NEC Classic Car Show inc. Tagora SX

[carlo]

Reallyloud beat me to it with some NEC pics but here's my pick of the cars, complete with my car of the show, the Talbot Tagora SX. There's always some good stuff here but you do tend to get tired out walking around, there just seems too much to see. At least you do if you're an old git like me. And it was as packed out as ever, making it hard to get any decent pics.

 

 

Nice one at the entrance, this 180B looked like it was unused and unregistered, althought couldn't see inside to check the mileage.

 

 

 

Some nice unmolested and bog standard 60s Fords, got a thing about the basic Cortinas, Corsairs and Capris etc

 

 

Not sure about the wheels but looked good.

 

 

Ed China in action. This guy is a natural, was up there for ages and always had something to say. Couldn't see Mike Brewer, probably a good thing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now to the Tagora. What a machine. Spent a while talking to the very friendly owner - he does work in the Mercedes garage in Letchworth (Stevenage?) and also owns the white one so there's one mystery solved. Wouldn't tell me what he paid for it but he's already resprayed it and had the alloys done, the interior is untouched and mint. Seats are wonderfully comfortable! He's got two others, reckons there's only 3 V6s left on the road and 10 Togoras in roadworthy condition. I did mention the autoshite/Tagora thing but the poor fella looked a bit bemused. Shame I couldn't get any better pictures but it was a bit buried.

 

 

This 180 auto was very nice too.

 

 

 

I had a couple of these Mk 1 BX GTs and love the interior.

 

 

CX prototype, fascinating. There were three prototype Citroens bought over from Citroen Paris HQ, including an enlarged AMI 6 and strange beetle shaped thing. (below)

 

 

 

 

 

Peugeot 304S Coupe

 

 

Saab Sonnett III

 

 

Experimental Vauxhall Sports from the 60s

 

 

 

One of my top 3 cars there (and my dream Yankee), a '59 Dodge Crown Custom Coupe.

 

 

Colourful

 

 

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Series 3 Beta sedan, complete with Bellini dash

 

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Nice basic Delta

 

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Honda S800

 

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Pretty Zagato Guilietta with neat doorhandles

 

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I must have waited 5 minutes to wait for a gap in the traffic to photograph this Borgward Isabella Coupe

 

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Wartburg 311, supplied from new in the UK in 1966 complete with original invoice (1 owner)

 

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Volvo 262C

 

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Fiat 125

 

Have to finish with my other top 3 car and in my humble opinion the most beautiful car ever to have been built - BMW 507.

 

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[Mat.T]

nice pics you managed to capture loads I missed including the Tagora.

 

and in this pic you've managed to capture Me and my mate Harley admiring the S800 cutaway engine :

[retrogeezer]

haha - Chances of that ^^^^ happening!Fab photos - cheers.

[RedSparrow]

Top stuff - thanks. I hope to get to this myself one day.The Wartburg is beautiful!

[michiel]

Nice photos - there are some fine lottery win cars there... Giulietta SZ, BMW 507 - gorgeous.

[Mash]

Some fab cars there, I went on Sunday too and spent most of the time on the Talbot stand ogling the Tagora and also on the Avenger OC stand.I had a really good chat to one of the guys on the Lancia stand about that povvo Delta, it really is in amazing condition and such an early one too.

[Betaphile]

I had a really good chat to one of the guys on the Lancia stand about that povvo Delta, it really is in amazing condition and such an early one too.

That thing must be a royal pain to source parts for, there can't be many of those early ones around and the facelift in '82 was far more significant than it looked from the outside - heaps of bits were changed under the skin and there's bugger-all that's interchangeable between pre- and post-'82 models.

[retro80sboy]

great pics, better than my crap ones on my camera phone.

[Guest]

Some wonderful stuff there, kudos to the Tagora owner for taking such care of it. I must make an effort to get to this show next time.

 

Incidentally, this

 

 

Is registered in the same series as this

 

 

Which I drove in Edinburgh, but only once.