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luckyseven Posted a lot Owning sneering dismissive pedantry since 1970 Posts: 3,839 Club RR Member Number: 45	PICS! Street Nationals luckyseven @luckyseven Club Retro Rides Member 45
	May 14, 2013 22:18:06 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Right, I got me some picktchers ere, hopefully some of them will be of interest. Sorry if they're duplicating what's gone before a bit, or if they're referring to people or cars when you've no idea who they are but I intend shamelessly cut'n'pasting them onto other forums. So there Also sorry if I missed your car, as usual I spent too much time talking (rubbish) and not enough time taking photos. I know a lot of the cars here are modern but hopefully there'll be enough interest for RR-ers Right, starting with the FDUK/Exile stands, shall we? Thought it was a bit odd the way the Pod squeezed everything in for this one, especially seeing as half the hard standing was completely empty. Weird. Anyway, our stands were definitely the best of show as usual, made all the easier cos there were so many stands full of little shopping trolleys and front wheel drive nonsense covered in stickers. A bigger turnout than last year, but definitely nowhere near the quality of cars, sadly. It was abit like the ghost of the Fast Show or Modified Nationals or something :? Anyway... I'll try not to just fill this up with amateurish pics of FDs, so here are just a few lol. TTurbo's midnight purple one, shortly before the guys left to check up on how Raz and Kash were doing after their unexpected Armco interface on the M1 The Major's purple one. If the other one's midnight purple, I guess Toms must be like early evening purple. Or maybe sparrow's fart purple? Phil-who-shall-be-called-Fil's car seems to have suffered an allergic reaction to something... its feet have got all bloated and swollen up Pics of this have almost become passe now since the news of its new shoes broke on FDUK, but I have to admit at first sight it was ... like, OMG, duuuuude, that looks sick innit... and other internet curse word jargon for "I say old chap, your jalopy looks rather tastefully modified today" Quite an American look with the nude bum and phat wheels and subtle bumper. Does look totes amazeballs though, Phyllis This one was about the point I got bored of editing through pics and started screwing around The artist formerly known as Custard Doughnut Monster, now I believe in the hands of Mr Welsh Gaz. RXRacer MMmmmm, carbon A little known fact about troupes of FDs (correct collective noun there. Or is it a whoop? No, that's gorillas isn't it? It's a flange of baboons) ...errr... is that they prefer parking back to back like this, partly so they can spot danger coming and partly so if they get an itchy bum their opposite number can discretely scratch it for them when no-one's looking. This is actually completely true See? alert for danger at all times Like I said, I never got a chance to get pics of a lot of other guys' cars because once it came clear the rain was staying, everyone curse word off. Got one of Keef scurrying away. Looking good from behind, as always :oops: ! Another one of the Major. All those hours of polishing well worthwhile, looks top! This one's mine, and I thought cos it was a bit arty I might get away with sneaking a pic of my own car in without looking too much of a nob. It's art, I tell thee So, next door to the FDUKers and almost as if it had been designed that way was the Exile Rotorsport stand. This was actually because it had been designed like this, lol.Sadly my own FB is still in bits so I had to muddy the waters by bringing my plastic car. But there were still plenty of truly righteous rides there... Tim's utterly amazoid Series 1 left-hooker never fails to give me a bit of a crisis. For those who haven't met it before, this is the heart of a Turbo II in an SA first gen. Add monolithic old skool J wheel fitment, blister arches and marinade in cool for one excellent car because Exile :cool: Got stance? I had to make up for not taking enough pics of it at the Gathering, so here, have another... James was pressed into service as the Exile Support Vehicle for when Hayden's recently resurrected RX-3 broke down en route. The downside of this was that it didn't break down, so James had to spend the weekend at a drag strip (something he apparently doesn't like much), camping in the British weather (which let's face it, no-one likes much). The upside is that we got to meet his immaculate Red Arrow Series 3, a worthy successor to the sadly missed stolen Silver Arrow Parked next to Adam's Series 2. Mullins brings da style :lol: Nice earmuffs, dude Adam and his dad only finished rebuilding the bridgey lump for the Series 2 a week or so back, and this run down tot he Pod was pretty much it's shakedown. It looks and sounds fantastic, and running pretty close on double figure compression all round they've gotta be chuffed with that The only problem with this car is it makes me wonder yet again if I'd be better off leaving out the spoiler on mine... Here it is being menaced by Uncle Timmy's Purple Peril. Heavier by one fixed penalty notice on the way up for lighting up the wheels in front of a copper, but that doesn't slow the ol' geezer down any, lol How cool is it to roll up having driven from darkest Devon, take out the passenger seat and all the carpets, drag some slicks out the boot and run a twelve stone cold after an hour in the queue? There are a few "subtle" touches that make you think this isn't your average old J jalopy Like the way the exhaust has pretty successfully melted the O/S rear light One other car featured on the stand early doors, of course, and I alluded to it earlier. Can you tell what it is yet, lol?
