coggers

I didn't notice mate , sorry . I wasn't looking too close at it though but it looked pretty good to me !

Pics from last Sunday ..

I've probably got most of them , do you want me to scan your letters in and email you them ?

I scanned a load of old Street Machine mags for another forum I'm on , in amongst which were a fair few old Fords so thought you'd like to see them , wondering how many are still around today ? In no particular order then.. 3.0 V6 mk3 cal look Cortina in VW/Audi Cadiz orange.. Granzilla , '75 Granada coupe , 3" roof chop , P6 rear lights and wing sections lengthened 8-9inches , pillarless+frameless windows , split front screen with extending roofline to match . 3.5 V8 . 550hp Chevy engined Pro Street Zephyr Pro street Mk1 Consul , running a 360hp AMC lump December 94 cover car - John Tebenhams nitrous Cossied Anglia May 90 cover car - Mk1 Zodiac pro street , Harris built small block Ford V8 Dunno whether the photo made it better ( or the fact I'm from Newcastle ) but I loved the white/black combo on this one (and I don't mean the ladies trousers.... ) Escort Twin Cam cover car from July 86 May 92 , Mk2 Escort van , 4.6l 283ci Chevy lump , 350hp @6500rpm December 95 cover car and I loved this one , 300E Thames van , 3.9 Rover V8 , narrowed Volvo 240 axle . April 96 , another one running a Rover V8 Feb 96 , I still can't get away with 3 spokes Feb 96 cover car , and yes it used to be a MK1 .. RS2000 front end , Cav MK3 door handles , Chevy 350ci 5.7l , Ford Galaxy narrowed axle. The December 93 cover car , '59 Zephyr , Ford 315ci , Jag axle , roof chopped 2 1/2" , rear doors welded up , Golf indicators , Civic door handles , Consul tail lights. So , how many are still around today ? I know Granzilla is and I know the Chevy engined Zephyr is - how many more are ? If you know what happened to any of them please tell all and stick some pics up of what they look like today ! Enjoy

Was really an MG/Classic show so not much Ford stuff there tbh but thought you might be interested in this...

i finally got a reply from the council ,story is they're going to arrange a day when the top floors will be open to the public to allow photographs to be taken and we have been added to the list of interested parties . Unfortunately cars will NOT be allowed past the 7th floor for safety reasons. But we can go into the carpark as it is now and take photographs of our cars , only criteria is I have to fill in an indemnity form which would state that the photos are to be used for 'personal use' only.... Now that I've actually got a contact at the council I'm going to speak to him over the next few days just to clarify what's been said in the email and then we should be a bit nearer to organising a meet.

Northern Bloke - cool . Saw your car down at Croft the other weekend , looking excellent I've spoken to Gateshead Council. Crack is I have to put a request in writing to get a permit to go in it and take pics and try and get to the top level etc etc .. So I've written them a letter , waiting to hear back.. Had another look today and the car park is well and truly open to about the 6th floor. It's open on saturdays too until 6.30pm. So we should definitely make it a Saturday and get some pics inside the thing I think. If we catch it just right and it's a bright day we'll get some excellent stuff.I just wish I had a better camera and a better eye for this sort of thing. Few more pics to whet your appetite. And the winner for the best graffiti with a black magic marker for 2007 goes to..... And that ^^^ was not me ..honest officer. And this is level 7 which you can't get to.. the indoor market is till going , there was a sign inside one of the stalls saying they were still open until January .. When you actually get into the car park and start driving up the various levels it isn't too steep so if you're running anything really low you should be ok The only really bad bit may be the entrance ramp off the main street outside but its' not too bad..

Oh yes , i remember ...

