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Sept 22, 2010 8:11:07 GMT
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***edit 30/09/10 - to stop my Photobucket bandwidth going mental, I've had to move these photos. Apologies for the inconvenience...***On Sunday morning the wife and I dressed up in our finest vintage threads, packed up a tasty picnic hamper, tossed the new camera into the boot of the Beemer and ambled along to Goodwood for some jolly old-time japery. Now, the Revival car park is a show in itself - if you were so inclined, you could rock up without a ticket and just spend a few hours strolling around the classics that paved the way to the entrance! Here are a few highlights of what we saw en route to the main gates. CCC Mini looked very cool with downdraught stacks poking through the bonnet. Patinated rally Volvo used as intended. Cage suggests this might be a bit of a sleeper (as much as a 911 can be). A pair of Corvettes had come in convoy from Switzerland. Classic British muscle. How often do you see a 2CV this early that's this mint? I have a real soft spot for this shape of Alfa. I believe these Saabs are quite rare in estate form. Massive. Just... massive. This Impala had so many cool touches - the super-deep paintwork, the pinstriping, the stance... a beautiful surf wagon. Very close to being Bond's Aston (his registration number being BMT 216A). Simple, beautiful, just perfect. This fabulous Ferrari was drawing a lot of attention - I had to wait a while to get a picture without people peering into it! Matt Jag wears its history with pride. Hard-as-nails E-Type was tucked away in a corner. Need to check my photos, but I'm pretty sure that this Ferrari was at the entrance to Chelsea AutoLegends a couple of weeks ago. A nice period scene. This bus had so many details, it was just superb. And now, into the show...
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Last Edit: Sept 30, 2010 15:29:56 GMT by dbizzle
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Sept 22, 2010 8:19:57 GMT
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Stuff like this is just randomly parked under trees with the crowds edging by. It's one of the things I love about Goodwood events - how you can get so unashamedly close to everything. Lord March's very own rod. If only I'd brought my knives... The yin to Seth's yang. I have no idea what this is. It's spectacularly huge. Very cute little Subaru. (Several people walking past were heard to remark 'oh, look at that cute little Fiat'...) This Cortina looks a bit more aggressive than the usual Glamcabs fare. A bit of drop-top French style Massive old Merc. Not my forte - anyone know what it is? Clean Super Snipe tucked away in a corner. Some of you have taxed worse...
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Sept 22, 2010 8:27:43 GMT
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Sept 22, 2010 8:34:04 GMT
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Sept 22, 2010 8:37:24 GMT
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Sept 22, 2010 8:43:06 GMT
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I fell a little in love with this Skyline. Ultra-rare Facel Vega dominated the room. The Iso Grifo: aggressive, in a kind of sleepy way. Another classic randomly parked up under a tree. Spitfire and Hurricane breezed past us on track... ...along with veterans in Jeeps. My action shots were mostly rubbish, but let's use this one to summarise. The TT race was hard-fought between this Cobra and the two Ferraris following; ultimately a hold-up in the pits for the Cobra and a crashing-out for the red Ferrari allowed the blue-and-red one (in third here) to take the chequered flag.
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Sept 22, 2010 8:51:08 GMT
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...and so, back to the car park as we depart. Still time for a little more car-spotting... Ha ha. It says 'poo'. You think new Rolls-Royces are big? Check out how huge the proper ones are! Big Healey ready for action. Slim arches and a whacking great rollover bar - just the way Cobras should be. Droolworthy 2.7 RS with an extremely menacing sky above it. Lovely Quattroporte made a great rumbling noise when it started up. My wife decided she wanted to go on holidays in this Buick. Pristine and bone-stock Alfa. I'm a big fan of the 246GT Dino... ...and also of the '69 Camaro (which was the first model kit I ever built). This is way bigger than any two-door has a right to be. A pair of rare coachbuilt Fulvias - with many years between them.
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Sept 22, 2010 8:55:01 GMT
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Sept 22, 2010 9:02:18 GMT
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I think it's the wheels that make this - very subtle, yet really quite brash. Some badges. Very purposeful-looking Riley Elf. Yet another cracking little Alfa. This 2002 Touring was the same colour as my old one - and it was for sale too! How muscular does this E-Type look on those fat slots and flared arches? Very clean Italian Job police Alfa looked like a fresh resto. Really loved this pukka mkI Twin Cam. Gorgeous. Alpine in not-blue shocker. No idea what this Alfa was. Looks a bit like a Saab Sonnet. Tasty DS. Tastefully-done VeeDub. Nineties-style Beetle. Doesn't this Toyota belong to someone on here? Slightly knackered E-Type looked weirdly superb. An SM (with bonus Maserati badge glued in front of the number plate!) mixing with the proles. ...and that was that. Thoroughly good time had by all. ;D
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Sept 22, 2010 9:04:27 GMT
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Lovely photos of gorgeous cars, thanks for sharing. 'Crashing out' in relation to that Ferrari poses one big question; was the car totalled?