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luckyseven Posted a lot Owning sneering dismissive pedantry since 1970 Posts: 3,839 Club RR Member Number: 45	PICS! Street Nationals luckyseven @luckyseven Club Retro Rides Member 45
	May 14, 2013 22:21:32 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Oooh, yeah. The amazing dormant '3 lives once more. The last time I got any photos of this baby at the Pod was in 2009 so it's properly nice to see the old girl again So much want for this car. Shame I'm about twenty eighth in line down the ranks of prospective next owners lol Hope the drive home in the wet on Christ-knows-how-old semi slicks wasn't too alarming! Mazda always did know how to play on a bit of heritage. Even before they really had much Still got no idea what the story is regarding the missing gearknob but I bet Mullins was rocking some serious stigmata by the time he got back home, lol. Gaiter looks like something I last saw at the clap clinic, mind. Get it sorted, dude Here's the man himself apparently being done over by Aaron. Always aim for the nuts, that's the idea Kiwi Dave made it up later but I helplessly failed to get any pics of his TWR Series 3. Shame, cos it's ace. It was funny Andy Tapos asking if Dave was coming, having had quite an impression left from the last convoy last year when all the FDs were indulging in the usual lunacy on the way from Toddington but every time you looked in your mirror, there was Dave's li'l ol 12A, rev buzzer screaming, foot buried in the mat, planted firmly on our tail. Cool beans Six series between but the bloodline can still be traced... Right, that's pretty much it for the FDUK/Exile stands. As I said, I was slightly disappointed with the turnout this year, it was definitely a case of quantity over quality. However, there were some other cars about worthy of notice. Here are a few of my own choices. Argue about it if you like, lol First up, as many of you know I've a long-standing problem with Bimmers but this one comes as close as any to being... OK. Especially next to a rather horrid example of the modern breed and how nasty, bloated and funny-shaped they've become This R8 was over the way from us a bit. Looked excellent in this baby blue "only" a V8 but it sounded most lairy on open pipes and had some cool options ticked, like the carbon airdam intake cover doobries I liked this little delSol (yes, even though it's a Hahhhndaa) because it looked great in chocolate-bar colour, and because you're never going to get bored of a roof that slides into the boot on hydraulic widgets Like a big fat carbon intake snorky thing, too Not sure whether this is class or ass, really. It certainly draws attention though, and it's funny watching people point and smile and then get all embarrassed in case someone laughs at them for liking something naff. I don't care, I've no taste to embarrass ...and it's got an alien emerging from the bonnet and I'm sorry that's just cool in anyone's language. Yes, it IS I liked the wheels and they way this MX-5 sat, though I was on the verge of being upset by the naff circuit stickers until the owner got chatting. Apparently him and his mate are doing a tour of fifteen tracks in it to raise money for some RAF charity. So fair play. Generally airbrushing is the wrong side of naff, but given the task in had, this is forgiveable, I guess. And rarely for vehicle murals, it's actually really pretty good artwork There were a lot of Beetles about. That's not a bad thing, stop grumbling at the back there. Evidently the show incorporates a round of some weird Beetle drag series. And why not. My own personal favourite was the cabrio one. Which sitting dozing in the early sun in the queue suggested little of the sound and fury of which it was actually capable Gotta love any car where the engine and ancilliaries no longer actually fit in the car This one here was a work of art in every regard, from the excellent custom paint to the top-notch componentry and engineering on display So clean you could eat your dinner off it. Or at least fry an egg, lol Excellent old-skool vreeble paint effect stencilling thing going on. Sooooo shiny, too Noice Our old family transport Beetles never used to look like this, more's the pity Adolph's smallest Panzers weren't the only old school things around. For afficianados of the Blue Oval, there was plenty to like. Like this Mexico. Now a ridiculously expensive and "collectible" car. Ahhh, if only we knew back then... MkI Cortina looked just right with a bit of patina and wear ...though I'm not sure if the passenger is getting enough nutrition