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Jul 18, 2013 16:35:05 GMT |
Remember those cars you used to see in Street Machine, the ones that were kind of a precursor to the whole Retro thing, the ones that fell outside the standard Rod and Custom circles? Cars like this :  and this :  or the Chris Hay/Dave Rothwell Husky www.beardmorebros.co.uk/website%20pages/Magazine%20Articles/Huskycc2.html Currently I'm considering trying to get a line up together like the B289 VW line ups, but for Street Machine cars... so... what do you remember, and does anyone know where they are now? |
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2fry
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Jul 18, 2013 16:48:51 GMT |
Street Machine 1991  Then turned up at this years Moggy Nationals...(With the same owner)  Still looking Good.... |
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morrisoxide
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Jul 18, 2013 17:35:17 GMT |
I miss Street Machine mag. Nobody builds stuff like that anymore. I think somebody should start making the mag (and that style of cars) again.  |
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dannyb
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Jul 18, 2013 17:37:28 GMT |
A friend of mine owned this for a bit, he sold it a couple of years ago.  nicky kemps old car, low lid?? but with a different paint job and a few extra mods.  |
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Last Edit: Jul 18, 2013 17:38:20 GMT by dannyb
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Jul 18, 2013 18:32:25 GMT |
That Husky was really nicely put together, the detail was great on it. Sadly I had to throw away boxes of Street Machine magazines last year, I couldn't even give them away. |
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stealthstylz
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Jul 18, 2013 18:52:41 GMT |
 Nobody had built anything like it before or since. |
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mattc
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Jul 18, 2013 19:34:06 GMT |
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The green Volvo is still alive but not purple and currently undergoing a restoration by a friend
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dazcapri
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Jul 18, 2013 19:55:52 GMT |
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One of my favorites was the 2 door PB Cresta,I saw it at Donny Custom show once I always thought it was way ahead of it's time and a very sorted car
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Jul 18, 2013 20:10:53 GMT |
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Dez
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Jul 18, 2013 20:12:34 GMT |
  Just MOTed this today for a customer, after a lengthy zetec conversion to replace the tired pinto it was built with, and update of various parts. I don't know when it was built, but its very street machine style. |
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Jul 18, 2013 20:24:39 GMT |
my bit of fame in street machine, phto taken in 1987 at the pod  |
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Jul 18, 2013 20:28:36 GMT |
this has to be the finest street machine car ever, and rebuilt and still looking gorgeous   |
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Jul 18, 2013 20:28:44 GMT |
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Cool pic Dan!
I'm guessing neither of the Burnham-chopped Escort wagons survived?
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Jul 18, 2013 20:34:12 GMT |
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don't think so simon, got to be honest the 2.0 one i had wasnt a great car back then, i enjoyed it tho!
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Dez
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Jul 18, 2013 20:47:10 GMT |
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I don't think Henry hirise is street machine car in the slightest. It's too old for starters, and far more custom car in its build style.
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Jul 18, 2013 21:00:27 GMT |
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I loved The Saab . Didn't ray do the hydro suspension
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Jul 18, 2013 21:11:40 GMT |
Puddys Mk2 Cortina is alive and kicking, He is just about to put a new Axle underneath it, And I know Richards Nicholls Cresta still exists, a couple of others that have not been mentioned that I do know about that are still in existance, Dave Lowes Baby Blue Devon is still in his ownership. and gets driven Regularly.  Nick Manns Morris Is alive and kicking I think on Jersey, so is Charly Tailors V8 Mk1 Consul, Nick Arletts Mk1 Zodiac is on the IoW painted bright yellow, His 40 ford PU went out to America, His 48 coupe changed colour from Grey to Orange when sold and is still about, His Standard was being driven last weekend,and has been put back in the garage for a small bit of work so He can drive the nuts off it, John Holmyards Mk1 Burgandy Zodiac is now silver and still owned my John, |
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Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style.
Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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v8ian
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Jul 18, 2013 21:21:37 GMT |
I don't think Henry hirise is street machine car in the slightest. It's too old for starters, and far more custom car in its build style.  |
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Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style.
Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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Jul 18, 2013 21:24:27 GMT |
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Pretty sure that purple merc surfaced on one of the lowrider forums after ebay a few years back, tho I can remember no more than that. Something tells me it was built from a 4 door.... But I could be telling lies.....
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Jul 18, 2013 21:33:23 GMT |
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I know what Dez is getting at. We're talking about the cars that represent the outliers of the UK custom scene, not the straight up hot rods, customs and street racers but the unusual stuff that could work in Retro Cars. I bought that first issue (I was 8!) but the real glory days of SM for me were those cars above.
Henry Hirise is a legend, but it's a legendary UK custom scene car, not a retro scene one.
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