BMC/BL Rally & Spares Day photos

[trigger]

Yesterday was the annual BMC/BL Rally & Spares Day at Nene Park in Peterborough so this year i took my little Dolomite down with Oldford of this parish following Cortinaboy down in his Marina. Amazingly for BL old junk both cars made the long trip with ease and with no dramas, who would believe it hey.  

 

Anyway here's the photos that I took.

 

The first car i immediately latched onto was this very very early Maestro 1.3 HLE, registered in the first month of release it had covered 41000 miles and really was very tidy with just a little scab on the roof. It was up for £795 ono which seemed very fair considering. I'm still kinda tempted but i've never really liked them!.

 

 

 

This Bluebirds been posted a fair bit around the internet recently, and deservedly so, it's gorgeous.

 

 

 

This was one of the Autojumblers vans, I'm rocking such a chubby for a Ital van.

 

 

 

 

Also one of the Autojumblers cars.

 

 

Another Ital Van, this time a ex genuine BT van, this isn't the one that had banded wheels but is part of the same fleet of vans. This one's like new and only recently back on the road again.

 

 

 

This has had the same owner for about 39 years, it's a jubilee special.

 

 

Beautiful Crayford conversion.

 

 

I liked the Turbovecs (?) on this one.

 

 

The owner of this drove all the way from Switzerland just for this show. HERO STATUS.

 

 

 

 

 

Another Maestro, this one's only done 8000 miles but was up for £4000... That still felt like a lot to me.

 

 

 

 

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This Montego was like new. absolutely spanking!.

 

 

 

The lads where just leaving in this as i took the photo, they both had what I'm guessing was salesman shirts on and looked the part, i thought they may have been off on a test drive.

 

 

 

This bombed past us near Newmarket, it's nursing a BB3 exhaust.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had to laugh when i saw this C5 flying along the field.

 

 

This Standard Vanguard ambulance was mega, the patina was perfect, It had been of the road for many years and only recently recommissioned again.

 

 

 

Red Oxide special.

 

 

The owner of this stunning Zodiac said they had owned it 45 years and lovely told me about their daughter who car seat used to be in the back, she's 38 now!.

 

 

 

 

There was a disappointing lack in Dolomites and there wasn't even a stand, we had to rough it with the commoners, I think there was about 5 in total including mine.

 

 

I'd love a Triumph 2000/2500, they never seem to come up for sale though.

 

 

 

 

 

This was a bit scabby! It was great!

 

 

Ital Pick up converted to a Marina front.

 

 

[mercrocker]

Nice pics, Mr Trigger, thank you.   

 

Those wheels look slightly disconcerting on that Harvest Gold 1.3, though - a bit like Aunty Doris with an ankle bracelet.   Also, I know you CAN now fit black and whites on an M reg but that still doesn't make it look right....  

 

Standard blood box is awesome, as is that Ensign wagon next to the Zody. 

 

Must do this one year - I am sure there will be something up there that I need to buy.....

[trigger]

 

 

 

This came pass us on the A14, it sounded beautiful.

 

 

 

I never heard the in's and out's of this but with NOS and a few flick switches i think it probably backs quite a punch.

 

 

 

 

Very early 820 Si.

 

 

I think this belongs Captains Slow/Sam Skelton?.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This Allegro Crayford is stunning, it's even better in the flesh.

 

 

 

 

Clean little MiniMetro 1.3S with 13000 miles.

 

 

 

 

 

[MarvinsMom]

we were at BL day too, these are our pictures

 

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RobT's perfect little Metro, this is a real credit to him.

 

 

 

 

and SixCylinders 114, Here you can see him doing a sexy pose next to the car.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Hyacinth was strong with this one...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I wonder if that blue n white Marina Coupe with the hatchback 'conversion' and metro taillights is being fettled somewhere for a comeback at this show in a few years time

[trigger]

Nice photos MarvinsMum!. Is yours the white G reg?. I think i saw you leave.

 

This Westminster was another one that i thought was beautiful.

 

 

I don't think I've seen this one before, It's a Metro Tickford, the only only bought it the day before to restore, It was originally black and he hoped to put it back to black.

 

 

 

The stereo and rear speakers were comical.

 

 

The Autoshite Massive had a little photoshoot.

 

 

 

Dicky's award winning Maestro.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll finished with this Ami that was practicing it's gangster lean along the field.

 

 

[trigger]

I wonder if that blue n white Marina Coupe with the hatchback 'conversion' and metro taillights is being fettled somewhere for a comeback at this show in a few years time

 

I hope so, That was pretty hopeless, the black Marina coupe with the Ital front end was there though.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Look at the angle of the seat bases in that Metro Tickford, you are gonna feel like such a bell end sat squashed up in those. Great car.

