One of many BL day threads

[Alexg]

I decided that due to a wearing wheel bearing the Metro should stay at home. So I chose another British made car, a 2011 Nissan Note for uneventful motoring. So I set off from Kent at 9.00 for the 2 hr drive. Part of the fun is spotting vehicles on their way to the venue, although first spottage was probably Essex bound....

 

 

Thanks Toady for increasing the value of these cars.

 

I hate the Dartford Crossing, but this sign helped me keep a lid on things

 

 

Some eccentric of duffer with a number plate worth 100 times more than the car

 

 

First bit of BL spottage on M11, a Montego estate! As I passed though it appeared to be a bit of a tub with more more hits than Elvis.

 

 

A Rover 400 and primered Allegro (Autoshite members car?)

 

 

US spec (?) Bora - VW Jetta

 

 

Getting close now

 

 

Apparently British cars DO breakdown. A rare event....

 

 

My arrival into the car park I was greated with this...

 

 

Car park was full of quality chod....

 

 

....and this

 

 

But the winner of the car park was obviously

 

 

The actual show will follow.....

[wuvvum]

Primered Allegro looks like the one belonging to Garycox of this parish.

[Alexg]

Campers were out in force

 

 

This was great!

 

 

This was crusty

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice selection of Maxis

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crabs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maestrotegos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love Maestro Turbos

 

 

Phew - and theres more...

[Alexg]

A british car to beat the world

 

 

 

 

One of many cars at the event I recognised from ebay-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allegro turn out was impressive. Some stunning examples too...

 

 

...like this one, they never came out the factory this good

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GaryCox again?

 

[Cavcraft]

Kwality, cheers for sharing. Drive space guaranteed for the pale blue Maxi and the rally Allegro.

[Alexg]

Stoterstangen90?

 

 

 

This was stunning!

 

 

This was Taxed!

Check out the camber -

Check out the wob! -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This Princess is the one Trigg' snapped a while ago and has been on ebay along with a Rancho the owner has. Its was on the Gay classic car club stand.....

 

 

 

...as was this one

 

 

Irish Plates...

 

 

 

This looked value at £995, but not my favourate colour combo...

 

 

Autoshitist? -

 

 

[wuvvum]

  Alexg said:

This was Taxed!

Check out the camber -

Check out the wob! -

Check out the hatchback!

 

[Alexg]

HAHA - I did'nt look round the back!

 

1 owner from new...

 

 

....with a print out from HOWMANYLEFT.COM incase anyone challenged his facts

 

 

 

 

 

 

This MINI Sprite was great - I'd love this

 

 

 

 

 

Intact windows and lack of Crown Emulsion left me confused

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accessorise man! -

 

 

OMGBBQWTF D reg?

 

[michiel]

Again, wonderful, all those Maxis etc - love the Wildgoose camper.

[shite_meister]

  Alexg said:

 

Slumph, and there it is, the money shot, I'm spent.

 

Thanks for the pics, I like the mini too, always loved those standard alloys.

[Cavcraft]

Special Six Princess is absolute p0rn.

 

WTF is that 'gay classic car' thing about though? I've got visions of a Maxi dumping it's hydrolastic suspension at the front and being sneaked up on by a brown Morris 1000 with the starting handle sticking out.

[trigger]

Excellent stuff Alex!, I really wanted to go to this but went to a different show instead, There's quite a few car's there i recognise from my the local area which would explain why i never saw them today, The tan coloured S reg VDP on the Allegro stand lives up the road, it's the guys daily driver.

 

I'm loving that knackered Marina Coupe with the Metro rear lights too. ORSUM.

[garycox]

The primered blob is indeed my reliable* Allegro.

 

Was a good day out, a good turnout of rubbish cars, the Marina hatch being a highlight, obv.

 

Good to see Wuvvum and Angry Dicky again (and Barrett of course)

 

Hopefully Barrett will post the pictures and story of our day soon!

[RoadworkUK]

I'm probably wrong here, but that Landcrab looks quite fecthing on SD1 Alloys.

 

Don't judge me.

[garethj]

The front camber on that blue Marina is epic. Probably the only Marina in the world that doesn't understeer.

[Tonka]

Is that Marina sporting the back end of a Hyundai Pony?

 

The Gay Classic Car Club appears quite a bit around here too, their mag is called Big End, I was recently lent a copy by a friend who is an area organiser it features a lot of BL stuff and Rollers too. For a Club mag it is very high quality, the Club Chairman used to edit one of the Classic mags apparently.

[garycox]

Apparently the hatch on the Marina is made from the top half of a Mk2 Capri tailgate welded to the bottom bit of a Metro tailgate.

[stoterstangen90]

  Alexg said:

Stoterstangen90?

 

 

 

Yes, it was me

[Alexg]

Excellent, one of a few Dutch cars there which was nice to see. How was driving from the Netherlands and back in an Ital?

[Craig the Princess]

  Alexg said:

 

 

 

My Housemates

 

  Alexg said:

 

 

 

Mine

[worldofceri]

Your mate's baby blue Maxi hits the spot for me.

 

And that blue Princess off of the Gay CCC lives around the corner from me!

 

Oo-er.

[doug]

here is an old photo of that 1800 rally car from a book "All About Cars"

[keef]

I'm impressed by both the quantity and apparent quality of all these old BL cars!

[RedSparrow]

GR99 PICS!

 

I am so pissed off that I missed this. I am jealous of everyone who went and hate you all.