8 wheel + Mk 1

[Andy P]

Hi

many years ago like about 35 years I lived in north London N16 when people used to customise cars and go to the Chelsea cruise each month in mk1 escorts, cortinas, capri ect anyway there was a mk1 transit with at least 8 wheels [it just kept getting longer] each time I saw it, it was white had roof spoilers and all sorts on it, just wondered if it was still around anymore or gone to heaven ?


thanks

[Andy P]

ok been told by 2 people that remember it that it was a 6 wheeled transit [ I am sure it was 8] but a longtime ago, got a friend going to look through his old albums to find a pic of it.

[captain hook]

It belonged to Pete in Seven Sisters Road....

Me and him built it in the late 70's

What would you like to know about it?

[Andy P]

wow just seen the reply, how many wheels did it end up having and is it still about ?

[jerry3]

Went to the Chelsea cruise back in the summer as I used to go quite regularly.
It wasn't as big as it used to be but would probably go back again this summer although it's a bit more of a journey now as I live in Bournemouth

[bortaf]

It belonged to Pete in Seven Sisters Road....

Me and him built it in the late 70's

What would you like to know about it?

I remember seeing a 6 wheel van with an exrended rear end about in Brimsdown in the mid 80's, same one?
Also remember SHE, a SWB Mk1 CF with filled rear doors in E Highway it was in CC or SM back in the early 80s

Was Pete or you anything to do with the mid engined V8 CF in Amhurst Pk ?
Me and a mate bought it in the late 80's, towed it back to Waltham X on a rope back when sundays were quiet on the roads

[captain hook]

It was a mid-engined Transit from Amhurst Park

Pete moved from Amhurst Park to live above the Trophy Shop

in Hertford Road opposite Galliard Road.

It was 3 Mk1 Transits welded together with a VW LT Roof

and a NSU RO80 front.

Mid-Engined with an American V8

There was also a matching trailer made from 2 Mk1 Transit rear halves....

All this was in the late 70's Early 80's

This is why you must forgive me when I wasn't too interested in the "Forum Van'

Been there...Done it....Nearly 40 years ago

[bortaf]

Shows how the memory fails i was driving the transit as well few too many dead brains cells nowdays
I think we had this same conversation years ago when the forum first started
I know the engine ended up in one of my old CFs, probably both of them

Too this day every time i drive past the back of the trophy shop i think how empty it looks no yank camper, no frikken huge speedboat

[Andy P]

thank you very much, I thought I was going mad and nobody would believe me, yes we used to drive past it in amhurst park and everytime we looked it was getting longer,

[captain hook]

Shows how the memory fails i was driving the transit as well few too many dead brains cells nowdays
I think we had this same conversation years ago when the forum first started
I know the engine ended up in one of my old CFs, probably both of them

Too this day every time i drive past the back of the trophy shop i think how empty it looks no yank camper, no frikken huge speedboat

Any idea where Pete moved to?

[Andy P]

I also have memory of a 6 wheeled cf in primer from that time, there is also a 6 wheeled mk1 Granada estate not far from me now but I don't remember this from back in the day

[abclee123]

peter has passed away about 6/7 years ago my dad was a close friend of his my dad had american cars that lived in Nash road then granville avenue Edmonton just
wondering who captainhook is at wickford

[RustWidow]

peter has passed away about 6/7 years ago my dad was a close friend of his my dad had american cars that lived in Nash road then granville avenue Edmonton just
wondering who captainhook is at wickford

Sorry to hear that

[abclee123]

My dad found a few pictures of Petes place at Amhurst park https://www.facebook.com/lee.batchelor. ... 8089274000

[Andy P]

Thank you very much yep that's the one, sorry to hear he is no longer with us.