Autosport Motorshow 18/10/1980 suppliment Scans

[Richard_FM]

One of my recent additions to my collection is a supplement to Autosport dated 18/10/1980 with details of the 1980 Motorshow at the NEC.

This full set of scans are here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/richard16378/albums/72157713601996937

[Asimo]

I went to this show, with a friend in his Rover 2000TC. The only car I remember being excited about was the Fiat Panda; I was in the throws of a "less is more" obsession at the time.

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Perhaps if Ford had made V8 Mustangs available here instead, they might have sold some. 

[Richard_FM]

I missed the Fiat page so here it is:

NSB581W seems to be a mocked up plate, but would have been a registration issued by the DVLA's Oban office, which around this time was merged into Glasgow's area of issue.