Southend Cruise and Custom Scene

**MOPAR** · 12-01-09, 01:12 AM

Originally Posted by sjb

chears mopar,ken robbins said you had some pics,hope you dont mind,would be great to see them.
Ken was saying that the chelmsford drag n street rod club used to hand out flyers at the cruise for a showing of a hot rod film at a cinema in chelmsford after the cruise!

yes they hired out the local pavillion, they showed 2 lane blacktop on the 9th of october 76 & american graffiti on the 12th of november, both the second staurdays of the month.

This was just as i was getting into rodding, hence i didnt know anything about it, wish i did, apparantly (however you spell it!) chelmsford was bumper to bumper hot rods & rodders had to be turned away as the pavillion was full to capacity.

Check out the 2 origional flyers i just happen to have in stock!, probably designed & drawn by the late bob rothwell, not sure though.

Anyway, thanks to you i have just spent about 3 hours scanning in some old southend negatives they all hail from about 86, some of them are pretty crud as i was getting to grips with my 110 camera, and you had to pay for all the pics then, didnt you!.......more to come, enjoy........

**MOPAR** · 12-01-09, 01:21 AM

Originally Posted by sjb

anybody got any pics or storys of the second saturday of the month cruise,someone tells me mopar has???.
The eastern cruisers aparently started it,in sep of 74/75or 76???
Did you ever go to the cruise.

by the way i remember the mk4 or 5 cortina in the previous picture getting pulled up by the ole bill, they were all over the blower like a rash, i think he got a ticket for no belt cover!, heres some more pics, THE YELLOW PRIMERED MK1 CORTINA WAS A ROOFCHOPPED VAN & THE FORDSON OR THAMES VANS REG WAS MSV 906, MY CAMERA DIDNT SEEM TO LIKE TAKING NUMBER PLATES!, MORE SOON...

**MOPAR** · 12-01-09, 01:27 AM

Originally Posted by sjb

anybody got any pics or storys of the second saturday of the month cruise,someone tells me mopar has???.
The eastern cruisers aparently started it,in sep of 74/75or 76???
Did you ever go to the cruise.

and some more!! The capri was a certain mr steve baines car, (of red 34 tot rod fame & cdsrc member), the escort was quite a cherry pick up, cal look was alive & check out the wheelie bars on the oxford, dont you just love em, when are they comin back!!

**MOPAR** · 12-01-09, 01:33 AM

Originally Posted by SJB

Anybody got any pics or storys of the second Saturday of the month cruise,someone tells me Mopar has???.
The Eastern cruisers aparently started it,in Sep of 74/75or 76???
Did you ever go to the cruise.

by the way the last lot of photos starting from the wheely barred oxford & these ones are all from the 12th of april 1986, discotrucker was also there (les cousins?) & so was alan lamberts? blue escort van, pictures are to crud to print. check out the mk2 with the hiked jag back end, i think these should be the next fashion to come back, with wheely bars of course!! thats all for now, will have a look to see if i have any more soon, cheers.

**SJB** · 12-01-09, 02:41 AM

great pics Mopar,thanks for the time putting them on here,much appreciated.Just dont no why i dident take pics there??
i guess thats Kens 55 on the flyer.
The steve Baines Capri was in the readers cars of Street Machine how it is in that pic.Is that the same capri that he had with like a pick up back,tube front and done in red?think it had a Rover init?
I see the Discotrucker for sale many years ago not far from Rayliegh/Thundersly,dont no who owned it then.
The blue Escort van you mentioned was that the one with V6 and wide archs all round,used to go down the Weir tuesday meet.

**SJB** · 12-01-09, 03:00 AM

That yellow Minor seams to ring a bell,dident Wilf Stacey have one like that???may be not.

**MOPAR** · 12-01-09, 09:08 AM

yes you are very right on the capri dont know about tube front but it did get pick upped & red, not gettinhg confused with the blue/white sky high one r u?

right on the blue van as well, i think the guys name was alan larcom, i will have to check, spose you will want to see the weir pics next...
must get to work!!

**MOPAR** · 12-01-09, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by sjb

great pics mopar,thanks for the time putting them on here,much appreciated.just dont no why i dident take pics there??
I guess thats kens 55 on the flyer.
The steve baines capri was in the readers cars of street machine how it is in that pic.is that the same capri that he had with like a pick up back,tube front and done in red?think it had a rover init?
I see the discotrucker for sale many years ago not far from rayliegh/thundersly,dont no who owned it then.
The blue escort van you mentioned was that the one with v6 and wide archs all round,used to go down the weir tuesday meet.

heres steves capri in the guise you mention, anyone seen it lately?? & heres the escort van, (only pic i can easily access, the blue one!) & of course the one & only discotrucker.

