Grew up near Cabra in the 90s, used to play ball at the PCYC. I remember my mum having someone OD and die in her arms on John St. Cabra was first settled by loads of Italian migrants in the 60s & 70s before it became a Vietnamese community. Crazy how much its cleaned up since then. Mad vid boys.
Ima say this straight up Clay, I WISH CALIFORNIA VIBES WERE AS GOOD AS YOU GUYS OVER THERE. Seems like a dream come true to hangout with a bunch of fun chill car lovers alike man. Cheers
Mr Wong I have been a long term supporter of your channel. I am beyond proud of how far you have come. You have always make such good quality content, and brought smiles to me and my friends faces. Keep it real king 💯
I grew up there back in the 1980’s. Heroine was a real problem back then. China town was the epicentre for dealers back then dealing ‘H’. Car break ins. You couldn’t park in that multi deck car park without your car being broken into. I used to sit in the park by the Police boys club was full of people picking up drugs. Hugh Street just outside China town was pretty shocking too. This is like a trip down memory lane for me.
Grew up in & around the area, went to school with Tony Houng.. Cabramatta was fucking hectic in early 90’s to late 90’s.. you’d get off the train & by the time you walked over the bridge you’d have at least 20 peeps “you right bra” it was wild times & we all enjoyed ourselves to a degree.. Cabramatta would be 1 of the safest areas in Sydney now, I love going out for a feed to the restaurant behind BK
Nice Car and great vid boys! Been in Cabra since late 80s,Cabra was originally dominated by Europeans, mainly yugo’s and Italians. The gates were open for refugees/immigration by Mr Goth Whitlam in the late 70s and Cabra become flooded by Vietnamese/chinese, and some Cambodians as well. They worked hard, set up a lot businesses and trading shops, restaurants etc. Unfortunately a lot of racism during that period and society at the time did not really welcome asians to Cabra, But they were resilient, persistent and committed to having a better life in Australia, and battled on. The drugs and gangs were an image and life choice to get in on the money protect , defend and fit into society. As bad as it sounds the younger generation can thank the gangs, crime sweat blood and tears of the good and the bad, that is today’s Cabramatta. NOTE: majority of law enforcement during that period were corrupt, Cabra turned the page in early 2000s when they built the new cop shop which came with a new commissioner.
Amazing video Clay! Good to see you still rocking around Sydney. The FDs are for sure my favourite cars, but I have 4 Mercedes and a Rolls Royce, so I love the W214 C63 as well. That was the last of the truly good C63s imo. Great to see. Thanks for another 🔥 video.
I remember being 13 with my dad shopping in Cabra and it was crazy, walking through the car park my dad even got offered gear twice by guys that looked no older than me. You’d go to the station and people would ask if you want to get on. A memory I have is a woman around her 50’s being revived by paramedics on John Street. A girl around 15 really strung out making advances to different blokes and a bloke being chased by about 7 other blokes. Unfortunately I got into the hammer and scored lots of times there for many years, then it moved to surrounding areas. Nearly 15 years of being on the gear but now I’m clean. Some friends still get on but tell me the quality isn’t the same anymore. I still go to Cabra every now and then but just for a feed now. Thank God that those days are behind me.
Awesome Antonelo..don't know u but proud of u regardless.. cause that shit is beating the devil literally..best way to live one day at a time..always present
I remember Romanians selling heroin out of coffee shops in the early days, before the Vietnamese really flooded the streets with dealers. Some very young teenagers. Loads of overdoses, stabbings shootings, home invasions. It was really wild.
I’m sure the bloke is too young to have been around when cabra was really popping off, he might’ve seen things here and there but towards the back end anyway…
Grew up in longfield street in the 90s seen some interesting stuff but it was the best place and I’m always proud of were I grew up and came from Love Cabra!
WOW How l miss my cars, thanks for your vid,l just came across your channel so now im subbed. It really did put an extra spark in my heart. I had a beautiful black 94 supra for 10 years, NAUTIA plates and l truly miss my black beauty as l had to sell her due to financial reasons after a divorce, before that I owned a frog rotary lol, a green Mazda rx7 that was off its chops. How l miss owning a car that makes me feel excited when you wake up in the morning and realise that you get to drive such a vechical, l miss miss miss my cars. I ended driving a v8 statesman and l still wanted to go back in time to own a supra. And yes I'm a female but I've always loved cars, And l always will, it's a passion that never goes away once you have it, cheers Tracey xo
We grew up in Cabramatta west, and i used to catch the bus to school everyday. There was an alley way id have to walk through, and everyday it was cleaned, and the next day it was full of needles sitting on the ground.
