The Footman James Manchester Classic Car Show Events City Manchester September 20-21

[Micrashed]

Im working early shifts that weekend, but will try and pop along after work one day.

 

LOL Auto Sh*te

[e287yba]

Anyone else for the AS stand?

 

I'll be on the Allegro Club International stand on Saturday (and possibly Sunday) but sans Allegro (as I don't own one - I'm a fan of the '80s rather than the '70s - but I have some good friends who do ).

 

Looking forward to it .

[dugong]

On of the UK's biggest Car Shows ,and only 1 person Intrested ,I cannot understand this at all ,Feel I have wasted my Time and Money  ,I am very unhappy

 

People have lives outside of Autoshite, unfortunately. 

 

I'm covering it for work - although as explained in my PM, coming in the Charade is difficult logisitically. If I leave it there over the weekend I have no transportation between my folks' and Event City - and I can't really borrow their car. 

[Angrydicky]

I'm actually going to be making an appearance at this, but I'll be on the Young Guns Classics stand. Think Stephen (warninglight) will be there as well.

[warninglight]

Aye I'll be there! Logistics of this week mean I won't be bringing anything though

[Banger Kenny]

A selection of Saturday pictures

 

Autoshite Area - I did expect at least one Brass Band fanfare, or a trail of gearbox oil awaiting me, or a bit of bunting and deckchair action - Don't they know who I am?!

 

At least the stand cars are ace.

"I'm sorry, I thought it was part of the Autoshite stand for some reason.."

Randoms to suit a mixture of tastes

It's nice to see people still doing "Big Fish, Little Fish" by a Vanden Plas.

And just for the SVM - a car park honeyz special (this is what happens when you say "No"- it's downhill after this)

 

 

 

[blguy1975]

Hi Everbody

Had  great weekend ,some intresting cars on the stand ,Had a great time being transported in e287yba's 205 drool spec.

Thank you to Peter,Phil & Tanya for their cars and thanks to Junkman I now know a little more about P6 Rovers ,Will see if we can get in next year and bring some more shite

Really liked the gold Avenger , 214 convertible,Peters P6 and Junkman,s P6 ( love the Mango )

Matt 

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Had  great weekend ,some intresting cars on the stand ,Had a great time being transported in e287yba's 205 drool spec.

...itself worthy of the show.

 

Peugeot 205 GT by cdconelrad, on Flickr

 

This was nice:

Austin Metro Advantage by cdconelrad, on Flickr

 

And I got to sit in this amazing right hand drive Pacer.

AMC Pacer by cdconelrad, on Flickr

 

Big thanks to Matt for organising our stand!

[Micrashed]

People have lives outside of Autoshite, unfortunately. 

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Same here sadly. Owing to staff sickness / apathy / leaving Im trying to staff a health centre with just three nurse as opposed to ten. Most weeks Im working upwards of 50 hours, this weekend was no exception what was supposed to be a 4 hour shift turned into a 13 hour shift on Saturday.

[dugong]

Conrad, I am jealous of your camera's ISO handling. My Nikon had a fit at half the speed your Sony's working at. I love that 205 GT as well.Giving serious thought to investing in a proper body \ glass.

 

BLGuy1975: We chatted briefly, I was the bloke who appeared and started talking to Conelrad about MG6s. I'm sorry I wasn't able to bring the Charade but I needed a car all Saturday and didn't have a taxed motor to use as transport.

 

Angrydicky: I'm gutted I didn't get to chat to you gents. Will be in touch. By this point my camera was giving more sensor errors than a 400-series CEM, so I bowed out.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Conrad, I am jealous of your camera's ISO handling. My Nikon had a fit at half the speed your Sony's working at. I love that 205 GT as well.Giving serious thought to investing in a proper body \ glass.

 

It's a wonderful camera. The only drawbacks when compared to an SLR is having to use the menu system instead of having buttons (fiddly) and, of course, the lack of an actual viewfinder when it's bright outdoors. 

 

edit: what a rubbish 4,000th post. An off topic consumer goods recommendation.

[Angrydicky]

Ah shit, sorry guys. I completely failed at meeting or speaking to any of you. I did see Dugong at one point but he was engaged in conversation with someone else and I didn't want to interrupt!

 

Was a pretty good show. I decided at the last minute to come along, so ended up driving the Maestro from Kent to Manchester and back on a complete whim. I had planned to take the Somerset but it broke down at the last minute so I had to take the Maestro, which turned out to be a good decision! I'm pleased to report it behaved superbly, despite the journey taking seven hours each way. Thanks to Paul from Runcorn who let me kip on his sofa Friday and Saturday