from their diet! Looks like his missus needs a couple of dinners, too. Or maybe Cheryl Cole's just let herself go lately... This one's a Consul. Totally not the same, y'see. Despite what it may look like. Tidy though, innit Iconic pie plate light. Either that, or modelled on one of those curse word aliens from War of the Worlds Minilites and sidepipes. Proper. Sounds like an Irish finger-in-yer-ear pub band or something This late Capri showed a lot of promise, if the tubbed girth of its rear end was any indication... ...and it was immaculately presented with lots of nice touches such as the carbon bumpers. Sadly, on the strip it didn't seem to fulfill its promise. Dunno whether the driver was taking it easy at first and never got a chance to give it Larry because of the weather. Does look nice though MkI RS2000 looks fantastic from any angle; this black one was at the Classic Motor Show last year. I'm still wrestling with the airbrushing myself. It's such a well-restored car, and looks so fantastic it just doesn't need all that. But there you go, I've got an FD with fins, what do I know about style?
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luckyseven Posted a lot Owning sneering dismissive pedantry since 1970 Posts: 3,839 Club RR Member Number: 45	PICS! Street Nationals luckyseven @luckyseven Club Retro Rides Member 45
	May 14, 2013 22:25:32 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Once we'd been up the queue for what seemed like an age waiting for the track to be re-opened, we decided it probably wouldn't for a while yet so mooched off to see what else was about. Found this little brown thing lurking round the back of the toilets Basically Ford Germany's answer to the MkIII Cortina, in a beautiful shade of Seventies Bookie's Lung Brown Lovely Always got time for a nice Cobra, especially when it's an absolutely gorgeous colour I would have liked to get a pic of the whole thing but the owner was loading it onto his trailer and didn't seem keen on waiting while I faffed about, so you'll have to be content with bits. All the best interiors feature cream leather, I think you'll find Those voluptuous curves in full. Well, as much as I could get in the frame, anyway Chubby Escort is chubby and on the topic of daft lardy Ford things, here's the nadir of the descent into bloated middle age of the eighties muscle car. Fox-body Mustang, loathe them or ignore them, you can't love them lol. Venetian blind light covers good for another three tenths on the strip. True. I actually like these despite myself, I think it's something to do with all those YouTube clips of them wheelying like mad things that does it In fact, the pits were a veritable stable of Mustangs of varying youth, the members of the Outlaw Drag series I believe, which was the other series running in this combined show I vacillate on these Mustang GTs. Sometimes they're cool, sometimes they're as tragic as Just For Men and listening to Bruce Springsteen whilst leaning on the doorcap to show off the packet of Marlboro in your T-shirt sleeve. And Clarkson likes them, so that's another reason not to. Errr, dunno Nice touch here though I couldn't get a pic of Pete's 'Vette very well in the pits, cos it was wedged in and I couldn't get a clear shot. Managed to get most of it in the reflection of this Holden Monaro badge though Making the 'Stangs and 'Scorts look distinctly ordinary and tacky were a brace of two of the best from the Detroit Bow Tie stables A pair of '68 Camaros. The blue one was beautifully finished, while retaining it's brutal presence... ...the black one was just brutal There's enough rubber here to melt down and cast your own re-moulds No blower, no turbo, all engine, sprinkling of nitrous. Barn door engineering rules Up the far end, out in Hicksville we found a rotary work of art waiting for the opportunity to set new significant times ...along with one of it's primary culprits, who is also a rotary work of art. But in an altogether different sense... Mmmmm, lovely. It's a strong look, but I think we'd better look back at this again before we leave... A little further down was the Hayward pits with Liam's new car. There was no sign of Hayward himself though and the guys who were there seemed a bit stressed out so I didn't hang around and annoy them much. I dunno if I understand the siting of either the turbo or the exhaust, but I'm sure there's good reasons for both. Or not. Maybe even as simple as getting attention, which is half the point of a demo car I suppose. It certainly draws the eye. Shame to hack up an R-magic bonnet though Anyway, by now the track