to it? used to see it around sutton cheam area
..Mick Micetich
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evening steve,
your knowledge on camaro 67/8 unequalled,yes it was the 515cui motor from good ole colin,alround nice guy.that motor still sits between the rails but,with alky carbs on top!
oap tony(only jokin)68 z28 was sold to sweden l think to be restored original,so as to the motor? didnt the twin turbos get sold to "visage"78/9
camaro and ended up with frank sizer thats the turbos not the car?..mickthefish67
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quote:[i]terry gibbs

I remember reading somewhere his old "Black Magic" car appeared recently,complet;y differant mind,but i cant think what one it is now.See i only remember the past,but not the present.

Remember they were Banks Turboes in the white car(Visarge)see the car at the pod fireworks meet 1990 and later at North Weald where the car "lit the tyres up" to whot looked something like half track!A differant year i no but do you no where colins "starlight Express" grey camaro ended up.As you proberly no Colins got the ex Alan Packman ex Custom Car pro street chalenge contender.I think wilf Stacey may of painted Colins camaro back then..SJB
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black magic camaro,tery gibbs has owned more first gen camaros than lve had
?lets not go there! still l bet hes got a few contacts where old camaros are in the uk.same as that old boy steve henrys black book!!!!!!!!!!

Didnt colins starlight camaro run a riolo 509? but lm not sure if that didnt turn into glen demonts pro-mod camaro which is now red and runs in
super pro-et with rob faulkner..mickthefish67
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Yea it did run a Riolo,also ran in Custom Car pro Street Challenge.The now owner of the Ex Glen Dermont car is/was on here the other day..SJB

[rabid hamster]

In the pro-street challenge was that when the swedens came over and pied piper jeff manni won for the second time?

Still no news on that "madness" blue/light blue combo with blue windows!
around the nth london area?..mickthefish67
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Remember Jeffs yellow stang in the class but dont think the swedes came over.Think there was two classes,other cars was the 57 Ford of Jim Whelan and a red Fordson.Some rounds were at North weald about 88-89.Back to Camaros,theres a red 68 round this way,see it driveing about a few times a week.Its red,350+blower with bird catcher+Nitrous.Used to have 327.
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quote:Originally posted by Mick Micetich

humdinger MK3Zodiac what happened to it? used to see it around sutton cheam area

A guy round my way extended the rear wings on his Mk3 back in about 79-80,proberly got idea from this one.Never see his one finished though..SJB
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quote:Originally posted by mickthefish67

your taking the michael?
fyh93v to this day is!is the fastest 1/4 camaro that ran road tax. simon payne "no name racing"
had 3 features do on the camaro when it was red,blue,blue with yellow strips and doubled up in pro-mod.at present jeff&belinda bull own the car with it running 8.13 at present.

Well well...Thats a bit faster than when I had it.10.90 in 1979.
I loved that car.One car I always regret selling.Yep,thanks for the reminder it was FYH 93V..mikeyboy
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hi mikey
when it first come over then was it white with the gold anodisied c/lines?
then did you paint it red when it ran 10.90 which fair play to you was street trim. before being sold on?..mickthefish67
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Yes,I bought it from a guy who raced it at Orange County raceway in California.I watched it go 10.91 at 126mph.It was indeed white and I spray painted the Centerlines with gold metaltint.I painted it red in '82.It was a handfull on the street!I sold the 454 later to Tony Gransdon and then ran a small block that went 11.16 at 119mph.I blew up the T10 trans and then put in a T400.I blew up the 12 bolt and put in a currie 9inch.Sold the car in 1984.Lot of fun with that car.
The car actually had 46.000m on it from new.I still know the guy who I bought it from.
I had no idea about the whereabouts of the car,obviously being out of the country for so long..mikeyboy
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hi mike
great car from word go then.picture in nov 2004 cc pg28,the pic doesnt do paint work justise,
which by the way was by martin curbishley ex-money hungry previous keeper.
..mickthefish67
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quote:Originally posted by Mick Micetich

humdinger MK3Zodiac what happened to it? used to see it around sutton cheam area

I worked in caterham with the owner/ builder (Bill i think) about 12 years ago he told me he still had some doors and a tin of pink paint left but the rest was history. Probably crashed into one to many fag machines. Burnouts indoors are always a bit tricky.
..SUPER CHIEF
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quote:Originally posted by SUPER CHIEF
quote:Originally posted by Mick Micetich

humdinger MK3Zodiac what happened to it? used to see it around sutton cheam area

I worked in caterham with the owner/ builder (Bill i think) about 12 years ago he told me he still had some doors and a tin of pink paint left but the rest was history. Probably crashed into one to many fag machines. Burnouts indoors are always a bit tricky.

What engine was in "Humdinger"?..SJB
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Super Chief

Didn't the fag machine incident take place at Belle Vue? The bloke's name is Bill Gibb, used to see it parked up on the A23 in Hooley..Al
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I`ve pulled out april 1977 custom car to check but it doesn`t say what the running gear was so it was probably standard zephyr 4. It does say the fag machine incident was in a dance hall in manchester. Anyone planing a replica? Probably not..SUPER CHIEF
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I'm a big 70's fan myself but as people have said in the past, certain things from that decade should stay there... Is that one of them?..The Candy Man
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Super Cheif,i thought it may of been stock running gear but wernt shore,come to think of it other than "The Sweeney" what other Mk3s were there from Yesteryear.There was a Mk 4 about in the early 80s made into a pickup,i think it was orenge..SJB
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Thanks for the imfo i m sure he was an old ted?..Mick Micetich
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afternoon all
can anyone remember circa 1983/4 garys picnic blue two/toned,flipped front,
tunnel rammed sbc,62 bubbletop chevy? and where are you now?..mickthefish67
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Hello Mick. Just came in from the garage to warm up a bit and see what's happening. Don't remember the '62 - was that an English car (obviously not originally..)? The only early one I vaguely remember was later in the 80's(?), clean street car - metallic blue?
..rem
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hi rem
yes it was english,l have it some where on an early video taken by my muckers paul and val craven
so l know it must be here somewhere.as for the metallic one are refering to howards a good friend
of val&pauls how helped run the tri-chevy club? well that was sold @went l think to belgium from the
nats when held @great leys..mickthefish67
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I remembered it belonged to someone I knew through someone else! Haven't seen Paul & Val for a couple of years - how're they doing? Mind you, haven't seen Ray for a couple of months. Green Onions is up at his in-laws waiting for the oilpump to be fixed, but we're not holding our breath..rem
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Hi mike,me mate nos Paul and Vale,i remember there blue 57 Bel-Air very well,centerline type wheels and used to run 12s dident it.I did no the guy who had the 57 after but dont think there got it now.Ho took someone i new who sadly had cancer round the Brands Hatch track in the car..SJB

[rabid hamster]

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quote:Originally posted by Mick Micetich

thanks for the imfo i m sure he was an old ted?

Definitely a ted. Bill looks like a member of showaddywaddy in the photos proper 70`s ted.Anyone remember the white 2 door mk3 zephyr with a roof chop, painted tube grill and reshaped front and rear from late 70`s cc show?..SUPER CHIEF
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Thats featured in an old back issue as well, I think..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Did the 2 doored Mk3 ever get finished? I remember it at Ally Pally with black bags pinned up at the windows due to a missing interior.
SJB
Talking of Mk4's, I was in the South London Custom Club in the late '70's, there was a white Mk4 Zephyr Farnham estate with Cragar S/S's & a black Mk4 saloon with black windows. This was originally called Rollerball, it then became Sunset Boulevard. Had a chrome con rod as a bonnet mascot..Al
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The black Mk4 one seams to ring a bell.There used to be a green MK4 with chromed Jag rear that used to do the Southend Cruise many many years ago..SJB
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quote:Originally posted by steve john bundy

Was that Model A truck the one with the TPI small block init,and had cracked door glass one side,plus there was a sticker on the window(a little man,you have to be this high to ride this ride)?


Came across the site yesterday and read all 60 pages. It just brought back memories of the cars from the first CC shows (2 I think it was) at Crystal Palace.
Yes, I'm here to say, I was driving that Model A. The pick-up was built in Dallas and bought for me by ex Spirit of the Fifties T'bird man Pete Leddy. How he hates things without Y-blocks but suffers a chevy-loving friend. The truck had a TPI 305/700R4. I had it until just after I got married and started with saucepans (kids). Only recently saved enough to get Pete to find me another car! I sold the pick-up to a German guy who threatened to paint it but then changed his mind and sold it to someone in Switzerland.
Re: XFB 9T, I remeber Si Pickford giving me a ride in it - a cool car now and then. He was close friends with Pete Stevens and worked with him putting stickers on race cars pre- McClaren design days. I believe Si is into antiques now tho' haven't seen him for many years. I also owned an ex-Pete Stevens Rod - a Volvo PV544 with woolfies. Black. RUU 604R (I think). I put a pinto/auto in it and put red steels on it, put big wheels on the back and then took them off again. The car used to fly. Swapped it for a Stag. Wonder where that went. Sold it to a guy in Elmers End. Probly still in a lock-up there. Cheers Dave..shoebox
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Always liked that truck,wonder what its like now..SJB
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probly painted and shiny - a shame as it was a real sleeper -only prob was hub caps flying off at 90mph!!..shoebox
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Must of been fun in everyday traffic! ,people not noing what was underneath..SJB
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Back on Mk3 Zodiacs - there was a red 2 door featured in "Street Rod & Machine Monthley" - remember that title? which was 2 door'd and possibly chopped. ran slot mags and I can't remember what else about it. I remember being impressed at the time.
..alistairk
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Talking of mk3 Zodiacs did any one else make the Airfix kits that came out in the 80`s(Night Prowler-Zodiac,Kansas Cruiser-Cortina mk1,KracKle Kat-Capri)
Ive heard a rumor that the Cortina and Capri might have been reissued..rabid hamster
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I used to have the Cortina and the Zodiac when I was a kid. The Zodiac was a jacked up american style cop car and the Cortina had dragons on it (decals). I'm sure they'd both have had side pipes and L88 hood bulges as well :)..alistairk
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Yea,i remember seeing them in a toy shop window down the high road when i was a kid,1/32 scale!Them were the days when you dident have to go far to get a model kit! Trouble is for some reason i never got em.

I seam to remember that you could get MK 1 cortina slot cars,and also a HA viva,or were these made out of kits?..SJB
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hi steve
yes you are right the cortina was mk1 lotus by l think airfix,then you put the motor in.ask stitch he had lot of mine and that was amongst them. never had the viva,gt l surpose?
..mickthefish67
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Mick,i was draught proofing a house years ago and see the red viva on a shelf,and the cortina i see somewhere,i cant remember.Someone had radiest the rear archs on the Mk1 and fitted big wheels-street racer.

Mick you may of seen this site already- http://hotrodphotos.co.uk/PhotoAlbums.htm its got many of the Camaros on there that we mentioned"Wind Up""Rampage""starlighr Express"inc 1 on the back of a D-series transporter called "Orchard Fruit Machine" never heard of that one!.The sites been mentioned on here before but anybody who aint checked this site out its great!..SJB
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Orchard Fruit Machine was actually a Firebird run by a guy from Suffolk. I seem to remember that he had a fruit business. It was running mofified at the same time as me...1980ish..plumpcars
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quote:Originally posted by steve john bundy

Mick you may of seen this site already- http://hotrodphotos.co.uk/PhotoAlbums.htm its got many of the Camaros on there that we mentioned"Wind Up""Rampage""starlighr Express"inc 1 on the back of a D-series transporter called "Orchard Fruit Machine" never heard of that one!.The sites been mentioned on here before but anybody who aint checked this site out its great!
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Yea i was wrong there,chears.Them early Garys picnic meets had some great cars,many,many of them are mentioned on here.Looks like "White Heat" got pulled up-on the Chelsia cruise pics..SJB
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Another 'Car of Yesteryear' on e-bay. The old high-rider 'big fordson' van of Malcolm Jay? V6 and jag rear, £2,500, not bad for a tried and tested old cruiser..The Candy Man
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quote:Originally posted by The Candy Man

Another 'Car of Yesteryear' on e-bay. The old high-rider 'big fordson' van of Malcolm Jay? V6 and jag rear, £2,500, not bad for a tried and tested old cruiser.


Mick, the Malcolm Jay I know (who lived/lives on Mersea Island in Essex) built the yellow high-riding Rover powered Humber Hawk that was in Street Rod and Machine Monthly. He never had a big Fordson. Different bloke?..Jim R

[rabid hamster]

Was that the Super Snipe Humber that was in SM 84 and later gained taxi/yellow cab stripes.Is it still about,last i see it was leaving the Nats at Great leys must of been eight years ago..SJB
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Just shows how time plays tricks on you. I was sure that was his name, everyone knows of the van... what was his name then?
I remember the yellow Humber highrider though, a pal of mine used to own it, we were at the NASC Nats in it one year and went to the Chelsea cruise on the Saturday night.... Ahhh, the memories!.

I was typing while you were posting sjb, it did end up looking like a yellow-cab, that was the year after the weekend I was talking about, I didn't realise it was that long ago.
..The Candy Man
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Malc's Humber was in SM, maybe I'm getting mixed up - could've possibly been in both mags.

