pics from not chumley 2013 (picmuthaload)

[hairnet]

well weather was looking shite and wanted to say hello to orris moxide and wakey dave and gary

 

 

this guy was brilliant - id say obsessed but he said hobby - one of these an earlier saloon and an estate and moar models than you could count - had rare 50s crown model with him (looked like a cresta) that teh top came off and was a cigar rest and match tray - painted in gold

 

haz corona too i was stood 40 mins after id only just walked in listening to him

 

 

every time i did capri this happened

 

 

ooh arr etc

 

 

uncle pat would be well jel - his was a v late blue special edition two stripes down the sills - any pointers to the name would be welcomed

 

 

nice to see a rock stock one....

 

 

16k this has done - apart a small bit of arch grot and on a door corner it was ace - he said he is looking to sell but i cant atm (i was pining for the 1990 one i had)

 

 

not seth shock :D

 

 

on the imp yes, on this NO

 

 

there was a local renault 10 but that wasnt here - shame

 

[hairnet]

 

according to announcer bonehead - IMPALER

 

 

if i had thousands to spend it would be this on a yank

 

 

dave said buick

 

[hairnet]

 

 

lovely

 

 

unbelieveable how quiet this was - blx you hero and six - jealous

 

 

oof

 

 

oh ffs (this wasnt a posh camera but one would indeed be wasted on me )

 

 

 

top guard dog

 

 

just wow

 

 

 

there was a lowridered matt black one but you dont wanna see that - saw this and was looking for the trailer etc but

 

 

ermahgerd!!!

 

 

 

the absolute tits and pwns ALL vws

 

 

mmmm

 

 

 

 

riiiiight.......

 

 

thats how....

 

 

dave muttered 454 but dvla is down so cant check

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

^^ these get circuit raced

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Nice pics Here's a few of mine:

 

Banner appearance.

 

This drew a crowd - supposedly the last basic Viva in the country. Complete with cobweb covered interior.

 

A quiet area for relaxation and contemplation by the lake.

 

 

Hit me at 30 and there's a 90% chance I'll survive. Every car show has a creepy doll setup, you just have to find it.

 

and the winner is... not this, unfortunately

[retrogeezer]

here are my few pics from Rainy Hall, most are crap coz of the rain...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[hairnet]

 

love arse engined cars

 

 

beast

 

 

 

2014 gsxr 1000 spyshot

 

 

[Cavcraft]

The HA Viva was defo my 'car of the show'. I had a quick chat with the owner who said it was the last mingebag spec one left and that (apart from the underside which had been fully restored) it was exactly how it was found after years in storage. He said if the original owner saw he would say that was exactly how he left it. The cobwebs inside and the surface rust outside were brilliant, really just a fabulous motor.

 

This is the one on eBay ending tonight...

DSCF0963 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

DSCF0961 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

DSCF0959 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

I remember how FUGLY these cars were back in the seventies and nothing has changed either. Nor has my wantage for one, they're inexplicably alluring...

DSCF0958 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

No apologies for more pictures of this...

DSCF0953 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

DSCF0954 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

DSCF0955 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

DSCF0956 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

Did these come new looking like a badly painted P40 fest? I can't remember the last time I saw one that didn't look dog rough. It's part of their charm though and the want factor is now 110/2

DSCF0951 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

DSCF0950 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

DSCF0949 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

'Runs like a sewing machine'

DSCF0947 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

DSCF0946 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

If you don't like a nice 205GTi then you should start a fight with yourself one night in the carpark of The Dog And Hammer and put yourself in hospital for a few months. If you're not eating through a straw for the first week then you're a lightweight

DSCF0943 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

I had a very tidy black GTi like this BX once. It had a RASPBERRY RIPPLE box, but this one is a manual and was bloody tidy

DSCF0941 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

The few pic's may/not be spoilt by DICKHEAD PHOTOGRAPHY LTD.

DSCF0939 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

DSCF0932 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

DSCF0935 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

 

Still think pre-facelift Mk1 Capris are the fittest of the lot. This has done nothing to change my mind

DSCF0931 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

OH NOES, IT'LL GRENADE ITSELF/ALL RENNERS ARE SHIT SPESHULLY ORTOMATICS ETC. Except this one was MEGA cool

DSCF0928 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

DSCF0927 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

This was nice, but I reckon it was 'over restored'. Couldn't fault it's condition (it was lovely) but too shiney and too 'show queen' for my liking, but each to their own

DSCF0925 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

DSCF0924 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

[pandamonium]

Love all these pics, but I'd take either of those Ladas home with me if I could!

[vulgalour]

On the subject of that Viva, the owner (who also owns the black one) has a thread for it over on the blue here: http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.c ... ead=146108 I don't think I could have taken such a restrained approach to the restoration, but I'm totally glad that he did. The black Viva was an ex-MTV prize, it too has a build thread for those that are so inclined: http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.c ... 331&page=1

 

I do feel like I missed out rather on this show, it looked like there was some quality content despite the weather. I'll do my best to make it next year.

