BMC/BL Show at Peterborough Photos

[trigger]

Hello again, MOR show photos for you all, Yesterday i took a drive to the BL show at Ferry Meadows in the Acclaim with some mates, It's the first time I've been and to be honest, I think I've found what i've been missing out on in my life!

 

It's a fab little show chock full of shite old cars, perfect!. Anyhow here's my photo dump from the show.

 

This Marina pickup was spotless.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You know your winning at life when you drive into a show field with this combo.

 

 

 

Awesome looking Ital pickup with large steels.

 

 

Brown Ital.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was quite honest, over 100k on the clock too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I loved this sign, it was in the Autojumble which it's self was very quite (although a bit pricey at times!)

 

 

 

 

 

This 105E had been in a barn since 1988, it was fairly solid but it's had some shoddy repairs in it's time.

 

 

 

 

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Nice work Trig!!!! Any sign of that blue & white Marina koop with the hatchback conversion and the sills made (badly) from reconstituted banana peels?

[trigger]

 

This genuine 827 was used in the Bill after it's retirement from the force, 160k on the clock and washed 3 times a day when it was in service, it's still unrestored!

 

 

 

 

There was a P reg SD1 (MOL ***P) also there but i missed photographing it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some kind of pre-development Metro.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm not sure what the Austin badge on the front was all about.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Limeflower Metero with matching picnic chair!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[trigger]

Nice work Trig!!!! Any sign of that blue & white Marina koop with the hatchback conversion and the sills made (badly) from reconstituted banana peels?

 

I think this might be the one but it's been restored?.

 

 

 

 

This was smart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This Morris Oxford was amazing, Converted to 2 door, all metal made, even the bumpers are cast iron!, Running on a Maestro floor plan and a 2.0 Perkins diesel and weighing in at a hefty 2 1/2 tons!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I saw these three in the car park. The DS was stunning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's all folks!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Yo Trig, that 'Ital koop' is not the one I had in mind, for a start its stil got a 'boot' and I think from having seen it on the bay that that one has a Dolly Sprint engine. Great find nonetheless!

 

That flipping hot rod thing is extraordinary, 2.5 tons? Imagine a Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit LWB powered by a flipping Perkins Prima, must be a total liability on the open road!!!!

[Jim Bergerac]

Fantastic stuff. Have quite a lot of 'yoghurt' to clear from my laptop after looking at that lot!

[twosmoke300]

That show must have the sum total of all marina / ital pick ups in the UK.

 

Great pics of what looks like a lovely day out

[alf892]

This just reminds me I must have a Marina Coupe before the rest of the world realises how lovely they are........

 

And an A60 pick up.

[Anglevan]

Great pics and thanks for sharing. I was in the area driving back home from harwich after a holiday but couldn't justify to family I really needed an extra day to see some bl tat.

I saw that DS at the side of the road with lots of water around it so had popped somat.

That marina coupe / hatch has disappeared from the scene, I hope someone is restoring it.

Fingers crossed I'll be there next year with my recent marina purchase. .

[inconsistant]

Wow great pix of a great show, thanks for sharing!

 

Austin 3l line up pic is going in the spank bank for later.

[EssDeeWon]

MOL 385P is a lovely early midas SD1, comes from Kent that one. Beleive its known as Molly in the SD1 circles.

 

Shame to tarnish a lovely car with such a stupid name!

[Billy - Medhurst]

Flying A's seem to be the new pineapple!

I did like this Rover 25 Diesel - oh hang on.....

[Wilko220]

I think the Marina hatch that Bo11's talking about had Metro rear lights, amongst other weird additions.

 

Fantastic pics, BTW

[George-Roper]

[George-Roper]

Think Mr Testes refers to this bad boy.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[wuvvum]

Here's a couple more that I took - Trigger's papped most of the good stuff already.

 

RONG MODEL M8 etc.

 

 

Phox.

 

 

This thing turns up every year.

 

 

MG3 - first one I've seen in the flesh.

 

 

Probably the oldest car there.  I overtook this on the way home - it wasn't going very fast.

 

 

Standard and not-so-standard MOs.

 

 

This line-up must constitute approximately 110% of the total production of 3-litres.

 

 

Innocenti.

 

 

The smoky old Marina koop I followed for about 10 miles on the way home.

 

 

 

 

[trigger]

That old Marina Coupe was also at the 70's show a few weeks back. It's pretty tidy up close.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Think Mr Testes refers to this bad boy.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

YES!!! That's the kiddy

[wuvvum]

YES!!! That's the kiddy

It wasn't there this year, sadly (at least not that I could see).  It had been there on the two previous occasions I went (2 and 3 years ago) and appeared to get even shonkier as time went on, so I was slightly disappointed to miss it.

[Squire_Dawson]

'twas a good show. Shite abounded.