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[Rob]

Sorry took so long in posting these, been very busy - luckily had posted these on another forum so just had to copy and paste!

The saturday before the oldest running motoring event takes place for 2007, half of Regent Street in central London was closed off for over 100 vehicles taking part in the run to be seen up close by the public, and for some of them to give demonstration runs. Enjoy!



Impressive man made out of poppies - not so impressive was that of the many people I saw having their photos taken with it (over a dozen), not a single one was wearing a poppy



The view north up Regent Street



An impressive looking vehicle, wasn't in the programme though, presumably French



Renault



Pierce Arrow charabanc, which is the OLD Friends Antique Rapid Transit! Presumably this spent some of it's time as a military lorry if built before/during WWI



My favourite, 'Genevieve', star of the film of the same name. She's a 1904 Darracq and was found in a yard full of rubble shortly after WWII. After filming she spent forty years in Australia before returning to Europe in 1990, and is now part of a large collection in the Netherlands.





A 1917-1923 model Ford Model T



An early Cadillac



I'm feeling horny



1904 Pope Hartford



1904 Peugeot



The fantastic 1904 Peerless 'Green Dragon' racer, which came in from the USA just for the run



1904 Cadillac



1903 MMC



1903 Mercedes racer



1903 De Dion Bouton with the bonnet up....



....and one with the bonnet down



1903 Berliet, the earliest 'modern' looking car



1902 Wolseley



1902 Westfield



1902 Renault - the dog even appears in the photo of the car in the programme!





1902 Rambler



1901 Steamobile



1901 Renault



1901 Panhard et Levassor



1901 Mors



1901 Humber



1901 Gladiator



1901 Curved dash Oldsmobile



1899 Victoria combination



1897 Panhard et Levassor



1899 Dechamps



1896 Salvesen steam cart



The oldest vehicle taking part in the run, 1895 Peugeot vis-a-vis

Hopefully i'll be up at 5am tomorrow after an all night party to get down to Hyde Park Corner to watch them set off, hope you enjoy the photos.

[PAUL BEAUMONT]

Tremendous pictures Thanks for the posting. Can almost smell them!!
I trust the congestion zone fees, the low emission zone tarrif and any other tax raising wonders that the Hon Mayor has seen fit to foist on us were waved for the occasion!

[Scotty]

Rob - once again thank you for taking the time to post these photographs.

I soooo want a headlamp on the front of my car like the one on the 1902 Westfield, now that's what I call a headlamp!

Scotty.