Bobthebeard Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 I entered the Triumph Dolomite into a local charity car show that is to take place this coming Sunday. Not usually a car show fan, but charity etc.Unfortunately the Dolomite is not ready and still needs some bodywork finishing off and a MASSIVE exhaust manifold leak repair.Anyway..I have paid my donation and received my entry pass. The only car I have that in any way may qualify as a classic is the 1993 Rover 416. It is in fantastic condition etc, but a classic? I think it is, but given the location and general demographic of the area (Wrea Green) I may well be given the bum's rush. Should I go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 The Rover R8 216/416 is widely known to be the best car ever produced, anywhere, ever. In the time I've had mine I've never seen another, not sure if that's different further south. It certainly draws enough comments though on it's rarity, I'd go for it, don't think it will be particularly out of place. Bobthebeard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Yes. Go. Bobthebeard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 25yr old car = classic in most folk's eyes. A 1970 car was deffo a classic in 1995. Same time distance here. 99.9% of Rover 400s are bean cans. You can guarantee at least one person will go misty-eyed at seeing yours... and loads of younger kids will never have seen one, ever. MiniMort, Lord Sterling, Bobthebeard and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Yes go, if it was at a local show i would be all over it like a cheap suit. mrbenn and Bobthebeard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Go for it....... I could think of much worse cars to go in. Now if you turned up in a Prius, you would definately need a slap with a wet haddock. Bobthebeard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbenn Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 I'd be thrilled to see either the Dolomite in it's current state, or the Rover at a classic show. Crack on Bobthebeard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 If people think Figaros are classics, you'll be fine. The snooty classic car club here has a 15 year member, 20 year non member rule. cpjitservices 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthebeard Posted May 22, 2018 Author Share Posted May 22, 2018 The Dolomite is a classic in most people's eyes. The Rover (in my eyes) is just a modern ish car that does the job incredibly well and just happens to be 25 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 2 years ago at the Bourne show where there was everything from a 1901 Pick to a Mk1 Kia Pride there were 2 R8s, one being mine. People were okay with them being there and regarded them as 'old cars' if not exactly classics. They're so little seen now and have a 'proper classic' brand on them that you should be fine. Bobthebeard and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 the Dolomite is not ready and still needs some bodywork finishing off and a MASSIVE exhaust manifold leak repair. Anyway.. I have paid my donation and received my entry pass. [snip] Should I go? Aye, I don't see what the problem is? Go in the Dolly. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 I used to show my Zephyr 6 when it was a lot younger than the Rover. Do it. Occasionally I have been forced to consider cancelling shows when old shite broke and taken the 190E instead. I am not really a show person but I do like the village fete type ones, never had a problem taking the Merc, or the W124 before that. As long as you still enjoy the day that's all that matters.... eddyramrod and Bobthebeard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 I still see the R8 as a modern car but I've seen a few recently turning up at the local shows, I'd still rather see one of them than a Merc CLK or Porsche Boxster which also seem the norm these days. Datsuncog, Bobthebeard, cpjitservices and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treehugger Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Aye, go! Wheres the show? If its local I can come laugh at you, er I meant "give moral support". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 I once went to a Jaguar E Type day in my ....Datsun 280ZX...rusty. Guy on the gate mistook it for an E Type and I ended up parking with all the concourse Jags by mistake. How we laughed. puddlethumper, Banger Kenny and Tadhg Tiogar 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 I should have said it was a special japanese bodied E - the Kato Fong special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 (Kato is Clouseau's butler) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 I entered a T reg Skoda Felicia at Helmlingham Hall a few years back, so do it! R8s are getting down to penny numbers in places chaseracer and Aston Martin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 I'd be much more interested in a Rover 416 than a sixties E type. egg, Honey Badger, cpjitservices and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 I have an boxy 89 Renault Master van - now rarer than a Bugatti now on UK roads chaseracer and Aston Martin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 (Wrea Green) MINIMUM for Wrea Green is Chrome Bumper MG.Preferably a nice thatched Jowlett Javelin or similar displayed by a man in plus fours and a tweed jacket smoking a pipe. Me - Id f*cking go for it and own it making a great song and dance about its K series loveliness and power to weight ratio, innovative design and any other bollocks. Im only down the road at Kirkham - Im going to pop along after work for a giggle. eddyramrod and sporty-shite 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 There was a RREC meet at a restaurant out in the Forest years ago. Car park full of Corniches and pre-war Phantoms, that kind of thing. I had to meet my parents there for a family dinner and rocked up in my Pontiac Grand Prix. Seeing the big square radiator grille, the old biddy on parking watch glanced up from her deckchair and regally waved me over to the assembled Royces. Seemed rude not to. I did enjoy the Colonel Bufferton-Smythe types getting hot under the collar as I scoffed my mixed grill. Aston Martin, RayMK, eddyramrod and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 The autoshite massive will push the competition into the dub for you. oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Furious Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 I don't see them as classics personally, but i'd still go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timolloyd Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Cover all eventualities by printing out one of those eBay style stories to display in the window 'In 1993 Samantha Cameron/Rolf Harris/the MD of Rover Group ordered this car, specifying XYZ.' Or claim it was a test mule for the Lotus Elise. Lord Sterling, oldcars and Datsuncog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 They is modernz classics. Go for it mon frère. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2cv Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Go for it! There tends to be a row of MGs, E types etc, I like something different! To me, pretty much anything over about 20 years old can be a classic, the weirder the better! Angrydicky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 ... pretty much anything over about 20 years old can be a classic, the weirder the better!That's pretty much Citroën covered. UltraWomble and Chris2cv 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 I once went to a Jaguar E Type day in my ....Datsun 280ZX...rusty. Guy on the gate mistook it for an E Type and I ended up parking with all the concourse Jags by mistake. How we laughed. I did something similar in the MX5 at cholmondley , got there late saw some convertibles so parked up, got some huffy looks , i'd parked my 06 car in with the pre some date old and valuable section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire_Dawson Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 If you are worrying about this old chum you need a dose of Chodmodeley. Go - to the show. sporty-shite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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