Rally of the Giants -- Eclectic Yank content

[mk1_4dr]

Rally of the Giants at Knebworth house, a show that I’ve attended for the last 4years but John (Janie’s Dad) has been attending for a number of years.

This is the show where all the rare stuff comes out to play, and this year was no exception, its just unfortunate that it decided to try and spoil our day with a downpour or two.

 

Gorgeous Skylark showing some flair

 

I wonder how much those grilles cost to produce

 

Chevy Wagon looked smooth in this ice blue

 

The ‘bomb’

 

Pontiac SilverStreak

 

Smart little V8, catchy colour too

 

This Dodge van was pretty cool, I'm starting to question the sanity of buying a rough Type2 VW instead of this V8powered livingroom

 

Plymouth Fury

 

Whereas these are pretty fugly

 

The green Plymouth that you can see here was epic, however he left before I could get a decent shot.

 

Tidy Impala was stock as a rock and clean as you like, I even liked the base spec colour

 

This Pontiac was John’s ‘take home’ car. Special looking machine.

 

Pontiac, Ford and Chrysler?

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Mad as a box of frogs - ‘Judge’ GTO dragcar.

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MonteCarlo SS – this passed us on the way home. Lets just say he had a little bit more power than me. Sounded awesome too

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Gorgeous Pontiac Wagon – I can’t imagine there’s many of these left, either side of the Atlantic

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Buick Wildcat

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Big Ford looked hard on capless steels

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And another

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Drop-dead gorgeous Caddy

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Pontiac Convertible

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Trying for an arty shot on this Buick

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I liked the 2tone on this Studebaker

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Saw this Ford last year and I was as impressed then

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With that Stude’

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Who needs to build leadsleds when you could buy one of these

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I saw this creep onto the field, its very imposing up close

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Patina?

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Some more well worn paint, this looked like it’d just got off the boat from So-Cal or Nevada

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Not how most Studebaker Daytonas look, but it suits it. I'm sorry I haven’t got more of this but the weather was so bad that it left not long after I took this pic.

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Super clean Apache – nice wheels

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Quality wheels + body colour combo

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Shock at the non-Bullitt 390GT fastback

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Stock Shoebox

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Mmm, Nomad

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How many can you count? Can you name them?

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Big ol’ 442

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No fake patina here, just 30years in the sun http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h131/mk1_4dr/rally%20of%20the%20giants%2009/DSCF0544.jpg

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Wonder what this would be like as a daily…

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A little bit of an overview

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This was just awesome, totally how I would do a rod

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El-camino

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Plenty of T-birds

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And some fullsize waftage. This Calais sedan was factory fresh

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GTX hiding

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A dolly mixing it with the bigger boys

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GTX with that Caddy breathing down its neck

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Just incase you forget

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Parked well away from the crowds

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Noisy jolly pain in the backside

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Another opting for the shade of the trees

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Janie loves this I'm not sure if I ‘get’ it

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Seen this before, looking well.

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In the carpark! Should have been on show. Looks very smart with the cream trims

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How many Lincoln Zephyrs have you seen recently?

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I'm not sure if these really have the look I was going for, but meh.

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Some of the British tin we were parked beside

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Super rare Caddy making its escape

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Then the sun came out, giving me a chance to get a shot or two of this

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Very well done Ford – 1940ish

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I was shocked how much this Hardly Ridable shook at idle

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This was louder (and cooler) than words

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And finally a couple of group shots of that Vauxhall hued Ford coupe and the homebrew Hudson pickup

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And one of this Truck because I liked it.

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Unfortunately the run home wasn't quite as relaxed (or quiet). Leaving knebworth the exhuast made contact with the centre of the exit gates and made an already blowing exhaust take on a deep big-split-in-you-centre-pipe voice. We decided to risk the 160ish miles home only to have a large portion totally part company just north of newark (it noucned off an into the grass off the hardsholder). A 2ft straight pipe is loud at 60 on the A1, and nigh on unbearable on normal roads setting off from juctions ect. Nobody got too close in traffic though ;D

[carlo]

FANTASTIC! Paradise for a yankie tin lover like myself. At least the sun eventually came out.Love the ugly DeSoto and various other late 50s stuff. Also looks like a '60 Dodge next to that green Plymouth. Amazing to see so many rare American cars in one place.

[fordpoplier]

Amazing to see so much Septic tin over there, I love the look of those Montecarlos. I have an 1965 advert for those Dodge vans somewhere which I'll scan, I think it was called a 'Handi Van' although that one looks like a proper camper job.

[MrRegieRitmo]

I saw this creep onto the field, its very imposing up close

 

Patina?

 

I like the look of this thing - very creepy looking!

[mouseflakes]

Great cars - great photos. Thanks for these!

[fordpoplier]

ok, so it was a GMC and not a Dodge but here's the scan anyway

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[whitevanman]

Excellent pics. might put that on my to do list for next season

[VWPowered]

 

 

a car i've always wanted since childhood...

 

great pics

[michiel]

Good work, if you weren't dead already that hearse will do the job...