Newbie from El Paso, Texas stationed in the UK

I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Edgar and I own a 53 Chevy 210. I am in the Air Force and I am stationed in England which is pretty bad ass. This forum is cool as hell. I was reffered by some guy from Bob's Auto Glass in the Ebay stores (cool guy) when I asked him about cutting the front and rear windshields on my car. My car is currently being watched by my father who owns a 63 Ford Fairlane (my first car at 16) and a 53 Chevy Pick up in El Paso Texas. I would like to know it there is anyone local here. My plans for the 53 is to bag it first and then chop it. If anyone knows people in El Paso, let me know! Where I can have some work done on my ride. It kinda sucks not being able to work on my car. I used to be in the import scene, mostly VW's and Audis(owned a VW Corrado and an Audi TT) but I grew out of it. I bought the 53 because it's something I've always wanted to do even as a kid, I would see all the Cholos (mexican gangsters) in their Lowriders. Well I guess that is about it, if anyone needs anything from England let me know, no illegal stuff, and I will try and get it to you. I get descent APO shipping, not the best but it will do. Thanks!

 

One noob to another, welcome to the HAMB and welcome to the UK...hope its not too cold for ya

 

Actually it is very cold compared to the desert I lived at, winters were bad but not this cold. It is my first winter here and I do love the scenery and the Pubs and the people at the pubs, beer here is great!

 

Welcome from Wild and Wooley WisTexan..., "Uh ..., ER..., ' Wisconsin...!!!

Judging from your post..., You mustn't have tried a beer called "OLD PECULIAR" ...!!!! That Shit's nasty and has variouse forms of pond life floating about in it...!!!!

Of course they say our beer is like making Love in a row boat..., it's too "Fucking Close to Water"...!!!

I miss Texas as well..., especially during the winter...!!! At least the UK doesn't get minus 5 degrees F like "WisColdson" but the Dampness will slow you down a bit...!

Cheers and enjoy those moments abroad...!!!

Mark

 

Or Bishop's Finger, Pedigree, a Frenchie one called Stella, not bad but they call it the Wife Beater Beer. Oh and no matter what the locals try and tell you, the tv antenna on top of Alexanderia (sp) Palace IS NOT THE EFFIEL TOWER! There is another hotrod site, UK based as well, called UK Hotrods, not bad...not exactly traditional but still a kick in the pants. Marq, MeesterP and myself frequent it, as well as a few others I'm sure. At least it will keep you abreast of the rod happenings in the UK.
x
Brandy

www.uk-hotrods.co.uk

 

Hey Mark....thems fightin words! ....old P is my favorite beer! it's the perfect beer in my book. my freinds won't even touch it so it stays in the fridge. They say it tastes like formaldahyde. I must have messed up taste buds?
anyway....Howdy from a fellow Texican!

 

Welcome, where are you based in the UK, Fairford or Mildenhall?
Given a choice of beer i still think Sam Adams has it.

 

Welcome from a ex El Paso native. I used to live there thru my high school years,still have all my family there too. Sure miss the Shiner bock and the cool skate ditches that are everywhere. Juarez was fun as well. While over in UK, try Youngs thats one of my Favs for beer..My goal is to one day open a traditional England style pub here one day..

 

Youngs is a very good ale though my favourite is Hobgoblin from the Wychwood Brewery. Hmmm......beer.
Stella Artois is loopy-juice so proceed with caution.
Welcome to the UK (as well as the HAMB). Enjoy....

 

Hey welcome aboard!,
actually i'm from Las Cruces, just down the road from EL Chuco. there are actually quite a few guys that are getting into older cars in El Paso, and it seems like there are more and more each day. Apparently there are some good body shops etc. any questions PM me.

_travez

 

Ha, beaten to the question again!!

Welcome to the HAMB & the UK from a former Brit now in California!

So, where you at?

Dave

 

tsk, only a californian would believe that.. oh wait...

 

Edgar,
This is Bob from Classic Auto Glass, glad to see you took my advise and checked out the Hamb. I do alot of what I call (LURK AND LEARN) there's alot of real talented people here, check out the tech section. Hope you get your fill of advise about chopping your rig and your fill of most excellent beer. Later, Bob
BTT.

 

"WTF"... ???? "That isn't the Eiffel Tower"...???? ???

Hahaha... !!! Maybe Some one can ship you a case of "Lone Star Longnecks" to you before your Taste Buds are Destroyed...!!!

Mark

 

welcome from another newbie.I've lived in El Paso allmy life and dig the car scene.whatever i can help with,just ask.p.s. its piss cold here tonight..28 degrees.