So me and mrs coggers had a looky about today to see what , if any , access we could get ..Nokia phone pics and all that.. As you go South over the Tyne bridge you can see the thing looming out of the skyline in the distance... It's still got a shopping centre bit attached to the bottom of it but it's really run down .. You can get the odd shot from the roads around it but all the ones I saw were either double yellow or bus only types but going on a sunday afternoon late on it wasn't too busy .. Ironically enough , Tescos carpark seems to offer the best shots You can still go inside it on the ground level as there seem to be a few shops still trading.. and if you're into taking pics of these sort of delapidated 60's concrete jungle type of buildings then you'll love it . I could have wandered around there for hours The restaurant bit at the top this is the road that the attractive laydee goes hurtling up in her white Sunbeam hmmmm ^^^ This last shot is from the main road ouside but it's a bus route only.. Gratuitous going back over the Tyne bridge shaky shot : So unless we park in Tescos and rattle off a few shots it's not going to be easy to get a group photo too near it . There is a side road that has the usual 'permit holders and deliveries only' signs on it which leads up to this bit --- you'd probably have to be quick because there are cameras all over the place but even in saying that we wandered about for half an hour or so without any hassle .. About 2mins over the road from there is the old Joseph Rank building which is now the Baltic arts centre - has a huge car park so may be a better meeting point. So I'm suggesting in about a fortnight we meet at the Baltic , mosey over to the carpark then head over to the Angel of The North ? That'll be Sunday November 25th - anybody up for it ?

Doesn't matter what you're driving or how good/bad it is ( I'll be in a Firenza ffs) i just thought that it was one of those iconic buildings ( unfortunately not a listed one...) that every time Iwatch the film again I find myself talking to somebody about how good it would be to have a look at it and take some pics before it gets bulldozed. I remember the feature that was in Classic Ford years ago when they drove a mk2 Cortina up here and took a few snaps , just thought it would be good to do it before the chance is lost forever.. I've posted this on Retro Rides and Retro Car Club and there's a bit of interest in it so it's not going to be an all Ford thing , bit of an eclectic mix if anything The more the merrier !

aye I was thinking that ! if we went early enough it'd be fairly empty so more chance of a decent pic..

Just an idea at the minute really but myself and one of the Retro Rides chaps have mumbled on in the past about how good an idea it would be to get some pics of various retros using the Get Carter car park as a backdrop.. You know the one.. Yeah that one . Apparently Tescos want to redevelop the site. This would obviously involve knocking down the existing shopping centre and the car park and this may be as soon as the new year.. So the plan is we're going to have a looky at the surrounding streets this weekend to see if there's anywhere accessible for a decent pic or two . So depending on what we find this weekend , does anybody fancy a small but perfectly formed retro meet in the next few weeks to take a few snaps before they flatten the thing ?

Some pics from a modified show i was at on sunday. Not too much old stuff there mind .. And then on the way home from that show , we stumbled accross a more 'traditional ' classic show and saw these two mint Capris And that's your lot..

great pics love the mk2 Cortina on minilites...

great pics the Anglia in the first pic , is that the one that was in Street Machine yeeeeeeeeeaaaaars ago ? used to belong to Fly the photographer (or maybe still does ? )

yep. excellent turnout and some top motors there. that was my Firenza , sorry chaps - i did try and park away from everybody so as not to spoil your pics... But , like i say , a great turnout

Chain Bridge Honey Farm (near Berwick upon Tweed) has a charity open day on Sunday September the 2nd . There will be over 100 "vintage vehicles" in attendance .. I've spoken to Steven Robson the organiser and he's more than happy for anybody with an 'interesting' vehicle to turn up and display on the day . You don't have to have a car with a starter handle , if you know what I mean.. It's a proper family orientated day out though so you can bring SWMBO and the sprogs and they won't be bored looking at cars all day there's music and food tents and the kiddies can make candles from the beeswax etc etc It's 'free 'to take your motor in but with it being a charity do there'll be a few Rotary club bucket janglers on the gate so chuck £3 in their general direction and jobs a good 'un.. for more info see here http://www.chainbridgehoney.co.uk/visitorcentre.asp If you're showing your car you need to be there for 9.30ish..

was there all weekend , good show . nice to meet mk14dr and finally see his escy in the flesh - don't even think about selling it d'you hear ? ? i went back to fetch my car down to where you were parked - to get a piccy like - and you'd buggered off ! i'll get some pics st the scotch corner meet later this month.. piccies oh and somebody sneaked in with this old banger........

Fiat 2.0 twin cam with a 16v lancia integrale head..

I'm going to come down to this one chaps , only problem being i'll be in my Firenza so don't pelt me with rotten tomatoes ok ? I shall do my best to park in the furthest,darkest corner of the carpark so i don't spoil your pics

if the bonnet stays black , original wheels in black if the bonnet is body colour , silver minilites

nice car good spec + a nice colour too