had finally re-opened after some dreadful old Datsun Skylard had soiled its gusset all over the place so it was time to see some action at last. After a few uninspiring RWYBers Rob stepped up for the first run of the day For a horrible moment I thought that old Evo III or whatever it is was going to spoil the shots ...but I needn't have worried because before even the 60ft Rob had already pretty much just cleared off en route to his awesome 8.8 second run Which was pretty much the high point of the day. Although this daft thing came close... That's a 9.4 second run @ 158 mph, if you please. In an open top Beetle. Simply magnificent This fella was quite entertaining for all the wrong reasons... rolled up to the start line, went for a wheelie, spazzed it up, dropped it onto the bumpstops, went back and tried again. At least he got it up this time, so to speak Moar cool Beetle action... doriftuuu burnout, lol. Loving the metalflake light covers This was definitely the prettiest of the Vdubs, if not the quickest, slightly surprisingly although with that said, it does need the wheelie bars Titanic MkI battle; Cortina vs Escort. Some kudos to play for there, then Consul burn out. There may be a lot of burnout pics now, to be fair. Soz. But it does look cool The other series at the show was the front wheel drive one, which I haven't really mentioned because drag Civics make the worst noise in human history and it upsets me just thinking about it. Fortunately, not everything in the series is a Civic, unlike the J Series used to be. This little grey Nova is quite a rare thing nowadays, who'd of thought that when Mx Pwer was at the height of its ....errr.... powers? This is a Civic, of course, but I'm forgiving them on the grounds of their amusing airfilter strategy Liam was doing his best to climb the steep learning curve, but it seems that problems with wheel alignment were holding him back. And clearly personal issues, too. I like these rear lights best out of anything on this car, but it doesn't make me weird. No, it doesn't Moar scrots. Baby blue one went alright. Shame about the fat bloke in the way. Actually, not sure he is fat, maybe he's just nursing a semi This Caddy CTS made a great noise with fruity pipes, and it went at a pretty startling speed for something quite so ginormous I did say I took a lot of burnout pics. Datsun proving they're not all fragile timebombs waiting to explode. Skyline reliability? Pah! And they laugh at rotaries....
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luckyseven Posted a lot Owning sneering dismissive pedantry since 1970 Posts: 3,839 Club RR Member Number: 45	PICS! Street Nationals luckyseven @luckyseven Club Retro Rides Member 45
	May 14, 2013 22:28:46 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Moar scrots. Still a bit ambivalent about the airbrushing on the black one. Damn, it goes well though! RS2000 battle. Both lively enough. Live rear axles FTW, lol Uncle Timmy had finally made it round after about two hours sat in the queue. Undeterred by cold tyres, engine and 'box he proceeded to spoil this Mustang's day by doing a low twelve as a warm up The Purple People Eater in flight This wee Anglia was a bit special, it sounded even angrier than Elvis' last turd, and that might have had something to do with the Cossie YB stuffed into it's otherwise largely empty insides I know it looks preposterous, but I love the spirit of this snorkel-kitted Disco running the strip. Does an 18s run too, which isn't bad and goes to show aerodynamics might not be all they're cracked up to be, lol Mark rolled up to try out his new rotary. I didn't get the times, dude, is it faster than the old FB? looking' good, and thank God you put that horrible fat apalling BMW thing in it's place! This bloke won my Burnout Of The Day award, sat there for about a minute essentially turning his tyres into tiny rubber marbles. Didn't seem to give him world beating speed up the strip, but hey, it's a good spectacle Dark blue Capri still looks absolutely excellent but went in a very disappointing fashion. Which is to say.. slowly Moar FWD draggers. Funny-looking things Got bored again. It's the only way I could bring myself to post two Civics on one thread Adie "doing a Michael Jackson". Although not in a perversions with chimps sort of sense. I have a fair bit of love for this Caddy. And a considerable amount of hatred for all the dicks who keep getting in the way and screwing up my pics. Holden Monaro* made a good noise, too It's a Vauxhall VXR in English Camaro still gives me the raging horn Corvette looked great out in the