Event Stony Stratford - New Year's Day meet

[Six-cylinder]

Unmistakeable! Possibly the only DS to appear. Didn't see any other CXs either. No SMs or GSs. Or Xantias

 

 

There was a very smart blue GSA parked on the ring road. It was not one that I know, that lives in MK.

[Six-cylinder]

I stole this one off of FB from Andrew Winter.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

There was a very smart blue GSA parked on the ring road. It was not one that I know, that lives in MK.

 

Didn't see that. But I did see these:

 

 

 

[quicksilver]

Some more from me, moving into what's normally one of the public car parks but was mostly full of classics too.

 

3-litre Cavalier anyone?

1978 Vauxhall Cavalier 1600 L by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Coarse Hair. There were two of these but oddly I don't remember seeing any Cortinas.

1964 Ford Consul Corsair 1500 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Stupidly massive station wagon won't fit in British parking spaces

1975 Buick Estate Wagon by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Big red Saab...

1990 Saab 9000 Carlsson Turbo by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

...and opposite, a slightly smaller red Saab

1990 Saab 900 Carlsson Turbo by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

All the fours

1954 Wolseley 4/44 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

I'm sure this firm had a fleet of HAs still working

BDP 185K - Jon Myrtle by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Another huge blue import

1978 Lincoln Continental Mark V by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

And a much smaller blue import alongside

1980 Citroen Acadiane by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

[Mrs6C]

Stupidly massive station wagon won't fit in British parking spaces

1975 Buick Estate Wagon by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

 

 

Did you get a photo of the back of this one? IIRC it has the amazing wraparound rear side windows... and the clamshell tailgate that glides away into the bodywork...

[Zelandeth]

I stole this one off of FB from Andrew Winter.

 

...Really, did they *have* to catch me in the middle of blowing my nose?

 

Granted, with my allergies it's hard not to.

 

Was surprised to see no less than two Bedford HA vans there.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

.....The Auto Union 1000 wafted past in a blue haze when I returned, near home. It lives out towards Southam and is usually parked next to a green Wartburg Knight Estate which is in regular use. Clearly a man of taste.

 

Someone clearly likes his two-strokes. The smokey haze when he parked in the service lane was quite acrid. Easy to forget that once upon a time, two-stroke cars were more commonplace.....and pollution more visible.

 

[quicksilver]

Did you get a photo of the back of this one? IIRC it has the amazing wraparound rear side windows... and the clamshell tailgate that glides away into the bodywork...

Couldn't get near the back of it I'm afraid. It was jammed right up against the hedge in a vain attempt to stop the front sticking out into the road. Wikipedia says it does indeed have such a tailgate so I'd love to have seen it in action.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Did you get a photo of the back of this one? IIRC it has the amazing wraparound rear side windows... and the clamshell tailgate that glides away into the bodywork...

 

No, but here's one they filmed earlier....

 

[Six-cylinder]

Did anybody get a picture of the white BMW E30?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

... white BMW E30?

 

Didn't see any. I did see a 1987 Mercedes R107 carrying iffy silver-on-black plates though.

[quicksilver]

Have some more.

 

One of my favourite BMWs

1973 BMW 2002 Baur Cabriolet by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

See previous comments re Dubbers. Why leave the manky paint alone and fit expensive Audi alloys?

1989 Volkswagen Passat 1.8 GL estate by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

One-owner Herald

1966 Triumph Herald 1200 estate by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Always something of interest among the public parking. I'd forgotten these were a thing.

2002 Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin 1.8 Equippe by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Just lovely in every way. This is the one I would have taken home.

1973 Volvo P1800ES by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Remember the Escort Combi? Sort of not a proper van

1990 Ford Escort Combi 1.3 Popular by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

OMG Swallowtail

1975 Volkswagen Golf 1.1 N by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Where are the chrome arches?

1984 Ford Granada 2.8i Ghia X by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Some hero uses this as a daily. It even has winter tyres!

c1985 Vincent Hurricane by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Then the rain came. Saab floppytop vainly tries to find a parking spot.

1990 Saab 900 16v convertible by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Not Citroen H hipster coffee van shocker

1966 Ford Transit by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Beige Goddess

PGW 362 - Army Fire Service by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

OLLI from Down Under

Australian Land Rover Series I 107" by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

By now I was soaked and the mass exodus was in progress so that's all folks. Full album is on Flickr - just a small selection of things that caught my eye.

[keef]

Tradition dictates the appearance of a certain red Maxi

Tell us more please.

[quicksilver]

Tell us more please.

This one. I'm sure you must know about it.

[Surface Rust]

Not sure if there is another thread on this elsewhere, but I went along to this today and thought I'd share a few pics.

[EyesWeldedShut]

Beige Allegro +++

[Tommyboy12]

I took a couple of pics myself. I spent far too long swooning over the pre war stuff.

[Noel Tidybeard]

500 giardinera🧡❤️

[Surface Rust]

A few pics from this year's delayed Vintage Stony.

It was a glorious morning so it encouraged a big attendance, no doubt also bolstered by the absence of New Years Eve hangovers.

A few of my favourites:

Careworn 2CV and Clubman estate 

My own careworn Saab

Delightfully turd coloured Hampshire (?)

Smart H van camper conversion, seemed to mostly consist of toilet.

NCAP 5 stars

Shabby Caddy

AS resident roller

Rarities, the Chevy was RHD ex USN staff car

Steyr Puch 500 I didn't even know was a thing

Great detailing 

Beta (insert rust comment here...)

This was so good I took two pics, a Matra DJet. I love how they added a box underneath the floorplan when they clearly realised there wasn't enough interior space.

Mad Trabbi

[Verysleepyboy]

Went down on the bike yesterday - a fabulous turnout and perfect weather. 

Didn't get many pics though, but was mightily impressed by this 1923 Sunbeam motorcycle and the old boy kicking starting it into life!!

[lesapandre]

22 hours ago, Surface Rust said:

A few pics from this year's delayed Vintage Stony.

It was a glorious morning so it encouraged a big attendance, no doubt also bolstered by the absence of New Years Eve hangovers.

A few of my favourites:

Careworn 2CV and Clubman estate 

My own careworn Saab

Delightfully turd coloured Hampshire (?)

Smart H van camper conversion, seemed to mostly consist of toilet.

NCAP 5 stars

Shabby Caddy

AS resident roller

Rarities, the Chevy was RHD ex USN staff car

Steyr Puch 500 I didn't even know was a thing

Great detailing 

Beta (insert rust comment here...)

This was so good I took two pics, a Matra DJet. I love how they added a box underneath the floorplan when they clearly realised there wasn't enough interior space.

Mad Trabbi

Never seen one of those Trabants before.

Striking similarly to the 1954 Jowett CD prototypes - which never got made as Jowett stopped making cars around then. Would have had a horizontally opposed water-cooled twin in theory. 

[lesapandre]

Magnificent A70 Hampshire. These were a seismic step-change in styling for Austin at the time - from their staid 'Pre-War' look.

Design done in-house by Dick Burzi - quite an achievement.

Here he is at his drawing board working up the new look.

[Surface Rust]

25 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

Never seen one of those Trabants before.

Striking similarly to the 1954 Jowett CD prototypes - which never got made as Jowett stopped making cars around then. Would have had a horizontally opposed water-cooled twin in theory. 

Not sure how much of that Trabbi originated in East Germany as it was fitted with a Rover V8!

The rear window blanks looked quite amateur.