He's still on the scene, building away quietly..Jim R
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Was the high ridin fordson an e83w, black with wires..COOL 37
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Sorry, I missed your reply but yes it was. Do you know the van and who built it?
..The Candy Man
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Do ya no what E-Bay number that was by any chance..SJB
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hi sjb. the fordsons reg was ruf154 it said in the ad that the van has been built for over 30 years.i was told buy a mate that it was blown at one time.it only runs a standard rover v8 at the moment. it is not the 103e shape van.its the 10cwt e83w van..crumble
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Chears for info on that one..SJB
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what ever happend to mandy boom she had a mini doing the shows in the 80,s..joyfull
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sjb,ruf 154 was 1st green with blown v6, then brown with sbc the late steve broadley(bugsy) painted it red it was later done in black and fitted with rover motor .it was for sale for years in ware,herts, i wanted it but it was to tall to go in my garage,bob
..hershamhotrodder
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Anyone name the builder of the black with wires 'big' Fordson van yet. It's annoying the hell out of me, I can see the magazine and picture the article, but can I hell as like find the damm thing!..The Candy Man
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quote:Originally posted by hershamhotrodder

sjb,ruf 154 was 1st green with blown v6, then brown with sbc the late steve broadley(bugsy) painted it red it was later done in black and fitted with rover motor .it was for sale for years in ware,herts, i wanted it but it was to tall to go in my garage,bob


Did it have a part vinal roof when it was brown by any chance..SJB
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chris sutton??????..hershamhotrodder
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quote:Originally posted by vannerdave

What ever happened ti POP 908

Ive been told (and seen pic) that the car was red in 86-87 and there was a stock bonnet on there and squere front number plate,this being the old "Moondust" Pop..SJB
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Chris Sutton, that sounds about right, I'm sure that's it. I liked the van very much in the early days and as much as I like the gasser/highrider stance now, I think that particular van would look better with alot lower stance if it were at a show nowadays. It had all the right bits on it, well worth the £2,500 asking price on e-bay.

Having just looked at the post of the radically roof chopped sedan got me to thinking about another 'Car of Yesteryear'. Way back there was a red, 4door British sedan, a standard I think, with a very heavy roof chop, definitely pillar-box windows. Haven't seen it for years, I'm sure it was a southern car, possibly something to do with the 'Brackpack'. Anyone got any info on it?..The Candy Man
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I remember something like that-high up as well,may of been a Riely?sorry about spelling.Remember seeing it with a yellow Mk1 Escort P/U with similer roof hight.The truck also had a big hood scoop..SJB
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Mick

Jam Roller?..Al
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Wasnt the red car a singer(lowlid) later became peppermint twist or was that spearmint rhino,no sorry that was friday night! bob..hershamhotrodder

[rabid hamster]

hi candy man
the fordson did belong to anthony knights from woolaston northampton and he did lots of the work when he painted it black.this was early 80s
He used to go to all the shows with the vanners like ginner and myself also with kev pittam in the pink blown pop coupe
john..COOL 37
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Thats right, it was a 'Singer' and nicknamed the 'Lowlid' in the mags. Don't suppose anyone's got a pic to post have they, that would give that sedan on the other post a run for it's money for the lowest roof..The Candy Man
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[quote]Originally posted by steve john bundy

Back in the eightys round about 84 a 51 Merc was imported over.The car was white,lowed and had skirts,a guy named Simon Manhire owened it and had El Ritchie-Richard King chop the top.I no theres chopped mercs about,is this one still about?anybody no!The car had a 302 and a Tuc n roll interior and a pinstriped dash and hood.[/i][/b]
Milton and Stewart are correct the merc is now in finland i have been in contact with the owner with a view to buying it back its nearly twenty years scince i sold it but it still looks as good it was a 50 not a 51 yours simon manhire..another battersea boy
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Simon - Be real nice to see "KORZY"(?) back in UK. As an impressionable teenager I remember first seeing it at the Robin Hood roundabout Happy Eater Thursday night meet. I still have an old copy of Timeout magazine somewhere with it in..Japchris
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I second that i,ve seen it an it still looks awsome!!..Battersea Boys
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Anyone seen "mr muscale" corvette?..mickthefish67
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Happened across this thread and it brought memories flooding back of the "good old days". Here are a some of the pics I have entitled "where are they now":..steptoe and son

http://photobucket.com/albums/v310/Steptoe/
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'Ere yer go Eddie, jus' for you!..The Candy Man

http://usera.imagecave.com/TheCandyMan/Andromeda.bmp.jpg
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JAPCHRIS.That 'Low Flyers'video you sent me is a BIG HIT with the all the Southern Calif hot rod crowd.I have made DVDs of it to hand them out to Low Flyers fans!!..mikeyboy
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Anybody got any info on the white and other colours Pop in the pics.Dont recognise that one..SJB
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Whatever happened to the "Nine stone cowboy"!!!!!..mikeyboy
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If you are talking about the guy in the white I'm pretty sure that he's an old fellow Southern Roadster member!..kapri
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That Purple Hillman? was in the ol Top Trumps game.The 33 Plymouth roadster i seam to remember the seating position was abit to high..SJB
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Whatever happened to the "Nine stone cowboy"!!!!!
im here HOW ARE YOU..another battersea boy
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If this works . . . .

http://www.andyrem.freeserve.co.uk/images/w_49mc01.jpg

. . . taken at Gary's Picnic, I think, around 1983..rem
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If the taxi humber was the one parked by the road side in Rainham I last saw it in Grays Essex parked in the front garden of a humber fan, I'm sorry but it's probably been restored {sorry for swaring**..vannerdave
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quote:Originally posted by The Candy Man

'Ere yer go Eddie, jus' for you!

http://usera.imagecave.com/TheCandyMan/Andromeda.bmp.jpg

... Mick.



Andromeda was...actually, still is probably...my favourite car ever!!

I remember seeing it at Ally Pally the year of the big fire (79???) and just standing there looking at it for about an hour...hell, made a BIG impression on this 13 year old (then, not now!!) which still lasts to this day...

Thank you for sharing the pictures :o)

Anyone got any info on Discotrucker, the Anglia Van owned by Les from Ripspeed in Luton (hell, thats a long time ago!!)..A32Flathead

Dave
www.freewebs.com/pro_photo/ (http://www.freewebs.com/pro_photo/)
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Last time i see "Discotrucker" was in the early ninetys about 3/4 of a mile from here (Thundersly not far from Rayleigh in Essex).The van looked the same and was for sale outside a house..SJB

[rabid hamster]

hi dave /a 32 flathead\ if your ever in leighton buzzard pop in and see how she s coming on ok ,,,, edd..joyfull
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From a good mate of mine, discotrucker lives in a lock up in broxbourne hertfordshire, he saw it, while delivering one day last year..crumble
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Thats good,i presume the vans still the same..SJB
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In the Andromeda picture is that Elvis 3 from the right, Colin..colind
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hi dave /a 32 flathead\ if your ever in leighton buzzard pop in and see how she s coming on ok ,,,, edd

Thanks for the offer, I am planning on coming back to England in 2006! For a holiday...can't leave California now.

Will look you up..A32Flathead

Dave
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In the Andromeda picture is that Elvis 3 from the right, Colin.


Could be Gene Vincent with a beard!..mikeyboy
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With the sad news of an old custom consul on another thread made me think of another,this time a MK2 made into a panal,proberly made out of a Farnhum,had a real heavy chop,skirts,very low etc,was featured in Street Machine in about 81? maybe.The last time i see it was leaving Great Leys show ground (being towed) must be 10 years ago or more.Then the colour was mat light blue.Is this one about somewhere?..SJB
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This might just scrape in as a 'Car of Yesteryear', it was featured in Street Machine in '96, 302 powered, vitesse and s-type suspension. It's now in the capable hands of Paul Kearsley in Wakefield undergoing a rebuild, it'll be done when it's done with no deadlines to aim for. Can't wait to see this when PK's finished it..The Candy Man

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Hey, a message from dad! :)

This is the chopped Hillman Candy man was asking about, built by a guy
named 'Pip' from here in Bracknell, he was an early member of the Brack
Pack. Pics taken at Wheels Day 1986..LP.
..Kat Purple

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Thanks for posting the pics Kat! (The brains of the family) L.P..Lord Purple of Binfield
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What a fantastic car. Absolutely blew me away when I first saw it all those years ago, think it's a 'Singer' though. Here's a pic of it somewhere else in a different kolor, the red paint, pinstriping and wide rear wheel base does it for me best!.

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Sorry about the size of the pic, I've tried to reduce it but failed.
So does anyone know the whereabouts of the chopped Singer then.
The yellow T-bucket is pretty well known aswell..The Candy Man
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Just been trawling through a newly-purchased copy of International Street Rod & Custom, issue 1 (1977), & found a pic of a Model T at the "Rod & Custom Show", powered by a Hilborn fuel-injected Olds, built by Jim Capon, reg.no. WLC 3. Anyone know/knew it/him & where it is now? If I could only get my scanner to work I'd get a pic up on here, looks to be black & chrome, '23 body, full-height screen, polished slot mags & cycle fenders..MisteR Tee
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CandyMan, pretty sure the T was/is Tim Horsefalls ?

MrT , that car was also featured in an early Custom car, 74/5 ish. No copy though , sorry..kapri
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Kev, spot on , the T was featured in CC, I think it could have been the same issue that featured Puddle Jumper when it had the big block Ford in it when first built. Maurice the T was black and chrome..40Stude
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Sorry, you're right, it was a Singer, looked better red though.

Maurice, have another look at that Belle Vue report, there's a MK3 Cortina owned by a certain Mr Holmes!..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Not THE " Holmesy" hisself???? Actually there's loads of "names" shown there, including Spats Wilkinson & his sedan. How's it coming along now after it's incident? Oh, & Al, there's a severely chopped 105E Anglia in there as well!..MisteR Tee
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to mr t about the old.s powerd black t it was jimmy capon.s old t but died in a fire a long time ago but jimmy is ok and living in wales his new t is a real blast from the past,,,,edd
..joyfull
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I've just finished what I thought was a pretty simple job that seems to have taken ages. I've swapped the standard manifold and carbs on the Daimler engine in the XFB 9T 32 roadster, I had to have water-ways drilled into the adapted manifold along with new water pump and numerous other things that you'd do on a car that had been stood for god knows how long, (didn't realise just how expensive parts for Daimler's were, thank god for Chevrolets), while alot of the parts were off I thought I might aswell polish and chrome some stuff on the engine before putting it back together. Well now it's done and the last job is to get the old girl taxed in the morning and try and drive the tyres off it, put some miles on it and double check everything trying to make it super reliable before pulling it apart at the end of the season and making the rest sparkle again. I don't care if it's absolutely lashing it down tomorrow, that roadster is going on the road no matter what!..The Candy Man

[rabid hamster]

Great,now I see that it is NOT Elvis in the white shirt third from right....eh Colind?
..mikeyboy
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Yer, thanks for the photo re-colour, your right Mike its not Elvis or Gene Vincent, its the guy out of "Mud"..colind
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Well XFB 9T did get it's tax disc and on the road it went... but not for long! After trying to set up the kick-down cable and trying to set the holley correctly the drain plug on the oil pan let go, the threads in the pan stripped and the oil ended up all over the garage floor. After running round for god knows how long I've got a neat fitting that now fitted will be the end of that problem, so the pan will go back on tomorrow and we'll try it out on the road once more.
Advice... the car didn't seem as nippy/quick as I had first expected, I know it's only a 2.5L Daimler but I'm sure it should be quicker that what it is. The Holley has gone straight on out of the box and had the mixture screws altered to try and get it to run better, although running smooth without any mis-fires it still seems abit slow. Is it timing, carb setting, or anything else you can think of? I know it's hard to suggest a cure not seeing the car but I'm open to suggestions... Thanks!..The Candy Man
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Mick, the holley is probably oversized for the Daimler . The stock 390 is slightly too big for the requirements of a stock Rover. It's probably OK top end but slow pick up ,yes? This will be down to the venturis being larger than the Daimler needs. Was it faster on the SU's or the same ? If it's about the same it may well be overall gearing that's not letting it pick up well enough. I'd have expected a 0-60 from it of between 8-9 seconds . About on par with a 3 litre Capri , same sort of power to weight ratio..kapri
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Kev, the car runs alot better with the Holley but that's mainly due to all the new bits I've put in, plugs points, leads etc. It runs alot smoother without misfiring at all and it's there or there abouts the same as with the twin SU's. I've been told to wind the mixture screws in and count them both out about 2 1/2 turns, but it won't run right until they are turned out 5 turns each, is this down to the jets being to big as you suggested? If so where would I go to correct this and if it's the overall gearing what would you suggest the correct diff should be?..The Candy Man
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Mick, shall we take this to another thread ? Consider it done!!..kapri
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Well I've put the wheels and tyres on the rear of the roadster that I wanted and I'm now waiting for the matching Fentons for the front. The Holley idea on the Daimler I think I'm just going to admit defeat with, I've rejetted it from 51's to the smallest available which is 46's and it now runs alot better but I have the feeling it's going to be very thirsty indeed. So I've managed to obtain a 38DGAS Weber carb that I'm going to adapt to fit. It's driving me mad to try and get the car on the road and just enjoy it, although why I'm so desperate to run it when I've just looked out the window and it's snowing I'll never know. I keep telling myself it will all be worth while... just WHEN!..The Candy Man