@@paulsz6194 In those days there were no OHS/fire safety regs like today, and the Stardust was so packed out. People could smoke inside, and there were bands with pyrotechnics. Then there was also the insurance scam.
@@paulsz6194 I believe the first time was a pyrotechnics problem which caused a fire in the club area. Second time was a disgruntled dealer that got kicked out and came back to firebomb the place.
This really wasn’t so much about drugs in western Sydney - but rather beastly cars 🚙 - dope upload though - but would love a doco about “slo” in Sydney
This fella knows what he’s talking about, I live green valley still a few things use missed out on but being from jails in Sydney and this area….theres soooo much that could’ve been added but good work overall
Yeah you’d get locked up and just about everyone would be laying out in the sun Darcy 1 & 2 cause 80% of us were going through withdrawals, still though that was proper jail still not like nowadays
@@maktakkk what you mean hangout in Darcy the place is flooded lol but yeah I have no idea what your talking about maybe I’m misreading but if not I’m sure your right bud lol
Cabramatta was a cheap place to live on the railway line and the first Vietnamese refugees were settled there by the authorities in the late-70s. Fairfield Council was given a lot of oney to help resettle the; they did the same recently with Syrian refugees. The place became known as Vietnamatta and by the mid-80s it was pretty much all SE Asian ethnicities. The gangs and crime came with the decent refugees and gave the place a bad but deserved reputation. In the 80s I was a Military Policeman in the area and we bailed out drunken diggers trapped by Viet gangs in pubs more than once. The best food is not there but nearby in Canley Vale where you can actually find a park most times.
Yep I played with Mounties until Cabra offered me match payments.. Mounties we went undefeated for 2 seasons but our team was stacked with future NRL first graders
95-98 used to go there all the time as a teenager never scored H but would see and get asked by all the street dealers ,Had a mate got into the gear and it ruined his life hes now dead ,They used to have a good pool hall there called Timegone ,and cabra pools the diving tower still stands as a memorial 😂,Stardust pub which is now a seafood chinese restaurant,And the 24/7 pork rolls,Cabra has changed a lot since the past 20 years but anytime i go i still reminsise the olden days,
16yr old guy I went to school with in mid 90’s , his gf then turned him Junkie & he overdosed in Cabramatta, then someone stole his shoes whilst he was lying dead in laneway
@@oyvey3214 I’m not surprised. A guy I met in rehab told me a similar story, but it was in Redfern and the guy wasn’t dead, they just took his belongings.
Yeah my mate overdosed & passed away , good guy from Glenfield, anyway when police contacted his parents they asked if he was homeless because they found him dead with no shoes. I was about 15 scoring one day & a group of older people ( 2 guys 1 girl around 25~30 ) put a knife to my throat telling me to spit it out ( was in a balloon in my mouth ) & I wouldn’t, anyway they ended up taking my shoes of my feet, Nikes with busted air bubbles, wouldn’t of fit any of them , but no way was I giving up my gear , a lady resident who seen & couldn’t speak English come & gave me some old thongs to wear so I wasn’t walking barefoot. Taking shoes was a big thing back then .
Then their culture shines 😂 It’s not up to the council where they go, they now spread them out all across small towns and now sex crimes etc all go up in those areas. Been happening forever, some people build cities, towns, businesses, then some other migrants turn areas that were decent into ghettos
Council has nothing to do with housing arrangements, all that is the responsibility of the state government but a lot of people from other countries will gravitate to certain areas based on things like services available, shops, restaurants, where their family lives etc
The government put all the Blackz in an around Redfern, the islanders Mt Druitt, the Leb's Bankstown, an the Asian's Cabra, It all started to change there around the mid 2000's...
The Asians been here since the gold rush. The main families established in Cabramatta and started the businesses here since the 80s I think. Thats when cabra was bad. That’s what all the oldies say.
