Half arsed NEC photos

[trigger]

I've been to the NEC today for the car show, had a great day although I'm shattered now and I'm still not sure that i saw everything. I think it was a bit bigger this year although I'm sure there was more trade stands though too.

 

Here's a selection of photos i took and a shitty photo and upload from a phone app for the last 2 hours. Following this Carlton in was a good omen.

 

 

Marina TC got me all hot under the collar.

 

 

 

 

Modern crap but i thought this Accent looked pretty sexy with wide arches.

 

 

I think this is Ex-Stondon?

 

 

Austin of Amercia ADO16.

 

 

 

 

Ever seen a Austin Victoria before? It's a Spanish model.

 

 

 

 

 

OMG BARN FIND

 

 

 

It was shortly after this point that a kind gentlemen gave me a demonstration of the talking dash and LCD display on his B reg MG Maestro but sadly i was too excited to get photos.

 

Orion 1600E with RS bonnet and iffy paint was a bit meh

 

 

Wheeler dealers F100

 

 

Back 2 da future

 

 

 

This was gorgeous.

 

 

 

 

 

This belongs to that annoying bloke of that annoying Storage Wars program.

 

 

 

I caught the Wheeler Dealer guys taking photos with the Capri club.

 

 

This was recently built by Ant of The love of the cars. Its a home built special.

 

 

Sorry for the burrly photos, this is a genuine UK garage find Beetle thats just bbeen recommisoned, it comes from my home town of Colchester when new.

 

 

 

 

I forget the details on this but it was built in 1974 for a total of £7500, it was a Mustang 302 engine, the paintjob is original.

 

 

 

Sexy Rancho, this is a French import woth less than 600km on the clock, check out the zippable rear!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Her name is Rio and she cost ten thousand pound, it was too expansive so Panther went down the pan"

 

 

 

Silver Bullet!

 

 

 

I can't remember what this was now, it was Russian with 3 letters, GAZ?

 

 

Yes that really is a limo, i had asit in the back, it's quite long and has shit leg room!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I absolutely loved this Avenger!

 

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This was originally the parts car for the estate and was found in a scrapyard with a car on its roof but it was found too good to break so it was put back on the road again, it still has the dents on the roof!

 

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Avenger GT from Finland

 

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£5695 for a 75 CDTi with 36000 miles anyone?

 

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This wasn't much better, the panel gaps were awful, trim was missing or damaged inside, bare bolts exposed and it reeked of petrol, £32000!

 

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The Dolomite club was a bit lacking....

 

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And lastly this sexy mumma was in the car park.

 

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[PiperCub]

That Capri cost £7500 to build in '74? I thought that was alot of money back then, quite a commitment. That's almost £82K in today's money!

[RoadworkUK]

Really wish I could go / had gone, but modern life is rubbish, as some Colchester lads once mentioned.

 

I hear old, musty brochures were available in abundance, so it's probably for the best that I steer clear.

[Tamworthbay]

That Capri cost £7500 to build in '74? I thought that was alot of money back then, quite a commitment. That's almost £82K in today's money!

I think it was for sale recently, I can't remember the price but it was a lot. But still not a return on that cost.

[oldcars]

Great photos thanks for sharing them.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Chevanne and blue VX. Oof. I sometimes wish I didn't live on a limb, miles away fro me anything in Poldark land.

[JeeExEll]

I think it was for sale recently, I can't remember the price but it was a lot. But still not a return on that cost.

It's an interesting 1974 early Mk2 Cappa Ghia V8 built by the same makers as the Savage Cortinas. Motor magazine roadtested one and it matched the Ferrari Daytona for acceleration to 100mph (about 13 seconds) and went to about 140mph. Still on it's original custom paint from 1975 and has something like 25k miles on the clock from new.

 

Some more info here if anyone interested.

 

https://drive-my.com/en/test-drive/item/1958-it-pays-to-be-the-boss-5-litre-v8-engined-ford-capri-boss-302.html

[Cavcraft]

Brilliant stuff, Triggsville. I remember seeing an 'Austin America' AD016 for sale probably mid 1970's just down the road from me and thought someone has made their own badges for it.

[Anglevan]

Thanks for sharing these, I had every intention of going this year but thought better of it. Some nice motors but glad I didnt go as i'd have only been tempted in somat to buy !!!

[fordperv]

i do like the jeff uren stampede capri

[Felly Magic]

That ZAZ Tavaria belongs to cereal looker at and fiddler of Communist things in PC, Mr Ed Hughes IIRC

[oldcars]

That ZAZ Tavaria belongs to cereal looker at and fiddler of Communist things in PC, Mr Ed Hughes IIRC

There was a nice blue Moskovich owned by a nice lady, she let me sit in the drivers seat. The car was class, loved it.

[holbeck]

That ZAZ Tavaria belongs to cereal looker at and fiddler of Communist things in PC, Mr Ed Hughes IIRC

Indeed it does. I used to be able to see this from my front room window (Ed and I used to have the same landlord).

[inconsistant]

I've put my photos from the NEC show on my 'Chod Bothering' thread here:

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/14237-chod-bothering-now-including-nec-show-pix/?p=1102193

[cort16]

There was a rio panther that used to do the rounds of the cars shows around here . There. Cant be that many out there on the go.

[Ghosty]

There's one knocking about the North West, not sure of the reg etc.

[inconsistant]

Panther Rio sounds like someone's porn name.

[Jim Bergerac]

There was a rio panther that used to do the rounds of the cars shows around here . There. Cant be that many out there on the go.

 

 

So there's more than one out there