Well another 'Car of Yesteryear' will be back on the road soon. I was working on the roadster yesterday when a few of my mates turned up outside the garage with a low loader truck. On the back of it was the green Model Y that Wisbech built in about '86? Tilt body, 302 Ford, loads of trick stainless and billet work... remember it?
Well it's now in the capable hands of Dave Cooper from Dewsbury who's going to give it a once over and run it for a while before stripping it for a repaint and interior. So after a few weeks of constant ear bending to a couple of guys who have been out of the hobby for 8/9 years, they are both now back in the garage and working away, both talking about pearls and Kandies, both wondering why they ever took a break in the first place. The 'Candy Man' strikes again! Hot Rodding... ain't it great!....The Candy Man
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this topic was getting to near to falling off the forum..joyfull
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Joyfull...Didn't you knock about with Brian Surey at one time or have I got the wrong guy?..plumpcars
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yes i did and brian is one of lifes good guys ,,,,edd

steve \plumpcars/ have you got a phone number for brian , if so could you let me have it
..joyfull
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What happened to Brian Sureys ol four door 55 Chevy?,was his wasant it! Had modified rear archs,no front bumper and fenderwell headers and running on slot wheels.Was grey primer many moons ago then changed to red.The last time i see it was about ten years ago at the Nats-Great Leys looking the same.Is it still about out there somewhere?..SJB
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I sold that car to Brian in 1974 'cause I had a lead on a 57 Fairlane.Thats how I met him and all the other Uxbridge Valley cruisers.That 55 was advertised in the exchange & mart in may 1974.I bought it from a guy in Wimbledon.I painted it orange with red flames about 2 weeks after I bought it.It had the original 265 and Brian put a 327 in it AND he ran it on open headers for ages!!Aint that right Brian??.
But where is that 57 fairlane now? KTR 343E..mikeyboy
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still around green n white now..Battersea Boys
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Can't remember if it's been discussed, but what happenned to the Black and flamed 56 Chevy Giveaway car in CC (quite) a few years ago ?..MutantV8
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[rabid hamster]

Just an update really on XFB 9T, after trying to put the 390 Holley on the 2.5 Daimler I decided to make an adapter plate for the already altered inlet manfold to now take a 38dgas Weber. After fitting the second carb to the engine I have now sourced a 350/350 Chevy to fit in the roadster. I was abit reluctant to take out the original identity of the car put there just isn't any substitute for cubic inches, basically it just wasn't fast enough! So if anyone is on the lookout for a 2.5L Daimler V8 with loads of new and shiney bits on it then get in touch. The rest of the car is fine as regards handling, braking etc, so with it's new Chevy engine it should be alot better..The Candy Man
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Anyone know if this one still survives?(March 1973 CC)`ASTRAL TRAVELLER`
Love the spot light on the roof. R.H..rabid hamster

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The turn signals are pretty neat too!!!!..mikeyboy
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The spotlight on the roof is a highly collectable rally item ,even replicas cost almost £500 nowadays!!!..kapri
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A pal of mine who lives in the Wakefield/Huddersfield area has just e-mailed me saying that he saw the old HA Baldy van on a trailer on the M18 heading in the S****horpe direction, anybody know of anything?..The Candy Man
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Last I heard it was still in Cornwall with Treve ?..kapri
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Picture 'borrowed' form Holmsey's site..Klunk

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I hope not it was in the garage when i left for work this morning looking very much like the photo ,it wont be long before its back on the scene,i would like to just say thanks to tootall for the striping,will let you know when its ready for the rest. treve..alcablown
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Well that's what I thought, that Treve still had it but you never know with the turn round of cars that guy has.
So now it seems that there's a very similar van up North somewhere, cos my pal is positive that's what he saw, only this one was in black with lots of patch primer.
..The Candy Man
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Wonder what that other one was.
There was one about years ago--a dragracer,Yank V8,very raked,blue and unchopped and also a modified Telecom van still in the yellow..SJB
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mick was this van a chopped moggy van i know a man who is moving up your way and it would have to be transported..alcablown
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As far as I know, according to my pal, the van was an HA Viva..The Candy Man
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hell have i been doing the right van..alcablown
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I'm sure you have Treve, can't wait to see it!..The Candy Man
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alcablown, you got baldy's van now then.

my mate owned this for a while, lived in st neots..jessy
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ive got the van,spent too much money on it looks as per feature ,i wonder if the lady looks as good now ,drawing her pention i expect..alcablown
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What with John Wilkinson's '32 re-emerging, where's Mike Key's '32 English Tudor- has he still got it? Also, whatever happened to Paul Haigh's first Model A- the brown metallic one?..PDQPOP
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The brown roadster (FFA 3 ?) of Paul Haigh's got rebuilt in Porche red, where it is now I don't know..The Candy Man
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Yeah, I remember it in red at the Donny Show, I have to admit I assumed it was a new roadster not the old one re-vamped. Wonder where Paul Haigh is now- not into rodding I take it? It is a little strange how cars disappear so completely after sometimes just a couple of seasons exposure- disappearing into "rebuilt world"? They must be hundreds in lock-ups up and down the country otherwise we'd be having events on the scale of the US ones!..PDQPOP
..

[rabid hamster]

I think Paul Haigh got out of the 'hotrod game' and started show promotion for different companies, I'm not 100% on this but seem to recall someone telling me this in the past.
..The Candy Man
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there`s a guy up here who`s the transport manager with west lotian council has an Ha van chopped black and looks like the baldy van it`s got a rover auto jag rear possibly even an HA front , and it`s well chopped , also Trevor off Reality hotrods had one years ago with a pinto in it but this was orange , chances are the black one is Trevors old one redone..Russ
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The topic of cars from way back seems to have taken off again on numerous threads. I just wondered if after a few months of being in the garage if there were any of the old 'Cars of Yesteryear' we could possibly see on the road again this season? I'm trying to get 'Vitamin T' on the road this year and the XFB 9T 32 roadster should be on the road fingers crossed even sooner... Any more?..The Candy Man
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Found out abit more Hotrod gossip the other week from a source who in the past has been pretty accurate......
1)The Pop called 'Electric Funeral', I think he said he saw some panels for sale from it at one of the swap meets.
2)Another Pop, the yellow 'Popatop' car is somewhere down south apparently being given a dusting down and,
3)The 'Fruit Machine' model A is close to being out and about again next year.
It was a while ago when I was told this so I might have not got it 100%, I'll have another word and get back to you.....unless anybody knows any different of course.

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Hi Mick, thats not as I remember it if it is !! I can be wrong you know , just not often! LOL
Only saw Electric Funeral in the flesh that once at Bruntingthorpe the last year the Nats was there.It had lost the straight six by that time.

Hi all I built electric funeral and when it underwent its rename and chop to be renamed pure hell I resrayed over the original paint work so this make this story very interesting any one know more?
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Good morning from sunny australia and thanks for helping me finally to be able to join in the forum.If in the future you guys wander what happened to the pro street pop lfo 907 as seen racing at avon park,supercharged small block chevy blue with twin stripes its over here with me in perth.Kicked some butt at the motorvation show the biggest in W.A here at the quit motorplex in rockingham by picking up 4 trophies. Its great as pops are quite rare over here havent seen another yet.Anyway Hcutting to the chase id like to clear up the outcome of PURE HELL<707 AMP> the pop featured in CUSTOM CAR dec 1978.it was featured next tO ELECTRIC SUNSET<XTM 143> .Some years back i swapped my mk 3 zephyr for 707 amp and a crappy vauxhall cavalier not realizing its history it was metalic blue with a rover v8 auto box and jag rear end.It wasnt in very good condition and unfortunately i decided to strip the car completely and rebuild it and it was when i stripped the paint i was mortified to find the murals on the sides and boot.The airbrushing was amazing even down to the fingernails needless to say i was mortified by the discovery as the stripper had ruined some of the artwork.I completely stripped the car and discovered the steering coloumn was held in place by 6 woodnails NOT GOOD.Well cut a long story short i fully chromed the rear end and had it sitting in the back of a works van for at least 2 years and finally sold it along with a wisbeech chassis at the swap meet at essex yes you all remember it as the chassis was made gasser style by paul gibbs.The original chassis was junked and the rest of the parts where sold as someone on the forum suggested at the swapmeet nearish heathrow cant remember the place the chopped body didnt sell and i was going to junk it as we left the swapmeet, but fortunately pop parts plus offered to buy it as we left a right result.The registration was sold on ,i think i have one door handle left i have always felt guilty about ruining PURE HELL but its now off my chest.I did try to find the original owner bob wilding to no avail as i understand it was present at the first olympia cc show the first chelsea cruise four welland valley runs,now i feel guilty!! Can anyone tell me what happened to some cars from my past one was a black and my first pop rover with 4 speed manual built by a guy in fife scotland who i unfortunatelyi sold back to him years ago when i met him at billing PSP 397.Also my mates pop which was also in the article in custom car along with pure hell and electric sunset gold with buttoned draylon rover and reg WPF671 sold and went to ireland.Also mk 3 zephyr< 418 xkn> 289 with twin hollies red orange and yellow stripes as swapped for pure hell.And being greedy the one that cost me most in hassle 1968 plymouth barracuda reg GKX 759G Orange with a 440ci last seen along side road in eastbourne sussex. cheers guys and galls

Hi all I have been reading with interest the forum about my old car 707 amp electric funeral/pure hell I built her in a council lock-up in 74/75 (with no electric)she originally had viva front/a60 rear and triumph 6 pot, then daimler v8,chevy 283 then a roof chop a solid jag rear and mgb front with 440 six pack power. i then bought a 37 lanchester to rod and decided to keep the main running gear i soon found buyers for all the remaining parts . the bare shell and v5 were sold to Steve Robinson of northampton (my old home town)I know thru a 3rd party the car was back on the scene by late 78. the lanchester is still with me about half done.But ive just bought a fad T for my 50th birthday and i have just sat down after a 110 mile journey full of old memories, sitting at the wheel of a real rod with just the occasional reflection in the upright screen of the sad old git driving the beast. but who cares. HE WHO DIES WITH THE MOST TOYS..... WINS!!!?....bob4
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Just for you Bob a picture I took at Knebworth I think it was 1977 . Nice choice of present for your birthday ! Also 50 is coool ...
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Just abit of an update with 'Vitamin T'. Anymore pics out there of 'Cars of Yesteryear' we can expect to see soon?..The Candy Man

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I see you bought those carbs and scoop then..Klunk
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Klunk... No, I've had those on the 'T' for a while now, they are Edelbrock 600's sat on two 4" ali plennum chambers. The two 500's I was talking to you about are on the engine that's now fitted in the XFB 9T, 32 roadster
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Sorry about the size of the pics guy's, it takes me all my time to get any on at all, let alone get them a decent size..

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Found this on Rod&Classic. It's the 'Spittle & Son' C-cab from way back when... early 70's? I used to love this rod then, think it's even better now. God, how I'd love to get my hands on that! Metalflake, murals, loads of chrome, ah yes, I can see it know. Pretty good money as well at that price..The Candy Man

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SJB I remember the Red Coupe you are talking about in Southend. Lived in Rayleigh for 2 years (the right side of the A127!!!LOL) Used to drive past it, on the right hand side as you drive towards Southend on a road that ran parallel with the A127. Pulled up outside once in my old '32 to see if anyone was about but no one answered the door. At the time was missing the engine and front sheet metal and to be honest was looking a bit the worse for wear. Thought it was a couped Pop but could be wrong (has been known on occasions!!) Didn't see any sign writing though. Disappeared just before I moved, about 2 years ago. Is there still a Wednesday meet at the pub on the A127 half way between Basildon and Rayleigh (Dick Turpin?)?

..Deuceuk
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Mick, that don't look like the old Brizio one that Alan had, did he build one himself? He's sold the Brizio C cab & just tools around in the Centre Door(GGGRRRR)..MisteR Tee
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Looks like an old Rays Rods one to me?..kapri
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This is the one that Alan started off with. The Brizio cab came later. 'Spittle & Son, Plumbers' had a 289 Ford, full fenders and running boards, a hell of a thing in it's day. I like the way it looks now and would love the opportunity to give this the full 70's treatment. Thing is I've got two projects at the moment to get finished so the Cab would be just a dream..The Candy Man
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Oh dear pure hell is still haunting me!! popatop who has it? and is it original ?has anyone some pics while im on here anyone know who has a certain fordson for sale bare body jago and v6 in yorkshire area for sale ? cheers..popinoz
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the last time i saw popatop it was doing a buck n bronco reach for the sky bounce thingy all over the m1 ,,,,,prop shaft came apart..joyfull
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pop a top was last heard of in chichester,bob..hershamhotrodder
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A while back somebody mentioned that they possibly knew the whereabouts of the '35 Hillman 'Moulin Rouge'. I was wondering if anybody had followed it up. I used to own the car a few years ago and would love to know where it is now. I'm not one for buying back cars I've previously owned, but this one I might. So if there's anyone that knows anything then please let us all know. This is one 'Car of Yesteryear' that definitely deserves to be back on the road..The Candy Man

[rabid hamster]

Ive only just looked at this page Mick, i didn't realise my dads 'Spittle and Son' plumbers wagon was for sale again
i started stripping that down when we sold the Instant T for the second time.Then we sold the plumbers wagon
because he was builing the T.Then not long after i got my van.It looks fantastic.
..vanman300e
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[quote]Originally posted by steve john bundy

Remember they were Banks Turboes in the white car(Visarge)see the car at the pod fireworks meet 1990 and later at North Weald where the car "lit the tyres up" to whot looked something like half track!

The white Visage Camaro was built and raced by Vincent Wakerley, car sold to Dave Hall and the engine went in different directions..als57
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A while back somebody mentioned that they possibly knew the whereabouts of the '35 Hillman 'Moulin Rouge'. I was wondering if anybody had followed it up. I used to own the car a few years ago and would love to know where it is now. I'm not one for buying back cars I've previously owned, but this one I might. So if there's anyone that knows anything then please let us all know. This is one 'Car of Yesteryear' that definitely deserves to be back on the road.

