Henham Wings & Wheels May 2008

[Spottedlaurel]

Lots of pic's to come from this show we went to with the Laurel last week, a few teasers...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taunus was my car of the show.

 

I'll add lots more tonight.

[Guest]

These are always accompanied by an old couple in chairs. I wonder if it's just the same one and they go to every local car show in the country?

[wuvvum]

That red NSU 1000 gets about too - I saw it at at least four shows last year.

[Spottedlaurel]

Allegro couple were there last year too when it rained lots, bet they had the last laugh with their on-board picnic tables.

 

With all the deckchairs, parasols etc everyone had this year it was a bit tricky taking clean shots, fortunately the new camera goes down to 14mm and I must've used that quite a bit.

 

About the NSU, it might be regularly seen but damn it was clean! If I had that I'd be getting about in it too, lovely car. I liked the contrast between it and the posh 1300 next to it, showed how much more varied were the offerings of years ago for essentially a similar market.

 

Anyway, enough waffling let's see more pic's. Some might be non-shite but they just appealed to me plus we were a bit camera-happy (Mrs SL took as many as me for her digital photography course).

 

 

Probably my favourite Lotus, and it was brown too. The classic colour choice for a sporty car.

 

 

Trader's van. You may have seen this and some others after I went last year, but that'll have gone in the Great Thread Purge in any case.

 

 

 

 

 

I don't recall the commercial. Maybe on Youtube?

 

 

 

More on the Alpine. I gave the owner an AS card.

 

 

For Mr_Bo11ox #1.

 

 

 

Lots of tractors. South Norfolk/North Suffolk seems to have a very strong group for them, a group of 20-30 of them went past out place the other night.

 

 

 

 

Lovely Ital van. Work used to take me to a Royal Mail workshop 20+ years ago, from the state of the vehicles there it is litle wonder very few survive.

 

 

 

Proper shite seen in the car park.

 

 

 

More working vans.

 

 

 

2000E was super-clean. A young SL got ferried around in a yellow one.

 

 

 

For Mr_Bo11ox #2. Bonus points for not being quite right car to do the S&H replica thing too, and a standard wheel on one corner. I hadn't noticed at the time he was having his picture taken, very odd.

 

 

 

Timewarp Celica still had the sticker in from local dealers Gooch Motors. Buttoned dralon interior too.

 

 

There was at least one other 'shiter there too.

 

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Curious. Presumably home-built?

 

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Ideal transport for the day.

 

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Nice Cav.

 

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XR2 was super-clean, though a little overdone under the bonnet? Looked like a complicated procedure going on when the chap had to leave.

 

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Not there's something about Corsairs I find very appealing. Maybe one day...

 

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the children were rather taken with this, which bodes well for the Bubblecar Museum weekend. Kindly chap even let them sit in it.

 

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A little too much scene?

 

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Nice to see. Even had the obligatory bit of grot at the front of the wing. The splendid brown Sport was on the same stand.

 

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Big.

 

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4-pot 3-series looked clean, shame about the boards.

 

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Low.

 

More later.

[Simon M]

I don't recall the commercial. Maybe on Youtube?

Oh yes, I remember that advert well - it had some kind of Russian yuppie-type extolling the virtues of the car, with things like a scanner that registered your fingerprints to let you in. The tag line was 'And it's available in any colour.....as long as it's red!'Nice to see the car's still around, and is now on the road - I never thought I'd see it again!That old couple with their Vanden Plas 1500 in British racing brown seems so right somehow.....

[Ratdat]

[keef]

Any more of the ado16?

[carlo]

Love the Ford Taunes/20M and that Camry Exec.

[Mash]

Good stuff there SL - 400E van is my fave I've seen the Ital mail van a couple of times, sometimes paired with the Gas board van on the Marina owners stand at shows. They make a great pair, very nostalgic of the 80s.

[mk2_craig]

Some nice photos there SL, while it's nice to be shown the story behind the exhibit it does annoy me when the vehicle's half obscured by boards containing plaques from every show it's been to in the last 5 years. More so when surrounded by bodies reading!