[MarvinsMom]

hi Trigg, 

 

yes the white G-reg metro is mine, in between getting sunburn and spending the money in the Autojumble we didnt see anyone we know apart from Derek and Gloria, Derek owns the red Princess 2, he had sold it, only to buy it back a few months later. the car has been floating about on ebay recently with a £6500 starting bid, and no takers....

 

oh and Derek didn't tell Gloria that he had bought the car back until after he had gone and brought it back home! a brave man!!

 

i did wonder whether the beige mark one metro was RobT's, especially since we were parked next to it!!

 

also, was it just me, or was there less autojumble this year compared with previous shows?

[danthecapriman]

Looked a good show, loads of nice cars there.

 

I love the rough old Westy though. It's done well to avoid the oval! I'd love to have a Farina Westy of one form or another at some point.

[scruff]

I had a prior engagement unfortunately else I would have been all over this, great show with a high "mental" content so GR9 for people watching as well as some lovely motors. Excellent pics all. Many A30s/A35s there?

[RoadworkUK]

I've only recently learnt to appreciate just how fit Maestros are, in all their octagonal glory.

 

Major SPLOOF on that 820SI, for obvious reasons. How very crisp those things looked, and how very crispy they all went.

[adw1977]

Some great photos here. Agree that the beige Maestro looks good value!

[wuvvum]

Oh cock arse bollocks fuck pissflaps, I completely forgot about this again. 

[MarvinsMom]

I had a prior engagement unfortunately else I would have been all over this, great show with a high "mental" content so GR9 for people watching as well as some lovely motors. Excellent pics all. Many A30s/A35s there?

there was a number of A30/A35's there, including a SWEEEEET little A30 pick-up. 

 

no pic sadly cos the batteries had gone flat...... yes i know, foto skilz fail....

 

but it was a really beautiful, and rear? little thing!!

 

there was alsorts, including a '61 caddie, an 80's mustang, alsorts. in fact there was something for everyone!

[srad34]

That red SD1 Vitesse is just pure beef, love it

[mercrocker]

there was a number of A30/A35's there, including a SWEEEEET little A30 pick-up. 

 

no pic sadly cos the batteries had gone flat...... yes i know, foto skilz fail....

 

but it was a really beautiful, and rear? little thing!!

 

 

If a genuine one it would have been an A35.   No idea how many left but they built about 500 I think.  

Almost completely useless as a carrying thing but cuter than a Playboy bunny with a lisp.

[Angrydicky]

I was very taken by the beige Maestro, being such an early car and very very original.

 

Good to see a few Autoshiters. Sixcylinder, RobT, oldford, cortinaboy, trigger and Captain Slow off the top of my head. Also very happy and surprised when I went back to the red Maestro at the end of the day, to find it had won a trophy for best Austin-Rover Maestro! Did not expect that, it had no preparation before going and my dad's been using it as his daily runabout for ages now. In fact I'm pretty sure it's the first car show it's ever been to.

[Jon]

I had no idea you had TWO Meastros, Dicky! That's something you should definitely drop into conversation with the ladies.

 

Thanks again trigger, I'm running out of superlatives for all your fab shots. Personal faves are the green Ital, late yellow Maxi and yellow Metro S and anything in Applejack, on the basis of colours alone. Good amount of people sitting in garden chairs, too. Any trinkets of note, such as the wooden table with a MiniMetro's number plate carved in to it?

[trigger]

I don't think I'll ever top that MiniMetro table!

[Six-cylinder]

we were at BL day too,

I did not realise who you were, mine was the Nightfire 114SLi the other side of you from RobT!

[Six-cylinder]

For me this MG 1100 was car of the show, the car I most wanted to drive home in.

[mercrocker]

MG1100 in that colour is a real part of my childhood.....Bloke down our road had one exactly the same, it was well before I started school and amidst all the knackered side valve Fords and back-firing Ariel combinations it seemed like a Rolls Royce.    Lovely, isn't it!

[oldcars]

Thanks for all the pictures, Going to make sure i can get to this next year, seems like my kind of show. Any campsites nearby?

[trigger]

You could say so, theres a camp site in the same field!

[DaveDorson]

My friend organises this (the baton was passed from his late grandfather) 

 

He was properly worried this year, as his Mrs is heavily pregnant, and he HAD to be in that field getting that stuff shuffled around on the day.

 

I was going to pop by, but the beetle decided that a coilpack failing in the middle of Market Deeping was more important than me heading over.

[RobT]

I did not realise who you were, mine was the Nightfire 114SLi the other side of you from RobT!

 

Same here.  Sorry Marvin, I'm not the best at introducing myself sometimes!  I thought the car looked familiar though.

[anonymous user]

I do like quite a few, especially the Landcrab Ute, but the one I'd want to take home is the Westminster Estate.