Cool Brittish car

[willowbilly3]

This Hillman Minx really does it for me, the door muff isn't bad either.

[fab32]

Can't seem to get a picture.


Frank

[willowbilly3]

I/ll try it again, having problems with the file size I think

[Nads]

Good God, that car was built years ago, I remember seeing it at Alexander Palace in '79.
Thanks for reminding me of the rapid passage of it.

[gerEcosse]

Was called Moulin Rouge....Built back in the '70s....I believe its now gone to the great junkyard in the sky....
HAve a look here for some more '70 stuff

http://www.uk-hotrods.co.uk/old%20photos/page%2025/page%2025.htm


Cheers,
Gerry
Scotland

[JamesG]

[ QUOTE ]
Good God, that car was built years ago, I remember seeing it at Alexander Palace in '79.
Thanks for reminding me of the rapid passage of it.

[/ QUOTE ]

Man your oldhttp://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[willowbilly3]

I bought a small book at a used book store with al these 70s brit cars. I got one picture posted of a Rolls with a V12 merlin engine but this dam picture gave me fits getting it sized. I really don't mess with the clunky photoshop on my Lexmark enough to be familiar with it but I will try to put up some more of the period British cars. Some are downright awful tho.

[surf monkey]

Nads...I was at that show...the good old Custom Car shows...not sure if this is the same hillman that was talked about on the UK forum, but if it is it was originally gonna be loosely based on the original Lil Coffin
monkey

[A32Flathead]

Moulin Rouge....ahhhh....those were the days.....

I remember seeing 'Andromeda' at the same show...and Speed Freak....And Disco Trucker...hell, yup, I'm old too!

But not as old as 32 Limey.... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[willowbilly3]

Here is another picture that is the cover of the book

[Flat Ernie]

[ QUOTE ]
But not as old as 32 Limey....

[/ QUOTE ]

Yeah, Kev is an old git! (that ought to pull him out of hiding - haven't seen him on here for a bit)


http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[LIMEY]

Sure did......but who is this guy http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[A32Flathead]

[ QUOTE ]
Sure did......but who is this guy http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

Pretty funny Kev, I see Tracey's let you loose with the crayons again.....but your still OLDER!!

Actually, that makes me look like a 70's Porn Star!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Coming to Billetproof Kev? Oh no, I forgot....you can't...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Dave

[LIMEY]

hahaha you'll have to do billetproof without me i'm afraid, i have something far more important to do......i can't think of it right now.....but.... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Nads]

Anyone remember Paul Wayling's wicked Plymouth? That thing was friggin' scary. But not as scary as Mumford's murals, fuck there were murals on top of murals back then.
The tasty cars were outnumbered by the butt fuglies 20 to 1, but it was still a great time to have been around in, I'm so happy I got to experience it.

[v8minor]

Mumford was the man. I remember he did a how to in one of the mags years ago ... I was really proud of the sexy lady I airbrushed on the bonnet of my mini!! I think it was on one of the cars LP was it candy O?

[LIMEY]

Nads here's Leadfoot for ya at Thruxton in '83, just so happens i had the pics right by me!

[surf monkey]

there was a 33 plymouth just like it at the nats this year....always looked like someone had stood on it and snapped it in half.....fad t`s were the rage......the revenge `c cab, andromeda and nick butlers V12....a fantastic little blue austin ruby that if i remember right made the cover of Street rodder back in 78/79....fuck i feel old all of a sudden

monkey

[A32Flathead]

[ QUOTE ]
nick butlers V12

monkey

[/ QUOTE ]

That wasn't the red T bucket was it?

Theres a red one with a Jag V12 (who built it I can't remember) in the Haynes museum in their 'Red' room.. stopped off there a few years back.

Ahhh..those were the days, Chelsea Cruise & monster burnouts in the petrol station near the roundabout, while the crowd held the police back.... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[surf monkey]

red with a really high roof
monkey

[Artiki]

Crikey, all the Yanks reading this thread must be pissing themselves laughing http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Didn't Mumford appear on The Generation Game with B-B-Brucie once......

