Guest Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Bit of a mad day today - Harewood House car show, booked two tickets in order to bring two items from the fleet for the Old Japanese Car stand (organised by Mash). Due to them being taxed/tested, this duty fell on the Charmant and Galant. I hastily fitted an aerial to the Charmant on Saturday (the old one rusted off - cheap Halfords toss), then spent Sunday morning hastily giving both cars a wash. I didn't do anything to the interiors, as I'm not very good at that, so they were both full of empty carrier bags and the likes. Soz. Anyway, I hopped in the Charmant and headed over to Vicsmith's joint as he was playing private hire driver today - the deal was he got to take the Galant there and the Charmant back. He led as he knows Leeds much better than I do, but we couldn't be prepared for the circumstances - a closed sliproad meant a weird detour and then we entered some absolutely enormous queues. This was my view for about two hours. Glad I fit that aerial as at least I could have some Magic 828 action. Due to a faulty radiator fan on the Charmant, I was having to manually regulate the temperature by putting the heater on full blast and turning the engine off where possible. Nightmare! Further amusement was had by watching one of the Galant brakelights work intermittently - I have suspected it was doing this for some time, think it might be a dodgy connector maybe. Might want to look at that really. Ah well. We eventually arrived at the show and were waved into the car park, then it was kind of implied by some woman working there that it'd be near impossible to get to the stand - hurtled across the grass fields and found it within a couple of minutes, no bother! There we go! That was actually taken towards the end of the show to be honest. Funny to see them both together - I get to see them all the time in the driveway but it's weird to see them in a kind of "posed for" shot together. As for the other cars on the stand..... Crikey. Mash's B10 was there too but I forgot to take a picture of it. Soz Mash! New to me were the B-reg Accord (absolutely MINT), MK1 Lancer (astounding) and the Ratdat/Mash 323 GT (new Autoshite school bike?). More non-OJC stand stuff later - cheers to Vicsmith for putting up with the hassle and displaying some amazing road knowledge of the mess that is Leeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiel Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Nice one! No hassle from the flat cap/'real classic cars' brigade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 First time I have seen one that isnt blue-nearly bought one in the early 90's. Look a nice Datsun/Toyota alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 No hassle, but there was quite a lot of modern stuff on show. Lovely Capri GL MK2, very similar inside to Vicsmith's MK3. And an equally lovely Capri S. I like looking through car show shots because you get pictures of amusing-looking people like this chap who seems to either really like the Capri or is just about to give it a right telling off. Is this a Zodiac or a Zephyr? I can imagine "AlistairK" buying this and it developing loads of unfortunate problems before ultimately being dead outside his garage. Bad luck Akku! Cortina Estate GT, does such a thing exist? Looks ace, vinyl roof actually suits it. BOLLOX PATROL Nice VP Maestro in a very typical Maestro colour. Mint Celica, it's been a while since I've seen a tidy one of these. I see the odd scabby one though. Hirst-Ride! I'd love this, I would floor it around corners and send those chintzy trims flying. Brown Dolomite, note the bored wife inside. I think this was the first "bored wife" spot. Ssangyong Owners Club - to be honest I found their stand far more interesting than some of the toss on display. Good work lads! ACK. I absolutely love Montreals, inevitably it had people inside it so I couldn't have a good poke around. Balls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Note the lovely Probe in the background. Nice and shitey, I would be delighted to drive this around. Sorry if you don't like MK2 Capris, but there were loads of them - probably more than the MK1 and MK3 ones put together! Mental. POLICE STOP I hate the scene tax as much as anyone else, but I'd love a MK1 Escort to tool around in. Superb Carlton! I'm 90% sure this is the one that was on Retro Rides a bit back. Anyway that's enough for tonight, I'll get some more up over the coming week. There's all sorts of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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trigger Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 That is the same Carlton from R-R, Is it mrcrapgame the owner?It's been popping up on ebay since, Does look nice though, Think it was only like £300 when he brought it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiel Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Ssangyong Owners Club... now I've seen it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashmicro Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Super spots, lovin that Maestro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitevanman Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 1- Its a Zypher2- 1600GT Cortina is for real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Lobster Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 That Alfa Montreal is deeply lovely. Would love a good Capri as well at some point though I suspect it'll never happen sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 1- Its a Zypheror even Zephyr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Great variety on the OJC stand, excellent stuff.Some other appealing stuff too. Odd about the Mk2 Capris, usually there's less of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mash Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Crikey. Mash's B10 was there too but I forgot to take a picture of it. Soz Mash! New to me were the B-reg Accord (absolutely MINT), MK1 Lancer (astounding) and the Ratdat/Mash 323 GT (new Autoshite school bike?). Disgraceful! Here it is I'll put a load up on OJC too. Thanks to evryone who came it was a great day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredTransit Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Great variety on the OJC stand, excellent stuff.Some other appealing stuff too. Odd about the Mk2 Capris, usually there's less of them.Could it be to do with the upcoming 40th? I think people are making the effort to get them on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Odd about the Mk2 Capris, usually there's less of them.That was the case at Bromley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitevanman Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 1- Its a Zypheror even Zephyr you know I am shite at spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mash Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Ssangyong Owners Club FTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 To be honest I would be quite happy to drive one of these up and down the seafront, cliché or not. Pog-ride. Daddy or chips? CHIPS. White leather interior! 