Wanky Kustom Kars. Pics please!

[VWPowered]

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

You're still doing it wrong, young VWP.

[trigger]

 

img297 by uk_senator, on Flickr

[Mash]

[trigger]

I forgot all about Geoff "Capri", The bloke is a total legend and a true shitter, He built it back in the late 70's and has travelled all over Europe diplaying it at shows.

 

1977 Ford Capri Based Custom Car by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

1977 Ford Capri Based Custom Car by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

1977 Ford Capri Based Custom Car Interior by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

1977 Ford Capri Based Custom Car by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

1977 Ford Capri Based Custom Car by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

And on another Capri related note, There's this one i saw at a show, It was on ebay for a while, I'm sure many of you will remember it from the Ebay tat thread.

 

1970 Ford Capri 3.5 V8 Custom Mk 1 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

1970 Ford Capri 3.5 V8 Custom Mk 1 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

[VWPowered]

ohhh that gold one is pure gash

[Wilko220]

[Guest]

Bring back hanging - for the Samba wrecker

[Rusty Pelican]

There is one thing about these 70s and 80s Kustoms , Wether you like them or hate them they were all INDIVIDUAL , Very little of this Halfords off the shelf shit , just people doing what they thought might be different and look good , I cant knock anyone for that , at least they tried .

 

[pompei]

I've seen some roof chops recently but I can't remember the last time I saw a jacked up rear end. Seems the trend has gone full circle to slamming as low as possible.

[pogweasel]

 

Awesomes!

[flat4alfa]

There is one thing about these 70s and 80s Kustoms , Wether you like them or hate them they were all INDIVIDUAL , Very little of this Halfords off the shelf shit , just people doing what they thought might be different and look good , I cant knock anyone for that , at least they tried

true, true.

 

 

Bit of footage here

 

 

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[sprig]

Wolfrace sonic.......

 

 

 

[Rusty Pelican]

UMM ??

 

[Guest]

[Pete-M]

[Formula Autos]

From the prodigious Andy Saunders. Wanky or inspired? You decide.

[eddyramrod]

+1 on the 70s stuff, I remember several of these from the contemporary mags. I even saw some of them at the odd show (maybe one a year, unlike the much more frequent "classic" shows I go to now). I never quite got the idea of jacking up the back end, although obviously showing off your work-of-art axle was a good thing. I'm sure somewhere I have a photo of the Allegro estate, and possibly the SYB Mini, both of which were fairly well-known 33 years ago (ish).

[dollywobbler]

Is it wrong that I like the CR-X Fighter?

[Formula Autos]

[michael1703]

What was VRB 667N? Dolomite?

 

I thought it might have been a scimitar se5a

[eddyramrod]

Just to establish my credentials: been there, and yes...

^...I still have the T shirt! It doesn't fit me now, alas, so I scanned it in the hope of making a transfer I could use on a new shirt, but I'm not happy with it. How on earth do I get the proportions right, I wonder? Constructive suggestions welcome, as I really would like to have a "new" Leeds Cruise shirt!

^Scanned from an old Copy of Hot Car. Eek!

^I saw this in Las Vegas last March, but I've seen others on previous trips, it seems to be a big thing over there. I call them "cartoon wheels" because they look like they would be a pain to drive.

^This one I really like, actually. It belongs to a young lad who's very active on the A35 forum; Angry Dicky will know immediately who I mean. Apart from the tyres I applaud him, it's lovely.

^A friend sent me a print of this, so I scanned it. Home-built and none the worse for that.

^Er, yeah. I can't help thinking if I had a 1967 Cadillac hearse (OMG yes please!) it wouldn't look like this. Found on the internet by an A40 club buddy.

[brammy777]

I have 28 issues of Street Machine just begging to be scanned in, the readers rides section was always a laugh. MKII Granada rear lights were often put onto cars just for the heck of it, even a Simca of some sort wasn't safe.

Anyway, heres some I scanned in a while back.

1965 THAMES SIX WHEELER 1.7-Street Machine February 1982 by bramm77, on Flickr

This tasteful pickup (six wheels was awesome back then) lasted a mere 9 months after this was published.

1968 VAUXHALL VIVA HB 4.7-Street Machine April 1982 by bramm77, on Flickr

Seems to have been painted with the then BP Livery in mind, dead by 1984.

Heres two classic Kustoms I have seen recently.

1957 Ford Popular 103E 3.0 Custom Car. by bramm77, on Flickr

1953 Ford Prefect E493A 3.5 V8 Hotrod. by bramm77, on Flickr

[eddyramrod]

OOoh! Ooh! Suits me sir! Did you want to stretch it sir? Did you? Would you like extra seating sir? What a bloody gorgeous Thames, and what a shame it died so quickly. Still, one man's hard work is another man's waste of time. I wonder how many of Andy Saunders' cars survive? I do hope his Reliant boat does.

[michael1703]

gorgeous thames my arse, what a balls up

 

incidentally theres a 6 wheeler thames in classic van and pick up magazine

[fotorabia]

At last years street drags..an 80s built Popular..inherited by his son..i just had to tell it him it was the coolest car there..

[eddyramrod]

gorgeous thames my arse, what a balls up

 

incidentally theres a 6 wheeler thames in classic van and pick up magazine

 

Your arse is that gorgeous? My oh my.... Beauty is in the eye of the beholder etc. I liked it. Didn't think much of the colour, but it was forgivable in view of the style.

[fotorabia]

and another one just for contrast sake..

[flat4alfa]

^ Those Pops are nicely done.

 

Nice, not Wanky.

[flat4alfa]

Wolfrace sonic.......

.....is already featured on Page 2