 

XR2 owner is well known in Ford circles, his WEBSITE explains a bit more about the car's history and some others he has had.

 

Just the light, or was the front plate really yellow?

 

Looks like Renner Super 5 rear light clusters, do I win a prize??

[reallyloud]

Yes Doris and Harold tend to attend most shows all over the country in their brown Vanden Plas. Many years ago, I stumbled across a Vanden Plas car shows at Blenhiem Palace, near Oxford. There were quite a few Allegro VP owners there that day, and seemed to be a seperate entity to the rest of the Vanden Plas 'crew'. The owners tended to sip tea out of a thermos, knit and walk slowly.A fine selection of varied motors there Mr Laurel, good to see the 80's stuff creeping in too. I think I'd take home the Taunus or NSU I think.

[Spottedlaurel]

Pic of the Wolseely to come Keef.

 

Yes, the Celica had a yellow front plate.

 

 

This was very tidy.

 

 

Another Thames.

 

Edit: Just noticed all the tat obscuring the poor old Prefect next to it...

 

 

Obligatory Corvette shot.

 

 

Selection of newer stuff. Pao belongs to R-Rer Miaspa.

 

 

I thought this was lovely. 1300GT, funny spec.

 

 

This looked just right.

 

 

Deep dish wheels on Mk4/5 Cortinas always look a bit odd to me.

 

 

For Keef.

 

 

Sci-fi looks on this compared to what was around it.

 

 

 

 

More shots of the Taunus. I really liked it...

 

 

 

Rodded Rover worked well I thought.

 

 

Proportions not quite right.

 

 

Bet you can get lots into this, but probably not too quick at then carting it about?

 

 

More Corsair love.

[michiel]

202 made me giggle, I love the old -02 Peugeots.

[keef]

Pic of the Wolseely to come Keef.For Keef.

Thanks.Looks quite tidy, even in brown.

[Spottedlaurel]

 

Early Farina. Think the later ones look better IMO.

 

 

Another example of '80s stuff coming in.

 

 

Nice to see one with the low-level lights.

 

 

Unaerodynamic spoiler arrangement.

 

 

These Standards were funny old things weren't they?

 

 

 

Perfect, getting into my favourite era of US car styling.

 

 

Obligatory Impala shot.

 

 

Was there last year.

 

 

And this too. Any takers for the Suzuki?

 

 

Mean.

 

 

Not mean.

 

 

 

Wings bit of the show (as well as all the planes coming and going on the landing strip they set up for the day).

 

 

Liked this one, even Mrs SL passed comment.

 

 

This is truly bizarre. It drove past me when I walked out of the office one day, yodelling music coming out of the tannoy. At the time I wasn't quite sure what I'd seen, or whether I'd imagined it.

 

 

 

Ford scenesters. Pog will like I should think.

 

 

Very clean, just seen a Mk5 virtually as nice as this parked outside my office window (to be seen in the usual place soon).

 

 

Good to see a Ghia rather than the usual Injection or S.

 

 

Maxwell (never heard of it before) had lots of patina.

 

 

 

Lovely!

 

 

RS1600i looked to be in excellent nick.

 

 

Nice colour on this W123.

 

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This SL got taken away on a recovery truck, drove on though so was it the owner's?

 

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Finally, just a shot of the usual show fare.

[michiel]

Overload! Air shots are cool, Fulvia is bellissima. Cheers!

[Spottedlaurel]

Yes, I did get a bit carried away – sunny day, digital SLR camera and the likelihood that show attendance will be limited with house and family stuff going on meant the camera was being well used.Thank Mrs SL for the wings shots. Big plane was a Lancaster, Scrapman on ‘ere says it’s one of only two flying examples in the world.

[seth]

Early Farina. Think the later ones look better IMO.

I agree!The Taunus is just so cool I'd love to have one to give it some Seth-look treatment.

[TheScrapman]

Big plane was a Lancaster, Scrapman on ‘ere says it’s one of only two flying examples in the world.

