Re: London cruise - a few pics

[Jim <jimfmd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for sharing Robert

Your 63 is looking great.

I hope 1 day i can post some pic's of my 63 vert when its finished.

Jim from Australia




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From: "Robert (UK)" <r.lane@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 11:13 AM
Subject: London cruise - a few pics


> Took a trip down to 'old London town' last nite in the 63 for the
> monthly 'Chelsea Cruise'. It's nearly a 2 hour drive for my brother if
> he comes to pick me up, so it's not one we do very often. But the
> weather was great & September is likely to be the last of the year in
> anything like summer weather. Numbers also start to drop-off as winter
> sets in so thought we ought to make the effort.
>
> Over in this neck of the woods, the 'Chelsea Cruise' is the country's
> best know and longest running cruise night, having started back in the
> 70's. It's moved around a bit over the years, within a mile or two, and
> even stopped during the 90's & early 00's as the hot-hatch boys took
> over and turned it into more of a sound-off for euro/jap-crap, rather
> than a gathering for American/custom/hot rods.
>
> But a few years ago, one of our club members (bronze 68 Charger in the
> following pics) started it up again and it's slowly grown to around
> 50-75 cars - mostly muscle cars, some 40's & 50's, some hot rods & some
> classic British cars. Still way short of the hundreds that used to turn
> up when we first used to go in the 80's, but it's a start!
>
> Not visible in the pics, but 1/2 mile from the bridge we were on is
> Battersea Power Station; some of you might know it from the cover of
> Pink Floyd's Animals album. I didnt see any flying pigs last nite tho.
>
> Our journey there takes in a few well know land marks too - through
> Regents Park (London Zoo) onto Baker Street (Sherlock Holmes), onto
> Oxford Street (shopping) to Marble Arch and along Park Lane to
> Buckingham Palace, past Victoria Station, onto Chelsea Bridge on the
> River Thames.
>
> Cars also use the adjacent Albert Park but it was too dark to take any
> pics in there.
>
> The old 63 behaved impeccably as usual - not the type of journey
> (traffic light's every 1/8 mile) recommended for Max Wedges 'back in the
> day' I know, by we have got a hyd cam & slightly lower compression, so
> that probably helps.
>
> Not much other 62-65 action I'm afraid, but there arent many others
> around these parts! Some of the better cars had gone by the time I got
> my camera out, so here are just a few of the nicer ones that caught my
> eye:
>
> (advance warning - F*rd & GM content!)
>
> http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h233/rob426uk/Chelsea%20Cruise%20Sept%2008/?start=all
>
>
> Robert
> 63 Polara 500
> England
>
>
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