Nats at Liecster we should have WON best display dont you think. Maybe not. Mick Bannell in the middle . Always remember had not rain for a year but it did then LOL.
Nats at Liecster we should have WON best display dont you think. Maybe not. Mick Bannell in the middle . Always remember had not rain for a year but it did then LOL.
On the 31st of august 87 i went to a classic car show in my mk2 cortina that i was slowly turning into a leadslead, the show was somewhere on the london bound side of the a127, cant remember the exact location though. onto the pics, My mk2 is firstl then a cool 70s style consul capri, but the main headturner there was the hot tuna model y with filled in rear windows, cant remember ever seeing that one again?? It was a very nice rod.
Lots more to come, i will be going back to the rayleigh weir soon...
Last edited by MOPAR; 31-01-09 at 01:49 AM. Reason: more info
now heres the first installment from the weir 16th september 87, excuse some of the pics, but its all history!, first we have a dodge, then a b which i remember on the front of custom car with a bloke dressed like a dummy next to it!, then we have a rare Packard clipper super, more to come, including that dreaded pink 105e that was mentioned further up the thread!, enjoy...Originally Posted by mopar
Mark the Model Y is the one Terry Ball had in silver and Pink,not sure if he owned it in this pic though? Terry sold it about 8??? years ago.The Y is proberly still about somewhere.
The Consul Capri i see about 4/5 years ago at Rayliegh and looked near enough the same as in the pic complete with the side pipe,only wing mirrors had been added. I spoke to the girl who owned it,she said it had just come out of a garage/lock up 4 the first time in ten years.
Last edited by SJB; 31-01-09 at 05:05 AM.
hi steve model y was built by eric cornes
he lived in maldon essex
was a mate of bob nixons
bob had it as his wedding car
eric whent to aus in 1984
it was sold at the 1984 nats at knebworth
went down south coast then martin ockendon brought back to essex and terry got it of him
dont no were it is now mick
Heres some more from the weir, 16th september 87. First we have the hot lemon minor again, i think it had a 289 in it, (looks like wilf stacey behind the minor in the red jacket) i saw hot lemon a couple of years ago at harlow so i think its still about, then we have the wide very 70s vitesse, i think this was used on the tele in the levis advert, theres a gold pop beside it which i dont recognise?, then finally we have the dreaded pink 105e anglia that was mentioned further up the thread, sorry just had to do it!!, oh & the blue consul capri of course..........
Last edited by MOPAR; 31-01-09 at 11:52 PM. Reason: more info
That could be? Steve Dodds Mustang in the background of Hot Lemon,(left pic) as it was white when he got it and he did put the pro stock hood scoop on.I wonder if he used any bits of the crashed zephur,axle,wheels??
wot you mean this one? Are you saying that steve dodds zephyr (blue & white) got smashed up & then ended up yellow & white & back on the road?, theres stuff about it further up this thread i think.
I knew that little Anglia wouldn't go totally without notice. It was a one owner, low mileage car when I got my hands on it. I put a pair of front wings on it and called it job done. That was until Celia insisted she wanted it pink! All in that car owed me around £175 and served Celia well for a number of years doing a daily commute between Grays and Southend.
Thanks for sharing all these pictures with us, although I don't know a lot about the owners and the history of the cars they are bringing back a lot of memories of when I first got into modified cars. I used to attend the Rayleigh Weir quite frequently later on in either in my 23 T roadster or my 24 T Doctor's Coupe, so I think I made up for a somewhat shady start!
Last edited by Banger; 04-02-09 at 11:17 PM.
hi yeah that was steve dodds mustang
he got it off me mate in maldon his name was steve barrowman
was a stock 289 mustang
steve dodd had two zodys
first had a v6
then the next one had a 260 ford in it which the bonnet came up as he
was giong along and he crashed the zody
so he got the mustang of me mate and built a great looking car
dont now if he still owns the mustang havent seen him latley
mick
yep steve still owns the stang,its on its 3rd(style of) set of wheels now.
The john Webster Minor had a bolt in roll bar driver cage aswell that could be removed if need be, knocked up by Geof Owen
Last edited by SJB; 01-02-09 at 11:27 AM.
As Mick mentioned he had another Mk2 after the blue and white one.This other MK2 was on the cover of Street Machine in about 84? it was tubbed out by Hot Rod Enterprises on Canvey island,had stock looking bodywork,with the rear doors not welded up and the bumpers were on aswell,(differant to the other mk2s in the area) It was one colour blue and had chrome 5 spokes similer to what was on the stang when that first came out.
There was a few small pics of this Mk2 in Custom Car when they done a feature on cars and companys in the Southend and serounding area,that was about 84 aswell.
Some of you will no doult remember the Rayleigh Weir nights started at another pub in Rayleigh the Travellers Joy about 1977-8. We had to move when they was revamping it. Good move is was great down the Weir. Here is some pics from the Travellers Joy.
Ken,
When you post picture links press enter between each one that way they'll go down the page, not across.
Ian.
travelers joy pics
If you look just to the left in the background of the 50 chevy pic it looks like the Hot Car feature car "White Heat"
Cheers Ian i am a bit new to this. Any advice welcomed. Ken.
ken has only just been pursuaded to put his slate & chalk down......
redmad who had the 32 cabrio,i know it went to dave palmer and was unchanneled ,a mate told me he saw it in a yard years later in bits but has since said he didnt !!!
lowflyer,,that morris was owned by a lady in west end, esher
The 32 in those pics about 1978 it belong to Eddy Dodwell. But it was built by Russ Ward. There was a feature in Custom Car in the 70s front cover i think. Cady engine and back axel i think all steel too.
thanks
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