old chelsea cruise cars

[sutton4ord]

Used 2 go up late 70s when me dad had a blown v6 fordson van .

[Guest MK1gaz]

Who remembers WAN 664M panamar yellow mk1 escort owned by Max Wheeler or the brown primered forrest arched mk2 escort of Dave Jaccobs with a B.D.A. and new born baby bolted into the rear seat

[w p e]

max still as the car as far as i know space framed with v8. daves cars 3rd seat was for danny who his in his 20s now

[JAY PS]

Yeah remember ice man and remeber being alongside terry ross's street machine cortina which was fresh and pinto'ed

I pulled along side in my mk1 cortina GT and let ripp with the clutch doing a massive burnout and stopped up by the bridge in more traffic ,terry pulled alongside and said what in that !

It was a cosworth prepped 1500GT stage 3 (remember stage 3!!)

that was just run in ,the thing went like the clappers but it didnt stop

It was the reason its still in my gargage unused and unloved 20 years later

Now more than ever i must get it repaired ,now these cars are so rare and with a little time and money arent bunndles to keep going

I really miss those days of seeing street machine rods and custom cars once a month and hanging around chelsea bridge at 1am ,now if you did that you be done for kerb crawling or terrorism

[Jeff HPE Motorsport]

Yeah remember ice man and remeber being alongside terry ross's street machine cortina which was fresh and pinto'ed

I pulled along side in my mk1 cortina GT and let ripp with the clutch doing a massive burnout and stopped up by the bridge in more traffic ,terry pulled alongside and said what in that !

It was a cosworth prepped 1500GT stage 3 (remember stage 3!!)

that was just run in ,the thing went like the clappers but it didnt stop

It was the reason its still in my gargage unused and unloved 20 years later

Now more than ever i must get it repaired ,now these cars are so rare and with a little time and money arent bunndles to keep going

I really miss those days of seeing street machine rods and custom cars once a month and hanging around chelsea bridge at 1am ,now if you did that you be done for kerb crawling or terrorism

 

The Lotus of Terry Ross, had an engine built by me Dad (Ron Harris).

Do you remember a red mk1 zephyr, chrome jag back axle, v8, hulk under the bonnet, called quick tempered, that was me..!!.

There was also a silver 105 e van with murals, sat high, light shining on the road when it drove along, it was called silver temptation, a friend of mine called Terry Baker..

 

Jeff Harris..

[Guest MK1gaz]

Has anyone got any old pics of these motors then ? I've got a few i can scan and post up but the camera's back in those days were proper shite , mine was a foot long thin thing with a flash at one end . Dean Watts mk2 and Max Wheelers mk1 were fastest ones around here but i never saw them race everything as some nights there must have been a hundred oldskoolfords racing off the Plough traffic lights on the Sutton bypass after the chelsea cruise !!!!!!!!!! It was the tits

[X-pack-Glyn]

 

The Lotus of Terry Ross, had an engine built by me Dad (Ron Harris).

Do you remember a red mk1 zephyr, chrome jag back axle, v8, hulk under the bonnet, called quick tempered, that was me..!!.

There was also a silver 105 e van with murals, sat high, light shining on the road when it drove along, it was called silver temptation, a friend of mine called Terry Baker..

 

Jeff Harris..

 

Was you one of the original Z Gang?

[JAY PS]

Remember Automex ,they were on the Main road A23 ? near croydon

They used to have modded MK1 Escorts and Mk2 for sale all the time and other stuff too

Used to drive over there on Saturdays to see what they had in the late 80s early 90s

[kevmk2]

Seeing as i am alot younger than most of the original chelsea boys

I dont remember half of the cars you are talking about,my first time up chelsea was in my first mk2 escort,olympic blue 2 door with black vinyl roof and 16 x flow thats must of been 1994-95. I remember Big Jon's Yellow mk2 with HT pinto in it,Mark Daleys primered mk2 which was painted turqoise soon after. I remember Waynes car with the noisy exhaust you could hear from a mile away and Daryls terracotta mk2 doing donuts. I also remember Ian's (iceman's) cortina with 154db sound system,the bass used to go right through you when he played the bass mechanik cd

I also remember a white mk2 with hooge HT Racing on the front screen with a half cast fella driving it,dunno who that was?

I also remember being on the 6'o clock news in my red mk2 going sideways on the roundabout ive still got it on video tape somewhere

[w p e]

them were the days remember them well and your car kev how things progress R.I.P BIG JOHN

[ExotronGammaPlusSequencer]

I used to go up there ocassionally in the early 90's then pretty much every month after about 1992.I remember most of the cars you mention Kev & i can remember seeing yours for the first time when you pulled up by the roundabout,think it had the tsw rims on it then.

The main cars that i remember are Puddys cortina when it had minilites,John tebenhams anglia,BMX 11T,Jez thorntons old yellow mk2,a dark blue mk1 with bubble arches & a HT sticker in the windscreen,& a rapid red mk2 with the front end in primer on RS500 rims,& of course loads of mk2's with mex spoilers & revolutions!

We sometimes used to go up there with Tony (TJ) from Brixton who had a satin black mk1 stripped out with a lairy pinto in it,then as Gaz said there were loads of cars from this area that used to be up there.

It was always a good night standing on the roundabout till the early hours freezing your knackers off watching people go sideways

[Mk 1 Mark]

I used to go up there ocassionally in the early 90's then pretty much every month after about 1992.I remember most of the cars you mention Kev & i can remember seeing yours for the first time when you pulled up by the roundabout,think it had the tsw rims on it then.

