Renishaw Hall Show 2013 - Retro Update 24/01/2014

[quicksilver]

What an excellent and diverse selection, I particularly like the contrast between the Landie and the DS. These more informal shows where there's no attempt to segregate things into classes and cars come and go all day are always more enjoyable as you never know what you might see next and there's always something new arriving.

[Alfamale]

I was there last summer. Really was a good show. My personal favourite was that Citroen SM which was an absolute beauty. Wondering now if my motor 'made the cut' in the Retro section. We'll wait and see...

[sheffcortinacentre]

rekord is a taunus coupe (P7 I think) the black back panel on the green mk 1 4dr escoet denotes it as an XL. must repaint the grille on my GT. this is a great show on a wed eve in june.

[vulgalour]

Picture time!  This time it's the 'Retro' section which contains some stuff that could also be considered Modern and some that is probably Classic.  You'll just have to deal with that.

 

I don't actually know what this is.

 

 

ORANGE Jensen.

 

BLUE Spitfire.

 

 

Some scrotes.

 

This Metro was literally amazing, but wasn't the most amazing Metro there.

 

MOAR LOUVRES

 

MOAR AIR COOLED ENGINES

 

It was really weird seeing this on the showground, I think it was a diesel too.

 

Quality.

 

ORANGE Midget

 

A slew of Sherpa Coupés of different varieties.

 

 

[vulgalour]

Concourse Ital... it has happened!

 

 

German symphony in beige

 

Pointy Italians.

 

 

Calibrabrabrabra

 

Lancia without silly arches shocker.

 

 

A proper car.

 

[vulgalour]

Matra Simca Bagheera with the greenest seats you have ever seen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, it does deserve a post all to itself.

[vulgalour]

Feeeeeegaro.  I like these and I'm not afraid to admit it, but those wheel trims are hideous and not original.

 

Driven daily, local car.

 

Tidy Landrover.  I think it was a Davrian Imp on the trailer, not 100% sure on that.

 

THIS IS AUTOSHITE.

 

THIS IS POSH AUTOSHITE.

 

 

Amazingly, this wasn't on show it was just visiting.

 

Another Ital, this one with those ace wheel trims.

 

Scale down the number plate to make your car look bigger/further away.

 

Something American this way comes.

 

 

[vulgalour]

Black Golf.

 

Black Mini.  Liked this quite a bit actually.

 

Perfect pair.

 

Brorange, a colour that is not brown, orange or terracotta.

 

Am I right in thinking these are mostly plastic?

 

That other Metro I mentioned, here it is (shhh, ignore the number plates).

 

 

 

 

 

[vulgalour]

[insert penis size joke* here]

 

[insert VAG joke* here]

 

America, land of the free, questionable wire wheels and padded vinyl roofs.  America we salute you.

 

Some British plastic cars that aren't Reliants.

 

Stylish.

 

Nostalgic.

 

PERFECT.

 

 

[vulgalour]

There was a prize for the car of the show, a sort of visitors' pick deal.  I voted for this one, I don't think I need to explain why.

 

 

 
BARJ

 
BMW might have made a mess of the front end styling on these, but they got the rear bang on.

 
Proper cars.

 
Shiny expensive looking things kept parking next to me during the show.  It amused me.

 

 
Volvo looked even better in person and what a colour!

[vulgalour]

Sounded great, looked great, but also seemed really out of place.  Didn't seem to stay long either so I didn't get a good nose around it.

 

AUTOSHITE ALL UP IN YOUR SHOW.

 

Face set to WANT.

 

If you look up Presence in the Pictionary there is an image of this.

 

Brown german.

 

Baur german... or at least that's what I was told.

 

 

 

 

That's the lot for now.  Still to come are modified and motorbikes.

[Jim Bergerac]

Some fantastic spots here

 

I don't actually know what this is.

 

 

Ginetta G4. Or to be more exact (going by the recent looking plate) one of the continuations made by Dare (a company formed by the Walklett Brothers who originally founded Ginetta). Very nice it is too.

 

Here's an old Top Gear bit on the G4:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfxZbB0PIZg

[Essex V6]

The plate on that early XJS is very apt for you op - would go down a treat on the Princess!

[fordperv]

^ thought the same thing when I saw it, good selection of motors there vulg

[Alfamale]

Lancia without silly arches shocker.

 

 

 

That would be me! HF4WD, all the fun and power of the Integrale but without the lairy body kit

[vulgalour]

It looked bloody lovely, I hope you use it all the time.

[dugong]

Your mystery vehicle is a Ginetta / DARE G4.

[Alfamale]

It looked bloody lovely, I hope you use it all the time.

Thanks. It doesn't get used as much as it should. It's currently hibernating in a big inflatable bubble for the winter as it has the water reactive properties of an Alka Seltzer. Plus, the garage is currently taken up with this:

 

[Angrydicky]

Wow, some amazing stuff there! I think that Ital is probably the first concours car in Champagne Beige I've ever seen, and it looks great. I'm genuinely surprised no one's had those 'Move over to Austin Rover' stickers reproduced, there must be the demand.

 

If you want a MK2 A40 I believe Ratdat is selling his, which of I remember he bought a few years ago from Torsten.

[sheffcortinacentre]

the third gen (80's) firebird is steel as I beleave is the 90's lotus excel.

 

the black $hital is a mesrina.