Gaydon BMC / Leyland Day

[Roverageous]

Had a fantastic day today at Garden - MUCH better turnout than last year. Really fab day. Loads of different stuff and a ton of daily drivers not just garage queens which was really nice to see. Although there was some knob banging on about some allegro which "shouldn't" have had a quartic steering wheel - get a life.

 

Got there nice and early at 9:30 and parked up with some other 75s... Was a bit worried that mine would stand out as being not up to scratch body work wise, but I needn't have worried, it blended in lovely:

 

Here's a lovely MK1 Rover 800 which just looks wonderfully bargy and smart:

 

Almost 237k miles on this one!

 

And this looks as good as any modern car. Really, really smart!

 

This coupe was an absolute stunner, and the owner was clearly very proud of it. I'd love one of these if the door pins weren't in the middle of the sodding door card!

 

There weren't may R8s there today, but this one was doing them proud:

 

And this tourer was mint. Properly nice.

 

 

Montego and Maestro contingent was very healthy today. Maestros don't interest me, so here's a brown montego saloon:

 

Dad used to have a Countryman, but ours was petrol

 

And this won best 80s car 2nd place I think

 

Hyacinth was around somewhere

 

This is just mega

 

Who DOESN'T need a green SD1?

 

A couple of sprints

 

 

This princess just looks so right...

 

And in general a really nice selection of Princessi

 

But for me this was the star of the show. I don't know if it's an original colour, but it was stunning in the flesh...

 

 

Anyone else there today?

 

[SiC]

No pictures of MGBs? I am disappointed.

[quicksilver]

I was there on the Maxi club stand with YDU. Plenty of nice stuff and a surprising abundance of some supposedly rare types but also some that were conspicuous by their absence (Acclaim, Ital, Ambassador). I'll try to add some photos tomorrow.

[Six-cylinder]

No pictures of MGBs? I am disappointed.

 

Sorry I feel I have let you down now, there were at least three.

[trigger]

Great photos, I would have loved to have done this.

[bunglebus]

Missed the slime green SD1

[oldcars]

That 75 was stunning, its one of only 5 i think in Jubilee. I think i may have been parked next to you and spoke for a wee while. Was your the lovely 2.0 "y" plate? I had the seafrost one next with the 75 show plate on the front. If it was you it was great to talk, if it wasnt you it was was still great to talk to whoever i did speak to 

[Roverageous]

That 75 was stunning, its one of only 5 i think in Jubilee. I think i may have been parked next to you and spoke for a wee while. Was your the lovely 2.0 "y" plate? I had the seafrost one next with the 75 show plate on the front. If it was you it was great to talk, if it wasnt you it was was still great to talk to whoever i did speak to

That was me!

 

I did wonder if it was you, but I couldn't find a pic of your car on here showing the reg plate to confirm or not!

 

Apologies for my generally awkward demeanour / conversation making ability! Your car looked really great & was nice we had a row of 75s lined up at the front

 

Tim.

 

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[oldcars]

That was me!

 

I did wonder if it was you, but I couldn't find a pic of your car on here showing the reg plate to confirm or not!

 

Apologies for my generally awkward demeanour / conversation making ability! Your car looked really great & was nice we had a row of 75s lined up at the front

 

Tim.

 

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No apologies required, it was a pleasure to speak with you. We did have a nice line up of cars. Your car was really nice. Super day all in. Some of the stuff in the collection centre was great to see. 

[tooSavvy]

No pictures of MGBs? I am disappointed.

...an Arse*...?? 

 

*behind Sprint

 

TS

[quicksilver]

Some photos from me.

 

This Maxi was on the poster, much to its owner's surprise

1971 Austin Maxi 1750 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Metro-politan Police

1992 Rover Metro 1.1 C police car by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Sherpa shite, ex Royal Signals Corps comms unit

1992 Leyland-DAF 400 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

I'm sure we all recognise this

1981 Austin-Morris Princess 2 2.0 HL by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Uber rare pre-production Wolseley wedge is the oldest survivor

1974 Wolseley 2200 HL by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Thrupenny bit

1979 Leyland Redline FG by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

600s still seem to be the unloved Rover. Loads of 800s and 75s but only one of these.

1999 Rover 620 Ti by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Bulgarian Maestros

1999 Ledbury Maestro 1.3 L by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

1996 Rover (Apple 2000) Maestro 1.3 L by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Awesome limocrab

1975 Wolseley Six limousine by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

RHD genuine TR8 coupe. Does not compute.

1979 Triumph TR8 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

An escapee from Stondon. Looks far too good for one of theirs.

1968 Austin A60 Cambridge by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

This 3-litre came all the way from Aachen for the day!

German Austin 3-litre by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Do not paint/It's fucked. Delete a Junkman catchphrase as appropriate.

1971 Austin 1800 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Marina went rallying

1971 Morris Marina 1.3 Coupe rally car by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Only known talking dash MG Montego

1984 MG Montego 2.0 EFI by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Just like the one my PE teacher had

1994 Rover Metro 1.4 GTa by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Metro Amour must be a crappy dealer special

1989 Austin Metro 1.3 Amour by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

The undoubted star of the show. So much better than an Allegro.

1975 Austin Apache by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

More on Flickr

[Yoss]

More 3 litre pictures please.

[Isaac Hunt]

Looks like a great day.  

 

Would have loved to see the Allegro that 'knobo' reckons shouldn't have been Quartz Square 'ish'.  

 

I had to look twice at the Pre-Production Wolseley 18-22 aka Princess.  Didn't the production models have the single piece headlamp ?

[Asimo]

Wolseley Six were all dual headlamps, Austin and Morris varied: I think it was a spec thing, posher versions got the trapezoidal headlamps. (Which were bloody bright)

[adw1977]

Wolseley and Morris both got dual round headlights, Austins were all trapezoidal.

Once the car was relaunched as Princess, the trapezoidal lights were for 2200 engined cars only.

So anyone buying an Austin 1800 wedge got a car which shortly afterwards looked rather more expensive than it really was!

[Felly Magic]

That vinyl roof looks a fresh addition to SMG, you can see a crease in the A post

[quicksilver]

Just to confuse the issue here's SMG in a previous guise. Trapezoidal lights, flat bonnet and Wolseley badge - one of the experimental styles it had that never made it to production.

(Photo from phil_lihp's 2014 Pride of Longbridge thread)

[Lord Sterling]

I'd have loved to see the pictures but something seems to have happened to them. Can't see them.

[Partridge]

I'd have loved to see the pictures but something seems to have happened to them. Can't see them.

I drew you a picture so you don't have to miss out, Mo.

[mercrocker]

You captured the colours wonderfully, there, Partridge.....