[Nads]

That's it 32Limey, I bet that was the only hot rod in the UK running Rader wheels.
Did I tell you my next door neighbor bought the T-bucket Shotgun in '78 at the Norbreck Castle Show in Blackpool?
When he brought it home I was jealous as hell. He came around the corner blasting his LaCucaracha air horn. He took me for a ride in it, it was my first ride in a real hot rod. I was changed forever. BTW, the dude's called Keith McCormick and he runs a major collector car auction in California now. He made it big.

That fucking hurricane two weeks ago destroyed a bunch of my beloved English hot rod mags, I'm still bumming about that, they can never be replaced.

[LIMEY]

Any of you Brits remember Dave Bean's fad T, well that was my wedding car years ago on that miserable fucking mistake of a day.

[Flat Ernie]

[ QUOTE ]
That fucking hurricane two weeks ago destroyed a bunch of my beloved English hot rod mags,

[/ QUOTE ]

And you got another one bearing down on you guys - time to tape the windows again!

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[willowbilly3]

[ QUOTE ]
red with a really high roof
monkey

[/ QUOTE ] Like this? picture from same book

[willowbilly3]

I think the Ts of the 70s were the guys that could afford cars AND good drugs. And thank God for those drugs because they mostly blanked out my memory of that decade.

EXAMPLE

[surf monkey]

gary belcher was the owner ,not nick butler(maybe my memory is shit after all)
monkey

[A32Flathead]

Thats the one....Gary Belcher's V12 T.

I also remember the XJ-S that was built for 100+ International Wheels. They ripped out the V12 & replaced it with a 427 Chevy!

I've got a picture of it somewhere doing a burnout outside the shop I used to work at (Don't laugh...Ripspeed).....looked odd, front & back wheels not moving, and the middle set smoking like a demon http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Artiki]

Is Gary Belcher anything to do with Belcher's - the vintage engine builder here in the UK?
www.brmmbrmm.com/belcher (http://www.brmmbrmm.com/belcher)

[A32Flathead]

[ QUOTE ]
Is Gary Belcher anything to do with Belcher's - the vintage engine builder here in the UK?
www.brmmbrmm.com/belcher (http://www.brmmbrmm.com/belcher)

[/ QUOTE ]

Hmmmmm....dunno, but I would hazard a guess that as they do A, B & T stuff....there's a VERY good chance that he is!!

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[PFF]

Nads

My mate Swerve, found Shotgun last year, been sat in a garage 20 years, I dragged it home for him, hes at the momment rebuilding it back to 70s spec.
I remeber all of these, lead foot was the bollocks, iv often wanders where it went.
Gary Belcher, and Belcher engineering are not the same.Gary has dissapeard and the car is in the museum, they wont say who owns it and they are not allowed to move or fire it up.
Strange, but at least its still arround.

Cheers Pete

Pete

[A32Flathead]

Pete,

thanks for the info....... I remember seeing the T many years ago at Ally Pally as well as at the Haynes Museum...

Remember Speed Freak? Mr Torquer? Discotrucker?

Ahhhhh..those were the days!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Dave (STILL...not as old as Kev)

[Nads]

PFF, no fucking way?????
That car was hand beaten out of steel.
I'm making a serious offer here, I'll trade my Packford straight up for Shotgun, each party pays shipping across the pond.

[Swerve]

nads
Re: Shotgun. My mate PFF tells me you wanna swap! Its been a while since the original message but I have only just got online.
Shotgun is not yet ready to roll again but it won't be long. I would like to enjoy it for a while when its done.
So what have you got?Post a picture? The T still looks the same, save for a couple of details such as the grill moved forward to fit a fan & the exhausts have been painted black.(everything as far as possible will be restored back to its early seventies glory ) The paintwork as far as I can tell from the magazines is the same, just a bit of crazing, its pretty good considering its been around a bit in this cold wet and miserable place. Anyway nice to know its not been forgotten. Who WAS your neighbour?
Swerve.