 

Edgar: Welcome to the HAMB, if you get a chance hook up with 32 LImey & his gal, very good folks and they will show you a good time. There is a GREAT car scene in the UK. Lot of good folks from the Lone Star on here too. I have a 52 Chevy so hats off on your choice of "bomb", they make great customs......Oh yeah, and old wife beater is some good stuff! (Stella that is).....

 

hahaha old wife beater.......they should change that into old man beater, Tracy turns into a complete asshole on that stuff! i think she gets it from me.
Try some Murpy's too much smoother than Guinness.....be prepared the next day though
As Ratboy said we can hook up if you are at Fairford as its only a coulpe of miles away, or if you are at Mildenhall Flat Ernie is there & he's always good to hook up with.
Kev.

 

welcome to the board and welcom to Old blighty,gotta say thanks to Brandy for holding the ukhotrods group fort.There are plenty of shows here in England and some of them at least as good as the American shows i'm told .You will defo receive a very warm welcome in England as we love Yanks here.Beers to try are Abbot ale (make sure you have some resolve this is a hangover cure you can buy here) dogs bollox is a good ale and there are a few ales that are about 8-10 percent by vol so be very wary.If you are coming to Bedfordshire way gimmee a shout and we can meet up for a few,let me know what shows your at and we can have a few there too.Welcome newbie ..........Marq

 

Welcome to England.

Not much going on this time of year. It kicks off around Easter time with wheels day. Good show to get to if you can.

 

I apologize for not replying in a time, I have been real busy. To answer some of your questions I am at RAF Crougton, that is near Oxford near the A43 and M40. I've been at RAF Lakenheath, Feltwell and Mildenhall for the past 6 weeks taking ALS. I hung out in Newmarket and it was cool. The women are freakin hot!!! I have tried Brittish beer for the first time and it was strong as hell. I am used to Bud light and weiser but this stuff was strong as hell, and the women here can outdrink anyone!! I only tried like three kinds of beer, that were Strongbow(favorite so far), Kronnerbourg (good) and John Smith's(absolute crap). I look forward to indulging in more alcoholic beverages in the future. Anyway I want to thank the locals in El Paso, and I will PM y'all later.

 

I think we understand how busy you are.. Your drinking water compared to those beers, its an aquired taste for sure, but I love those black beers..

 

Hey my buddy is stationed in england as well. hes here on leave till sunday. look up Mitch wilson from detroit hes a staff sargent or what ever its called . not a car guy but good guy to know non the less. And welcome to the hamb!

Bryan

 

You are right man, now I can down some bud light like nothing, and DIRTYT, I just made Staff. where is your friend at? I can't wait to go home 'til december. Hopefully my 53 will be done by then.

 

If there is a yankee chick that knows the English rodding scene or pub crawling one for that matter~ it would be me! I've got pics of the Hotrod Drags, Hemsby, Dooster and of me vomiting on 3 different men----yes thank you SO MUCH Crafty! Oh and yeah I know only a Californian would fall for the Alexanderia Palace bit.....but it's not my fault Adam's a cruel tart! Picking on a tourist is all the rage in Blighty, damn them---totally pleading the fifth over that one

x
Brandy

 

Strongbow is cider.. you guys have cider right ? made from fermented apples ?
John Smiths is what we call bitter.
Kronenburg is french, like stella.


Just stay away from the nasty liquids called "aftershock".. evil evil evil...

 

Watch out for those sheep at Croughton. Are you a comm type? I have been to every USAF installation in Europe, bar none. Croughton was better when Upper Heyford was open, but there is something to be said for being away from the mainstream USAF.

 

we dont really have cider, I am sure there is some made here, but everyone that I know who drinks cider drinks cider from your neck of the woods. Such as Blackthorns or Hornsbys (sp?)..

 

Ohh thanks for the correction, and the tip.

No I am not a Com geek, I am CE Power Pro, and have been for 4 years, and it is a huge change from what I was used to at Holloman in New Mexico. Those sheep are everywhere, but they don't bother anyone. Another one I've been to is West Ruislip, I usually park there and take the tube to central London. I heard that is closing down also.

 

HA! This is coming from a LIMEY! Only bloke I've ever met that can't hold his hard liquor!!!! NANCY BOY NANCY BOY..........
x
Brandy

~Kronenburg is good, Strongbow is cider? Was good stuff! Never got to try that backwoods hillbilly stuff though, next trip...hiccup!~

 

Try some Murphy's it'll make you shit EP90 for a day or two....

You are stationed about 30 miles from me, but there are 3 or 4 HAMB guys around the Oxford area.