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Title: Chelsea Cruise 35th Anniversary
Post by: 53catalina on April 27, 2010, 09:41:47 PM
35th Anniversary of the famous Cruise.  Park in Battersea park after 5pm, and spend the evening cruising Kings Road and Chelsea Bridge.

29th May 2010


Title: Re: Chelsea Cruise 35th Anniversary
Post by: Manky Monkey on April 27, 2010, 09:45:42 PM
Would love to do that one. Got fond memories of travelling up to Chelsea on the train as a schoolkid, (how many parents would let their kids do that now?), to spend the evening walking around the circuit, just watching the cars cruising by.


Title: Re: Chelsea Cruise 35th Anniversary
Post by: twolanes on May 03, 2010, 12:54:35 PM
Its getting bigger every month but will never be like it was back in the old days. We restarted this a few years back after Steve Pyle (on here with the 65 nova) suggested getting it going again. Its a shame that the other person there has decided to tell everyone it was him that thought of restarting it.


Title: Re: Chelsea Cruise 35th Anniversary
Post by: Manky Monkey on May 03, 2010, 08:27:07 PM
There were always disagreements & clashes behind the scenes at Chelsea as I remember, but it was always the biggest & best regular meet in the country as far as I'm concerned.
Keep a spot warm for me guys -after spending so many Saturday nights there as a spectator in my youth, I'd love to go back as a participant once my Pop's finished.


Title: Re: Chelsea Cruise 35th Anniversary
Post by: kinkeybiker on May 10, 2010, 05:03:34 PM
what id like to know is , who decided the date of the 35th chelsea cruise ?  because we where cruising up there long b4 a certain (mike kason ?) said he organised it ? my god he soon ran a mile when the local council and cops came after him..he.he..


Title: Re: Chelsea Cruise 35th Anniversary
Post by: goforest on May 10, 2010, 05:21:48 PM
Think I'll go see if I can get acouple of the lads as well


Title: Re: Chelsea Cruise 35th Anniversary
Post by: goforest on May 23, 2010, 05:33:45 PM
 ;)


Title: Re: Chelsea Cruise 35th Anniversary
Post by: voodoo on May 23, 2010, 06:06:57 PM
I remember going up there when it was still a small cruise (as a passenger in a mates Consul Capri)..then going up again a few years later (about 28 years ago) in my V6 Corsair (Manged to blow my diff doing a burnout at the lights and ended up getting a push into a bus stop by my mates PA Cresta, then a tow home from him..lol)then a couple of months later in my Mk1 V8 Tina...It seemed to of lost some of the initial fun once it started getting too big.....Voodoo....


Title: Re: Chelsea Cruise 35th Anniversary
Post by: 53catalina on May 23, 2010, 07:15:04 PM
Hoping to get 4 of cars from the Victory Wheelers to cruise up.   

Clashes with lots of shows that weekend, but looking forward to it.


 ;D


Title: Re: Chelsea Cruise 35th Anniversary
Post by: Manky Monkey on May 31, 2010, 01:06:59 PM
Looks like it wasn't a bad turnout for a damp Saturday evening Dan.
Thanks for the photos.


Title: Re: Chelsea Cruise 35th Anniversary
Post by: Manky Monkey on June 02, 2010, 11:35:12 PM
A second gallery of photos now added, courtesy of one of my workmates, Bob.
Any chance of a few words Dan, explaining what it was all about?  :-*

http://www.mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/Photos/chelseacruise29.5.10/bob/index.htm