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Dec 30, 2019 19:53:12 GMT
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When it comes to the unexpected, I guess that's why the Westy meet in Leatherhead this year hit the spot for me. In an absolutely rammed pub carpark, on a Monday evening. It had been a completely normal rubbish Monday until I pulled into the carpark. And stopped. Thoroughly overwhelming for me. No over show has ever come close. It was astounding. But then it wasn't just about the cars either.
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Last Edit: Dec 30, 2019 19:54:51 GMT by bmcnut
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Car showsMercdan68
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Dec 30, 2019 19:59:35 GMT
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RR weekender for me personally was the highlight of the year Great to meet many RR people and get out on the track in my pals Sierra loved every minute
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Fraud owners club member 1999 Jaguar s type 1993 ford escort
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I go to one big show each year. While it is static, cars come and go throughout. I do see the a lot of the same cars every year, and sometimes think is it actually worth it, but every time I go I see something awesome, even if it isn't moving. As an example, if I hadn't gone last year I wouldn't have seen these:
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I go to one big show each year. While it is static, cars come and go throughout. I do see the a lot of the same cars every year, and sometimes think is it actually worth it, but every time I go I see something awesome, even if it isn't moving. As an example, if I hadn't gone last year I wouldn't have seen these: I saw both of those together at a show last year, but I forget where. MFP was there today. We followed it out when we left, with a 50's Chevy pick up behind us. We all did a cheeky little burn out as we left. The MFP car started it so it wasnt my fault.
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I go to one big show each year. While it is static, cars come and go throughout. I do see the a lot of the same cars every year, and sometimes think is it actually worth it, but every time I go I see something awesome, even if it isn't moving. As an example, if I hadn't gone last year I wouldn't have seen these: I saw both of those together at a show last year, but I forget where. MFP was there today. We followed it out when we left, with a 50's Chevy pick up behind us. We all did a cheeky little burn out as we left. The MFP car started it so it wasnt my fault. I suspect it wasn't the same two, mainly because these 2 are in Australia Interesting to know there are replicas in the UK though.
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I saw both of those together at a show last year, but I forget where. MFP was there today. We followed it out when we left, with a 50's Chevy pick up behind us. We all did a cheeky little burn out as we left. The MFP car started it so it wasnt my fault. I suspect it wasn't the same two, mainly because these 2 are in Australia Interesting to know there are replicas in the UK though. Ha!, that's amazing. Last summer at either Southern Classics, Lancing or Worthing classic car show in the UK, there were these two cars parked up next to each other. At Brooklands yesterday the original Interceptor was there. It had the MFP number plate on too so I assumed it must have been the same car. I don't take photographs at car shows any more. In particular I don't take photographs if a local acquaintance Carl Simmons is going, because he has a thing about attempting to photograph every single car at any given meet and then publishing them all on Facebook. So if Carl's going I kind of think of him as my remote artificial intelligence photography drone working independently of me. So I just had a look through Carl's photographs of the event and he took front and side shots. It seems, somewhat annoyingly, that the car only had MFP on the rear plate. It has a regular plate on the front. So MFP must be purely a show plate for his car and there must be some legal loophole that means the rear plate is not required (or he forgot to remove that one before he set off home). It was definitely on MFP at the back though because we followed him for miles. I did think at the time he must have paid a very handsome sum to bag MFP as his numberplate given the significance of it to Mad Max fans Anyway, here's a couple of screen grabs of Carl's pics of it... I thought it looked like a pretty faithful replica. We let him pull out in front of us and he flashed the red and blues on his roof too by way of thanks. (Wing writing says "M.Rockatansky. The Dark One"
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Last Edit: Jan 2, 2020 14:15:07 GMT by Deleted
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I suspect it wasn't the same two, mainly because these 2 are in Australia Interesting to know there are replicas in the UK though. Ha!, that's amazing. Last summer at either Southern Classics, Lancing or Worthing classic car show in the UK, there were these two cars parked up next to each other. At Brooklands yesterday the original Interceptor was there. It had the MFP number plate on too so I assumed it must have been the same car. I don't take photographs at car shows any more. In particular I don't take photographs if a local acquaintance Carl Simmons is going, because he has a thing about attempting to photograph every single car at any given meet and then publishing them all on Facebook. So if Carl's going I kind of think of him as my remote artificial intelligence photography drone working independently of me. So I just had a look through Carl's photographs of the event and he took front and side shots. It seems, somewhat annoyingly, that the car only had MFP on the rear plate. It has a regular plate on the front. So MFP must be purely a show plate for his car and there must be some legal loophole that means the rear plate is not required (or he forgot to remove that one before he set off home). It was definitely on MFP at the back though because we followed him for miles. I did think at the time he must have paid a very handsome sum to bag MFP as his numberplate given the significance of it to Mad Max fans Anyway, here's a couple of screen grabs of Carl's pics of it... I thought it looked like a pretty faithful replica. We let him pull out in front of us and he flashed the red and blues on his roof too by way of thanks. (Wing writing says "M.Rockatansky. The Dark One" I think you can (or used to be able to) buy everything to make a replica of both the MFP cars and the Coupe. I had to double check your pics - the Australian car was for sale earlier in the year and for a moment I wondered if it had been exported to the UK. It is still showing as registered though, and I think the red strip on the UK car sits lower on the front arch. The rego on the Australian car is actually MFP (i.e. they aren't just show plates) which makes it even cooler.
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Last Edit: Jan 5, 2020 4:10:42 GMT by jader1973
1982 Mercedes 280TE
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