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Old-Nail Guest
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 4:34 pm Post subject: Tatton park |
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Mrs Nail and I attended yesterdays show at Tatton Park where we were blessed with ideal show weather, which made the day much more enjoyable.
Amongst the many vehicles present were quite a few that I recognised from previous shows plus one or two more unusual offerings.
Looking at some of the entries reminded me of how much work can go into preparing a car for showing, and the attention to detail on some is painstaking.
I took this shot of the under-bonnet area of an Austin A35 Saloon simply because it is light years in advance of anything I could hope to achieve with my Somerset, really nice!
Most types of vehicles were in evidence but my personal preference is never with the pristine Jaguars or rows of MG's but with the ordinary saloons and commercials of the day which had my lens pointing more toward vehicles like the J-type pictured below.
Many of the cars I admired would once have been considered commonplace but I find them no less interesting and attractive, like this row of '60's Anglia's.
Wandering a little 'off piste' I came across this wonderful old motorcycle resting under a tree!
It wasn't part of the show but appeared to have been ridden there by a spectator, it really made an impression in stark contrast to the acres of sparkling chrome only yards away!
One car that did capture my imagination was a small Alloy bodied sports car, I have no idea what model it was perhaps someone can enlighten me?
Badged as a Riley this thing had me captivated, it was a true 'seat of the pants' type car and beautifully put together, the cockpit reminded me of a WWI fighter plane with it's brass levers and functional appearance.
Take a look at those exhausts! I didn't get to hear it run but I sure wish i could have been around to hear it start up.
Moving on to sports cars of a smaller variety...here was one for Rick to race around his driveway on!
All in all a great day out! |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22429 Location: UK
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Old Nail
I was at Tatton yesterday too! the little Riley is a special built on a proper Riley chassis, not sure of the model, appears at a few shows throughout the year 'down here' and it does sound as well as it looks!!
Did you see the uber-original Wolseley 6/80, original black faded paint, polished through to the primer in places?? looked great just down from the Morris J van stand
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Stuchamp Guest
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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Nice pics!
That Riley looks real interesting, any more pics of it? |
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Old-Nail Guest
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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Just these two I'm afraid Stuchamp, it was difficult to get a decent shot due to the amount of interest it raised!
Rick I saw the car you mentioned, I took a look at the big old engine in there and smiled
At the upper left of the second photo you can see Mrs Nail wondering where the heck I'd disappeared to (again) |
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Stuchamp Guest
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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Very cool!
Thank you!!! |
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Rick Site Admin
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mcpartland Guest
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 7:18 pm Post subject: Tatton |
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We attended the show as a a club, there were a lot of very nice cars about (I liked the big Wosley Police cars) weather was good a lot of interest from the public long may it continue |
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Rick Site Admin
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mcpartland Guest
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for that Rick poor car ended comming home behind an RAC truck
due to a problem with the engine (looking for an engine )hope to take it to more shows,
Jim |
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XL391 Guest
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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Here are a few of mine:
And this was my personal star of the show:
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XL391 Guest
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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Some more:
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XL391 Guest
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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I'll have more tomorrow for you gents... |
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Rick Site Admin
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XL391 Guest
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:00 am Post subject: |
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No, I was there Saturday as well Rick. That yellow Iso Grifo was absolutely gorgeous!! I was looking at it for about 15 minutes!! You can see how bored the missus was on the picture of the back of it..... |
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XL391 Guest
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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Here we go then gents, Part 2:
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