Southend Cruise and Custom Scene

[littlehotrod]

hi mark the minor is lees from st albans
and the caddy is tichs from wickford his still got it
mick

[SJB]

& here they are, 1st pic shows 2 beech bugs, 2 mk2 cortinas, a consul capri rear end, 2 souped minors, a mk1 escort & yes another mk4 zody, this time a standard & rare farnham estate, pic 2 shows a typical 70s spoilered capri & the 3rd shot shows a boler t, & 100e, i first saw the boler t at the 77 eastern cruisers run near colchester, theres to many to list in the 4th shot but of particular note theres what looks like a dark coloured 57 chevy in the distance to the left of the lampost, that completes this show, enjoy....

mark as you no now thanks to Ken thats Myra Cooks 100E near the sp*t*i*e.

[SJB]

hi mark the minor is lees from st albans
and the caddy is tichs from wickford his still got it
mick

do you no Mick what happened to the Minor,is it still about.

[littlehotrod]

hi steve last time i see lee and minor when we went to the last zoo doo
lee sold the minor and got out of the scene
havent seen it about and as you know i go to a lot of rod runs
mick

[lowflyer]

hi steve last time i see lee and minor when we went to the last zoo doo
lee sold the minor and got out of the scene
havent seen it about and as you know i go to a lot of rod runs
mick

lee is now active on the bike sceen and has had several bikes featured in bsh ,saw the minor few years ago in surrey

[littlehotrod]

hi clive how you doing
i wonderd were lee went does he still live in st albans
mick

[MOPAR]

heres more from the cruise. This is the 10th of august 1986, the minor was just plain rad & posed well for the camera, almost looks like a toy in the pic!, then theres the escort estate again with no flag on & an a60 in front of that, then we have a red 59 caddy , and stuart eckersleys amc again, this was quite a regular car & i had a few rides in it as he was a mate of a mates, loved that car, rip the amc!!, enjoy........

heres a few more from august 86, SAME MOTORS, DIFFERENT PICS!.

[MOPAR]

heres more from the cruise. This is the 10th of august 1986, the minor was just plain rad & posed well for the camera, almost looks like a toy in the pic!, then theres the escort estate again with no flag on & an a60 in front of that, then we have a red 59 caddy , and stuart eckersleys amc again, this was quite a regular car & i had a few rides in it as he was a mate of a mates, loved that car, rip the amc!!, enjoy........

heres a few more from august 86, same motors, different pics!.

& the final couple from that august cruise, the blue escort van is maybe alan larcombes or lambert or something like that, but then again is it, cant get the reg, note the square headlamps, is this a different one??!, & the mk3 was my trusty steed, note the tube grill which was floating & made from clothes rails!!

[littlehotrod]

hi i think alans van went to belguim
and was stripped and running gear used in a t bucket
havent seen alan for a few years was building e type jags
last time i see him at battlesbridge
mick

[MOPAR]

hi i think alans van went to belguim
and was stripped and running gear used in a t bucket
havent seen alan for a few years was building e type jags
last time i see him at battlesbridge
mick

yes he was/is building an e type, but what is his surname! & is that the van, i dont think it is?

[littlehotrod]

hi mark that is alan in his van
his a great bloke les his mate had the escort van white with triangle back doors
last time i see les he had a porche
they was all with the eric gang
mick

[MOPAR]

hi mark that is alan in his van
his a great bloke les his mate had the escort van white with triangle back doors
last time i see les he had a porche
they was all with the eric gang
mick

ok, so he must have put square headlamps in at a later stage, just wish i could remember the surname, i do see him now & again, yes nice guy. Heres a pic of the other van owned by les part way through the build at the 2nd essex clubs run at the essex showground on the 22nd of july 79.

IT IS OF COURSE BEFORE THE REAR DOORS WERE CHEESEWEDGED!!

[chevy2]

ok, so he must have put square headlamps in at a later stage, just wish i could remember the surname, i do see him now & again, yes nice guy. Heres a pic of the other van owned by les part way through the build at the 2nd essex clubs run at the essex showground on the 22nd of july 79.

IT IS OF COURSE BEFORE THE REAR DOORS WERE CHEESEWEDGED!!

for those that dont know, the last owner of this van was Arnie? from Barnet/north london,apparently after not paying the rent on the council lock-up the council removed it, it ended up in Fishers breakers in Hendon.

[roscobbc]

anyone go to the seven kings (ilford) meets just down from customvile
spoke before about starting a meet back down southend not a bad run if weathers good and hot doughnuts at the three sheels
adrian

Yep - used to do that one in a really scruffy beige and primer lowered '66 Galaxie 2 door coupe with hot 428 and 4 speed. There were so many of us - we would all cruise out to a pub somewhere out near Navestock or Ongar and later race back to Jakes burger bar across the road from the car park.

[MOPAR]

for those that dont know, the last owner of this van was arnie? From barnet/north london,apparently after not paying the rent on the council lock-up the council removed it, it ended up in fishers breakers in hendon.

geeeez what a waste of machne!!

[MOPAR]

Just up the road from southend is rayleigh of course, the erics met at the weir pub, (dont know if they still do?) custom car ran a trophy night series at pubs around the country, i think it was called the vittle inn cruise?, or similar, this is one of the heats from rayleigh on the 15th of july 87, the pictures start off pretty poor, but still worth showing, its all history!, more to come & they get better!.

I think thats the g force mustang in the background of the beetle front shot, & the model t in the really bad picture is roger sinclairs which he still has, exactly the same, probably done about 52 1/2 miles since!!!!

[MOPAR]

Just up the road from southend is rayleigh of course, the erics met at the weir pub, (dont know if they still do?) custom car ran a trophy night series at pubs around the country, i think it was called the vittle inn cruise?, or similar, this is one of the heats from rayleigh on the 15th of july 87, the pictures start off pretty poor, but still worth showing, its all history!, more to come & they get better!.

I think thats the g force mustang in the background of the beetle front shot, & the model t in the really bad picture is roger sinclairs which he still has, exactly the same, probably done about 52 1/2 miles since!!!!

heres some more, thats a hammered ford classic in the second pic, that was the first & only time i saw that, what happened to that, (theres a better pic of it coming soon), & the 4th rough pic shows a couple of kharman ghias, enjoy.........

[REDMAD]

heres some more, thats a hammered ford classic in the second pic, that was the first & only time i saw that, what happened to that, (theres a better pic of it coming soon), & the 4th rough pic shows a couple of kharman ghias, enjoy.........

I hope i am right but the third pic from end looks like Cakies Ford coupe which is Terry and Annas Goldrush gasser.

[timetravel]

I hope i am right but the third pic from end looks like Cakies Ford coupe which is Terry and Annas Goldrush gasser.

Yes you're right Ken, here's a shot of it in the daylight.......

[REDMAD]

Yes you're right Ken, here's a shot of it in the daylight.......

Cheers Nick Cakie put a lot of work into that car. Later it was a margenta colour.