Just a one day visit from me again this year, thanks to tickets from a good friend. Didn't make it in until about 11am thanks to horrible traffic on the first part of the journey but it was pleasing to be parked quickly, up in the top carpark near Molecomb corner, meaning no walk for miles across a dust bowl and a golf course. Couple of car park spots then to start with.
Since we were starting at the top it made sense to pop though the trade stand section and see if we could spot Frankenhealey with the Goddess Transporter.
This wasn't him, it was a Porsche 930.
Aha, then I spotted a Healey floating above everything else.
A wonderful machine, the sheer size of which makes car restoration feel like a walk in the park.
After a tour and chat it was time to go across the bridge, ignoring any of the modern stuff rolling up the hill, and go to find the interesting old cars.
I thought the sculpture this year was pretty good. Stylish and tasteful, with the added interest of reaching over the house itself
A quick whistlestop of some concours attractions.
That had a mega curvy back window.
Yes, its a Mustang pickup.
Street spec 250LM
Pre War Mercedes wheel had us wondering what those seven stubs around the circumference were for. Fitting balance weights inside perhaps? But then there'd be no need for seven of them.
Chunky steering wheel.
Yes, its that photo of that Mazda that I think everyone has/will take.
Interior was cool too.
As were the tyres.
Baccaruda and a couple of other bits of yankee tin arrived as we stood watching.
Maserati had filled the stable courtyard with new and old machines.
Into the Cathedral paddock, they had rearranged slightly with the older machines up at the top.
Nicely bald spare!
Bentley 'Old no 1' provides the answer to that often asked question by owners of SU equipped cars.
Stonking batmobile....
...had the longest trumpets I think I've ever seen!
Audi next door almost paled in comparison.
Now here was something that 'got' me. Take a pretty mental machine, designed for class of rallying that was quickly outawed for being too mental, then turn it into an even more mental IMSA racer! Err, Mental!
Was an unfinished resto, hoping to return to run next year.
Up to the top F1 paddock then, and I was left wishing I could be around over the weekend to hear this run again.
Group B 959.
More IMSA engineering, this time from Audi.
Ah, my favourite Group C machine.
Quite a lot of Senna related cars were around.
JPStastic.
I love this thing. It feels like it has come off the pages of a Japanese cartoon.
It has been a very long wait, but at last I have actually had a close look at the Merecedes transporter. I think it has been before but I managed to completely miss it so I was really happy to see it this time.
Another highlight for me. Can you tell what it is yet?
So, when 'Moby Dick' is probably the most well known radical 935, some Americans went one better and built this, 'JLP-4' which contains barely any recognisable elements from a 911.
The Mazda Group C car was not the only four rotor in attendance, with 'Mad Mike' over from New Zealand.
Even though it was a no action day we did get to hear a few engines running including one of the pre-war Silver Arrows Mercedes warming up and this Chevy NASCAR which was fired up and carefully manoeuvred out of its pit as a crowd gathered.
There was what seems to have become the annual sandy gathering of old style rods.
The AA had plenty of their collection out.
But I'll finish on another great looking 935.
I hope one of RR's other roving reporters manages to capture some driveway action!
Since we were starting at the top it made sense to pop though the trade stand section and see if we could spot Frankenhealey with the Goddess Transporter.
This wasn't him, it was a Porsche 930.
Aha, then I spotted a Healey floating above everything else.
A wonderful machine, the sheer size of which makes car restoration feel like a walk in the park.
After a tour and chat it was time to go across the bridge, ignoring any of the modern stuff rolling up the hill, and go to find the interesting old cars.
I thought the sculpture this year was pretty good. Stylish and tasteful, with the added interest of reaching over the house itself
A quick whistlestop of some concours attractions.
That had a mega curvy back window.
Yes, its a Mustang pickup.
Street spec 250LM
Pre War Mercedes wheel had us wondering what those seven stubs around the circumference were for. Fitting balance weights inside perhaps? But then there'd be no need for seven of them.
Chunky steering wheel.
Yes, its that photo of that Mazda that I think everyone has/will take.
Interior was cool too.
As were the tyres.
Baccaruda and a couple of other bits of yankee tin arrived as we stood watching.
Maserati had filled the stable courtyard with new and old machines.
Into the Cathedral paddock, they had rearranged slightly with the older machines up at the top.
Nicely bald spare!
Bentley 'Old no 1' provides the answer to that often asked question by owners of SU equipped cars.
Stonking batmobile....
...had the longest trumpets I think I've ever seen!
Audi next door almost paled in comparison.
Now here was something that 'got' me. Take a pretty mental machine, designed for class of rallying that was quickly outawed for being too mental, then turn it into an even more mental IMSA racer! Err, Mental!
Was an unfinished resto, hoping to return to run next year.
Up to the top F1 paddock then, and I was left wishing I could be around over the weekend to hear this run again.
Group B 959.
More IMSA engineering, this time from Audi.
Ah, my favourite Group C machine.
Quite a lot of Senna related cars were around.
JPStastic.
I love this thing. It feels like it has come off the pages of a Japanese cartoon.
It has been a very long wait, but at last I have actually had a close look at the Merecedes transporter. I think it has been before but I managed to completely miss it so I was really happy to see it this time.
Another highlight for me. Can you tell what it is yet?
So, when 'Moby Dick' is probably the most well known radical 935, some Americans went one better and built this, 'JLP-4' which contains barely any recognisable elements from a 911.
The Mazda Group C car was not the only four rotor in attendance, with 'Mad Mike' over from New Zealand.
Even though it was a no action day we did get to hear a few engines running including one of the pre-war Silver Arrows Mercedes warming up and this Chevy NASCAR which was fired up and carefully manoeuvred out of its pit as a crowd gathered.
There was what seems to have become the annual sandy gathering of old style rods.
The AA had plenty of their collection out.
But I'll finish on another great looking 935.
I hope one of RR's other roving reporters manages to capture some driveway action!
. Becos rotary...And finally, yes, I took that one of the RX500 too