open, and would have even looked properly fast... ...if it hadn't had the misfortune to come up against this bonkers thing Boom! Owned Yeah. Got bored again OK, I'll stop messing around now. Stock-wheeled Supra finds out what fast looks like Just time for Uncle Timmy to come round for one more pass... It was probably around this point that he really should* have been thinking about taking the line lock off, because just think how much faster his 11.5 second run might have been if he had, and the front brakes hadn't still been on. Hero! and that was about it. The rain came down just as I was finishing my rat-burger, and everyone cleared off sharpish. By the time we'd said our goodbyes the Pod was just about empty. Anyway, it was the right time to leave cos it basically rained all the way home on my tedious God-I'm-bored-of-the-three-hour-drive-each-way-to-the-Pod journey home. At least there's a the golden glow of a new Temple to the God of V-Power on the M25 so I now only have to fill up once on the round trip, instead of twice like I used to. Shame they're sellign V-Power at 149.9 per litre, a clear 10p more than my local Shell. By the time I got home you'd never have known I spent two days cleaning the car last week... Poor ol' Ruby. Rode hard and put away wet, as cowboys would say* That's it, I'm out. Thanks for putting up with me, and for reading this load of old toss. * and porn stars
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fred Posted a lot WTF has happened to all the Vennies? Posts: 2,957	PICS! Street Nationals fred @ferdyfred
	May 15, 2013 6:16:12 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Excellent pics and an even greater narrative
	'79 Cossie ran Cortina - Sold 2000 Fozzer 2.0 turbo snow beast '85 Opel Manta GSI - Sold 03 A class Mercedes Looking for a FD Ventora - Anyone?

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	May 15, 2013 9:24:52 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Awesome pics and write-up Lucky. Go the rotors - 8.8 can't be argued with! That's farking fast for 1308cc and easily saw off the V8 competition :-) Looking at the pics on the other thread, I'm glad we went the Pod rather than Japfest


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	May 15, 2013 16:28:54 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	cool pics and nice see a load of my mates in the outlaw camp would normally be running with them in my escort but i was at the NASC spring nats at drayton manor


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luckyseven Posted a lot Owning sneering dismissive pedantry since 1970 Posts: 3,839 Club RR Member Number: 45	PICS! Street Nationals luckyseven @luckyseven Club Retro Rides Member 45
	May 16, 2013 12:03:36 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Ahhh, that might explain why things were a bit thin on the ground. There were definitely more competitors last year, though less in the way of public attendance. Shame, would have been nice to see the Escort in its proper environment, I'm not sure I got to see its full potential on the Prescott Hillclimb
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VIP South East Posts: 8,293	PICS! Street Nationals VIP @vip
	May 16, 2013 13:23:12 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	May 14, 2013 22:28:46 GMT luckyseven said: Holden Monaro* made a good noise, too It's a Vauxhall VXR in English *Vauxhall Monaro in English, the VXR was the later 4-door. I agree with the comment on the narrative, a great write-up. An FD Rex is on my list of 'cars I'd like to own but probably never will'.
	Last Edit: May 16, 2013 13:24:18 GMT by VIP

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Joe T Part of things Posts: 711	PICS! Street Nationals Joe T @joet
	May 18, 2013 8:12:07 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Excellent commentary as always!
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zero Part of things Posts: 64	PICS! Street Nationals zero @zero
	May 18, 2013 14:30:25 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Great pics , that airbrushed escort is the nuts and didn't need a poorly executed dragon on it . There are airbrush artists and there are airbrush artists if you know what I mean?
	Last Edit: May 18, 2013 14:31:25 GMT by zero I'm not really new I'm Doc but lost my log in?

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miniallsort Part of things Posts: 342	PICS! Street Nationals miniallsort @miniallsort
	May 18, 2013 22:37:21 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	awsome pics


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