The rally stage was pretty cool with some legends there - both cars and drivers.
Tuesday, 24 July 2012
Saturday, 21 July 2012
Goodwood Festival Of Speed 2012 - Pt.1
Went to the Festival of Speed recently. Took my oldest digi camera, which only really served to show me how crappy it is compared to some. It's quite impossible to snap cars on the move because it's so slow. Next time I'll take a better one.
Sammy Miller. Don't you love that the background is in focus, but the bike isn't? Bah!
Aaron Slight, on the RC45 Honda.
Aaron Slight, in the paddock. It's such a cool event when you can see these guys up close, and chat to them (if that's your thing). Neil Hodgson and David McGuiness also there, amongst other riding deities.
Got to love these JPS colour schemes. Lotus was the celebrated marque this year at the FOS, so saw lots of this type of thing.
Absolutely stunning.
Arrggghhh! I've overcooked it in this one-of-a-kind-car!
Bugger.
Save the T-cut jokes.
Bit of arty-farty photo editing.
A bit more:
Some cracking rally cars went up the hill as well as appearing on the stage:
And some absolutely lovely old things too. Blower Bentley Le Mans:
Modern stuff too:
But the old stuff is just lovely - the size of those rear tyres!:
And the really old stuff is just lovely too!:
Some of the more interesting supercars. Thing is, you'd think that a million quids worth of Veyron would be interesting, but it's dull compared to pretty well all the race cars - it just looks such a bloated thing. Clearly fast though!
Cobras - 50yr anniversay. It's real one!:
Daytona:
Thundersaloons were cool. I remember reading about the 'Stars and Stripes' in an old Custom Car magazine when I was a kid. Chevy engined Opel Manta:
6 Litre Carlton:
Zakspeed Capri - pretty well a Turbo Era F1 engine in this:
Sammy Miller. Don't you love that the background is in focus, but the bike isn't? Bah!
Aaron Slight, on the RC45 Honda.
Aaron Slight, in the paddock. It's such a cool event when you can see these guys up close, and chat to them (if that's your thing). Neil Hodgson and David McGuiness also there, amongst other riding deities.
Got to love these JPS colour schemes. Lotus was the celebrated marque this year at the FOS, so saw lots of this type of thing.
Absolutely stunning.
Arrggghhh! I've overcooked it in this one-of-a-kind-car!
Bugger.
Save the T-cut jokes.
Bit of arty-farty photo editing.
A bit more:
Some cracking rally cars went up the hill as well as appearing on the stage:
And some absolutely lovely old things too. Blower Bentley Le Mans:
Modern stuff too:
But the old stuff is just lovely - the size of those rear tyres!:
And the really old stuff is just lovely too!:
Some of the more interesting supercars. Thing is, you'd think that a million quids worth of Veyron would be interesting, but it's dull compared to pretty well all the race cars - it just looks such a bloated thing. Clearly fast though!
Cobras - 50yr anniversay. It's real one!:
Daytona:
Thundersaloons were cool. I remember reading about the 'Stars and Stripes' in an old Custom Car magazine when I was a kid. Chevy engined Opel Manta:
6 Litre Carlton:
Zakspeed Capri - pretty well a Turbo Era F1 engine in this:
Monday, 25 June 2012
Bromely Pageant Of Motoring 2012
Went to the Bromley Pageant of Motoring a couple of weekends ago. I remember this being a really good show with some of the bigger club stands being really something. Unfortunately this isn't the case anymore - the show still seems really large, but the quality has really dropped off. Here's my photos from the morning I spent there:
Altogether now "I ain't getting on no plane fool!"
Admire the engineering - like the USD forks fattening up the front end, but overall, I'm not 100% sold on this one.
CBX1000 - want one of these. 6 across the frame.
Triton. Odd looking seat unit (should be a single seater), but cool nonetheless.
Nicely modded Sprite
Cool Rod
Cool car this.
But not as.... V8 Aston.
Aston Martin had the best club stand.
Worth a fair bit, I'd say..
Er. Back to the worst of the 70's for this van
80's Delorean. Sports car with a Volvo engine? What was he thinking?
Butch Disco
Mark 1 Land Rover. Super rare like this.
Cool transparent engine cover in this Mini. The engine cover is a sort of nasty back cardboardy thing as standard.
Jaguar 420G. I'd love one of these. I'd take the family out picnicking in it.
Very smart MGB.
MX5 Turbo
RS500. Rare if it's a real one.
Nobody likes to see a Porsche with an RAC van in attendance.
It's a 2 litre Mondeo. Why would you do this to it? Why would you do anything at all to it?
Should have built this first instead of the limp-wristed TR7
First time out for this estate. Check the exhaust just behind the front wheel.
Alfasud with 302 Ford engine. Rocker covers look good!
Jensens. I love the Interceptor. Would make a nice pairing with my bike!
Altogether now "I ain't getting on no plane fool!"
Admire the engineering - like the USD forks fattening up the front end, but overall, I'm not 100% sold on this one.
CBX1000 - want one of these. 6 across the frame.
Triton. Odd looking seat unit (should be a single seater), but cool nonetheless.
Nicely modded Sprite
Aston Martin had the best club stand.
Worth a fair bit, I'd say..
Er. Back to the worst of the 70's for this van
80's Delorean. Sports car with a Volvo engine? What was he thinking?
Butch Disco
Mark 1 Land Rover. Super rare like this.
Cool transparent engine cover in this Mini. The engine cover is a sort of nasty back cardboardy thing as standard.
Jaguar 420G. I'd love one of these. I'd take the family out picnicking in it.
Very smart MGB.
MX5 Turbo
RS500. Rare if it's a real one.
Nobody likes to see a Porsche with an RAC van in attendance.
It's a 2 litre Mondeo. Why would you do this to it? Why would you do anything at all to it?
Should have built this first instead of the limp-wristed TR7
First time out for this estate. Check the exhaust just behind the front wheel.
Alfasud with 302 Ford engine. Rocker covers look good!
Jensens. I love the Interceptor. Would make a nice pairing with my bike!
What a small block Ford should look like.
Anyway, I took these, whipped round the trade stalls and came away. I went off to watch the TVR Challenge at Brands Hatch. I wouldn't have gone, but Bromley was such a let down, that I had the rest of the day to kill. At Brands I met Nick who is the regional co-ordinator for the Kent TVR Car Club. He explained that the Pageant had started charging car clubs to display at the Pageant, so there was much less interest in people going and club setting up great pitches. I do recall last time I went, the TVRs were next to the Cobra club and there being lots of good natured banter between them - and an engine sound off too! Nothing like that this year. I won't be going again I don't think.
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