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

reallyloud · June 6, 2010

Spent the weekend in a reasonably sunny Shropshire and used the opportunity to visit Weston Park off the M54. The content was heavily VW based, but I think the event started off as a Volkswagen thing a few years back. There was a lot of modern content (new scirocco, lupos, golfs etc) but the vibe of the show was very broad in selection and friendly - something that seems to be lacking in a lot of shows these days. I noticed a MGB and Spitfire driving out as I drove in, and took that as a good sign.

VW's first....

One of relatively few beetles on display - and by far my favourite. I'm under the impression that a lot of the kids who own Golfs, polos, lupos etc aren't generally that interested in the air-cooled side of VW.

One of the first UK registered GTIs.

One of at least a dozen Golf GTIs. I borrowed a Y reg one for a summer years ago, and I fully understand the appeal of these cars.

2 door Jettas were never imported into the UK, this is a Dutch sourced one.

And the rest:

Belonging to a certain Mr Ratdat of this parrish.

Lovely trio of civics. Amazingly I counted more old Hondas than Fords at the event.

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Good Manta B turnout made even better with the appearance of these:

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I loved the colour of this mini, and the red wheels suit it well.

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Good day out, a bit different and I really think this is the way forward for car shows - certainly for me anyway.

Minimad5 · June 6, 2010

Nice selection of pictures

Never seen a VW 1500 like that before, how rare are they ?

Thanks for sharing

trigger · June 6, 2010

Some nice stuff there, That green Avenger GT is proper lush!

Not Hillman Imp but Simca (Don't know model )

brammy777 · June 6, 2010

Great photos RL, I do like the variety of cars on display there. I like that Acty, and I also like the Prelude. Until you see one, its quite easy to forget how small they actually are, not so keen on the alloys but they could be a whole lot worse.

reallyloud · June 6, 2010

Not Hillman Imp but Simca (Don't know model Embarassed )

Shit. Yeah I know that - I forgot to change the caption. Its Simca 1000 Rallye - the quality controls continues to slip....

trigger · June 6, 2010

Don't worry, I have a model of a Simca 1000 right in front off me and i still didn't know that was a 1000.

Mr Lobster · June 7, 2010

Good day out, a bit different and I really think this is the way forward for car shows - certainly for me anyway.

Have to be honest. I was a bit disapointed with it. There were some nice cars there but the vast majority were modernish VWs and there just didn't seem to be that many people about. Certainly from a traders perspective it was a waste of a day for various reasons - more of which later.

I do like the idea of the show though and hope it succeeds - in five years this could be a very big, very good show if the promoters persevere with it. This weekend was the first time it had really been done - they did hold it last year but the weather was terrible and that killed it. They did say it probably wouldn't happen this year but must have changed their minds. Spoke to a few other traders who hadn't really done much either.

Not a bad show, could but good in a few years though.

RedSparrow · June 7, 2010

GR8 PIX as always.

I want the green Avenger.

reallyloud · June 17, 2010

Well, after moaning about Bromley, I still decided to go. The attraction of possibly the biggest collection of classics in the south and its easy to get to location swung it for me. The weather held out and I have to say I had a good day. I took photos of about 400 cars - roughly about a third of classic in attendance.

Trigger had a neat spread of cars in his thread, so I'll only post a few select ones now and maybe a few more later on.

Usual trawl of car park fodder:

Then a selection of show cars, including the usual heavy Ford content:

This limited edition model is said to be the last Cortina Huntsman in existance - they made Escort versions in the same colour.

I did't think they actually made these - I know the mk1 Mexico was made as an estate though.

American - or maybe Canadian spec Cortina.

This was amazingly clean.

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Early performance Dolomites were badged as 135, they became Sprints not long after this car was registered.

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Magnificent Rustbucket · June 17, 2010

Enjoyed the pictures. I had genuinely forgotten the VW Santana existed!!

michiel · June 18, 2010

Great pics!

seth · June 18, 2010

Stunning photos as ever M'loud

trigger · June 19, 2010

Nice photo's Mr. Loud!

reallyloud · June 23, 2010

A few weeks worth of spots and a few more I forgot to post up a while back.

A couple of Crayford Allegros awaiting restoration.

Quite an early one I think.

Minimad5 · June 23, 2010

Quite a fine selection, thanks for posting them up !

That Wartburg looks abit wrong in estate version

brammy777 · June 23, 2010

God knows how you manage to see all this top drawer shite! Great selection, the Sierra is fantastic, as is the Montego saloon. Quite a few Montegos and Maestros seem to have missing indicator glass dont they?

Tayne · June 23, 2010

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reallyloud · June 23, 2010

Were the two Crayford Allegros in the same place that LankyTim built his Meastro van trailer?

Yup. thats the place, joncedrics place - Jons ventured into BL shite now!

This lot of snaps are a couple of months worth, but I think was particularly lucky with this selection.