**streetrat** · 12-01-09, 09:41 PM

Yes that's where Americar was - memory failed me as usual. Had it in my head it was near Basildon
Funny enough I took the Rat to Southend Cruise last year one Saturday. Thoroughly enjoyed seeing the more up to date cars and appreciated them (although of course, not really my thing) but I had a throng of people around my car, probably wondering what I was doing there and I guess a lot of the youngsters wondering what the hell it was!

However as I say a good night was had and I'll no doubt pop along again this year sometime.

Dave

**Col33** · 12-01-09, 10:30 PM

Originally Posted by MOPAR

heres steves capri in the guise you mention, anyone seen it lately?? & heres the escort van, (only pic i can easily access, the blue one!) & of course the one & only discotrucker.

Seem to recall the white Escort van ( with triangular rear doors, Jar IRS etc ) was owned by a guy called Les and used to be kept in a lock up garage behind the Owl and Pu55ycat pub in Basildon.

**BIGJOB** · 12-01-09, 11:02 PM

I showed my beetle at Southend custom car show in 79,remember it was near the airport ?,any one remember that? then the following year doing the cruise in Ron France's chevelle (STITCH)with Bob1 and mr Butterworth,deary me,would either of you 2 care/dare totake up the story?

**chevy2** · 12-01-09, 11:04 PM

Originally Posted by Alan Lambert

What was the name of the stretch of rod in Beckton where we used to race.... near harpies ???

Went there a few times on sunday nights,
it was a new stretch of road put in for the new housing that was going up,
think it was called 'Tolgate rd'?

**GTRjazz** · 12-01-09, 11:06 PM

1979 was probably the year I attended the most if not all Southend Cruises
I remember a Celica covered in rough texture artex and painted yellow, and a Mk 2 Cortina
covered in Pink fur

that was owned by a chap who ran a carpet shop.
Most were tuned family saloons like my Mk2 Cortina GT with a stage two cam from performance unlimited , DIY head porting and a set of cut down 2.0 pinto jets from prices in leigh.

**littlehotrod** · 13-01-09, 12:02 AM

hi i think the yellow moggy was jay emerys first
rod we used to go all the time but not got any pictures
mick

**MOPAR** · 13-01-09, 12:20 AM

Originally Posted by bigjob

i showed my beetle at southend custom car show in 79,remember it was near the airport ?,any one remember that? Then the following year doing the cruise in ron france's chevelle (stitch)with bob1 and mr butterworth,deary me,would either of you 2 care/dare totake up the story?

must have been this show then, notice the silver beetle in the background on picture 2, i also remember a green one with i think a sunvisor etc on it?, think ive got picks of this at the following sos shows.

Also shown of course is small fry, richie kings f type victor, which went out in a blaze of glory banger racing!!, and andy fenns that mini & no it was not rear wheel drive!!, great 70s rods at their best!!

**SJB** · 13-01-09, 12:51 AM

Great pics Mopar!
I put my pics of the show on the old NSRA site,will put em back on here when i sort scanner.
I used to cycle down there on the friday afternoon to see the cars turning up,then go down Sunday,then wait to the end to see some of them blast up the road!
That biulding ended up being "Roller City" so end of shows
Was you there when John Dodds Merlin was on show outside.
El richies"Phenix"i took a pic of over in Chelmsford then showed it to Richard down at German Kar company?(think it was called),he wanted a copy of the pic,then not long after i found out the F-type had been banger raced.What a waste!!!

**MOPAR** · 13-01-09, 01:23 AM

Yeh yeh got pictures of dodds rolls with the union jack over the grill at the southend show,(it was inside in my pics) no pics to hand though, thousands not on computer yet! Yeh dead shame about the f type, it was the german car company on the leigh road where they sell all the motors along the road, cheers 4 now.

**BIGJOB** · 13-01-09, 10:10 AM

Yes Mark thats my silver beetle,was a good show,but i remember we had to camp right at the side of the road,a fast road as well,still remember laying there expecting to get splattered any minute !

**SJB** · 13-01-09, 07:39 PM

**SJB** · 13-01-09, 07:48 PM

these pics were on the old site,but thought i would put em on here for newer visitors

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