Indeed, the other one is a Canadian built one that now live in Hamilton, Ontario.

 

 

I though I recognised the plate on this one. Seeing the swervyworld website under it explains all - they are a local boomba-janga band who are friendly with Nick (the nutcase who built Mogwhy a few years ago). That Volvo used to park right outside our house for months on end, then dissapear again for a while. (It was standard then of course!)

[MrRegieRitmo]

Some nice photos there SL, while it's nice to be shown the story behind the exhibit it does annoy me when the vehicle's half obscured by boards containing plaques from every show it's been to in the last 5 years. More so when surrounded by bodies reading!

Christ that is without doubt the most frustrating thing about car shows, doesn't matter which but you spend 3 times the time it should take photographing cars waiting for zombies to get out of the damn way in their own sweet time. Even worse when you've been waiting for ages, finally get a clear shot & then some other body wanders into view meaning you either have to halt your finger on the shutter button again, or delete the promising picture you just took because it has an arm or a torso right across it!

[MrRegieRitmo]

 

 

Low.

Hmmm....mirrors for headlights??

[MrRegieRitmo]

202 made me giggle, I love the old -02 Peugeots.

Which car was that for the ignorant?

[MrRegieRitmo]

 

 

Finally, just a shot of the usual show fare.

I could be wrong, but there's something familiar about the white car in the middle.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Spottedlaurel]

202 made me giggle, I love the old -02 Peugeots.

Which car was that for the ignorant?

This one:

 

 

I’d forgotten whether it was a 202 or 203 so said neither! Grille badge is the giveaway…

 

Think the Laurel was unfamiliar to everyone else though. Few people said anything, but one lady was impressed with it being pillarless and liked the “dralon interior†which was like a sofa. Took that as a compliment.

[pompei]

I'm not an Essex man, so can anyone tell me what was the difference between the RS Escort and the XR3?Thanks

[garethj]

I'm not an Essex man, so can anyone tell me what was the difference between the RS Escort and the XR3?

Wasn't the RS Escort a bit rare and expensive at the time? Only sold throuth Rally Sport dealers probably.The XR3 was the common as much one. Not any more of course I remember that Mirov 2 car, it was at VW Action just after the TV advert was shown so I guess there was a bit of VW floorpan or front suspension maybe? I seem to remember the seats looked great but were just made from wood and covered with fabric so they were rock hard

[Spottedlaurel]

RS1600i info:http://www.rsownersclub.co.uk/car_info/esc31600i.htm

[seth]

Hmmm....mirrors for headlights??

They're "half moon" covers. A custom thing but not seen often anymore.

[MrRegieRitmo]

I'm not an Essex man, so can anyone tell me what was the difference between the RS Escort and the XR3?Thanks

The modern day equivalent would be to ask "can anyone tell me what is the difference between the Focus RS & the Focus ST?"The answer would be the same, that the ST is hot & the RS is hot hot! Same with the Sierra XR4i versus the Sierra RS Cosworth.....the XR was an insurance nightmare in the 80s, but the Cosworth even more so! One thing I never understood was how the XR4i had a much juicier sounding 2.8 engine compared to the 2.0 Cosworth but was supposedly not as quick?! I loved the original 'Whale Tail' MkI Cossie, but the XR4i had pretty dramatic rear spoilers of it's own & sounded so much nicer! So did the later XR4x4 but had disappointingly subtle spoilers.

[Volksy]

One thing I never understood was how the XR4i had a much juicier sounding 2.8 engine compared to the 2.0 Cosworth but was supposedly not as quick?!

Something to do with the XR4i's V6 having been created for the Ark (pushrod, lazy slow revving) and the 'Cossie' having a DOHC 16v engine with a whopping great turbocharger strapped to it.Dont get me wrong you can mod a V6 to go pretty quick, but the 'cossie' 4 pot you could tune to something daft. One lad i know managed over 550bhp, and i'm pretty sure there's more to be had out of it.