The Roaring Season

Last batch from that meeting.




I posted this pic on a Facebook page for British Classic cars and asked people to identify it. I ended up having to post a clue! Hamish Andrew's Speedex.


Katie's Porsche - not Ray's.

ERC, Ray Re ; " Yes Roger, you can steal this one of Alan Horner... ", Thank You again Ray ..
Like that Riley too !! The orginal " Dowding " Riley enthusiast is no longer with us,otherwise would show Ed Dowding the shot.

Cheers, Roger D

Caffeine and Classics end of May was not exactly blessed with good weather, so the turnout at 9:15am wasn't as high as usual. Cars continued to trickle in steadily, but nothing like the sunny summer meets. Full marks for those who did make the effort.

Hint, if you park with the nose towards the motorway, the sun is at the rear of the car so taking front three-quarter photographs is more of a challenge.

Its all very well having a low car with added on side skirts, until you have to negotiate the speed bump and one of the side skirts falls off... (The one on the other side.)

Car #58 above is the Terra FX. Similar to some of the "twin boom" record breaker cars of the 50s and 60s in that the driver sits in a pontoon on one side and the motor and transmission (Suzuki 1300 Hyabusa from memory) are in the pontoon on the other side. In this case the whole underside is a big ground effects venturi.

Little and large...

Last of the wet May C & C pics.


But the Porsches were meeting at the Columbus cafe round the corner...






But this car wasn't on show, just dumped...

Just for a change, and before the June Caffeine & Classics meet, I fished out Dad's Merit (plastic) car kits. Unfortunately, one or two need a bit of remedial work so when I have sourced a new tube of glue, I'll put them back together and photograph them too. Thanks to Bill H, I have started bidding on EBAY on an unbuilt kit of the Talbot Lago, now under the SMER label. No doubt I'll be grabbing the Alfa too, the only ones Merit did with engine detail. Yes, spoked wheels are rubbish, but at 7/6 in old money, pretty good kits. The ones with engine detail were a little more expensive - but all were well outside my 2/- a week pocket money.









The BRM was brush painted... Remember that spray cans weren't available back then, so it was a case of Brasso on the bare plastic, or gambling on enamels that took hours to dry.

Luv Em all

1966 Auto World catalogue

That's a collectors piece itself !

June Caffeine and Classics - this meet, despite the dodgy weather, still attracts cars we haven't seen before - and many regulars of course.

Reds

June Caffeine and Classics - this meet, despite the dodgy weather, still attracts cars we haven't seen before - and many regulars of course.

Reds
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chaindrive wrote:Luv Em all

Well said, now feeling guilty as have a couple of kits - American which need to be rebuilt /repaired, a 1937 Chevrolet two door Convertible and a Willys Coupe Hot Rod / Drag Car.. have an unmade one of the 1937 Chevrolet too !! and a couple of MX5 NA series.

Brits


He only picked it up the day before...

Not the same car as above! Same plate when owned by Mal Clark. I believe this car went to Japan (V8 Rover power?).


A bit different from the Morrari Greg...

David Lanes 1930 Studebaker, LHD , has traveled many different countries

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This plate was a laugh out loud moment.


Yes, it rained, but thankfully, not for too long.





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