2:40 minutes. Would you see junkies laying down? Nooo Waaay! 😂😂😂 Kids have no idea how hard life was for us back then. I was 17 and one of those junkies. Caught the smack express twice a day from Surry Hills. And I'm still standing. Tens of mates I had aren't..
What a day that was. Was a pleasure hosting you through the streets of Cabramatta, my man ❤ looking forward to the next one wifh you brother!
Awesome comment, I was looking to follow you aswell. You lads have my 12 year old daughter obsessed with cars ❤
Let's go the bearded azn!!! This video blowing up!
Why the fake Gucci shirt? Nice car & Seiko.
@@OBZ-f7j😂damn
Azn? Must be Khmer too huh?🤔 hehe
Grew up near Cabra in the 90s, used to play ball at the PCYC. I remember my mum having someone OD and die in her arms on John St. Cabra was first settled by loads of Italian migrants in the 60s & 70s before it became a Vietnamese community. Crazy how much its cleaned up since then. Mad vid boys.
This is so true. My dad worked there in the late 80s and 90s and was an italian migrant.
Bring back the 90's. Great vid btw !
Ima say this straight up Clay, I WISH CALIFORNIA VIBES WERE AS GOOD AS YOU GUYS OVER THERE. Seems like a dream come true to hangout with a bunch of fun chill car lovers alike man. Cheers
Mr Wong I have been a long term supporter of your channel. I am beyond proud of how far you have come. You have always make such good quality content, and brought smiles to me and my friends faces. Keep it real king 💯
Grew up in livo and around Fairfield and Cabra now a Newcastle boy 💯
Mad content brother.
Spin out watching the same streets 18 years later
In Cabra we always had the best cars from the 90s onwards nothing has changed!!
Awesome vid guys, subscribed now, looking forward to future drops 🫶
I grew up there back in the 1980’s. Heroine was a real problem back then. China town was the epicentre for dealers back then dealing ‘H’. Car break ins. You couldn’t park in that multi deck car park without your car being broken into. I used to sit in the park by the Police boys club was full of people picking up drugs. Hugh Street just outside China town was pretty shocking too. This is like a trip down memory lane for me.
Grew up in & around the area, went to school with Tony Houng.. Cabramatta was fucking hectic in early 90’s to late 90’s.. you’d get off the train & by the time you walked over the bridge you’d have at least 20 peeps “you right bra” it was wild times & we all enjoyed ourselves to a degree..
Cabramatta would be 1 of the safest areas in Sydney now, I love going out for a feed to the restaurant behind BK
Nice Car and great vid boys!
Been in Cabra since late 80s,Cabra was originally dominated by Europeans, mainly yugo’s and Italians. The gates were open for refugees/immigration by Mr Goth Whitlam in the late 70s and Cabra become flooded by Vietnamese/chinese, and some Cambodians as well. They worked hard, set up a lot businesses and trading shops, restaurants etc.
Unfortunately a lot of racism during that period and society at the time did not really welcome asians to Cabra, But they were resilient, persistent and committed to having a better life in Australia, and battled on.
The drugs and gangs were an image and life choice to get in on the money protect , defend and fit into society. As bad as it sounds the younger generation can thank the gangs, crime sweat blood and tears of the good and the bad, that is today’s Cabramatta.
NOTE: majority of law enforcement during that period were corrupt, Cabra turned the page in early 2000s when they built the new cop shop which came with a new commissioner.
I think the Cops were Apathetic too….they only did something and put " put runs on the board " when they got unwanted scrutiny and media attention.
This is RUclips not a history lesson 😂
(Jokes)
sik video of cabra and another group of sydney hectic rides.. luv it... Keep it up Clay!
Amazing video Clay! Good to see you still rocking around Sydney. The FDs are for sure my favourite cars, but I have 4 Mercedes and a Rolls Royce, so I love the W214 C63 as well. That was the last of the truly good C63s imo. Great to see. Thanks for another 🔥 video.
I remember being 13 with my dad shopping in Cabra and it was crazy, walking through the car park my dad even got offered gear twice by guys that looked no older than me. You’d go to the station and people would ask if you want to get on. A memory I have is a woman around her 50’s being revived by paramedics on John Street. A girl around 15 really strung out making advances to different blokes and a bloke being chased by about 7 other blokes.
