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Travelling with a camera: my photo scans from the early 90's


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Very nice to meet you Mr Loud! My photos from Knebworth ought to be appearing via RSM at some point and will post some/a link when they do but I think you've covered most of it anyway :D The little Honda Z at Bromley is a friend of a freinds. Has appeared in my spotted thread. Some amazing kit at that show!

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More please!Are those 'spotted' pics from Brighton? That DS lives in Hove I think, near where I work. I saw it being used at a festival thing in Hove Park too. I've also spotted the manky Volvo and lovely Carlton...Great shots from Bromley, I followed that Fiat coupe into the car park and parked next to it (not in the Skoda, I was the other side in a Transit van).Did you get any pics of the white Ventora in the one make bit? I took some but the memory card in my camera destroyed itself before I could transfer them...

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Are those 'spotted' pics from Brighton?

Thats exactly where they're from. I have to say the shite has decreased considerably since the last time I visited - almost every road had something of interest. Bristol was the same, I really have to look hard these days.

 

A few more from Bromley:

 

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This beast was leaving just as I arrived. Must have spotted the Seat Leon display (yes there really was) and thought 'bugger this'.

 

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Just like Futuramics!

 

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Check this out! On a 'K' too. They did this shape up to 1992, so this is genuine, but one wonders who would have bought one - as this would have been an expensive car.

 

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Always a few Fords there. Some of the shots a bit over exposed, the sun was popping in and out all day and playing havoc with my ability to control the light.

 

And a few more from Knebworth.

 

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What's going on with the paintwork? Have they fitted "new" doors to match the "new" bonnet and oversprayed from the front wing? :wink:

 

I thought it must be this one at first :-

 

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Then realised it was this one :-

 

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Cropped fins on an F plate.

 

Was this one taken at Bromley as well?

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Bletchley today. Not cheap to get in - tenner a pop but you get a season ticket which allows you to go in and ogle the fascinating historic computers and war time efforts - the 'pigeons in war' section was ace too. As a bonus they had a car display today, which mostly featured 2 door convertibles, minis, etc but I think we can agree that these made the day worth it:

 

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Initially I saw it on the side of the road with its bonnet up and a RAC guy fixing something. Thankfully it made it to the show, but didn't stay long.

 

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Familiar to RR and Orange Juice Chat forum members, first time I've seen it lowered and without the reflectors. 100% improvement. I'd love this.

 

Then the rest:

 

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This was a capri - I couldn't get to photogrpah the front because the owners were sitting in front of it giggling and drinking Kia Ora. I think.

 

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This was a capri - I couldn't get to photogrpah the front because the owners were sitting in front of it giggling and drinking Kia Ora. I think.

 

Are you sure of that? The door and wingline really do look mk2 granada to me :?

 

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Vehicle Make/Model: FORD GRANADA

 

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Mash, as far as I know it was a meet at Bletchley Park, and all cars where privately owned by the public.

 

As for the hearse, it probabily is a Granada - with a capri front end. This is the best image I could find - lurking behind the XR4i.

 

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Had me fooled.

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It is a granny but I believe someone put a capri front end on one recently(wings/bonnet).

Your not wrong-I take back my above comment :lol:

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Slightly different element of cars here, with a selection of stuff at the Goodwood festival of speed. One day I'll go for the whole 3 days and try and capture everything going on - too much happening at the same time. One of the biggest problems was the traffic jams - 2 hours stuck in traffic and the vast volume of people, many who act as if they have never seen a car before. That asides, I present you with a small selection of my images.

 

First off - a random ramble in the car park:

 

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First 5 door I've seen for a long long time.

 

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...and this was worth seeking out. Virtually every 505 I've seen recently have been the Estate versions.

 

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Not entirely sure about this one. The owner had added some 'handling by lotus' badges on it which might suggest its a bit of a goer.

 

On the Cartier stand.

 

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I have fond memories of my Matchbox version of this car.

 

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I think, with the Maserati Bora this rates as my favourite 70's supercar.

 

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One of several concept cars. This was designed in 1966.

 

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Peter Sellers mini

 

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A rebodied Jaguar E-type. Must try harder.

 

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I know nothing about Bugatti, but this was very elegant.

 

Lots of track action, again due to time restrictions I missed most of it.

