Southern California and Greater Manchester don't have much in common. They gave the world The Beach Boys and Marylin Monroe and, in return, we gave then Joy Division and Jack Duckworth. However for one day the (actually sunny!) back streets of Ashton Under Lyne echoed to the sounds of V8s and Harleys as Relics N Rust held their open house day. The business is a sort of one stop shop for the rockin' and hot rod scene.
The mood of the day was very much laid back and informal with people turning up all day, some staying and socialising all day, others just for an hour or so. Yours truly was there with a now rare appearance of my trade stall cunningly situated next to the drinks bar, whilst in the room next door punters could avail themselves of the barber for the sort of haircut I never had the guts to try. (when I had a full head of the stuff.)
Thirty Six Ford cabriolet is a rare sight either side of the pond.
Nice Mk3 Zephyr.
Oh, how did that get in there (
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You ant different? How about a Scimitar bodied, Peugeot engined trike?
Immaculate '33 rodaster (not a '34). If you look closely you can see a splatted bug in the grille, proving a car as nice as this gets driven.
The Penguin Speed Shop's (from North Wales) pickup may not be much use for carting around chassis or greasy engines but makes a damn good rolling advert.
Just some old cars in the back streets of Manchester. If only they had scenes like this in Coronation Street I may watch it occasionally.
Also from the Penguin workshops is this 65 Impala. The owner showed off a few moves when he turned up which I failed to get any decent pics of.
I don't know much about bikes but I can say without much contradiction that this is a Ducatti, though what age, engine or whether it's modified or not is a mystery to me. The phrase "cafe racer" comes to mind but I could be wrong there too.
Another bike, this time a Harley and definitely customized, in a 60s style.
I know this isn't a bike foum but you've got to appreciate paint like this.
Back on 4 wheels, Ged's Chevy truck. The used finish outside belies a lot of work underneath.
Keith Freeman's Deuce. Obvious influence of American Graffiti but I suspect a lot quicker than the movie car which was, by all accounts, a bit of a quicly tarted up shed.
Lovely Bay window camper American Racing style wheels give it a bit of a different look. It's on air in case you were wondering.
Immaculate Caddy. Everyone knows the '59 models but this one year earlier is a rarer and very welcome sight and attracted lots of attention and compliments on the day.
More bikes. Harleys and Triumphs. I'm running out of things to say about them now. (who said good?)
Something for the weekend?
Back on safer territory. In contrast to the earlier juiced and 'bagged rides I think this one is static dropped. You make your choice and stick to it and enjoy the sound of scraping metal.
That's it for now. If you want to know more about our hosts for the day have a look here.
The mood of the day was very much laid back and informal with people turning up all day, some staying and socialising all day, others just for an hour or so. Yours truly was there with a now rare appearance of my trade stall cunningly situated next to the drinks bar, whilst in the room next door punters could avail themselves of the barber for the sort of haircut I never had the guts to try. (when I had a full head of the stuff.)
Thirty Six Ford cabriolet is a rare sight either side of the pond.
Nice Mk3 Zephyr.
Oh, how did that get in there (
)
You ant different? How about a Scimitar bodied, Peugeot engined trike?
Immaculate '33 rodaster (not a '34). If you look closely you can see a splatted bug in the grille, proving a car as nice as this gets driven.
The Penguin Speed Shop's (from North Wales) pickup may not be much use for carting around chassis or greasy engines but makes a damn good rolling advert.
Just some old cars in the back streets of Manchester. If only they had scenes like this in Coronation Street I may watch it occasionally.
Also from the Penguin workshops is this 65 Impala. The owner showed off a few moves when he turned up which I failed to get any decent pics of.
I don't know much about bikes but I can say without much contradiction that this is a Ducatti, though what age, engine or whether it's modified or not is a mystery to me. The phrase "cafe racer" comes to mind but I could be wrong there too.
Another bike, this time a Harley and definitely customized, in a 60s style.
I know this isn't a bike foum but you've got to appreciate paint like this.
Back on 4 wheels, Ged's Chevy truck. The used finish outside belies a lot of work underneath.
Keith Freeman's Deuce. Obvious influence of American Graffiti but I suspect a lot quicker than the movie car which was, by all accounts, a bit of a quicly tarted up shed.
Lovely Bay window camper American Racing style wheels give it a bit of a different look. It's on air in case you were wondering.
Immaculate Caddy. Everyone knows the '59 models but this one year earlier is a rarer and very welcome sight and attracted lots of attention and compliments on the day.
More bikes. Harleys and Triumphs. I'm running out of things to say about them now. (who said good?)
Something for the weekend?
Back on safer territory. In contrast to the earlier juiced and 'bagged rides I think this one is static dropped. You make your choice and stick to it and enjoy the sound of scraping metal.
That's it for now. If you want to know more about our hosts for the day have a look here.
will try and make a visit next year or whenever the next do is on 
