Went to Newquay last weekend for the Riviera Mini run - I took a few pictures of the Minis, but to be honest despite there being many very nice cars I was left a little uninspired - most of what was there I'd seen before & there wasn't a great deal that was either new or imaginative.
However I thought you might like to see these couple of pictures of two cars both owned by mates who were amongst our group staying at the infamous Travelgue campsite.
This 68 Morris 1100 had travelled down from Tamworth & with only 30,000 miles on the clock the journey must have been the longest it had ever been on
Having exchanged stories of high-speed shenanigans on the way down we noticed that the old BL motor was wearing 'T' rated tyres - trailer tyres
This rare pre-war MG TB belongs to another mate who with his girlfriend travelled down all the way from Market Harborough taking about the same time to do the jouney as me in my van - they even overtook me on the A30 on the way home Unfortunately the car has fibreglass wings but it does have loads of atmosphere having a lovely 'used' patina to it
Both vehicles you wouldn't expect to be owned by chaps in their mid-twenties
However I thought you might like to see these couple of pictures of two cars both owned by mates who were amongst our group staying at the infamous Travelgue campsite.
This 68 Morris 1100 had travelled down from Tamworth & with only 30,000 miles on the clock the journey must have been the longest it had ever been on
Having exchanged stories of high-speed shenanigans on the way down we noticed that the old BL motor was wearing 'T' rated tyres - trailer tyres
This rare pre-war MG TB belongs to another mate who with his girlfriend travelled down all the way from Market Harborough taking about the same time to do the jouney as me in my van - they even overtook me on the A30 on the way home Unfortunately the car has fibreglass wings but it does have loads of atmosphere having a lovely 'used' patina to it
Both vehicles you wouldn't expect to be owned by chaps in their mid-twenties