Unfortunately I got into the hammer and scored lots of times there for many years, then it moved to surrounding areas. Nearly 15 years of being on the gear but now I’m clean. Some friends still get on but tell me the quality isn’t the same anymore.
I still go to Cabra every now and then but just for a feed now.
Thank God that those days are behind me.
Proud of you for getting clean mate. It's not easy!
@@TheBearded_Azn cheers mate! Just 1 day at a time.
Awesome work Antonelo...best way to live one day at a time the present
Awesome Antonelo..don't know u but proud of u regardless.. cause that shit is beating the devil literally..best way to live one day at a time..always present
@@minhnguyen-tw1mg thank you so much for your kind words. Exactly it’s hard at times but it’s worth it.
Cabra was crazy back in the day even white was heavy not to mention 5t and all the other break off groups
Great variety of cars. Cool to see cars of all levels and the variety.
Cabbra is super tame now, it was fucked back in the day…absolutely insane how much it’s changed
Cabra especially around John St is a semi trendy area now, heaps of busy restaurants, shops and bakeries open till late, heaps of families, etc.
That's good though
Accidently came across this video. Awesome 👌 started following
Absolutely awesome. Thank you for sharing your video. Absolutely crazy 😂❤❤
Thanks for this. Brings back memories.
I remember Romanians selling heroin out of coffee shops in the early days, before the Vietnamese really flooded the streets with dealers. Some very young teenagers. Loads of overdoses, stabbings shootings, home invasions. It was really wild.
Wild back in the 90s, 5T and Apex from memory.
Now it's the furries
I went to school in Brisbane with a younger relative of Minh Tran founding member of 5T
R.i.p Tri Minh Tran
I’m sure the bloke is too young to have been around when cabra was really popping off, he might’ve seen things here and there but towards the back end anyway…
Grew up in longfield street in the 90s seen some interesting stuff but it was the best place and I’m always proud of were I grew up and came from Love Cabra!
WOW How l miss my cars, thanks for your vid,l just came across your channel so now im subbed. It really did put an extra spark in my heart. I had a beautiful black 94 supra for 10 years, NAUTIA plates and l truly miss my black beauty as l had to sell her due to financial reasons after a divorce, before that I owned a frog rotary lol, a green Mazda rx7 that was off its chops. How l miss owning a car that makes me feel excited when you wake up in the morning and realise that you get to drive such a vechical, l miss miss miss my cars. I ended driving a v8 statesman and l still wanted to go back in time to own a supra. And yes I'm a female but I've always loved cars, And l always will, it's a passion that never goes away once you have it, cheers Tracey xo
We grew up in Cabramatta west, and i used to catch the bus to school everyday. There was an alley way id have to walk through, and everyday it was cleaned, and the next day it was full of needles sitting on the ground.
Good old Cabra all of us that grew up in Cab are very happy the way it turned out to be at the end compared to the 90s it’s Hollywood lol now!!😊
Ye the boys
i was a 10/13yrs Cabramatta station runner back in the late 80s ealry 90s it was chaos, we are not all in jail
Mouth full of balloons 😃🎈
Wish there was still real gear around
Mekong Club was hectic, but there was also the STardust Hotel, and the Cabra Railway Hotel always played cool bands too.
Why did it burned down,…twice?
@@paulsz6194 In those days there were no OHS/fire safety regs like today, and the Stardust was so packed out. People could smoke inside, and there were bands with pyrotechnics.
Then there was also the insurance scam.
@@paulsz6194 I believe the first time was a pyrotechnics problem which caused a fire in the club area. Second time was a disgruntled dealer that got kicked out and came back to firebomb the place.