If you do get the Hillman back bud, due to the obvious similarities between my A and the Hillman, could I also suggest you cut the exhaust just above the rear axle for that extra little bit of claustraphobic Co2 poisoning, well recomended for a good nights sleep!
..Russ D
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A while back somebody mentioned that they possibly knew the whereabouts of the '35 Hillman 'Moulin Rouge'. I was wondering if anybody had followed it up. I used to own the car a few years ago and would love to know where it is now. I'm not one for buying back cars I've previously owned, but this one I might. So if there's anyone that knows anything then please let us all know. This is one 'Car of Yesteryear' that definitely deserves to be back on the road.

I used to see small articles/snapshots of Moulin Rouge. It was in a solid red colour, with a scoop poking through the bonnet, one time it had a scanty clad lady draped over it.
..colbart
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That was when I used to own it. Somebody said they thought they'd seen it way down South and I just wondered if anyone had seen or heard anything else since
..The Candy Man
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I bought the Visage Camaro from Vince in 1994 as a rolling shell. After 11 years the car has been totally rebuilt with a BBC and turbo 400 and is back on the road as a pro streeter.Gary Hall..MUSCLE CAR MANIAC
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anyone remember a pop called POP-A-TOP? high riding with roof chop, used to have a v6 in it but now a worked sbc, and was yellow in colour? well i know where it is and i just want the owner to get it out again! he keeps saying he will but all he needs is a big shove! lol..jim351
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Read somewhere on here that Pastureyes Express is in a barn close to someone also. Be good to get some pics of these as they are now. Anyone got any?..Russ D
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anyone remember a pop called POP-A-TOP? high riding with roof chop, used to have a v6 in it but now a worked sbc, and was yellow in colour? well i know where it is and i just want the owner to get it out again! he keeps saying he will but all he needs is a big shove! lol..jim351


The last time I saw it, it was Rolls Royce red with graphics and down near Chichester. My mate went down to buy it, but never did.
Would it still be the same person who has it??..cunningplan
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Hi cunningplan, yes it is the same chap who owns it but he has now moved, as i said the car is now yellow again, im going round to see him this weekend hopefully to try and get him to sort it for next season, his daughter really wants to go in it she's never even heard it running! and she is now 15!!!
there is something about the old cars isnt there? nowadays everything seams to cost so much! many people spending thousands on there cars! i mean if i ever spent the kind of money some do, then go to a show and come away with nothing i would be very pee'd off! i think it doesnt matter how much it cost as long as u love it and have fun in it!
..jim351
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hi jim popatop fell a part on the m1 years ago its prop let go and made it dance all over the m1,,,..joyfull
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hi joyfull,
i bet that was a lively ride!! do u remember who built it? cant think of his name, the last time i saw the car, it still had the plywood floor! also the steering wheel was the old deep boss chain item coming out of the floor, the one when u turn it the spokes flex and the wheels dont turn till the car moves!! very scarey!!

How about the 71 mach 1 mustang called french conection? it was white with night-time pictures of paris down the side? a mate owned it and didnt get it on the road, then sold it to a chap who moved up north,..jim351
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French Connection, weren't the murals done by Ray Mumford? Speaking of him, on memory from my youth, Bedford CF van from Ally Pally/Bel vue days 'ODESSA' white with spanish armada on the side, does that still exist, last time I saw it a guy from Nottingham had it, it was looking worn and half the mural was painted over, but he'd loads of literature on it and was talking of a re-paint..Russ D
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Wasn't Popatop built by Ian Dawes? French Connection Mustang, didn't this make an appearance in this thread about sixty (guess) pages back with someone talking about it having been or about to be restored to stock, as it's a numbers matching car?..40Stude
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I'm sure there were a couple of photos in Classic American of the old French Connection painted solid yellow and restored to stock..1960Zody
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Wasn't Popatop built by Ian Dawes? French Connection Mustang, didn't this make an appearance in this thread about sixty (guess) pages back with someone talking about it having been or about to be restored to stock, as it's a numbers matching car?

Yep, Popatop was originally built by Ian Dawes, firstly with a V6 and unchopped, then with the 8 and a heavy chop. Would be really good to see that out and about again.

I thought the numbers-matching Mussie was Heartbreaker, and it was a rare hi-po model, hence the resto job..Jim R
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Interesting that mention is made of Popatop running a worked sbc, didn't it have a 400 odd inch Poncho lump after the V6, or are my little grey cells playing up again?..40Stude
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Just taken me about 2 hours to read through these 67 pages , how about same sort of thing but with pics , love the old stuff..72 stang

[rabid hamster]

Popatop ,was indeed built by Ian Dawes originally unchopped and with V6 power . He then rebuilt in during winter 80/81 . This time with a 5 - 1/4 inch roof chop and running a 400ci Chevy engine ,turbo 400 , dropped tube front with S type rear .It ran a 13.78 quater mile time .
Source of this knowledge ? , September 1981 Hot Rod and Custom Mag .
Phil..yellowboy
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hi yellowboy, well all the running gear is still the same! even down to the plywood floor!! we had it running about 10 years ago and dont think its been running since! im going round to see him this weekend i may even get him to pull it out the garage and take a picture of it, if i do i will post it on here.

well i found him! and popatop! and here are some pic's, this is what you called a roof chop!!
The car has had some work on it recently, he has said it will be out next year and he also said i could have a drive!! hooray!!!..jim351

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I don't know about French Connection Mustang, but the old Bullet Mustang, was seen at the Old Ford Rally in Abingdon, for a few years now.

The murals have long gone, and the car is now the metallic grey. The photos are usually displayed with the car. Ray Mumford again.

raymumford.com is his new web site.by the way

Has a few pics of his autos as well as commercial illustrations he does.

Col..colbart
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I know this car has been mentioned on this topic somewhere but I can't find anything on it. I'm kinda asking on behalf of a pal. He's been looking for a Pop for quite some time now and the things his ideal car must have seem to me to be 'Misdemeanor', (have I spelt that right?). So if anybody knows where it is or better still has some up to date pics of it or even the phone number of the present owner so we could at least have a chat with him if nothing else. It's possibly not up for sale... but you never know?
..The Candy Man
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Mick,
misdemeanor is now owned by a guy called Authur who lives near Stratford.......there's a blower going on it. Don't have a phone no. for him but the original builder is on here
"Karlspop" I think. he may well have a number for him..uk blowers
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Anyone know anymore about how to get in touch with the owner?... Thanks!
..The Candy Man
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CM, the guy's name is Arthur Bean, lives near Honeybourne, Evesham, Worcs. I sold Miss 'D' to him a couple of years back and unfortunately the motor let go within the first year of ownership - sounds like it spun a main bearing. Needless to say he wasn't best pleased - but after much discussion he realised that it was 'just one of those things that happen'. Motor was rebuilt at Intergalactic Custom Shop (Wayne Allman's place) and he brought it along to our club's (Westside Streetrods) Breakthrough Breast Cancer Show & BBQ earlier this year. He was saying that he'd bought a blower for it and would be fitting it over the winter. I do know that it ain't for sale at any price, he'd wanted the car for years and pestered the @ rse off of me for ages to sell it.Geof..geof harris

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Miss D'meanour was originally built by Bob Wise, who unfortunately got hit by a car, and was (slightly) mentally impaired after, so he sold it. I nearly bought it years ago, but it was too much money at the time, so I bought the Pop bodyshell that he had instead.
Guy from Watford rods eventually bought it off him, and Guy is responsible for the new chassis/suspension. He sold it before he finished it though.
PS
French connection Muzzy is still around I think
Pretty sure I saw it in the last 2 years..blackpopuk

http://www.hotrodphotos.co.uk/images/images.ChelseaDayCruise1979/%27French%20Connection%27%20Mach%20I.jpg
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And Humdinger behind isnt it .........Oh Boy ;o)..Holmsey
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The French Connection Mustang was first owned by Tony French, lives in Hemel, was talking about trying to buy it back at one time,but i think he's given up on that idea, dont think he could find where it was..highwayman
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Sure is H!!..blackpopuk

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[rabid hamster]

mark were these recent pics from the chelsea cruz? lol..crumble
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Only if you are still in 1980 John!!..blackpopuk
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Here's the post about French Connection & Bullit PS still looking for a life LOL
..Pete Edwards

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Hi guys re Plum Crazy it definetly had a blower and I should know because I was the one who fitted it .When I first bought it it had a 1600 crossflow and Escort rear,I installed the blown v6. I have got some pictures I will dig out if anyone is intrested..Ben
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Always on the look out for blown V6 ford info (essex), so please post away......
Tony..Lambaj
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Tony,somewhere I,ve got the old article I used to build up the blown v6.I,ve had blowers on most of my stuff over the years.I didn,t do much to the engine other than lower the compression by (get this)cutting about 60 thou off the pistons,I used to run about 20 psi of boost (on cast pistons cut down 60 thou)also had the stock timing wheels which everone said wouldn,t work.I put about 10000 miles on this engine with no problems..Ben
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is that the street machine london to brighton cruise from battersea park .bob
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Hi all, French Connection was owned for a short while down here in sussex by a chap called Guy, he sold it to a chap who moved back to the Nottingham area and took it with him..that must have been about 8-10 years ago...Great to see the pic's of it again...
jim..jim351
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Bob,
no it was the Chelsea 'day cruise' in 1980..blackpopuk
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Has anybody got any more pics from the old Chelsea cruises? I feel the mists of nostalgia coming down..plumpcars
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I have the skinny magnesium front wheels off of kev pillings old altered if its the same bloke also wheres rubellion..Terry Howarth
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Terry, Rubellion is up here in Birmingham, well the body and chassis is. It may well see the light of day again..40Stude
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what about that hillman californian with hydraulics on one end only car was red with a white roof i think one of the mags built it..Terry Howarth
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Didn't the Californian belong to the guy that ran States Plates? Can't think of his name right now, he also had a white Super Minx convertible with chrome wires at one point too..40Stude
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Anyone remember the red nomad very high all round jag back axle owner had long blonde hair used to cruise southend sea front also what happened to barry cox mustang mach 1 pro street and summer whine thirty something with the roof cut off and a blower
..Terry Howarth
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Summer Whine was a Rays Rods 'Plymouth' coupe, turned roadster with a blown Daimler 4.5. It was owned by Steve Hales who is the current owner of Small Fry. Don't know where the roadster is now though..40Stude
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I think Chris Adam built the juiced Hillman, he has/had the blue '40 Ford coupe that won Best in Britain a few years ago..Al
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Didnt chris aadams own the juiced pegeout years back..Terry Howarth
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didnt chris aadams own the juiced pegeout years back


Yep, you're right, I'll go now!..Al

[rabid hamster]

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quote:Originally posted by Terry Howarth

i have the skinny magnesium front wheels off of kev pillings old altered if its the same bloke also wheres rubellion


Terry, are these the wheels you have ?.
440 Chrysler, Mulliner MG body, all over the track on launch, lovely.
I was talking to Kevin at the Outlaws Picnic last year about his old cars, he lives local and just dropped in to "complain" about the noise, LOL..Brizey
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Yes thats the wheels i was told they was off aaustin hillclimb car orignaly three stud these have been drilled to six i thought about putting them on goldrush but they are looking a bit battererd still it might make for one iteresting launch..Terry Howarth
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I remember the Hillman Californian fron the nats at stoneleigh in the mid 80's. sweeet it was. Any one remember the 58 belair from the late 70s with hydraulics, i think it was the holman bros (stuart holman definatly) I saw it go up the strip at the pod in 1980-81 at whatshis names picknic (gary's picknic it just came to me) and also the buick riv from not longer after, It was gold with murels etc..Paul
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Here's a 'Car of Yesteryear', although it will be known more to Hotrodders in the North rather than the South, it's the ex-Ron Smith '29 Nash that was doing the rounds some 20+ years ago. It had been for sale in the mags for ages in its pink painted, monster 4x4 rear tyred, floor boarded running board guise.
Well after talking my pal Shane into buying it I've been doing alot of work on it for him to bring it abit more up to date. Here's a couple of pics to see what you think... Anyone remember it from way back?..The Candy Man

Before...

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Pink!

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Alot of work to do yet but it's looking good... yes?
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Looks gob loads better although it looks like someone's nicked one of the carbs in the last picture!..Al
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Al, I told him not to order it as it was to big, we borrowed a single carb scoop off of a mates engine to prove it looked alot better, and it did. So guess what... if anyone wants to buy a brand new polished ali scoop for a pair of four barrel carbs, you now know where to come!..The Candy Man
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quote:Originally posted by Terry Howarth

anyone remember the red nomad very high all round jag back axle owner had long blonde hair used to cruise southend sea front also what happened to barry cox mustang mach 1 pro street

Dident the Mustang go to the states many years back. I remember a red 56 Chevy Wagon with a jag back axle but that was stock hight at the front,that was from round here..SJB
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Wasnt that Wally Barters old 30 Chevy that he bought in California around 1980??.....Looks mighty like it.Whadya think COLIND??
You was his mate..mikeyboy
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Anybody remember what happened to this one-high riding 61-62? Galaxie? that was light grey with yellow painted beam axle,slightly higher at the front than the back and stock rear archs. This was back in 82 or 83..SJB
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mikey,wallys car was a 5 window,swapped it for black cherry 32 3 window,i think,bob
..hershamhotrodder
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OK just had anew scanner 8-) and thought I would scan in these old photos I found in my uncles garage don'tt know anything about the show or the cars but hope you guys enjoy them.Dave..streetvw
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more to follow as I get them scanned in..streetvw
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mikey,wallys car was a 5 window,swapped it for black cherry 32 3 window,i think,bob



No he sold it and then bought Matt Mathous 32 ford 3 winder.