[Cavcraft]

DSCF0922 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

DSCF0920 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

DSCF0919 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

 

Staff car sagas

Nick's superbly photogenic Probe

DSCF0902 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

DSCF0913 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

DSCF0918 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

DSCF0917 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

DSCF0914 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

*Fab use of tape, Rob!

DSCF0915 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

Vim Fuego turbo

DSCF0911 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

DSCF0906 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

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DSCF0901 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

DSCF0900 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

DSCF0899 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

The Italians knew how to make sexy cars alright

DSCF0898 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

DSCF0897 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

DSCF0895 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

DSCF0894 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

'Makes Jo go better?'

DSCF0893 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

DSCF0892 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

DSCF0891 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

DSCF0876 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

Please don't sell this

DSCF0875 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

Much lolage at Luxo's boot content

DSCF0880 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

My personal SPAZ of the say went to this hateful Escort cabriolet. Hats off to that group though, they must have to go to some lengths to 'out horrify' each other every year.

DSCF0884 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

 

Fark knows what this machine is actually called, but it was some sort of mini rolling road as the bike in question wouldn't start (there's a surprise for a British motorbike, hey!) and the owner and his mate were trying to bump start the bike using this contraption. I'm calling FAIL though as when I was leaving the AA were out to it!

DSCF0883 by Cavlover1, on Flickr

[155V6]

That Renault 8 is amazing .Father_155 had one in the '70s,it didn't have a gearstick at all,just 5 or 6 buttons under the dash which you had to press really hard like on an early video recorder

[pete127]

Pants weather but great line up and good to be a part of it.Nice to see pics of me motor and the kind comments.

 

Hairnet,the 127 would have been a Palio,only came in blue and bronze colour.

[dollywobbler]

Great pics. Shame we didn't win any awards. Maybe we should ask them for a wooden spoon option next year? I did enter the 2CV in the Sports Car and Convertibles class though.

[seacow]

How much did he want for the maestro?

[michiel]

Looks like a great event!

[Mr Lobster]

That looks ace. Even more annoyed to have missed it now.

[phil_lihp]

Seconded, looks like the weather didn't dampen the day too much either. Next year I won't be letting anything get in the way of this (famous last words), how many shiters turned up in the end?

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Must have been well over 30 of us there.

[skattrd]

Did anyone do a head count or have a good memory?

I reckon there was about 30 or so shiters/shiteists.

There was a weird convoy of 15 or so to the pub afterwards

[Shep Shepherd]

I reckon that The Volvo would have been right at home there

[Cavcraft]

Did anyone do a head count or have a good memory?

I reckon there was about 30 or so shiters/shiteists.

There was a weird convoy of 15 or so to the pub afterwards

 

Funnily enough I've just been trying to work that out. I reckon we probably had 30 because I think I ended up with 35 tickets and we had four or five who couldn't make it.

[eddyramrod]

If I may add...

Sorry, I got these two up but Photofuckit is being stupid tonight and just gave me three of the Viva! So I reckon the rest will have to wait until tomorrow, it's my bedtime. Or at least it will be by the time I've walked my dog.

Bloody good turnout, despite the weather, and it was great to meet some of the people I've been talking to for three years! I didn't get to meet every Shiter, which was a shame, but another time... One thing that did strike me though, was how young so many are! I may possibly have been the oldest Shiter* on the pitch, which amazes me somewhat. I've said it before and will say it again, I do like to see the younger chaps preserving the old cars. Good on yers!

 

*The margin may be small in some cases, but not many!

[Station]

Had a good day, the awful winteresque weather ruined it for me though. My fingers went numb.

One of the highlights was watching some bloke spectacularly go arse over tit when he tripped over that silver motorbike starting stand in Billy's photo! Good line up of cars from the AS stand, nice to speak to all again! That Viva was epic. Compere slobbering over the bird in the 'shocking pink' escort cabby doesn't get any less creepy every year!

[hairnet]

If I may add...

it's my bedtime. Or at least it will be by the time I've walked my dog.

Bloody good turnout, despite the weather, and it was great to meet some of the people I've been talking to for three years! I didn't get to meet every Shiter, which was a shame, but another time... One thing that did strike me though, was how young so many are! I may possibly have been the oldest Shiter* on the pitch, which amazes me somewhat. I've said it before and will say it again, I do like to see the younger chaps preserving the old cars. Good on yers!

 

*The margin may be small in some cases, but not many!

 

thanks dad

[hairnet]

How much did he want for the maestro?

