Country houses and ’80s GT cars. I had it all.
I’m still not sure if it’s a good or bad thing, but the 924 has changed hands twice since I sold it and it now lives with a guy I work with; I see it EVERY day.
Posts Tagged ‘retro cars
11
Aug
11
Project 924: Like a BOSS
26
Jul
11
Retro Show 03-07-11
Still playing catch-up…Santa Pod, Retro Show, you know the drill.
Car of the show by a MILE.
PROS.
27
Feb
11
Race Retro – 25-27-02-11
I can almost smell March and that means show season is in the offing. First up was Race Retro; usual format and suspects present as previous years, but it’s always a laugh and a chance to play racing cars. Massive thanks to the Retro Cars & Retro Ford peoples for the magic (as always). Here’s some quick un-edited B-roll footage from the weekend, you can check the rest out in the mag.
Home for the weekend: RC & RF stand (Thanks to everyone who came down for a chat!).
My cars of the show:
This is how we get down…
Last night I headed over to the NEC to drop off the KP and help with the set up of the Retro Cars/ Retro Ford stand.
If you get chance, this is the best time to see the show; no crowds and no stress! Plus you can get clear pics. Unfortunately, it was late and a chinese was calling, so I didn’t hang about to get too many shots this time.
Sneak Peak…
All done and ready for 3 days of carnage! More pics to come over the weekend!
Monster shows like this are regularly attended by big-name scene celebrities; here’s a couple of exclusives I snapped:
Simon Jackson
Elliot Roberts
Ed the dog
Chris Pollitt
That kid who totalled his Escort.
Racer86.com: Like Heat magazine but on the internet and with cars n’ stuff.
08
Jun
10
Retro & Dub Mania 06-06-10
I’m coming to you live via the medium of pay as you go mobile broadband (I should be fully online in another week or so), so I’ll keep it brief for now to minimise the upset when I loose signal…
Another sunny weekend and another car show (I love summer!): this time it was Retro Mania at Weston Park. The Retro side of things is a bit of an add-on to the main event Dub Mania, so there was plenty of cool trainers, BBS wheels and sump scraping to keep you entertained all day. The usual camping went down on the Saturday with the usual suspects and the usual results – lots of beer, meat burning and an ambulance visit – good times!
The show was pretty laid back and, although a little down on numbers Vs. the dubs, the Retro crowd held there own with some pretty classy motors. Anyway before crash out t tt tt t t here’ssss s s sommeee piccsssssss….[offline].
In between work and house moving chaos I took a day out to head down to Retro Cars HQ in Kent for a decent catch up, some office based shenanigans and a track day!
Magic Happening:
Firstly I have to own up on selling out; I took the Roadster…Maybe I’m getting soft but with a 4 hour each-way journey and an evening of track action I took the quieter comfy way out (if coilovers and a bucket seat is a comfy way out…)
The track day was organised by Motorsport Vision (massive thanks to Nick for the hook up!) and was held at Brands Hatch. Now I’ve never even visited Brands before, let alone driven it so I was suitably brimmed with fear and excitement as I noise tested, signed on and bagged a pit garage! Now the Roadster did qualify in the at least 20 years old “Retro” band, but compared to some of the entries I was pretty embarrassed. The quality and mix of cars was insane! I wish I had more time to run round with the camera but, well, I was having too much fun!
It was an open pit event so you could have as much fun as you and your car could take! I did about four fifteen minute sessions, taking Andy and Simon (as if you don’t know I mean Team Retro Cars) out for rides. Disappointingly they were pretty unshakable, though I’m sure there was some twitching doing on as we hit Paddock Hill bend sideways! Talking of the track…WHAT A TRACK!!! Paddock Hill bend is amazing; like a roller coaster: off the pit straight, on the brakes, down to 3rd, hang it out, straighten up, power on through the compression at the bottom (the Roadster sump guard was catching the ground at the bottom shooting sparks out the back!), then it was back on the brakes for the hairpin! The old girl did me proud, not only passing some more expensive/ better cars on track, but not missing a beat over the whole weekend!
The track action only makes up about 2/3 of these events for me. The atmosphere in the pits, the chance to chat to other drivers, check out the cars and catch up with the Sothern contingent gold plate the whole affair.
Massive thanks as always to Si and Andy from Retro Cars, Simon and David from RSM for the pics and Motorsport Vision for the hook up! Good to see you chaps and I can’t wait for the next hang out!
More pics can be found on the RSM FlickR Account.
Sideways @ Druids
Race car low
It’s getting to that time of year when you should be dragging your retro out of hibernation and giving it some stick, and what better opportunity to do just that than getting out on track! Retro Cars mag are running a track evening at Brands Hatch with Motorsport Vision on the 25th of May. If you’re wheels are over 20years old, you’re in. The format will be pretty laid back with a open pit lane meaning you can maximise your track time with the added bonus that you won’t be being chased down by million horsepower super cars or chavs! Now that’s not far off, so get booked up peoples and hopefully I will see you there in the KP!
13
Dec
09
Retro Cars Feature: 3am Touge
Full 7-Page feature and a poster:
Massive thanks to Simon Jackson for the words and Jamie Lipman for the photos!
Just out: Jan 2010 Issue