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Sept 22, 2010 9:16:32 GMT
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'Crashing out' in relation to that Ferrari poses one big question; was the car totalled? Not sure - it happened on the other end of the track from where we were standing. There was an E-Type that got totalled though - a rear wheel came off, sent it into a slide and it slammed into the barriers. Also, just in front of us a back-marker DB6 undertook an E-Type and took them both out on Madgwick Corner. But hey, that's racing... they get rebuilt and live to fight another day. ;D
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Last Edit: Sept 22, 2010 9:17:06 GMT by dbizzle
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The Doctor
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Sept 22, 2010 9:18:46 GMT
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fantastic pics! thank you!
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Seth
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Sept 22, 2010 9:20:20 GMT
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Thanks for the pictures Dbizz.
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable.
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markbognor
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Sept 22, 2010 9:52:26 GMT
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Great pics dbizzle. Very much wishing I could have been there. That yellow Matra is local, it gets out and about lots. My missus always makes me carry the picknic hamper
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Sept 22, 2010 9:57:45 GMT
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My missus always makes me carry the picknic hamper Ha! She was only carrying it when I was taking photos. (So, actually, quite a lot of the time...)
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Sept 22, 2010 10:25:51 GMT
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Hard-as-nails E-Type was tucked away in a corner. Great write up and photos mate. Such a collection of awesome cars but that Jag really stuck out. A quick search brought up a nice little history from its last sale - One of three constructed by world famous Jaguar specialist Brian Wingfield, this Series I E-Type wears elegantly streamlined coachwork modelled on that of the works, low-drag, lightweight competition coupés. It is not a direct copy of one of the factory lightweight cars, but a mixture of their styles plus Brian’s own ideas. Commissioned by a titled British collector, it cost £160,000 new and has seen little use. A 1967 left-hand drive 2+2 coupé was used as the donor vehicle and converted to right-hand drive in the process. The floorpan, bulkhead and transmission tunnel are steel, the rest of the body is made of aluminium. Constructed to Brian Wingfield’s design by R S Panels, it incorporates a V12 E-Type front screen and is finished in gunmetal grey. The interior is luxuriously trimmed in fawn suede and a rear roll cage fitted.
The engine is a very powerful 4.5-litre road/race unit with billet steel crankshaft, Weber twin-choke carburettors and tuned-length, fabricated exhaust manifolds. Gearbox is a five-speed Getrag unit. The brakes are large ventilated discs gripped by modern 4-pot alloy calipers, while the wheels are of the late-type, square-holed, lightweight ‘E’ pattern. Completed to a very high standard, the car is presented in perfect condition throughout, having seen very little use since completion.
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Sept 22, 2010 10:32:48 GMT
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Thanks for that, very interesting info! It seems brilliantly incongruous that such a focused-looking racer would have a suede-trimmed interior.
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Sept 22, 2010 10:44:18 GMT
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I thought this was a Talbot-Lago at first, but it's actually a recreation based on a '59 Bristol chassis, powered by a supercharged Bristol 2-litre. I've seen this in the metal too, and sadly it's 'so close & yet so far'... Mix of modern detailing (especially around the front & rear screens) that really clashes, and the body sides are far too flat for what it emulating Very American styling to this old Roller. Silver Cloud III by MPW IAnother classic randomly parked up under a tree. That looks like Julian Bronson's Riley Blue Streak Special, which IIRC, holds the record for pre war cars around the IoM TT circuit. Powered by a blown Riley 2.5 twin cam 4 cyl. Lovely Quattroporte made a great rumbling noise when it started up. WANT!!!!! Very purposeful-looking Riley Elf. If I were to ever have a Mini, this is the sort of thing that I'd want. Very cool! ;D How muscular does this E-Type look on those fat slots and flared arches? Slightly knackered E-Type looked weirdly superb. Yum to both! Interesting that the S1 fhc appears to have an S2/3 bonnet, and the S2 OTS looks like it has an S1 front!!
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Sept 22, 2010 10:52:43 GMT
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I love this place. Every day's a school day.
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