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[Mr Skrunts]

I look through the threads  like the Manta A V6 with intrigue as it would have been something I would have loved to have done in days gone by.

I used to be a member of steel city cruisers back in the late 70's and saw some very interesting cars and conversions.

There were a few ford pops with jag engines or V8's in them.

There was an escort van called "survivor"

A CF van called "Invader"

Couple of nice mustangs, 1600E cortina,

There was also a cool looking LHD bettle that the guy reconed ran on NOS, his tank and injection kit was a squezzy wasing up bottle and a pipe fitted to the carb's vacum flange (that was the story going round)

There was an awsome ford thunderbird convertable that ended up all chromed a mirror stainless under the bonnet.

Any one here ever built a custom car (any photos if you did?) 

[omega3000]

This one was called vampire ... i had an escort van , wish id kept it  never built a proper custom but always wanted to ..

[Mr Skrunts]

Just looking round the net for info and pics hopeing there was something from club members in the 70's.  Seems the club is still going strong.

[markrnorton]

Not sure about custom cars, but i have modified loads of cars over the years. Last incarnations was a Z3 , a sort of modern classic.



first i fitted a supercharger and developed the car, 230hp from a 1.9.


After a bit of time i got a bit bored, found a replacement V8, mustang 4.6.
Here's a pic of it in place.


suspension was coilover, larger front brakes, 6 pot calipers


never done the 'custom' scene, but i always modify !!

[dbug]

Back in 60s - 3.8S Jag engine into 105E Anglia
then MGB engine and o/d box into Riley 1.5
and for a friend 3.5V8 Rover into MGB roadster

All my old pics disappeared when I got divorced I'm afraid

[Olympia5776]

I'm also old enough to have been there first time round .....
I used to travel to many of the CC shows in the 70's ,Ally Pally , Belle Vue and a couple up in Scotland too and frequented regular cruises here, there and everywhere . Some of the cars were of an incredibly high standard when you consider the equipment available in the day .
If you remember the cars as I do then you'll love this site ,
http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/
Spend a hour or so looking up all the old photos ,stories ,fate of the cars , and memories of all who were also there .
Ah , those were the days .........

[omegod]

I was reading this a while ago and one of the old customiser dudes cropped up in the thread, some nice vans too

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=127581&page=1

[Murph]

That's an awesome thread!