This really wasn’t so much about drugs in western Sydney - but rather beastly cars 🚙 - dope upload though - but would love a doco about “slo” in Sydney
This fella knows what he’s talking about, I live green valley still a few things use missed out on but being from jails in Sydney and this area….theres soooo much that could’ve been added but good work overall
Yeah you’d get locked up and just about everyone would be laying out in the sun Darcy 1 & 2 cause 80% of us were going through withdrawals, still though that was proper jail still not like nowadays
@@maktakkk what you mean hangout in Darcy the place is flooded lol but yeah I have no idea what your talking about maybe I’m misreading but if not I’m sure your right bud lol
@@maktakkk if ya can’t get on at the intake cells that’s on you lol
@@maktakkk if ya can’t get on in like 12 or 14 if your not on the program probably worth staying off anyway
@@dominicgreen7532 I was talking about late 90’s bud not nowadays when everyone is chasing the chicken soup or fried rice
Cabramatta was a cheap place to live on the railway line and the first Vietnamese refugees were settled there by the authorities in the late-70s. Fairfield Council was given a lot of oney to help resettle the; they did the same recently with Syrian refugees. The place became known as Vietnamatta and by the mid-80s it was pretty much all SE Asian ethnicities. The gangs and crime came with the decent refugees and gave the place a bad but deserved reputation. In the 80s I was a Military Policeman in the area and we bailed out drunken diggers trapped by Viet gangs in pubs more than once. The best food is not there but nearby in Canley Vale where you can actually find a park most times.
That sound of the JD man I came back for a second watch
Awesome video and seeing all the fds
Love going to Cabra for a Vietnamese iced coffee from the drinks shop next to the corner tobacconist, the woman that makes them knows her stuff.
i love how the whole of australia is shocked at cabramatta and south west syd 🤣
Its like this everywhere tbh. Every city has a ghetto.
Im not, its worse in Melbourne's west and north (I've lived both)
great night bro!! hope to give u a lift home again someday. God bless you mate!
Car lover all the way from SA...would love to visit aussie
Can confirm it was definitely a dirty place back in the day I was at Cabra station everyday in the early 2000s
Getting off the train cabra all you here you alright
The dudes Redsuns shirt whos driving the FD is dope AF 👌
Haha, that's me!! Give us a follow! Akina_garage_ 😅
Good video mate!!
Loved it guys
Back in the days 1998 - 2004 was crazy
Damn, I have never been there but very educational. Thanks Clay
Some the best Harry came out of there used to live around the corner now more then 22 years clean
That was then, Cabramatta now is prime property now, Cabramatta west is all million dollar properties now even having old fibro homes.
I’m coming to CLAY WORLD!
Ayyy I was the one camping, I couldn't hear you and thought you were posing for the camera Lmao.
back in the day this is all ya needed to go at the end of the day =) 1:05
Cabramatta is the bomb ❤ keep it real since 1992
This was sick
Fisher street was also known to have lady at night working out on the streets back in the 90s and early 2000s
yesss more content like this
waiting for the wollongong vidsssss lessgooo
We're you in campbelltown today in old school vato cars 😅 must be a lookalike ahah
Its giving Sydney car expo year in the 90’s at darling harbour
You mean the Sydney international Motor Show?
cabra always had the best footy teams
Yep I played with Mounties until Cabra offered me match payments.. Mounties we went undefeated for 2 seasons but our team was stacked with future NRL first graders
95-98 used to go there all the time as a teenager never scored H but would see and get asked by all the street dealers ,Had a mate got into the gear and it ruined his life hes now dead ,They used to have a good pool hall there called Timegone ,and cabra pools the diving tower still stands as a memorial 😂,Stardust pub which is now a seafood chinese restaurant,And the 24/7 pork rolls,Cabra has changed a lot since the past 20 years but anytime i go i still reminsise the olden days,
3:58 they had blue lights in the bathrooms to stop them shooing up in the public toilets.
That didn't stop them
@@briannareid9423 it made it difficult for them, cant see the veins clearly
@@Kustom2170 you got no idea
@@briannareid9423and your full of ideas that we never get to see or hear! 🤣🤣🤣
dam, i grew up around those lights. never realised why they were like that lol
Some seroius examples in this one clay wow 👌
Can anyone let me know when these car meets are please ? I’m hanging to come to one . 😅
Follow me, always posted on my instagram @ClayWong - see you at the next one man! 🚀🌏
@@ClayWong keep a look at for my red rx7 ! Thanks bro haha
Sydney's footscray
If clay seen how it was 30 years ago he wouldn't sound like he sounds when he speaks.
8:03 looks like a zombie outbreak
Back in the 80s cabramatta was going off like a frog in a sock,people dropping everywhere,milf everywhere😊
Cabbra people always clingy to the past 😂😂
That’s crazy dude
16yr old guy I went to school with in mid 90’s , his gf then turned him Junkie & he overdosed in Cabramatta, then someone stole his shoes whilst he was lying dead in laneway
His GF was peddling the gear? Turned him into a junkie? That’s bad. What was his name again?
