Wednesday, 5 December 2012

Micky's Big Mouth T

This Model Ford T-bucket - touring body with a 3.5Ltr V8, was my 'delivery van' a few years ago. Delivering crates of Mickey's Big Mouth beer around London. The year before I had driven a silver glitter covered Citroën Visa van, with light-up ice box windows, for Absolut Vodka. All the brainchild of Dave from Marblehead who kindly lubricated our SB#12 launch party with Kraken rum. Good times.
(above) Me and John Dirty Whitewalls, were visiting (the now long-gone) Hamrax on Ladbroke Grove for some new brake pads as the front wheels were from a Honda.
The magnificent Jaguar IRS; the resplendent spinning cherry of every jacked-up British built hot rod in the 1980s.
521 FBC Where are you now? Still turning heads in supermarket carparks and causing havoc I hope, BP
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7 comments:

  1. Harley5 December 2012 at 11:13

    Jag IRS, slot mags and "Happy" Hamrax - truly another era....

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  2. rustyli1505 December 2012 at 12:45

    Mickey's Big Mouths were immortalised in Tom Waits' Franks Wild Years. Quality

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  3. Sideburn Magazine5 December 2012 at 13:21

    Rusty, I was listening to it just the other day. A top five favourite ever song for me.

    'Spent piece of used jet trash, made good Bloody Marys...'

    Made me want to buy my daughter a chihuahua (that she really, really wants) just so I could name it Carlos. G

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  4. Unknown5 December 2012 at 14:31

    Have a Jag IRS stashed away somewhere. Stripped it down on my mums kitchen table in the 70s.

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  5. Anthony Brown5 December 2012 at 14:37

    Gary get the Chihuahua I want one too.

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  6. Sideburn Magazine5 December 2012 at 16:05

    Rusty & G,
    "....Never could stand that dog" one of my faves too.

    Phil,
    how do you stash a Jag IRS?
    Do you have an exceptionally large space under your bed? or did you bury it in the woods?
    BP

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  7. rustyli1505 December 2012 at 18:59

    Swordfishtrombones is one of my fave tw lps too. Along with rain dogs

    16 shells? Marvellous!

    Just when i think you two cant get any cooler...

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