Leighton Hall - July 5th - Bonus Talbot Matra Content

[UltraWomble]

Apart from going a whole day early to the car show (another story) here are a selection of cars from the show today - rather than go dial up silly just click on the link.

 

https://www.flickr.com/gp/micrashed/H1v9D4

 

 

[UltraWomble]

As with many car shows there was some interesting stuff in the car park... This Mk 2 with comedy door gaps was rather lovely

Classic Car Show Leighton Hall - Carnforth 5th July 2015 by Marty Hopkirk, on Flickr

And local to Eddy too

Classic Car Show Leighton Hall - Carnforth 5th July 2015 by Marty Hopkirk, on Flickr

 

THIS was on display..

Classic Car Show Leighton Hall - Carnforth 5th July 2015 by Marty Hopkirk, on Flickr

 

Yet this was stuck amongst the cow pats in the car park...

Classic Car Show Leighton Hall - Carnforth 5th July 2015 by Marty Hopkirk, on Flickr

 

I suspect this young lad had been told to "guard the Talbot" whilst his dad went off to eyeball the rest of the chod, he did open the bonet for me to have a look at the donkey though

Classic Car Show Leighton Hall - Carnforth 5th July 2015 by Marty Hopkirk, on Flickr

Classic Car Show Leighton Hall - Carnforth 5th July 2015 by Marty Hopkirk, on Flickr

 

This is the bestest colour of evAh for a Dolly, even a boggo 1300SE

Classic Car Show Leighton Hall - Carnforth 5th July 2015 by Marty Hopkirk, on Flickr

 

Noice...

Classic Car Show Leighton Hall - Carnforth 5th July 2015 by Marty Hopkirk, on Flickr

 

Bob was trying to work out what was a bit off about this Lotus Cortina...

Classic Car Show Leighton Hall - Carnforth 5th July 2015 by Marty Hopkirk, on Flickr

 

Ah...

Classic Car Show Leighton Hall - Carnforth 5th July 2015 by Marty Hopkirk, on Flickr

 

LOTS of Scrotes

Classic Car Show Leighton Hall - Carnforth 5th July 2015 by Marty Hopkirk, on Flickr

 

Lots of Minis

Classic Car Show Leighton Hall - Carnforth 5th July 2015 by Marty Hopkirk, on Flickr

(Im sure this one has been papped in another classic car show thread)

 

THIS was just fugging lovely

Classic Car Show Leighton Hall - Carnforth 5th July 2015 by Marty Hopkirk, on Flickr

 

As was this little Hondamatic

Classic Car Show Leighton Hall - Carnforth 5th July 2015 by Marty Hopkirk, on Flickr

 

Nice to see the Mk1 Escort represented

Classic Car Show Leighton Hall - Carnforth 5th July 2015 by Marty Hopkirk, on Flickr

 

And the Capri S

Classic Car Show Leighton Hall - Carnforth 5th July 2015 by Marty Hopkirk, on Flickr

 

This was just one group of Sherpa Coupe's.. I like them, but not that much.

Classic Car Show Leighton Hall - Carnforth 5th July 2015 by Marty Hopkirk, on Flickr

 

There was a nice selection of commercials including this one owned by Frank Miller who hails from the same village as my wife ( and she knows him)

Classic Car Show Leighton Hall - Carnforth 5th July 2015 by Marty Hopkirk, on Flickr

 

The Sentinal Steam truck was bloody ace

Classic Car Show Leighton Hall - Carnforth 5th July 2015 by Marty Hopkirk, on Flickr

 

As was the selection of classic bicycles - bakkie anyone?

Classic Car Show Leighton Hall - Carnforth 5th July 2015 by Marty Hopkirk, on Flickr

 

THIS was brilliant..

Classic Car Show Leighton Hall - Carnforth 5th July 2015 by Marty Hopkirk, on Flickr

 

This however was the star of the show for me. Battered to buggery, hand painted, rorty as fuck, smelling of oil and with pop rivet repairs.

Classic Car Show Leighton Hall - Carnforth 5th July 2015 by Marty Hopkirk, on Flickr

 

Plenty more on the link above.

[flat4alfa]

I bothered the owner of that Murena for ages at the NEC

 

 

Sat in it and decided right then it was on the bucket list after the X1/9 sold.

[Guest Breadvan72]

V fine, but one small point of pedantry, if I may.  No owner of a Murena would say "guard the Talbot".  He would say "guard the Matra".    The engine ain't pretty, is it?

[Guest Breadvan72]

If you get a Murena, try for a 2.2, as the 1.6 is a tad sluggish, but the Murena is on any view a cracking car, and should have been one of the greatest cars of the early 80s, but it was denied the Douvrin or a V6, and was killed off early to make room on the line for the Espace (which in its original form was more a Matra than a Renault). 

[UltraWomble]

The engine ain't pretty, is it?

No, but it does seem to be used rather than a trailer queen.

[vulgalour]

That ZX is a little honey, Citroen got their designs very right at that time.

[vulgalour]

I have no idea how to get images off Flikr and onto here so I'll just declare my surprise at seeing a Fairthorpe as I'm browsing through the gallery.

[flat4alfa]

That Murena is a 2.2

[Ghosty]

Nice to see the not-being-restored Viva out and about.

 

The black vinyl wrapped one was given away in a competition by a TV channel called Viva, in a grey, lime green and pink wrap, I remember reading about it on the blue forum. IIRC they did a bad job and it was rusting under the vinyl so they had to have it redone.

[EssDeeWon]

We demand a photo of each sherpa coupe pleaZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[UltraWomble]

We demand a photo of each sherpa coupe pleaZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

Go away.

Look at this Maxi until you feel that this is a nicer car in all respects than the Sherpa Coupe

[Guest Breadvan72]

That Murena is a 2.2

 

 I know, I was just talking in general about Murena shopping.