@@oyvey3214 I’m not surprised. A guy I met in rehab told me a similar story, but it was in Redfern and the guy wasn’t dead, they just took his belongings.
Yeah my mate overdosed & passed away , good guy from Glenfield, anyway when police contacted his parents they asked if he was homeless because they found him dead with no shoes.
I was about 15 scoring one day & a group of older people ( 2 guys 1 girl around 25~30 ) put a knife to my throat telling me to spit it out ( was in a balloon in my mouth ) & I wouldn’t, anyway they ended up taking my shoes of my feet, Nikes with busted air bubbles, wouldn’t of fit any of them , but no way was I giving up my gear , a lady resident who seen & couldn’t speak English come & gave me some old thongs to wear so I wasn’t walking barefoot.
Taking shoes was a big thing back then .
Can you ask Jimmy how long it took him to grow that beard? I am struggling.
😅 Bro legit probley around a year or so just gotta take care of it my man and trim it often!
The new word going around on social media especially with the car guys is "100%" every second person "100%" bro yeh "100%"😂
yeh bro 100%
Not really, it's been used for years. Started before social media. At least in Sydney
LOLL
“One person was overdosing every day” “Yeah 100 percent”
I thought the average person could not cope with escalating costs!!!!
go clay mate❤
When people from other countries come to your country,the council always put them together in one area.
Then their culture shines 😂 It’s not up to the council where they go, they now spread them out all across small towns and now sex crimes etc all go up in those areas.
Been happening forever, some people build cities, towns, businesses, then some other migrants turn areas that were decent into ghettos
Council has nothing to do with housing arrangements, all that is the responsibility of the state government but a lot of people from other countries will gravitate to certain areas based on things like services available, shops, restaurants, where their family lives etc
The people themselves choose to live together because, they're racist and don't want to integrate with white Australians
Tourist destination in it's own right
I think there was a refugee. Hostel there in the ‘70’s
That EVO wags is nice bro!!!
Cheers mate!!
It's for sale do you wanna buy it
Came for a drug documentary, stayed for a car vlog.
Loving the content 👌
I know jimmy back in the days, he used to drive toyota corolla ke70. he was so passionate about sport cars.
But clay full got the T look 😂😂😂
Woohoo springy vibes
If that green FD has 700hp and goes like that, I would be questioning the Dyno it was tested on. It goes like it has 300hp😂
It’s probably the way the car is setup, 20 inch wheels with mad camber isn’t gonna put the power down to well aha
@@Kar-pos that would be baking those tyres even at 500hp. Clearly you guys do not have a clue about a rotary with power!!!
@@Kodasumbeeta I’m just assuming he’s got good tyres/slicks and running on a low boost but yeah you could be right
The government put all the Blackz in an around Redfern, the islanders Mt Druitt, the Leb's Bankstown, an the Asian's Cabra, It all started to change there around the mid 2000's...
One of the best vlogs Clay!!! Hey bro check out D series Cup @Luddenham sometime!!!
Rare car that Nissan pulsar Turbo .
The Asians been here since the gold rush. The main families established in Cabramatta and started the businesses here since the 80s I think. Thats when cabra was bad. That’s what all the oldies say.
Omg clay wong doing this 😂. Just don’t okay.
…you know what I mean?
You know what I mean?
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN??!!!
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“No.”
29:27 goes so damn hard
Stardusthotel
Didn’t it burn down , twice?
Then became “ Sweethearts”….
Haha I watched this 3 times, rx7 and honda 2000 ,❤😊
When’s the Krispy Kreme Liverpool getting posted
What about the Greenway Centre meetups?
love ya content
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Love it
Damn tanns RX7 is sick
2:40 minutes. Would you see junkies laying down? Nooo Waaay! 😂😂😂 Kids have no idea how hard life was for us back then. I was 17 and one of those junkies. Caught the smack express twice a day from Surry Hills. And I'm still standing. Tens of mates I had aren't..
Hope you are clean now brother. Takes a man to admit to his mistakes!
Cabra was the zombie land of Australia back in the 90s Sydney south west
yeaaaah the area
Miss the old days
100%!!!