Thornes Park V.12 -- Something for Everyone...

[mk1_4dr]

After a 3week wait due to bad weather on the date originally planned, I wasn't sure what to expect yesterday.

It was slightly less rammed than usual, but the quality of the cars on show, and the spread of interest really makes it a show I look forward to every year.

 

So it started, like alot of my recent stories, here:

 

Morrisoxide and his freshly lowered and de-roofracked traveller

 

We had a bimble through the town down to the park, parked up and spent a bit of time chatting and drinking tea before I started taking pictures

 

Mk2 Escort Linnet

 

Stunning Skylark that I've papped before

 

Ive seen this rocking around town

 

Gorgeous little ADO16

 

For sale on the blue forum I do believe

 

UR Quattro

 

Bucktooth

 

Barchetta

 

Cutesy little Austin

 

 

Some awesome CF's on disply, firstly, this ambulance

 

Ghastly yet very well finished and detailed (although hopefully tongue-in-cheek) Silverado

 

Some beautiful old commercials

 

This old Mack was stunning, really though...

 

Some very stylish old coaches too

 

Irony?

 

This '34 is the one that lost a wheel at Leeds a couple of months ago due to a failed shaft. Serious moment.

 

Not in the show as such. Nice though, and worthy of a pic...

 

Making mine seem cheap was this £2k GTi. It was bloody spotless though

 

Ive been taking pics of this Dodge for years, at shows all over Yorkshire. Still love it, and the fact the only restoration work its had is having the seat recovered...

 

Bullnose Morris Cowley

 

My MOT testers Mustang

 

Morris Oxford SeriesIV Traveller

 

Flying A

 

Breathtaking Consul Capri GT, one of 20left? Either way, it was like brand spanking new.

 

Gorgeous colour

 

*Minty Mustang

 

Real deal RS200

 

Caddy Seville caught my eye

 

Delicious Dolly

 

We saw this arrive, and were all convinced that it was a fake, I mean, nobody paints a real 355 like that, do they.....?

Apparently they do.

 

The rabble. Mr Hirst, Mr Oxide and Mr WAT

 

without a cause?

 

Huge Bentley made the Yank tin seem diminutive

 

Alfa was pretty

 

as was this Amazon

 

Staid styling, but still imposing.

 

Cresta was a straight old bus

 

Another ADO16, this time a VDP

 

Not my cup of tea, but I know Jon liked the look of this

 

Im not even sure what this is, but I heard more that one person refer to it as Noddys car....

 

Spotless Acclaim, was just that. Spotless.

 

My friends CF camper, that I didn't even realise she had. Proper cool.

 

BT liveried HA van

 

HubbaHubba

 

1600i is another local face

 

CF and mk2 don't look to have earned their keep for a number of years

 

This genuinely sounded like a Beetle.

 

This pair were mindmeltingly mint. I not sure how they've survived as such...

 

GMC shows that a CF will never cut is as a base for a replica

 

Sit up and beg

 

I was trying to grab a shot of this Mk2 all afternoon, I only managed this as it went to leave...

 

possibly the most Yorkshire sunstrip I've ever seen

 

Eclectic

 

Hmm, this looks familiar

 

2nd Gen Prelude is a local daily driver....

 

Last year there was one harlequin 944, this past year they've obviously been breeding

 

T25 pickup was nicely turned out

 

JON_WAT's 460.

 

James, we must get your cars together for some pictures...

 

My warhorse

 

Sweet mk2's

 

I didn't even realise this picture had been taken until I was sifting through my pics...

 

and home again

 

Great to see the many familiar faces, I do love this show and long may it continue. lets just hope i've got something more interesting for next year.

[Wilko220]

Glorious! Looks like a great selection of kit there.

[Albert Ross]

Is the diminutive Fiat a Topolino?

[Lord Sterling]

Great pics man! Thanks for sharing. The Red n' Beige/Cream 355 is indeed a real one, or at least thats what RAC said...

[cheguava]

Is the diminutive Fiat a Topolino?

 

It's a Fiat Gamine. AKA Noddy car. Cute tho'

 

Running gear is the 60's Fiat 500

[michiel]

Ace pics, great skies.

[HillmanImp]

Dammit missed it. Would have popped over too as was at a loose end last night avoiding alcohol so I could work on t'lancia today. Oh well. Good photos.

[mk1_4dr]

Dammit missed it. Would have popped over too as was at a loose end last night avoiding alcohol so I could work on t'lancia today. Oh well. Good photos.

 

Aw man, you should've indeed. After the show we all went an perv'd on the Whale at mine and had a brew, good times.

[TagoraSX]

Very nice.

 

Lots of WANT for the grey 200 quattro.

[HillmanImp]

Aw man, you should've indeed. After the show we all went an perv'd on the Whale at mine and had a brew, good times.

 

No matter. I will need to keep my eye out for shows a bit better really.

 

This genuinely sounded like a Beetle.

 

Vehicle enquiry

The enquiry is complete.

The vehicle details for SRR 192F are:

Date of Liability 01 06 2013

Date of First Registration 11 11 1998

Year of Manufacture 1968

Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1598cc

CO2 Emissions Not Available

Fuel Type HEAVY OIL

Export Marker N

Vehicle Status Licence Not Due

Vehicle Colour ORANGE

Vehicle Type Approval Not Available

 

So its got a 1.6 diesel engine in it? WTF? Looks like it was imported in '98. Wonder if that was with or without the engine conversion.

[ifc63]

This genuinely sounded like a Beetle.

 

Vehicle enquiry

The enquiry is complete.

The vehicle details for SRR 192F are:

Date of Liability 01 06 2013

Date of First Registration 11 11 1998

Year of Manufacture 1968

Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1598cc

CO2 Emissions Not Available

Fuel Type HEAVY OIL

Export Marker N

Vehicle Status Licence Not Due

Vehicle Colour ORANGE

Vehicle Type Approval Not Available

 

So its got a 1.6 diesel engine in it? WTF? Looks like it was imported in '98. Wonder if that was with or without the engine conversion.

 

 

That looks like a fairly standard Porsche 912 flat four 1600 (link below to someone else's FlickR photos) so I'm assuming heavy oil is a DVLA mistake (surprise !)