Looking at all those photos,its amazing how styles have changed over the years.I mean,is anyone still doing those kind of paint jobs?
Also, s'funny how all the cars back then had names. Ah...30 years of memories..mikeyboy
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Excellent photos StreetVW, keep them coming! They're from the 2nd Belle Vue show in Manchester, '77. I only know because I read the show cards! The T I own now was at that show, I'll keep an eye out incase you've got photos of it.Cheers, ..AL
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sorry mikey,i thought it was a swap deal with the chevy going to scotland,damm first time ive been wrong in years,,,bob..hershamhotrodder
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Whatever happened to the Chevy coupe? And come to that what happened to Mike key's '32 Tudor Sedan?..PDQPOP
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Nice to see Martin Bonners Old 55 Chevy (11 DYN)

WOW!Takes me Back !!!..Zody
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There's alot of those cars from back then that I'd like to see on the road today, untouched... stance an' all!..The Candy Man

[rabid hamster]

As promised more shots from the "2nd Belle Vue show in Manchester, '77" ;-) ( sorry some are a but blurred but you get the idea!)

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now a couple of cool looking racers from the pod..streetvw

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Posted - 01 Jan 2006 : 6:20:05 PM Show Profile
Well you've just made my New Year. I did not have any photos of Super Pumpkin at Belle Vue. I seem to remember that was the journey on which the tow truck blew it's motor! Thanks for posting that one..plumpcars
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Way back when everyone had General Grabber tyres......me too..mikeyboy
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Nice to see an old picture of 'Moulin Rouge', I use to love owning that car, makes me wonder why I ever sold it. I'd love to find out where it is now.
Also the pics of the 'Shotgun T', what's the latest on that car guys, someones suppost to be rebuilding it? An update would be great..The Candy Man
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candyman,back to electric funeral/purehell, you may find it was the same car made over,i can remember seeing the first cruisin' around northampton im sure it had a green plexiglass roof insert....then laterly everyone was blew away with the centerlines (witch were homebuild covers using allen head screws n polished plate)the owner was an engineer,bob wilding, he used to work with an old rugger chum of mine,he was building a '30s lanchester based rod(circa '85) and also shoved a 3L BMW lump in a rascal pickup and blew everything away at one of the early Gary's picnics....ill have to ask when i see my pal next...regards..igotsoul
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steve
what happened to ron frances 68 camaro?when l saw that at garys picnic
didnt it see daylite under the front wheels when ron hit the n2o early off the line. theres a photo on a web page somewhere?

You mean this one ?......

http://www.btinternet.com/~rondeco30/camarobigger.JPG

I dunno what happened to it , some really young guy came with his dad to buy it.

Anybody know what happened to a 41 Willys coupe I imported around 88/89 ?. Steel body ,glass front end and rear fenders, 454/TH400 , Olds rear . I sold it to Al Bishop and a friend of his but got out of the hobby shortly after and never did know it's fate
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While we're on the subject of 1st gen Camaros , whatever happened to Andy Chisolms Rat Fink ? - imho one of the nicest street/strip cars of the time - damn that guy had some nice cars, 70 Hemi Challenger - 70 1/2 T/A 455SD - matching #'s 66 Impala 425/427 4spd coupe.

http://www.btinternet.com/~rondeco30/hemi1.JPG

http://www.btinternet.com/~rondeco30/impala2.JPG

Imagine that behemoth running 12's on street tyres !..Stitch
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Hi folks,just to appease some of the curious out there,Plum Crazy,looking a bit forlorn on the trailer and Fil Bakers' old Morris Z,was called ol' yeller.Both mine and hopefully the Z will see Billing this year.Happy new year to all..Fordzon

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Ron, the Andy Chisolms Camaro, was that the one that ran in grey primer, had a stock width rear axle with tires sticking out the archs? The car would lift the wheels a foot in the air!
Whats the bright red Camaro that runs in Super Mod at the moment with the same name,is that the same car?..SJB
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Steve , as I remember he ran it in grey primer for a shakedown but it had a 1/2 tube frame and a narrowed 9" . Shortly after that he painted it white with the Ed Roth 'Rat Fink' logo on the doors. I think it ran a low 9 w/o nitrous , on one run the rear UJ let go , the prop bent 90 degrees at the safety loop and tore a 4" wide gash across the floor through the trans tunnel,also left 2 big shrapnel chips in the back of his helmet - luckily he was wearing his Tiger striped underpants that day :)
Rumour has it the Hemi Challenger and the 66 Impala went back to the States , I remember it taking him a long time to sell the Challenger for £6,000 and it wasn't really all that long ago !!..Stitch
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If only we knew then eh? We'd all have Hemi's now!!!..mopar steve
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Thanks 33Hemi,i'll work on it.I've also got a 354" Hemi..
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Hello Ron
Blimey, that was all a long time ago.
I vividly remember the test run in your red camaro along a Bournemouth dual carriageway!!!
5.13 gears and a 4 speed.Jeez!!!Bl@@dy hell it was quick. I think i lost sight of the road on every gearchange.
We found it broke a hood pin, when we got back to your place, remember? Good times.
Unfortunately, never got to see Andy's Chisolm's camaro run before the prop let go.
Got any pictures of the 38 Olds?..Mel

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That wouldnt be the one and only Ron France would it?..mikeyboy
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Looks like Brian Patermans Pontiac in front of the barn there,that must of been 84 or 83.
..SJB
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Heres Fordzon's pics. I'm sure he can bring you up to spped on these cars..4ever4

http://www.nsra.org.uk/forum/data/4ever4/20061793110_fordson.jpg

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Many Thanks Clark,I'll get used to these fangled Komputer thangs..Fordzon
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wow loving fordzon's gasser..modernpics.co.uk

[rabid hamster]

Fordzon very nice nearly bought Plum Crazy
way back off Gary Bennett down south be good
to see it back out.
Had a couple of fordsons my self what are you
putting the Hemi in Iv`e got a 392 blown Hemi
in my 33 Willys I love it.PAUL,..33HEMI
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Thanks for the comments chaps.Well Paul,I remember the fordson scene too well,having fell in love with Hot n Bothered when i saw it cruise thru my hometown,Enfield,Nth London when in my mates Anglia 105E.This was around '78 so the likes of Plum,Mr Torquer,Speed Freak etc were plastered over my bedroom wall back then.
Went thru the usual Marriage/kids/messy divorce thing and the usual array of Minors/yanks/100e's etc,when i got my chopped minor van to the nats in '94 relatively unfinished.'twas then i decided that the minor still needed tons of work and put it up for sale.I kept the 302,as i knew i was on the lookout for a fordson.I loved your one,in both guises,but could'nt stretch to the price of a well finished one.
Eventually got the plum via treve,in exchange for a decent 300e and cash.It was soon evident it needed serious work and a quick rebuild was a no-no.So i stripped it to it's B######ks and built front and rear clips to house stainless ifs and 8" rear.I then "lashed" for want of a better word,both clips to the crappy centre section to get it rolling for some pics with Steve Barnard's Black Fordson as it was going to the States.
That basically was it,as i started to build me lad's tot-gasser,lil' grape,then a rebuilt loony lime.The Z came about via an ad that a mate had spotted at the hot rod drags.I've always wanted one of these too,as it has to be said they're rarer than the fordson.
This turned out to be a dog too,jag reared and viva hb fronted.This was stored away for the duration.We moved up here to south lincs where i had to decide which to build first.The Z won out as they're a few fordsons on the build and the scene needs a gasser Z.I bought the Hemi,two actually,the other being a 331,after seeing the Hemi in your wicked '33 a couple of years ago at Billing.I figured the 392's a little wide for the Z so a smaller version was in order.It needs a total rebuild so i'm gradually getting the parts together.In the meantime,the 302 out of the plum will get some use at last.
Sorry for the storyline format but it explains quite a lot.Cheers,Mel..Fordzon
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Hi Mel did`nt know it was you mate
great to see the photos keep up the
good work hope to see you around this year,PAUL,..33HEMI
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Thanks mate.You too..Fordzon
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Mel i remember your tough looking chopped minor van at the nats and in Hot Rod & Custom UK Cookin pages, what happened to it after you sold it, i dont ever remember seeing it since. You got any pics of Ol Yeller when you first got it..SJB
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Hi Steve,the Minor went to Matt ely in Harlow,who i believe broke it for parts.He's now built a wicked Pop,see it at the drags this year.Goes under the name of "Risky Trip".I'll see if i can dig some pics out for you but if anyone else has anything i'd love to see them.Cheers,Mel..Fordzon
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This thread is great...I know its a bit recent but John "Doc" Claydons Willys...is it still about?Stu..Backto89
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This thread is great...I know its a bit recent but John "Doc" Claydons Willys...is it still about?..Stu

I think he took it with him when he emigrated..WagonMan
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I know this car has been mentioned some time back, but to save me going through every page I wondered if any body knew the whereabouts of Geoff Cousins old 34 coupe. The car is an all time favourite of a friend of mine and having come into a fair bit of money recently he was wondering if possibly it was for sale and how much. I know it went abroad and it's been seen at some euro events, so it's still on the road, I just wondered if anyone had any idea of how to contact the present owner.... any idea guys???
..The Candy Man
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Here is a shot of it if anyone needs help ID'ing it..streetvw

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Thanks for the pic, anyone got any contact numbers/e-mail address' for the present owner?..The Candy Man
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Geoff might know, i'll give him a call tomorrow!..mopar steve

Spoke to Geoff, the car is now in France, and apparently looking a bit sorry for itself! He does'nt have a contact number though..mopar steve
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BLACKTO 89 - Recently witnessed 'DOC's Willys cruisin through Perth, Australia..Outlaw
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Outlaw

Was it overheating?..Al
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Seemed fine, though I would question the legality of the use of wheelie bars and twin chute packs on the street ???..Outlaw
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mopar steve, many thanks for trying anyway. It's for a pal of mine who wants to build/import parts for a car, I suggested that he may buy a one on the road and have some fun straight away, and this was his all time favourite that he would have liked to have owned...... So now we need a French contact..... anyone??..The Candy Man
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No problem Mick, good luck!..mopar steve
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some shots I found at my uncles yesterday of his bug taken around 77/78 dunno were but I thought they were cool..streetvw

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some shots I found at my uncles yesterday of his bug taken around 77/78 dunno were but I thought they were cool
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Love the striped panel in front/behind engine.

Really Fab Man!!!!Col..colbart

[rabid hamster]

How many spotted the supercharger on the bug??..outcast
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Re abrehart's 32 cabriolet, Bomber could tell you a very long an convoluted story about how he came by it and then sold to bernie. Its so long Ive forgoten!! mail me if u want his phone no. i'll see him thurs night. Simon,
P.S.Kieth, have you still got that replica buick grill ?? For sale perchance ???..Simon G-S
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How many spotted the supercharger on the bug??


it's a Shorrocks supercharger it was a kit that Dave made up himself with help and advice from Sydney Allard. the super charger was meant for a 2.5ltr Daimler V8 he made the mounting brackets and mod'd a standard manifold to work with the kit. the engine was actually sold last year after sitting in Dave's garage since 79 when the car got written off..streetvw
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Dont no who it is, but i do no the MK2 had a blown V6 and was featuared in im sure Hot Rod + Custom with some good pics taken on the street.
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Anybody no what happened to this one that was pictured in Street Machine many years ago unfinished--Did it ever get finished?--
105E Anglia with real narrow jag IRS (one of the narrowest ive seen),real big McCrery (sorry about spelling)rear tyres on chrome five spokes,radiust archs,supercharged small block Chevy,the car was in grey primer then and looked a real beast of a car..SJB
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isn`t this the dark green one up for just now..Russ
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russ,dont understand your reply.........bob..hershamhotrodder
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Bob what i meant was there`s a green one that sits like this up for sale just it`s been on this site in the mags and on www.rodandclassicmart.co.uk, also had a couple of stints on ebay , i think Chris Addison at unique custom cars had it for a while, maybe not the same one then..Russ.
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russ it was this one,except its black not green,it was green in the 70s,then brown with a sbc.then bugsy painted it red as in the pic,its been black for 20 yrs,i tried to get before xmas,its in jersey ,,,bob..hershamhotrodder
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yep thats the one it is black i must be in a time warp i remembered it as green . Having a nightmare with green today just got humped again at home by Celtic..Russ
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does anyone have any pictures .. or have heard of grumpy's toy.....a pop
if anyone has any pics than can you please send some to me please..bigwillys13
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Theres someone on Eurodragster (3 Mar) asking for info on the "RED DEVIL" or "Red Rage" Camero which is now on the street..SJB
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Reading about the V12 T and others, thought I would ressurect this thread again. I photographed these at the NEC Classic Car Show back in October.

Hot'n' bothered

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/162/338406501_638676f467_o.jpg

Bullitt Mustang painted by Ray Mumford

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/338400850_1f78e2d754_o.jpg

French Connection Mustang painted by Ray Mumford

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/144/338394815_78492ae4c8_o.jpg

Andy's Instant T

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/133/338394028_a4e26dfbcd_o.jpg

Other pics can be seen here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonesy59/sets/72157594447990431/

Quickest way to view them is to click on the 'detail view' link under the main photo..chrisj
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Somewhere I have the floppy 45 soundtrack of the Bullit Mustang which came with Street Machine mag many moons ago.
Maybe I should dig it out and clip it on here??? But then again somebodies probably already done it yeah??..merryknees
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Did Andy / Roy Brizio build other versions of Andys intant T as this week i saw an old picture in a magazine of a trad fad T (not the c cab) called Andys intant T, it`s really bugging me where i saw it now..Russ
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I think Andys instant T was the name of Andy Brizio's (father of Roy) company that produced T buckets back in the 70s..chrisj
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Wow, I've just found this topic and spent the last two hours playing catch-up!