[oldchevyseller]

you two gotta do a deal i been waiting to see this shotgun car, http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Swerve]

Hey oldchevyseller,
I'd like to see it too but its at the moment covered up in the garage waiting for me to kick myself up the ar*e to go and do it!

[scorchwork]

Pete,

thanks for the info....... I remember seeing the T many years ago at Ally Pally as well as at the Haynes Museum...

Remember Speed Freak? Mr Torquer? Discotrucker?

Ahhhhh..those were the days!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Dave (STILL...not as old as Kev) yeh that v12 bucket is trully sick

[scorchwork]

[ QUOTE ]
red with a really high roof
monkey

[/ QUOTE ] Like this? picture from same book garry belcher is my step dad and i yoused to cruize around in it with him from the age of 5 ,one time we pulled up at selsdon park hotel to go for a swim as i jumped out my little legs couldnt make it passed the 6 exhaust's and i burnt the biggest hole in my shin right down to the bone ! he still made me go swiming

[scorchwork]

Is Gary Belcher anything to do with Belcher's - the vintage engine builder here in the UK?
www.brmmbrmm.com/belchergarry (http://www.brmmbrmm.com/belcher[/quote]garry) belcher is a classic car restorer specializing in jags and farrari's and currently owns and runs a vintage petrol station in four elms,kent ,near edenbridge where he supplies special fule for classic cars and sells his amazing chaisaw carvings

[scorchwork]

gary belcher was the owner ,not nick butler(maybe my memory is shit after all)
monkeyoh yes garry belcher was and still is the owner even though its in the haynes car museam next to the most exspensive farrari in the world, nick butler was a wicked builder though.

[scorchwork]

has any one got any pictures off garry belchers candy apple red V12 T bucket that they could send me please ? he will be amazed that theres a network of enthusiasts talking about his car on the web, hes never bin neer a computer in his life .

[scorchwork]

has any one got any pictures of garry belchers Candy Apple Red V12 T Bucket that they could send me please ? he will be amazed that theres enthusiasts on the web talking about his car ! hes never bin neer a computer .

[Artiki]

Oh gawd...we'll be talking about flared trousers next......

[KoppaK]

I got some pictures of that T somewhere, and Artiki in flares with a greased DA.

[ROCKIT]

I remember SHOTGUN very well!
I used to organise the Blackpool Show late 70's early 80's and I used Shotgun for publicity shots a number of times !
I remember taking the car onto Blackpool Promenade right infront of Blackpool Tower and draping a semi-nude Tracy Anne Murtagh across it (YUM YUM!!) .
The car was'breathing' rather heavily and was kicking fuel back out the carb, it was still a handful though ! (So was Tracy!)
Those were the days
I also remember Keith McCormick, My dad and I used to run a trim shop and do work for him on Mazdas and things !

[60 Belair]

Anyone got any pics of Tracy Ann .... I mean Shotgun ?

[dw123]

The Chelsea Cruise is alive and well, last Saturday night of the month, 8ish onwards....!

[Nads]

I remember SHOTGUN very well!
I used to organise the Blackpool Show late 70's early 80's and I used Shotgun for publicity shots a number of times !
I remember taking the car onto Blackpool Promenade right infront of Blackpool Tower and draping a semi-nude Tracy Anne Murtagh across it (YUM YUM!!) .
The car was'breathing' rather heavily and was kicking fuel back out the carb, it was still a handful though ! (So was Tracy!)
Those were the days
I also remember Keith McCormick, My dad and I used to run a trim shop and do work for him on Mazdas and things !
Keith McCormick was my next door neighbor. He does an antique car auction in Palm Springs in California. He moved here before we did, probably in 1980 or so.

Any word on the Shotgun resto, Swerve?

Het ROCKIT, I bet they still have some of the same shit they had decades ago for the illuminations.

PS, first trime I saw the Stray Cats was in Blackpool, I think it was at The Norbreck Castle, can't remember, brain's gone to shit.