 

 

he told me the story of how he got and how much and i didnt start throwing wallet at him cos it was more than i can afford at the mo

 

i dont think it was actively up cos i passed it few time during the day and no sign on it

[240gl]

Really nice to see the red Fiesta XR2 again in these photos, I don’t know why really, but I expected it would be dead by now like most XR2s.

 

I spent 2 days with T-Cut & compound polishing millions of tiny little white gloss paint dots off the paintwork by hand when it was less than a year old. The owner had gone into a petrol station to fill up. Esso had just taken over the site, and they were having the underside of the canopy painted with a big gloss roller on a windy day, and while he was in the shop looking at the car magazines this got covered in paint on the forecourt. He was best mates with my old boss, so he quoted Esso £600 less than Bramall quoted for a respray and I got the job of polishing it off.

 

One of the first big jobs that I did on my own during my 6 months there on the YTS, my old boss must have made a bloody good crack out of that job. The YTS wage was only £29.50 a week back then. This car is probably the reason I’ve never invested in a polishing machine. I learnt to polish cars the hard way, by hand and when the weather is nice I love putting the effort in to bring the dull paintwork back to life on an old snotter.

 

A Traffic copper based at Hartshead Moor services, had just bought a beige D plate 5 door Metro City that we maintained and GCP was his initials. He was tempted to buy the number, but the plate was too new to be transferred to the Metro which was on chuckie.

 

The bloke also owned a brown V or W plate Talbot Sunbeam rally car. He bought the Sunbeam as a starter car off one of our customers not long after we did the XR2 for him. The old dear had been offered £60 trade in on the Sunbeam by Brockholes Ford against an ex demonstrator special edition bright green Fiesta, which was a bloody joke really as it was mint and we had just done a service and put a fresh ticket on it for her. We did quite a bit of work on the rally car conversion. Bit of a shame really, because the Sunbeam was a really low mileage one lady owner from new car, with beige interior that just ended up going in a skip.

 

Sorry for the thread hijack. But I am really pleased to see it is still alive and that it still looks as good today, as it did when I polished it back in the summer of 88.

Some really nice pictures of some cars I haven’t seen in the flesh for years, shame the weather wasn’t great today. We had planned to go to the British Commercial Museum spring show today, but we didn’t bother going.

 

I’ll take the white Astra GTE if nobody else wants it. That looks really nice, reminds me of one that my neighbour had that was always kept as clean as this one. It had one of those annoying dealer fit alarms fitted with the ‘do not disturb’ stickers on the windows that was forever going off when one of my dogs pissed on it.

 

Respect to the Scottish branch for heading down in the rain with Volvos for this one, if the wipers are anything like the 240 they will be a slow arsed useless piece of shit. I wouldn’t fancy driving all that way down the M6 in the rain in a Volvo. Mrs 240 wants to know if the tailgate will ever get painted on the council estate.

[cms206]

Respect to the Scottish branch for heading down in the rain with Volvos for this one, if the wipers are anything like the 240 they will be a slow arsed useless piece of shit. I wouldn’t fancy driving all that way down the M6 in the rain in a Volvo. Mrs 240 wants to know if the tailgate will ever get painted on the council estate.

 

What, and ruin the look of it? I may have tracked down a gold tailgate/bonnet/wing but I'm loathe to even wash the sodding thing so any such work is unlikely...

[skattrd]

I think to finish off the look of the Volvo it doesn't need a gold tailgate, it needs a red passenger door.

[ifc63]

 

 

 

this guy was brilliant - id say obsessed but he said hobby - one of these an earlier saloon and an estate and moar models than you could count - had rare 50s crown model with him (looked like a cresta) that teh top came off and was a cigar rest and match tray - painted in gold

 

haz corona too i was stood 40 mins after id only just walked in listening to him

 

 

So you've met Peter Hunter, he's editor of our club magazine (Toyota Enthusiasts) and has a frighteningly in-depth knowledge of most cars made from the dawn of time up until the 1990's.

His real car and model car collection is immense, and there aren't many Toyota brochures/books he hasn't got.

I'd say you were lucky to get away with only 40 minutes, you should try getting him off the phone after well over an hour !!!!

He will also be doing the ring commentary at the Andrew Greenwood car show at Hoghton Towers at the end of June as the regular guy Les can't make it.

I had to miss yesterday's show due to ill health but I'm usually on the TEC stand with one of my Toyotas.

[davidfowler2000]

Time for me to pipe up I think. My effort from t'other day with a couple of samples to give a FLAVA of what's inside the main Flickr page.

 

Edit: Flickr is acting up so here's the album on Faceache

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 846&type=1

 

And of course not forgetting the fabled video(s) of various happenings at the pub car park:

 

Council Estate windscreen washer repair solution:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt5xiS1OvGs

 

Cameron's Cav making much noise:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHYX8RY0Cfw

 

Andy (cms206) and the council estate making a break for it and taking half of Cheshire with them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjXV3NZ7SdA