Hebden Bridge vintage rally - spots and shite

[mk1_4dr]

After having a real mare last time we took escort on a long journey, and with and upcoming trek down south for RRG09, we decided to have a run over to Hebden Bridge for the vintage rally weekend.

Thankfully we had a near faultless ride over, with a steady and reasonably quiet 65 on the m62 (I just need to sort a little pinking under heavy load then we’re looking good for the drive down south )

When we hit the village of Friendly (ya, rly) we started seeing some vintage trucks coming the other way – obviously some sort of club day out, and we ended up in convoy with a little rubber-bumpered orange MG midget.

Unfortunately, we had chosen the wrong day, Saturday was ‘classic’ (post ’67) , yesterday was ‘vintage’.

Still, for our £12 donation we had a grand time and the quality of the metal on display was something else, its just a shame that it was so busy and at such close quarters that getting decent pics wasn’t really happening for me.

After a little while, we had a wonder down the canal to grab some pub grub, and had a walk back into town grabbing what spots I could.

 

Sweet Sprite

 

Old Velox had patina

 

That Lincoln, again.

 

Detailed pre-crossflow

 

Can you tell what it is yet?

 

 

Gorgeous Caddy, off white really suits it

 

Real classics

 

Detail shots, trying to cut out the crowds

 

Spotted this down a side street on our way for food

 

This was the view while we ate out tea, no boats passed though

 

And from the other side on the way back

 

I spotted the top of the cab over a 7foot wall, in a little yard at the side of the river. I gave Janie the camera and a piggyback to get this shot for you

 

The yard with the truck in is just on the left of this pic

 

Period looking Esprit showing its twin-carbed guts to the world.

 

Long distance T2 pitstop

 

Rolling resto DS ‘Pallas’ was tidy apart from the doors

 

And when we got back to the car, this was occupying the space beside us. Brave man leaving the roof down with the impending clouds that punctuated the day

 

And that’s your lot, hope you enjoy

[retrogeezer]

Great photos...

 

This is a (gorgeous) very early esprit as it has no air intakes behind the rear windows:

 

[Guest]

I like this-but what is it?

 

Registration JAO794D

Make HYDROCON

Model HIGHLANDER

Date of Liability 01 08 1990

Date of First Registration 12 07 1966

Year of Manufacture Not Available

Cylinder Capacity (cc) Not Available

CO2 Emissions Not Available

Fuel Type Heavy Oil

Export Marker Not Applicable

Vehicle Status Unlicensed

Vehicle Colour YELLOW

 

I assume it must be based on something else

[michiel]

Nice pics, that Esprit is

 

Hydrocon Highlander sounds like either a Transformer or a Scottish energy firm...

here's some more.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

That wedge went through a phase of appearing on ebay every few weeks in about 2004, I remember it! It was a proper minter then, still looks tidy now.

[mk1_4dr]

Cheers for that Micheal, I had thourght about doing a DVLA check but I assumed that it had been parked up for so long there was no way it would be on the system.I wasn't sure what it was, Janies dad was an apprentice truck tech in the early 60's and even he didn't know what it was.