I own a rod from the past, Mick Taylors old coupe'd MG Magnette built in the late '80's and featured in Street Machine in Nov '90.
Is Mick Taylor still around?

I'm giving the car a complete rebuild at the moment, which includes (unfortunately) replacing the whole back half of the shell due to the filler being 27mm thick in places!!

It's now running a 400 sbc with +030" bore and a TH350 with shift kit etc.. I hope to be back out in it by the end of the season..... Honest!..Mercman
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Anyone know if the old Neil Houghton V6 Jago T is still about? I remember seeing it at most rod runs and the Blackbushe drags from the mid 70s to the early 80s then it disappeared until 1994 when it turned up at Knebworth but I don't recall seeing it since. I took this first pic at Knebworth 1979 and the next one at Knebworth 1994..timetravel

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m149/timetraveldvds/knebworth_1979_017.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m149/timetraveldvds/54061.jpg

[rabid hamster]

After a rebuild by John Page,change of paint to black and flamed, and change of engine to a Buick v6 it was sold on and went into hibernation again about 7 years back..kapri
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Took these photos about 6 weeks ago shoud be back out this year,..33HEMI

http://usera.imagecave.com/33hemi/PICT0205.JPG

http://usera.imagecave.com/33hemi/PICT0208.JPG
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Paul , NOW thatsa real blast from the past, who owns it now, love to see the oldies being put back on the road, where they belong, fist saw it at a chelsea cruise when I was a kid, nice one..vince34
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Pete Fowler still owns it,..33HEMI
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Paul, what happened to the A coupe he built as well..vince34
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Good to see. & good to see his mates helping out by keeping their hands warm.
..MisteR Tee
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Tee that's Pete on the right,
Vince he never had a coupe,..33HEMI
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vince that car has been sold back to the states and then brought back again since you last saw it,,,,..hershamhotrodder
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quote:Originally posted by Brizey

S.J.B.& Al, the stones were a great race team, D.L.T. was later let lose in "Hemi Hunter" then went on to run his own rail "The needle", did pretty well to.
Apart from "T Rat", my fav` car they ran was the "Opus 1" comp altered, an opus h.r.f. body/chassis fitted with 283cu.in. then 350cu.in. Chev (injected), ended up with a big block Chev.(also injected), this motor was the first motor to go in "T Rat".
"Opus 1" was a wild ride for Dave Stone at the best of times, sideways off the line, both front wheels in the air, sometimes it used to bounce on just the rear wheels, bit like a kangeroo hopping, i can remember seeing daylight under THREE wheels more than once.
Dave used to drive it wearing just a crash hat jeans and T shirt, brave guy.
There used to be some pretty wild altereds around back then, late sixties / early seventies, back then you knew you were going to get a "show", not like today where you get a smokey burnout then there gone, nothing wrong with that of course, thats the name of the game.
Brian
..Sondar
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Paul, good to see you know how to get down south.......I thought all you norvenas got lost when you head souf.
Tell Pete to stop playing with himself & get on with working his rod. Harry the Hippy, the kids say hi..Biffo
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quote:Originally posted by 33HEMI

Tee that's Pete on the right,
Vince he never had a coupe,


I stand (well sit actually!) corrected, don't think I ever met him, but he does look familiar, as does the guy next to him!!..MisteR Tee
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Hot rodding history. Some of the people and cars in England deserve to be brought back to the street and not left to occupy council lock ups with owners who DONT CARE. When I say DONT CARE I mean it. Why buy it just to hide it. Even if money isnt the problem with some why not get em out.

We all hear the tales somebody has some infamous rod and it never gets seen by people like us who appreciate them what ever state

If you cant afford them and the running costs dont buy em.

How good is it to see a blast from the past, like Dirty Thirty in England and being looked after.
Sorry to sound off but Rodding History is for all we are only looking after them for the next owner..D COUPE
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I still call it undelivery..hershamhotrodder
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this is on ebay at the moment, i thought it was an old Rod & Custom uk featured rod but couldn't find it, anyone recognise it? I think it was a promo for jethro
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1932-FORD-Sedan-Delivery-Van_W0QQitemZ290091495666QQihZ019QQcategoryZ29755Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
..DaveH
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Just found this old T shirt the bottom of the warderobe,..33HEMI

http://usera.imagecave.com/33hemi/09March2007.jpg
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Was thinkin af Alex, unpsellable surnames, obviously got it wrong lol..vince34
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quote:Originally posted by vince34

Was thinkin af Alex, unpsellable surnames, obviously got it wrong lol

Ah, you be thinking of Alphabet Alex, Alex Screpanski, still lurking around here &, I think, still working for either Classic & Sportscar or Classic Car or some such rag!..MisteR Tee
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Maurice, I think that's Sczepanski, I could be wrong though..40Stude
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Sorry lads....both wrong!
That'll be Szczepanski..plumpcars
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Dirty 30 at southport run to the sun 1984 were pete won best of show..Blue Meanie

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[rabid hamster]

I am glad you only blew his doors off
and not his ROOF
who remembers that..COOL 37
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John if you look at this photo you can see the
tape on the roof to keep it on,..33HEMI

http://usera.imagecave.com/33hemi/11February2007.jpg
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Was it stufge racing him at the time.

MR TEE
they are not friends helping out
they are SECURITY
john...COOL 37
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John would you believe me when I
tell you he was racing Mr Torquer,..33HEMI
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Now then Mick Tebs, 75 pages and still no one mentions the Y?
Good reading.
Lennon..lennon
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This was taken at Knebworth in the mid-80's I think

http://www.nsra.org.uk/forum/data/daveh/2007310114336_A2a.jpg

and this was taken at Billing in '81

http://www.nsra.org.uk/forum/data/daveh/2007310114417_Acdandeliverya.jpg

These were also taken at Billing in '81

http://www.nsra.org.uk/forum/data/daveh/2007310114440_Acoop2a.jpg

http://www.nsra.org.uk/forum/data/daveh/200731011458_Acoopa.jpg
..DaveH
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Undelivery in its best guise and the best looking a coupe ever over here,,,,
..hershamhotrodder
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Does anybody no what happened to Bob O Donhue 40 Willys Coupe,the ex "Slick Willy" race car.I no it was red when first put back on the road then changed to black,but whot happened to it then..SJB
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Bob sold the willys last year,..33HEMI
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The Model Y that 'Lennon' is on about is the tilt-bodied Wisbech Y. Anyone got any pics to keep him happy?..The Candy Man
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quote:Originally posted by Holmsey

Celestial is in Cumbria not Scotland.


Its in Custom Car Now.Terry..72 stang
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Anyone know if this '37 3-window coupe is still about. I took these pics at Long Marston in '85 when it was owned by Mike Picknall. It was originally a pickup which had been fitted with a '36 Convertible rear section and two Pilot roofs welded together..timetravel

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m149/timetraveldvds/54002.jpg


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Nick, I'm sure that coupe came up in a thread a while back. If I recall correctly it's in the States now..40Stude
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quote:Originally posted by DaveH

This was taken at Knebworth in the mid-80's I think

http://www.nsra.org.uk/forum/data/daveh/2007310114336_A2a.jpg

and this was taken at Billing in '81

http://www.nsra.org.uk/forum/data/daveh/2007310114417_Acdandeliverya.jpg

These were also taken at Billing in '81

http://www.nsra.org.uk/forum/data/daveh/2007310114440_Acoop2a.jpg

http://www.nsra.org.uk/forum/data/daveh/200731011458_Acoopa.jpg




Dirty 30, im just not worthy! Why dont I own that car, I know it came back from the States, is it running again and back on the road again yet? I was 21 and it was Yellow, it was love at first blower whine!!..Russ D
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hotrodder
NSRA Member


Posted - 12 Jun 2007 : 2:40:50 PM Show Profile
I drove the yellow model A of Alpherbet Alex from London in 1979 when I was looking for a rod, think he wanted around £3500! I ended up buying Speed freak instead from Pete Gotilieb, any one know if the A is still around??..hotrodder

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o175/hotrodder34/Various/SpeedFreak_WEB.jpg

mail me at hotrodder@nlockley.plus.com
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Well you know what to do Russ... Track it down and make him an offer! Everything's for sale!!!..The Candy Man
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biffo built that 37 coupe,,tried to buy it when the guy lived in putney..hershamhotrodder
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'any one know if the A is still around??'

Nigel, The 5 window A was painted grey and ended up in Japan. I presume it is still there.
..Mel
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Anyone know any info of a yellow `32 sedan, khm3k,from around the brighton area i believe ?
any info welcome ta..Mepy

[rabid hamster]

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quote:Originally posted by The Candy Man

Well you know what to do Russ... Track it down and make him an offer! Everything's for sale!!!
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Just been browsing through a couple of sites and found this...

http://usera.imagecave.com/TheCandyMan/TiltPop.jpg

Anybody know of it's history and more importantly where it is now, who owns it?
..The Candy Man
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Mel, is that after it was painted red???..hershamhotrodder
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Built by Wisbech engineering i believe?..8BB
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Built by the guy that worked at Wisbech and then went on to build race car frames, including that huge GTO(?) and I think some of the frame on Perry's Willys sedan. Traded under the name Chassiscraft maybe?
Wish I could remember what his name is.

Could it be Tony Jarvis? Not sure though..40Stude
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definitely tony jarvis,saw it at his workshop when my brother was picking up a narrowed axle,up thetford way,believe he ran a yellow tubbed muscle car (duster?)also..BEAR
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It is Tony Jarvis's Pop, it's widened as well as chopped. There's a few photos of it on Nick Pettits site..AL
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quote:Originally posted by AL

It is Tony Jarvis's Pop, it's widened as well as chopped. There's a few photos of it on Nick Pettits site.

http://www.timetraveldvds.co.uk/gallery/GARYS%20PICNIC%201985/target13.html

http://www.timetraveldvds.co.uk/gallery/GARYS%20PICNIC%201985/target14.html

..timetravel
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88888 wow!..8BB
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Anyone know where it is now?..The Candy Man
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Alexs coupe in red..hershamhotrodder

http://www.uk-hotrods.co.uk/v2/old_photos/p26/%27Alphabet%20Alex%27s%20A%20coupe.jpg
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Not a car of yesteryear but a JCB,i thought i would put it on here anyway.Featured in Street Machine blown alky 572..SJB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE-zx9Q-vVg&mode=related&search=
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Does anyone know what happened to Tim Cooks Model A Pickup.The last time I saw it was in the late eighties..tallpaul
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quote:Originally posted by hershamhotrodder

alexs coupe in red
http://www.uk-hotrods.co.uk/v2/old_photos/p26/%27Alphabet%20Alex%27s%20A%20coupe.jpg
In a red cross!..mikeyboy
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quote:Originally posted by tallpaul

Does anyone know what happened to Tim Cooks Model A Pickup.The last time I saw it was in the late eighties.

Dont no what happened to the A when Tim moved to the states,but he still owned it up to then.Heres a pic taken late 90s at a Chelmsford Drag and Street Rod show at a Pub on the A130..SJB

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n246/tyrefryer/TMP151.jpg
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What happened to the black a truck that mark tanner owned i think it got revamped by the billet steering guy cant remember his name..Terry Howarth
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quote:Originally posted by Terry Howarth

what happened to the black a truck that mark tanner owned i think it got revamped by the billet steering guy cant remember his name


Fairly sure Mark still owns it. Last I heard he was slowly putting it back together after stripping it down some years ago..shoebox
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I was sent this the other day, it belonged to someone who still involved in the scene and runs a rod/drag racer now and will no doubt be up the Hot Rod Drags..cunningplan

http://usera.imagecave.com/cunningplan/001.jpg
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I noticed in Classic American Magazine this month a Dodge Challenger which was featured and on the cover of May 81 Custom Car.The car has a straight purple paint job now but back then there was murals down the sides and on the hood also with the name "Artful Dodger".Anyone remember it?..SJB
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quote:Originally posted by SJB

I noticed in Classic American Magazine this month a Dodge Challenger which was featured and on the cover of May 81 Custom Car.The car has a straight purple paint job now but back then there was murals down the sides and on the hood also with the name "Artful Dodger".Anyone remember it?


Yup, remember it well from the Custom car shows at Ally pally...
They did a piece on French Connection in CA a while ago, which has been repainted and had it's murals redone...
And I saw Pied Piper at the NASC show a while ago..1960Zody

[rabid hamster]

As you can see I have just finished transfering this tread over to the new forum.
There are a few missing/out of date links to some of the pics so if anyone can reinstate some of the pictures or links or PM me with the new link addresses I will add them into the thread again.

Also are there any other similar threads that any one wants transfering over.
R.H.

[40Stude]

Well done that man.

[Flamin Black A]

well done RH that was a lot of work but worth it

[plumpcars]

Thanks for making such a grewat effort in moving that lot! Great read....

[The Candy Man]

As the originator of that particular topic, I must thank-you for moving 'Cars of Yesteryear' onto the new message board for all to read. Let's hope it picks up where it left off and a few more old show cars etc, which are a big part of our history, now come to the surface once more...
Many thanks once again!!!
Mick Tebbs.

