A Car Show in Wakefield

[Guest]

Friday. Galant was there, probably leaving a neat patch of oil on the grass.

 

Mk14dr turned up with a lass, which dramatically increased my social anxiety and left me hyperventilating into a bag.

 

Anglevan brought a Fiesta Pop, which helped calm my shattered nerves.

 

Kids whinging about your latest school run vehicle? Turn up in this.

 

Suppose one bonus is that you can park in disabled spaces and no one will really say much.

 

REKORD BREAKERS

 

I think one of these turns up on that Vauxhall advert, you know the one where you see the cars eventually turn into rubbish-looking ones.

 

The last time I saw this it was on an eBay Classified ad for £1495 or something. Nice cricket outfit.

 

HOWAY MAN, BOLLOX HERE

 

These have a superb grille, don't they? You could store Matchbox cars in them.

 

Alan Sugar apologised profusely for some reason.

 

Couldn't get a decent picture of this due to men in straw hats and suchlike.

 

Just like in that Australian film, the one where the drag queens drive around in a bus.

 

Car sales photography masterclass: Turn the wheels, increase the price by 10%.

 

Metro Automatic with 20-odd K and a "Hello, my name is Percy" type description in the window.

 

YEEHAW

 

"Ring the factors, tell them I want 2 hubcaps and 4 tins of Schutz. Might be the other way round."

 

How cool is this shabby Ponton? Probably worth more than my life, even if I was a hostage.

 

This has a slightly peeved old woman at the top, so I've cropped her head off.

 

Partly made in Italy, partly made in America, wholly unsold in most places.

 

10 PRINT "FUEL ECONOMY"

 

"Hey man, you want to score? I got Parma Violets, Refreshers, Murray Mints"

 

Gene Wilder was not amused by this van.

 

Too discreet, you'd lose it in Aldi car park.

 

This car reluctantly paid the £3 entry fee after a week-long strike.

 

Brava continued not to win any trophies.

 

This is beautiful and anyone who disagrees is an idiot, soz!

 

I suspect these people recognised me.

 

Bloody women getting in the way, go play some online bingo or something.

 

I never quite liked these Cortina wheels.

 

"Why, I'll pick you up in my Drophead Coupe"

 

"Oh"

 

Miserable old men were crying about this Bluebird, so I went around taking pictures of that and ignoring everything else, just to get their backs up.

 

I'm looking for a Mercedes, but it needs to be in the right colour. This is wrong.

 

This is wrong.

 

This is right, much obliged.

 

"IT'S GOING TO RAIN, I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE, CHRIST" (it didn't)

 

This is owned by Morrisoxide, which I suspect isn't his real name.

 

This Corvette was miles away, I had it on mega-zoom.

 

This was being pushed west, so it'll probably be in Ireland in a few months.

 

Don't know if this guy actually brought a lass, I think it might be bravado.

 

The front stickers are just until he can find a slatty-grille to go on.

 

These wheels look great - on Fiestas!

 

I waited until no one was around this Rover so I wouldn't have to hear a load of BL sob-stories.

 

Would quite happily hang my suit jacket in the back of this.

 

Wonder what engine it has? Clue: CHUGCHUGCHUGCHUGCHUG

 

Don't know why it looks like that, don't know why it has an incredibly smoky diesel, in conclusion - don't know.

 

Ital-ina, see what I did there?

 

And that's it, you can go home now.

[Mash]

Some class chod there Hirst, nice to see a couple of Hull registered cars in particular the Celica and minty Sierra which I suspect still has all its Crystal Ford dealer kaff on it.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

10 PRINT "FUEL ECONOMY"

 

MEGALOLZ!!!!! Great work Hirst!!!! Looks like a quality do.

[The Moog]

/\/\/\

 

that... people above a certain age will not get that!

[Albert Ross]

That bird in the first pic? Is that the one the Mk1 brought? Tidy piece that. Oh yeah. cars.... erm. yeah.

[stuboy]

good pics

[eddyramrod]

Nice! And don't worry about losing that Cadillac at Aldi: it'll need ALL the car park! I know, been there done that... But yeah, it is a bit of a dodgy colour, just like my first. A 57 really needs to be in that dusky pink they did, with the roof in white.

[mouseflakes]

Good captions. I lol'd my Scotch Broth up.

[Vin]

I was in my office in Leeds (Colton Mill) all day Friday doing F-all so I could have brought the Panda 45 along to this. BALLS.

 

Have had a good Lolz to the captions - The 'worth more than my life' had me spitting my nightcap

 

Also, I'll just add the Wolseley to Mash's round-up of Hull registered cars

 

Also, that 850T Ice Cream Van made go

[RoadworkUK]

Does the Allante have an actual cassette door? That is entirely boss and I require one immediately.

 

Top work Hirst and the source of much laughter at Roadwork towers.

[mk1_4dr]

GR8 pics and awesome captions, as always Mr Hirst.

 

Im glad your pics came out so well with the effort you had to put in to capture some of them, I particularly lol'd at the Sir Alan wannabe beside the Capri. The look on his face is priceless

[pompei]

Brightened up my morning, that did! But why no Galant pics?

[mk1_4dr]

But why no Galant pics?

 

I can fix that

 

[Guest]

I forgot to take any Galant pictures, probably as I can stare out of the window and watch it pollute the driveway at my leisure. Often I do this for hours.

[boobydoo]

That looks a good show! Liking the Dodge van rather a lot.

 

Looks like it was an absolute Sierra-fest, too!

 

Those descriptions that say

"Hi, my name is Mollie and I'm a Ford Corsair. I was born on March 20th 1967 in Dagenham..." are cringingly awful. I was reading one on a Mk1 Mini at the show in Croxley Green a couple of years ago and takin' the absolute piss...unaware that the owners were sitting in stripey deck-chairs just a few feet away.

[loserone]

But why no Galant pics?

 

I can fix that

 

 

 

I knew it was you all along Hirst!

 

[Guest]

[Guest]

Christ, it's getting thin up there.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

LOL LOL LOL LOL

[Guest]

See you at the club:

[andrew e]

Hirst is that a Transit bumper and grill on OJ's old Bronco?

[michiel]

x infinity @ pics 'n captions. I nearly broke my LOLlarbone.

[pompei]

LOLz at Hirst's new plate!

[Guest]

Bet the old bat you cropped off the imp picture was muttering about your suit being the same as the one albert was buried in in 79

Anyone get any pictures of the rare Porsche Harlequin?

[Mr Lobster]

x infinity @ pics 'n captions. I nearly broke my LOLlarbone.

 

+1.

 

I think I have just self performed a LOLectomy

 

[Anglevan]

Good to see everyone - weather held up which was great. Didn't take many pictures as my daughter was running round - she's only 3 so i'll let her off.

 

Received a lot of good comments regards the Festa pop which I was pleased with, my lad was well chuffed and glad we went. Only negs we got we're from some Sherpa convertible drivers - but then they spent more time slagging the Bluebird off behind us - Tossers...

 

One thing I like about that show is the everyday car turns up - if you can forget the Astras that have been blinged with Halfords wheels...

[Guest]

That sounds like the same "duo" I encountered, I swooped in and got a nice photo of the Bluebird and then strolled off, much to their bemusement.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Re: all pictured Mercedes

 

COME BACK COLOURED HUBCAPS I LOVE YOU

[Guest greenvanman]

Hey, I was there too.