Manky Monkey Motors

The Surrey Street Rodders 42nd Wheels Day.

Gates open at 10.00



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http://www.surreystreetrodders.co.uk/

Good Friday 2016, and after some night-time rain, the day started with some well timed sunshine for the long established Surrey Street Rodders' Wheel day.

The display arena wasn't as full as in some years, but the number of spectators seemed at pretty high level to see a variety of cars.

I took a few snaps to give a feel to the event

The crowd........

Tidy sigwriting & gasser tank

Understated Ford

Lovely Transit

'32 in yellow

'59 Edsel Ranchero

Little ol' Austin A30.

Reminiscent of the early "Dorset Horn" drag car.

... and again

Two-tone '55

Mid 50's Chevy pick-up

The "Hog's Back Raceway" Pit Area.

There used to be a slot-car racing place just off the Hogs' Back (A31), and at one stage they did drag racing (so I've been told)

You can see some of the squidgy grass courtesy of the previous night's rain.

Car in the background..... see next photo

Russ Carpenter's blown Daimler V8. Was called "Glacier Grenade"

Russ is from Guildford and campaigned this car with a lot of success back in the day.

Interesting Herald in the background

Part of the drag display

... and a Pop ready for the strip

'57.............

....... mmmm  :D

Cheery spectators doing what we do well........... Queuing (for some nosh)

Chevy pick up, gonna guess Impala?

Ford Mercury pick up

This is a 'Sebring', a lovely replica of an Austin Healey 100a / 3000. They come with various factory engine options

http://www.sebringinternational.co.uk/

Straight, clean and very nice indeed - MkI Cortina (even has original Dunlop wheels).

Tin top British fords were well represented, the number of Anglias with fast 4-pot motors was impressive!

Note a certain MG Magnette in the background...........

Mr Phunkie Hiboy's new set of wheels - MG Magnette

http://www.mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=15305.30

'64 Chevy Biscayne - up for grabs at around £8,500

The number of clean (as in uncluttered and tidy) vehicles was impressive, so much work to look so sweet..........

LHD and looking original, cool VW

Capri with 'purposeful' back end

tidy '34 (?) Ford

Very nice Anglias............

... and one of the Anglia's power plants - must sound the biz

How's this for period flat-head...........

Been caught and sent for BIVA ;)

Chevy EL CAMINO

All those years and all that work!! Hope he built it right and it gets through the test ok.

He listened to me a few years back and built in most of it anyway .Shouldn't be long before it's ready and will look hardly any different to be honest.

Starting to become a more common occurrence as DLA are tightening up on Historic classification:(

I've got to get new tyres for Nellie, my A30, before I sell her. Shall I keep her and not just get the tyres but go the whole hog? With a jazzy paint job of course!  :D  I wonder how much that work cost.

Cheers for the photos Tony. Thanks also for the labelling as I never seem to get the models right.   8)
JJ  :)

Thanks Rick  ;)

Yeah, a little info makes it more interesting doesn't it. Mr Baychimp & I opted to go to the Hotrod Round Up in Chichester, which was on tarmac, but I'm glad Wheelsday seems to have settled back into it's old home after a couple of difficult years. Many bikes there Tony?
Love the Biscayne & the bright red Transit's cool :)

Stolen from FaceBook.
Kev, (Kapri), with his Top Ten in Show trophy at Wheelsday.   ;D

Congrats Kev. Facebook! Fancy not giving MMM the exclusive.  :D
JJ  :)

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