Autoitalia Stanford Hall - Fiat 132 Bellini

[Vin]

Last Sunday I took the Panda down to the annual AutoItalia show at Stanford Hall.

 

When I arrived, there was the opportunity to park next to my Panda's twin.

 

More Pandas

1999 LHD Panda 'Trekking' on a V reg

Scruffy early X reg Panda. Could even be the earliest left...

 

More Fiats

 

This was easily my 'Car of the Day' - Lovely 132 'Bellini'

[dollywobbler]

Lovely. Thanks for sharing. I really do think that the Panda is my favourite Fiat of all time - even ahead of a Dino Coupe. I should get one before they all rust away and become a major cult car.

[Vin]

Alfas now.

 

 

Think this was an Innocenti. It was Stunning.

 

Lancias

 

Lone Citroen SM

 

Missed these out of the Fiat round up. Lovely early 126 and a battle scarred 500.

 

The number plate on this Ferrari had raised plastic digits. What a WINNA.

[Vin]

There were a lot of Maserati's there. I was surprised how many different body styles there were on the older stuff, quite a bit of it was RHD too.

 

 

This was for sale at £9995. One of 50 RHD examples apparently.

 

I really like these Espadas, they look so ungainly.

 

 

Missed this from the Lancia round up

 

That's all folks.

[Cavcraft]

Quite simply class, cheers for sharing.

[boobydoo]

Nice pics! Great to see early Pandas...a very clever design I always thought.

 

The gold 127 is nice, as is of course the 132!

 

Alfa 90

[RedSparrow]

Wowsers! Great work!

 

Man, those Italians know how to design some beautiful cars. I basically want all of them.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I wish I was a bit more productive, if I was i'd have wowed the crowds here with my Argenta. As it is its sat at the unit with an MOT fail slip.

 

GR8 pics though, i love that stanford hall do, some right oddballs turn up.

[pompei]

You've saved me from posting up mine

 

I missed the 128 3P and the beige Panda but teh Palio was FAB like mine never was ... Did you get a pic of the Reverend's 126 with a POG plate - my memory card was full by then, grrr

 

I couldn't get on with all the modern Ferrari stuff though - just too flash and vulgar! And they are really huge great things too - you tend to think of them as being mid-sized roadsters but some were positive Zodiacs.

[retrogeezer]

Great pics, cheers for sharing! Looks like the weather there was totally different to us a few miles up the M6!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I like that silver G-reg Maser QP! Amazing that they were still trying to fob folk off with those in 1989. I guess if you were a millionaire shite-head they're a logical choice. They defo qualify as solid shite, I would love one, in fact i could almost see myself spending £10k on one, despite banging on and on to anyone who'll listen about the lunacy of spending teh big dollarz on a fuggin 4-wheeled tin box

[RoadworkUK]

My god, I never realised how badly I needed an Alfa 90. I may just go out to the garage and remount my rear numberplate in a ludicrous position, just to get a step closer to the dream.

[flat4alfa]

Looks a bit of a sparse attendance for Stanford Hall these days! Seems only as many as the half-arsed AI autumn one at Gaydon... but at least the special stuff was there and not a field of bespoilered Puntos.

 

That Tuscan Giulietta is fantasic

 

 

Why it raining today? I mean, it's not like it's June or anything.

[jnoiles]

Everytime I see an SZ I'm consumed by simultaneous urges to touch myself and take out a large bank loan to buy one.

[Vin]

Thanks for the comments guys. Judging from the other threads It seems Mr B has since gone a bit MAZZER MENTAL

 

@ Andy/Pompei, I did see the 126 with POG in the numberplate, but it was a D reg one that had been chromed up and to be honest, I DO NOT APPROVE, so I didn't take a picture.