quicksilver Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Not seen any mention of this event on here recently but after the success of last year it's being held again this coming Saturday. Same venue (Whittlebury Park) but supposedly even more chod this time around. It's only a few miles from me so it'd be rude not to go but is anyone else likely to pay a visit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugong Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 I'm going, but not as a punter. explosive-cabbage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Last year this clashed with the Silverstone Classic next door , and as our kids had bought us tickets for Silver wedding anniversary I had to go to the posh event.I'm going to try to get to this as I'm only 20 minutes away, didn't RatDat win last year, whatever happened to RatDat anyway ? Was there a toys pram scenario or did he just fade away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owain71 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 I'm going - and I'm pleased to announce that my Subaru pickup is going to be one of the (75?) vehicles on display  Got to wash, polish & vacuum it beforehand, though Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 I'm going! Displaying the Maestro and the Victor this year. Dippy, eddyramrod, Skizzer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlabamaShrimp Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Why are we only hearing about it now if so many off here are going and showing their cars? fred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat_the_cat Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 I'm likely going to either this or Silverstone Classic...a couple have mates have tickets to the latter so the plan is to meet up with them Saturday night and see how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slow Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 As with Dugong, I'm going in an official capacity. Even if I wasn't, I'd be going anyway, as it's probably the best event of the year for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Jon and Sam as judges... this I have to witness.  See you there Partridge and mat_the_cat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Partridge Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 I'm going. Won't be showing anything because both Roverz R 2 NOO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat_the_cat Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 If anyone wants to meet up, drop me a PM. Not sure of an ETA, as I'll be taking a rather unorthodox route there from North Wales, via Norfolk. But assuming the Stellar makes it, see you there! dugong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 Back from this most enjoyable event with loads of photos to sort out. There was some prime chod there and that was just in the car park! Sadly I missed a Stellar that was leaving as I arrived, it wasn't Mat's though - was it RayMK? If only all car parks looked like this... Lacquer Peel, Dippy, dollywobbler and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Jon and Sam as judges... this I have to witness.  See you there  Or not, as it turned out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Was there when I arrived but didn't see it leave.Must have been a few shiters there ,but I only spoke to AngryDicky because I'd met him before, we need badges. As a group of socially inept misfits, it's easy to get lost in the crowd when everyone else is excited by old chod from Turin,Longbridge and Luton, rather than the usual sheep fawning over the stuff from Maranello or Abingdon. Needs a beer tent next year, the buttie tent had even run out of cans of Pepsi.And who nicked the lights out of the RR Sport in the carpark?Presume it belonged to a guest at the wedding,and they'd driven it like that without even knowing. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat_the_cat Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Is it both days then? I was thinking if going tomorrow. Stellar going well so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capsuleboy Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I was there in my Renault 4 and have to say it was one of the enjoyable events. Half of the motoring press were also in attendance, so look out for some good coverage. Including a guest appearance by Nicolas Parsons!The only picture i have on my phone was of this Estefette... Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capsuleboy Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 And no I cant type on a tablet or spell to save my life...Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Is it both days then? I was thinking if going tomorrow. Stellar going well so far. No, it would seem it is not two days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayMK Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Yes, the Stellar was mine. I enjoyed the informal atmosphere and was very surprised that the grass was so firm after 12 hours of moderate rain yesterday. I agree that we need badges or a flashing beige light to gather round, having never met any of you before. Nice selection of cars. I liked the 1955ish Minx, Renault 6, Citroen GS, Ambassador (Princess), pre-Estelle rear engined Skodas.......and all the others. That Model T Ford had a weird suspension set up. Transverse leaves I expected, but not the additional 8 coils!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayMK Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 The strange suspension I referred to......... Junkman, vulgalour, fred and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 Yes, the Stellar was mine. I enjoyed the informal atmosphere and was very surprised that the grass was so firm after 12 hours of moderate rain yesterday. I agree that we need badges or a flashing beige light to gather round, having never met any of you before. Nice selection of cars. I liked the 1955ish Minx, Renault 6, Citroen GS, Ambassador (Princess), pre-Estelle rear engined Skodas.......and all the others. That Model T Ford had a weird suspension set up. Transverse leaves I expected, but not the additional 8 coils!!! Shame I missed your Stellar, you were on the way out as I came in (I was in one of the Stellar's descendants, a Hyundai Getz). Agreed we need some sort of shiter identification system - AngryDicky was the only shiter I knowingly spoke to, simply because I recognised his cars. This may be a silly question but does the MK in your username mean you live in Milton Keynes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayMK Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Shame I missed your Stellar, you were on the way out as I came in (I was in one of the Stellar's descendants, a Hyundai Getz). Agreed we need some sort of shiter identification system - AngryDicky was the only shiter I knowingly spoke to, simply because I recognised his cars. This may be a silly question but does the MK in your username mean you live in Milton Keynes?I use MK shops, but no, I do not live there. I'm close to Whittlebury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I've just realised that we came awfully close to having TWO Hyundai Stellars in one place. Is the world ready for that sort of cataclysmic event? brownnova, mat_the_cat, chaseracer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 I use MK shops, but no, I do not live there. I'm close to Whittlebury.You can't be far away from me then, I live in Buckingham. I'll have to keep an eye out for your Stellar round here. Shame Mat didn't make it as two Stellars in one place would have been quite a momentous occasion - maybe something to aim for next year? RayMK and mat_the_cat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
345DL Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I showed my 1980 Volvo 345 at this today.  It was a really great show, full of some interesting ordinary cars.  Here are some pics: My car And a selection of others which attracted my attention:Mk1 Panda: Mk1 Fiesta This mk3 Escort was in the car park and had some epic rust 'repairs' (i.e. paint over it and hope no-one notices) Smart Cavalier hatch: This 1979 Mk2 Escort was delightfully standard, and was the show winner: A pick-up for winning farmers: Visa: Never seen one of these before, Isuzu Piazza Mk1 Astra trigger, saucedoctor, Lacquer Peel and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlabamaShrimp Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 That Fiesta is just like mine but I have a grey interior. Â Lots of nice different stuff not the usual rows of minis, minors and sherpa coupes purplebargeken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat_the_cat Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Bugger. I'd got it in my head it was tomorrow Currently (successfully) getting drunk in a field near Cromer. Inspector Morose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat_the_cat Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Amusing incident with a fiesta near King's Lynn - childish I know but I happened to come alongside it as the lights turned green. It was a spectacularly boy racered example (does a fiesta really need four exhausts?) and a could not resist flooring it as I drew level with the (open) driver's window.Shame not to meet up with you, Ray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Great stuff, I liked to have gone to this but it's quite a way from here and I was busy. The cars on the display both years have been right up my street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essex V6 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Think I am really turning it a Voxhol fancier this days. Love the Cavvy sport hatch (with bonus Ashtray Export? ) Action and also that lush green metallic Ashtray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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