 

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De Tomaso powered DAF 55!

 

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I took a few in the paddock, but the volume of people and the tight parking arrangements made it a pointless spending too much time there. I waited until the end of the day by which most cars were covered up.

 

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The rally stages provided me with some welcome shade. Due to the fact it was right on top of the hill, most people didn't explore this - glad I did though.

 

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Quite a few celebrities and well known faces there, particularly on the track. I missed most, but managed to capture Peter Fonda riding one handed on his chopper.

 

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Great pics Darren. I love the festival of speed, but I doubt I'll visit again soon - last time I went I pretty much killed a brand new clutch and my diff getting out of the place, it really is abhorrent for access/egress. Maybe one day I'll have suitable transport for the revival and make about a week of it.

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I love those Tatras. Am I going mental or does it have a 'new font' plate though?! Looks a bit odd to me.I like that E type thing too actually... Reminds me of the AM Lagonda. Still not as good as an actual E Type though.

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Wonderful pictures - too many really quality bits of kit to comment individually as I'd be here all night!Anyone else think that Ferrari 250GTO Breadvan looks a bit like the car the Pink Panther used to climb into in the cartoon.

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The Billing Toyota show has been well covered by Hirst, Mash and Spottedlaurel but in the interest of continuity and modesty, I'll bang up a few of my faves that day.

 

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I'll have to sort my one out for next years shows now I finally have a little spare income.

 

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Our very own X-Factor reject, Yorkshires own Hives tribute act, one man biege saloon saver.

 

One the way back south, I got bored of the horrific queues on the M40 and decided to take a nosy around Silverstone as there was a lot of sports car traffic - Ferraris, Porsche etc. I saw this off the A43.

 

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A few more random spots I found on the memory card.

 

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This Rover was behind the Fiat/Citroen Dealer. No doubt part of the Scrapping Scheme 'incentive'.

 

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Today, was the renamed Adrian Flux classic show at Beaulieu - I think this was a fairly late change in venue for the Wroughton Classic car show - normally held in Wroughton near Swindon. Not sure why they changed it for beaulieu as its a fair distance away but good enough reason to pop down - despite the near £17 entrance fee for Beaulieu but to be fair this allows you up to 6 visit throughout the year, alas not including Autojumbles but they do have a few good events there so hopefully I'll make the most of those free visits.

 

The show itself had a pretty ordinary but neat range of cars...

 

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The owner drove with quite a smug look on face, while his wife and kids looked decidedly sheepish and exited the car very quickly once he stopped. BL Maxi doors dontcha you know.

 

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The resto work on this was excellent, as the owners were keen to show by the use of upskirt mirrors. Owners simply sat back in deckchairs and stared at people.

 

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Quite a well known car, the owner had made little tweaks to the engine and interior, tastefully done and as I recall featured in a fairly recent magazine.

 

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Nice clean unmolested standard mini.

 

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Not nice, but glad to have seen it here just to show the kids that the 80's was mostly tacky and a bit OTT. I'd imagine this would have set the owner a few pennies to convert though back in the day.

 

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Have any of these not had a confederation flag painted on it?

 

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Wierd little thing, with Sierra back lights.

 

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Would the Police have used these vans? I can't see too much use for this Austin other than transporting the confisicated narcotics and booze for the xmas party.

 

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Another ground up resto job.

 

The civil serene atmosphere was occasionally broken by the sound of the blues and twos of 2 Vauxhall Police cars offering free rides to kids around the grounds.

 

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There was also a powerful motorcycle on a cradle secured to a frame. You paid a tenner to rev the nuts off it and wheelie it in the air. The noise was most unwelcome - reminded me of a Craggy island ride.

 

These were seen in the car park, not much pickings as today event typically attracted holiday makers as opposed to classic car seekers.

 

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I took snaps of a few of the Beaulieu museum cars - quite an impressive but rarely updated selection of cars. The Top Gear area had a few cars of interest - I'm not familiar with these two at all.

 

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Filled with water apparently, but according to the info did reasonable well in all TG tests conducted.

 

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Whats the story behind the Ami? It has James May tags on it.

 

 

 

As I continued to grumble about the entrance fee, the appearance of these made up for it.

 

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Thanks girls, see you next year!

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