10/10. Presumably they forgot to "ratlook" it. Pair of stackers, the Merc stand was roped off with this police-style tape which I thought was a nice touch. Mainly because of this Cosa Nostra cruiser. If you saw this driving around Palermo with a load of mean-looking blokes in, you would do best not to flick a V at it and shout "smelly tossers, go eat some pizza, ha ha ha". Brrrrrrrarrrrrrmm! I like rubber-bumper MGBs best - sue me. Almost spoiled by someone stepping in front of it, but not quite. Smugly walked up to this expecting to see a load of Maestro switchgear and a Perkins diesel, but astoundingly it is a genuine RS200! I was amazed. Yet more to come later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk1_4dr Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Nice plate on the RS200 too, OOF indeed. Quality pics Mr Dan, I wish I'd have gotten my arse in gear and come across myself, looks like a good show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Suprised? Dissapointed more like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Here's your last update for tonight. Come on BMW, can't you make stuff like this anymore? Put the effort in. Super-smart 728i, I like these, loads of presence. BMW's moment of madness. The doors aren't down, what's going on?! Probably not to be trifled with. These are nice and meaty, haven't seen one for yonks! Where have they all gone? I choose not to specify alloy wheels! Incredibly angry-looking, I think this was my favourite of the sporting BMWs there to be honest. The front bumper is ace with its weird egg-crate grilles. Lovely 316! These need more street cred, I'd have one. Note another bored wife in the drivers seat, cheer up love! Finally for tonight, let us hail the CAR OF THE SHOW! Inexplicably hidden away behind a tree on its own - I bet loads of people missed it. What a beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiel Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Ooh, bella Beta indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 I was under the impression that it was an OJC show. Bollocks. I could have come down \ up \ sideways in teH Amazon had I not been destroying the column shift on B & D's Wartburg. And been about 250 miles away. Sorry Ed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Whoa! Thats the spit of one my old man had up to 2003, same colour and all. I used to clear the pipes every so often and one morning coming back from nights whilst in half asleep abs'd front wheel drive mode, pulled into a box junction in a gap that wasn't really there, so mashed the throttle and went for it. However being a RWDOMGDRIFTNOTAE86SLUSHBOX monster and not a tidy front drive Fiat it went full on sweeny style sideways on opposite lock for about a 1000 yards Had it 5 up wheels clear over a local humpback bridge too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Great words & photos Hirst I am amused that the Ssang Yong OC seemed to be pitched next to the PT Cruisers. Will the Ssang Yongs soon be sporting unnecessary stick on chrome tat and Confederate flags I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mash Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 I choose not to specify alloy wheels! Finally for tonight, let us hail the CAR OF THE SHOW! Inexplicably hidden away behind a tree on its own - I bet loads of people missed it. What a beauty!The 525e really was lovely but not sure if it was worth the £2.5k they were asking. I reckon John's Accord EX-R is much better value. The Beta turns up at a lot of shows in Yorkshire. It's owned by an elderly couple who've probably had it from new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Great words & photos Hirst Cheers! It's awkward trying to think up interesting/funny captions so I just blather on about rubbish instead.More stuff to follow this evening probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Ace pics DH. Lovely BMW selection. I was going to make exciteable noises about the deliciously pointless 8-series, then I saw that B9 alpina and suffered a jaw/floor interface. I wants one of they so bad. But back to the 840 - dang they are cool. Ruinous, but cool. I noted one in Torsten's underground lair, very temptings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Right then, here's some more crud. Bit of CF action. Clubmans are the best Mini really. This being a pickup is probably worth more than the RS200 seen earlier. Took this picture mainly for the eggcrate grille on the right, what's that all about? This is more my taste, basic and brown. Yes, this will do. Amongst all the Minis was a Rover 75 for some bizzare reason. There's my motorbike quota fulfilled for the next 5 years. This gets used for actual work purposes, apparently. Top notch! Now there's some US stuff. Here's a lovely Dart, these are ace - really stylish but quite compact by US standards. Even the "trunk" isn't that big. Discreet interior. Yes, I think I could have this. HE'S RUDE DOG "And the Dweeeebs!" Awful trousers required to drive this thing, probably a white belt/shoes combo too. Superb climate control system though, presumably if you set it to "FOG" the car interior fills with smoke like Batman or something. Gee mister that's swell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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