The main cars that i remember are Puddys cortina when it had minilites,John tebenhams anglia,BMX 11T,Jez thorntons old yellow mk2,a dark blue mk1 with bubble arches & a HT sticker in the windscreen,& a rapid red mk2 with the front end in primer on RS500 rims,& of course loads of mk2's with mex spoilers & revolutions!

We sometimes used to go up there with Tony (TJ) from Brixton who had a satin black mk1 stripped out with a lairy pinto in it,then as Gaz said there were loads of cars from this area that used to be up there.

It was always a good night standing on the roundabout till the early hours freezing your knackers off watching people go sideways

 

Knew Tony Quite well and even used to drive his old Satin black mk1 one...Never had any door glass in it

Had loads of spares in is garages spent many an afternoon round there

 

Who remembers the 3dr Cossy hitting the roundabout?

Also remembers a white tiger/motorsport striped Mk2 Yb Turbo`d had fun going to heston services racing that

[Guest H.P.E ANDY]

I remember going up there in the 80s in the back of me dad's mk1 zephr vibrating all the way there on the floor pan seeing as he did'nt have back seat's used to make me stand on side of road why he had a rip up the road and i also remember the wayne day's like kev was saying also remember tom's fiesta with the burgundy beast wrote on the back quite quick back then

[kevmk2]

them were the days remember them well and your car kev how things progress R.I.P BIG JOHN

 

Such a shame about big jon

We should all meet up again next year in the summer up there,theres an american meet up there still on the last saturday. We did arrange a meet a couple of years ago,wasnt that busy but im sure it would still be a laugh to go up there and chat about the old days up there

[SmokeEm]

Nope.

 

But a i do remember a mk5 cortina, brown metalic that had a sterio so loud it split dodgy spot welds on my escort that was parked next to it

 

i also remember the REAL checlea cruise before some arsehole decided to turn it into a money making venture and charge a fiver per car to get into the park, before that happened it was awesome!

 

 

That was Ian Pinders cortina - Mega loud hifi!

 

I used to go EVERY month from when I was about 12 (1982) and used to go in either my sisters moggy minor or her boyfriends 1500gt 105E

 

Much better in the early days before it got moved into the park

[DAZZA]

Ha ha Iceman - I remember him, he looked like a chicano mexican dude always wore a bandanna, Dark Brown/ bronze Mk5 'tina with half a disco in the back. Then we all used to head back to Crystal Palace..

 

Great days

[ExotronGammaPlusSequencer]

Knew Tony Quite well and even used to drive his old Satin black mk1 one...Never had any door glass in it

Had loads of spares in is garages spent many an afternoon round there

Yep,there were always a handful of Escorts at those garages with the bonnets up! He would be a millionare if he still had all that gear now

 

Happy memories,someone on here must have some old photos from the cruise...

[DAZZA]

yup, but these are proper old.

 

http://hotrodphotos.co.uk/ChelseaCruise1980.htm

 

http://hotrodphotos.co.uk/ChelseaDayCruise1979.htm

[bortaf]

Here's a couple from the late 80's well the 1st one is the second one i took last week but the car was built in 82 and was a regular at CC but no old pics from then

 

 

this ones from the early 90's 4WD cossie escort cab built by a guy called Steve Reynalds

 

[Mk 1 Mark]

Knew Tony Quite well and even used to drive his old Satin black mk1 one...Never had any door glass in it

Had loads of spares in is garages spent many an afternoon round there

Yep,there were always a handful of Escorts at those garages with the bonnets up! He would be a millionare if he still had all that gear now

 

Happy memories,someone on here must have some old photos from the cruise...

 

Your not wrong spent hours around there......Memories indeed Think Nick Mexicos bought most of his stuff before he went back home?

here are a few of my cars from back then,

Notice the TJ motorsport sticker in the rear Quater window in the harrier

Bob sheperd built me a screaming x flow....Loved that car...

And sold it to buy a series 1 Rs turbo!!!

 

 

 

[ratman]

Remember Automex ,they were on the Main road A23 ? near croydon

They used to have modded MK1 Escorts and Mk2 for sale all the time and other stuff too

Used to drive over there on Saturdays to see what they had in the late 80s early 90s

 

Used to go in there a lot got my BURTON rocker cover there cost me £20.00 there changing hands for over £100 now

[Nick Mexi-cos]

Believe that white mk2 with HT racing on the front screen was Atta in his then rs1800 which ricky now owns retro ford cover car , who remember the Yellow robin reliant hehe , my mate wrote that of with his renault 5 turbo back in the day ( gutted hehe )

 

good old Tony TJ , I bought all his old bit from his garage before he moved , some nice bit accralite twin cam pistons for xflow , A6x8 xflow cam mmmm , Sir Wayne Wigger ( WPE ) put that together and made a very nice likkle engine .

 

Must all remember the Late Jonny Ticke yellow mk1 mex cossie turbo aswell

 

For Sure RIP our good friend Big John Nicest bloke you would of ever met and John Tickle who lost his life on the 217

[w p e]

them were the days remember them well and your car kev how things progress R.I.P BIG JOHN

 

Such a shame about big jon

We should all meet up again next year in the summer up there,theres an american meet up there still on the last saturday. We did arrange a meet a couple of years ago,wasnt that busy but im sure it would still be a laugh to go up there and chat about the old days up there

ill be there say when and ware

[PIG]

a proper meet up there again next year would be excellent,i defo go as well

[james p]

a few of us went up there a while back ill go again