Mash · June 23, 2010

Were the two Crayford Allegros in the same place that LankyTim built his Meastro van trailer?
Yup. thats the place, joncedrics place - Jons ventured into BL shite now!

This lot of snaps are a couple of months worth, but I think was particularly lucky with this selection.

How on earth did he find one let alone two

seth · June 23, 2010

This lot of snaps are a couple of months worth, but I think was particularly lucky with this selection.

You could say that again!

This lot of snaps are a couple of months worth, but I think was particularly lucky with this selection.

Thanks!

Hard to pick a favourite. Nice to see that Kadett is so fay unmessed with.

Lord Sterling · June 23, 2010

Wow, great pictures. For me I'll have the Red Escort, 2.3 Sierra Ghia, Montego, Peugeot 505 and the BMW 3-series cab.

...Quite a few Montegos and Maestros seem to have missing indicator glass dont they?

Yep, they're not very well made hence the lense always eventually falls off. Was given a brand-new indicator for my Rover, few days later the lense fell off.

June 24, 2010

Some nice stuff there, That green Avenger GT is proper lush!

Not Hillman Imp but Simca (Don't know model )

It's a 1302 Rallye. I raced one at Retro Day in the C4. I can confirm that they're faster past 55 mph, annoyingly. I got a decent start off the line though.

Aaaargh.

At this point I just dropping back, way past the power band in second. I shifted up into third and he slowly pulled away. Says a lot for how crap the power to weight ratio of the Citroen is.

BTW Station, your Blaupunkt was in the boot when I did that.

Mr Lobster · June 24, 2010

Superb selection of stuff there. White R5 looks like it hasn't got long left until it meets its fate.

mouseflakes · June 24, 2010

Nice spots. That 505 looks a bit spesh in maroon, mauve, whatever colour it is.

Alexg · June 24, 2010

Some nice stuff there, That green Avenger GT is proper lush!

Not Hillman Imp but Simca (Don't know model )
It's a 1302 Rallye. I raced one at Retro Day in the C4. I can confirm that they're faster past 55 mph, annoyingly. I got a decent start off the line though.

Aaaargh.

At this point I just dropping back, way past the power band in second. I shifted up into third and he slowly pulled away. Says a lot for how crap the power to weight ratio of the Citroen is.

BTW Station, your Blaupunkt was in the boot when I did that.

I remember watching that at the Retro Show

reallyloud · June 28, 2010

Tenious link to Simca racing and an excuse for me to show the results of my efforts on sunday at Thruxton. Glad I went, instead of watching the collosal failure of the England football team. it was certainly more exciting. I took a tripod this year and was rewarded with a better percentage of decent shots.

This ascona was one of my faves of the day. The car has a long competition history.

This highly modded Sunbeam was very rapid. No one could touch it.

This was stunning - unfortunately it retired after only a few laps.

Very tastefully finished golf.

This won one of the races. the owner used an Imprenza as a tow car and despite the weight of the Dolomite, trailer and spare tyres it made rapid progress on the back road from Andover to Newbury.

I saw this race last year, but this year suffered from mechanical issues.

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Might have started life as a 3 door 1.3 L.

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There were loads of fiestas this year - these are 2 of about 8 cars.

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All the 3 above cars competed last year - the driver of the stunning XJ6 is an excellent driver and knows how to handle the car.

June 28, 2010

Some nice stuff there, That green Avenger GT is proper lush!

Not Hillman Imp but Simca (Don't know model )
It's a 1302 Rallye. I raced one at Retro Day in the C4. I can confirm that they're faster past 55 mph, annoyingly. I got a decent start off the line though.

Aaaargh.

At this point I just dropping back, way past the power band in second. I shifted up into third and he slowly pulled away. Says a lot for how crap the power to weight ratio of the Citroen is.

BTW Station, your Blaupunkt was in the boot when I did that.
I remember watching that at the Retro Show

I holeshot the fuck out of everyone I lined up against. Then I got out of first. DRAGSTRIP FAIL.

Minimad5 · June 28, 2010

Fantastic selection of pictures !

Can't choose a favourite .. .. too many good pictures.

That XJ6 really talks to me though

reallyloud · June 30, 2010

Thanks minimad5. Quite enjoyed snapping away - pretty much filled up a 4gb card! Hopefully next time I'll find a better vantage spot - i would have prefered to have had cars come towards me.

Here's a selection of car spotted in London.

Always thought these were great looking cars, pick up conversion looks pretty convincing.

Looks a lot earlier than the plate suggests - maybe the owner retro fitted the chrome.

Always a few of these hanging around - when i was kid during the early 80's we occasionally travelled into London and I always remember seeing loads of these tough cars.

Italian registered capri.

Nice early transit.

Don't know much about pre war American cars, but this is neat looking car - love the headlamps.

Bizarre Japanese manufacturer infamous for using exisiting Japanese cars and styling them to look like old jags. They did several versions of these cars - this one is based on the early 90's Nissan Crew - kind of a purpose built taxi. Other versions are considerably less restrained in their styling.