Southend Cruise and Custom Scene

[SJB]

A couple of years ago I bumped into the guy who used to run the weir burger van from about 78 through to the early 80s, I was going to say hello but was too star struck he still looked exactly the same as he did back then

They used to do Animal burgers there.
Now and again there would be a Red PB Cresta down there and a 3litre Capri with straight through pipes.
The CB place "Big Rigs" was just round the corner,owned by Barry Curtis,had a red 56 Chevy wagon with a jag irs,and the Thorneycroft Antar Wrecker outside and there was a red T-bucket in there.Anybody no what one that was?

heres the PB-another one from the Cruise and Weir
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YczHgsYhmMM

[GTRjazz]

They used to do Animal burgers there.
Now and again there would be a Red PB Cresta down there and a 3litre Capri with straight through pipes.
The CB place "Big Rigs" was just round the corner,owned by Barry Curtis,had a red 56 Chevy wagon with a jag irs,and the Thorneycroft Antar Wrecker outside and there was a red T-bucket in there.Anybody no what one that was?

heres the PB-another one from the Cruise and Weir
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YczHgsYhmMM

The only place that deep fat fried burgers a chap I worked with at Perrys Hadleigh owned a PB Cresta I am sure its the Red oxide painted car in that video. Later he owned a Dodge Challanger which he painted Orange.

[MOPAR]

first time i ever new about the weir,i was with some mates in that petrol station that used to be over the road,there was a burger bar near by what we used to go to near where whicks is now,then we heard what sounded like thunder and over the road was a line of mk 2 street racers leaving the car park,maybe to go to the island?which i dident no about then.

i will stick some weir piccys on, eventually.............

[MOPAR]

The red beamer that was white with blue stripes etc also went down the weir.

[MOPAR]

Heres some pics from knebworth of the beamer thats now red next to the black pop further up the thread, this is how it used to go down the wier.

[MOPAR]

and here it is, stuarts amc again, oh silly me there was 2 more pics!

more to follow, watch this space.

Heres some more, the first 4 pics i think this were from the january 87 cruise, (remember now i was getting into mk2 cortinas)......, the escort was at the feb cruise and was an estate & i think it actually drove around with that flag on the back!

[MOPAR]

Heres some more, i think this was the january 87 cruise, remember now i was getting into mk2 cortinas......, the escort was an estate & i think it actually drove around with that flag on the back!

Heres my last pics of the feb 87 cruise, although very dark i had to put the first pic on as it shows a mk2 farnham estate (YJN 743) & also how the nice boys in blue didnt care atall about where they parked, they just parked on the roundabout, this meant that cars coming from the kurzel end towards the pier had to go straight on & couldnt turn around for about another quater of a mile(where all the cars park in the middle of the road) there were never any coppers up that end so occasionally, (just occasionally mind!) the cars would lose a little of the grip on the rear tyres as they done the u turn to return for the next circuit!!!, more to come soon.

[littlehotrod]

hi mark the pop behind the bmw is ron keenes other pop
wot year was that
mick

[SJB]

Mark the brown MK2 Farnham with slot mags must of been the "Kursal Flyer"theres a pic somewhere on Nicks Timetravel site.

A few other cars spring to mind from the cruise-
Sleeper Mk 1 black Cortina,just had differant wheels.
Mk 4 Zephur/Zodiac,green with Jag irs.
Winstons Rover

Great pics mark,thanks for posting all that lot,brings back great memorys

[mopar steve]

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Mk 4 Zephur/Zodiac,green with Jag irs.

Think that was probably an old mate of mine, Pete Warren from Croydon, we used to get down there from time to time, it also had a 302 in it!

[SJB]

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Mk 4 Zephur/Zodiac,green with Jag irs.

Think that was probably an old mate of mine, Pete Warren from Croydon, we used to get down there from time to time, it also had a 302 in it!

I see a MK 4 with jag irs mentioned on the custom shop thread 289 powered,must of been the same one,couldant of been many MK 4s with irs,s
There was also a pickup one that i see down the cruise.

Anybody on here(i no Trimmer see it) ever see the ZZTop Coupe in the Ford Gararge showroom,Eastwood along the A127 in 85 or 86.Me mate couldant believe it as a 19 year old who had just been biulding the Monogram Kit then sudenly there it is the real car.

[MOPAR]

hi mark the pop behind the bmw is ron keenes other pop
wot year was that
mick

hi, i havent got an exact year on this as yet, they are pictures i borroed from a mate & like many people (not me!!) he does not date them, if people did all this archive stuff would be a lot easier!! I have already established it is after 81, so is perhaps 82/83 ish??

