Moar...
I've been seeing this '52 Buick Dynaflow at shows for years now, and I love it more each time. It's not stayed still mod-wise either. The righteous ride height is a new... errr, low for this year, I'm guessing with the contribution of air ride
Eldorado manages presence without a trace of humility
Always a treat to see an RX-7, no trace of bias there *cough*. This one is a particularly highly-modded genuine Elford turbo with the rare bodykit in full. A lot of very rare and expensive parts under the bonnet as well, such as the long out of production Cusco brace and loads of Mazdatrix schmutter. Lovely
More Cosworth goodness, in little bruvvah Escort flava this time. Not sure about the carbon wing wrap. Very much excited by the Compomotives
And lest we forget, this is what Escorts
used to look like for those of us to whom they're long since an unaffordable pipedream
As regular readers know, E-Types something I have an on-off relationship with. I want to love them but just when I'm feeling well-disposed to them I catch sight of those stupid pram wheels and end up being sick in my mouth. However, this tough-looking de-bumpered early coupe goes a loooooooooong way to persuading me of the error of my ways
Here's an odd one... an Excelsior. Looks normal enough from the front. Until you get round the back and find it seems to be balancing precariously shy of one wheel
Hang on, what's this? An actual FD RX-7 too, hiding in the one-make field at the end of a dizzyingly long line of MX-5s (Dayam but there are
lot of MX-5s in the world!). Hurrah! Two RX-7s in one day, awesomes
Moar Ferraris... almost passé only a few weeks after Goodwood Supercar Sunday, lol. This is the nicest bit of a 430, tbh. I find the rest of it a bit...well, vulgar
But there was one on the Ferrari Drivers Club (or whatever slightly pompous name they give themselves) that was hard to dismiss. Yeah, it's probably the ultimate expression of a nouveau-riche taste bypass and yeah, it spawned a million M*x P*wer Corsas with "replica" bonnet vents and yeah they fibbed about the exclusivity and built more than they should and all that BUT it did have an engine pretty much straight out of an F1 car, and it did go some way to defining "
obscenely fast" and for that it's worth a look. As with all the best cars, it's mostly made from the minimum bodywork needed to hold a series of massive holes together
Near one of the gates was a fascinating display of stationary engines. Some of these were truly impressive, not just cos of the amazing array of steam-powered, spinny-belt, big-valve-plunger-thing noises they made, but just in engineering terms. The water pump was found abandoned in a fen and got working again needing only a few seals. Impressive when it was manufactured in like 1928!
The little one didn't like the pops and bangs though, so I couldn't get many pics of these fascinating side-alley of engine evolution as she scurried off and had to be chased down. Found soothing her stretched nerves with a little dandelion therapy, all was well again
How about a nice Fleetline then? So much more exclusive than the BelAir everyone and their dog wants. Look like a hotrod from the factory too, which always helps. OMG, dat
ass!
This is Daisy. She's a 1931 Ford, and very pretty she is too
This is daisy-cutting. It's done with a 1932 Ford and very violent it is too
And this is a 1933 Ford. And very grand it is too. No daisies involved. This is a serious business
This is a jump of a few years then. A 1940 Ford waiting like a Venus Flytrap for any unwary prey to poke their head into its gaping maw. Well, in my head anyway... And if they were brave enough so to do, they'd notice a certain bow-tie emblem on the rocker boxes. Small blck Chevy in Ford platform... ultimate heresy or acceptable modding? Discuss.
Stance. That's it, that's all you're getting. Wrong thread, try again please caller
and on a small downward cusp of negativity for a mere two photographs, might I just say that there's entirely too much of this sort of thing going on. Nahhh. Stop it. Stop it, it's ****ing awful, as they said on the
Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
I feel the need for some positivity after that... How about a nice Goat? Always makes me chortle that the designers who bamboozled Pontiac standing orders that big-blocks weren't allowed in mid-sized cars and came up with the GTO named it in honour of the Ferrari GTO. Errr... yeah. Superb car, don't get me wrong, but
really? Come one, guys, who were you trying to kid? Not sure if real Judge or not, very rare in a 'vert if it is. Pretty rare to find a drag monster convertible in any flavour, mind
The waff took a shine to the Healey club stand and instructed me to take some photos of Healeys. And because I always do what I'm told...
I always wonder if Honda were surprised when the Datsun 240Z came to market just before their own Z, the Z600. Wonder if they were rubbing their hands at the idea of stealing sales from Datsun in the confusion. Hmmmmm, looking at it, perhaps not
Now, here's something that deserves closer inspection. We all love a nice pert Imp anyway, don't we? But add in wide arch and purposeful streetfighter poise and we definitely likey. Look a bit closer and you'll see it appears to have had an allergic reaction to something and it's engines all swollen up and engorged. In fact, it's got so big it's turned into a Toyota fuel-injected lump and prolapsed completely out of the boot and needs a special subframe to hold it and the re-manufactured suspension towers. This thing shows mucho potential
We all also love a nice H-van, don't we? There's one works outside my home depot station that's been converted into a kitchen selling home-made pizzas and stuff. It's great. It's the future, I tells thee. Not sure about the fire engine though; I don't think I'd want to watch my thatched cottage in rural France burn while one trundled peacefully along at it's top speed of 32mph slowed even further by a huge payload of water. Those crazy French, eh?
Not sure if it's any more preposterous than the zany German (we all know how the Germans like a good joke) version. My German is poor, even worse than my English, lol, but I think this says "POWDER" and "Dry machine". Hmmm, sounds like a late 70s disco hit
More quality offerings from the excellent Jensen OC stand. Before the Interceptor, there was.... drum roll... well, the Interceptor, actually. Several of these original Interceptors (still the best model name ever, bar none) in great condition rocked my world.
International Harvester don't only make harvesters, y'know. That'd be dull. Humongous square monstrous thing by way of illustration;
More military stuff. Some genuine WWII-era Willy Jeeps, complete with essential period accessories. Hmmm, Bren
and Sten guns. Too many cool toys! And yes, before some pedant writes in, I know that's a Thompson carbine in the backgroud. The Bren was on a pintle, and I thought was in the pic until I just looked at it full-size
A giant, huge monkey. And a stuffed toy.
Off for a fag, hopefully finish this laterz. Hope so, Retro Show tomorrow and I'm running out of time lol
! Might have to make this one more words than picktchers mainly because a) I took a LOT of pictures, 2) because I'm on nights and [fox picture] shifts and haven't got much time and errrr...z) I've got shows the next three weekends and if I don't get it done now it'll never get done 
Is it yours? It was undeniably very nice