Photos from tonights Gateshead Cruise

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Wed May 08, 13 10:06 pm

Not helped by a downpour during rush hour. I think it put a lot of the Yank, and all of the street rodders, off from coming. No Andy Rob tonight either but his mate Paul turned up in his Hemi GTX....

...only I forgot to take a photo of it.

Still, once you have seen one Hemi GTX you have seen them all haven't you?

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Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Wed May 08, 13 10:20 pm

Nice pics Dave

One thing. A 4 door Escort with Rs wheels a boot spoiler and front valance thing. And a 1.3 ????
Am I missing something. ???? Or just sad ?

If I'm in the same "class" as that thing I'm selling up and leaving the club until I can afford a bee !!!!

Motorama · Post by **Motorama** » Wed May 08, 13 10:27 pm

55 Chevy looks tough!

andyrob · Post by **andyrob** » Wed May 08, 13 10:33 pm

late unplanned finish from work for me Dave
otherwise id have been there

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Thu May 09, 13 8:47 am

Motorama wrote:55 Chevy looks tough!

It is.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Thu May 09, 13 8:49 am

andyrob wrote:late unplanned finish from work for me Dave
otherwise id have been there

Yeah I figured you were probably out on the road somewhere. I was shocked when Paul turned up in the GTX considering there were puddles on the road and how black some of the clouds looked.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Thu May 09, 13 8:56 am

Photos by Sarah Fleck.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Thu May 09, 13 11:52 am

Hi Dave,
Is that Ricky Swan's '55?

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Thu May 09, 13 12:02 pm

Very Cool '55!!

I think I am on the turn..........

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Thu May 09, 13 12:07 pm

Nick wrote:Hi Dave,
Is that Ricky Swan's '55?

Yes it is. He only uses it as a street car now.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Thu May 09, 13 12:10 pm

Ta,

Very cool car. I remember seeing it at North Weld in about '83? when Tim Cook had it. Frightened the life out of me when it started up..

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Thu May 09, 13 12:17 pm

I think Ricky did some serious work to the engine when he got it. Bored/Stroked BBC plus NOS.

Getting traction was tricky at first I beat him with my Challenger at York. He was spinning tyres in every gear.

When he did get traction at the Mopar Nats he twisted the driveshaft like an elastic band.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Thu May 09, 13 1:10 pm

Dave wrote:I think Ricky did some serious work to the engine when he got it. Bored/Stroked BBC plus NOS.

Getting traction was tricky at first I beat him with my Challenger at York. He was spinning tyres in every gear.

When he did get traction at the Mopar Nats he twisted the driveshaft like an elastic band.

Didnt know that. I saw him snap the axle in his Classic Capri at the 'Nats a few years ago.

When Tim Cook had it, it had Enderle stack injection and was a 10 second car when that was very quick.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Thu May 09, 13 1:22 pm

Yeah he upgraded the Consul Capri when he gave up using the '55 as a street/strip car. Didn't have much luck with parts there either.

Charger · Post by **Charger** » Thu May 09, 13 5:11 pm

great pics