[DaveH]

It is a great thread Mick and well done Mr Hamster for transfering it.
Mick how about an update on the t it must be finished by now?

[The Candy Man]

Vitamin T is still in the garage needing an interior and other jobs doing, I've fell out with it slightly to be honest. I intend to give it another go this winter and see where I get to then, it's still looks the same as in the small pic under my name. It will definitely be finished one day, I just don't find it as important these days to say when that day will be, I'm loving running the roadster with my son and I'm finding it hard to put that away to work on something else.
http://usera.imagecave.com/TheCandyMan/Offforwiring-copy.jpg

[72 stang]

Brilliant job RH , Would have been a shame to lose this thread .

This is currently in my possesion but is going back to a family member of the original builder in a few weeks

http://usera.imagecave.com/72stang/vids/victortruck.jpg

[vannerdave]

POP 908. this is for the oldy's among us, any ideas ???

[mopar steve]

The 'Artful Dodger' Challenger, is now owned by a good friend of mine, restored to standard, (high quality), and lives in the Northampton area. Mopar Steve.

[mopar steve]

Who remembers the 1/8 mile drags at Lyden Hill? Here's me leaving the line in years gone by, (1978 l think)! Brown 'Hello Godbye Capri', 3.1 supercharged.

[The Candy Man]

Anybody recognise this?......

http://usera.imagecave.com/TheCandyMan/16062008045-copy.jpg

I've got another pic that will give the game away, just thought I'd give you a chance to guess it first.

[Mepy]

does anyone know of this car ? i think it`s a jago 32 sedan, runs a 302 ford, jag axles, bright yellow inside and out, we think it`s from the brighton area, reg is khm3k

and help or history would be greatly appriciated
mep
oh and i can`t upload pics for some reason

[hershambob]

Anybody recognise this?......

http://usera.imagecave.com/TheCandyMan/16062008045-copy.jpg

I've got another pic that will give the game away, just thought I'd give you a chance to guess it first.
jam roller?????????

[billabong]

Hey up Mick, was it around when I was? or is it something that came out after I sold the T? My first thoughts were Moulin Rouge sp? But that had a mural on the firewall.

[evilzee28]

Hey up Mick, was it around when I was? or is it something that came out after I sold the T? My first thoughts were Moulin Rouge sp? But that had a mural on the firewall.

Moulin Rouge was a two door & the pics of a 4 door, I'd say Jam Roller as well, shame if it is as that was a cool car.

[billabong]

Moulin Rouge was a two door & the pics of a 4 door, I'd say Jam Roller as well, shame if it is as that was a cool car.

I stand corrected!! Yep you're right evilzee, just shows how the old memory fades :(

[40Stude]

Ray Ollis' Jam Roller for sure I'd say.

[rabid hamster]

Jam Roller

R.H.

[crusty]

Anybody recognise this?......

http://usera.imagecave.com/TheCandyMan/16062008045-copy.jpg

I've got another pic that will give the game away, just thought I'd give you a chance to guess it first.





Greenhouse?????






.




.

[scottie]

c'mon crusty

its obviously red


anyone got a pic when it was on the road?

scottie

[crusty]

c'mon crusty

its obviously red


anyone got a pic when it was on the road?

scottie



Oh sorry Scottie, I thought it was a vandalised greenhouse and someone had knocked all the windows out and sprayed it red. Doh silly me....

[rabid hamster]

Here`s a pic of it on picture disc

http://i2.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/8d/c9/a97c_1.JPG

R.H.

[The Candy Man]

The car is in the back garden at a mates house in Doncaster. To those who said 'Jam Roller'... your right! And to 'Billabong Bob Burgess' who said Moulin Rouge, your wrong!!! You've obviously been out of the hobby for far to long mate, especially when you recall how many miles we did together with me in Moulin Rouge and you in your '27T roadster!
Here's the pic that would have made it all to easy to answer...

http://usera.imagecave.com/TheCandyMan/16062008044-copy.jpg

My mate Ron reckons that one day Jam Roller will be back out cruising again.

[The Candy Man]

If anybody has any info or a magazine when the car was featured giving the spec etc, or any pics, I'll gladly give you some beer tokens for them to pass onto my mate... Thanks!

[33HEMI]

POP 908. this is for the oldy's among us, any ideas ???



Was that MOONDUST.

[billabong]

You've obviously been out of the hobby for far to long mate, especially when you recall how many miles we did together with me in Moulin Rouge and you in your '27T roadster!

You're not wrong Mick, the old grey matter is on the way out!! Can still remember some of the great times we had with the cars though. Remember that impromptu trip to Tony Thompsons?

[Roadster]

Was that MOONDUST.

Yes think you are right Paul

http://usera.imagecave.com/roadster32/FordPops/POP908.jpg

Ralph:)

[timetravel]

saw this roadster at Old Warden on Sunday and it reminded me of one which turned up at Knebworth in '79 and sure enough it's the same car. It was built on a Pilot chassis, anyone know anymore about it? Here's a couple of pics from cjh's post and a pic I took 29 years ago........... http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m149/timetraveldvds/50anglia.jpg http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m149/timetraveldvds/50anglia2.jpg http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m149/timetraveldvds/KNEBWORTH1979002.jpg

[Equipped28]

its got the same reg so i suppose so defienetly looks the same

[40Stude]

I saw that too Nick. Recognised it straight away. Glad to see it lost the heart shaped number plates.
John Knight (Violent Veg) and I photographed it way back then and submited an article to Hot Rod and Custom UK, it never got used though. It was built originally by a guy in Derby, he didn't have a garage and assembled the chassis in his flat! The windcreen was made from bits liberated from a Derby corporation bus. It was sold pretty much as in your early shot and ended up in Stevenage, we shot our pics in Knebworth Park.
I think it looks pretty cool now, very 'East Coast' early styling, considering it was a product of early seventies British hot rodding.

[DaveSpiller]

I got to thinking about another rod from years ago, after bumping into one of it's previous owners last weekend. It's a red Chevy powered Model B sedan, that was, I think built by Dave Finch, then bought and rebuilt by Jeff Broome from Doncaster, afterwards being sold to someone in the Manchester area, drop-tube, jag rear and leather interior, it used to be a regular winner and has been missing for years, same old thing guys, anyone know where it is?

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Candy man, i can trace back a little bit of Dave Finch's 32' about 17/18 years ago it was bought by Shaun (surname forgot) a old mate of Andy House in the Froome area, it was then bought by Bristol rodder Jeff Clements, i remember seeing it in a show report up north, with the appliance fine wires painted red, whilst Shaun owned the car it was used as our wedding car and caused quite a stir on the local high st. (photos available) Rod..Hotrod Rod
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Hi Guys, that'd be 'my' car now, still pretty much as I bought it, just changing the (astral chrome 5 spoke) wheels for American Racing Hopsters when I get round to it.
that an it's got a lot more miles on it now:D, about 17k since I bought it 3 1/2 years back. The last owner, now into mustangs, gave me a very tired set've wires with it but they were rusty chrome not red?? He is from Manchester tho, and Thanks for the history on it:)

[hershambob]

pics dave pics !!!!please

[hershambob]

http://www.uk-hotrods.co.uk/v2/old_photos/p6/b.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p35/hershamboy1960/b-1.jpg

[chris]

wow,i didnt know i'd taken a picture of a piece of 'history'
i was only 5 when it made the knebworth appearance!!

too be honest,i walked passed the car 4-5 times thinking do i like it or not,as said before,the 'east coast' styling swayed the decision!
cool car.

[DaveSpiller]

pics dave pics !!!!please
Will do as soon as I get round to sorting file size out, also see:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/62496098@N00/2581081222/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62496098@N00/2581081222/in/photostream/)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/62496098@N00/2580250383/

[timetravel]

Anyone know if these are the same cars? I took the first pic of Clive Griesel's "Low Flyer" roadster in 1987 and the second pic is taken from Surf Monkey's collection from the 2008 Hayride........ http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m149/timetraveldvds/BRUNTINGTHORPE1987055.jpg http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m149/timetraveldvds/lowflyer.jpg

[timetravel]

This came up on the "Ipswich Pitures" thread and I thought it deserved a mention on here as it's another 70's Rod which has reappeared on the scene. Tony Theron's V8 Affair T which debuted in '79 and made the cover of CC....... http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m149/timetraveldvds/v8affair08nats.jpg http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m149/timetraveldvds/v8affair.jpg http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m149/timetraveldvds/99026.jpg http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m149/timetraveldvds/99027.jpg http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m149/timetraveldvds/99028.jpg

[yellowboy]

Here you go Mick ,took a long time but i found one ,

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c158/customkab/petemoores3059.jpg

Phil..

[yellowboy]

Heres another one Nick ..

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c158/customkab/V8Affair-1.jpg

Phil..

[DavieLights]

I hope the mods don't object to this one as it's a bit short in the wheel department....sorry if it offends anyone......who remembers Brian Godbers pre Panic creation Honky ? And does anybody know what happened to it ? Seem to remember seeing it advertised many years ago but has it survived . I'd love to know .(photo from 1974 CC)

[rabid hamster]

About 10+ years ago I spotted a bronze Morris Minor in Newport Pagnell High Street and Stoney Statford, nr Milton Keynes.
When I had a closer look I thought I recognised the grill and front indicators .
At the time I did not have my camara with me and when I went back it had gone, but I think it may have been this one.
http://usera.ImageCave.com/rabidhamster/img001c.jpg
Does any recognise it and know if it still exists.
R.H.

[rabid hamster]

Here some more `borrowed` pics of it in previous colours.

http://usera.ImageCave.com/rabidhamster/Stealth_Vauxhall_victor_rear1(1).jpg
http://usera.ImageCave.com/rabidhamster/Stealth_Vauxhall_Victor1(1).jpg
http://usera.ImageCave.com/rabidhamster/10da_1(1).jpg

R.H.

[WagonMan]

About 10+ years ago I spotted a bronze Morris Minor in Newport Pagnell High Street and Stoney Statford, nr Milton Keynes.
When I had a closer look I thought I recognised the grill and front indicators .
At the time I did not have my camara with me and when I went back it had gone, but I think it may have been this one.
http://usera.ImageCave.com/rabidhamster/img001c.jpg
Does any recognise it and know if it still exists.
R.H.

It's still about. It was for sale about 18 months ago.

[B-520]

Thanks for the great pictures. Missed nost of those shows sicne I was still at school:D

[mikeyboy]

Anyone know what happened to Brian Arliss's 32 coupe from the late 80s.It had a 400c.i small block chevy in it and was black with hoosier tyres on the back.I dont have photos.The last time I saw him or the car was at Wheels day in Slyfield. Who has it now?

[my53anglia]

I took a photo of that Minor 1800 FS at the 1982 BV show.

Nice to know it still exists.

[blownthames]

Anyone know what happened to Brian Arliss's 32 coupe from the late 80s.It had a 400c.i small block chevy in it and was black with hoosier tyres on the back.I dont have photos.The last time I saw him or the car was at Wheels day in Slyfield. Who has it now?

Pretty sure it's up in Scotland now... not sure where though..

[Truxdelux]

Yes Barry, it is in Scotland, in the capable hands of Jim Fairbairn. He runs it in the NSCC.
Charlie!!

[rabid hamster]

Anybody know where these two BMC Farina`s are now
First one was featured in SM Sept 1980 and was originally built by Peter Scadding,
http://usera.ImageCave.com/rabidhamster/nsra2/img003a.jpg
http://usera.ImageCave.com/rabidhamster/nsra2/img004a.jpg

plus this one
http://usera.ImageCave.com/rabidhamster/nsra2/Image1a.jpg
http://usera.ImageCave.com/rabidhamster/nsra2/Image1aa.jpg
R.H.

[kapri]

Second one is undergoing an engine swap at the mo, car belongs to Debbie Rowles of UKK. The pedal car in front did a spell as a centrepiece at Beaulieu.

[djkickstart]

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quote:Originally posted by 40Stude
:Street Fighter was parted out several years ago, don't know where the shell ended up but I won a pair of 15x15 Compomotive slots with Firestone dirt trackers that were intended to go under the car after it was back halved. Dollar Gobbler? I know of the old Money Hungry pro stock Camaro with the pound notes floated into the lacquer, were there two similar cars or was it just a 'nickname' for the car?

Dollar Gobbler was built by Adam Jenn from South Harrow area in the mid 70's. He emigrated to Canada and sold it..plumpcars
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Utes were produced in Aus based on Anglias and Prefects and were of a 5 window 'fleetside' design as well as an Anglia Roadster pickup usually with a flatbed or a stakeside, these used the Anglia touring style cut down doors. Check out www.angliaobsolete.com (http://www.angliaobsolete.com) for loads of ute and touring pics..40Stude
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quote:Originally posted by plumpcars
:Dollar Gobbler was built by Adam Jenn from South Harrow area in the mid 70's. He emigrated to Canada and sold it


Thanks for that, I used to live in Harrow, and remember seeing it a couple of times at the Harrow Cruise night.......Remember them? In the carpark across from Harrow On The Hill Stn, before they built the Bus station & St Anns Shopping center? Dave..A32Flathead
www.freewebs.com/pro_photo/ (http://www.freewebs.com/pro_photo/)
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I cant remember if Dollar Gobbler was a 67 or 68? I do remember Monday nights down at Harrow burger van outside Harrow on the Hill station. Used to be there till way to early in the morning and then stagger into work the next day!Harrow in those days had a fair amount of rodding/racing interest..plumpcars
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quote:Originally posted by plumpcars
:I cant remember if Dollar Gobbler was a 67 or 68? I do remember Monday nights down at Harrow burger van outside Harrow on the Hill station. Used to be there till way to early in the morning and then stagger into work the next day!Harrow in those days had a fair amount of rodding/racing interest.