Heres anothe pic and more pops from the same show, i know its not southend but we will get back to that after this short interlude, enjoy...........

[MOPAR]

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I see a MK 4 with jag irs mentioned on the custom shop thread 289 powered,must of been the same one,couldant of been many MK 4s with irs,s
There was also a pickup one that i see down the cruise.

Anybody on here(i no Trimmer see it) ever see the ZZTop Coupe in the Ford Gararge showroom,Eastwood along the A127 in 85 or 86.Me mate couldant believe it as a 19 year old who had just been biulding the Monogram Kit then sudenly there it is the real car.

WOULD THE PICK UP HAVE BEEN THIS ONE?, IVE ALWAYS KNOWN THE MK4 BEING KNOWN AS THE FLYING PIG MODEL!! DONT KNOW WHY ANY ONE ELSE HEARD THE PHRASE? THE OTHER NAME IVE HEARD FOR THE IS AIRCRAFT CARRIER BECAUSE OF THE VAST BONNET!

[SJB]

yep that must be the one,the roof was done like that.I seam to remember it being done yellow or was it ?

Mark did you ever go down Americas down Southchurch road or when it moved to Westcliff Boulevard

[MOPAR]

yep that must be the one,the roof was done like that.i seam to remember it being done yellow or was it ?

Mark did you ever go down americas down southchurch road or when it moved to westcliff boulevard

cant be to many of em about, i remember getting in one at a breakers once, the front seats looked and were as comfortable as a chesterfield sofa!!

Sorry i never got to any of those shops.

[MOPAR]

heres some more, the first 4 pics i think this were from the january 87 cruise, (remember now i was getting into mk2 cortinas)......, the escort was at the feb cruise and was an estate & i think it actually drove around with that flag on the back!

heres my last pics of the feb 87 cruise, although very dark i had to put the first pic on as it shows a mk2 farnham estate (yjn 743) & also how the nice boys in blue didnt care atall about where they parked, they just parked on the roundabout, this meant that cars coming from the kurzel end towards the pier had to go straight on & couldnt turn around for about another quater of a mile(where all the cars park in the middle of the road) there were never any coppers up that end so occasionally, (just occasionally mind!) the cars would lose a little of the grip on the rear tyres as they done the u turn to return for the next circuit!!!, more to come soon.

heres 5 pics & the only ones i have from the 14th of march 87, looks more like classice ford night!!, the red mk1 is frk 495d, the white mk2 is xan 158g, the marvelous crayford corsair is a genuine example registered sml 911f, oh & check out the mini van wheels/trims next to the mk1 on the hill!!, enjoy......

[kapri]

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WOULD THE PICK UP HAVE BEEN THIS ONE?, IVE ALWAYS KNOWN THE MK4 BEING KNOWN AS THE FLYING PIG MODEL!! DONT KNOW WHY ANY ONE ELSE HEARD THE PHRASE? THE OTHER NAME IVE HEARD FOR THE IS AIRCRAFT CARRIER BECAUSE OF THE VAST BONNET!

Mate of mine,local scrap metal dealer , who owned one was known as the Flying Pig ,don't know about the car though They were possibly called that because of Police use,you know like the Sweeney Granada model ? ? I always knew them as the Aircraft Carrier.

[plumpcars]

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Mate of mine,local scrap metal dealer , who owned one was known as the Flying Pig ,don't know about the car though They were possibly called that because of Police use,you know like the Sweeney Granada model ? ? I always knew them as the Aircraft Carrier.

Had two and loved them. One sat on the factory wheels from a 71 Roadrunner .

[SJB]

The only place that deep fat fried burgers a chap I worked with at Perrys Hadleigh owned a PB Cresta I am sure its the Red oxide painted car in that video. Later he owned a Dodge Challanger which he painted Orange.

That must have been Paul Harris,he had the PB then a blue AMX then the orenge Chalenger-which had the direct conection decals on the rear querters,and a roll bar,this car a guy known as "spanner" bought it after.Ive got a pic of the Challenger somewhere.The last time i see this car many years after spanner owned it,was white.
A guy called Eddie had the PB in the u-tube vid.

[littlehotrod]

hi steve there was a mk 4 zody v6 pick up in a garage when i lived in brentwood about 10 years ago it got sold to a guy in halstead last time i see him hed sold it on
i would have had it but no room at the time
i reembered the zody at the romford cruise
mick