Retro Hypercar and other cool stuff from today

[Speedman]

Long time, no threads from me! Work, life and FB have kept me from posting much, but I thought I'd stick up a thread from todays little trip out.

Despite it being 10yrs old, this is our first visit to Elvetham Heath car show, its not the biggest of shows as its held on the green between the houses on an estate, but some cool stuff rocked up. We hadn't booked, so were directed into the field with a speedboat in!


The speedboat!


Rather nice Audi and replica GT40


Essential reading matter




Identical to the V4 we nearly bought a few years ago.

[Speedman]

This was the star of the day. An XJ220S (theres seems to be doubt on PH as to whether its one of the original six of not, but the owners crib sheet showed it to be real and he had a t-shirt to back it up!)

Based on the XJ220 race car with power up from 550 to almost 700hp, that wing on the back is just bonkers. It was funny watching people trying to work it out, especially the kids who weren't even born in 1992 when it came out!

[Speedman]

Back in the land of normal.




Something for the two wheelers out there, including a chap who brought his Velocette there on his street legal Lister Auto-Truck.




SWMBO was taken with this panel van.

[Speedman]

A couple of nice classics caught my eye, this 59 Elite was well used and its owner, who looked like he had had it from new was perched on the wing eating his lunch. The DB5 was a nice change from the roofed version.




I'm hopeless with Japanese cars, hopefully somebody can shed some light on them as they looked pretty good to me.

[Speedman]

Back at the Camper for lunch, I answered the endless groups that wanted to tell me that they owned a Camper in the 70s and took the family away on holiday in it everywhere, I love the tales they tell. We had a few more parked near us now.






Back up on the main field I had a last walk round.








Then it was ice cream time and home.

[roscocav]

That red mk3 cav is a little bit special.

[fred]

If I owned a XJ220 I wouldnt  be too abashed about advertising it either

[thebaron]

Excellent photos - Thanks for sharing

[chairchild]

Some very tasty cars there!


Buuuuut.... this thing has caught my interest the most



I seem to recognise it, but not enough to be able to search it out on google!

[VIP]

Jul 22, 2013 11:28:07 GMT chairchild said:

Some very tasty cars there!


Buuuuut.... this thing has caught my interest the most



I seem to recognise it, but not enough to be able to search it out on google!

Jul 21, 2013 18:48:48 GMT Speedman said:

Something for the two wheelers out there, including a chap who brought his Velocette there on his street legal Lister Auto-Truck.

[dreadnought]

I was going to say that xj220 was the car of the show as they are flipping awesome, but then I saw that iron mask skyline. True car porn. Good pictures mate.

[mdh]

Nice pics, thanks!

[velo]

Hi,
I am the guilty party regarding the yellow autotruck at elvetham in the summer.
Sadly I also have a green one as well.
Cheers,
Tom....

[wagoneer]

Hello velo,
It would be too easy and rather non-inclusive to just google your autotruck so I wonder if you could tell us how you acquired them, what they were designed for and how on earth they work?

[velo]

Hi Wagoneer,
About a year ago I was looking for a 'new' toy. I chanced upon the add on fleebay for these.So a trip to a deceased estate in Derbyshire and I had a couple of these to hide at home...A bit of fettling and a quick blow over with the yellowest yellow I could find. Then paperwork to local office for a number plate. insurance is £39 fully comp for any one to drive, Free historic tax, MOT exempt, I don't think you can drive it on a bike licence as it weighs 780Kg! This one has the 811cc twin cylinder engine with two forward and a reverse.7.7H.P. but these are shire horses as it will carry 1000Kg and tow 7000Kg! I think this one was built to carry a specific piece of kit as the bed/back is very special, but listers built 3000+ different bodies from tugs for the railways to factory trucks and yard sweepers.It all got killed off by fork trucks and pallets in the 60's.I hope to be at Elvetham again in 2014 as it's only a 20min drive/ride from home.

[wagoneer]

Thanks for the info, they are amazing vehicles. Being able to pull 7000Kg is no mean feat! You can understand fork trucks taking over though. We've even got a snow plow attachment for our one at work.

[Smiler]

Jul 21, 2013 18:45:27 GMT Speedman said:

This was the star of the day. An XJ220S (theres seems to be doubt on PH as to whether its one of the original six of not, but the owners crib sheet showed it to be real and he had a t-shirt to back it up!)

Based on the XJ220 race car with power up from 550 to almost 700hp, that wing on the back is just bonkers. It was funny watching people trying to work it out, especially the kids who weren't even born in 1992 when it came out!

I have just spoken to a work colleuge who knows the owner through a friend of his. As far as he is aware the car is not an original S (one of the give aways being the presence of the rubbing strips down the sides of the body that apparently the true S doesn't have) but has been built up to full S spec with a bit more added power. The rear diffuser was also custom made for it.

An awesome car!

[Speedman]

Nice thread resurrection. Velo, thanks for the info on the Lister, real workhorse and something very different to be saved and used. Smiler, interesting, Whether real or replica, it was an amazing sight. The show is on my list to pop back to again as its so close to us.