I 'think' it was a '68...but not 100% sure....
Your right, Harrow used to be a real 'Hotbed of Rodding' back in the day, I remember when there used to be 40 or 50 cars there every week.
I recall a Capri Classic in a dark burgandy, that had a deep buttoned vinyl panel between the tail lights..plus various other cars...damm, i feel old!..A32Flathead
dave
www.freewebs.com/pro_photo/ (http://www.freewebs.com/pro_photo/)
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Thanks for the info on Dollar Gobbler - it's one car I must have missed!..40Stude
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Bob 'Billabong' Burgess's '27 T roadster. Built '86, featured in Jan '88, Street Machine
..The Candy Man
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6235&item=4504651877&rd=1
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Mick,
Remember it well,when I had 1st finished my roadster the chassis was on display at Doncaster,you could eat your dinner off it,not sure i would want to at the moment.
Would look good parked next to your collection of rods :-)..DaveC
29 Delivery..
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Yep..I think you're right, it was a '68.You're sounding suspiciously like John Milner in the second quote ;o)!!!
quote:Originally posted by A32Flathead
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quote:Originally posted by plumpcars
:I cant remember if Dollar Gobbler was a 67 or 68? I do remember Monday nights down at Harrow burger van outside

I 'think' it was a '68...but not 100% sure....

Your right, Harrow used to be a real 'Hotbed of Rodding' back in the day, I remember when there used to be 40 or 50 cars there every week..plumpcars
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Yep..I think you're right, it was a '68.You're sounding suspiciously like John Milner in the second quote ;o)!!!
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I remember when there used to be 40 or 50 cars there every week.

Used to take a couple of hours & a whole tank of gas just to make one circuit......
That better? ;o) So I take it that your a Harrow boy as well??
Dave..A32Flathead
www.freewebs.com/pro_photo/ (http://www.freewebs.com/pro_photo/)
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Anybody remember Keith Harvies "firebrewered" 67/68 dragster Camaro from the 70s?. Anybody got any info! Did this car ever end up on the street?. Some other Camaros i remember was a 70/71 body shape with a jag rear.Car was white and was ofton at the indoor shows back then.Another one that shape was "St,Louis Blues".These must still be about out there somewhere in a differant guess..
I recall a Capri Classic in a dark burgandy, that had a deep buttoned vinyl panel between the tail lights..plus various other cars...damm, i feel old!
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I seam to remember one in the old mags that had a padded chopped roof.
..SJB
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SJB
The chopped Consul Capri with the padded top was owned by a bloke called Lackerstein. It was titled as Lackersteins lowrider, which was very strange as it was jacked up a gob load. The same bloke had a red '55 Chevy in Bleat Machine a while back. It had a blown Chrysler Hemi, he reckoned it lifted the wheels, on the street, on M/T's. Hmm..AL
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Refering back to 'Billabong's' T.... The guy in Denmark says the reserve is $14,500, I thought the Danish currency was Krone? Why sell in Dollars, perhaps cos he's got alot of American interest? Anyhow, if I've got my exchange right that's about £8000 plus shipping... cheap car!..The Candy Man
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Hi Mick, the Krone ( or whatever ) is worth s0d all . If he sells in dollars and converts to Krone he gets a LOT more money than selling in Krone, exchange rate and all that..kapri
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quote:Originally posted by AL
SJB
The same bloke had a red '55 Chevy in Bleat Machine a while back. It had a blown Chrysler Hemi, he reckoned it lifted the wheels, on the street, on M/T's. Hmm.

I remember reading that,whot a laugh.A Guy down my way bought it,but the engine later let go,now its got a 454 Chevy block with nitrous,and he hopes to have a blower on there one day.This car did run a 454 before the hemi back in 91,and was the same red but had no side trim.The flip front was on there with a eightys stile pro stock hood scoop.Then later on it was tubbed insedently by Nick Butler(remember the feature in SM when the work was caried out).The car still ran the 454 for a time then was changed to the blown 352? Hemi..SJB
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So I take it that your a Harrow boy as well??

Dave
www.freewebs.com/pro_photo/ (http://www.freewebs.com/pro_photo/)
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[/quote]Sadly yes...Don't ever go thinkin' it's like it used to be around here!
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quote:Originally posted by plumpcars
:Sadly yes...Don't ever go thinkin' it's like it used to be around here!



Sadly a fact I know all too well, I came home in September following the sudden death of my father, and after the funeral etc, we spent a few days at home, Harrows really gone downhill....In just 2 years its totally changed, its kinda sad that the place I grew up in has, as far as I can see....gone to the dogs :o(
Oh well, on to happier things, you still live in Harrow? If so, what you got? Building? Do I know you? or do you know anyone I know I wonder?
Dave..
A32Flathead[/quote]

Wow! it's weird reading other peoples memories of a car I helped strip down when I was about 11. I seem to recall Ian Howie ran a black '68 Firebird and was there an Alan Dinsdale from Yeading building a Chevy II, not sure if he ever finished it. Adam started out helping the Page Brothers before building the Camaro, which came from Belgium wth a straight six! under the hood. The 350 came from "Easy Riding" I think, deffinatley brought it from Rick Guzzy from Hampton. Muncie box and 12 bolt posi were also installed. The rear end was locked with ladder bars and he drove it to work (H R Owen, Perivale) everyday. He managed to dip into the high 11's at SPR on slicks. I even have a shot from Roger Gorringe with the front wheels in the air. Thanks for the memories chaps.

[Tiz57]

quote:Originally posted by Chad
:An update for you on the ex Stewart Woollard fenderless "Coast to Coast" Anglia. It's still alive and well, after being parked up on a lot in Michigan it's been bought by a young US rodder who's going through it now and hopes to get plenty of miles on it this season. Stewart was contacted by the new owner and I have arranged some replacement parts for the front end to be shipped out to get the rod rolling again. Stewart did indeed work for Fairlane Automotive and he did marry the bosses daughter, together with his boss/father-in-law and "Dusty Muroc" he launched "Real Hot Rods" selling a kit form Model A modified, a build up of this is being featured in R & C at the moment, unfortunately Stew is not quite "living the dream" as LP puts it as he's just been laid off due to low sales figures on the new modified. On another thread there's been some discussion on quality of US fibreglass bodies, if you've ever seen any of the Fairlane / Real Hot Rods products you'll know what quality is all about, they are quite unbelievable, but, quality like that comes with a price !! and Fairlane have suffered having some of their products ripped off by other manufacturers (poorer quality)which US rodders still buy, so we're not the only cost concious buyers out there. Getting back to Stew's trip across the States, an article was supposed to appear in SM but never happened due to the person who was earmarked to write it sloped off to the States as well !! The Anglia was sponsered by several people including our club (The Rodfathers) and Downham Autos and yes that was arranged through Steve Elliott who still has the Yellow Fordson (ex Kris Brown "Old Iron")which is now being gassered. Stews Anglia covered some serious miles in the US, from Florida to California, Bonneville to St Ignace and performed really well. He has some great stories to tell of his trip and it's a pity the articles never appeared in any of our mags.

Is that yellow fordson the one that used to go to north weald,i think it had a v6 then.Cool another gasser..SJB
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quote:Originally posted by AL
:MAURICE
HIS PURPLENESS IS RIGHT, THINK IT WAS ON THE COVER OF BLEAT MACHINE WITH A BLOKE SAT IN FRONT OF IT WITH A HANKY ROUND HIS NECK! IT WAS LINKED TO DOWNHAM AUTOS SOMEHOW, PROBABLY A MATE OF THAT BLOKE STEVE THAT HAD THE YELLOW V6 FORDSON.

PURPLESHIP PIECES OF EIGHT HAD A 390ci FE FORD I THINK & WAS OWNED BY NORM WILDING, THE BLOKE THAT BUILT FORD FEVER [WE'RE NOT WORTHY] & DROVE FUNNY CARS IN THE STATES.
CHEERS. AL

Thats right about norm wilding,he also biult blue moon another mkII with a v6.This car turned up at north weald in 2002 lookin the same as all them years ago.But wot happened to pieces of eight.When i was looking at blue moon at north weald someone there that used to no norm said that he thinks norm broke it up.The reg was 460 BOV if anyone nos.This car was a real blast.Also does anyone no whot happened to these-Shy Tot a 56 chevy that was in cc ,the same mag with roaring rat jun78.Also a seriosly fast red mk1 zephur/zodiac with very radiaced archs.I think it had a nitrous small block..SJB
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How about Steve Uragello's Minor pick up with the Rover V8, a well built car that just dissapeared around 1982. Any one know what happened to it? What of 'Cornish Tin' the green Model Y pick up with gold plating & no front brakes?..Andy
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Who was it that had the yellow pop that had lotus suspension years ago? Can`t remember what engine it ran.
Dave..Dave Lowe
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Yeah Dave I remember a road test feature in SM or CC on that one. Didn't it used to run a Rover V8? I don't think it was the guys first build either, wasn't he a bit of a 'name' at the time?..Andy
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If my memory serves me right it was Mervyn King,rover v8 & crager sst
wheels with gold centres..
chevy2
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Hears three cars that have been lodged in my memory bank(For about twenty five years). but does anyone remember them?Well here goes,i lived in benfleet then,just off the A13,you got quiete a bit of traffic down my road,ofton you would see custom cars about(they seamed to criuse about more then**.One of them was a MKIII zephur,with ovel back and rear side windows,had a beige vinel roof and terquwize in colour.It had a raised rear,im not to sure whot wheels,and had two criuse lights in the grill.I seam to think the car was changed to black a bit later on then red.then diserpiered.Another was a stock looking dodge charger (The 71-73 shape).It was red in colour and had orengey lettering all down the sides(Saying how much BHP it had)It was allways spining up its tyres.The third car,i first see was when i was sitting on a bench on bread-and cheese-hill(I was about 13or14 about the time)It was a PB Cresta,Bronzy type of colour,had slot mag wheels with the slots painted yellow,raised rear,cutterway rear valence to show of the yellow painted and detailed underside.It looked real good.I later see the car again parked up in a drive,it had two criuse lights on the front and had CRESTA ITS FROTHY MAN on the boot lid.A few years later the car reapiered in red.The car had the 3.3 lump.The driver at that time seamed to be known for doing burnouts(in mainly stock cars,one being a knocking triumph toledo)The CRESTA later may of been brocken up,im not sure.Ive looked in all my old mags for pics of these cars,but no luck.I wish i took more photoes back then,but its only in the memory bank..SJB
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Steve Uragellos chassis got sold on. Don't know what happened to the rest of it..kapri
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Mervyn King was Chairman of the NSRA I think (can anybody back me up on this?) and I mentioned his Pop on here many pages ago. Started off yellow then metallic brown then electric blue. It was a friend's daily driver for most of the late 80's and early 90's before being sold to Pop Parts Plus.Ian..WagonMan
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Kapri, you mentioned the ex Paul Gibbs model Y, it is indeed in the hands of Tim Hammond undergoing a complete revamp, it will then be up for sale, this summer possibly..Frankee.
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Wagonman, i know Mervyn King was N.S.R.A. secretery for a few years (late ,70s), but not to sure about chairman, it was the same time i was on the commitee.
Mervyn also produced the gasser for quite a few years, late 70s-early 80s, much the same as Dave does now.
If i find out otherwise i`ll post it on here..Brizey
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quote:Originally posted by cunningplan
:Popatop was the one, as you said it had graphics on the sides. I know it was'nt Alan Humphrys Pop as I used to see that around Hastings. Where is it now??

Alan Humphrys and the pop are still around Hastings and the pop is still in use..Ratcatcher
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quote:Originally posted by cunningplan
:Popatop was the one, as you said it had graphics on the sides. I know it was'nt Alan Humphrys Pop as I used to see that around Hastings. Where is it now??

Alan Humphrys and the pop are still around Hastings and the pop is still in use.
I might have missed this one but wot about Golly Godbers minor van ? & the herald of Richard wale (i think that was his name ) ?
& there was that Marina pick up too ?..boyceeeee
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I can help with info on Richard Wales Triumph, unfortunately after keeping it for many years, Richard himself broke it up and sold the parts on. Back in late '98 I went with a mate of mine up to Putney and we filled a van with stuff, my mate bought a job lot of everything Richard had left including a very highly detailed small block Chevy and 'box that sat on its own display trolley. I believe the engine had been displayed at indoor shows next to the Herald. The engine was supposed to go into my mates '57 Chevy but don't think he's done the swap yet!..Lord Purple of Binfield
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Just sold the polished turbo 400 this week and possibly the Centre lines too from Richards Herald.

I know who has the 6cylinder from the car and I think I know who has the original chassis

[pandkgmagazine]

We want to get as many historic painted vehicles as possible at the Kustom Kulture Blastoff festival in Spalding Lincolnshire 3.4 September if you live in the vicinity and can bring them along then we would love to hear from you

We are organising a reunion of some of the old time Uk customisers & painters too and some iconic vehicles including
French Connection Mustang & The Bullitt Mustang
PLus many more to stir the memories and the heart strings.

We are also trying to track down Al Llewellyn if you know where he is hiding do let us know as the rest of his 1970's team including Badger Ray Hopgood, George Smith Phill Bissett, and Geaff Ridgway will be having a reunion and photo shoot at the show.

so do come you can check us out at www.kustomkultureblastoff.com